IndieWire picks 21 must-see movies from the 2025 Cannes Film Festival, from Spike Lee, Lynne Ramsay, Ari Aster, and more.

A not-to-be-missed event for cinema professionals, lovers of the seventh art and those wanting to see and be seen, is underway—here is how to get the most out of Cannes.

Cannes’ top prize, the Palme d’Or. Those films include Wes Anderson’s “The Phoenician Scheme,” Richard Linklater’s “Nouvelle Vague,” Lynne Ramsay’s “Die, My Love,” Joachim Trier’s “Sentimental Value,” Kelly Reichardt’s “The Mastermind,