1987 Cannes: Winners and Nominees

20 films were recognised at the 1987 Cannes Film Festival, across 16 categories. 14 of them took home at least one award.

The biggest winner of the year was Shinran: Path to Purity, with 1 award. The categories below run from In Competition - Feature films, In Competition - Short films and Out of Competition - Feature films to the smaller prizes, and in every one the winner is listed first, followed by the other nominees.

Each title links to the film's full award history at all four awards, and the links at the bottom step to the previous and next ceremony.

Last updated August 12, 2026

In Competition - Feature films

Barfly(1987)
Barbet SCHROEDER
Prick Up Your Ears(1987)
Stephen FREARS
Shy People(1987)
Andrei KONCHALOVSKY
The Glass Menagerie(1987)
Paul NEWMAN
Yeelen(1987)
Souleymane CISSÉ

In Competition - Short films

Academy Leader Variations(1987)
Hu JIN QING, Piotr DUMALA, A. DA, Chang GUANG XI, He YU MEN, Martial WANNAZ, Lin WEN XIAO, Yan DING XIAN, Krzysztof KIWERSKI, Georges SCHWIZGEBEL, Paul GLABICKI, David EHRLICH, Jane AARON, Skip BATTAGLIA, Claude LUYET, Stanislaw LENARTOWICZ, George GRIFFIN, Al JARNOW, Daniel SUTER, Jerzy KUCIA
Palisade(1987)
Laurie MC INNES
The Sudden and Premature Death of Colonel K.K.(1987)
Milos RADOVIC
Your Face(1987)
Bill PLYMPTON