Award-Winning Adventure Films at the Cannes
54 adventure films have been recognised at the Cannes, and 23 of them won at least one award. They are ranked here by wins, then by nominations.
The most awarded are The Mission (2 wins), The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada (2 wins) and Cross (1 win). The films span 1925 to 2025.
Genres come from each film's catalogue data, so a film can appear under more than one genre. Every title links to its complete record at all four awards.
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The Mission(1986)2 won · 3 nom.
2 won · 3 nom.
Cross(2011)1 won · 2 nom.
Easy Rider(1969)1 won · 2 nom.
EO(2022)1 won · 2 nom.
Excalibur(1981)1 won · 2 nom.
Fan-Fan the Tulip(1952)1 won · 2 nom.
Fitzcarraldo(1982)1 won · 2 nom.
Grand Tour(2024)1 won · 2 nom.
Greenland(1952)1 won · 2 nom.
Nebraska(2013)1 won · 2 nom.
Qivitoq(1956)1 won · 2 nom.
Ten Canoes(2006)1 won · 2 nom.
The Bandit(1953)1 won · 2 nom.
The Dreamed Adventure(2025)1 won · 2 nom.
The Golden Antelope(1955)1 won · 2 nom.
A Touch of Zen(1971)1 won · 1 nom.
Arabian Nights(1974)1 won · 1 nom.
Exiles(2004)1 won · 1 nom.
The Fifth Element(1997)1 won · 1 nom.
The Great Adventure(1953)1 won · 1 nom.
The Silent World(1956)1 won · 1 nom.
The Wages of Fear(1953)1 won · 1 nom.
All Is Lost(2013)1 nom.
Arco(2025)1 nom.
1 nom.
Ben-Hur(1959)1 nom.
Beneath the 12-Mile Reef(1953)1 nom.
Black Panther(2018)1 nom.
Cliffhanger(1993)1 nom.
El Norte(1983)1 nom.
Flow(2024)1 nom.
1 nom.
1 nom.
Inside Out(2015)1 nom.
1 nom.
Los tres mosqueteros(1946)1 nom.
1 nom.
1 nom.
Palle Alone in the World(1949)1 nom.
Pirates(1986)1 nom.
Road to Utopia(1946)1 nom.
Runaway Train(1985)1 nom.
Shrek(2001)1 nom.
Solo: A Star Wars Story(2018)1 nom.
1 nom.
1 nom.
1 nom.
The Gold Rush(1925)1 nom.
1 nom.
The Two Mouseketeers(1952)1 nom.
1 nom.
Up(2009)1 nom.
Willow(1988)1 nom.