Marty, an American drama film directed by Delbert Mann, won the Palme d'Or at the 1955 Cannes Film Festival.

Federico Fellini won the Palme d'Or for Best Director at the 1960 Cannes Film Festival for his film La Dolce Vita.

Apocalypse Now, an American epic war film directed by Francis Ford Coppola, won the Palme d'Or at the 1979 Cannes Film Festival.

Sandrine Bonnaire won the Palme d'Or for Best Actress at the 1986 Cannes Film Festival for her performance in the film Sans toit ni loi.

Pulp Fiction, an American crime film directed by Quentin Tarantino, won the Palme d'Or at the 1994 Cannes Film Festival.

Javier Bardem won the Palme d'Or for Best Actor at the 2007 Cannes Film Festival for his performance in the film No Country for Old Men.

Blue Is the Warmest Color, a French drama film directed by Abdellatif Kechiche, won the Palme d'Or at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival.

Hirokazu Kore-eda won the Palme d'Or for Best Director at the 2018 Cannes Film Festival for his film Shoplifters.

Titane, a French body horror film directed by Julia Ducournau, won the Palme d'Or at the 2021 Cannes Film Festival.

Zar Amir Ebrahimi won the Palme d'Or for Best Actress at the 2022 Cannes Film Festival for her performance in the film Holy Spider.

Z, a political thriller directed by Costa-Gavras, won the Palme d'Or at the 1969 Cannes Film Festival.

Ingmar Bergman won the Palme d'Or for Best Director at the 1973 Cannes Film Festival for his film Cries and Whispers.

Paris, Texas, an American drama film directed by Wim Wenders, won the Palme d'Or at the 1984 Cannes Film Festival.

Jessica Tandy won the Palme d'Or for Best Actress at the 1990 Cannes Film Festival for her performance in the film Driving Miss Daisy.

The Pianist, a biographical drama film directed by Roman Polanski, won the Palme d'Or at the 2002 Cannes Film Festival.