44th annual Cannes Film Festival (1991)
Palme d'Or:
The Assassin of the Tsar / Цареубийца (Karen Shakhnazarov - Soviet Union)
Anna Karamazoff (Анна Карамазофф - Rustam Khamdamov)
Barton Fink (Joel Coen and Ethan Coen - United States)
La Belle Noiseuse (Jacques Rivette - France, Switzerland)
Bix (Pupi Avati - Italy)
Cold Moon / Lune froide (Patrick Bouchitey - France)
The Double Life of Veronique / La double vie de Véronique (Krzysztof Kieślowski - Poland, France, Norway)
Europa (Lars von Trier - Denmark, France, Germany, Sweden, Switzerland)
The Flesh / La carne (Marco Ferreri - Italy)
Guilty by Suspicion (Irwin Winkler - United States, France)
Homicide (opening film) (David Mamet - United States)
Jungle Fever (Spike Lee - )
Life on a String / 边走边唱 (Chen Kaige - China)
Malina (Werner Schroeter - Germany, Austria)
Out of Life / Hors la vie (Maroun Bagdadi - France)
A Rage in Harlem (Bill Duke - United States)
The Suspended Step of the Stork / Το Mετέωρο Bήμα Tου Πελαργού (Theo Angelopoulos - Greece)
Van Gogh (Maurice Pialat - France)
The Yes Man / Il portaborse (Daniele Luchetti - Italy)
Grand Prize of the Jury:
La Belle Noiseuse by Jacques Rivette
Jury Prize:
Europa by Lars von Trier
Out of Life by Maroun Bagdadi
Best Director:
Joel Coen for Barton Fink
Best Actor:
John Turturro for Barton Fink
Best Actress:
Irène Jacob for The Double Life of Veronique
Best Supporting Actor:
Samuel L. Jackson for Jungle Fever