Audience
72.1
Critics
95.3
Award
83.3
◆CANNES 2024
Movies recognized by major awards & festivals, 2021–2026
Films with Cannes main competition selection, including winners in 2021–2026. Only films with a known Critics Score of 85+ are included, ordered by Critics Score.
2021–2026 refers to ceremony and festival years, not necessarily release dates. 40 films in this collection.
| # | Movie | Watch | Year | Total ~ | Audience | Critics | Award Score | Recognition | Genre | Runtime |
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| 1 | AW Payal Kapadia · France; India; Netherlands; Luxembourg; Italy | 2024 | 92.6 | 72.1 | 95.3 | 83.3 | ◆CANNES 2024 | Drama, Romance | 118 min | |
| 2 | TS Kleber Mendonça Filho · Brazil; France; Mexico; Germany; Netherlands | 2025 | 93.8 | 74.8 | 93.5 | 87.6 | ●CANNES 2025●OSCAR 2026 | Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller | 161 min | |
| 3 | M Andrey Zvyagintsev · France; Latvia; Germany | 2026 | 93.6~ | 81.6 | 93.5 | 83.3 | ◆CANNES 2026 | Drama, War | 135 min | |
| 4 | IW Jafar Panahi · Iran; France; Luxembourg | 2025 | 95.1 | 75.3 | 93.5 | 93.1 | 🏆CANNES 2025 | Crime, Drama, Mystery | 103 min | |
| 5 | DM Ryūsuke Hamaguchi · Japan | 2021 | 94.0 | 77.2 | 93.3 | 87.6 | ●CANNES 2021●OSCAR 2022 | Drama | 179 min | |
| 6 | TW Joachim Trier · Norway; France; Denmark; Sweden | 2021 | 90.4 | 78.0 | 93.0 | 71.6 | ●CANNES 2021 | Comedy, Drama, Romance | 128 min | |
| 7 | TZ Jonathan Glazer · United Kingdom; Poland; United States | 2023 | 94.1 | 74.4 | 93.0 | 89.6 | ◆CANNES 2023●OSCAR 2024 | Drama, History, War | 105 min | |
| 8 | LC Alice Rohrwacher · Italy; France; Switzerland | 2023 | 90.1 | 75.7 | 92.8 | 71.6 | ●CANNES 2023 | Adventure, Comedy, Drama | 131 min | |
| 9 | F Paweł Pawlikowski · Poland; Germany; Italy; France | 2026 | 90.1 | 75.7 | 92.4 | 71.6 | ●CANNES 2026 | Drama, History | 82 min | |
| 10 | M Apichatpong Weerasethakul · Thailand; Colombia; United Kingdom; France; Germany; Mexico; China; Taiwan; United States; Switzerland | 2021 | 91.6 | 65.8 | 92.4 | 83.3 | ◆CANNES 2021 | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi | 136 min | |
| 11 | A Sean Baker · United States | 2024 | 96.0 | 75.1 | 92.4 | 97.4 | 🏆CANNES 2024●BAFTA 2025🏆OSCAR 2025 | Comedy, Drama, Romance | 139 min | |
| 12 | SO Mascha Schilinski · Germany | 2025 | 92.4 | 72.6 | 92.1 | 83.3 | ◆CANNES 2025 | Drama, War | 154 min | |
| 13 | CB Zhangke Jia · China | 2024 | 89.4 | 70.7 | 91.0 | 71.6 | ●CANNES 2024 | Drama | 111 min | |
| 14 | AO Ryūsuke Hamaguchi · France; Japan; Germany; Belgium | 2026 | 90.7 | 82.0 | 90.3 | 71.6 | ●CANNES 2026 | Drama | 196 min | |
| 15 | AD Nuri Bilge Ceylan · Turkey; France; Germany | 2023 | 90.3 | 79.3 | 90.1 | 71.6 | ●CANNES 2023 | Drama | 197 min | |
| 16 | FL Aki Kaurismäki · Finland; Germany | 2023 | 92.4 | 74.4 | 89.9 | 83.3 | ◆CANNES 2023 | Comedy, Drama, Romance | 81 min | |
| 17 | AO Justine Triet · France | 2023 | 95.8 | 78.0 | 89.7 | 96.2 | 🏆CANNES 2023●BAFTA 2024●OSCAR 2024 | Crime, Drama, Mystery | 151 min | |
| 18 | SV Joachim Trier · Norway; Germany; Denmark; France; Sweden; United Kingdom; Türkiye | 2025 | 94.9 | 78.0 | 89.4 | 92.3 | ◆CANNES 2025●BAFTA 2026●OSCAR 2026 | Comedy, Drama | 135 min | |
| 19 | TP Sergey Loznitsa · France; Germany; Romania; Latvia; Netherlands; Lithuania | 2025 | 89.5 | 72.6 | 89.4 | 71.6 | ●CANNES 2025 | Biography, Crime, Drama | 118 min | |
| 20 | TT Tran Anh Hung · France | 2023 | 89.8 | 75.3 | 89.2 | 71.6 | ●CANNES 2023 | Drama, History, Romance | 135 min | |
| 21 | R Bi Gan · China; France | 2025 | 89.7 | 75.1 | 89.2 | 71.6 | ●CANNES 2025 | Drama, Sci-Fi | 160 min | |
| 22 | E Jerzy Skolimowski · Poland; Italy | 2022 | 91.7 | 69.4 | 89.0 | 83.3 | ◆CANNES 2022 | Drama | 88 min | |
| 23 | LB Javier Ambrossi; Javier Calvo · Spain; France | 2026 | 90.8 | 84.3 | 88.8 | 71.6 | ●CANNES 2026 | Drama | 155 min | |
| 24 | DT Park Chan-wook · South Korea | 2022 | 89.7 | 75.3 | 88.5 | 71.6 | ●CANNES 2022 | Crime, Drama, Mystery | 139 min | |
| 25 | MD Todd Haynes · United States | 2023 | 89.0 | 69.8 | 88.5 | 71.6 | ●CANNES 2023 | Comedy, Drama | 117 min | |
| 26 | TS Mohammad Rasoulof · Germany; Iran; France | 2024 | 90.0 | 77.5 | 88.5 | 71.6 | ●CANNES 2024 | Crime, Drama, Thriller | 167 min | |
| 27 | LB Saeed Roustayi · Iran | 2022 | 90.2 | 79.8 | 88.1 | 71.6 | ●CANNES 2022 | Drama | 165 min | |
| 28 | SU Kelly Reichardt · United States | 2022 | 88.4 | 64.5 | 88.1 | 71.6 | ●CANNES 2022 | Comedy, Drama | 107 min | |
| 29 | L Mahamat-Saleh Haroun · France; Chad; Germany; Belgium | 2021 | 89.1 | 70.7 | 87.6 | 71.6 | ●CANNES 2021 | Drama | 87 min | |
| 30 | AH Asghar Farhadi · Iran; France | 2021 | 92.4 | 76.6 | 87.2 | 83.3 | ◆CANNES 2021 | Drama | 127 min | |
| 31 | S Oliver Laxe · Spain; France | 2025 | 91.9 | 72.6 | 87.0 | 83.3 | ◆CANNES 2025 | Action, Adventure, Drama | 114 min | |
| 32 | R Cristian Mungiu · Romania; France; Belgium; Sweden | 2022 | 89.3 | 73.8 | 86.5 | 71.6 | ●CANNES 2022 | Drama | 125 min | |
| 33 | F Cristian Mungiu · Romania; France; Norway; Sweden; Denmark | 2026 | 94.6 | 76.6 | 86.3 | 93.1 | 🏆CANNES 2026 | Drama | 146 min | |
| 34 | TG Magnus von Horn · Denmark; Poland; Sweden | 2024 | 89.8 | 77.8 | 86.3 | 71.6 | ●CANNES 2024 | Crime, Drama, History | 123 min | |
| 35 | GT Miguel Gomes · Portugal; Italy; France | 2024 | 88.7 | 69.0 | 85.8 | 71.6 | ●CANNES 2024 | Drama, History, Romance | 129 min | |
| 36 | FD Kaouther Ben Hania · France; Germany; Tunisia; Saudi Arabia | 2023 | 89.6 | 76.6 | 85.6 | 71.6 | ●CANNES 2023 | Documentary | 107 min | |
| 37 | PD Wim Wenders · Japan; Germany | 2023 | 90.1 | 80.7 | 85.6 | 71.6 | ●CANNES 2023 | Drama | 124 min | |
| 38 | YM Jean-Pierre Dardenne; Luc Dardenne · Belgium; France | 2025 | 88.9 | 70.8 | 85.6 | 71.6 | ●CANNES 2025 | Drama | 105 min | |
| 39 | N Justin Kurzel · Australia; Germany | 2021 | 89.2 | 73.2 | 85.4 | 71.6 | ●CANNES 2021 | Crime, Drama, Thriller | 112 min | |
| 40 | M Hirokazu Koreeda · Japan | 2023 | 90.1 | 80.8 | 85.2 | 71.6 | ●CANNES 2023 | Drama, Mystery, Thriller | 127 min |
This collection contains 40 films with Cannes main competition selection, including winners during 2021–2026. Every film has a known Critics Score of at least 85. Missing critics’ ratings are excluded. Critics Score combines ratings from trusted sources; it is not an individual Rotten Tomatoes percentage or Metacritic score. Only main competition films and their recorded awards are covered; other festival sections are outside this selection.
All We Imagine as Light leads this Critics Score ranking with 95.3. La Bola Negra has one of the highest Audience scores in the selection (84.3). All We Imagine as Light has one of the highest known Critics scores (95.3). Comparing these separate scores can help you choose between the films.
Payal Kapadia · 2024 · 118 min
Audience 72.1 · Critics 95.3 · Total 92.6
Cannes 2024: Other major award
Kleber Mendonça Filho · 2025 · 161 min
Audience 74.8 · Critics 93.5 · Total 93.8
Cannes 2025: Main Competition
Andrey Zvyagintsev · 2026 · 135 min
Audience 81.6 · Critics 93.5 · Total 93.6 (provisional)
Cannes 2026: Other major award
Films are ordered by their known Critics Score. The 85-point minimum is applied before ranking. A Critics score marked ~ is estimated from the catalogue median; its Total is provisional. Recognition years refer to ceremonies and festival editions, not necessarily release dates.