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

By Vlad Zakh · June 18, 2026

The Palme d’Or winners of the 2010s were deeply personal and formally daring. Shoplifters follows a poor Tokyo family taking in an abandoned child, The Square has a respected museum curator’s life unravelling after a PR stunt, and Dheepan sees a former Tamil Tiger soldier posing as part of a family to escape Sri Lanka. Winter Sleep, Blue Is the Warmest Color and Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives complete the six.

Shoplifters (2018)

TMDB ★ 7.9

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

Directed by Hirokazu Kore-eda · 2h 00m · Rated R

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The Square (2017)

TMDB ★ 6.8

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

Directed by Ruben Östlund · 2h 31m · Rated R

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Dheepan (2015)

TMDB ★ 7.0

A former Tamil Tiger soldier poses as part of a family to escape Sri Lanka and builds a new life in a rough Paris housing project.

Directed by Jacques Audiard · 1h 55m · Rated R

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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, Fandango At Home

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Winter Sleep (2014)

TMDB ★ 7.7

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

Directed by Nuri Bilge Ceylan · 3h 16m

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Stream: Kino Film Collection · Rent or buy: Apple TV Store, Fandango At Home

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Blue Is the Warmest Color (2013)

IMDb ★ 7.6 RT 88% Metacritic 90

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

Directed by Abdellatif Kechiche · 3h 00m · Rated NC-17

Nominated for 1 BAFTA Award87 wins & 106 nominations

Where to watch

Stream: Philo, AMC Plus Apple TV channel, AMC+ Roku Premium Channel, AMC+, Sundance Now · Rent or buy: Apple TV Store, Fandango At Home

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Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives (2010)

TMDB ★ 6.6

A dying man is visited by the ghosts of his past as he reflects on his previous lives.

Directed by Apichatpong Weerasethakul · 1h 54m · Rated NR

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

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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 Palme d'Or Winners of the 2010s

Shoplifters (2018)

The Square (2017)

Dheepan (2015)

Winter Sleep (2014)

Blue Is the Warmest Color (2013)

Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives (2010)

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