The Criterion Collection

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Seven Samurai

Akira Kurosawa

Jarred: “Too epic for words. ”

The Lady Vanishes

Alfred Hitchcock

Amarcord

Federico Fellini

Jarred: “Fellini's carnivalesque portrait of Fascist Rimini is heart-warming, nostalgic, and as unforgettable as a peacock in the snow. ”

The 400 Blows

François Truffaut

Jarred: “Truffaut's work about a misunderstood boy is one of the most resonant childhood films, immersive in atmosphere and compassionate in storytelling.”

Walkabout

Nicolas Roeg

Jarred: “Quite possibly the most gorgeous visuals you will ever encounter in film are all here. ”

The Seventh Seal

Ingmar Bergman

Jarred: “One of the few films that literally changed my life. ”

The Silence of the Lambs

Jonathan Demme

Jarred: “I have heard more criticisms and praises of this movie than I know what to do with. It's a hell of a story, though, and Hopkins commands attention.”

Salò, or The 120 Days of Sodom

Pier Paolo Pasolini

Jarred: “I present you with a paradox: This is a great humanitarian film, by laws of subtraction. ”

Picnic at Hanging Rock

Peter Weir

Jarred: “This is a great, mysterious film with all the savagery of a classic monster flick, and the poetry of a strange land. ”

M

Fritz Lang

Jarred: “Peter Lorre will always be my favorite choice as the creepiest actor of all time. ”

Andrei Rublev

Andrei Tarkovsky

Diabolique

Henri-Georges Clouzot

Jarred: “It is easy to see why Hitchcock was jealous of this script. ”

The Wages of Fear

Henri-Georges Clouzot

Tokyo Drifter

Seijun Suzuki

Jarred: “Suzuki's reeling action-gangster film is a rule-challenging, colorful explosion that rivals even the greatest Samurai films in badassery.”

The Red Shoes

Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger

Jarred: “What a passionate, exquisite film this is. Life imitates art with rapturous beauty and color, long before Aronofsky's "Black Swan." ”

Brazil

Terry Gilliam

Jarred: “The single greatest imaginative feat ever put on film. ”

The Unbearable Lightness of Being

Philip Kaufman

Jarred: “This is a gorgeous, poignant, lyrical film that does not easily leave my memory. ”

The 39 Steps

Alfred Hitchcock

Jarred: “The beginning of Hitchcock's "wrong man" theme cannot be overlooked.”

Charade

Stanley Donen

Jarred: “A twisty, turny, labyrinthine thriller with all the witty humor and glamorous style of Stanley Donen's work. ”

Peeping Tom

Michael Powell

Jarred: “The grandfather of serial killer films as an art form, and the realization that violence, voyeurism, and darkness can be symbolic and allusive. ”

Monty Python’s Life of Brian

Terry Jones

Jarred: “This is one of the funniest movies ever made. Far more quotable than "Holy Grail," in my opinion, this is the Monty Python troupe at their finest. ”

The Passion of Joan of Arc

Carl Th. Dreyer

Carnival of Souls

Herk Harvey

Jarred: “Spooky macabre music, and some of the eeriest visuals of all time. Reminds me of the comedic horror thrills of watching Scooby Doo as a child. ”

The Third Man

Carol Reed

Jarred: “One of the movies that got me into film in the first place. ”

Rushmore

Wes Anderson

Jarred: “This is Anderson's best work, but I also love it because it reflects my own high school career. It reveals the lovable folly of young intellectuals. ”

The Last Temptation of Christ

Martin Scorsese

Jarred: “Epic, powerful, thought-provoking, and featuring an excellent performance from Willem Dafoe, this is an intriguing rumination on faith from Scorsese. ”

The Element of Crime

Lars von Trier

Jarred: “Von Trier's work is original and highly intellectual. While his scripts are simple, his use of film as an artistic medium is unparalleled. ”

Hamlet

Laurence Olivier

Jarred: “Laurence Olivier's masterpiece is the most haunting and memorable of the adaptations of Shakespeare's greatest play. ”

Do the Right Thing

Spike Lee

Jarred: “Easily the most intelligent film ever made about racism, filled to the brim with dizzying style, complex content, and a final sucker-punch to the gut.”

L’avventura

Michelangelo Antonioni

Jarred: “Antonioni's frustratingly elusive film deals masterfully with loneliness, ennui, and distractive love. I think I love and hate it at the same time.”

Spartacus

Stanley Kubrick

Jarred: “To call this Kubrick's weakest film is not really a criticism, but merely an admiration of his entire ouvre. ”

Playtime

Jacques Tati

Carl Theodor Dreyer Box Set

The Vanishing

George Sluizer

Jarred: “A fantastically riveting exercise in atmosphere and obsession. ”

Notorious

Alfred Hitchcock

Rashomon

Akira Kurosawa

Jarred: “A rewarding and frustrating "courtroom drama," and an interesting insight into the darkness of humanity. ”

Wild Strawberries

Ingmar Bergman

Jarred: “I hope I take my life as seriously in reflection, when I reach this man's age. ”

8½

Federico Fellini

Jarred: “One of Fellini's greatest films. Cinema for its own sake, as a dream, a magic trick, a dizzyingly complex rumination on the nature of film itself. ”

In the Mood for Love

Wong Kar-wai

Jarred: “Kar-wai's gorgeous film is an experience in poignancy. A story made up of textures, colors, the quiet details of dancing through life. ”

The Royal Tenenbaums

Wes Anderson

Jarred: “Go, Mordecai!”

Solaris

Andrei Tarkovsky

Jarred: “Tarkovsky's most hypnotic film, a dazzling rumination on human psychology, and an excellent companion piece to Kubrick's "2001".”

Man Bites Dog

Rémy Belvaux, André Bonzel and Benoit Poelvoorde

Jarred: “This is a horrifying and brilliant work--a film packed with a hell of a message. But despite its atrocious violence, you will laugh, and feel guilty. ”

Contempt

Jean-Luc Godard

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

Terry Gilliam

Jarred: “Hunter S. Thompson will always be one of my favorite inspirations for life. Depp's performance is remarkable here. ”

Straw Dogs

Sam Peckinpah

Jarred: “A disturbing, masterfully constructed descent into violence and the darkness of mankind. Hoffman's performance is brilliant. ”

Hiroshima mon amour

Alain Resnais

Jarred: “Resnais' rhythmic, crushing frame narrative offers up many philosophical questions while presenting a portrait of suffocating love and tragedy.”

Umberto D.

Vittorio De Sica

A Film Trilogy by Ingmar Bergman

Jarred: “Bergman's bleakest films are all here. My faith was challenged, my intellect was deepened, and my heart was torn. ”

Richard III

Laurence Olivier

Jarred: “Olivier's performance as one of the most dastardly evil villains in history is a grand study in sinister aesthetics. ”

The Rules of the Game

Jean Renoir

Jarred: “One line sums up the weight of this film for me: "Everyone has their reasons."”

Tokyo Story

Yasujiro Ozu

Jarred: “If you don't cry for at least a second; if you don't at least shed one tear, you might not be a human being. ”

Le cercle rouge

Jean-Pierre Melville

La strada

Federico Fellini

Naked Lunch

David Cronenberg

Videodrome

David Cronenberg

Jarred: “Cronenberg's dark rumination on violence in media and our culture's obsession with media stimulation is a pulpy, powerful visual trip. ”

The Battle of Algiers

Gillo Pontecorvo

A Woman Under the Influence

John Cassavetes

Jarred: “Cassavetes impresses me more than any other filmmaker, and this is his finest work. ”

Eyes Without a Face

Georges Franju

Jarred: “I haven't met anyone who didn't like this movie. One of the greatest classic horror movies that sadly goes by unnoticed all too frequently. ”

Fanny and Alexander Box Set

Ingmar Bergman

Jarred: “Quite possibly Bergman's best work, with enough extravagant visuals, painful meditations, and complex characters to satisfy the intelligent audience. ”