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The Criterion Collection top movies seen by WimS

Since 1984, the Criterion Collection, has been dedicated to gathering the greatest films from around the world and publishing them in editions that offer the highest technical quality and award-winning, original supplements for a wider and wider audience. The foundation of the collection is the work of such masters of cinema as Kurosawa, Fellini, Bergman, Tarkovsky, Hitchcock, and Kubrick. Each film is presented uncut, in its original aspect ratio, as its maker intended it to be seen. To date, more than 150 filmmakers have made it into the collection. The Criterion Collection

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    "Fishing with John"

    1991
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    "Tanner '88"

    1988 — a.k.a. "Tanner: A Political Fable"
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    2 ou 3 choses que je sais d'elle

    1967 — a.k.a. Two or Three Things I Know About Her
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    3 Women

    1977
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    The 39 Steps

    1935
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    Les quatre cents coups

    1959 — a.k.a. The 400 Blows
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    49th Parallel

    1941 — a.k.a. The Invaders
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    1963 — a.k.a. Federico Fellini's 8 1/2
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    Ace in the Hole

    1951
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    Acéra ou Le bal des sorcières

    1972
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    The Act of Seeing with One's Own Eyes

    1971
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    Ai no borei

    1978 — a.k.a. Empire of Passion
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    Akahige

    1965
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    Akai satsui

    1964 — a.k.a. Murderous Instincts
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    Aleksandr Nevskiy

    1938 — a.k.a. Alexander Nevsky
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    Angst essen Seele auf

    1974 — a.k.a. Ali: Fear Eats the Soul
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    All That Heaven Allows

    1955
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    Alphaville, une étrange aventure de Lemmy Caution

    1965 — a.k.a. Alphaville, a Strange Adventure of Lemmy Caution
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    Les amants

    1958 — a.k.a. The Lovers
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    Amarcord

    1973
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    Les amours de la pieuvre

    1967
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    Andrey Rublyov

    1966 — a.k.a. Andrei Rublev
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    An Angel at My Table

    1990
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    Antonio Gaudí

    1984
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    Armageddon

    1998
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    L'armée des ombres

    1969 — a.k.a. Army of Shadows
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    Ascenseur pour l'échafaud

    1958 — a.k.a. Frantic
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    Popiól i diament

    1958 — a.k.a. Ashes and Diamonds
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    Assassins d'eau douce

    1947
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    The Atomic Submarine

    1959
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    Au hasard Balthazar

    1966
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    Au revoir les enfants

    1987
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    Sanma no aji

    1962 — a.k.a. An Autumn Afternoon
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    Höstsonaten

    1978 — a.k.a. Autumn Sonata
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    Warui yatsu hodo yoku nemuru

    1960 — a.k.a. The Bad Sleep Well
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    Bad Timing

    1980
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    Ballada o soldate

    1959 — a.k.a. Ballad of a Soldier
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    Bande à part

    1964 — a.k.a. Band of Outsiders
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    The Bank Dick

    1940 — a.k.a. The Bank Detective
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    Barbe-Bleue

    1936 — a.k.a. Bluebeard
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    The Barber Shop

    1933
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    Les bas-fonds

    1936 — a.k.a. Underworld
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    La battaglia di Algeri

    1966 — a.k.a. The Battle of Algiers
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    The Beales of Grey Gardens

    2006
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    Beastie Boys: Video Anthology

    2000
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    La belle et la bête

    1946 — a.k.a. Beauty and the Beast
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    Before the Rain

    1994
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    "Berlin Alexanderplatz"

    1980
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    La bête humaine

    1938 — a.k.a. Judas Was a Woman
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    I soliti ignoti

    1958 — a.k.a. Big Deal on Madonna Street

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filmantrop's avatar
16 hours 14 minutes ago filmantrop said:

I question the ranking for this list - The Grand Illusion no. 196? Ranking by Spine number would be far more logical for this list, as other users have mentioned. And when are new titles added? I just saw Night Train to Munich and want to check it. :-)
jrod944's avatar
3 months 1 week ago jrod944 said:

fyi criterion fans, they have a hulu channel now. Ive been watching the Zatoichi movies. Hopefully those get incorporated on the next list.
beeswax's avatar
3 months 3 weeks ago beeswax said:

I second everything nashvegas221 said.

Much easier to keep track of Criterion releases by spine number -- for one thing, it might help keep all the Painleve and Brakhage shorts together in the list -- and we are missing several newer releases.
cmv500's avatar
3 months 3 weeks ago cmv500 said:

Best company ever.
Knaldskalle's avatar
4 months ago Knaldskalle said:

The "last batch" of Kurosawa titles are from the Kurosawa Box Set "AK 100" and is an official Criterion Collection release (as opposed to Eclipse, Essential Art House or other Janus Films releases). http://www.criterion.com/boxsets/678-ak-100-25-films-by-akira-kurosawa

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