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Cannes Palme d'Or Winners

The “Palme d’Or” is the highest prize award at the Cannes Film Festival. It was introduced in 1955 by the festival's organizing committee. The “Palme d’Or” is widely considered to be one of the most prestigious awards in the film industry.

Previously, from 1939 to 1954, the highest prize at the festival was the “Grand Prix du Festival International du Film.” In 1964, The “Palme d’Or” was replaced again by the “Grand Prix”, before being reintroduced in 1975.

Therefore, Marty by Delbert Mann was the first film to receive the “Palme d’Or”.
The Silent World by Jacques-Yves Cousteau and Louis Malle was the first documentary to recieve this award.
For the first time since its creation “Palme d’Or” was awarded…

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There are 11 films in this list released in the 1980s available on Amazon US.

  • sex, lies, and videotape
  • Pelle the Conqueror
  • Under the Sun of Satan
  • The Mission
  • When Father Was Away on Business
  • Paris, Texas
  • The Ballad of Narayama
  • Missing
  • The Road
  • Man of Iron
  • Kagemusha