The Criterion Collection

Carlos

Olivier Assayas

Cody_U: “This is just a phenomenal film. Clocking in at 5 and 1/2 hours, I love every second of it. It's absolutely one of my favorite films in the collection.”

Diabolique

Henri-Georges Clouzot

Naked Lunch

David Cronenberg

Videodrome

David Cronenberg

Cody_U: “One of my favorite David Cronenberg films. James Woods, cool make-up effects, and a great premise make this one of the best films of the 80's.”

Cronos

Guillermo del Toro

Cody_U: “Guillermo del Toro is one of my favorite directors working today, and this film was an amazing debut for this ambitious and unique auteur.”

Vampyr

Carl Th. Dreyer

World on a Wire

Rainer Werner Fassbinder

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

David Fincher

Cody_U: “David Fincher is as close to my favorite director as you can get, and this is his most moving film to date. I'm glad that Criterion picked it up.”

The Game

David Fincher

Brazil

Terry Gilliam

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

Terry Gilliam

Cody_U: “The best psychedelic drug movie ever made. Terry Gilliam at his very best. Johnny Depp completely becomes Hunter S. Thompson. A one-of-a-kind film.”

The War Room

Chris Hegedus and D. A. Pennebaker

The 39 Steps

Alfred Hitchcock

Godzilla

Ishiro Honda

Island of Lost Souls

Erle C. Kenton

Cody_U: “One of the best pre-code era horror films. I am so happy that Criterion rescued this film from obscurity.”

Three Colors

Krzysztof Kieślowski

Seven Samurai

Akira Kurosawa

Yojimbo/Sanjuro Box Set

Akira Kurosawa

Days of Heaven

Terrence Malick

The Thin Red Line

Terrence Malick

Cody_U: “Terrence Malick is one of the most visually interesting directors working today, and this is one of his best films. A beautiful and poetic war film.”

Badlands

Terrence Malick

Hunger

Steve McQueen

Cody_U: “This auspicious debut from Steve McQueen features a wonderful performance from Michael Fassbender, and makes for a fine addition to the collection.”

House

Nobuhiko Obayashi

Cody_U: “This is absolutely one of the craziest films I have ever seen. Criterion did the world of cinema a favor by saving this insane film from obscurity.”

In the Realm of the Senses

Nagisa Oshima

Cody_U: “Pornography? Art? Both? This fantastically sexual film dives into the deep recesses of passion and obsession, and has an ending you won't soon forget.”

Salò, or The 120 Days of Sodom

Pier Paolo Pasolini

Trilogy of Life

Pier Paolo Pasolini

Repulsion

Roman Polanski

Cody_U: “This is a great film about going insane. One of my favorite Roman Polanski films, and I'm glad that Criterion added it to the collection.”

Rosemary’s Baby

Roman Polanski

The Last Temptation of Christ

Martin Scorsese

I Am Curious . . . Box set

Vilgot Sjöman

The Phantom Carriage

Victor Sjöström

Chasing Amy

Kevin Smith

Traffic

Steven Soderbergh

Che

Steven Soderbergh

Cody_U: “This was one of the best blind-buys I ever made. This is a fantastic film, and features some of Steven Soderbergh's and Benicio del Toro's best work.”

Solaris

Andrei Tarkovsky

Antichrist

Lars von Trier

Cody_U: “This film is as beautiful as it is disturbing. It features one of the most transgressive climaxes ever filmed, and is my favorite Lars von Trier film.”