Cannes - Palme d'Or
The Cannes Film Festival is the world's most prestigious film festival, first held in 1946 in the resort town of Cannes, in the south of France. Since then, it has been held annually in May with a few exceptions. Given massive media exposure, the non-public Festival is attended by many movie stars and is a popular venue for movie producers to launch their new films and attempt to sell their works to the distributors who come from all over the globe. The most prestigious award at Cannes is the Palme d'Or (Golden Palm) for the best film, sometimes shared by multiple films in one year.
Below are the past winners of this most cherished trophy.
Right: Michael Moore gets his for Fahrenheit 9/11.
The Go-Between (1971)
7.4/10
Director: Joseph Losey
Starring: Julie Christie, Alan Bates, Dominic Guard
Adaptation of the novel by L P Hartley, scripted by Harold Pinter. Seen through the eyes of a young boy, a love affair between the daughter of an affl... Read more
The Leopard (1963)
8.1/10
Director: Luchino Visconti
Starring: Burt Lancaster, Alain Delon, Claudia Cardinale
AKA 'Il Gattopardo'. This magnificent spectacle, and one of the finest 'scope' movies ever made, is set in 1860 Sicily and focuses on an aristocrat wh... Read more
The Leopard (Il Gattopardo) (Blu-Ray) (1963)
8.1/10
Director: Luchino Visconti
Starring: Alain Delon, Burt Lancaster, Claudia Cardinale
As Garibaldi's troops begin the unification of Italy in the 1860s, an aristocratic Sicilian family grudgingly adapts to the sweeping social changes un... Read more
The Lost Weekend (1945)
8/10
Director: Billy Wilder
Starring: Ray Milland, Phillip Terry, Jane Wyman
Billy Wilder's Oscar-winning social drama stars Ray Milland as an alcoholic writer who falls into a maelstrom of delusion and dementia and winds up in... Read more
The Lost Weekend (Blu-ray) (1945)
7.9/10
Director: Billy Wilder
Starring: Ray Milland, Phillip Terry, Jane Wyman
Billy Wilder's Oscar-winning social drama stars Ray Milland as an alcoholic writer who falls into a maelstrom of delusion and dementia and winds up in... Read more
The Mission (1986)
7.5/10
Director: Roland Joffe
Starring: Aidan Quinn, Cherie Lunghi, Jeremy Irons, Liam Neeson, Ray McAnally, Robert De N...
A Jesuit mission in the jungles of Brazil is threatened by greedy merchants and political factions within the church itself, in the late 18th century.... Read more
The Pianist (2002)
8.5/10
Director: Roman Polanski
Starring: Adrien Brody, Thomas Kretschmann, Frank Finlay, Maureen Lipman
Internationally acclaimed filmmaker Roman Polanski directs this award-winning testament to the power of the human spirit, based on the true-life story... Read more
The Piano (1993)
7.6/10
Director: Jane Campion
Starring: Anna Paquin, Genevieve Lemon, Harvey Keitel, Holly Hunter, Sam Neill, Kerry Walk...
Ada (Holly Hunter), her nine-year-old daughter (Anna Paquin) and her piano arrive to an arranged marriage in nineteenth century New Zealand in this Pa... Read more
The Piano ( Blu-ray ) (1993)
7.6/10
Director: Jane Campion
Starring: Anna Paquin, Genevieve Lemon, Harvey Keitel, Holly Hunter, Sam Neill, Kerry Walk...
Ada (Holly Hunter), her nine-year-old daughter (Anna Paquin) and her piano arrive to an arranged marriage in nineteenth century New Zealand in this Pa... Read more
The Son's Room (2001)
7.4/10
Director: Nanni Moretti
Starring: Laura Morante, Nanni Moretti
This critically acclaimed family drama from director Nanni Moretti ('Caro Diario') won the Palme d'Or (Best Film) at Cannes. The film looks at how a c... Read more