Award-Winning Crime Films at the Cannes
113 crime films have been recognised at the Cannes, and 78 of them won at least one award. They are ranked here by wins, then by nominations.
The most awarded are Dancer in the Dark (2 wins), Elephant (2 wins) and Les Misérables (2 wins). The films span 1944 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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Dancer in the Dark(2000)2 won · 3 nom.
Elephant(2003)2 won · 3 nom.
Les Misérables(2019)2 won · 3 nom.
The Player(1992)2 won · 3 nom.
The Secret Agent(2025)2 won · 3 nom.
2 won · 3 nom.
2 won · 3 nom.
Z(1969)2 won · 3 nom.
A Touch of Sin(2013)1 won · 2 nom.
Bad Day at Black Rock(1955)1 won · 2 nom.
Compulsion(1959)1 won · 2 nom.
Crimson Gold(2003)1 won · 2 nom.
1 won · 2 nom.
Detective Story(1951)1 won · 2 nom.
Dheepan(2015)1 won · 2 nom.
Dogman(2018)1 won · 2 nom.
Drive(2011)1 won · 2 nom.
Drowning by Numbers(1988)1 won · 2 nom.
Fargo(1996)1 won · 2 nom.
Great Freedom(2021)1 won · 2 nom.
Grigris(2013)1 won · 2 nom.
Heli(2013)1 won · 2 nom.
Holy Spider(2022)1 won · 2 nom.
Hounds(2023)1 won · 2 nom.
Invitation to Travel(1982)1 won · 2 nom.
It Was Just an Accident(2025)1 won · 2 nom.
La Civil(2021)1 won · 2 nom.
Leviathan(2014)1 won · 2 nom.
Lorna's Silence(2008)1 won · 2 nom.
Minotaur(2025)1 won · 2 nom.
Mona Lisa(1986)1 won · 2 nom.
Mystic River(2003)1 won · 2 nom.
Nitram(2021)1 won · 2 nom.
Nurse Betty(2000)1 won · 2 nom.
1 won · 2 nom.
Paranoid Park(2007)1 won · 2 nom.
Police, Adjective(2009)1 won · 2 nom.
Polisse(2011)1 won · 2 nom.
Pulp Fiction(1994)1 won · 2 nom.
Raining Stones(1993)1 won · 2 nom.
Rodeo(2022)1 won · 2 nom.
Sin City(2005)1 won · 2 nom.
Snow(1981)1 won · 2 nom.
Stars at Noon(2022)1 won · 2 nom.
Sweet Sixteen(2002)1 won · 2 nom.
Taxi Driver(1976)1 won · 2 nom.
The Conversation(1974)1 won · 2 nom.
The Dreamed Adventure(2025)1 won · 2 nom.
The Element of Crime(1984)1 won · 2 nom.
The Execution of P(2009)1 won · 2 nom.
The General(1998)1 won · 2 nom.
The Ladykillers(2004)1 won · 2 nom.
The Man Who Wasn't There(2001)1 won · 2 nom.
The Panic in Needle Park(1971)1 won · 2 nom.
1 won · 2 nom.
1 won · 2 nom.
The Sugarland Express(1974)1 won · 2 nom.
The Young and the Damned(1950)1 won · 2 nom.
We Are All Murderers(1952)1 won · 2 nom.
Wild at Heart(1990)1 won · 2 nom.
Wind River(2017)1 won · 2 nom.
A Prophet(2009)1 won · 1 nom.
1 won · 1 nom.
Ajami(2009)1 won · 1 nom.
Anatomy of a Fall(2023)1 won · 1 nom.
BlacKkKlansman(2018)1 won · 1 nom.
Border(2018)1 won · 1 nom.
Divorce Italian Style(1961)1 won · 1 nom.
Interrogation(1989)1 won · 1 nom.
Killer(1998)1 won · 1 nom.
Ménage(1986)1 won · 1 nom.
Rififi(1955)1 won · 1 nom.
Salaam Bombay!(1988)1 won · 1 nom.
Shanghai Triad(1995)1 won · 1 nom.
Shoplifters(2018)1 won · 1 nom.
The Eel(1997)1 won · 1 nom.
Time of the Gypsies(1988)1 won · 1 nom.
Violette Nozière(1978)1 won · 1 nom.
A History of Violence(2005)1 nom.
A Place in the Sun(1951)1 nom.
An Act of Murder(1949)1 nom.
Bad Santa(2003)1 nom.
Boyz n the Hood(1991)1 nom.
Crossfire(1947)1 nom.
Die Welt(1946)1 nom.
Electra Glide in Blue(1973)1 nom.
Frenzy(1972)1 nom.
Gaslight(1944)1 nom.
Gomorrah(2008)1 nom.
Hell or High Water(2016)1 nom.
House of Strangers(1949)1 nom.
Il bandito(1946)1 nom.
In the Fade(2017)1 nom.
Inside Job(2010)1 nom.
Ivy(1947)1 nom.
Kill Bill: Vol. 2(2004)1 nom.
1 nom.
L.A. Confidential(1997)1 nom.
Midnight Express(1978)1 nom.
No Country for Old Men(2007)1 nom.
1 nom.
Obsession(1949)1 nom.
Requiem for a Dream(2000)1 nom.
Sicario(2015)1 nom.
Something Wild(1986)1 nom.
The Chase(1946)1 nom.
The Set-Up(1949)1 nom.
The Usual Suspects(1995)1 nom.
To Die For(1995)1 nom.
Trainspotting(1996)1 nom.
1 nom.
Without Honor(1949)1 nom.
Witness(1985)1 nom.