6 Best Cannes Palme d'Or Winning Films

By Vlad Zakh · June 16, 2026

The Palme d’Or has crowned some of cinema’s most audacious films. The Tree of Life weaves a 1950s Texas childhood into cosmic questions, Pulp Fiction tangles hitmen, a boxer and a gangster’s wife in a nonlinear crime tale, and The Piano has a mute Scottish woman forging a new life in colonial New Zealand. Barton Fink, Apocalypse Now and Taxi Driver complete the six, which is quite a lineup.

The Tree of Life (2011)

TMDB ★ 6.7

A man reflects on his childhood in 1950s Texas, weaving memory with cosmic questions about existence.

Directed by Terrence Malick · 2h 19m · Rated PG-13

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Pulp Fiction (1994)

IMDb ★ 8.8 RT 92% Metacritic 95

Two hitmen, a boxer and a gangster's wife weave through a nonlinear crime saga in Los Angeles.

Directed by Quentin Tarantino · 2h 34m · Rated R

Won 1 Oscar69 wins & 72 nominations

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Stream: Amazon Prime Video, fuboTV, Paramount Plus Premium, Paramount Plus Essential, Paramount+ Amazon Channel, YouTube TV · Rent: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home, Spectrum On Demand · Buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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The Piano (1993)

TMDB ★ 7.5

A mute woman communicates only through the instrument she refuses to leave behind.

Directed by Jane Campion · 2h 00m · Rated R

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Barton Fink (1991)

TMDB ★ 7.3

A Hollywood screenwriter's block turns into something much stranger inside a decaying hotel.

Directed by Joel Coen & Ethan Coen · 1h 57m · Rated R

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Apocalypse Now (1979)

IMDb ★ 8.4 RT 91% Metacritic 94

A captain travels up a war-torn river to kill a renegade colonel who has set up his own jungle kingdom.

Directed by Francis Ford Coppola · 2h 27m · Rated R

Won 2 Oscars21 wins & 33 nominations

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Stream: Paramount+ Amazon Channel, Lionsgate+ Amazon Channel, Howdy Amazon Channel · Rent: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, FlixFling · Buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube

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Taxi Driver (1976)

IMDb ★ 8.2 RT 89% Metacritic 94

An alienated New York cabbie grows more isolated until it pushes him toward violence.

Directed by Martin Scorsese · 1h 54m · Rated R

Nominated for 4 Oscars22 wins & 21 nominations

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Stream: Apple TV, Apple TV Amazon Channel, Sony Pictures Core Amazon Channel · Rent: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home, FlixFling · 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 Winning Films

The Tree of Life (2011)

Pulp Fiction (1994)

The Piano (1993)

Barton Fink (1991)

Apocalypse Now (1979)

Taxi Driver (1976)

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