Cannes Film Festival: 20 Best Palme D'Or Winners Ever
7. Apocalypse Now (1979)
Francis Ford Coppola is one of the most celebrated filmmakers of all time, so much so that he's one of a rare class of director to take home two Palme d'Or trophies home over his career.
In 1979, he scored his second win with the now-classic Vietnam War epic Apocalypse Now, which stars Martin Sheen as a deeply disillusioned soldier on a mission to assassinate a rogue war veteran (Marlon Brando), who's placed himself like a god in a hidden Cambodian temple.
As much a war movie as it is a searing character drama about several vastly different men thrown head-first into the brutality of war and human conflict, Apocalypse Now is one of cinema's most iconic and awe-inspiring spectacles, complete with awesome battle sequences, practical explosions and a slew of remarkable performances.
Despite being long and often hard to watch, Coppola's war drama is nothing short of a cinematic masterpiece, and offers one of the most visceral movie experiences you're ever likely to find.