Cannes 2016: In Competition Films
by IMDb-Editors | created - 14 Apr 2016 | updated - 03 May 2016 | Public- Instant Watch Options
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1. American Honey (2016)
R | 163 min | Adventure, Drama, Romance
A teenage girl with nothing to lose joins a traveling magazine sales crew, and gets caught up in a whirlwind of hard partying, law bending and young love as she criss-crosses the Midwest with a band of misfits.
Director: Andrea Arnold | Stars: Sasha Lane, Shia LaBeouf, Riley Keough, McCaul Lombardi
Votes: 46,433 | Gross: $0.66M
2. Elle (I) (2016)
R | 130 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A successful businesswoman gets caught up in a game of cat and mouse as she tracks down the unknown man who raped her.
Director: Paul Verhoeven | Stars: Isabelle Huppert, Laurent Lafitte, Anne Consigny, Charles Berling
Votes: 71,129
3. From the Land of the Moon (2016)
R | 120 min | Drama, Romance
In 1950s France, Gabrielle is a passionate, free-spirited woman who is in a loveless marriage and falls for another man when she is sent away to the Alps to treat her kidney stones. Gabrielle yearns to free herself and run away with André.
Director: Nicole Garcia | Stars: Marion Cotillard, Louis Garrel, Alex Brendemühl, Brigitte Roüan
Votes: 6,696 | Gross: $0.04M
4. The Handmaiden (2016)
Not Rated | 145 min | Drama, Romance, Thriller
A woman is hired as a handmaiden to a Japanese heiress, but secretly she is involved in a plot to defraud her.
Director: Park Chan-wook | Stars: Kim Min-hee, Ha Jung-woo, Cho Jin-woong, Moon So-ri
Votes: 172,558 | Gross: $2.01M
5. Aquarius (I) (2016)
Not Rated | 146 min | Drama
Clara, 65, lives her life to the fullest with her family and friends. A construction company wants her Recife oceanfront condo, as they've already bought all the other in the 3 story building. Clara's staying.
Director: Kleber Mendonça Filho | Stars: Sonia Braga, Maeve Jinkings, Irandhir Santos, Humberto Carrão
Votes: 20,754 | Gross: $0.29M
6. Loving (2016)
PG-13 | 123 min | Biography, Drama, Romance
The story of Richard and Mildred Loving, a couple whose arrest for interracial marriage in 1960s Virginia began a legal battle that would end with the Supreme Court's historic 1967 decision.
Director: Jeff Nichols | Stars: Ruth Negga, Joel Edgerton, Will Dalton, Dean Mumford
Votes: 36,367 | Gross: $7.70M
7. I, Daniel Blake (2016)
R | 100 min | Drama
After surviving a heart-attack, a 59-year-old carpenter must fight bureaucratic forces to receive Employment and Support Allowance.
Director: Ken Loach | Stars: Dave Johns, Hayley Squires, Sharon Percy, Briana Shann
Votes: 64,759 | Gross: $0.26M
8. It's Only the End of the World (2016)
97 min | Drama
Louis (Gaspard Ulliel), a terminally ill writer, returns home after a long absence to tell his family that he is dying.
Director: Xavier Dolan | Stars: Gaspard Ulliel, Marion Cotillard, Léa Seydoux, Vincent Cassel
Votes: 25,193
9. Julieta (2016)
R | 99 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance
After a casual encounter, a brokenhearted woman decides to confront her life and the most important events involving her estranged daughter.
Director: Pedro Almodóvar | Stars: Emma Suárez, Adriana Ugarte, Daniel Grao, Inma Cuesta
Votes: 33,908 | Gross: $1.49M
10. The Neon Demon (2016)
R | 117 min | Horror, Thriller
An aspiring model, Jesse, is new to Los Angeles. However, her beauty and youth, which generate intense fascination and jealousy within the fashion industry, may prove themselves sinister.
Director: Nicolas Winding Refn | Stars: Elle Fanning, Christina Hendricks, Keanu Reeves, Karl Glusman
Votes: 103,892 | Gross: $1.33M
11. Paterson (2016)
R | 118 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A quiet observation of the triumphs and defeats of daily life, along with the poetry evident in its smallest details.
Director: Jim Jarmusch | Stars: Adam Driver, Golshifteh Farahani, Nellie, Rizwan Manji
Votes: 88,905 | Gross: $2.14M
12. Personal Shopper (2016)
R | 105 min | Mystery, Thriller
A personal shopper in Paris refuses to leave the city until she makes contact with her twin brother who previously died there. Her life becomes more complicated when a mysterious person contacts her via text message.
Director: Olivier Assayas | Stars: Kristen Stewart, Lars Eidinger, Sigrid Bouaziz, Anders Danielsen Lie
Votes: 43,265 | Gross: $1.31M
13. Slack Bay (2016)
Unrated | 122 min | Comedy, Fantasy
In the early 20th century, at the Pas de Calais, people mysteriously disappear as Ma Loute, son of the local fishermen family, and Billie, daughter of the snobbish Van Peteghems, fall in love each other.
Director: Bruno Dumont | Stars: Fabrice Luchini, Juliette Binoche, Valeria Bruni Tedeschi, Jean-Luc Vincent
Votes: 4,880 | Gross: $0.11M
14. Staying Vertical (2016)
Unrated | 98 min | Comedy, Drama
A film maker has to raise a child by himself whilst looking for an inspiration for his new film.
Director: Alain Guiraudie | Stars: Damien Bonnard, India Hair, Raphaël Thiéry, Christian Bouillette
Votes: 2,503 | Gross: $0.01M
15. Toni Erdmann (2016)
R | 162 min | Comedy, Drama
A practical joking father tries to reconnect with his hard working daughter by creating an outrageous alter ego and posing as her CEO's life coach.
Director: Maren Ade | Stars: Sandra Hüller, Peter Simonischek, Michael Wittenborn, Thomas Loibl
Votes: 52,007 | Gross: $1.48M
16. The Unknown Girl (2016)
Unrated | 113 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A doctor gets obsessed with the case of a dead woman after learning that the woman had died shortly after having rung her door for help.
Directors: Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Luc Dardenne | Stars: Adèle Haenel, Olivier Bonnaud, Jérémie Renier, Louka Minnella
Votes: 10,336 | Gross: $0.15M
17. Graduation (2016)
R | 128 min | Crime, Drama
A film about compromises and the implications of the parent's role.
Director: Cristian Mungiu | Stars: Adrian Titieni, Maria Dragus, Lia Bugnar, Mãlina Manovici
Votes: 14,724 | Gross: $0.18M
18. Ma' Rosa (2016)
Not Rated | 110 min | Drama
Ma' Rosa has four children. She owns a small convenience store in a poor Manila neighborhood where everybody likes her. To make ends meet, Rosa and her husband Nestor, resell small amounts ... See full summary »
Director: Brillante Mendoza | Stars: Jaclyn Jose, Julio Diaz, Baron Geisler, Jomari Angeles
Votes: 1,023
19. The Last Face (2016)
R | 130 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
In the midst of African social horror, a love between two volunteers fades out and is reborn.
Director: Sean Penn | Stars: Charlize Theron, Javier Bardem, Brandon Phillips, Anna Strelkov
Votes: 5,528
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