| Palme d'Or | Wild at Heart, David Lynch (United States) |
| Grand Prix (Tie) | Shi no Toge, Kohei Oguri |
| Tilaï, Idrissa Ouedraogo (Burkina Faso/Switzerland/France) |
| Best Actor | Gérard Depardieu, Cyrano de Bergerac (France) |
| Best Actress | Krystyna Janda, Interrogation (Poland) |
| Direction | Pavel Lounguine, Taxi Blues (U.S.S.R./France) |
| Artistic Contribution | Gleb Panfilov, Matj (Zaprechtchionnye Lioudi) (U.S.S.R.) |
| Camera d'Or for Film Debut | Freeze, Die, Come to Life, Vitali Kanevski (U.S.S.R.) |
| Technique | Cyrano de Bergerac, Pierre Lhomme, director of photography (France) |
| Jury Prize | Hidden Agenda, Ken Loach (United Kingdom) |
| Palme d'Or for Short Film | The Lunch Date, Adam Davidson |
| Fipresci Prize | Shi no Toge, Kohei Oguri (Japan) |
| Fipresci Special Prize | Manoel de Oliveira for his body of work |