List of Films That Won The Palme D'Or at the Cannes Film Festival

1970 -- Landscape After the Battle (Poland), directed by Andrzej Walda

1971 -- Drive, He Said (USA), directed by Jack Nicholson, Walkabout (UK), directed by Nicolas Roeg

1972 -- Malpertuis (Belgium), directedy Harry Kumel

1973 -- O Lucky Man! (England), directed by Lindsay Anderson

1974 -- Arabian Nights (Italy), directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini

1975 -- Man Friday (UK/USA), directed by Jack Gold

1976 -- Cria Cuerovos (Spain), directed by Carlos Saura

1977 -- The Purple Taxi (France/Ireland/Italy), directed by Yves Boisset

1978 -- A Dream of Passion (Greece), directed by Jules Dassin, Pretty Baby (USA), directed by Louis Malle

1979 -- Wozyeck (West Germany), directed by Werner Herzog

1980 -- Out of the Blue (Canada), directed by Dennis Hopper

1981 -- Possession (West Germany), directed by Andzej Zulwaski

1982 -- Passion (France), directed by Jean-Luc Godard

1983 -- Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence (Japan), directed by Nagisa Oshima, Monty Python's The Meaning of Life (UK), directed by Terry Jones

1984 -- Cal (Ireland), directed by Pat O'Connor

1985 -- Insignifigance (UK), directed by Nicolas Roeg, Mask (USA), directed by Peter Bogdonavich

1986 -- The Sacrifice (Sweeden), directed by Andrei Tarkovsky

1987 -- Shy People (USA), directed by Andrei Konchalavsky

1988 -- A Short Film About Killing (Poland), directed by Krzysztof Kieślowski, Bird (USA), directed by Clint Eastwood

1989 -- Sweetie (Australia), directed by Jane Campion

1990 -- Cyrano De Bergerac (France), directed by Jean-Paul Rappeneau

1991 -- Bix (Italy), directed by Pupi Avati, Europa (Denmark), directed by Lars Von Trier

1992 -- Basic Instict (USA), directed by Paul Verhoeven

1993 -- Naked (UK), directed by Mike Leigh

1994 -- Exotica (Canada), driected by Atom Egoyan

1995 -- La Haine (France), directed by Matthieu Kassovitz, Kids (USA), directed by Larry Clark

1996 -- Ridicule (France), directed by Patrice Leconte

1997 -- L.A. Confidential (USA), directed by Curtis Hanson

1998 -- The Dreamlife of Angels (France), directed by Erick Zonca

1999 -- The Straight Story (USA), directed by David Lynch

2000 -- Taboo (Japan), directed by Nagisa Oshima

2001 -- Mulholland Drive (USA), directed by David Lynch