6 Best Cannes Grand Prix Winning Movies

By Vlad Zakh · March 29, 2026

The Grand Prix is Cannes’s runner-up honor, and its winners tend to be striking and emotional. Aftersun has a woman reading a childhood vacation through old camcorder footage, Mommy follows a struggling single mother and her volatile teenage son, and The Kid with a Bike has an abandoned boy forming a fragile bond with a hairdresser. Stranger by the Lake, A Prophet and The Silent World complete the six.

Aftersun (2022)

TMDB ★ 7.6

A woman looks back at a childhood holiday with her father through old camcorder footage.

Directed by Charlotte Wells · 1h 41m · Rated R

Where to watch

Rent: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Spectrum On Demand, Plex · Buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube

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Stranger by the Lake (2013)

TMDB ★ 7.0

A man's summer romance at a lakeside cruising spot turns dangerous after witnessing a murder.

Directed by Alain Guiraudie · 1h 40m · Rated NR

Where to watch

Stream: Metrograph, Strand Releasing Amazon Channel · Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Fandango At Home

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Mommy (2014)

TMDB ★ 7.9

A struggling single mother battles to raise her volatile, unpredictable teenage son.

Directed by Xavier Dolan · 2h 18m · Rated R

Where to watch

Stream: Lionsgate+ Amazon Channel · Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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The Kid with a Bike (2011)

TMDB ★ 7.2

An abandoned boy forms a fragile bond with a hairdresser willing to become his foster parent.

Directed by Luc Dardenne & Jean-Pierre Dardenne · 1h 27m

Where to watch

Stream: Philo, AMC Plus Apple TV channel, AMC+ Amazon Channel, AMC+ Roku Premium Channel, AMC+, Sundance Now · Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube

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A Prophet (2009)

IMDb ★ 7.8 RT 96% Metacritic 90

An illiterate young inmate climbs a prison's criminal hierarchy over several brutal years.

Directed by Jacques Audiard · 2h 35m · Rated R

Nominated for 1 Oscar52 wins & 57 nominations

Where to watch

Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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The Silent World (1956)

TMDB ★ 7.4

A documentary explores the wonders of the ocean depths through pioneering underwater filmmaking.

Directed by Jacques-Yves Cousteau & Louis Malle · 1h 26m

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Vlad Zakh

Founder, Movieix

Founder of Movieix. He started the site because most recommendation pages felt like noise. Here, lists are sorted by who's in the film, where it's from and what mood you're in tonight.

6 Best Cannes Grand Prix Winning Movies

Aftersun (2022)

Stranger by the Lake (2013)

Mommy (2014)

The Kid with a Bike (2011)

A Prophet (2009)

The Silent World (1956)

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