All Seventy-Eight Cannes Film Festival Palme d'Or Winners
1939 Union Pacific U.S. Director Cecil B. DeMille
1946 Torment Sweden Director Alf Sjöberg
1946 Lost Weekend U.S. Director Billy Wilder
1946 The Red Earth Hungary Director Bodil Ipsen & Lau Jr. Lauritzen
1946 Lowly City India Director Chetan Anand
1946 Brief Encounter U.K. Director David Lean
1946 Maria Candelaria Mexico Director Emilio Fernandez
1946 The Turning Point U.S.S.R. Director Fridrikh Markovitch Ermler
1946 La Symphonie Pastorale France Director Jean Delannoy
1946 The Last Chance Switzerland Director Leopold Lintberg
1946 Men Without Wings France Director M. Cap
1946 Open City Italy Director Roberto Rossellini
1949 The Third Man U.K. Director Carol Reed
1951 Miss Julie Sweden Director Alf Sjöberg
1951 Miracle in Milan Italy Director Vittorio De Sica
1952 Othello U.S. Director Orson Welles
1952 Two Cents Worth of Hope Italy Director Renato Castellani
1953 The Wages of Fear France Director Henri-Georges Clouzot
1954 Gate of Hell Japan Director Teinosuke Kinugasa
1955 Marty U.S. Director Delbert Mann
1956 The Silent World Italy/France Director Jacques-Yves Cousteau & Louis Malle
1957 Friendly Persuasion U.S. Director William Wyler
1958 The Cranes are Flying U.S.S.R. Director Mikheil Kalatozishvili
1959 Black Orpheus Brazil Director Marcel Camus
1960 La Dolce Vita Italy Director Federico Fellini
1961 The Long Absence France/Italy Director Henri Colpi
1961 Viridiana Spain Director Luis Buñuel
1962 Keeper of Promises Brazil/Portugal Director Anselmo Duarte
1963 The Leopard Italy Director Luchino Visconti
1964 The Umbrellas of Cherbourg France Director Jacques Demy
1965 The Knack U.K. Director Richard Lester
1966 A Man and a Woman France Director Claude Lelouch
1966 The Birds, the Bees, and the Italians Italy/France Director Pietro Germi
1967 Blow-Up U.K./Italy Director Michelangelo Antonioni
1969 If . . . . U.K. Director Lindsay Anderson
1970 M*A*S*H U.S. Director Robert Altman
1971 The Go-Between U.K. Director Joseph Losey
1972 The Working Class Goes to Heaven Italy Director Elio Petri
1972 The Mattei Affair Italy Director Francesco Rosi
1973 The Mistake U.K. Director Alan Bridges
1973 Scarecrow U.S. Director Jerry Schatzberg
1974 The Conversation U.S. Director Francis Ford Coppola
1975 Chronicle of the Years of Fire Algeria Director Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina
1976 Taxi Driver U.S. Director Martin Scorsese
1977 Padre Padrone Italy Director Paolo & Vittorio Taviani
1978 Tree of the Wooden Clogs Italy/France Director Ermanno Olmi
1979 Apocalypse Now U.S. Director Francis Ford Coppola
1979 The Tin Drum Germany Director Volker Schlöndorff
1980 All That Jazz U.S. Director Bob Fosse
1980 Kagemusha Japan Director Akira Kurosawa
1981 The Man of Iron Poland Director Andrzej Wajda
1982 Missing U.S. Director Costa-Gavras
1982 Yol Turkey Director Yilmaz Güney
1983 The Ballad of Nurayama Japan Director Shohei Imamura
1984 Paris, Texas France/W. Germany Director Wim Wenders
1985 When Father Was Away on Business Yugoslavia Director Emir Kusturica
1986 The Mission U.K. Director Roland Joffé
1987 Under the Sun of Satan France Director Maurice Pialat
1988 Pelle the Conqueror Denmark/Sweden Director Bille August
1989 Sex, Lies and Videotape U.S. Director Steven Soderbergh
1990 Wild at Heart U.S. Director David Lynch
1991 Barton Fink U.S. Director Ethan & Joel Cohen
1992 The Best Intentions Sweden Director Bille August
1993 Farewell My Concubine China Director Chen Kaige
1993 The Piano New Zealand Director Jane Campion
1994 Pulp Fiction U.S. Director Quentin Tarantino
1995 Underground Yugoslavia Director Emir Kusturica
1996 Secrets and Lies U.K. Director Mike Leigh
1997 Taste of Cherry Iran Director Abbas Kiarostami
1997 The Eel Japan Director Shohei Imamura
1998 Eternity and a Day Greece Director Theo Angelopoulos
1999 Rosetta Belgium/France Director Jean-Pierre Dardenne & Luc Dardenne
2000 Dancer in the Dark Denmark Director Lars von Trier
2001 The Son's Room Italy Director Nanni Moretti
2002 The Pianist France/Germany/U.K. Director Roman Polanski
2003 Elephant U.S. Director Gus Van Sant
2004 Fahrenheit 9/11 U.S. Director Michael Moore
2005 The ChildBelgium Director Luc and Jean-Pierre Dardenne
2006 The Wind that Shakes the Barley U.K. Director Ken Loach
2007 4 Months, 3 Weeks, and 2 Days Romania Director Christian Mungiu
2008 The Class France Director Laurent Cantet
2009 The White Ribbon Germany Director Michael Haneke
2010 Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives Thailand Director Apichatpong Weerasethakul
2011 The Tree of Life U.S. Director Terrence Malick
Double Winners:
Alf Sjöberg: 1946, 1951
Francis Ford Coppola: 1974, 1979
Shohei Imamura: 1983, 1997
Emir Kusturica: 1985, 1995
Billie August: 1988, 1992
Jean-Pierre & Luc Dardenne: 1999, 2005
[Note: those from multiple countries were listed within each country]
U.S. Winners (19)
1939 Union Pacific (Cecil B. DeMille)
1946 Lost Weekend (Billy Wilder)
1952 Othello (Orson Welles)
1955 Marty (Delbert Mann)
1957 Friendly Persuasion (William Wyler)
1970 M*A*S*H (Robert Altman)
1973 Scarecrow (Jerry Schatzberg)
1974 The Conversation (Francis Ford Coppola)
1976 Taxi Driver (Martin Scorsese)
1979 Apocalypse Now (Francis Ford Coppola)
1980 All That Jazz (Bob Fosse)
1982 Missing (Costa-Gavras)
1989 Sex, Lies and Videotape (Steven Soderbergh)
1990 Wild at Heart (David Lynch)
1991 Barton Fink (Ethan & Joel Cohen)
1994 Pulp Fiction (Quentin Tarantino)
2003 Elephant (Gus Van Sant)
2004 Fahrenheit 9/11(Michael Moore)
2010 The Tree of Life (Terrence Malick)
U.K. Winners (9)
1946 Brief Encounter (David Lean)
1949 The Third Man (Carol Reed)
1965 The Knack (Richard Lester)
1967 Blow-Up (Michelangelo Antonioni)
1969 If . . . . (Lindsay Anderson)
1971 The Go-Between (Joseph Losey)
1973 The Mistake (Alan Bridges)
1986 The Mission (Roland Joffé)
1996 Secrets and Lies (Mike Leigh)
2002 The Pianist (Roman Polanski)
2006 The Wind that Shakes the Barley (Ken Loach)
France (13)
1946 La Symphonie Pastorale (Jean Delannoy)
1946 Men Without Wings (M. Cap)
1953 The Wages of Fear (Henri-Georges Clouzot)
1956 The Silent World (Jacques-Yves Cousteau & Louis Malle)
1961 The Long Absence (Director Henri Colpi)
1964 The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (Jacques Demy)
1966 A Man and a Woman (Claude Lelouch)
1966 The Birds, the Bees, and the Italians (Pietro Germi)
1978 Tree of the Wooden Clogs (Ermanno Olmi)
1987 Under the Sun of Satan (Maurice Pialat)
1999 Rosetta (Jean-Pierre Dardenne & Luc Dardenne)
2002 The Pianist (Roman Polanski)
2008 The Class (Laurent Cantet)
Italy (14)
1946 Open City (Roberto Rossellini)
1951 Miracle in Milan (Vittorio De Sica)
1952 Two Cents Worth of Hope (Renato Castellani)
1956 The Silent World (Jacques-Yves Cousteau & Louis Malle)
1960 La Dolce Vita (Federico Fellini)
1961 The Long Absence (Henri Colpi)
1963 The Leopard (Luchino Visconti)
1966 The Birds, the Bees, and the Italians (Pietro Germi)
1967 Blow-Up (Michelangelo Antonioni)
1972 The Working Class Goes to Heaven (Elio Petri)
1972 The Mattei Affair (Francesco Rosi)
1977 Padre Padrone (Paolo & Vittorio Taviani)
1978 Tree of the Wooden Clogs (Ermanno Olmi)
2001 The Son's Room (Nanni Moretti)
- REST OF EUROPE -
GERMANY (4)
1979 The Tin Drum Director Volker Schlöndorff
1984 Paris, Texas Director Wim Wenders
2002 The Pianist Director Roman Polanski
2009 The White Ribbon Director Michael Haneke
SWEDEN (4)
1946 Torment Director Alf Sjöberg
1951 Miss Julie Director Alf Sjöberg
1988 Pelle the Conqueror Director Bille August
1992 The Best Intentions Director Bille August
DENMARK
1988 Pelle the Conqueror Director Bille August
2000 Dancer in the Dark Director Lars von Trier
RUSSIA
1946 The Turning Point Director Fridrikh Markovitch
Ermler
1958 The Cranes are Flying Director Mikheil Kalatozishvili
HUNGARY
1946 The Red Earth Director Bodil Ipsen & Lau Jr. Lauritzen
SWITZERLAND
1946 The Last Chance Director Leopold Lintberg
SPAIN
1961 Viridiana Director Luis Buñuel
PORTUGAL
1962 Keeper of Promises Director Anselmo Duarte
BELGIUM
1999 Rosetta Director Jean-Pierre Dardenne & Luc Dardenne
2005 The Child Director Luc and Jean-Pierre Dardenne
POLAND
1981 The Man of Iron Director Andrzej Wajda
YUGOSLAVIA
1985 When Father Was Away on Business Director Emir Kusturica
1995 Underground Director Emir Kusturica (the nearly incessant brass band music in this film nearly drove me insane.. watch at your own risk!)
GREECE
1998 Eternity and a Day Director Theo Angelopoulos
ROMANIA
2007 Months, 3 Weeks, and 2 Days Director Christian Mungiu
- ASIA -
TURKEY
1982 Yol Director Yilmaz Güney
IRAN
1997 Taste of Cherry Director Abbas Kiarostami
INDIA
1946 Lowly City Director Chetan Anand
JAPAN (4)
1954 Gate of Hell Director Teinosuke Kinugasa
1980 Kagemusha Director Akira Kurosawa
1983 The Ballad of Nurayama Director Shohei Imamura
1997 The Eel Director Shohei Imamura
CHINA
1993 Farewell My Concubine Director Chen Kaige [only one Chinese film among the winners is a travesty! this is a good one, there are 25 more this good - viewers should also check out Zhang Yimou's epic multigeneration story of a family To Live (1994), a winner for best actor at Cannes]
THAILAND
2010 Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives Director Apichatpong Weerasethakul
- OTHER REGIONS -
BRAZIL (2)
1959 Black Orpheus Director Marcel Camus
1962 Keeper of Promises Director Anselmo Duarte
ALGERIA
1975 Chronicle of the Years of Fire Director Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina
NEW ZEALAND
1993 The Piano Director Jane Campion
MEXICO
1946 Maria Candelaria Director Emilio Fernandez
