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Palme d'Or Winners

by TarquinMcLusky • Created 12 years ago • Modified 11 years ago
The Palme d'Or (The Golden Palm) is the highest prize awarded at the Cannes Film Festival and is presented to the director of the best feature film of the official competition. It was introduced in 1955 by the organising committee. From 1939 to 1954, the highest prize was the Grand Prix du Festival International du Film. From 1964 to 1974, it was replaced once again, by the Grand Prix du Festival.
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  • Barbara Stanwyck, Joel McCrea, Lynne Overman, Robert Preston, and Akim Tamiroff in Union Pacific (1939)

    1. Union Pacific

    19392h 15mApproved
    7.0 (3.6K)
    In 1862, Central Pacific and Union Pacific Railroads compete westward across the wilderness toward California.
    DirectorCecil B. DeMilleStarsBarbara StanwyckJoel McCreaAkim Tamiroff
  • Aldo Fabrizi in Rome, Open City (1945)

    2. Rome, Open City

    19451h 43mNot Rated
    8.0 (32K)
    During the Nazi occupation of Rome in 1944, the Resistance leader, Giorgio Manfredi, is chased by the Nazis as he seeks refuge and a way to escape.
    DirectorRoberto RosselliniStarsAnna MagnaniAldo FabriziMarcello Pagliero
    Shared with Turning Point/Men Without Wings/The last Chance/Iris and the Liutenant/Portrait of Maria/Neecha Nagar/Brief Encounter/La Symphonie Pastorale/The Lost Weekend
  • The Third Man (1949)

    3. The Third Man

    19491h 44mApproved97Metascore
    8.1 (190K)
    Pulp novelist Holly Martins travels to shadowy, postwar Vienna, only to find himself investigating the mysterious death of an old friend, Harry Lime.
    DirectorCarol ReedStarsOrson WellesJoseph CottenAlida Valli
  • Anita Björk in Miss Julie (1951)

    4. Miss Julie

    19511h 30mNot Rated
    7.2 (2.2K)
    An heiress begins to realize her attraction to one of her family's servants.
    DirectorAlf SjöbergStarsAnita BjörkUlf PalmeMärta Dorff
  • Miracle in Milan (1951)

    5. Miracle in Milan

    19511h 37mNot Rated78Metascore
    7.6 (9K)
    An open-hearted, unrelentingly energetic orphan struggles to make the best of his life on the streets of Milan.
    DirectorVittorio De SicaStarsEmma GramaticaFrancesco GolisanoPaolo Stoppa
  • Orson Welles and Suzanne Cloutier in Othello (1951)

    6. Othello

    19511h 30mApproved
    7.5 (9.9K)
    The Moorish General Othello is manipulated into thinking that his new wife Desdemona has been carrying on an affair with his Lieutenant Michael Cassio when in reality, it is all part of the scheme of a bitter Ensign named Iago.
    DirectorOrson WellesStarsOrson WellesMicheál MacLiammóirRobert Coote
  • Maria Fiore in Two Cents Worth of Hope (1952)

    7. Two Cents Worth of Hope

    19521h 50m
    7.0 (844)
    A love story between a poor fellow and a daughter of respected workshop owner set in an Italian post-war village.
    DirectorRenato CastellaniStarsMaria FioreVincenzo MusolinoFilomena Russo
  • The Wages of Fear (1953)

    8. The Wages of Fear

    19532h 36mNot Rated85Metascore
    8.1 (70K)
    In a decrepit South American village, four men are hired to transport an urgent nitroglycerine shipment without the equipment that would make it safe.
    DirectorHenri-Georges ClouzotStarsYves MontandCharles VanelPeter van Eyck
  • Gate of Hell (1953)

    9. Gate of Hell

    19531h 29mNot Rated
    7.1 (4.6K)
    A samurai pursues a married lady-in-waiting.
    DirectorTeinosuke KinugasaStarsMachiko KyôKazuo HasegawaIsao Yamagata
  • Ernest Borgnine and Betsy Blair in Marty (1955)

    10. Marty

    19551h 30mApproved82Metascore
    7.7 (29K)
    A middle-aged butcher and a school teacher who have given up on the idea of love meet at a dance and fall for each other.
    DirectorDelbert MannStarsErnest BorgnineBetsy BlairEsther Minciotti
  • The Silent World (1956)

    11. The Silent World

    19561h 26m
    6.9 (1.9K)
    A documentary about the undersea explorers and how they penetrate into the underwater world.
    DirectorsJacques-Yves CousteauLouis MalleStarsFrédéric DumasAlbert FalcoJacques-Yves Cousteau
  • Gary Cooper, Anthony Perkins, Pat Boone, Richard Eyer, Dorothy McGuire, and Samantha the Goose in Friendly Persuasion (1956)

    12. Friendly Persuasion

    19562h 17mApproved
    7.3 (8.1K)
    The pacifist attitude of a Quaker family is tested as a result of the American Civil War.
    DirectorWilliam WylerStarsGary CooperDorothy McGuireAnthony Perkins
  • The Cranes Are Flying (1957)

    13. The Cranes Are Flying

    19571h 35mNot Rated76Metascore
    8.3 (21K)
    Veronica plans a rendezvous with her lover, Boris, at the bank of river, only for him to be drafted into World War II shortly thereafter.
    DirectorMikhail KalatozovStarsTatyana SamoylovaAleksey BatalovVasiliy Merkurev
  • Black Orpheus (1959)

    14. Black Orpheus

    19591h 40mPG81Metascore
    7.4 (13K)
    A retelling of the Orpheus and Eurydice myth, set during the time of the Carnaval in Rio de Janeiro.
    DirectorMarcel CamusStarsBreno MelloMarpessa DawnLourdes de Oliveira
  • La Dolce Vita (1960)

    15. La Dolce Vita

    19602h 54mNot Rated95Metascore
    8.0 (83K)
    A series of stories following a week in the life of a philandering tabloid journalist living in Rome.
    DirectorFederico FelliniStarsMarcello MastroianniAnita EkbergAnouk Aimée
  • Alida Valli and Georges Wilson in The Long Absence (1961)

    16. The Long Absence

    19611h 34m
    7.0 (1.2K)
    A Parisian café owner believes her long-lost husband has returned but the man suffers from amnesia.
    DirectorsHenri ColpiJasmine ChasneyStarsAlida ValliGeorges WilsonCharles Blavette
  • Viridiana (1961)

    17. Viridiana

    19611h 31mNot Rated
    8.0 (27K)
    Viridiana, a young nun about to take her final vows, pays a visit to her widowed uncle at the request of her Mother Superior.
    DirectorLuis BuñuelStarsSilvia PinalFrancisco RabalFernando Rey
  • Leonardo Villar in The Given Word (1962)

    18. The Given Word

    19621h 38m
    8.3 (4.3K)
    A simple yet devout Christian makes a vow to Saint Barbara after she saves his donkey, but everyone he meets seems determined to misunderstand his intentions. Will he be able to keep his promise in the end?
    DirectorAnselmo DuarteStarsLeonardo VillarGlória MenezesDionísio Azevedo
  • Burt Lancaster, Claudia Cardinale, and Alain Delon in The Leopard (1963)

    19. The Leopard

    19633h 6mPG100Metascore
    7.9 (32K)
    The Prince of Salina, a noble aristocrat of impeccable integrity, tries to preserve his family and class amid the tumultuous social upheavals of 1860s Sicily.
    DirectorLuchino ViscontiStarsBurt LancasterAlain DelonClaudia Cardinale
  • Catherine Deneuve and Nino Castelnuovo in The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (1964)

    20. The Umbrellas of Cherbourg

    19641h 31mNot Rated86Metascore
    7.8 (33K)
    A young woman separated from her lover by war faces a life-altering decision.
    DirectorJacques DemyStarsCatherine DeneuveNino CastelnuovoAnne Vernon
  • Rita Tushingham in The Knack... and How to Get It (1965)

    21. The Knack... and How to Get It

    19651h 24mApproved
    6.3 (3.9K)
    A young school teacher tries to master the art of flirtation using his neighbor's skills.
    DirectorRichard LesterStarsRita TushinghamRay BrooksMichael Crawford
  • Anouk Aimée, Jean-Louis Trintignant, and Pierre Barouh in A Man and a Woman (1966)

    22. A Man and a Woman

    19661h 42mApproved
    7.5 (13K)
    A widow and a widower find their relationship developing into love, but their past tragedies prove hard to overcome, causing them to proceed with utmost delicacy.
    DirectorClaude LelouchStarsAnouk AiméeJean-Louis TrintignantPierre Barouh
  • The Birds, the Bees and the Italians (1966)

    23. The Birds, the Bees and the Italians

    19661h 55m
    7.5 (1.9K)
    Three stories, all set in Treviso. Various couple experience adultery at a party, a bank clerk abandons his wife for his mistress and all the men in the end are prosecuted for having intercourse with an underage girl.
    DirectorPietro GermiStarsVirna LisiGastone MoschinAlberto Lionello
  • David Hemmings and Veruschka von Lehndorff in Blow-Up (1966)

    24. Blow-Up

    19661h 51mNot Rated82Metascore
    7.4 (71K)
    A fashion photographer unknowingly captures a death on film after following two lovers in a park.
    DirectorMichelangelo AntonioniStarsDavid HemmingsVanessa RedgraveSarah Miles
  • If.... (1968)

    25. If....

    19681h 51mR
    7.4 (26K)
    In this allegorical story, a revolution led by pupil Mick Travis takes place at an old established private school in England.
    DirectorLindsay AndersonStarsMalcolm McDowellDavid WoodRichard Warwick

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