‘Secrets & Lies’ (1996) Nobody had a massive problem with ‘Secrets & Lies’ upon winning the Palme; the Mike Leigh kitchen sink drama received positive reviews and a raft of Oscar nominations in 1996. However, a small contingent of people who championed the much more divisive and singular ‘Crash’ by David Cronenberg criticized the selection as a safe choice compared to the far more daring option; a situation not helped due to the kerfuffle over the Jury awarding Cronenberg’s psychosexual drama a Special Jury Prize. As the years have gone on, ‘Crash’ has risen in esteem as a masterpiece, and cinephiles are far more likely to look at ‘Secrets & Lies’ as a time the jury got it wrong.