The Square

The Square (2016, Sweden) won the Palme d'Or at Cannes. Ruben Östlund's satire follows a Stockholm museum curator preparing a conceptual art installation about trust while his own life unravels through a series of moral failures and bad decisions.

Östlund skewers the art world and liberal self-regard with precise, uncomfortable wit. The dinner scene alone earns the Palme d'Or.