The Palme d'Or winners of the 1990s
The top 3 according to 33 votes from people: Wild at Heart · Barton Fink · The Best Intentions. (Updated Dec 24, 2025.)
The films that won Cannes' top prize between 1990 and 1999, including the shared Palmes of 1993 and 1997.
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Top 12
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1
Wild at Heart
David Lynch, 1990. Nicolas Cage and Laura Dern on the run.
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2
Barton Fink
Joel and Ethan Coen, 1991. Also Best Director and Best Actor.
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3
The Best Intentions
Bille August, 1992. Ingmar Bergman's parents, from his screenplay.
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4
Farewell My Concubine
Chen Kaige, 1993 (shared). Half a century of two Peking opera actors.
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5
Pulp Fiction
Quentin Tarantino, 1994. Intertwined crime stories in Los Angeles.
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6
Secrets & Lies
Mike Leigh, 1996. An adopted Black woman finds her white birth mother.
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7
The Eel
Shōhei Imamura, 1997 (shared). An ex-convict and his eel; Imamura's second Palme.
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8
Underground
Emir Kusturica, 1995. Half a century of Yugoslavia in a cellar; the director's second Palme.
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9
Rosetta
Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne, 1999. A teenager looking for work.
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10
The Piano
Jane Campion, 1993 (shared). The first woman to win the Palme.
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11
Eternity and a Day
Theo Angelopoulos, 1998. A dying poet and an Albanian boy.
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12
Taste of Cherry
Abbas Kiarostami, 1997 (shared). A man looks for someone to bury him.
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Comments (3)
Gosto de Cereja do Kiarostami, cinema puro.
O Piano e Adeus, Minha Concubina empataram em 1993.
Pulp Fiction ganhando a Palma, o Tarantino no auge.