45th annual Cannes Film Festival (1992)
Palme d'Or:
A Stranger Among Us (Sidney Lumet - United States)
Basic Instinct (opening film) (Paul Verhoeven - United States, United Kingdom, France)
The Best Intentions / Den goda viljan (Bille August - Sweden)
Crush (Alison Maclean - New Zealand)
Dark at Noon / L'Œil qui ment (Raúl Ruiz - Portugal, France)
Dream of Light / El sol del membrillo (Víctor Erice - Spain)
In the Country of Juliets / Au pays des Juliets (Mehdi Charef - France)
An Independent Life / Самостоятельная жизнь (Vitali Kanevsky - Russia)
The Journey / El viaje (Fernando Solanas - Argentina)
Howards End (James Ivory - United Kingdom, United States, Japan)
Hyenas / Hyènes (Djibril Diop Mambéty - Senegal)
The Sentinel / La sentinelle (Arnaud Desplechin - France)
The Long Day Closes (Terence Davies - United Kingdom)
Luna Park / Луна-парк (Pavel Lungin - France, Russia)
Léolo (Jean-Claude Lauzon - Canada)
Of Mice and Men (Gary Sinise - United States)
The Player (Robert Altman - United States)
The Return of Casanova / Le Retour de Casanova (Édouard Niermans - France)
Simple Men (Hal Hartley - United States)
The Stolen Children / Il ladro di bambini (Gianni Amelio - Italy)
Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me (David Lynch - France, United States)
Grand Prize of the Jury:
The Stolen Children by Gianni Amelio
Jury Prize:
Dream of Light by Víctor Erice
An Independent Life by Vitali Kanevsky
Best Director:
Robert Altman for The Player
Best Actor:
Tim Robbins for The Player
Best Actress:
Pernilla August for The Best Intentions
45th Anniversary Prize:
Howards End by James Ivory