Award-Winning Romance Films at the Cannes
234 romance films have been recognised at the Cannes, and 147 of them won at least one award. They are ranked here by wins, then by nominations.
The most awarded are The Piano Teacher (3 wins), Atlantics (2 wins) and Beyond the Hills (2 wins). The films span 1943 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 Piano Teacher(2001)3 won · 3 nom.
Atlantics(2019)2 won · 3 nom.
Beyond the Hills(2012)2 won · 3 nom.
Car Wash(1976)2 won · 3 nom.
Carrington(1995)2 won · 3 nom.
Cyrano de Bergerac(1990)2 won · 3 nom.
In the Mood for Love(2000)2 won · 3 nom.
2 won · 3 nom.
She's So Lovely(1997)2 won · 3 nom.
Skaterdater(1965)2 won · 3 nom.
2 won · 3 nom.
The Piano(1993)2 won · 3 nom.
Volver(2006)2 won · 3 nom.
Queen Margot(1994)2 won · 2 nom.
The Best Intentions(1992)2 won · 2 nom.
The Man Without a Past(2002)2 won · 2 nom.
2 won · 2 nom.
To Live(1994)2 won · 2 nom.
37°4 S(2013)1 won · 2 nom.
A Raisin in the Sun(1961)1 won · 2 nom.
Accident(1967)1 won · 2 nom.
Alfie(1966)1 won · 2 nom.
All We Imagine as Light(2024)1 won · 2 nom.
An Unmarried Woman(1978)1 won · 2 nom.
Anora(2024)1 won · 2 nom.
Blissfully Yours(2002)1 won · 2 nom.
Breaking the Waves(1996)1 won · 2 nom.
Broken Flowers(2005)1 won · 2 nom.
Cal(1984)1 won · 2 nom.
Carol(2015)1 won · 2 nom.
Certified Copy(2010)1 won · 2 nom.
Chronicle of Poor Lovers(1954)1 won · 2 nom.
Cloud 9(2008)1 won · 2 nom.
Coming Home(1978)1 won · 2 nom.- Coucou-les-Nuages(2010)1 won · 2 nom.
Coward(2025)1 won · 2 nom.
Days of Heaven(1978)1 won · 2 nom.
Decision to Leave(2022)1 won · 2 nom.
Fan-Fan the Tulip(1952)1 won · 2 nom.
Flanders(2006)1 won · 2 nom.
Great Freedom(2021)1 won · 2 nom.
Ha Ha Ha(2010)1 won · 2 nom.
Happy Together(1997)1 won · 2 nom.
Heli(2013)1 won · 2 nom.
Hill 24 Doesn't Answer(1955)1 won · 2 nom.
Howards End(1992)1 won · 2 nom.
In the Fishbowl(2013)1 won · 2 nom.
Journey to the Shore(2015)1 won · 2 nom.
Joyland(2022)1 won · 2 nom.
1 won · 2 nom.
Jungle Fever(1991)1 won · 2 nom.
L'Eclisse(1962)1 won · 2 nom.
La Puce(1999)1 won · 2 nom.
Laurence Anyways(2012)1 won · 2 nom.
Lili(1953)1 won · 2 nom.
Love Serenade(1996)1 won · 2 nom.
Mano a Mano(2019)1 won · 2 nom.
1 won · 2 nom.
Marty(1955)1 won · 2 nom.
Metronom(2022)1 won · 2 nom.
Mona Lisa(1986)1 won · 2 nom.
Never on Sunday(1960)1 won · 2 nom.
Oriana(1985)1 won · 2 nom.
Our Children(2012)1 won · 2 nom.
Pillion(2025)1 won · 2 nom.
Pizza Passionata(2001)1 won · 2 nom.
Punch-Drunk Love(2002)1 won · 2 nom.
Quartet(1981)1 won · 2 nom.
Rendez-vous(1985)1 won · 2 nom.
Romeo and Juliet(1955)1 won · 2 nom.
Room at the Top(1958)1 won · 2 nom.
Samson and Delilah(2009)1 won · 2 nom.
Seven Days… Seven Nights(1960)1 won · 2 nom.
Silent Light(2007)1 won · 2 nom.
Spring Fever(2009)1 won · 2 nom.
Stars at Noon(2022)1 won · 2 nom.
The Artist(2011)1 won · 2 nom.
The Dreamed Adventure(2025)1 won · 2 nom.
The Forsaken Land(2005)1 won · 2 nom.
The Go-Between(1971)1 won · 2 nom.
The Handmaiden(2016)1 won · 2 nom.
1 won · 2 nom.
The High Sun(2015)1 won · 2 nom.
The Hireling(1973)1 won · 2 nom.
The Little Sister(2025)1 won · 2 nom.
The Lobster(2015)1 won · 2 nom.
The Net(1953)1 won · 2 nom.
The Noise of Licking(2016)1 won · 2 nom.
The Panic in Needle Park(1971)1 won · 2 nom.
The Shameless(2024)1 won · 2 nom.
The Strawberry Statement(1970)1 won · 2 nom.
The Taste of Things(2023)1 won · 2 nom.
1 won · 2 nom.
Timecode(2016)1 won · 2 nom.
Tulpan(2008)1 won · 2 nom.
Two Cents Worth of Hope(1952)1 won · 2 nom.
Two Youths Died(2017)1 won · 2 nom.
Western(1997)1 won · 2 nom.
Wild at Heart(1990)1 won · 2 nom.
Yol(1982)1 won · 2 nom.
1 won · 1 nom.
A Man and a Woman(1966)1 won · 1 nom.
Amour(2012)1 won · 1 nom.
Ballad of a Soldier(1959)1 won · 1 nom.
Black Orpheus(1959)1 won · 1 nom.
1 won · 1 nom.
Cinema Paradiso(1988)1 won · 1 nom.
Cold War(2018)1 won · 1 nom.
Dark Eyes(1987)1 won · 1 nom.
Dear Diary(1996)1 won · 1 nom.
Divine Intervention(2002)1 won · 1 nom.
Empire of Passion(1978)1 won · 1 nom.
Fallen Leaves(2023)1 won · 1 nom.
Forest of the Hanged(1965)1 won · 1 nom.
Gate of Hell(1953)1 won · 1 nom.
Goodbye Again(1961)1 won · 1 nom.
I Even Met Happy Gypsies(1967)1 won · 1 nom.
1 won · 1 nom.
Jellyfish(2007)1 won · 1 nom.
Jesus of Montreal(1989)1 won · 1 nom.
L'Avventura(1960)1 won · 1 nom.
Lady with the Dog(1960)1 won · 1 nom.
Las acacias(2011)1 won · 1 nom.
Leap Year(2010)1 won · 1 nom.
Love and Anarchy(1973)1 won · 1 nom.
Me, You, Them(2000)1 won · 1 nom.
Miss Julie(1951)1 won · 1 nom.
My King(2015)1 won · 1 nom.
One Summer of Happiness(1951)1 won · 1 nom.
Proof(1991)1 won · 1 nom.
Reconstruction(2003)1 won · 1 nom.
Smiles of a Summer Night(1955)1 won · 1 nom.
Tango(1998)1 won · 1 nom.
The Best of Youth(2003)1 won · 1 nom.
The Cranes Are Flying(1957)1 won · 1 nom.
The Forty-First(1956)1 won · 1 nom.
The Law(1990)1 won · 1 nom.
The Man Without a Head(2003)1 won · 1 nom.
The Mother and the Whore(1973)1 won · 1 nom.
1 won · 1 nom.
1 won · 1 nom.
Time of the Gypsies(1988)1 won · 1 nom.
Too Beautiful for You(1989)1 won · 1 nom.
Tropical Malady(2004)1 won · 1 nom.
1 won · 1 nom.
Wings of Desire(1987)1 won · 1 nom.
Young Husbands(1958)1 won · 1 nom.
A Place in the Sun(1951)1 nom.
A Ship to India(1947)1 nom.
Adalen 31(1969)1 nom.
1 nom.
Amanti in fuga(1946)1 nom.
An American in Paris(1951)1 nom.
Angels and Insects(1995)1 nom.
1 nom.
Annette(2021)1 nom.
Antoine & Antoinette(1947)1 nom.
1 nom.
Barfly(1987)1 nom.
Beauty and the Beast(1991)1 nom.
Behind the Candelabra(2013)1 nom.
Blue Valentine(2010)1 nom.
Brief Encounter(1945)1 nom.
Bright Star(2009)1 nom.
Bright Victory(1951)1 nom.
Broken Embraces(2009)1 nom.
Call Me Madam(1953)1 nom.
Carmen(1983)1 nom.
Carmen Jones(1954)1 nom.
Closer(2004)1 nom.
Cross Creek(1983)1 nom.
Desire Under the Elms(1958)1 nom.
Doctor Zhivago(1965)1 nom.
Elemental(2023)1 nom.
Elvira Madigan(1967)1 nom.
From Here to Eternity(1953)1 nom.
Funny Face(1957)1 nom.
Gigi(1958)1 nom.
Gilda(1946)1 nom.
Head Over Heels(2012)1 nom.
Hemingway & Gellhorn(2012)1 nom.
Hiroshima Mon Amour(1959)1 nom.
Honeysuckle Rose(1980)1 nom.
Jeremy(1973)1 nom.
Kamennyj cvetok(1946)1 nom.
1 nom.
La belle et la bête(1946)1 nom.
Longtime Companion(1989)1 nom.
Loving(2016)1 nom.
Manhattan(1979)1 nom.
1 nom.
1 nom.
Match Point(2005)1 nom.
Middle of the Night(1959)1 nom.
Midnight in Paris(2011)1 nom.
Moonrise Kingdom(2012)1 nom.
Moulin Rouge!(2001)1 nom.
Mrs Brown(1997)1 nom.
Much Ado About Nothing(1993)1 nom.
My Brilliant Career(1979)1 nom.
Notorious(1946)1 nom.
Omar(2013)1 nom.
Possessed(1947)1 nom.
Pueblerina(1949)1 nom.
Rhapsody in Blue(1945)1 nom.
Ridicule(1996)1 nom.
Rust and Bone(2012)1 nom.
Scandal(1989)1 nom.
Shoot the Moon(1982)1 nom.
Shrek 2(2004)1 nom.
Silence Is Golden(1949)1 nom.
Something Wild(1986)1 nom.
Spellbound(1945)1 nom.
Stella(1955)1 nom.
Strictly Ballroom(1992)1 nom.
Sweet Charity(1969)1 nom.
Tender Mercies(1983)1 nom.
1 nom.
The Cooler(2003)1 nom.
The Dutch Master(1993)1 nom.
The Europeans(1979)1 nom.
The Great Gatsby(2013)1 nom.
1 nom.
The Magic Bow(1946)1 nom.
The Passionate Friends(1949)1 nom.
The Purple Rose of Cairo(1985)1 nom.
The Tales of Hoffmann(1951)1 nom.
1 nom.
1 nom.
Un giorno nella vita(1946)1 nom.
Vatel(2000)1 nom.
Vicky Cristina Barcelona(2008)1 nom.
You're a Big Boy Now(1966)1 nom.
Youth(2015)1 nom.