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The Criterion Collection: “Seen It” List

For film buffs, The Criterion Collection is a goldmine. Presenting important films from all over the world in full restoration and wonderful treatment, The Criterion Collection certainly delivers and, indeed, satisfies the cineaste. Also, it can get really addicting. Ever since I rented my first Criterion DVD in 2009, which was Ingmar Bergman’s “The Virgin Spring”, I was immediately hooked and obsessed with the collection. So here is my “Seen It” list for The Criterion Collection to this day. I’ll admit, some of these films I loved, some of them I disliked, and some of them were just outrageously disgusting! But one thing stays true: each of these films, whether I agree with them or not, have undoubtedly pushed the art of film and visual storytelling to new heights and boundaries. And for the record, “The Virgin Spring” still remains as my favorite film in the Collection by far.

My Criterion Collection “Seen It” List, Part 1 (in alphabetical order by director, except for #1, 2, and 52):

  1. The Virgin Spring | Ingmar Bergman
  2. Army of Shadows | Jean-Pierre Melville
  3. Bottle Rocket | Wes Anderson
  4. Rushmore | Wes Anderson
  5. The Royal Tenenbaums | Wes Anderson
  6. The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou | Wes Anderson
  7. The Darjeeling Limited | Wes Anderson
  8. Fish Tank | Andrea Arnold
  9. Armageddon | Michael Bay
  10. The Seventh Seal | Ingmar Bergman
  11. Wild Strawberries | Ingmar Bergman
  12. Modern Times | Charlie Chaplin
  13. Naked Lunch | David Cronenberg
  14. Amarcord | Federico Fellini 
  15. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button | David Fincher
  16. Nanook of the North | Robert Flaherty
  17. Eyes Without a Face | Georges Franju
  18. Gomorrah | Matteo Garrone
  19. Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas | Terry Gilliam
  20. Pierrot le fou | Jean-Luc Godard
  21. Breathless | Jean-Luc Godard
  22. Contempt | Jean-Luc Godard
  23. A Woman is a Woman | Jean-Luc Godard
  24. Vivre sa vie | Jean-Luc Godard
  25. Stranger Than Paradise | Jim Jarmusch
  26. Three Colors: Blue | Krzysztof Kieslowski
  27. Three Colors: White | Krzysztof Kieslowski
  28. Three Colors: Red | Krzysztof Kieslowski
  29. Harlan County USA | Barbara Kopple
  30. Rashomon | Akira Kurosawa
  31. The Red Balloon | Albert Lamorisse
  32. White Mane | Albert Lamorisse
  33. The Ice Storm | Ang Lee
  34. Sweet Movie | Dusan Makavejev
  35. Days of Heaven | Terrence Malick
  36. The Thin Red Line | Terrence Malick
  37. La Jetee | Chris Marker
  38. Salesman | Albert Maysles, David Maysles, Charlotte Zwerin
  39. Gimme Shelter | Albert Maysles, David Maysles, Charlotte Zwerin
  40. Hunger | Steve McQueen
  41. In the Realm of the Senses | Nagisa Oshima
  42. Salo, or The 120 Days of Sodom | Pier Paolo Pasolini
  43. Straw Dogs | Sam Peckinpah
  44. Repulsion | Roman Polanski
  45. Night and Fog | Alain Resnais
  46. The Man Who Fell to Earth | Nicolas Roeg
  47. I Am Curious - Yellow | Vilgot Sjoman
  48. I Am Curious - Blue | Vilgot Sjoman
  49. The 400 Blows | Francois Truffaut
  50. Beastie Boys Video Anthology | Various
  51. A propos de Nice | Jean Vigo and Boris Kaufman
  52. The Blood of a Poet | Jean Cocteau
  53. Wings of Desire | Wim Wenders
  54. Yi Yi | Edward Yang
  55. Antichrist | Lars von Trier
  56. Winter Light | Ingmar Bergman
  57. The Great Dictator | Charles Chaplin
  58. Being John Malkovich | Spike Jonze
  59. Fat Girl | Catherine Breillat
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