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In Competition:
L'Argent (Robert Bresson - France, Switzerland)
The Ballad of Narayama / 楢山節考 (Shōhei Imamura - Japan)
Carmen (Carlos Saura - Spain)
Cross Creek (Martin Ritt - United States)
The Death of Mario Ricci / La mort de Mario Ricci (Claude Goretta - France, Switzerland)
Duvar (Yılmaz Güney - Turkey, France)
Eréndira (Ruy Guerra - Mexico, France, West Germany)
Forbidden Relations / Visszaesők (Zsolt Kézdi-Kovács - Hungary)
Heat and Dust (James Ivory - United Kingdom)
The King of Comedy (opening film) (Martin Scorsese - United States)
Kharij (Mrinal Sen - India)
Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence / 戦場のメリークリスマス (Nagisa Ōshima - Japan, United Kingdom, New Zealand)
Monty Python's The Meaning of Life (Terry Jones - United Kingdom)
Moon in the Gutter / La Lune dans le caniveau (Jean-Jacques Beineix - France)
Nostalghia (Andrei Tarkovsky - Soviet Union, Italy)
One Deadly Summer / L'Été meurtrier (Jean Becker - France)
Station for Two / Вокзал для двоих (Eldar Ryazanov - Soviet Union)
The Story of Piera / Storia di Piera (Marco Ferreri - Italy)
El Sur (Víctor Erice - Spain)
Tender Mercies (Bruce Beresford - United States)
The Wounded Man / L'Homme blessé (Patrice Chéreau - France)
The Year of Living Dangerously (Peter Weir - Australia, United States)
Palme d'Or:
The Ballad of Narayama by Shōhei Imamura
Grand Prix:
Monty Python's The Meaning of Life by Terry Jones
Jury Prize:
Kharij by Mrinal Sen
Best Director: The prize was shared under the bespoke title Grand Prix du cinéma de création
Robert Bresson for L'Argent
Andrei Tarkovsky for Nostalghia
Best Actor:
Gian Maria Volonté for The Death of Mario Ricci
Best Actress:
Hanna Schygulla for The Story of Piera
Best Artistic Contribution:
Carmen by Carlos Saura