Question about the Criterion Collection

[Micking00]

I am intrigued by the Criterion Collection as a whole and I think it's a great idea. But I have wondered about something for a long time now. Obviously I am only one out of billions of people in the world, but I haven't ever heard of most of these titles. Of course there are certain ones that I have heard of (The Game, Traffic, Scanners, Dazed and Confused, the Wes Anderson films, and a few more). Many of you on here seem to be very familiar with a lot of the "obscure" titles and I'm just wondering how that is? I know I'm running off at the mouth, but I'm trying to get my point across lol. Every time one of these "obscure" (to me) titles is discussed, I feel like I missed something because I've never heard of it. Am I even making any sense?