10 Films Booed At Cannes That Went On To Win Many Awards

10. Antichrist (2009) – Lars von Trier

Before Lars von Trier was himself booed out of Cannes for off-colour Nazi comments made in 2013 when publicising Melancholia, he got a test run with Antichrist.

And quite a test run it was as well. Not only was it almost unanimously jeered at the end of its premiere, but it even had people booing during the actual film at some of the more graphic scenes. A lot of accusations of unnecessary and self important filmmaking were ranged at von Trier after the fact.

Why, you ask? He did call himself the best director in the world. That schtick does not usually go down all that well.

Notable Accolades:

For one of the most hated films in Cannes history, Antichrist sure won a fair number of accolades. 23 to be exact. Many of them came by way of smaller fringe film festivals rather than anything substantial, but Charlotte Gainsbourg did scoop up best actress from Cannes for her fearless portrayal of ‘She’ in Antichrist. If they thought that was far out – they had no idea what was coming in Nymphomaniac.