50th annual Cannes Film Festival (1997)
Palme d'Or:
Assassin(s) (Mathieu Kassovitz - France)
The Banned Woman (La femme défendue - Philippe Harel)
The Brave (Johnny Depp - United States)
The Eel / うなぎ (Shōhei Imamura - Japan)
The End of Violence (Wim Wenders - United States)
Funny Games (Michael Haneke - Austria)
Happy Together / 春光乍洩 (Wong Kar-wai - Hong Kong)
The Ice Storm (Ang Lee - United States)
Kini and Adams (Idrissa Ouédraogo - Burkina Faso, France)
L.A. Confidential (Curtis Hanson - United States)
Nil by Mouth (Gary Oldman - United Kingdom, France)
The Prince of Homburg / Il principe di Homburg (Marco Bellocchio - Italy)
The Serpent's Kiss (Philippe Rousselot - United Kingdom)
She's So Lovely (Nick Cassavetes - United States)
The Sweet Hereafter (Atom Egoyan - Canada)
Taste of Cherry / طعم گیلاس... (Abbas Kiarostami - Iran)
The Truce / La tregua (Francesco Rosi - Italy)
Welcome to Sarajevo (Michael Winterbottom - United Kingdom, United States)
The Well (Samantha Lang - Australia)
Western (Manuel Poirier - France)
Grand Prize of the Jury:
The Sweet Hereafter by Atom Egoyan
Jury Prize:
Western by Manuel Poirier
Best Director:
Wong Kar-wai for Happy Together
Best Actor:
Sean Penn for She's So Lovely
Best Actress:
Kathy Burke for Nil by Mouth
Best Screenplay:
The Ice Storm by James Schamus
50th Anniversary Prize:
Youssef Chahine (Lifetime Achievement Award)
Palm of the Palms:
Ingmar Bergman