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The Criterion Collection

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: September 19, 2009)

(found at: http://www.criterion.com/asp/browse_spines.asp)

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1. Grand Illusion - Criterion Collection
by Jean Renoir
 
2. Seven Samurai - Criterion Collection
by Akira Kurosawa
 
3. The Lady Vanishes - Criterion Collection  
4. Amarcord - Criterion Collection
by Federico Fellini
 
5. The 400 Blows - Criterion Collection  
6. Beauty and The Beast - Criterion Collection (Restored Edition)  
7. A Night to Remember - Criterion Collection
by Roy Ward Baker
 
8. The Killer - Criterion Collection
by John Woo
 
9. Hard Boiled - Criterion Collection  
10. Walkabout - Criterion Collection
by Nicolas Roeg
 
11. The Seventh Seal - Criterion Collection
by Ingmar Bergman
 
12. This Is Spinal Tap - Criterion Collection  
13. The Silence of the Lambs - Criterion Collection
by Jonathan Demme
 
14. Samurai I - Musashi Miyamoto - Criterion Collection
by Hiroshi Inagaki
 
15. Samurai II - Duel at Ichijoji temple - Criterion Collection
by Hiroshi Inagaki
 
16. Samurai III - Duel at Ganryu Island - Criterion Collection
by Hiroshi Inagaki
 
17. Salo - Criterion Collection
by Pier Paolo Pasolini
 
18. The Naked Kiss - Criterion Collection
by Samuel Fuller
 
19. Shock Corridor - Criterion Collection
by Samuel Fuller
 
20. Sid & Nancy - Criterion Collection  
21. Dead Ringers - Criterion Collection  
22. Summertime - Criterion Collection  
23. Robocop - Criterion Collection
by Paul Verhoeven
 
24. High and Low - Criterion Collection
by Akira Kurosawa
 
25. Alphaville - Criterion Collection
by Jean-Luc Godard
 
26. The Long Good Friday - Criterion Collection
by John Mackenzie
 
27. Flesh for Frankenstein - Criterion Collection
by Paul Morrissey
 
28. Blood for Dracula - Criterion Collection
by Paul Morrissey
 
29. Picnic at Hanging Rock - Criterion Collection
by Peter Weir
 
30. M - Criterion Collection (Special Edition)  
31. Great Expectations - Criterion Collection
by David Lean
 
32. Oliver Twist - Criterion Collection
by David Lean
 
33. Nanook of the North - Criterion Collection
by Robert J. Flaherty
 
34. Andrei Rublev - Criterion Collection
by Andrei Tarkovsky
 
35. Diabolique - Criterion Collection
by Henri-Georges Clouzot
 
36. The Wages of Fear - Criterion Collection
by Henri-Georges Clouzot
 
37. Time Bandits - Criterion Collection
by Terry Gilliam
 
38. Branded to Kill - Koroshi No Rakuin - Criterion Collection
by Seijun Suzuki
 
39. Tokyo Drifter - Criterion Collection
by Seijun Suzuki
 
40. Armageddon -- Criterion Collection  
41. Henry V - Criterion Collection
by Laurence Olivier
 
42. Fishing With John - Criterion Collection  
43. Lord of the Flies - Criterion Collection
by Peter Brook
 
44. The Red Shoes - Criterion Collection
by Emeric Pressburger
 
45. Taste of Cherry - Criterion Collection
by Abbas Kiarostami
 
46. The Most Dangerous Game - Criterion Collection
by Ernest B. Schoedsack
 
47. Insomnia - Criterion Collection
by Erik Skjoldbjærg
 
48. Black Orpheus - Criterion Collection  
49. Nights of Cabiria - Criterion Collection
by Federico Fellini
 
50. And the Ship Sails On - Criterion Collection
by Federico Fellini
 
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Created by alyxstarr on Feb 24, 2006.