Top Ten Films At Cannes
Cannes is one of oldest and prestigious Film Festivals in the World. Cannes Film Festival, heralded the concept of film festivals in the year 1946. The Cannes Fim Festival puts film makers and actors on the map. Every movie maker dreams of his film being listed in Cannes Film Festival. Cannes Film Festival awared the top film at every juncture. As the 63rd edition of the festival gets underway there is a list of the Top 10 noteworthy Cannes Film Festival Movies. Time magazine has ranked a list of “Top 10 Cannes Film Festival Movies” of all time.
The Third Man (1949):
The Third Man (1949) is a British film noir directed by Carol Reed and starring Joseph Cotten, Alida Valli, Orson Welles, and Trevor Howard. The Third Man set in postwar Austria. This is first year Cannes crowned an acknowledged winner.
The Wages of Fear (1953):
The Wages of Fear in 1950 a French film about men in South America transporting nitrogylcerin crossways treacherous terrain. This movie is based on a 1950 novel by Georges Arnaud.
La Dolce Vita (1960):
Movie La Dolce Vita an Italian word which means ‘The Good Life’. Film is directed by Federico Fellini in 1960. This movie is at rest the top foreign language film released in the US.
Taxi Driver (1976):
The film Taxi Driver is directed by Martin Scorsese and written by Paul Schrader in 1976. The film was chosen for four Academy Awards, including Best Picture, and won the Palme d’Or at the 1976 Cannes Film Festival. The film stars Robert De Niro and features Albert Brooks, Harvey Keitel, Leonard Harris, Peter Boyle, Cybill Shepherd, and a young Jodie Foster.
Tree of Wooden Clogs (1978):
In 1978, the jury at Cannes faced an impasse. The film fear Lombard peasant life in the late 19th century. The year before the Palme d’Or had gone to Padre Padrone, an Italian film. Now, they were faced with an even more inspiring effort from Italy, Tree of Wooden Clogs.
Sex, Lies, and Videotape (1989):
At Cannes 1989 was a controversial year. Two young American independent filmmakers, Steven Soderbergh and Spike Lee, were consider by many to be equally worthy of the top prize. Overall Soderbergh’s Sex Lies and Videotape finally won out the Cannes 1989 film festival award.
Farewell My Concubine (1993):
Film Farewell My Concubine won the top prize in 1993 in Cannes. A film was directed by Chen Kaige, is one of the central works of the Fifth Generation movement that brought Chinese film directors to world attention.
Pulp Fiction (1994):
Pulp Fiction is an American crime film directed by Quentin Tarantino, who cowrote its screenplay with Roger Avary. The film is known for its rich, eclectic dialogue, ironic mix of humor and violence, nonlinear storyline, and host of cinematic allusions and pop culture references.
The Taste of Cherry (1997):
Iranian filmmaker Abbas Kiarostami’s The Taste of Cherry is a minimalist film, film compelling look at one man’s journey to find someone to bury him after he dies. It’s contemplative. It’s funny. It’s sad. It’s engaging.
4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days (2007):
4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days is a 2007 Romanian film written and directed by Cristian Mungiu. It won the Palme d’Or and the FIPRESCI Award at the 2007 Cannes Film Festival. This film is a story about a college girl who needs an illegal abortion, and her roommate, went from completely unknown to the talk of Cannes in 1997.
The Third Man (1949):
The Third Man (1949) is a British film noir directed by Carol Reed and starring Joseph Cotten, Alida Valli, Orson Welles, and Trevor Howard. The Third Man set in postwar Austria. This is first year Cannes crowned an acknowledged winner.
The Wages of Fear (1953):
The Wages of Fear in 1950 a French film about men in South America transporting nitrogylcerin crossways treacherous terrain. This movie is based on a 1950 novel by Georges Arnaud.
La Dolce Vita (1960):
Movie La Dolce Vita an Italian word which means ‘The Good Life’. Film is directed by Federico Fellini in 1960. This movie is at rest the top foreign language film released in the US.
Taxi Driver (1976):
The film Taxi Driver is directed by Martin Scorsese and written by Paul Schrader in 1976. The film was chosen for four Academy Awards, including Best Picture, and won the Palme d’Or at the 1976 Cannes Film Festival. The film stars Robert De Niro and features Albert Brooks, Harvey Keitel, Leonard Harris, Peter Boyle, Cybill Shepherd, and a young Jodie Foster.
Tree of Wooden Clogs (1978):
In 1978, the jury at Cannes faced an impasse. The film fear Lombard peasant life in the late 19th century. The year before the Palme d’Or had gone to Padre Padrone, an Italian film. Now, they were faced with an even more inspiring effort from Italy, Tree of Wooden Clogs.
Sex, Lies, and Videotape (1989):
At Cannes 1989 was a controversial year. Two young American independent filmmakers, Steven Soderbergh and Spike Lee, were consider by many to be equally worthy of the top prize. Overall Soderbergh’s Sex Lies and Videotape finally won out the Cannes 1989 film festival award.
Farewell My Concubine (1993):
Film Farewell My Concubine won the top prize in 1993 in Cannes. A film was directed by Chen Kaige, is one of the central works of the Fifth Generation movement that brought Chinese film directors to world attention.
Pulp Fiction (1994):
Pulp Fiction is an American crime film directed by Quentin Tarantino, who cowrote its screenplay with Roger Avary. The film is known for its rich, eclectic dialogue, ironic mix of humor and violence, nonlinear storyline, and host of cinematic allusions and pop culture references.
The Taste of Cherry (1997):
Iranian filmmaker Abbas Kiarostami’s The Taste of Cherry is a minimalist film, film compelling look at one man’s journey to find someone to bury him after he dies. It’s contemplative. It’s funny. It’s sad. It’s engaging.
4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days (2007):
4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days is a 2007 Romanian film written and directed by Cristian Mungiu. It won the Palme d’Or and the FIPRESCI Award at the 2007 Cannes Film Festival. This film is a story about a college girl who needs an illegal abortion, and her roommate, went from completely unknown to the talk of Cannes in 1997.
Cannes Film Festival 2010
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