The Cannes Film Festival, held every year in the French city of Cannes, is one of the most significant events in the world of cinema.
During the festival, a wide variety of films are screened in different categories, such as official competition, special sessions and parallel screenings. Films are carefully selected by an organizing committee and compete for awards.
The main prize of the festival is the coveted Palme d’Or, awarded to the best film among the competitors. This recognition not only enhances the film’s reputation, but also attracts the attention of distributors and global audiences.
That said, we decided to list 10 Palme d’Or winning films available on major streaming services in Brazil.
10 award-winning films at Cannes to watch online
The legal drama “Anatomy of a Fall” premiered at the 76th Cannes Film Festival, in 2023, and won the Palme d’Or. The French film is directed by Justine Triet and stars German actress Sandra Hüller.
The plot follows a German writer suspected of murdering her husband (Samuel Theis), who fell from the window of their home. She tries to prove her innocence in court.
The acclaimed “Parasite” was the first Korean film to win the Palme d’Or. It premiered at the 72nd Cannes Film Festival in 2019. Additionally, the film won the Oscar for Best Film at the 92nd Academy Awards, becoming the first non-English film to achieve this feat.
Directed by Bong Joon-ho, “Parasite” follows members of a poor family who gradually encroach on the reality of a rich family.
Directed by Gus Van Sant, “Elephant” premiered at the 56th Cannes Film Festival in 2003 and won the Palme d’Or.
With a formal and experimental approach, the film portrays different points of view of the daily lives of teenage students in a school that will be invaded by armed students. The plot is inspired by the Columbine massacre which occurred in 1999.
Directed by Roman Polanski and Adrien Brody in the lead role, “The Pianist” is based on the memoirs of Polish pianist Władysław Szpilman. Brody plays Szpilman, a Holocaust survivor in Warsaw during World War II.
The film portrays his arduous journey, as he hides and struggles to survive amid the horrors of Nazi occupation.
“The Pianist” premiered at the 55th Cannes Film Festival in 2002 to great critical acclaim. In the end he won the Palme d’Or.
The Iranian film “I Taste of Cherry” is one of the most acclaimed works of the famous director Abbas Kiarostami.
The plot follows a man (Homayoun Ershadi) who wanders around Tehran looking for someone to do an unusual job. He is looking for a person willing to bury him after he committed suicide.
The film premiered at the 50th Cannes Film Festival in 1997. “I Taste of Cherry” shared the Palme d’Or with another film: the Japanese “The Eel,” by Shohei Imamura.
One of the most influential films of the 1990s, “Pulp Fiction” won the Palme d’Or at the 47th Cannes Film Festival in 1994. Additionally, the acclaimed film also won an Oscar for Best Original Screenplay.
Written and directed by Quentin Tarantino, “Pulp Fiction” follows several characters and intertwined stories of crime and violence. The plot unfolds in a non-linear manner.
John Travolta, Samuel L. Jackson, Bruce Willis, Tim Roth, Ving Rhames and Uma Thurman star in the production.
The road movie “Paris, Texas” received much critical praise upon its release. Multiple awards, the film won the Palme d’Or at the 37th Cannes Film Festival in 1984.
Directed by Wim Wenders, the plot follows a man (Harry Dean Stanton) who reappears after disappearing for years. The film follows the man’s reunion with his 7-year-old son (Hunter Carson) on a road trip to find his ex-wife (Nastassja Kinski).
Directed by the famous Akira Kurosawa, “Kagemusha, Shadow of the Samurai” is a jidaigeki epic film.
The acclaimed Japanese film won the Palme d’Or, tied with the American musical “All That Jazz – The Show Must Continue”, by Bob Fosse. This happened at the 33rd Cannes Film Festival in 1980.
In the plot, a common thief is used as a lookalike for the dying warlord Shingen Takeda. The intention is to deceive enemies and maintain clan cohesion.
One of the most successful films with audiences and critics in Martin Scorsese’s career is “Taxi Driver”. This is well symbolized by the Palme d’Or that the film received at the 29th Cannes Film Festival in 1976.
Robert De Niro stars in the film. He plays Travis Bickle, a troubled New York cab driver who descends into alienation. Jodie Foster, Cybill Shepherd, Harvey Keitel, Peter Boyle, Leonard Harris and Albert Brooks make up the cast.
Written and directed by Federico Fellini, “La dolce vita” is considered one of the most important films of Italian cinema. At the 13th Cannes Film Festival, in 1960, the film won the Palme d’Or.
Marcello Mastroianni stars in the film as a tabloid journalist and aspiring writer who moves in Roman high society. He is continually seeking pleasure in the emptiness of modern life.
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