Here is a list of the 19 films in the running for the Cannes film festival's top prize, the Palme d'Or, which is awarded on Sunday.
- "On Tour", Mathieu Amalric (France)
- "Of Gods and Men", Xavier Beauvois (France)
- "Outside the Law", Rachid Bouchareb (Algeria)
- "Biutiful", Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu (Mexico)
- "A Screaming Man", Mahamat-Saleh Haroun (Chad)
- "The Housemaid", Im Sang-soo (South Korea)
- "Certified Copy", Abbas Kiarostami (Iran)
- "Outrage", Takeshi Kitano (Japan)
- "Poetry", Lee Chang-dong (South Korea)
- "Another Year", Mike Leigh (Britain)
- "Fair Game", Doug Liman (United States)
- "My Joy", Sergei Loznitsa (Ukraine)
- "Our Life", Daniele Luchetti (Italy)
- "Burnt by the Sun 2: Exodus", Nikita Mikhalkov (Russia)
- "Tender Son - The Frankenstein Project", Kornel Mundruczo (Hungary)
- "The Princess of Montpensier", Bertrand Tavernier (France)
- "Chongqing Blues", Wang Xiaoshuaï (China)
- "Route Irish", Ken Loach (Britain)
- "Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall his Past Lives", Apichatpong Weerasethakul (Thailand)
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