The Criterion Collection

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

David Fincher

Island of Lost Souls

Erle C. Kenton

Nikolas: “The beast flesh is creeping back.”

The Man Who Knew Too Much

Alfred Hitchcock

The Lady Vanishes

Alfred Hitchcock

Nikolas: “There was no old woman here...”

Paths of Glory

Stanley Kubrick

Nikolas: “You can go to hell before I apologize to you now or ever again!”

Rushmore

Wes Anderson

Nikolas: “I wish that I knew what I know now.”

My Life as a Dog

Lasse Hallström

Rosemary’s Baby

Roman Polanski

Nikolas: “Witches... All of them witches!”

Chungking Express

Wong Kar-wai

The War Room

Chris Hegedus and D. A. Pennebaker

Nikolas: “It's the economy stupid!”

Quadrophenia

Franc Roddam

Shallow Grave

Danny Boyle

Nikolas: “God, you two are sensitive! All I'm doing is implying some kind of ugly sordid sexual liaison. I'd be proud of that.”

The Last Emperor

Bernardo Bertolucci

12 Angry Men

Sidney Lumet

Nikolas: “He didn't change his vote. I did.”

The Thin Red Line

Terrence Malick

Nikolas: “Come out. Come out where I am.”

The Last Temptation of Christ

Martin Scorsese

Nikolas: “It is accomplished.”

The Seventh Seal

Ingmar Bergman

The Great Dictator

Charles Chaplin

Nikolas: “Then wipe them out.”

Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence

Nagisa Oshima

Nikolas: “I've tried the mangu and I've tried the flowers. And I think the flowers taste better.”

The Night of the Hunter

Charles Laughton

Nikolas: “Chiiildren?”

Days of Heaven

Terrence Malick

Nikolas: “The three of us been goin' places.”

The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou

Wes Anderson

Nikolas: “Revenge.”

Three Colors

Krzysztof Kieślowski

Nikolas: “Piano, piano, sul, sul, testo.”

Gimme Shelter

David Maysles, Albert Maysles and Charlotte Zwerin

Nikolas: “We're not gonna start playing until everyone settles down, now. Everyone just be groovy to one another, okay?”