# The Palme d'Or and Cannes Grand Prix winners of the 1960s

The films that took the top prize at the Cannes Film Festival from 1960 to 1969 (called the Grand Prix from 1964 to 1974), including Brazil's O Pagador de Promessas in 1962. The 1968 festival was called off.

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- Mar 20, 2023 · leitora.curioso
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## Top 11

1. **La Dolce Vita** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Federico Fellini, 1960. Marcello Mastroianni in high-society Rome.
2. **Viridiana** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Luis Buñuel, 1961 (tie). Banned in Franco's Spain.
3. **The Long Absence** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Henri Colpi, 1961 (tie). A woman sees her missing husband in an amnesiac tramp.
4. **O Pagador de Promessas (Keeper of Promises)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Anselmo Duarte, 1962. Zé do Burro and his cross in Salvador; Brazil's only Palme d'Or.
5. **The Leopard** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Luchino Visconti, 1963. Burt Lancaster as the Prince of Salina.
6. **The Umbrellas of Cherbourg** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Jacques Demy, 1964. Catherine Deneuve in an entirely sung musical.
7. **The Knack… and How to Get It** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Richard Lester, 1965. A Swinging London comedy.
8. **A Man and a Woman** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Claude Lelouch, 1966 (tie). A romance in Deauville.
9. **The Birds, the Bees and the Italians** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Pietro Germi, 1966 (tie). A satire of small-town morals in Treviso.
10. **Blow-Up** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Michelangelo Antonioni, 1967. A fashion photographer and a possible crime.
11. **If....** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Lindsay Anderson, 1969. Revolt at an English boarding school.

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