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

Okay so Pulp Fiction was perhaps booed only be one or two numpties in the audience when it screened, and they were barely audible above the rapturous applause the film received. And then it went and won the Palme d’Or and all of a sudden the film's fans were less vocal.

Yes Pulp Fiction was actually only booed for winning, not for existing. In fact it actually felt as though those boos in 1994 were orchestrated because the film was considered best in show right from the outset. A gushing Roger Ebert wrote at the time, 2 days before the Palme d’Or was even awarded that Tarantino’s masterpiece would get it.

As Tarantino went to collect his award he was booed, mostly by those who felt it was not more deserving of the Grand Prize than Three Colours: Red by Krzysztof Kieslowski. But that kind of sore losing usually goes deeper. Perhaps it was the mainstreaming of overt violence that provoked the backlash, but Tarantino was doing something that had never been done before and before the year was done, every major awarding body worldwide decided that Tarantino was our new film God.

Notable Accolades:

Everything going. Quentin received his first Oscar for best original screenplay, which he shared with Roger Avary. The film also picked up a Golden Globe, 2 BAFTAs and bags full of critics awards from all the major boards across America and the UK.