The Palme d'Or winners list by year spans from Delbert Mann's Marty in 1955 through Cristian Mungiu's Fjord in 2026. Swipe through era-defining Cannes champions every cinephile should know on the Croisette.

Federico Fellini claimed La Dolce Vita in 1960 and Michelangelo Antonioni won Blow-Up in 1967. The early Palme d'Or winners list by year crowned Italian grandeur and British New Wave provocation alike.

Martin Scorsese won for Taxi Driver in 1976 and Francis Ford Coppola claimed Apocalypse Now in 1979. New Hollywood rebels dominated the Palme d'Or winners list by year throughout the 1970s festival circuit.

Jane Campion became the first woman winner with The Piano in 1993. Quentin Tarantino followed with Pulp Fiction in 1994 — two landmark entries on the Palme d'Or winners list by year still debated today.

Bong Joon Ho's Parasite won in 2019 before its Oscar sweep. Julia Ducournau and Justine Triet followed as the only women on the competitive Palme d'Or winners list by year as of 2026.