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, and including Blu-ray as of 2008) 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 at: http://www.listsofbests.com/list/5623.

(Last update: December 19, 2012)

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  1. 1.
    Grand Illusion (The Criterion Collection)
    by Jean Renoir
  2. 2.
    Seven Samurai (The Criterion Collection)
    by Akira Kurosawa
  3. 3.
    The Lady Vanishes (The Criterion Collection)
    by Alfred Hitchcock
  4. 4.
    Amarcord (The Criterion Collection)
    by Federico Fellini
  5. 5.
    The 400 Blows (The Criterion Collection)
    by François Truffaut
  6. 6.
    Beauty and The Beast (The Criterion Collection)
    by Jean Cocteau
  7. 7.
    A Night to Remember (Criterion Collection)
    by Roy Ward Baker
  8. 8.
    The Killer (The Criterion Collection)
    by John Woo
  9. 9.
    Hard Boiled (The Criterion Collection)
    by John Woo
  10. 10.
    Walkabout (The Criterion Collection)
    by Nicolas Roeg
  11. 11.
    The Seventh Seal (The Criterion Collection)
    by Ingmar Bergman
  12. 12.
    This Is Spinal Tap (The Criterion Collection)
    by Rob Reiner
  13. 13.
    The Silence of the Lambs (Criterion Collection Spine #13)
    by Jonathan Demme
  14. 14.
    Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto - Criterion Collection
    by Hiroshi Inagaki
  15. 15.
  16. 16.
    Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island - Criterion Collection
    by Hiroshi Inagaki
  17. 17.
    Salo, or the 120 Days of Sodom (The Criterion Collection)
    by Pier Paolo Pasolini
  18. 18.
    The Naked Kiss (The Criterion Collection)
    by Samuel Fuller
  19. 19.
    Shock Corridor (Criteron Collection)
    by Samuel Fuller
  20. 20.
    Sid and Nancy (The Criterion Collection)
    by Alex Cox
  21. 21.
    Dead Ringers (The Criterion Collection)
    by David Cronenberg
  22. 22.
    Summertime (The Criterion Collection)
    by David Lean
  23. 23.
    Robocop (The Criterion Collection)
    by Paul Verhoeven
  24. 24.
    High and Low (The Criterion Collection)
    by Akira Kurosawa
  25. 25.
    Alphaville (The Criterion Collection)
    by Jean-Luc Godard
  26. 26.
    The Long Good Friday (The Criterion Collection)
    by John Mackenzie
  27. 27.
    Flesh for Frankenstein (The Criterion Collection)
    by Antonio Margheriti
  28. 28.
    Blood for Dracula (The Criterion Collection)
    by Paul Morrissey
  29. 29.
    Picnic at Hanging Rock (The Criterion Collection)
    by Peter Weir
  30. 30.
    M (The Criterion Collection)
    by Fritz Lang
  31. 31.
    Great Expectations (The Criterion Collection)
    by David Lean
  32. 32.
    Oliver Twist (The Criterion Collection)
    by David Lean
  33. 33.
    Nanook of the North (The Criterion Collection)
    by Robert J. Flaherty
  34. 34.
    Andrei Rublev (The Criterion Collection)
    by Andrei Tarkovsky
  35. 35.
    Diabolique (The Criterion Collection)
    by Henri-Georges Clouzot
  36. 36.
    The Wages of Fear (The Criterion Collection)
    by Henri-Georges Clouzot
  37. 37.
    Time Bandits (The Criterion Collection)
    by Terry Gilliam
  38. 38.
    Branded to Kill (Criterion Collection)
    by Seijun Suzuki
  39. 39.
    Tokyo Drifter (Criterion Collection)
    by Seijun Suzuki
  40. 40.
  41. 41.
    Henry V (The Criterion Collection)
    by Laurence Olivier
  42. 42.
    Fishing With John (The Criterion Collection)
    by John Lurie
  43. 43.
    Lord of the Flies (The Criterion Collection)
    by Peter Brook
  44. 44.
    The Red Shoes (The Criterion Collection)
    by Michael Powell
  45. 45.
    Taste of Cherry (The Criterion Collection)
    by Abbas Kiarostami
  46. 46.
    The Most Dangerous Game (The Criterion Collection)
    by Ernest B. Schoedsack
  47. 47.
    Insomnia (The Criterion Collection)
    by Erik Skjoldbjærg
  48. 48.
    Black Orpheus (The Criterion Collection)
    by Marcel Camus
  49. 49.
    Nights of Cabiria (The Criterion Collection)
    by Federico Fellini
  50. 50.
    And the Ship Sails On (The Criterion Collection)
    by Federico Fellini

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Created by alyxstarr on Feb 24, 2006.
 

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yy880

BBS Spine Numbers... — 2 years ago

Spine numbers for some of the films in the new American Cinema BBS release can be found here:

http://www.criterion.com/library/all/all/list/sort_spine_number

Aug 19, 01:11PM | 0 comments | Reply to this

Bahnerth

Updated — 5 years ago

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

Mar 15, 06:56AM | 3 comments | Reply to this

allisoncm

lubitsches? — 5 years 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 — 5 years 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 — 5 years ago

Added three more:

411 Berlin Alexanderplatz

412 Sawdust and Tinsel

413 Drunken Angel

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

augustgarage

Spine numbers are back on track... — 6 years ago

All fixed…

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

augustgarage

397: Ivan's Childhood — 6 years 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

updates — 6 years 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 — 6 years 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 — 6 years 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



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