Nationality of

Year Film Original title Director(s) director *

1930s
Awarded as "Grand Prix du Festival International du Film"
1939 ‡ Union Pacific Cecil B. DeMille United States
1940s
1940–
No awards due to World War II.
1945
Velikij perelom / Великий
The Turning Point Fridrikh Ermler Soviet Union
перелом
Men Without Wings Muži bez křídel František Čáp Czechoslovakia
The Last Chance Die Letzte Chance Leopold Lindtberg Switzerland
Torment Hets Alf Sjöberg Sweden
Portrait of Maria María Candelaria Emilio Fernández Mexico
Rome, Open City Roma, città aperta Roberto Rossellini Italy
1946 Neecha Nagar (Lowly
Nīcā nagar / नीचा नगर Chetan Anand India
City)
United
Brief Encounter David Lean
Kingdom
Pastoral Symphony La symphonie pastorale Jean Delannoy France
The Lost Weekend Billy Wilder United States
Bodil Ipsenand Lau
The Red Meadows De røde enge Denmark
Lauritzen, Jr.
United
1949 The Third Man Carol Reed
Kingdom
1950s
Miss Julie Fröken Julie Alf Sjöberg Sweden
1951
Miracle in Milan Miracolo a Milano Vittorio De Sica Italy
The Tragedy of Othello: The Moor of Venice Orson Welles United States
1952 Two Cents Worth of
Due soldi di speranza Renato Castellani Italy
Hope
1953 The Wages of Fear Le salaire de la peur Henri-Georges Clouzot France
1954 Gate of Hell Jigoku-mon / 地獄門 Teinosuke Kinugasa Japan
Awarded as "Palme d'Or"
1955 Marty § Delbert Mann United States
Jacques
1956 The Silent World Le monde du silence Cousteau and Louis France
Malle
1957 Friendly Persuasion William Wyler United States
Letyat zhuravli / Летят
1958 The Cranes Are Flying Mikhail Kalatozov Soviet Union
журавли
1959 Black Orpheus § Orfeu Negro Marcel Camus France
1960s
1960 The Sweet Life § La dolce vita Federico Fellini Italy
The Long Absence § Une aussi longue absence Henri Colpi France
1961
Viridiana § Luis Buñuel Mexico
1962 Keeper of Promises § O Pagador de Promessas Anselmo Duarte Brazil
1963 The Leopard§ Il gattopardo Luchino Visconti Italy
Awarded as "Grand Prix du Festival International du Film"
The Umbrellas of
1964 Les parapluies de Cherbourg Jacques Demy France
Cherbourg
 Nationality of
Year Film Original title Director(s) director *
United
1965 The Knack …and How to Get It Richard Lester
Kingdom
A Man and a Woman Un homme et une femme Claude Lelouch France
1966 The Birds, the Bees and
Signore e signori Pietro Germi Italy
the Italians
Michelangelo
1967 Blowup Italy
Antonioni
1968 No awards this year because of the May 1968 events in France.
United
1969 If.... Lindsay Anderson
Kingdom
1970s
1970 MASH Robert Altman United States
United
1971 The Go-Between Joseph Losey
Kingdom
The Working Class Goes La classe operaia va in
Elio Petri Italy
1972 to Heaven § paradiso
The Mattei Affair § Il caso Mattei Francesco Rosi Italy
United
The Hireling Alan Bridges
1973 Kingdom
Scarecrow Jerry Schatzberg United States
1974 The Conversation Francis Ford Coppola United States
Awarded as "Palme d'Or"
Chronicle of the Years of Chronique des années de Mohammed Lakhdar-
1975 Algeria
Fire braise Hamina
1976 Taxi Driver Martin Scorsese United States
Paolo and Vittorio
1977 Padre Padrone Italy
Taviani
The Tree of Wooden
1978 L'albero degli zoccoli Ermanno Olmi Italy
Clogs §
Apocalypse Now Francis Ford Coppola United States
1979
The Tin Drum Die Blechtrommel Volker Schlöndorff West Germany
1980s
All That Jazz Bob Fosse United States
1980
Kagemusha Kagemusha / 影武者 Akira Kurosawa Japan
1981 Man of Iron Człowiek z żelaza Andrzej Wajda Poland
Missing § Costa-Gavras Greece
1982 Yılmaz
The Way § Yol Turkey
Güneyand Şerif Gören
1983 The Ballad of Narayama Narayama bushikō / 楢山節考 Shohei Imamura Japan
1984 Paris, Texas § Wim Wenders West Germany
When Father Was Away Otats na službenom putu /
1985 Emir Kusturica Yugoslavia
on Business§ Отац на службеном путу
United
1986 The Mission Roland Joffé
Kingdom
1987 Under the Sun of Satan§ Sous le soleil de Satan Maurice Pialat France
1988 Pelle the Conqueror Pelle erobreren Bille August Denmark
1989 Sex, Lies, and Videotape Steven Soderbergh United States
1990s
1990 Wild at Heart David Lynch United States
1991 Barton Fink § Joel and Ethan Coen United States
 Nationality of
Year Film Original title Director(s) director *
1992 The Best Intentions Den goda viljan Bille August Denmark
Farewell My Concubine Bàwáng bié jī / 霸王別姬 Chen Kaige China
1993
The Piano Jane Campion New Zealand
1994 Pulp Fiction Quentin Tarantino United States
Serbia and
1995 Underground Podzemlje / Подземље Emir Kusturica
Montenegro
United
1996 Secrets & Lies Mike Leigh
Kingdom
Taste of Cherry Ta'm-e gīlās / ‫طﻌم ﮔﯾﻼس‬ Abbas Kiarostami Iran
1997
The Eel Unagi / うなぎ Shohei Imamura Japan
Mia aio̱nióti̱ ta kai mia méra / Theodoros
1998 Eternity and a Day § Greece
Μια αιωνιότητα και μια μέρα Angelopoulos
Jean-Pierre
1999 Rosetta § Dardenne and Luc Belgium
Dardenne
2000s
2000 Dancer in the Dark Lars von Trier Denmark
2001 The Son's Room La stanza del figlio Nanni Moretti Italy
2002 The Pianist Roman Polanski France, Poland
2003 Elephant Gus Van Sant United States
2004 Fahrenheit 9/11 Michael Moore United States
Jean-Pierre
2005 The Child L'enfant Dardenne and Luc Belgium
Dardenne
United
2006 The Wind That Shakes the Barley § Ken Loach
Kingdom
4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2
2007 4 luni, 3 săptămâni şi 2 zile Cristian Mungiu Romania
Days
2008 The Class § Entre les murs Laurent Cantet France
Das weiße Band, Eine
2009 The White Ribbon Michael Haneke Austria
deutsche Kindergeschichte
2010s
Uncle Boonmee Who
Lung Bunmi Raluek Chat / ลุง Apichatpong
2010 Can Recall His Past Thailand
บุญมีระลึกชาติ Weerasethakul
Lives
2011 The Tree of Life Terrence Malick United States
2012 Amour Michael Haneke Austria
Blue Is the Warmest La Vie d'Adèle: Chapitres 1 et
2013 Abdellatif Kechiche France, Tunisia
Colour § 2
2014 Winter Sleep Kış Uykusu Nuri Bilge Ceylan Turkey
2015 Dheepan Jacques Audiard France
United
2016 I, Daniel Blake Ken Loach
Kingdom
2017 The Square Ruben Östlund Sweden
2018 Shoplifters 万引き家族 / Manbiki kazoku Hirokazu Kore-eda Japan

* Director's nationality given at time of film's release.

§ Denotes unanimous win
‡ The Palme d'Or for Union Pacific was awarded in retrospect at the 2002 festival. The festival's debut was to
take place in 1939, but it was cancelled due to World War II.[13] The organisers of the 2002 festival presented
part of the original 1939 selection to a professional jury of six members. The films were: Goodbye Mr.
Chips, La Piste du Nord, Lenin in 1918, The Four Feathers, The Wizard of Oz, Union Pacific, and Boefje.