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In Competition:
Aria (closing film) (Robert Altman, Bruce Beresford, Bill Bryden, Jean-Luc Godard, Derek Jarman, Franc Roddam, Nicolas Roeg, Ken Russell, Charles Sturridge, Julien Temple - United Kingdom)
Barfly (Barbet Schroeder - United States)
The Belly of an Architect (Peter Greenaway - United Kingdom, Italy)
Chronicle of a Death Foretold / Cronaca di una morte annunciata (Francesco Rosi - Italy, France, Colombia)
Dark Eyes / Очи чёрные (Nikita Mikhalkov - Soviet Union, Italy)
The Family / La famiglia (Ettore Scola - Italy)
Field of Honor / Champ d'honneur (Jean-Pierre Denis - France)
The Glass Menagerie (Paul Newman - United States)
Repentance / მონანიება (Tengiz Abuladze - Soviet Union)
The Last Manuscript / Az utolsó kézirat (Károly Makk - Hungary)
A Man in Love (opening film) / Un homme amoureux (Diane Kurys - France, Italy, United Kingdom)
Pierre and Djemila / Pierre et Djemila (Gérard Blain - France)
Prick Up Your Ears (Stephen Frears - United Kingdom)
Shinran: Path to Purity / 親鸞 白い道 (Rentarō Mikuni - Japan)
Shy People (Andrei Konchalovsky - United States)
Subway to the Stars / Um Trem para as Estrelas (Carlos Diegues - Brazil)
Under the Sun of Satan / Sous le soleil de Satan (Maurice Pialat - France)
Wings of Desire / Der Himmel über Berlin (Wim Wenders - West Germany, France)
Yeelen (Souleymane Cissé - Mali, Burkina Faso, France, West Germany)
Zegen / 女衒 (Shōhei Imamura - Japan)
Palme d'Or:
Under the Sun of Satan by Maurice Pialat
Grand Prix:
Repentance by Tengiz Abuladze
Jury Prize:
Shinran: Path to Purity by Rentarō Mikuni
Yeelen by Souleymane Cissé
Best Director:
Wim Wenders for Wings of Desire
Best Actor:
Marcello Mastroianni for Dark Eyes
Best Actress:
Barbara Hershey for Shy People
Best Artistic Contribution:
Stanley Myers (composer) for Prick Up Your Ears
40th Anniversary Prize:
Intervista by Federico Fellini