Top 10 Essential Criterion Films

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[@Ax18NY]

8 1/2 - Fellini Blow Out - De Palma Cameraman - Keaton/Sedgwick Element of Crime - von Trier Great Beauty - Sorrentino Last Temptation of Christ - Scorsese One-Eyed Jacks - Brando Othello - Welles Persona - Bergman Raging Bull - Scorsese Samourai - Melville

[@adamfromm]

Regarding Tarkovsky, I made an audible squealing noise when they announced the Criterion release of Mirror, which just came out this month. It's one of the most breathtakingly beautiful films I've ever seen, and my first viewing is one of the top five things to happen to me during quarantine., Highly, HIGHLY recommended.

[@Piolin768]

I also agree with one of your comments, “just watch it without reading the synopsis or watching the trailer” I can not emphasize that enough with most movies. I wish I knew more people that can just recommend awesome movies.

[@angelahighwolf]

Definitely “M” and “The Passion of Joan of Arc” . What a performance.

[@spencerkauenhofen2630]

I 100% agree with Wild Strawberries. Incredible film and definitely essential.

[@alanrogs3990]

It's such a cozy film to watch and his step daughter is so beautiful to look at while they are talking in the car. Great film.

[@geg6315]

Terry Gilliam is a staple of the criterion collection as well. Brazil, Time Bandits, Fear and Loathing, etc.

[@klausweasley]

I've seen all of them. I own 8 of them. I've seen most of Tarkovsky's works and my favorite is "Stalker".

[@barrymoore4470]

'Stalker' is my favorite Tarkovsky as well.

[@elnick1000]

I guess I will have to watch STALKER again. It was many years ago, but felt like it was watching paint dry. I like Solaris. Now when i first watched WINDOW, did not like it. But the right age, and the right time in ones life, and I was around 43 at the time, WOW, it really resonated with me. ANDREI RUBELEV, not a big fan. yes there are some good things in it. But felt there was better things at the time I could have been doing.

[@elnick1000]

Oh, also saw Ivans Childhood. it was good.

[@elnick1000]

MIRROR, not WINDOW.

[@makemoneywoodworking]

I appreciate your candor. Keep it coming

[@austinmathews2657]

Two more to consider, especially to highlight the restoration work done by Criterion: Pather Panchali (Ray) and A Brighter Summer Day (Yang). Absolutely beautiful, heart-wrenching, masterfully made films that I think are essential for a “film” lover.

[@detteermitnavn]

A Brighter Summer Day was my first Criterion film and The Apu trilogy is to me one of the best trilogies I have ever seen.

[@YohanesWimpy]

Panther Panchali is wonderful, beautifully crafted

[@barrymoore4470]

@@YohanesWimpy It's my favorite Satyajit Ray film.

[@YohanesWimpy]

@@barrymoore4470 I watched the whole trilogy and I can't move my mind from it. there are no movie nowadays that can surpass that trilogy mostly natural element and humanism

[@barrymoore4470]

@@YohanesWimpy They're definitely a beautiful collective achievement, landmarks in both Indian and world cinemas. 'Pather panchali' is my favorite of the three, but all are estimable works from a truly inspired artist.

[@stevenvelazquez6569]

Very well made, keep up the good work. Looking foward to your future videos

[@UltimateHansford]

I couldn’t agree more on Le Samourai. Two must have’s in my opinion not mentioned here are Blow Out and Blood Simple.

[@General_reader]

Seven samurai is gone with the wind from the east

[@hildamontes6146]

Agree with all your picks seen all ,love all good to hear from you keep up the videos. More Melville please. Also Robert Besson and Jean Renoir. The list goes on.

[@maplestreetmovies]

Loved this video!!

[@Piolin768]

Thanks to your recommendation, I started watching “Le Samourai” on HBO/MAX and I’m loving it!!

[@992turbos]

What are your thoughts on Night of the Hunter? Just finished watching it, and can already easily say it’s one of the best movies I’ve ever seen.

[@CosasdeOswaldo]

Nice video. Thanks for your recommendations

[@jeffpestano1296]

Wow!! “I haven’t seen this yet but it’s in my top ten” thata boy!!

[@trippygoose0]

I watched Wild Strawberries a week ago. Such a beautiful film start to finish. It is one of my all time favorites now

[@jaraza323]

What about Twilight?

[@Yowzoe]

@@jaraza323... or The Fast and Furious?

[@jaraza323]

@@Yowzoe what about Mac and Me

[@audrajohnson9434]

Great choices! Need to also see: A Woman under the Influence, Cassavetes. La strada, Fellini. Taxi Driver, Scorsese.Rififi, Dassin. Ace in the Hole, Wilder. Tunes of Glory with Alec Guinness. Jules and Jim, Truffaut. Loves of a Blonde. Some like it hot. Ill Sorprasso. Rome Open City. Late Spring. Pickup on south street. Sullivans Travels. 39 Steps. The Horses Mouth.

[@bjlowe85]

Great video thanks!

[@brigittecastrucci6541]

I agree with your selections as I own all of them. Others for essential viewing: Umberto D., The Double Life of Veronique, Rome Open City, My Night at Maude’s and Stalker.

[@KERSTEN27]

Fads also happen. I remember that when I was your age, MichelangelovAntonioni was supposed to be the best thing ever happened to cinema in general. Visconti, too. Criteria seem to have changed in 40 years. No wonder.

[@dannylikesfilms2430]

Great video

[@hunterdean4766]

I must have missed the part of the video where you talked about Armageddon.

[@frankathl1]

😆

[@wharfrat7900]

A few of these are among my favorite movies. Seven Samurai is my all-time favorite. In film school, I took a class centered on Tarkovsky. We watched maybe seven of his films - it's been a long time so I can't remember - we would watch a film one week and discuss it the next week. I was very glad when the semester was over and I've never watched a Tarkovsky film since then.

[@nyelbaig]

Tarkovsky only has 7 feature films

[@theartistknownaszack9234]

That absolute Watchmen tho!

[@unknownrebelfilms]

I was actually surprised you didn't mention Godard in the big directors so I was glad to see Breathless is one of the essentials on the list. A bunch of his films are on the collection and that's easily the most accessible. It's a good film to find out whether you absolutely hate or love him, since from my experience there's no in between 😅

[@hankhill3256]

As a Midwest person Seberg being from Marshall town Iowa Jean was literally harassed to death by the FBI for her support of the civil rights movement 😢

[@SpaceCattttt]

Good picks. But then again, you can hardly go wrong with Criterion! My list would look rather different than yours, but that's to be expected, I suppose. In terms of American films, I'd go with Robert Altman's "3 Women" over anything by Wim Wenders, and with Bergman, I think Fanny & Alexander is the perfect introduction to his work, although Persona and Scenes From a Marriage are his masterpieces. Fassbinder's Berlin, Alexanderplatz would also have to go on there. It's a MONUMENTAL work. Anyway, good to see young people watching good films!

[@adolphsanchez1429]

All the films mentioned are essential for cinephiles, but I would have chosen a different Bergman film. The Bicycle Thieves is absolutely a top ten film as is Paris, Texas. I have roughly 20 Criterion films, and many of the films mentioned on DVD, but the only ones I have the Criterion editions of are 8 1/2, Seven Samurai, Paris, Texas, and Paths of Glory (I have Breathless on regular DVD). I really need to get The Bicycle Thieves at some point.

[@scottieturner.]

good list, homeslice

[@mytime991]

4k UltraHD Criterion Collection release of Roll Bounce when?

[@higginswalsan]

Number one: 120 Days of Sodom

[@alanrogs3990]

wacko 😆

[@leonhardeuler9839]

Unironically my favorite

[@thekeywitness]

Should be seen at least once just to understand that cinema doesn’t need to cater to your need to be entertained 😂

[@davidpaulweaver7792]

That movie rules.

[@TheDerrickEllis]

This joke is so worn out

[@DavidJ-ol5ip]

Andrei Rublev-Wonderful Wild Strawberries-Haven't seen it 400 Blows-Wonderful 8 1/2-Great film, not 100% for me, but i do enjoy a lot of it Seven Samurai-Amazing Breathless-Really enjoyed it, but i admit I had to have why it's so influential explained to me Bicycle Thieves-I'm not the biggest neorealism guy, but this was wonderful Paris Texas-haven't seen it, but I know some things about it from Roger Ebert's essay on it. Le Samourai-I haven't seen it, but I want to, it sounds like I would like it. Paths of Glory-just saw it last year and I love it, maybe Kubrick's most underrated film

[@PatekGirl]

What move is the opening clip from with the boy mimicking the man walking backwards?

[@catmorgan6931]

Paris, Texas

[@meowMix03]

criterion collection It’s quality Also Janus does great films

[@francoisenglish6115]

Kubrick is American and Wenders is German. Interesting vidro

[@SSNewberry]

Watch Andrei Tarkovsky now. You will not be disappointed.

[@MO-tp8lh]

Just in time for the Barnes & Noble 50% off sale. Great video! Any great sci-fi criterion recommendations?

[@jonathanhanson1608]

Godzilla collection, Things to Come, War of the Worlds 1953.

[@jakelacy3543]

solaris

[@emilevangheem6165]

@@jakelacy3543 haha I love this recommending solaris with a 2001 profile pic

[@domwalker6526]

The dekalog Kristof kieslowski

[@hankhill3256]

I would add Breathless Godard

[@lovethefields]

I’ve started this video. Im waiting to see The Red Shoes 1948

[@nathanmoore5435]

well keep waiting

[@laustcawz2089]

"Short Cuts"--Robert Altman??

[@tfpp1]

You’re like the “Teddy Baldassarre” of Criterion.

[@thomasmiles340]

Thanks. But no Antonioni? No Cocteau? No Resnais? No Polanski? But thanks for taking the time to explain your choices. Cheers.

[@kylethompson4829]

Bicycle thieves is my favorite Criterion release. Shouldn’t Citizen Kane be essential viewing?

[@federico792]

The hour of the Wolf ill say but omg no Tarkovsy, no Truffaut? Breathless changed the world. Godard was not a filmmaker but a genius and a poet, thats the thing.

[@prideferret-sb7hi]

For me, personally, Godzilla is an essential criterion film.

[@Yowzoe]

I'm partial to Barbie, when it comes out.

[@mr.tanner1038]

i am surprised not to see All About Eve on the list. I think the American films are under valued. 12 Angry Men is just a brilliant movie as well.

[@1977Suspiria]

12 Angry Men definitely seems to be the most popular Criterion title to pick up these days.

[@mr.tanner1038]

@@1977Suspiria I personally love the movie

[@trhansen3244]

Americano films not artsy fartsy enough.

[@bassplayer2011ify]

@@1977Suspiria It's easy to watch and follow and it's probably one of the best one room films ever made.

[@donjames7647]

My favourite director RAJ KAPOOR You should watch his movies

[@Luxington1]

Ikiru by Kurosawa

[@ianfrederickson1327]

I’m sad Chaplin wasn’t mentioned

[@johnta17]

dazed and confused

[@jaraza323]

Twilight...

[@jm-ty2wz]

HEY BRUH gotta put Frances ha #1 😮‍💨

[@busterwalsh4703]

Not a good joke dude.

[@leoinsf]

I agree with your choices, but still feel that Alfred Hitchcock is one of the greatest movie directors of all time. Last night I saw: "Saboteur" and realized what a master he was in concocting plots and characters that touch the heart of people. No, this was not my favorite Hitchcock movie, but it is in a class all by itself. Another American Hitchcock "Foreign Correspondent" is another "heart" movie of Hitchcock. The characters come alive and the plot "pulls you in", just like it did in "The 49 Steps" and "The Lady Vanishes."

[@y2kmedia118]

I like the films of Godard but Breathless has the most hilarious and to be honest cringe editing I've ever seen in a film.

[@jamsinentertainment7127]

Help me out, please. What criteria does a film need to be part of the Criterion collection? Is it just its influence on other films? I only ask because I own the Criterion edition of the Samurai Trilogy, and I hated it, and I own the Criterion editon of Lady Snowblood, and only the first movie is worth watching. Aside from that, thank you for this video. You have given me more directors to check out. I own and seen Seven Samurai, love it, and 8 1/2. I also love it. Fun fact, I know an independent director who made a movie called 8 3/4. It's not necessarily their take on 8 1/2 but rather a love letter to Federico Fellini. I have reviews for all the movies I mentioned, and I interviewed the independent movie director.

[@johnsmith4071]

This is the most stereotypical criterion list I’ve ever seen

[@nathanmoore5435]

Yeah thats the idea. This list is specifically for people who are just discovering criterion.

[@HowayTheMags]

@@nathanmoore5435 ..... Clearly some people can only watch the most niche films within Criterion's collection of niche films lol.. appreciate the list. Will check out Come and see me

[@juancmorenor]

No Fassbinder, No Antonioni, No Kiarostami, No Passolini, No Haneke in your list!

[@stephennootens916]

Breathless is such a boring movie.

[@malayneum]

everything in criterion is boring.

[@stephennootens916]

@@malayneum Hay they have the Blob which is the perfect Sunday afternoon monster movie. That said Breathless is so boring, it is like one of the worst movies you would find on MST3K. Most of it is poorly shot and edited and has so many scenes that go no where and just feel like padding.

[@malayneum]

@@stephennootens916 great. i will checkout the blob.

[@stephennootens916]

@@rookietrucker5114 agree to disagree. I found it dull and poorly edited.

[@stephennootens916]

@@rookietrucker5114 It still doesn't impress me. Just because you are doing everything on the fly does not mean what comes out of it is any good.

Nothing for the LGBT viewer!! No Todd Haynes, no Derek Jarman, no Pasolini, no Andrew Haigh. I could go on with Gus van Sant, etc You chose great directors of yesterday, and of course they are worth seeing Totally heteronormative when a lot of people are looking towards a wider view of human nature and its diversities.