1981 Cannes Film Festival – Palme d’Or Winner
![Man of Iron Andrzej Wajda](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/man-of-iron-image.jpg)
Man of Iron
Andrzej Wajda
A worker becomes a “man of iron” forged by experience, a son comes to terms with his father, a couple fall in love, a reporter searches for courage, and a nation undergoes historic change. …
1981 Cannes Film Festival – Palme d’Or Nominees
![Angels of Iron Thomas Brasch](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/angels-of-iron-thomas-brasch-image.jpg)
Angels of Iron
Thomas Brasch
![Beau Pere Bertrand Blier](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/beau-pere-bertrand-blier-image.jpg)
Beau Pere
Bertrand Blier
![Bolero Claude Lelouch](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/bolero-claude-lelouch-image.jpg)
Bolero
Claude Lelouch
![Chariots of Fire Hugh Hudson](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/chariots-of-fire-hugh-hudson-image.jpg)
Chariots of Fire
Hugh Hudson
![Excalibur John Boorman](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/excalibur-john-boorman-image.jpg)
Excalibur
John Boorman
![Fact Almantas Grikevicius](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/movie-cover-1-image.jpg)
Fact
Almantas Grikevicius
![Flame Top Pirjo Honkasalo](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/flame-top-pirjo-honkasalo-pekka-lehto-image.jpg)
Flame Top
Pirjo Honkasalo
![Heaven's Gate Michael Cimino](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/heavens-gate-michael-cimino-image.jpg)
Heaven’s Gate
Michael Cimino
![Light Years Away Alain Tanner](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/light-years-away-alain-tanner-image.jpg)
Light Years Away
Alain Tanner
![Looks and Smiles Ken Loach](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/looks-and-smiles-ken-loach-image.jpg)
Looks and Smiles
Ken Loach
![Mephisto István Szabó](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/mephisto-istvan-szabo-image.jpg)
Mephisto
István Szabó
![Montenegro Dusan Makavejev](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/montenegro-dusan-makavejev-image.jpg)
Montenegro
Dusan Makavejev
![National Heritage Luis García Berlanga](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/national-heritage-luis-garcia-berlanga-image.jpg)
National Heritage
Luis García Berlanga
![Neige Juliet Berto](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/neige-juliet-berto-jean-henri-roger-image.jpg)
Neige
Juliet Berto
![Passion of Love Ettore Scola](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/passion-of-love-ettore-scola-image.jpg)
Passion of Love
Ettore Scola
![Possession Andrzej Zulawski](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/possession-andrzej-zulawski-image.jpg)
Possession
Andrzej Zulawski
![Potteries István Gaál](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/movie-cover-1-image.jpg)
Potteries
István Gaál
![Quartet James Ivory](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/quartet-james-ivory-image.jpg)
Quartet
James Ivory
![The Skin Liliana Cavani](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-skin-liliana-cavani-image.jpg)
The Skin
Liliana Cavani
![Thief Michael Mann](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/thief-michael-mann-image.jpg)
Thief
Michael Mann
![Tragedy of a Ridiculous Man Bernardo Bertolucci](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/tragedy-of-a-ridiculous-man-bernardo-bertolucci-image.jpg)