The Criterion Collection

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Established in 1984, the Criterion Collection is dedicated to gathering together the "important classic and contemporary films" from around the world. The volumes they publish (originally as laserdiscs, switching to DVD in 1998) are known for their extremely high quality transfers and abundance of supplemental features. They have done much to set the stage for the ubiquity of multi-disk and "special" edition DVDs today, but continue to rise above most other releases and produce what are considered to be the definitive editions of some of our greatest films. (In order by spine number.)

Note: An alternate, alphabetical list can be found "here":http://www.listsofbests.com/list/5623.

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  1. 1.
    Grand Illusion - Criterion Collection
    by Jean Renoir

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  2. 2.
    Seven Samurai - Criterion Collection
    by Akira Kurosawa

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  4. 4.
    Amarcord - Criterion Collection
    by Federico Fellini

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    A Night to Remember - Criterion Collection
    by Roy Ward Baker

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    The Killer - Criterion Collection
    by John Woo

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    Walkabout - Criterion Collection
    by Nicolas Roeg

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    The Seventh Seal - Criterion Collection
    by Ingmar Bergman

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  13. 13.
    The Silence of the Lambs - Criterion Collection
    by Jonathan Demme

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  14. 14.
    Samurai I - Musashi Miyamoto - Criterion Collection
    by Hiroshi Inagaki

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  15. 15.
    Samurai II - Duel at Ichijoji temple - Criterion Collection
    by Hiroshi Inagaki

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    Samurai III - Duel at Ganryu Island - Criterion Collection
    by Hiroshi Inagaki

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  17. 17.
    Salo - Criterion Collection
    by Pier Paolo Pasolini

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  18. 18.
    The Naked Kiss - Criterion Collection
    by Samuel Fuller

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  19. 19.
    Shock Corridor - Criterion Collection
    by Samuel Fuller

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    Summertime - Criterion Collection

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  23. 23.
    Robocop - Criterion Collection
    by Paul Verhoeven

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  24. 24.
    High and Low - Criterion Collection
    by Akira Kurosawa

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  25. 25.
    Alphaville - Criterion Collection
    by Jean-Luc Godard

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  26. 26.
    The Long Good Friday - Criterion Collection
    by John Mackenzie

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    Flesh for Frankenstein - Criterion Collection
    by Paul Morrissey

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  28. 28.
    Blood for Dracula - Criterion Collection
    by Paul Morrissey

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  29. 29.
    Picnic at Hanging Rock - Criterion Collection
    by Peter Weir

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    Great Expectations - Criterion Collection
    by David Lean

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  32. 32.
    Oliver Twist - Criterion Collection
    by David Lean

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  33. 33.
    Nanook of the North - Criterion Collection
    by Robert J. Flaherty

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    Andrei Rublev - Criterion Collection
    by Andrei Tarkovsky

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  35. 35.
    Diabolique - Criterion Collection
    by Henri-Georges Clouzot

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  36. 36.
    The Wages of Fear - Criterion Collection
    by Henri-Georges Clouzot

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  37. 37.
    Time Bandits - Criterion Collection
    by Terry Gilliam

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  38. 38.
    Branded to Kill - Koroshi No Rakuin - Criterion Collection
    by Seijun Suzuki

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  39. 39.
    Tokyo Drifter - Criterion Collection
    by Seijun Suzuki

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    Henry V - Criterion Collection
    by Laurence Olivier

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    Lord of the Flies - Criterion Collection
    by Peter Brook

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  44. 44.
    The Red Shoes - Criterion Collection
    by Emeric Pressburger

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  45. 45.
    Taste of Cherry - Criterion Collection
    by Abbas Kiarostami

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  46. 46.
    The Most Dangerous Game - Criterion Collection
    by Ernest B. Schoedsack

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  47. 47.
    Insomnia - Criterion Collection
    by Erik Skjoldbjærg

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    Nights of Cabiria - Criterion Collection
    by Federico Fellini

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    And the Ship Sails On - Criterion Collection
    by Federico Fellini

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Created by alyxstarr on Feb 24, 2006.
 

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Bahnerth
Rotterdam

Updated — 8 weeks ago

Added spine number 429 up to 436. Also uploaded all covers which were still missing.

Mar 15, 06:56AM | 0 comments | Reply to this

allisoncm
Los Angeles

lubitsches? — 10 weeks ago

When will the four Lubitsch musicals be added?

Monte Carlo
One Hour With You
Smiling Lieutenant
The Love Parade

Merci.

Feb 27, 12:41PM | 1 comment | Reply to this

manfredlopez

Added Covers to Some — 26 weeks ago

I added covers to some of the recent ones but then I noticed that they were being cropped into squares, rather than appear in proper DVD cover proportions. I wonder why that is… All the others seem fine.

Nov 11, 01:54AM | 1 comment | Reply to this

you_are_correct

Untitled — 35 weeks ago

Added three more:

411 Berlin Alexanderplatz
412 Sawdust and Tinsel
413 Drunken Angel

Sep 03, 04:09PM | 0 comments | Reply to this

augustgarage
North Hollywood

Spine numbers are back on track... — 49 weeks ago

All fixed…

May 31, 01:23PM | 0 comments | Reply to this

augustgarage
North Hollywood

397: Ivan's Childhood — 1 year ago

I don’t know why it keeps listing this title as “W” This is in fact Tarkovsky’s film, “Ivan’s Childhood.”

Mar 26, 04:18PM | 0 comments | Reply to this

Perlle
East Hampton

updates — 1 year ago

I added pictures for most of the entries that were missing them.

Mar 12, 05:13PM | 0 comments | Reply to this

alca911

I see both points — 1 year ago

I do think it’s overkill to have the multi-disk collections listed as seperate entries. However, since Criterion has given the collections spine numbers I think we should leave those collections on this list, because it will be easier to update when there are new releases if the Listsofbests numbers correspond exactly with the numbers on the Criterion spines. This site lsts the releases by spine numbers:

http://www.criterionco.com/asp/browse.asp?sort=spine

I see Perlle’s point, too, so I will join both lists. It’s just a question of personal preference.

I think it’s fine to make minor changes to public lists, but if you want to make major changes or are getting into fights about the changes it’s probably best to just create a different list and people can pick one or the other or both, and everyone can be peaceful and happy.

Sep 22, 08:31AM | 2 comments | Reply to this

midnight_funeral

updates — 1 year ago

Updated list to include all Criterion releases announced.

I added back the “overkill” titles another user had deleted to keep the numbering consistent with the official Criterion numbering. It also makes it much easier to check if titles are out of order, so please do not delete titles again.

Sep 09, 08:47PM | 0 comments | Reply to this