Award-Winning Mystery Films at the Cannes
47 mystery films have been recognised at the Cannes, and 32 of them won at least one award. They are ranked here by wins, then by nominations.
The most awarded are Humanité (3 wins), Missing (2 wins) and The Player (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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Humanité(1999)3 won · 3 nom.
Missing(1982)2 won · 3 nom.
The Player(1992)2 won · 3 nom.
2 won · 3 nom.
Mulholland Drive(2001)1 won · 3 nom.
Bacurau(2019)1 won · 2 nom.
Blow-Up(1966)1 won · 2 nom.
Broken Flowers(2005)1 won · 2 nom.
Burning(2018)1 won · 2 nom.
Caché(2005)1 won · 2 nom.
Decision to Leave(2022)1 won · 2 nom.
Images(1972)1 won · 2 nom.
Invitation to Travel(1982)1 won · 2 nom.
It Was Just an Accident(2025)1 won · 2 nom.
Marguerite's Theorem(2023)1 won · 2 nom.
Memoria(2021)1 won · 2 nom.
Monster(2023)1 won · 2 nom.
Mystic River(2003)1 won · 2 nom.
Oldboy(2003)1 won · 2 nom.
Oriana(1985)1 won · 2 nom.
Paranoid Park(2007)1 won · 2 nom.
Personal Shopper(2016)1 won · 2 nom.
Solaris(1972)1 won · 2 nom.
The Conversation(1974)1 won · 2 nom.
1 won · 2 nom.
The Shout(1978)1 won · 2 nom.
The Skin I Live In(2011)1 won · 2 nom.
Wind River(2017)1 won · 2 nom.
Anatomy of a Fall(2023)1 won · 1 nom.
Class Trip(1998)1 won · 1 nom.
L'Avventura(1960)1 won · 1 nom.
The White Ribbon(2009)1 won · 1 nom.
All the President's Men(1976)1 nom.
Basic Instinct(1992)1 nom.
Boomerang!(1947)1 nom.
Crossfire(1947)1 nom.
Electra Glide in Blue(1973)1 nom.
Gaslight(1944)1 nom.
L.A. Confidential(1997)1 nom.
Notorious(1946)1 nom.
Spellbound(1945)1 nom.
The Da Vinci Code(2006)1 nom.
1 nom.
1 nom.
The Paperboy(2012)1 nom.
The Past(2013)1 nom.
The Third Man(1949)1 nom.