The Criterion Collection

[SuperFlyHighGuy]

Limiting to ten is tough, but if it's "blu-ray only", right now I'd say:

The Killing
House
Sword of Doom
Eraserhead
The Seventh Seal
Lone Wolf and Cub set
Tati set
Island of Lost Souls
Valerie and Her Week of Wonders
Night and the City

Valley of the Dolls is close, but I need to rewatch it to see if it holds.

[theater dreamer]

I haven't watched it yet. I know, I know.

I need more hours in the day. Seriously.

Originally Posted by oildude

The lack of Harakiri on many of these Top Ten lists is disturbing.

But other than that some great choices

[latehong]

Pale Flower
The Red Shoes
Bay of Angels (of The Essential Jacques Demy box set)
Bigger Than Life
Mr. Arkadin
Mr. Thank You (of Travels with Hiroshi Shimizu Eclipse box set)
The Steel Helmet (of The First Films of Samuel Fuller Eclipse box set)
Ride in the Whirlwind (of The Shooting / Ride in the Whirlwind double feature)
I Knew Her Well
The American Friend

I excluded the films that have the similar or better quality alternative releases from other boutique labels.

[Sifox211]

Top Ten Criterion

• Katsi Trilogy
• A Canterbury Tale *
• Wild Strawberries
• The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
• Il Sorpasso
• Three Colours
• Jacques Tati Collection
• Les Blank: Always for Pleasure
• Life of Brian
• Wings of Desire

* Excluded other P&P since I upgraded to the UK BDs as they came out - for shame!

Also non-Criterions:

Dekalog
Six Moral Tales

I would also add Stalker, but I haven't seen it yet (only in the cinema!)

[DaBargainHunta]

Originally Posted by jw007

The Darjeeling Limited

Damn, I forgot this in my top ten!

[cash_black]

The Battle of Algiers
Seven Samurai
Thief
Blow-up
In Cold Blood
Sweet Smell of Success
Kiss Me Deadly
In the Mood for Love
Foreign correspondent
In a Lonely Placw

[Dragon Ranger]

Originally Posted by cash_black

The Battle of Algiers
In the Mood for Love

Seeing that on your list has anyone heard of Criterion possibly releasing....



I see there was a Korean release; anyone out there have it?

[deepbreathsanddeath]

Originally Posted by Dragon Ranger

Seeing that on your list has anyone heard of Criterion possibly releasing....



I see there was a Korean release; anyone out there have it?

I used to own it. It's an upscale.
The main benefits of it are improved audio quality and better looking subs than the DVDs.
We are still waiting on a true HD remaster though.

[malakaheso]

Top 10 in alphabetical order, excluding boxsets (otherwise I'd include Cassavetes, Dreyer and Pedro Costa):




Au Hasard Balthasar

Barry Lyndon

Chimes At Midnight

Heaven's Gate

Late Spring

L'eclisse

A Man Escaped

L'avventura

McCabe and Mrs Miller

Stalker


Runners up: Wild Strawberries, The Seventh Seal, 8 1/2, Red Desert, The Long Day Closes, Safety Last, Love Streams, Spirit of The Beehive,

[spanky87]

They Live By Night
Mildred Pierce
Tess
Gilda
Rosemary’s Baby
Rebecca
Charade
Mulholland Drive
The Piano Teacher
The Naked Kiss

[mande2013]

Originally Posted by malakaheso

Top 10 in alphabetical order, excluding boxsets (otherwise I'd include Cassavetes, Dreyer and Pedro Costa):




Au Hasard Balthasar

Barry Lyndon

Chimes At Midnight

Heaven's Gate

Late Spring

L'eclisse

A Man Escaped

L'avventura

McCabe and Mrs Miller

Stalker


Runners up: Wild Strawberries, The Seventh Seal, 8 1/2, Red Desert, The Long Day Closes, Safety Last, Love Streams, Spirit of The Beehive,

Surely you could include individual films within boxsets, since those too each have their own spine number.

[mande2013]

My top ten:

L'Avventura

Don't Look Now

Lola Montes

Le Cercle Rouge

Jules and Jim

Rules of the Game

A Nos Amours (the only film listed here I don't own the Criterion edition of either on DVD or blu-ray since I have the Gaumont blu-ray)

Contempt

Pickpocket

8 1/2

[The Great Owl]

Top 10 Criterion Blu-rays, off the top of my head.

1. Le Samouraï
2. Army of Shadows
3. Le Cercle Rouge
4. In a Lonely Place
5. The Night of the Hunter
6. The Vanishing
7. Sweet Smell of Success
8. Paris, Texas
9. The Asphalt Jungle
10. Night and the City

[malakaheso]

Originally Posted by mande2013

Surely you could include individual films within boxsets, since those too each have their own spine number.

Ok, then the list would look like this:


Au Hasard Balthasar

Barry Lyndon

Colossal Youth

Gertrud

Heaven's Gate

Late Spring

L'eclisse

A Man Escaped

Ordet

Stalker

[Scottie]

Originally Posted by oildude

The lack of Harakiri on many of these Top Ten lists is disturbing.

But other than that some great choices

Definitely in my Top 20 films. Excellent film!

[javy]

My list goes to eleven to get that extra push over the cliff.

In alphabetical order:

Barry Lyndon
Belle de Jour
The Double Life of Veronique
The Game
Mullholand Dr
La Notte
Punch Drunk Love
Rosemary's Baby
The Seventh Seal
Traffic
Wings of Desire

Usually The Killing would be on my list, but just having rewatched Barry Lyndon I chose it. If I watched The Killing right now I would probably switch back.

When Night of the Living Dead comes out my list will go to twelve.

[Banned User]

Marketa Lazarová
Le Samourai
Ugetsu
Diabolique
Throne of Blood
The Music Room
Harakiri
Rashomon
In the Mood For Love
Seven Samurai

Can't stress Marketa Lazarová enough. Such an amazing film. Most of these were selected because I watch them so much. They all evoke certain moods and create amazing atmosphere. If I listed OOP's it would certainly have a few Ealing Studio films in it like Kind Hearts and Coronets or Dead of Night. Really wish Criterion could get a hold of a lot of these. The StudioCanal vintage classics line in the UK is superb.

[The Sovereign]

Haven’t thought about this in a while, but even with some incredible recent additions, these are some of the films I’m grateful to have from Criterion:

01. Paths of Glory
02. Brazil
03. Eraserhead
04. 8 ½
05. Wings of Desire
06. Badlands
07. Repo Man
08. Down by Law
09. 3 Women
10. The Red Shoes

I’ll also cheat by adding that I omitted out of print and/or DVD only releases such as The Third Man, Grand Illusion, Chungking Express, Hobson’s Choice and The Lady Eve. But like everyone here, I could go on and on.

[kengjj]

The Unknown Girl by the Dardenne Brothers comes out on dvd tomorrow!!! Does anyone know if Criterion is going to release the Blu-ray of this? Like they did with Clouds of Sils Maria?

[The Great Owl]

Originally Posted by oildude

The lack of Harakiri on many of these Top Ten lists is disturbing.

I keep looking at these Top 10 lists and thinking, "Man, I should have included that one on my own.", but then I look back at my list and realize that there's nothing that I want to kick out.