IndieWire's Best & Worst Cannes Film Festival Openers Ever

"The Big Show that is the Cannes Film Festival is like the unstoppable juggernaut of quality international filmmaking, hype, backlash, Nespresso and overpriced sandwiches. As ever, Cannes is bigger than any one film or any one slot. That said, the Opening Film sets the tone for the event —it's announced earlier than the rest of the program and always comes under possibly unenviable scrutiny from the world's press, who for this one screening if no other, go in with eyes unbloodshot, minds sharp and pens primed." - indiewire.com

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BEST: An American in Paris (1951)

BEST: An American in Paris (1951)

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BEST: Rififi (1955)

BEST: Rififi (1955)

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BEST: The 400 Blows (1959)

BEST: The 400 Blows (1959)

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BEST: Ben Hur (1960)

BEST: Ben Hur (1960)

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BEST: The Birds (1963)

BEST: The Birds (1963)

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BEST: The Collector (1965)

BEST: The Collector (1965)

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BEST: Sweet Charity (1969)

BEST: Sweet Charity (1969)

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BEST: Gimme Shelter (1971)

BEST: Gimme Shelter (1971)

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BEST: Amarcord (1974)

BEST: Amarcord (1974)

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BEST: The Duellists (1977)

BEST: The Duellists (1977)

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BEST: The King of Comedy (1983)

BEST: The King of Comedy (1983)

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BEST: Witness (1985)

BEST: Witness (1985)

13

BEST: Dreams (1990)

BEST: Dreams (1990)

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BEST: Homicide (1991)

BEST: Homicide (1991)

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BEST: The Hudsucker Proxy (1994)

BEST: The Hudsucker Proxy (1994)

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BEST: The City of Lost Children (1995)

BEST: The City of Lost Children (1995)

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BEST: Primary Colors (1998)

BEST: Primary Colors (1998)

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BEST: Moulin Rouge! (2001)

BEST: Moulin Rouge! (2001)

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BEST: Bad Education (2004)

BEST: Bad Education (2004)

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BEST: Up (2009)

BEST: Up (2009)

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BEST: Moonrise Kingdom (2012)

BEST: Moonrise Kingdom (2012)

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WORST: Modesty Blaise (1966)

WORST: Modesty Blaise (1966)

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WORST: I Killed Rasputin (1967)

WORST: I Killed Rasputin (1967)

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WORST: Godspell (1973)

WORST: Godspell (1973)

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WORST: Hair (1979)

WORST: Hair (1979)

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WORST: Pirates (1986)

WORST: Pirates (1986)

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WORST: Basic Instinct (1992)

WORST: Basic Instinct (1992)

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WORST: The Fifth Element (1997)

WORST: The Fifth Element (1997)

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WORST: The Barber of Siberia (1999)

WORST: The Barber of Siberia (1999)

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WORST: Vatel (2000)

WORST: Vatel (2000)

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WORST: Hollywood Ending (2002)

WORST: Hollywood Ending (2002)

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WORST: The Da Vinci Code (2006)

WORST: The Da Vinci Code (2006)

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WORST: Blindness (2008)

WORST: Blindness (2008)

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WORST: Robin Hood (2010)

WORST: Robin Hood (2010)

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WORST: Grace of Monaco (2014)

WORST: Grace of Monaco (2014)

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