Favorite American Movies From Cannes
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Favorite American Movies From Cannes

The Cannes Film Festival has produced a number of American classics over the years. How would you rate your favorites?

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1 Pulp Fiction
Quentin Tarantino’s landmark film revived John Travolta’s career and ushered in a new era of independent filmmaking. 85 175
2 Apocalypse Now
Francis Ford Coppola adapts “Heart of Darkness” and sets it during the Vietnam War. Marlon Brando is the loony Colonel Kurtz. 74 142
3 Taxi Driver
Robert De Niro and Martin Scorsese team up in this intense drama about an insomniac New York City cabbie. 70 144
4 Fargo
In this Coen brothers classic, Frances McDormand exposed Cannes audiences to the joy of the midwest accent. 63 149
5 To Kill a Mockingbird
Gregory Peck plays the legendary role of Atticus Finch in this 1962 courtroom drama, adapted from the Harper Lee novel. 58 146
6 No Country for Old Men
A man (Josh Brolin) is on the run from assassin Anton Chigurh (Javier Bardem) after he finds a bag of money that belongs to drug dealers. 36 144
7 M*A*S*H
Before it was a TV series, M*A*S*H was a Robert Altman film starring Donald Sutherland and Elliott Gould as Korean War surgeons. 19 123
8 Dumbo
Disney’s beloved pachyderm is ridiculed for his large, floppy ears. When he learns to fly, though, he earns himself a cushy star status. 17 119
9 The Pianist
A Jew (Adrien Brody) survives the Holocaust through a combination of survival instincts and formidable piano skills. 13 119
10 Easy Rider
Dennis Hopper’s counterculture film stars himself and Peter Fonda as a couple of drug-dealing bikers on a road trip. 9 121
11 The Conversation
A surveillance expert (Gene Hackman) is wracked with guilt when he’s hired to record the conversation of a couple who may be in danger. 4 94
12 East of Eden
James Dean broke into the spotlight in this 1955 Elia Kazan film about a bad boy son who yearns for his father’s affection. -11 99
13 A Raisin in the Sun
In Chicago circa 1950s, an African-American family settles into a predominantly white neighborhood and endures the prejudice. -13 91
14 All About Eve
A conniving young actress (Anne Baxter) befriends a theater star (Bette Davis) with the goal of ultimately supplanting her. -14 96
15 Mulholland Dr.
When a sweet aspiring actress (Naomi Watts) moves to L.A., she gets caught up in the nightmarish rabbit hole that is Hollywood. -18 102
16 The China Syndrome
A TV news reporter (Jane Fonda) and her cameraman (Michael Douglas) uncover some shady business at a nuclear power plant. -18 84
17 sex, lies, and videotape
Steven Soderbergh’s first film stars James Spader as a man who videotapes women discussing their sexuality. -21 103
18 The Long, Hot Summer
When a young man (Paul Newman) arrives in a small Mississippi town, a local business mogul (Orson Welles) looks to him as a surrogate son. -21 87
19 The Purple Rose of Cairo
A lonely waitress (Mia Farrow) gets visited by a dashing actor (Jeff Daniels) who literally steps off a movie screen and into her life. -22 92
20 The Player
This cameo-laden satire of Tinseltown stars Tim Robbins as a Hollywood executive who kills a disgruntled screenwriter. -23 81
21 The Lost Weekend
Billy Wilder directed this film about a New York City writer with an unhealthy love for the bottle. Ignoring his girlfriend, he goes on a bender. -25 83
22 Fahrenheit 9/11
In this scathing documentary, Michael Moore takes on George W. Bush, criticizing the former president’s reasons for invading Iraq in 2003. -26 120
23 Chariots of Fire
Two runners, one Christian and the other Jewish, vie to win the 1924 Olympics -- one for his faith, the other to battle anti-Semitism. -26 96
24 All That Jazz
A workaholic theater director (Roy Scheider) tries to keep it together as he grapples with a difficult production and failing health. -27 87
25 Long Day's Journey into Night
Katharine Hepburn stars in this adaptation of the Eugene O’Neill play about a severely dysfunctional family. -35 77