CANNES FILM FESTIVAL THE BEST FEATURE FILMS OF THE OFFICIAL COMPETITION

Until 1954, the Jury of the Cannes Film Festival awarded a „Grand Prix of the International Film Festival” to Best Director.
In 1955, the first Golden Palm („Palme d’Or”) in the history of the Festival was awarded.
From 1964 to 1974, the Festival temporarily resumed awarding a Grand Prix.In 1975, the Golden Palm was reintroduced and became the enduring symbol of the Cannes Film Festival, awarded each and every year since to the director of the Best Feature Film of the Official Competition, being the last prize proclaimed during the Award Ceremony, following increasing order of importance.

2007
4 LUNI, 3 SAPTAMINI SI 2 ZILE by Cristian MUNGIU
2006
THE WIND THAT SHAKES THE BARLEY by Ken LOACH
2005
L'ENFANT by Jean-Pierre et Luc DARDENNE
2004
FAHRENHEIT 9/11 by Michael MOORE
2003
ELEPHANT by Gus VAN SANT
2002
THE PIANIST by Roman POLANSKI
2001
LA STANZA DEL FIGLIO by Nanni MORETTI
2000
DANCER IN THE DARK by Lars VON TRIER
1999
ROSETTA by Jean-Pierre et Luc DARDENNE
1998
MIA EONIOTITA KE MIA MERA by Theo ANGELOPOULOS
1997
UNAGI [co-winners] by IMAMURA Shohei
TA'M E GUILASS [co-winners] by Abbas KIAROSTAMI
1996
SECRETS AND LIES by Mike LEIGH
1995
UNDERGROUND by Emir KUSTURICA
1994
PULP FICTION by Quentin TARANTINO
1993
THE PIANO [co-winners] by Jane CAMPION
BAWANG BIEJI [co-winners] by CHEN Kaige
1992
DEN GODA VILJAN by Bille AUGUST
1991
BARTON FINK by Ethan COEN and Joel COEN
1990
WILD AT HEART by David LYNCH
1989
SEX, LIES & VIDEOTAPE by Steven SODERBERGH
1988
PELLE EROBREREN by Bille AUGUST
1987
SOUS LE SOLEIL DE SATAN by Maurice PIALAT
1986
THE MISSION by Roland JOFFE
1985
OTAC NA SLUZBENOM PUTU by Emir KUSTURICA
1984
PARIS TEXAS by Wim WENDERS
1983
NARAYAMA-BUSHI-KO by IMAMURA Shohei
1982
MISSING [co-winners] by COSTA-GAVRAS
YOL [co-winners] by Yilmaz GUNEY
1981
CZLOWIEK Z ZELAZA by Andrzej WAJDA
1980
KAGEMUSHA [co-winners] by KUROSAWA Akira
ALL THAT JAZZ [co-winners] by Bob FOSSE
1979
DIE BLECHTROMMEL [co-winners] by Völker SCHLONDORFF
APOCALYPSE NOW (A WORK IN PROGRESS) [co-winners] by Francis COPPOLA
1978
L'ALBERO DEGLI ZOCCOLI by Ermanno OLMI
1977
PADRE PADRONE by Vittorio TAVIANI and Paolo TAVIANI
1976
TAXI DRIVER by Martin SCORSESE
1975
CHRONIQUE DES ANNÉES DE BRAISE by Mohammed LAKHDAR-HAMINA
1974
THE CONSERVATION by Francis Ford COPPOLA
1973
SCARECROW [co-winners] by Jerry SCHATZBERG
THE HIRELING [co-winners] by Alan BRIDGES
1972
IL CASO MATTEI [co-winners] by Francesco ROSI
LE CLASSE OPERAIA VA IN PARADISO [co-winners] by Elio PETRI
1971
THE GO-BETWEEN by Joseph LOSEY
1970
M.A.S.H. by Robert ALTMAN
1969
IF by Lindsay ANDERSON
1968
canceled due to events of Maz 1968
1967
BLOW UP by Michelangelo ANTONIONI
1966
SIGNORE E SIGNORI [co-winners] by Pietro GERMI
UN HOMME ET UNE FEMME [co-winners] by Claude LELOUCH
1965
THE KNACK… AND HOW TO GET IT by Richard LESTER
1964
LES PARAPLUIES DE CHERBOURG by Jacques DEMY
1963
IL GATTOPARDO by Luchino VISCONTI
1962
O PAGADOR DE PROMESSAS by Anselmo DUARTE
1961
VIRIDIANA [co-winners] by Luis BUŃUEL
UNE AUSSI LONGUE ABSENCE [co-winners] by Henri COLPI
1960
LA DOLCE VITA by Federico FELLINI
1959
ORFEU NEGRO by Marcel CAMUS
1958
LETIAT JOURAVLY by Mikhail KALATOZOV
1957
FRIENDLY PERSUASION by William WYLER
1956
LE MONDE DU SILENCE by Jacques-Yves COUSTEAU and Louis MALLE
1955
MARTY by Delbert MANN
1954
JIGOKU-MON by Teinosuke KINUGASA
1953
LE SALAIRE DE LA PEUR by Henri-Georges CLOUZOT
1952
DUE SOLDI DI SPERANZA [co-winners] by Renato CASTELLANI
OTHELLO [co-winners] by Orson WELLES
1951
MIRACOLO A MILANO [co-winners] by Vittorio DE SICA
FROKEN JULIE [co-winners] by Alf SJOBERG
1950
not held
1949
THE THIRD MAN by Carol REED
1948
not held
1947
LE BATAILLE DU RAIL by René CLEMENT