Festival awards ceremonies are a time for celebration. In the case of the Cannes Film Festival, auteurs and performers alike are feted on a uniquely global stage, with honorees adding to the fest’s decades-long history. The award has gone through a few name changes, but the list of films that have claimed Cannes’ top prize is a formidable one.
While some of these titles have been kept at the forefront of film-related conversations ever since, others have become harder to find. Sadly, not every Palme d’Or winner is available for immediate streaming, but we’ve done our best to track down the best places to access some of these bygone winners. A handful of these films are available at multiple venues, but hopefully the list below is a helpful first step on the road to Cannes completism.
(Need a few recommendations to help you get started? We picked our 20 favorite Palme winners here.)
Amazon Prime
sex, lies and videotapes (1989)
Netflix
Pulp Fiction (1994)
Winter Sleep (2014)
Hulu
The Wages of Fear (1953)
Gate of Hell (1954)
Black Orpheus (1959)
Viridiana (1961)
The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (1964)
Apocalypse Now (1979)
Paris, Texas (1984)
Taste of Cherry (1997)
The Wind That Shakes the Barley (2006)
4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days (2007)
Blue is the Warmest Color (2013)
YouTube
Miracle in Milan (1951)*
Two Cents Worth of Hope (1952)*
Othello (1952)
The Silent World (1956)
Chronicles of the Years of Fire (1975)
Man of Iron (1981)*
When Father Was Away on Business (1985)*
*no English subtitles
HBOGO
Missing (1982)
The Piano (1993)
The Pianist (2002)
STARZ OnDemand
Taxi Driver (1976)
Dancer in the Dark (2000)
Now in Theaters
Digital Rental/Purchase
The Third Man (1949)
Marty (1955)
Friendly Persuasion (1957)
The Leopard (1963)
Blow-Up (1967)
MASH (1970)
The Go-Between (1971)
The Hireling (1973)
Scarecrow (1973)
The Conversation (1974)
Padre Padrone (1977)
The Tin Drum (1979)
The Mission (1986)
Barton Fink (1991)
L’Enfant (The Child) (2005)
The Class (2008)
The White Ribbon (2009)
Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives (2010)
The Tree of Life (2011)
Amour (2012)
DVD
Miss Julie (1951)
The Cranes Are Flying (1958)
La dolce vita (1960)
The Given Word (Keeper of Promises) (1962)
The Knack…And How to Get It (1965)
A Man and a Woman (1966)
The Birds, The Bees and The Italians (1966)
If… (1969)
Lulu the Tool (The Working Class Goes to Heaven) (1972)
The Tree of Wooden Clogs (1978)
All That Jazz (1980)
Kagemusha (1980)
The Way (1982)
The Ballad of Narayama (1983)
Under the Sun of Satan (1987)
Pelle the Conqueror (1988)
Wild at Heart (1990)
The Best Intentions (1992)
Farewell My Concubine (1993)
Underground (1995)
Secrets & Lies (1996)
The Eel (1997)
Eternity and a Day (1998)
Rosetta (1999)
The Son’s Room (2001)
Elephant (2003)
Fahrenheit 9/11 (2004)
Previously Available on MUBI
The Long Absence (1961)
The Mattei Affair (1972)
READ MORE: The 2016 Indiewire Cannes Bible
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