Criterion Collection Films
by jramirez-66906 | created - 04 Dec 2019 | updated - 2 weeks ago | PublicA list of Criterion Films from 1998 to the present ranging from avant-garde, classics, and cult films.
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1. The Grand Illusion (1937)
Not Rated | 113 min | Drama, War
During WWI, two French soldiers are captured and imprisoned in a German P.O.W. camp. Several escape attempts follow until they are eventually sent to a seemingly inescapable fortress.
Director: Jean Renoir | Stars: Jean Gabin, Dita Parlo, Pierre Fresnay, Erich von Stroheim
Votes: 38,870 | Gross: $0.17M
Audio Commentary by Film Historian Peter Cowie Rare Theatrical Trailer in which Jean Renoir discusses both Grand Illusion and his personal war experiences Archival Radio Presentation: Rainer and Erich von Stroheim accept Grand Illusion's Best Foreign Films honors at the 1938 New York Film Critics Awards
2. Seven Samurai (1954)
Not Rated | 207 min | Action, Drama
Farmers from a village exploited by bandits hire a veteran samurai for protection, who gathers six other samurai to join him.
Director: Akira Kurosawa | Stars: Toshirô Mifune, Takashi Shimura, Keiko Tsushima, Yukiko Shimazaki
Votes: 366,999 | Gross: $0.27M
Audio Commentary by Japanese film expert Michael Jeck Audio Commentary by film scholars David Desser, Joan Mellen, Stephen Prince, Tony Rayns, and Donald Ritchie Original U.S. Theatrical Trailer 50-minute documentary on the making of Seven Samurai, created as part of the Toho Masterworks series Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create My Life in Cinema, a 2-hour video conversation from 1993 between Directors Akira Kurosawa and Nagisa Oshima Seven Samurai: Origins and Influences, a documentary looking at the samurai traditions and films that helped shape Kurosawa's masterpiece
3. The Lady Vanishes (1938)
Not Rated | 96 min | Mystery, Thriller
While travelling in continental Europe, a rich young playgirl realizes that an elderly lady seems to have disappeared from the train.
Director: Alfred Hitchcock | Stars: Margaret Lockwood, Michael Redgrave, Paul Lukas, May Whitty
Votes: 57,188
Audio Commentary by film historian Bruce Eder Crook's Tour, a 1941 feature-length adventure film starring Basil Radford and Naunton Wayne as Charters and Caldicott, their beloved characters from The Lady Vanishes Excerpts from Francois Truffaut's legendary 1962 audio interview with Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Train, a video essay about Hitchcock and The Lady Vanishes by Hitchcock scholar Leonard Leff Stills gallery of behind-the-scenes photos and promotional art
4. Amarcord (1973)
R | 123 min | Comedy, Drama
A series of comedic and nostalgic vignettes set in a 1930s Italian coastal town.
Director: Federico Fellini | Stars: Magali Noël, Bruno Zanin, Pupella Maggio, Armando Brancia
Votes: 46,842 | Gross: $0.58M
Audio Commentary by film scholars Peter Brunette and Frank Burke American release trailer Deleted scene Fellini's Homecoming, a 45 minute documentary on the complicated relationship between the celebrated director, his hometown, and his past Interview with star Magali Noel Fellini's drawings of characters in the film Felliniana, a presentation of ephemera devoted to Amarcord, from the collection of Don Young Archival audio interviews of Fellini and his friends and family, by critic Gideon Bachmann
5. The 400 Blows (1959)
Not Rated | 99 min | Crime, Drama
A young boy, left without attention, delves into a life of petty crime.
Director: François Truffaut | Stars: Jean-Pierre Léaud, Albert Rémy, Claire Maurier, Guy Decomble
Votes: 128,117
Audio Commentary by film scholar Brian Stonehill Audio Commentary by co-screenwriter Marcel Moussy and François Truffaut's lifelong friend Robert Lachenay Theatrical trailers Rare audition footage of Jean-Pierre Léaud, Patrick Auffay, and Richard Kanayan Newsreel footage from the film's showing at Cannes Excerpt from a 1965 interview with Truffaut in which he discusses his youth, his critical writings, and the origins of the character Antoine Doinel Excerpt from a 1960 interview with Truffaut about the global reception of The 400 Blows and his own critical view of the film
6. Beauty and the Beast (1946)
Not Rated | 93 min | Drama, Fantasy, Romance
A beautiful young woman takes her father's place as the prisoner of a mysterious beast, who wishes to marry her.
Directors: Jean Cocteau, René Clément | Stars: Jean Marais, Josette Day, Mila Parély, Nane Germon
Votes: 28,092 | Gross: $0.30M
Audio Commentary by critic Arthur Knight Audio Commentary by writer and cultural historian Sir Christopher Frayling A documentary on the movie and the fable The original fable translated into English Philip Glass' opera La Belle et la Bete, as an alternate soundtrack Screening at the Majestic, a 1995 documentary featuring interviews with cast and crew Interview with cinematographer Henri Alekan Rare behind-the-scenes photos and publicity stills Original trailer, directed and narrated by Jean Cocteau and the 1995 restoration trailer
7. A Night to Remember (1958)
Not Rated | 123 min | Drama, History
On her maiden voyage in April 1912, the supposedly unsinkable RMS Titanic strikes an iceberg in the Atlantic Ocean.
Director: Roy Ward Baker | Stars: Kenneth More, Ronald Allen, Robert Ayres, Honor Blackman
Votes: 17,168
Audio Commentary by Don Lynch and Ken Marshall, author and illustrator of "Titanic": An Illustrated History The Making of "A Night to Remember" (1993), a 60 minute documentary featuring producer William MacQuitty's rare behind-the-scenes footage Archival interview with Titanic survivor Eva Hart En natt att minnas (1962), a half-hour Swedish documentary featuring interviews with Titanic survivors The Iceberg That Sank the "Titanic" (2006), a 60 minute BBC documentary Trailer
8. The Killer (1989)
R | 111 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A disillusioned assassin accepts one last hit in hopes of using his earnings to restore vision to a singer he accidentally blinded.
Director: John Woo | Stars: Chow Yun-Fat, Danny Lee, Sally Yeh, Kong Chu
Votes: 51,095
Audio Commentary by John Woo and production executive Terence Chang Deleted Scenes Theatrical trailer
9. Hard Boiled (1992)
R | 128 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
A tough-as-nails cop teams up with an undercover agent to shut down a sinister mobster and his crew.
Director: John Woo | Stars: Chow Yun-Fat, Tony Leung Chiu-wai, Teresa Mo, Philip Chan
Votes: 54,050
Audio Commentary by John Woo, producer Terence Chang, filmmaker Roger Avary, and critic Dave Kehr Trailers for eleven of Woo's Hong Kong films A student film by Woo Guide to Hong Kong crime films
10. Walkabout (1971)
GP | 100 min | Adventure, Drama
Two city-bred siblings are stranded in the Australian Outback, where they learn to survive with the aid of an Aboriginal boy on his "walkabout": a ritual separation from his tribe.
Director: Nicolas Roeg | Stars: Jenny Agutter, David Gulpilil, Luc Roeg, John Meillon
Votes: 27,358 | Gross: $0.02M
Audio Commentary by Nicolas Roeg and Jenny Agutter Original, unedited director's cut Long and short theatrical trailers Video interviews with Agutter and actor Luc Roeg Gulpilil--One Red Blood (2002), an hour-long documentary on the life and career of actor David Gulpilil
11. The Seventh Seal (1957)
Not Rated | 96 min | Drama, Fantasy
A knight returning to Sweden after the Crusades seeks answers about life, death, and the existence of God as he plays chess against the Grim Reaper during the Black Plague.
Director: Ingmar Bergman | Stars: Max von Sydow, Gunnar Björnstrand, Bengt Ekerot, Nils Poppe
Votes: 198,581
Audio Commentary by film historian Peter Cowie Theatrical trailer with optional english subtitles An annotated, illustrated Bergman filmography, featuring excerpts from Wild Strawberries and The Magician with commentary Introduction by Ingmar Bergman, recorded in 2003 Bergman Island (2006), an 83-minute documentary on Bergman by Marie Nyerod, featuring in-depth and revealing interviews with the director Archival audio interview with Max von Sydow A 1989 tribute to Bergman by filmmaker Woody Allen Bergman 101, a selected video filmography tracing Bergman's career, narrated by Cowie
12. This Is Spinal Tap (1984)
R | 82 min | Comedy, Music
Spinal Tap, one of England's loudest bands, is chronicled by film director Marty DiBergi on what proves to be a fateful tour.
Director: Rob Reiner | Stars: Rob Reiner, Michael McKean, Christopher Guest, Kimberly Stringer
Votes: 147,409 | Gross: $4.74M
Audio Commentary by Christopher Guest, Michael McKean, and Harry Shearer Audio Commentary by Rob Reiner, producer Karen Murphy, and editors Robert Leighton and Kent Beyda Original industry and theatrical trailers 20 minute demo reel, Spinal Tap: The Final Tour Promotional shorts: Heavy Metal Memories and "Hell Hole" The Cutting Room Floor: More than one hour of deleted scenes, abandoned subplots, and alternate takes
13. The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
R | 118 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A young F.B.I. cadet must receive the help of an incarcerated and manipulative cannibal killer to help catch another serial killer, a madman who skins his victims.
Director: Jonathan Demme | Stars: Jodie Foster, Anthony Hopkins, Scott Glenn, Ted Levine
Votes: 1,549,113 | Gross: $130.74M
Audio Commentary by director Jonathan Demme, stars Jodie Foster and Anthony Hopkins, screenwriter Ted Tally and FBI agent John Douglas Seven deleted scenes Film-to-storyboard comparison and storyboards FBI crime classification manual Voices of Death: word-for-word statements of convicted serial killers New interview with critic Maitland McDonagh Four documentaries featuring hours of interviews with cast and crew Behind the scenes featurette Trailer
14. Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto (1954)
Not Rated | 93 min | Action, Adventure, Biography
Depicts the early life of the legendary warrior Musashi Miyamoto; his years as an aspiring warrior, an outlaw and finally a true samurai.
Director: Hiroshi Inagaki | Stars: Toshirô Mifune, Mariko Okada, Rentarô Mikuni, Kurôemon Onoe
Votes: 9,512
New interviews with translator and historian William Scott Wilson about the real-life Musashi Miyamoto, the inspiration for the hero of the films On Musashi Miyamoto Part 1 Trailers
15. Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple (1955)
TV-PG | 104 min | Action, Adventure, Biography
Musashi Miyamoto returns to Kyoto after years of absence. After a series of fights against the Yoshioka School, he challenges its master to a duel.
Director: Hiroshi Inagaki | Stars: Toshirô Mifune, Mariko Okada, Kôji Tsuruta, Kaoru Yachigusa
Votes: 6,965
New interviews with translator and historian William Scott Wilson about the real-life Musashi Miyamoto, the inspiration for the hero of the films On Musashi Miyamoto Part 2 Trailer
16. Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island (1956)
TV-PG | 105 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Musashi Miyamoto is challenged to a duel by a confident swordsman Sasaki Kojiro. He agrees to fight him in a year's time.
Director: Hiroshi Inagaki | Stars: Toshirô Mifune, Mariko Okada, Kôji Tsuruta, Kaoru Yachigusa
Votes: 6,703
New interviews with translator and historian William Scott Wilson about the real-life Musashi Miyamoto, the inspiration for the hero of the films On Musashi Miyamoto Part 3 Trailer
17. Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom (1975)
TV-MA | 117 min | Drama
In World War II Italy, four fascist libertines round up nine adolescent boys and girls and subject them to 120 days of physical, mental, and sexual torture.
Director: Pier Paolo Pasolini | Stars: Paolo Bonacelli, Giorgio Cataldi, Uberto Paolo Quintavalle, Aldo Valletti
Votes: 65,869
"Saló": Yesterday and Today, a 33 minute documentary featuring interviews with director Pier Paolo Pasolini, actor-filmmaker Jean-Claude Biette, and Pasolini friend Nineto Davoli Fade to Black, a 23 minute documentary featuring directors Bernardo Bertolucci, Catherine Breillat, and John Maybury, as well as scholar David Forgacs The End of "Saló", a 40 minute documentary about the film's production Video interviews with set designer Dante Feretti and director and film scholar Jean-Pierre Gorin Theatrical Trailer
18. The Naked Kiss (1964)
Approved | 90 min | Crime, Drama
A former prostitute relocates to a buttoned-down suburb, determined to fit in with mainstream society. But perverse secrets simmer beneath the wholesome surface.
Director: Samuel Fuller | Stars: Constance Towers, Anthony Eisley, Michael Dante, Virginia Grey
Votes: 8,758
New video interview with star Constance Towers by film historian and filmmaker Charles Dennis Excerpts from a 1983 episode of The South Bank Show dedicated to director Samuel Fuller Interview with Samuel Fuller from a 1967 episode of the French television series Cinéastes de notre temps Interview with Fuller from a 1987 episode of the French television series Cinéma cinémas Original theatrical trailer
19. Shock Corridor (1963)
Approved | 101 min | Drama, Mystery
Bent on winning a Pulitzer Prize, a journalist commits himself to a mental institution to solve a strange and unclear murder.
Director: Samuel Fuller | Stars: Peter Breck, Constance Towers, Gene Evans, James Best
Votes: 13,067
New video interview with Constance Towers by film historian and filmmaker Charles Dennis The Typewriter, the Rifle and the Movie Camera, Adam Simon's 1996 documentary on director Samuel Fuller Original theatrical trailer
20. Sid and Nancy (1986)
R | 112 min | Biography, Drama, Music
The relationship between Sid Vicious, bassist for British punk group Sex Pistols, and his girlfriend Nancy Spungen is portrayed.
Director: Alex Cox | Stars: Gary Oldman, Chloe Webb, David Hayman, Debby Bishop
Votes: 34,702 | Gross: $2.83M
Audio Commentary by writer 'Abbe Wool,' actors Gary Oldman and Chloe Webb, cultural historian Greil Marcus, filmmakers Julien Temple and Lech Kowalski, and musician Elliot Kidd Audio Commentary by co-writer, director Alex Cox and actor Andrew Schofield England's Glory, a 1987 documentary about the making of Sid and Nancy The infamous 1976 Bill Grundy interview with the "Sex Pistols" A rare telephone interview with Sid Vicious Interviews with Sid and Nancy from the 1980 documentary D.O.A.: A Right of Passage Archival interviews and footage 2016 interview with Alex Cox The London Weekend Show - November 1976 Excerpt from 2016's Sad Vacation Trailer
21. Dead Ringers (1988)
R | 116 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller
Twin gynecologists take full advantage of the fact that nobody can tell them apart, until their relationship begins to deteriorate over a woman.
Director: David Cronenberg | Stars: Jeremy Irons, Geneviève Bujold, Heidi von Palleske, Barbara Gordon
Votes: 53,612 | Gross: $9.13M
Audio Commentary by director David Cronenberg, actor Jeremy Irons, editor Ron Sanders, production designer Carol Spier and cinematographer Peter Suchitzky The original designs of the opening title sequence "Mathematics in Metal" and "Instruments for Operating on Mutant Women": A still gallery of drawings and photographs of the sculptures and medical instruments designed for the film Twinning effect/motion control footage The electronic press kit, including a trailer and a featurette
22. Summertime (1955)
Approved | 100 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
An American spinster's dream of romance finally becomes a bittersweet reality when she meets a handsome--but married--Italian man while vacationing in Venice.
Director: David Lean | Stars: Katharine Hepburn, Rossano Brazzi, Isa Miranda, Darren McGavin
Votes: 9,993
Original theatrical trailer
23. RoboCop (1987)
R | 102 min | Action, Crime, Sci-Fi
In a dystopic and crime-ridden Detroit, a terminally wounded cop returns to the force as a powerful cyborg haunted by submerged memories.
Director: Paul Verhoeven | Stars: Peter Weller, Nancy Allen, Dan O'Herlihy, Ronny Cox
Votes: 283,298 | Gross: $53.42M
The unrated director's cut, including "excessively violent" shots cut from the theatrical release to avoid an X rating Audio Commentary by director Paul Verhoeven, co-writer Edward Neumeier, executive producer Jon Davison, and RoboCop expert Paul M Sammon Film-to-storyboard comparison Storyboards Theatrical and teaser trailers
24. High and Low (1963)
Not Rated | 143 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
An executive of a Yokohama shoe company becomes a victim of extortion when his chauffeur's son is kidnapped by mistake and held for ransom.
Director: Akira Kurosawa | Stars: Toshirô Mifune, Yutaka Sada, Tatsuya Nakadai, Kyôko Kagawa
Votes: 53,253
Audio Commentary by Akira Kurosawa scholar Stephen Prince A 37 minute documentary on the making of High and Low, created as part of the Toho Masterworks series Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create Rare interview with actor Toshiro Mifune from 1984 Interview with actor Tsutomu Yamazaki Theatrical trailers from Japan and the U.S.
25. Alphaville (1965)
Not Rated | 99 min | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
A U.S. secret agent is sent to the distant space city of Alphaville where he must find a missing person and free the city from its tyrannical ruler.
Director: Jean-Luc Godard | Stars: Eddie Constantine, Anna Karina, Akim Tamiroff, Valérie Boisgel
Votes: 27,629 | Gross: $0.05M
26. The Long Good Friday (1980)
R | 114 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
An up-and-coming gangster is tested by the insurgence of an unknown, very powerful threat.
Director: John Mackenzie | Stars: Bob Hoskins, Helen Mirren, Paul Freeman, Leo Dolan
Votes: 25,633
The original British and American theatrical trailers
27. Flesh for Frankenstein (1973)
R | 95 min | Horror, Sci-Fi
Baron Frankenstein creates two "zombies" - one male, one female - planning to mate them in order to create a master race.
Directors: Paul Morrissey, Antonio Margheriti | Stars: Joe Dallesandro, Udo Kier, Dalila Di Lazzaro, Monique van Vooren
Votes: 6,931 | Gross: $10.25M
Audio Commentary by Paul Morissey, star Udo Kier, and film historian Maurice Yacowar
28. Blood for Dracula (1974)
R | 106 min | Horror
An ailing vampire count travels to Italy with his servant to find a bride.
Director: Paul Morrissey | Stars: Joe Dallesandro, Udo Kier, Vittorio De Sica, Maxime McKendry
Votes: 6,591 | Gross: $0.28M
Audio Commentary by Paul Morissey, star Udo Kier, and film historian Maurice Yacowar
29. Picnic at Hanging Rock (1975)
PG | 115 min | Drama, Mystery
During a rural summer picnic, a few students and a teacher from an Australian girls' school vanish without a trace. Their absence frustrates and haunts the people left behind.
Director: Peter Weir | Stars: Rachel Roberts, Anne-Louise Lambert, Vivean Gray, Helen Morse
Votes: 41,061 | Gross: $0.23M
Extended interview with Peter Weir New piece on the making of the film, featuring interviews from 2003 with executive producer Patricia Lovell, producers Hal McElroy and Jim McElroy, and cast members New introduction by film scholar David Thomson, author of The New Biographical Dictionary of Film A Recollection...Hanging Rock 1900 (1975), an on-set documentary hosted by Lovell and featuring interviews with Weir, actor Rachel Roberts and source novel author Joan Lindsay Homesdale (1971), an award-winning black comedy by Weir Trailer
30. M (1931)
Passed | 99 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller
When the police in a German city are unable to catch a child-murderer, other criminals join in the manhunt.
Director: Fritz Lang | Stars: Peter Lorre, Ellen Widmann, Inge Landgut, Otto Wernicke
Votes: 168,539 | Gross: $0.03M
Audio Commentary by German film scholars Anton Kaes, author of the BFI Film Classics volume on M, and Eric Rentschler, author of The Ministry of Illusion: Nazi Cinema and Its Afterlife Conversation with Fritz Lang, a 50 minute film by William Friedkin Claude Chabrol's M le Maudit, a short film inspired by M, plus a video interview with Chabrol about Lang's filmmaking techniques Video interview with Harold Nebenzal, son of M producer Seymour Nebenzal Classroom audiotapes of editor Paul Falkenberg discussing the film and its history, set to clips from the film Documentary on the physical history of M, from production to distribution to digital restoration Galleries of behind-the-scenes photographs and production sketches
31. Great Expectations (1946)
Approved | 118 min | Adventure, Drama, Mystery
A humble orphan boy in 1810s Kent is given the opportunity to go to London and become a gentleman, with the help of an unknown benefactor.
Director: David Lean | Stars: John Mills, Valerie Hobson, Tony Wager, Jean Simmons
Votes: 26,419
The original theatrical trailer
32. Oliver Twist (1948)
Not Rated | 105 min | Drama
In Charles Dickens' classic tale, an orphan wends his way from cruel apprenticeship to den of thieves in search of a true home.
Director: David Lean | Stars: Robert Newton, Alec Guinness, Kay Walsh, Francis L. Sullivan
Votes: 13,663
The original theatrical trailer
33. Nanook of the North (1922)
Passed | 78 min | Documentary
In this silent predecessor to the modern documentary, film-maker Robert J. Flaherty spends one year following the lives of Nanook and his family, Inuits living in the Arctic Circle.
Director: Robert J. Flaherty | Stars: Allakariallak, Alice Nevalinga, Cunayou, Allegoo
Votes: 13,458
Excerpts from the television documentary Flaherty and Film, featuring interviews with the filmmaker's widow and Nanook co-editor Frances Flaherty Stills gallery of Flaherty's photographs of life in the Arctic
34. Andrei Rublev (1966)
R | 189 min | Biography, Drama, History
The life, times and afflictions of the fifteenth-century Russian iconographer St. Andrei Rublev.
Director: Andrei Tarkovsky | Stars: Anatoliy Solonitsyn, Ivan Lapikov, Nikolay Grinko, Nikolay Sergeev
Votes: 57,073 | Gross: $0.10M
Audio Commentary by Harvard film professor Vlada Petric over select scenes Rare film interviews with Tarkovsky, with a general essay on Tarkovsky's work by Professor Petric The Passion According to Andrei, the original 205 minute version of the film The Steamroller and the Violin, Tarkovsky's 1961 student thesis film The Three Andreis, a 1966 documentary about the writing of the film's script On the Set of "Andrei Rublev," a 1966 documentary about the making of the film Tarkovsky's "Andrei Rublev": A Journey, a new documentary by filmmakers Seán Martin and Louise Milne, featuring interviews with actor Nikolai Burlyaev, cinematographer Vadim Yusov, Tarkovsky's assistant Olga Surkova and others New interview with film scholar Robert Bird New video essay by filmmaker Daniel Raim
35. Diabolique (1955)
Not Rated | 117 min | Crime, Drama, Horror
The wife and mistress of a loathed school principal plan to murder him with what they believe is the perfect alibi.
Director: Henri-Georges Clouzot | Stars: Simone Signoret, Véra Clouzot, Paul Meurisse, Charles Vanel
Votes: 69,424 | Gross: $1.09M
Selected-scene Commentary by French-film scholar Kelley Conway New video introduction by Serge Bromberg, co-director of Henri-Georges Clouzot's "Inferno" New video interview with novelist and film critic Kim Newman Original theatrical trailer
36. The Wages of Fear (1953)
Not Rated | 131 min | Adventure, Drama, Thriller
In a decrepit South American village, four men are hired to transport an urgent nitroglycerine shipment without the equipment that would make it safe.
Director: Henri-Georges Clouzot | Stars: Yves Montand, Charles Vanel, Peter van Eyck, Folco Lulli
Votes: 66,608
New video interviews with assistant director Michel Romanoff and Henri-Georges Clouzot biographer Marc Godin Interview with Yves Montand from 1988 Henri-Georges Clouzot: An Enlightened Tyrant, a 2004 documentary on the director's career Censored, an analysis of cuts to the film made for the 1955 U.S. release
37. Time Bandits (1981)
PG | 110 min | Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
A young boy accidentally joins a band of time travelling dwarves, as they jump from era to era looking for treasure to steal.
Director: Terry Gilliam | Stars: Sean Connery, Shelley Duvall, John Cleese, Katherine Helmond
Votes: 68,394 | Gross: $42.37M
Audio Commentary by director Terry Gilliam, co-writer and actor Michael Palin, and actors John Cleese, David Warner and Craig Warnock Theatrical trailer New piece, narrated by film writer David Morgan, featuring production designer Milly Burns and costume designer James Acheson discussing the creation of the film's various historical periods and fantasy worlds Conversation between Gilliam and film scholar Peter von Bagh, recorded at the 1998 Midnight Sun Film Festival Appearance by actor Shelley Duvall on Tom Snyder's Tomorrow show from 1981 Gallery of rare photographs from the set
38. Branded to Kill (1967)
Not Rated | 91 min | Action, Crime, Drama
After a botched assignment, a rice-fetishizing hitman finds himself in conflict with his organization, and one mysterious, dangerous fellow-hitman in particular.
Director: Seijun Suzuki | Stars: Jô Shishido, Mariko Ogawa, Annu Mari, Kôji Nanbara
Votes: 10,214
Seijun Suzuki interview Video piece featuring new interviews with director Seijun Suzuki and assistant director Masami Kuzuu New interview with actor Joe Shishido Trailer
39. Tokyo Drifter (1966)
Not Rated | 82 min | Action, Crime
After his gang disbands, a yakuza enforcer looks forward to life outside of organized crime but soon must become a drifter after his old rivals attempt to assassinate him.
Director: Seijun Suzuki | Stars: Tetsuya Watari, Chieko Matsubara, Hideaki Nitani, Tamio Kawaji
Votes: 9,714
Seijun Suzuki interview Video piece featuring new interviews with director Seijun Suzuki and assistant director Masami Kuzuu Trailer
40. Armageddon (1998)
PG-13 | 151 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
After discovering that an asteroid the size of Texas will impact Earth in less than a month, NASA recruits a misfit team of deep-core drillers to save the planet.
Director: Michael Bay | Stars: Bruce Willis, Billy Bob Thornton, Ben Affleck, Liv Tyler
Votes: 451,017 | Gross: $201.57M
Audio Commentary by director Michael Bay, producer Jerry Bruckheimer, actors Bruce Willis, and Ben Affleck Audio Commentary by cinematographer John Schwartzman, NASA consultant Dr. Joe Allen, and asteroid consultant Ivan Bekey Michael Bay's gag reel Deleted scenes compiled by Michael Bay Storyboards and production design drawings Analyses of the special effects by visual effects supervisors Richard Hoover, Pat McClung, and Hoyt Yeatman Production designer Michael White on the look of Armageddon Trailer, teaser, and television spots The Aerosmith music video "I Don't Want to Miss a Thing," plus interviews with band members
41. Henry V (1944)
Not Rated | 137 min | Biography, Drama, History
In the midst of the Hundred Years' War, the young King Henry V of England embarks on the conquest of France in 1415.
Director: Laurence Olivier | Stars: Laurence Olivier, Robert Newton, Leslie Banks, Felix Aylmer
Votes: 7,076
Audio Commentary by film historian Bruce Eder Theatrical trailer "Shakespearean Royalty": A chronology of England's rulers
42. Fishing with John (1991)
Not Rated | 152 min | Documentary, Comedy, Sport
Musician John Lurie knows nothing about fishing, but that doesn't stop him from embarking on fishing in exotic locations with friends.
Stars: John Lurie, Willem Dafoe, Robb Webb, Dennis Hopper
Votes: 1,777
Audio Commentary by writer/director/musician John Lurie "Big Heart" music video by John Lurie and the Lounge Lizards
43. Lord of the Flies (1963)
Not Rated | 92 min | Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Schoolboys marooned on a Pacific island create their own savage civilization.
Director: Peter Brook | Stars: James Aubrey, Tom Chapin, Hugh Edwards, Roger Elwin
Votes: 20,423
Audio Commentary by director Peter Brook, producer Lewis Allen, director of photography Tom Hollyman, and cameraman/editor Gerald Feil Excerpts from the novel, read by author William Golding A deleted scene, with a reading by Golding and commentary Original theatrical trailer, with commentary Production scrapbook, home movies, and outtakes Excerpts from Gerald Feil's 1972 documentary The Empty Space, showing Brook's methods for creating theater Interview with Brook from 2008 Excerpt from a 1980 episode of The South Bank Show New interview with Feil Living "Lord of the Flies," a piece composed of never-before-seen footage shot by the boy actors during production, with new voice-over by actor Tom Gaman Trailer
44. The Red Shoes (1948)
Not Rated | 135 min | Drama, Music, Romance
A young ballet dancer is torn between the man she loves and her pursuit to become a prima ballerina.
Directors: Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger | Stars: Anton Walbrook, Marius Goring, Moira Shearer, Robert Helpmann
Votes: 39,185 | Gross: $10.90M
Audio Commentary by film historian Ian Christie, interviews with Marius Goring and Moira Shearer, cinematographer Jack Cardiff, composer Brian Easdale, and Martin Scorsese Jeremy Irons reads excerpts from Powell and Pressburger's novelization of "The Red Shoes" and the original Hans Christian Anderson fairy tale Martin Scorsese's collection of "Red Shoes" memorabilia Publicity and behind-the-scenes production stills The Red Shoes Sketches: animated film of Hein Heckroth's painted storyboards, with a comparison to "The Red Shoes" ballet Powell and Pressburger filmography, including film clips and stills Trailer Profile of "The Red Shoes," a documentary on the making of the film, featuring interviews with members of the production team Video interview with director Michael Powell's widow, Thelma Schoonmaker Powell, from the 2009 Cannes Film Festival, in which she discusses Powell, the film, and the restoration
45. Taste of Cherry (1997)
Not Rated | 95 min | Drama
An Iranian man drives his car in search of someone who will quietly bury him under a cherry tree after he commits suicide.
Director: Abbas Kiarostami | Stars: Homayoun Ershadi, Abdolhosein Bagheri, Afshin Khorshid Bakhtiari, Safar Ali Moradi
Votes: 36,808 | Gross: $0.31M
Theatrical trailer Rare interview with filmmaker Abbas Kiarostami by Iranian film scholar Dr. Jamsheed Akrami
46. The Most Dangerous Game (1932)
PG-13 | 63 min | Action, Adventure, Horror
A psychotic big game hunter deliberately strands a luxury yacht on a remote island, where he begins to hunt its passengers for sport.
Directors: Irving Pichel, Ernest B. Schoedsack | Stars: Joel McCrea, Fay Wray, Leslie Banks, Robert Armstrong
Votes: 14,016 | Gross: $0.97M
Audio Commentary by film historian Bruce Eder
47. Insomnia (1997)
Not Rated | 96 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller
In a Norwegian city with a 24-hour daylight cycle a Swedish murder investigator has been brought in on a special case. Sleep deprived, he makes a horrible mistake which is discovered by the killer he has been hunting.
Director: Erik Skjoldbjærg | Stars: Stellan Skarsgård, Sverre Anker Ousdal, Maria Mathiesen, Gisken Armand
Votes: 15,594 | Gross: $0.22M
Norwegian trailer and TV spot, both with optional English subtitles New conversation between director Erik Skjoldbjærg and actor Stellan Skarsgård Two short films by Skjoldbjærg: Near Winter (1993) and Close to Home (1994) Trailer
48. Black Orpheus (1959)
PG | 100 min | Drama, Musical, Romance
A retelling of the Orpheus and Eurydice myth, set during the time of the Carnaval in Rio de Janeiro.
Director: Marcel Camus | Stars: Breno Mello, Marpessa Dawn, Lourdes de Oliveira, Léa Garcia
Votes: 12,268
Archival interviews with director Marcel Camus and actress Marpessa Dawn New video interviews with Brazilian cinema scholar Robert Stam, jazz historian Gary Giddins, and Brazilian author Ruy Castro Looking for "Black Orpheus," a French documentary about Black Orpheus' cultural and musical roots and its resonance in Brazil today Theatrical trailer
49. Nights of Cabiria (1957)
Not Rated | 110 min | Drama
A waifish prostitute wanders the streets of Rome looking for true love but finds only heartbreak.
Director: Federico Fellini | Stars: Giulietta Masina, François Périer, Franca Marzi, Dorian Gray
Votes: 51,963 | Gross: $0.75M
Uncut, restored theatrical re-release version features the never-before-seen 7 minute "man with a sack" sequence Exclusive video interview with former Fellini assistant Dominique Delouche Audio interview with producer Dino De Laurentiis The original and re-release theatrical trailers Excerpt from Fellini's The White Sheik, in which Masina makes her first appearance as Cabiria
50. The Ship Sails On (1983)
PG | 128 min | Drama, History, Music
In 1914, a luxury ship leaves Italy in order to scatter the ashes of a famous opera singer. A lovable bumbling journalist chronicles the voyage and meets the singer's many eccentric friends and admirers.
Director: Federico Fellini | Stars: Freddie Jones, Barbara Jefford, Victor Poletti, Peter Cellier
Votes: 6,730
51. Brazil (1985)
R | 132 min | Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
A bureaucrat in a dystopic society becomes an enemy of the state as he pursues the woman of his dreams.
Director: Terry Gilliam | Stars: Jonathan Pryce, Kim Greist, Robert De Niro, Katherine Helmond
Votes: 211,295 | Gross: $9.93M
Audio Commentary by director Terry Gilliam Production Notes Theatrical trailer(s) Interview with co-writer Tom Stoppard Production and publicity stills The Production Notebook, screenwriters Tom Stoppard and Charles McKeown illuminate the script's development through 3 drafts and 3 treatments. Production designer Norman Garwood displays his design's for Brazil's unique sets. Costume designer James Acheson explores the couture of fashion, fantasy and fascism. Terry Gilliam's original dream sequences, in storyboards, include hundreds of shots that never made it to the screen. Composer Michael Kames unveils the sources of his score. A study of the special effects includes footage of unused effects. What is "Brazil?", Rob Hedden's rare 30 minutes witty on-set documentary features Terry Gilliam and other key members of the cast and crew The Battle of "Brazil": A Video History, "Battle of Brazil" author Jack Matthews reassembles the players in the famous battle of Brazil's U.S. release in this original 1996 Criterion documentary. Terry Gilliam, producer Arnon Milchan, and several studio executives close the book on one of the noisiest, most unusual, and most instructive controversies in Hollywood history. "Brazil: The Love Conquers All Version", with audio annotation by David Morgan, this 94 minute version of "Brazil", rearranged in the hope of making the film commercial, stands as a fascinating document of the power of editing to change a movie
52. Yojimbo (1961)
Not Rated | 110 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
A crafty ronin comes to a town divided by two criminal gangs and decides to play them against each other to free the town.
Director: Akira Kurosawa | Stars: Toshirô Mifune, Eijirô Tôno, Tatsuya Nakadai, Yôko Tsukasa
Votes: 131,420
Audio Commentary by film historian and Kurosawa scholar Stephen Prince A 45-minute documentary on the making of Yojimbo, created as part of the Toho Masterworks series Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create, featuring Kurosawa, actor Tatsuya Nakadai, production designer Yoshiro Muraki, and longtime Kurosawa collaborator Teruyo Nogami Theatrical teaser and trailer Stills gallery of behind-the-scenes photos
53. Sanjuro (1962)
Not Rated | 96 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
A crafty samurai helps a young man and his fellow clansmen trying to save his uncle, who has been framed and imprisoned by a corrupt superintendent.
Director: Akira Kurosawa | Stars: Toshirô Mifune, Tatsuya Nakadai, Keiju Kobayashi, Yûnosuke Itô
Votes: 41,154
Audio Commentary by film historian and Kurosawa scholar Stephen Prince A 35-minute documentary on the making of Sanjuro, created as part of the Toho Masterworks series Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create, featuring Kurosawa, actor Tatsuya Nakadai, production designer Yoshiro Muraki, and longtime Kurosawa collaborator Teruyo Nogami Theatrical teaser and trailer Stills gallery of behind-the-scenes photos
54. For All Mankind (1989)
Not Rated | 80 min | Documentary, History
An in-depth look at various NASA moon landing missions, starting with Apollo 8.
Director: Al Reinert | Stars: Jim Lovell, Ken Mattingly, Russell Schweickart, Eugene Cernan
Votes: 6,538 | Gross: $0.77M
Audio Commentary by producer-director Al Reinert and Apollo 17 commander Eugene A. Cerman, the last man to set foot on the moon Paintings, with audio commentary, by Apollo 12 and Skylab astronaut Alan L. Bean NASA audio highlights and liftoff footage Optional onscreen identification of astronauts and mission control specialists An Accidental Gift: The Making of “For All Mankind,” a new documentary featuring interviews with Reinert, Apollo 12 and Skylab astronaut Alan Bean, and NASA archive specialists On Camera, a collection of excerpted on-screen interviews with fifteen of the Apollo astronauts
55. The Unbearable Lightness of Being (1988)
R | 171 min | Drama, Romance
Central Europe, 1968: A Czech doctor with an active sex life meets a woman who wants monogamy, and then the Soviet invasion further disrupts their lives.
Director: Philip Kaufman | Stars: Daniel Day-Lewis, Juliette Binoche, Lena Olin, Derek de Lint
Votes: 38,654 | Gross: $10.01M
Audio Commentary by director Philip Kaufman, co-writer Jean-Claude Carriere, editor Walter Murch, and actor Lena Olin
56. The 39 Steps (1935)
Approved | 86 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller
A man in London tries to help a counter-espionage agent, but when the agent is killed and the man stands accused, he must go on the run to save himself and stop a spy ring that is trying to steal top-secret information.
Director: Alfred Hitchcock | Stars: Robert Donat, Madeleine Carroll, Lucie Mannheim, Godfrey Tearle
Votes: 61,571
Audio Commentary by Hitchcock scholar Marian Keane Production notes The complete 1937 broadcast of the Lux Radio Theatre adaptation performed by Robert Montgomery and Ida Lupino The Art of Film: Vintage Hitchcock, the complete Janus Films documentary detailing the director's British period Original footage from British broadcaster Mike Scott's 1966 television interview with Hitchcock New visual essay by Hitchcock scholar Leonard Leff Audio excerpts from François Truffaut's 1962 interviews with Hitchcock
57. Charade (1963)
Passed | 113 min | Comedy, Mystery, Romance
Romance and suspense ensue in Paris as a woman is pursued by several men who want a fortune her murdered husband had stolen. Whom can she trust?
Director: Stanley Donen | Stars: Cary Grant, Audrey Hepburn, Walter Matthau, James Coburn
Votes: 85,608 | Gross: $13.47M
Audio Commentary by Stanley Donen and screenwriter Peter Stone The Films of Stanley Donen: A selected filmography, with an introduction by Donen biographer Stephen M. Silverman Peter Stone's career highlights Original theatrical trailer
58. Peeping Tom (1960)
Not Rated | 101 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller
A young man murders women, using a movie camera to film their dying expressions of terror.
Director: Michael Powell | Stars: Karlheinz Böhm, Anna Massey, Moira Shearer, Maxine Audley
Votes: 39,291 | Gross: $0.08M
Audio Commentary by film theorist Laura Mulvey Stills gallery of rare behind-the-scenes production photos A Very British Psycho, directed by Chris Rodley: the Channel 4 U.K. documentary about the life of screenwriter Leo Marks, as well as the making and critical reception of Peeping Tom Original theatrical trailer
59. The Night Porter (1974)
R | 118 min | Drama
A concentration camp survivor rekindles her sadomasochistic relationship with her lover, a former SS officer - now working as a night porter at a Vienna hotel - but his former Nazi associates begin stalking them.
Director: Liliana Cavani | Stars: Dirk Bogarde, Charlotte Rampling, Philippe Leroy, Gabriele Ferzetti
Votes: 14,729 | Gross: $0.63M
New interview with director Liliana Cavani Women of the Resistance, a fifty-minute 1965 documentary by Cavani composed of interviews with female partisans who survived the German invasion of Italy, with an introduction by the filmmaker
60. Autumn Sonata (1978)
PG | 99 min | Drama, Music
A devoted wife is visited by her mother, a successful concert pianist who had little time for her when she was young.
Director: Ingmar Bergman | Stars: Ingrid Bergman, Liv Ullmann, Lena Nyman, Halvar Björk
Votes: 37,816
Audio Commentary by film historian Peter Cowie, author of Ingmar Bergman: A Critical Biography Theatrical trailer Introduction by Ingmar Bergman from 2003 The Making of “Autumn Sonata,” a three-and-a-half-hour program examining every aspect of the production New interview with actor Liv Ullmann A 1981 conversation between actor Ingrid Bergman and critic John Russell Taylor at the National Film Theatre in London
61. Life of Brian (1979)
R | 94 min | Comedy
Born on the original Christmas in the stable next door to Jesus Christ, Brian of Nazareth spends his life being mistaken for a messiah.
Director: Terry Jones | Stars: Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Michael Palin, Terry Gilliam
Votes: 421,943 | Gross: $20.05M
Audio Commentary by Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, and Terry Jones Audio Commentary by John Cleese and Michael Palin Original theatrical trailer Five rarely seen deleted scenes with audio commentary by the Pythons Four original British radio ads Documentary film The Pythons, shot on location during the making of Life of Brian
62. The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928)
Passed | 114 min | Biography, Drama, History
In 1431, Jeanne d'Arc is placed on trial on charges of heresy. The ecclesiastical jurists attempt to force Jeanne to recant her claims of holy visions.
Director: Carl Theodor Dreyer | Stars: Maria Falconetti, Eugene Silvain, André Berley, Maurice Schutz
Votes: 60,703 | Gross: $0.02M
Audio Commentary by Casper Tybjerg, Dreyer scholar from the University of Copenhagen Production notes The film is accompanied by Richard Einhorn's Voices of Light, an original orchestral work inspired by the film and performed by renowned choral ensemble Anonymous 4, the Nederlands Radio Choir and the Nederlands Radio Philharmonic Notes on Voices of Light, including interviews, essays, photographs and medieval texts used for the libretto Interactive essay on the film's production and the life and trial of Joan of Arc Multimedia history of the film's many versions New interview with Einhorn New conversation between Gregory and Utley New video essay by Tybjerg exploring the debate over the film’s frame rate Interview from 1995 with actor Renée Falconetti’s daughter and biographer, Hélène Falconetti
63. Carnival of Souls (1962)
Approved | 78 min | Horror, Mystery
After a traumatic accident, a woman becomes drawn to a mysterious abandoned carnival.
Director: Herk Harvey | Stars: Candace Hilligoss, Frances Feist, Sidney Berger, Art Ellison
Votes: 27,834
Selected-scene Audio Commentary by screenwriter John Clifford and director Herk Harvey The Movie That Wouldn't Die! The Story of the Carnival of Souls, a documentary on the 1989 reunion of the cast and crew More than 45 minutes of rare outtakes accompanied by Gene Moore's organ score Theatrical trailer An illustrated history of the Saltair resort in Salt Lake City The Carnival Tour, a video update on the film's locations One hour of excerpts from films made by the Centron corporation, an industrial film company based in Lawrence, Kansas that employed Harvey and Clifford for over 30 years New interview with writer and comedian Dana Gould New video essay by film critic David Cairns
64. The Third Man (1949)
Approved | 93 min | Film-Noir, Mystery, Thriller
Pulp novelist Holly Martins travels to shadowy, postwar Vienna, only to find himself investigating the mysterious death of an old friend, Harry Lime.
Director: Carol Reed | Stars: Orson Welles, Joseph Cotten, Alida Valli, Trevor Howard
Votes: 181,893 | Gross: $0.45M
Audio Commentary by filmmaker Steven Soderbergh and screenwriter Tony Gilroy Audio Commentary by film scholar Dana Polan Video introduction by writer-director Peter Bogdanovich Abridged recording of Graham Greene's treatment, read by actor Richard Clarke The Third Man on the radio: (1) the 1951 "A Ticket to Tangiers" episode of The Lives of Harry Lime series, written and performed by Orson Welles; and (2) the 1951 Lux Radio Theatre adaptation of The Third Man Joseph Cotten's alternate opening voiceover narration for the U.S. version Archival footage of composer Anton Karas and the film's famous sewer location A collection of rare behind-the-scenes photos, with a brief production history Original and re-release theatrical trailers Shadowing "The Third Man" (2005), a ninety-minute feature documentary on the making of the film "Graham Greene: The Hunted Man," an hour-long, 1968 episode of the BBC's Omnibus series, featuring a rare interview with the novelist Who Was the Third Man? (2000), a thirty-minute Austrian documentary featuring interviews with cast and crew
65. Rushmore (1998)
R | 93 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A teenager at Rushmore Academy falls for a much older teacher and befriends a middle-aged industrialist. Later, he finds out that his love interest and his friend are having an affair, which prompts him to begin a vendetta.
Director: Wes Anderson | Stars: Jason Schwartzman, Bill Murray, Olivia Williams, Seymour Cassel
Votes: 198,052 | Gross: $17.11M
Audio Commentary by co-writer/director Wes Anderson, co-writer Owen Wilson and star Jason Schwartzman Production notes Theatrical trailer(s) Wes Anderson's Hand-Drawn Storyboards, Plus a Film-To-Storyboard Comparison Cast Audition Footage: Jason Schwartzman, Sara Tanaka, Stephen McCole, Ronnie & Keith McCawley and Mason Gamble Featurettes: The Making of Rushmore, an exclusive behind-the-scenes documentary by Eric Chase Anderson & The Charlie Rose Show, featuring Wes Anderson and Bill Murray Max Fischer Players Present: Theatrical "adaptations" of Armageddon, The Truman Show & Out of Sight, stage especially for the 1999 MTV Movie Awards
66. The Blood of a Poet (1932)
Not Rated | 55 min | Fantasy
Told in four episodes - an unnamed artist is transported through a mirror into another dimension, where he travels through various bizarre scenarios.
Director: Jean Cocteau | Stars: Enrique Rivero, Elizabeth Lee Miller, Pauline Carton, Odette Talazac
Votes: 7,369
A collection of rare behind-the-scenes photos Edgardo Cozarinsky’s renowned 66-minute 1984 documentary Cocteau: Autoportrait d’un Inconnu (Autobiography of an Unknown) A transcript of Cocteau’s lecture given at a 1932 screening of Blood of a Poet, and a 1946 essay by Cocteau A Cocteau bibliofilmography
67. Orpheus (1950)
Not Rated | 112 min | Drama, Fantasy, Romance
A poet in love with Death follows his unhappy wife into the underworld.
Director: Jean Cocteau | Stars: Jean Marais, François Périer, María Casares, Marie Déa
Votes: 13,414
Audio Commentary by French-film scholar James S. Williams Jean Cocteau: Autobiography of an Unknown (1984), a feature-length documentary Jean Cocteau and His Tricks (2008), a video interview with assistant director Claude Pinoteau 40 Minutes with Jean Cocteau (1957), an interview with the director In Search of Jazz (1956), an interview with Cocteau on the use of jazz in the film La villa Santo-Sospir (1951), a 16 mm color film by Cocteau Gallery of images by French-film portrait photographer Roger Corbeau Raw newsreel footage from 1950 of the Saint-Cyr military academy ruins, a location used in the film Theatrical trailer
68. Testament of Orpheus (1960)
Not Rated | 79 min | Biography, Fantasy
The Poet looks back over his life and work, recalling his inspirations and obsessions.
Director: Jean Cocteau | Stars: Jean Cocteau, Françoise Arnoul, Claudine Auger, Charles Aznavour
Votes: 3,742
Villa Santo Sospir, a 16 mm color film by Cocteau featuring many of the locations used in The Testament of Orpheus A collection of Cocteau’s writings on the film A Cocteau bibliofilmography
69. The Last Temptation of Christ (1988)
R | 164 min | Drama
The life of Jesus Christ, his journey through life as he faces the struggles all humans do, and his final temptation on the cross.
Director: Martin Scorsese | Stars: Willem Dafoe, Harvey Keitel, Barbara Hershey, Paul Greco
Votes: 63,185 | Gross: $7.63M
Audio Commentary by director Martin Scorsese, actor Willem Dafoe, and writers Paul Schrader and Jay Cocks Galleries of production stills, research materials, and costume designs Location production footage shot by Scorsese Interview with composer Peter Gabriel, with a stills gallery of traditional instruments used in the score
70. The Magic Flute (1975)
G | 135 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Music
The story of the prince Tamino and his zestful sidekick Papageno, who are sent on a mission to save a beautiful princess from the clutches of evil.
Director: Ingmar Bergman | Stars: Ulrik Cold, Josef Köstlinger, Irma Urrila, Håkan Hagegård
Votes: 5,262
Interview with director Ingmar Bergman recorded in 1974 for Swedish television New interview with film scholar Peter Cowie Tystnad! Tagning! Trollflöjten! (1975), a feature-length documentary produced for Swedish television about the making of the film
71. Le Million (1931)
Not Rated | 91 min | Comedy, Musical
An impoverished painter and his rival engage in a race across Paris to recover a jacket concealing a winning lottery ticket.
Director: René Clair | Stars: Annabella, René Lefèvre, Jean-Louis Allibert, Paul Ollivier
Votes: 3,844
A rare American television interview with René Clair
72. Cléo from 5 to 7 (1962)
Not Rated | 90 min | Comedy, Drama, Music
Cleo, a singer and hypochondriac, becomes increasingly worried that she might have cancer while awaiting test results from her doctor.
Director: Agnès Varda | Stars: Corinne Marchand, Antoine Bourseiller, Dominique Davray, Dorothée Blanck
Votes: 27,323
Remembrances (2005), a documentary on the making of the film, featuring interviews with Varda and actors Corinne Marchand and Antoine Bourseiller Gallery of paintings by Hans Baldung Grien, whose work inspired the character of Cléo Excerpt from a 1993 French television program featuring Madonna and Varda talking about the film Cléo's Real Path Through Paris (2005), a short film retracing, on a motorcycle, Cléo's steps through Paris Les fiancés du pont Macdonald (1961), a short film directed by Varda, featuring some of her new wave colleagues, with Varda explaining why the film was featured in Cléo L’opéra Mouffe (1958), an early short by Varda, with a score by Georges Delerue Theatrical trailer
73. Vagabond (1985)
Not Rated | 105 min | Drama
A young woman's body is found frozen in a ditch. Through flashbacks and interviews, we see the events that led to her inevitable death.
Director: Agnès Varda | Stars: Sandrine Bonnaire, Macha Méril, Stéphane Freiss, Setti Ramdane
Votes: 13,674
Remembrances (2003), a documentary on the making of the film, including interviews with Sandrine Bonnaire and other cast members The Story of an Old Lady (2003), a short piece in which Varda revisits actress Marthe Jarnias, who plays the old aunt in the film Music and Dolly Shots, (2003), a conversation between Varda and composer Joanna Bruzdowicz A 1986 radio interview with Varda and writer Nathalie Sarraute, who inspired the film Theatrical trailer
74. Chasing Amy (1997)
R | 113 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Holden and Banky are comic book artists. Everything's going good for them until they meet Alyssa, also a comic book artist. Holden falls for her, but his hopes are crushed when he finds out she's a lesbian.
Director: Kevin Smith | Stars: Ben Affleck, Joey Lauren Adams, Ethan Suplee, Scott Mosier
Votes: 143,840 | Gross: $12.02M
Scene-specific Audio Commentary by Kevin Smith, actors Ben Affleck and Jason Mewes, associate producer Robert Hawk, Miramax executive Jon Gordon, and View Askew historian Vincent Pereira Ten deleted scenes, plus outtakes Trailer Special video introductions from the cast and crew The Askewniverse Legend: a guide to the characters in the “New Jersey Trilogy”
75. Brief Encounter (1945)
Not Rated | 86 min | Drama, Romance
Meeting a stranger in a railway station, a woman is tempted to cheat on her husband.
Director: David Lean | Stars: Celia Johnson, Trevor Howard, Stanley Holloway, Joyce Carey
Votes: 44,260
Audio Commentary by film historian Bruce Eder Interview from 2012 with Noël Coward scholar Barry Day A Profile of “Brief Encounter,” a short documentary from 2000 on the making of the film David Lean: A Self Portrait, a 1971 television documentary on Lean’s career Restored theatrical trailer
76. ...And God Created Woman (1956)
Approved | 90 min | Drama, Romance
In sunny St. Tropez, a young woman loves one brother but marries the other.
Director: Roger Vadim | Stars: Brigitte Bardot, Curd Jürgens, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Jane Marken
Votes: 9,383 | Gross: $2.00M
U.S. theatrical trailer
77. The Bank Dick (1940)
Not Rated | 72 min | Comedy
Henpecked Egbert Sousé has comic adventures as a substitute film director and unlikely bank guard.
Director: Edward F. Cline | Stars: W.C. Fields, Cora Witherspoon, Una Merkel, Evelyn Del Rio
Votes: 7,804
78. W.C. Fields: 6 Short Films (2000 Video)
Documentary
W. C. Fields's six gems that feature the comic genius at his peak: The Golf Specialist, Pool Sharks (silent), The Pharmacist, The Fatal Glass of Beer, The Barber Shop, and The Dentist.
Star: W.C. Fields
Votes: 104
The Pool Sharks (1915) The Golf Specialist (1930) The Dentist (1932) The Pharmacist (1933) The Fatal Glass of Beer (1933) The Barber Shop (1933)
79. The Element of Crime (1984)
Not Rated | 104 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A cop in a dystopian Europe investigates a serial killings suspect using controversial methods written by his now disgraced former mentor.
Director: Lars von Trier | Stars: Michael Elphick, Esmond Knight, Me Me Lai, Jerold Wells
Votes: 11,295
Stig Björkman’s critically acclaimed 52-minute documentary Tranceformer: A Portrait of Lars von Trier (1997), with optional English subtitles Trailer
80. Variety Lights (1950)
Not Rated | 97 min | Drama, Music, Romance
A beautiful, ambitious young woman joins a traveling troupe of third-rate vaudevillians and inadvertently causes jealousy and emotional crises.
Directors: Federico Fellini, Alberto Lattuada | Stars: Peppino De Filippo, Carla Del Poggio, Giulietta Masina, John Kitzmiller
Votes: 3,863
81. Hamlet (1948)
Approved | 154 min | Drama
Prince Hamlet struggles over whether or not he should kill his uncle, whom he suspects has murdered his father, the former king.
Director: Laurence Olivier | Stars: Laurence Olivier, Jean Simmons, John Laurie, Esmond Knight
Votes: 18,409 | Gross: $7.09M
82. The Harder They Come (1972)
R | 120 min | Crime, Drama, Music
Wishing to become a successful reggae singer, a young Jamaican man finds himself tied to corrupt record producers and drug pushers.
Director: Perry Henzell | Stars: Jimmy Cliff, Janet Bartley, Carl Bradshaw, Ras Daniel Hartman
Votes: 7,038
Audio Commentary by Perry Henzell and star Jimmy Cliff Exclusive video interview with Island Records founder Chris Blackwell
83. Good Morning (1959)
Not Rated | 94 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
Two boys begin a silence strike to press their parents into buying them a television set.
Director: Yasujirô Ozu | Stars: Keiji Sada, Yoshiko Kuga, Chishû Ryû, Kuniko Miyake
Votes: 11,054
I Was Born, But . . ., Yasujiro Ozu’s 1932 silent comedy, with a 2008 score by Donald Sosin New interview with film scholar David Bordwell New video essay on Ozu’s use of humor by critic David Cairns Fragment of A Straightforward Boy, a 1929 silent film by Ozu
84. Pygmalion (1938)
89 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A phonetics and diction expert makes a bet that he can teach a cockney flower girl to speak proper English and pass as a lady in high society.
Directors: Anthony Asquith, Leslie Howard | Stars: Leslie Howard, Wendy Hiller, Wilfrid Lawson, Marie Lohr
Votes: 9,667 | Gross: $3.05M
85. Alexander Nevsky (1938)
Not Rated | 112 min | Action, Biography, Drama
The story of how a great Russian prince led a ragtag army to battle an invading force of Teutonic Knights.
Directors: Sergei Eisenstein, Dmitriy Vasilev | Stars: Nikolay Cherkasov, Nikolai Okhlopkov, Andrei Abrikosov, Dmitriy Orlov
Votes: 12,263
Audio Commentary by film scholar David Bordwell, author of The Cinema of Eisenstein Russell Merritt’s multimedia essay on the Eisenstein-Prokofiev collaboration A reconstruction of Eisenstein’s unfinished film Bezhin Meadow by the Eisenstein Museum’s Naum Kleiman, plus scholar Jay Leyda’s photos and documents from the set Drawings and production stills
86. Ivan the Terrible, Part I (1944)
Not Rated | 95 min | Biography, Drama, History
During the early part of his reign, Ivan the Terrible faces betrayal from the aristocracy and even his closest friends as he seeks to unite the Russian people.
Director: Sergei Eisenstein | Stars: Nikolay Cherkasov, Lyudmila Tselikovskaya, Serafima Birman, Mikhail Nazvanov
Votes: 10,868
Multimedia essay on the history of Ivan the Terrible by Joan Neuberger, director of the Center for Soviet Studies at the University of Texas at Austin Deleted scenes Drawings and production stills
87. Ivan the Terrible, Part II: The Boyars' Plot (1958)
Not Rated | 88 min | Biography, Drama, History
As Ivan the Terrible attempts to consolidate his power by establishing a personal army, his political rivals, the Russian boyars, plot to assassinate their Tsar.
Director: Sergei Eisenstein | Stars: Nikolay Cherkasov, Serafima Birman, Pavel Kadochnikov, Mikhail Zharov
Votes: 8,056
Multimedia essay on Eisenstein's visual vocabulary by Yuri Tsivian, art history professor at the University of Chicago
88. Sisters (1972)
R | 93 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
A small-time reporter tries to convince the police she saw a murder in the apartment across from hers.
Director: Brian De Palma | Stars: Margot Kidder, Jennifer Salt, Charles Durning, William Finley
Votes: 20,708 | Gross: $0.35M
A 1973 interview with De Palma on the making of SISTERS Rare Study of Siamese Twins in the Soviet, the 1966 LIFE magazine article that inspired De Palma Excerpts from the original press book, including ads and posters New interview with actor Jennifer Salt Interviews from 2004 with De Palma, actors Bill Finley and Charles Durning, editor Paul Hirsch, and producer Edward R. Pressman Audio from a 1973 discussion with De Palma at the American Film Institute Appearance from 1970 by actor Margot Kidder on The Dick Cavett Show
89. Kwaidan (1964)
Not Rated | 183 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
A collection of four Japanese folk tales with supernatural themes.
Director: Masaki Kobayashi | Stars: Rentarô Mikuni, Michiyo Aratama, Misako Watanabe, Kenjirô Ishiyama
Votes: 20,005
Audio Commentary by film historian Stephen Prince Interview with Kobayashi from 1993, conducted by filmmaker Masahiro Shinoda New interview with assistant director Kiyoshi Ogasawara New piece about author Lafcadio Hearn, on whose versions of Japanese folktales Kwaidan is based Trailers
90. The Blob (1958)
Approved | 86 min | Horror, Sci-Fi
An alien lifeform consumes everything in its path as it grows and grows.
Directors: Irvin S. Yeaworth Jr., Russell S. Doughten Jr. | Stars: Steve McQueen, Aneta Corsaut, Earl Rowe, Olin Howland
Votes: 29,395
Audio Commentary by producer Jack H. Harris and film historian Bruce Eder Audio Commentary by director Irvin S. Yeaworth Jr. and actor Robert Fields Trailer Blobabilia!, a gallery of collector Wes Shank’s rare trove of stills, posters, props (including the blob itself!), and other ephemera
91. Fiend Without a Face (1958)
Approved | 74 min | Horror, Sci-Fi
A scientist's thoughts materialize as an army of invisible brain-shaped monsters (complete with spinal-cord tails!) who terrorize an American military base in this nightmarish chiller.
Director: Arthur Crabtree | Stars: Marshall Thompson, Terry Kilburn, Michael Balfour, Gil Winfield
Votes: 4,805
Audio Commentary by executive producer Richard Gordon and genre film writer Tom Weaver Illustrated essay on British sci-fi/horror filmmaking by film historian Bruce Eder A collection of trailers from Gordon Films: Fiend without a Face, The Haunted Strangler, Corridors of Blood, First Man into Space, and The Atomic Submarine Rare still photographs and ephemera, with commentary Vintage advertisements and lobby cards
92. Black Narcissus (1947)
Not Rated | 101 min | Drama
A group of nuns struggle to establish a convent in the Himalayas, while isolation, extreme weather, altitude, and culture clashes all conspire to drive the well-intentioned missionaries mad.
Directors: Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger | Stars: Deborah Kerr, David Farrar, Flora Robson, Jenny Laird
Votes: 27,692
Audio Commentary by Michael Powell and Martin Scorsese Painting with Light, a new video documentary on Jack Cardiff and Black Narcissus by Craig McCall, produced exclusively for this release A collection of rare behind-the-scenes production stills Video introduction by filmmaker Bertrand Tavernier The Audacious Adventurer, a video piece in which Tavernier discusses the film and Powell Profile of “Black Narcissus,” a documentary featuring members of the Archers’ production team Original theatrical trailer
93. I Know Where I'm Going! (1945)
Not Rated | 92 min | Drama, Romance
A young Englishwoman goes to the Hebrides to marry her older, wealthier fiancé. When the weather keeps them separated on different islands, she begins to have second thoughts.
Directors: Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger | Stars: Wendy Hiller, Roger Livesey, Pamela Brown, Finlay Currie
Votes: 9,782
Audio Commentary by film historian Ian Christie Behind-the-scenes stills, narrated by Thelma Schoonmaker Powell The 1994 documentary I Know Where I’m Going! Revisited, by Mark Cousins Excerpts from Michael Powell’s 1937 feature The Edge of The World, with commentary, and the 1978 documentary Return to the Edge of the World Photo essay by I Know Where I’m Going! aficionado Nancy Franklin, who explores the locations used in the film Home movies from one of Michael Powell’s Scottish expeditions, narrated by Thelma Schoonmaker Powell
94. All That Heaven Allows (1955)
Passed | 89 min | Drama, Romance
An upper-class widow falls in love with a much younger, down-to-earth nurseryman, much to the disapproval of her children and criticism of her country club peers.
Director: Douglas Sirk | Stars: Jane Wyman, Rock Hudson, Agnes Moorehead, Conrad Nagel
Votes: 16,642
Audio Commentary by film scholars John Mercer and Tamar Jeffers-McDonald Excerpts from Behind the Mirror: A Profile of Douglas Sirk, a 1979 BBC documentary featuring rare interview footage with the director "Imitation of Life: On the Films of Douglas Sirk": a seminal essay by Sirk admirer and filmmaker Rainer Werner Fassbinder, illustrated with rare ephemera A stills archive with production photos and vintage lobby cards Rock Hudson’s Home Movies (1992), a groundbreaking essay film about the actor by Mark Rappaport French television interview with director Douglas Sirk from 1982 Contract Kid: William Reynolds on Douglas Sirk, a 2007 interview with the actor, who costarred in three Sirk films, including All That Heaven Allows Trailer
95. Written on the Wind (1956)
Not Rated | 99 min | Drama
Alcoholic playboy Kyle Hadley marries the woman secretly loved by his poor but hard-working best friend, who in turn is pursued by Kyle's nymphomaniac sister.
Director: Douglas Sirk | Stars: Rock Hudson, Lauren Bacall, Robert Stack, Dorothy Malone
Votes: 13,428
The Melodrama Archive: An annotated filmography of director Douglas Sirk with hundreds of behind-the-scenes and production photos, plus vintage lobby cards Original theatrical trailers for Written on the Wind and All That Heaven Allows
96. Do the Right Thing (1989)
R | 120 min | Comedy, Drama
On the hottest day of the year on a street in the Bedford-Stuyvesant section of Brooklyn, everyone's hate and bigotry smolders and builds until it explodes into violence.
Director: Spike Lee | Stars: Danny Aiello, Ossie Davis, Ruby Dee, Richard Edson
Votes: 112,490 | Gross: $27.55M
Audio Commentary by director Spike Lee, production designer Wynn Thomas, and actor Joie Lee New video introduction by Spike Lee St. Clair Bourne's 60-minute documentary The Making of "Do the Right Thing" Spike Lee and line producer John Kilik revisit the film's Bed-Stuy locations Public Enemy's video for "Fight the Power," directed by Spike Lee The 1989 Cannes Film Festival press conference with Spike Lee, Ossie Davis, Ruby Dee, Richard Edson, and Joie Lee Spike Lee's behind-the-scenes footage, from rehearsal to wrap Original storyboards for the riot sequence New video interview with editor Barry Brown Theatrical trailer and TV spots Spike's Last Words New interviews with costume designer Ruth E. Carter, New York City Council Member Robert Cornegy Jr., writer Nelson George, and filmmaker Darnell Martin Three programs from 2000 and 2009, featuring Lee and cast and crew members Barry Alexander Brown, Chuck D, Dickerson, Richard Edson, Frankie Faison, Jon Kilik, Kevin Ladson, Steve Park, Rosie Perez, Luis Ramos, Monty Ross, John Savage, Roger Guenveur Smith, and John Turturro
97. L'Avventura (1960)
Not Rated | 144 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance
A woman disappears during a Mediterranean boating trip. During the search, her lover and her best friend become attracted to each other.
Director: Michelangelo Antonioni | Stars: Gabriele Ferzetti, Monica Vitti, Lea Massari, Dominique Blanchar
Votes: 32,650
Audio Commentary by film historian Gene Youngblood Theatrical trailer Antonioni: Documents and Testimonials, a 58 minute documentary by Gianfranco Mingozzi from 1966 Writings by director Michelangelo Antonioni, read by Jack Nicholson -- plus Nicholson's recollection of the director Reprint of Antonioni's statements about L'avventura, circulated after the film's premiere at the 1960 Cannes Film Festival Olivier Assayas on “L’avventura,” an analysis of the film in three parts
98. Gimme Shelter (1970)
GP | 91 min | Documentary, Music, Thriller
When three hundred thousand members of the Love Generation collided with a few dozen Hells Angels at San Francisco's Altamont Speedway, the bloody slash that transformed a decade's dreams into disillusionment was immortalized on this film.
Directors: Albert Maysles, David Maysles, Charlotte Zwerin | Stars: Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Mick Taylor, Charlie Watts
Votes: 12,894 | Gross: $0.25M
Audio Commentary by directors Albert Maysles and Charlotte Zwerin, and collaborator Stanley Goldstein Never-before-seen performances of the Rolling Stones at Madison Square Garden in 1969, including "Little Queenie," "Oh Carol," and "Prodigal Son," plus backstage outtakes Excerpts from KSAN Radio's Altamont wrap-up, recorded December 7, 1969, with new introduction by then-DJ, Stefan Ponek Altamont stills gallery, featuring the work of renowned photographers Bill Owens and Beth Sunflower Original and rerelease theatrical trailers, plus trailers for Maysles Films' classics Grey Gardens and Salesman Filmographies for Maysles Films and Charlotte Zwerin
99. Beastie Boys: Video Anthology (2000 Video)
Not Rated | 113 min | Documentary, Music
A compilation of video clips by the Beastie Boys.
Directors: Evan Bernard, Adam Bernstein, Tamra Davis, Spike Jonze, Ari Marcopoulos, David Perez Shadi, Adam Yauch | Stars: Adam Horovitz, Adam Yauch, Mike D, Beastie Boys
Votes: 1,150
Audio Commentary by the band and the directors, including Adam Bernstein, Evan Bernard, Tamra Davis, Spike Jonze, Ari Marcropoulos, and David Perez Eighteen videos: "Intergalactic," "Shake Your Rump," "Gratitude," "Something’s Got to Give," "Sure Shot," "Hey Ladies," "Looking Down the Barrel of a Gun," "Body Movin’," "So What’Cha Want," "Sabotage," "Shadrach," "Three MCs and One DJ," "Ricky’s Theme," "Pass the Mic," "Holy Snappers," "Root Down," "Netty’s Girl," and "Alive." Over 100 video angles and audio tracks switchable at any time during playback. More than forty remixes by Beastie Boys, Bentley Rhythm Ace, Fred C., Mario Caldato, Joey Chavez, Colleone & Webb, Count Bass D, DJ Cheapshot, Dj J-Rocc & Dj Truly OdD, DJ Moe Love, DJ Strictnine and Paranorm, Dub Hackers, Egon & Jon Doe, Evidence, Fatboy Slim, Kut Masta Kurt, Large Professor, Latch Brothers, Madlib, Micky Finn & Special K, Moby, Mum’s the word, Mike Nardone, DJPaul Nice, OD, Peanut Butter Wolf, Shawn J. Period & Wizdom Life, Prince Paul, Prisoners of Technology, Prunes, J Rawls, Sam Sever & Johnathan Hoffman, Soul Assassins, and T- Ray, including many new remixes created exclusively for this release. The world-premiere director’s cut of Nathanial Hornblower’s “Intergalactic” spin-off “The Robot vs. the Octopus Monster Saga.” Interview with the cast of “Sabotage” Still photographs Storyboards Special collectible poster A cappella versions
100. Cries & Whispers (1972)
R | 91 min | Drama
When a woman dying of cancer in early twentieth-century Sweden is visited by her two sisters, long-repressed feelings between the siblings rise to the surface.
Director: Ingmar Bergman | Stars: Harriet Andersson, Liv Ullmann, Kari Sylwan, Ingrid Thulin
Votes: 37,011 | Gross: $1.74M
Ingmar Bergman: Reflections on Life, Death, and Love with Erland Josephson (2000), a fifty-two-minute interview with Bergman and his longtime collaborator Erland Josephson, originally broadcast on Swedish television Introduction by director Ingmar Bergman from 2001 New interview with actor Harriet Andersson, conducted by historian Peter Cowie On Solace, a new video essay by filmmaker :: kogonada Behind-the-scenes footage with commentary by Cowie Trailer
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