There are plenty of films at this year's Cannes Film Festival that you'll curse the heavens you're not able to go. However, there's one big glaring omission: Terrence Malick's Tree of Life. There was heavy speculation that the film would make its long-awaited premiere at the festival, but presumably the ambitious sci-fi film starring Brad Pitt and Sean Penn wasn't ready in time.
But that doesn't mean there aren't other noteworthy films. Cannes is a great time to get a heads-up on a films although they may not be the finished product (a longer version of Inglourious Basterds premiered at last year's festival to mixed reviews). This year's films to watch are Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu's Biutiful, Doug Liman's Fair Game, Oliver Stone's Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps, and Woody Allen's You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger. Of course, the most-acclaimed films may turn out to be the ones currently flying under the radar.
Hit the jump for this year's full line-up. The 2010 Cannes Film Festival runs from May 12-23.
OPENING NIGHT PREMIERE
Robin Hood (US) - Ridley Scott
IN COMPETITION
Another Year (UK) - Mike Leigh
Biutiful (Spain-Mexico) - Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu
Burnt by the Sun 2 (Germany-France-Russia) - Nikita Mikhalkov
Certified Copy (France-Italy-Iran) - Abbas Kiarostami
Fair Game (US) - Doug Liman
Hors-la-loi (France-Belgium-Algeria) - Rachid Bouchareb
The Housemaid (South Korea) - Im Sang-soo
La nostra vita (Italy-France) - Daniele Luchetti
La Princesse de Montpensier (France) - Bertrand Tavernier
Of Gods and Men (France) - Xavier Beauvois
Outrage (Japan) - Takeshi Kitano
Poetry (South Korea) - Lee Chang-dong
A Screaming Man (France-Belgium-Chad) - Mahamat-Saleh Haroun
Tournee (France) Mathieu Amalric
Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives (Spain-Thailand-Germany-U.K.-France) - Apichatpong Weerasethakul
You, My Joy (Ukraine-Germany) - Sergey Loznitsa
UN CERTAIN REGARD
Adrienn Pal (Hungary-Netherlands-France-Austria) Agnes Kocsis
Aurora (Romania) - Cristi Puiu
Blue Valentine (US) - Derek Cianfrance
Chatroom (UK) - Hideo Nakata
Chongqing Blues (China) - Wang Xiaoshuai
The City Below (Germany-France) - Christoph Hochhausler
Film Socialisme (Switzerland-France) - Jean-Luc Godard
Ha Ha Ha (South Korea) - Hong Sang-soo
Les Amours imaginaires (Canada) - Xavier Dolan
Life Above All (France) - Oliver Schmitz
Los labios (Argentina) - Ivan Fund, Santiago Loza
Octubre (Peru) - Daniel Vega
Qu'est-il arrive a Simon Werner? (France) - Fabrice Gobert
Rebecca H. (France) - Lodge Kerrigan
R U There (Taiwan) - David Verbeek
The Strange Case of Angelica (Portugal) Manoel de Oliveira
Tuesday, After Christmas (Romania) - Radu Muntean
Udaan (India) - Vikramaditya Motwane
OUT OF COMPETITION
Kaboom (US) - Gregg Araki
L'Autre Monde (France-Belgium) - Gilles Marchand
Tamara Drewe (UK) - Stephen Frears
Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps (US) - Oliver Stone
You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger (UK-Spain) - Woody Allen
SPECIAL SCREENINGS
Abel - Diego Luna
Chantrapas - Otar Iosseliani
Draquila - L'Italaia Che Trema & Sabina Guzzanti
Inside Job - Charles Ferguson
Nostalgia De La Luz - Patrizio Guzman
Over Cities Grass Will Grow - Sophie Fiennes