38 Cannes Classics: Emotion, Drama, and Human Experience on Screen

The Tree of Life

2011 • 139 min • Budget $32M • Box office $54M

Drama, Fantasy

This film is an impressionistic look at a Texas family in the 1950s. It follows Jack, the eldest son, from childhood into adulthood as he struggles to understand his complicated relationship with his father. Lost in the changing modern world,…

6.7

6.8

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Blue Is the Warmest Color

2013 • 180 min • Budget $4M • Box office $19M

Romance, Drama

Adèle's life takes a turn when she meets Emma, a young woman with distinctive blue hair. Emma helps Adèle explore her own desires and develop a sense of independence. Through their relationship, Adèle learns to express herself and discover who…

7.1

7.6

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The Class

2008 • 128 min • Box office $28M

Drama

François Bégaudeau, a teacher and novelist, portrays a version of himself as he navigates a challenging year with his diverse students from a working-class Parisian district.

7.0

7.5

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The White Ribbon

2009 • 144 min • Budget $21M • Box office $11M

Drama, Mystery

An old tailor reflects on his time as a schoolteacher in a remote Northern German village during the year before World War I, a period marked by a series of unusual occurrences.

7.5

7.8

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Elephant

2003 • 81 min • Budget $3M • Box office $10M

Crime, Drama

The film follows the everyday lives of a group of typical high school students, while two others secretly plot something sinister.

7.0

7.1

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Dancer in the Dark

2000 • 140 min • Budget $12M • Box office $40M

Drama, Crime

Selma, a Czech immigrant facing blindness, works hard to support herself and her son. He shares her genetic condition and needs a costly operation to avoid the same future. Overwhelmed by hardship, Selma finds solace in musicals, composing small songs…

7.9

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The Tin Drum

1979 • 162 min • Budget $3M • Box office $17M

Drama, History, War

"The Tin Drum," adapted from Günter Grass's novel, tells the story of Oskar Matzerath, a boy who refuses to be born until he gets a tin drum. Gifted and cynical about adults, Oskar promises himself he won't grow up by…

6.9

7.4

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Anora

2024 • 139 min • Budget $6M • Box office $56M

Drama, Comedy, Romance

A young woman working as a sex worker in Brooklyn unexpectedly finds herself in a fairytale when she meets and quickly marries the son of a powerful Russian oligarch. However, her newfound happiness is jeopardized when news of the marriage…

7.1

7.4

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Eternity and a Day

1998 • 133 min

Drama

An elderly Greek man sets out to help a young, undocumented Albanian immigrant return to Albania. Despite his own health problems, the compassionate man wants to provide the teenager with safety and a stable future in Albania, where the youth…

7.8

The Eel

1997 • 117 min

Drama, Crime

This character-driven story follows a businessman haunted by his past as he serves a prison sentence for killing his wife. After his release, he tries to start over by opening a small barbershop in a peaceful neighborhood. He seeks redemption…

6.9

7.3

Apocalypse Now

1979 • 147 min • Budget $31M • Box office $150M

Drama, War

During the Vietnam War, Captain Benjamin Willard is sent on a dangerous mission to find and neutralize Colonel Walter Kurtz. Kurtz, a former Green Beret, has gone rogue and is leading a private army in deep enemy territory. As Willard…

8.3

8.4

17+

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Dheepan

2015 • 115 min • Box office $7M

Crime, Drama

Three strangers, haunted by war, pretend to be a family and escape Sri Lanka's civil war for a fresh start in a difficult Paris suburb. However, their past experiences begin to affect them as they try to build a life…

6.8

7.2

17+

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Triangle of Sadness

2022 • 147 min • Budget $15M • Box office $24M

Comedy, Drama

A famous model couple accepts an invitation to a lavish cruise catering to the wealthiest clientele. The ship is captained by a volatile man with a serious drinking problem. What begins as a glamorous getaway quickly turns disastrous, and the…

7.0

7.2

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Pelle the Conqueror

1987 • 157 min

Drama

In late 19th-century Denmark, this moving film tells the story of Lasse Karlsson and his son Pelle, who travel to the island of Bornholm seeking farm work. Driven by hopes of a better life in America, the hardworking pair strive…

7.2

7.7

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The Pianist

2002 • 150 min • Budget $35M • Box office $120M

Drama, War

This is the true story of pianist Władysław Szpilman's life in Warsaw during the Nazi occupation. As the city's Jewish population is confined to a ghetto, Szpilman finds work performing in a café. When his family is deported in 1942,…

8.4

8.5

17+

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Kagemusha

1980 • 180 min • Budget $6M • Box office $4M

Action, Drama, History

This acclaimed samurai film tells the story of a thief who is forced to impersonate a powerful, elderly warlord to shield him from enemies. When the warlord dies unexpectedly, the generals must accept the thief as their new leader. He…

7.8

7.9

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Amour

2012 • 127 min • Budget $8M • Box office $29M

Drama, Romance

Georges and Anne, an elderly couple in their eighties and retired music teachers, find their strong relationship challenged when Anne suffers a stroke. Their daughter, a musician living overseas with her own family, is distant. The event deeply tests the…

7.8

7.9

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The Son's Room

2001 • 99 min

Drama

A psychoanalyst and his family experience deep emotional pain after their son dies in a scuba diving accident.

7.1

7.3

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Taste of Cherry

1997 • 100 min

Drama

In Tehran, Mr. Badii, a middle-aged man with financial security, decides he wants to die and seeks someone to bury him. His search for this person becomes a journey of unexpected connection. He meets many people, including a Muslim student…

7.7

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Under the Sun of Satan

1987 • 98 min

Drama

Father Dossignan confronts his personal struggles while trying to help a young woman struggling with the consequences of her past. As he battles internal doubts and spiritual attacks, the priest's faith is challenged, and the girl desperately seeks a chance…

6.0

6.7

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I, Daniel Blake

2016 • 100 min • Box office $15M

Drama

A middle-aged carpenter, now reliant on government assistance following a work injury, finds his life intersecting with a single mother facing similar circumstances.

7.7

7.8

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Chronicle of the Years of Fire

1975 • 177 min

This film meticulously charts the development of the Algerian national movement from 1939 to the start of the revolution on November 1, 1954. It shows how the "Algerian War" was not a sudden event, but a gradual build-up of suffering…

6.4

7.3

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Winter Sleep

2014 • 196 min • Box office $4M

Drama

Aydın, a hotel owner and retired actor in rural Turkey, faces internal struggles as winter arrives. He grapples with the complexities of his relationships with his wife and sister, and questions his own life.

7.5

8.0

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4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days

2007 • 114 min • Budget $852K • Box office $1M

Drama

Two college roommates have 24 hours to decide as they make final preparations for an illegal abortion.

7.5

7.9

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All That Jazz

1979 • 123 min • Budget $12M • Box office $37M

Drama

Joe Gideon is a celebrated director in musical theatre, known for his brilliant work. But beneath his success, he's struggling to hold on. Driven by his career, Joe’s personal life is falling apart, leaving him isolated from those he cares…

7.5

7.8

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The Wind That Shakes the Barley

2006 • 127 min • Budget $6M • Box office $22M

Drama, War

In 1920s Ireland, Dr. Damien O'Donovan is about to start a new job in London. While saying goodbye to a friend on a farm, British Black and Tans arrive, and a young man is killed. Damien then joins his brother…

7.3

7.5

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It Was Just an Accident

2025 • 104 min • Budget $6M • Box office $9M

Drama, Thriller, Crime

A quiet mechanic's past resurfaces when he meets someone who strongly reminds him of his brutal prison guard in Iran.

7.1

7.4

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The Square

2017 • 151 min • Box office $9M

Drama

The head art curator at a renowned museum in Stockholm faces difficulties both at work and in his private life as he works to organize a highly debated new exhibition.

6.7

7.1

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Anatomy of a Fall

2023 • 151 min • Budget $6M • Box office $35M

Thriller, Mystery, Crime

When a man is killed, his wife becomes the prime suspect. Their blind son holds the key to the truth, forced to grapple with a difficult choice as the only one who saw what happened.

7.5

7.6

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Titane

2021 • 108 min • Budget $6M • Box office $4M

Drama, Thriller, Horror

Following a childhood car accident that left her with a metal plate in her head, a woman finds herself on an unusual path. This journey unexpectedly leads her to a firefighter who has just been reunited with his son after…

6.3

6.4

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Rosetta

1999 • 95 min • Box office $266K

Drama

Rosetta, a strong-willed young woman, struggles against a cycle of poverty and hardship. Determined to maintain her pride, she faces life's difficulties while caring for her mother, who battles alcoholism. Rosetta fiercely rejects charity and tirelessly seeks ways to provide…

7.2

7.4

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The Child

2005 • 96 min • Box office $5M

Drama

A young mother in Belgium hopes her boyfriend, a small-time thief, will start working so they can provide for their new baby. But he's not interested in settling down.

7.1

7.4

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Shoplifters

2018 • 120 min

Drama, Crime, Thriller

On the edge of Tokyo, a tight-knit but impoverished group scrapes by with petty theft and odd jobs. Their precarious lives are disrupted when Osamu and his son take in a neglected young girl. As the family bonds with her,…

7.8

7.9

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Fahrenheit 9/11

2004 • 123 min • Budget $6M • Box office $222M

Documentary

This film presents Michael Moore's perspective on the Bush administration's alleged exploitation of the 9/11 attacks to promote its plans for wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.

7.1

7.5

17+

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A Letter to Uncle Boonmee

2009 • 18 min

A filmmaker documents the violence and oppression in northeastern Thailand, alongside the resilience and hope for renewal and remembrance.

6.5

6.8

Parasite

2019 • 133 min • Budget $11M • Box office $257M

Comedy, Thriller, Drama

With no jobs, Ki-taek's family develops an unusual fascination with the affluent Park family, hoping to make a living from them. Their lives become complicated when they are unexpectedly drawn into an unforeseen event.

8.5

17+

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