E os 16 filmes que concorrem a Palma de Ouro são:Another Year, de Mike Leigh
Biutiful, de Alejandro Gonzalez Iñarritu
Copie Conforme (Certified Copy), de Abbas Kiarostami
Des Hommes et des Dieux (Of Gods and Men), de Xavier Beauvois
Fair Game, de Doug Liman
Hors La Loi (Outside of the law), de Rachid Bouchareb
La Nostra Vita (Our Life), de Daniele Luchetti
La Princesse de Montpensier (The princess of Montpensier), de Bertrand Tavernier
Lung Boonmee Raluek Chat (Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives), de Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Outrage, de Takeshi Kitano
Poetry, de Lee Chang-dong
Rizhao Chongqing (Chongqing Blues), de Wang Xiaoshuai
Schastye Moe (My joy), de Sergei Loznitsa
Szelid Teremtés – A Frankenstein Terv (Tender son – The Frankenstein Project, de Kornél Mundruczo
The Housemaid, de Im Sangsoo
Tournée (On tour), de Mathieu Amalric
Um homme qui crie (A screaming man), de Mahamat-Saleh Haroun
Utomlyonnye Solntsem 2: Predstoyanie (The exodus – Burnt by the sun 2), de Nikita Mikhalkov
