6 Best Cannes Palme d'Or Winners of the 2010s

By Vlad Zakh · June 18, 2026

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The Palme d’Or, Cannes’s highest honor, crowned a decade of deeply personal, formally daring world cinema throughout the 2010s.

Shoplifters (2018) 01

Shoplifters (2018)

IMDb ★ 7.9

A poor family living on the margins of Tokyo takes in an abandoned child, testing the boundaries of what defines a family.

The Square (2017) 02

The Square (2017)

IMDb ★ 6.8

A respected museum curator's carefully controlled life unravels after a public relations stunt spirals out of control.

Dheepan (2015) 03

Dheepan (2015)

IMDb ★ 7.0

A former Tamil Tiger soldier poses as part of a family to escape Sri Lanka, building a new life in a rough Parisian housing project.

Winter Sleep (2014) 04

Winter Sleep (2014)

IMDb ★ 7.7

A former actor turned hotel owner in rural Anatolia confronts the emptiness and pretension of his own life.

Blue Is the Warmest Color (2013) 05

Blue Is the Warmest Color (2013)

IMDb ★ 7.5

A young woman's passionate, all-consuming first love with an art student shapes her coming of age.

Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives (2010) 06

Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives (2010)

IMDb ★ 6.6

A dying man is visited by the ghosts of his past as he reflects on his many former lives in the Thai jungle.

Vlad Zakh

Vlad Zakh

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