Films That Need A Criterion Release 

I hope Criterion eventually releases the new Martin Scorsese film Killers of the Flower Moon.

Like most people who enjoy animation I wish there were more animations in The Criterion Collection. I think the best would be Loving Vincent, The Iron Giant, When the Wind Blows, or really anything directed by Ralph Bakshi. For Live Action maybe something like: The Day The Earth Stood Still, or The Death of Stalin.

Amadeus and City of God would be at the top of my list. Your selections were great as well especially Sunset Boulevard.

Would love to see No Country for Old Men, Fear of a Black Hat, Dead Presidents, There Will Be Blood, Magnolia, Hard Eight, and of course The Big Lebowski.

Prick up your ears Dir. Stephen Frears, Mysterious Skin - Dir. Gregg Araki, Notes From a Scandal Dir. Richard Eyre, Billy Elliot Dir Stephen Daldry, The History Boys Dir, Nicholas Hytmer, A Zed and Two Noughts or Belly of an Architect- Dir. Peter Greenaway.

I’d like to see Paper Moon and Looking for Mr Goodbar on Criterion

I would like to see two animated features from Richard Linklater, A Scanner Darkly and Waking Life.

"Mosquito Coast" is a fabulous film with a great plot, magnificent actors, and beautifully filmed! I cannot understand the fact that it has almost disappeared! Wrong!!!

Dave, I’m with you on all of these. I’ve suggested American Splendor to Criterion several times along with another Giamatti movie, Sideways.

American Splendor! Nice choice. Honestly, I think the original Star Wars Trilogy would be a great fit!

Somehow the Shining isn't part of the Criterion collection despite most of Kubrick's other great films having been added

If I could only pick one of the titles you mentioned here, it would be American Splendor by a mile!

Fargo is at the top of my list, too! I'd love to see Herzog, Tarantino, and Spielberg enter the collection. If I had to pick films for them (although almost any from their filmography would be worthy) I'd go with Grizzly Man, a Kill Bill box set, and Schindler's List (or Jaws!).

I'd love to see There Will Be Blood Good Will Hunting Short Term 12 Great recommendations, keep up the good work

Some of my all-time faves: The Reivers, Marat/Sade, The Loved One, The Pawnbroker, Lonely are the Brave, American Graffiti, Little Big Man, Show People, The Patsy, Billy Budd, Invasion of the Body Snatchers, Macario, Jacob's Ladder, The Saragossa Manuscript...for starters

Great picks!

The Straight Story and also Wild at Heart are the 2 movies from Lynch not in the Criterion Collection. Studio Canal apparently just released a 4k of Straight Story in France so maybe that bodes well for a future release. Great video lots of good picks, thanks!

I'd love to see on Criterion Collection 4K! Laura (1944) (Upgrade BD Fox) Spellbound (1945) (Only DVD) Sunset Boulevard (1950) (Upgrade BD Paramount) Amélie (2001) (Steelbook without 4K) The Handmaiden (2016) (Farewell My Concubine) No Country for Old Men (2007) (The Others)

"The Clown Murders" (1976) 💿

I would like to see some classic Disney animated movies enter the Criterion Collection such as Pinocchio, Bambi, and Fantasia.

Fantastic suggestions as always. Here in the UK we get just a small slice of the Criterion collection but some do get released on other boutique labels. Kelly Reichardt and The Coen brother’s films are desperately needed here (we only have a few) but at least we have all of the wonderful Wes Anderson films. Do you think we’ll get a 4K of Asteroid City or The French Dispatch? What I’d really be excited for is more from John Sayles. Lone Star was so incredible I picked up Matewan straight after. But that’s it! That’s all we have on Blu-ray from him. We need Criterion and other boutique labels to release great films by independent filmmakers that Hollywood weren’t interested in. If not now I feel we may never get them.

The Straight Story is also my favorite David Lynch film. Would love to see a Criterion treatment.

I cannot wait for the rest of Wes Anderson’s oeuvre to be added to the Criterion Collection, Scorsese as well. I would also like to see Kevin Smith’s Clerks be given the Criterion treatment as well as have Chasing Amy reprinted on Blu-ray/4K, but I know the licensing is in limbo since the collapse of Miramax and the Weinstein bros. fall from grace. I also assume you would agree, having JAWS on Criterion would be amazing. Keep up the great work, I would love to see another video like this.

It would be interesting to learn how the company actually comes up with their decision process. Seems they have more of a world-wide view to consider and it's probably best they remain selective, and focus on films that actually need restoring......

P.T.A!!!

Very glad you picked Sunset Blvd. I want more Wilder (he's my favorite director) in the collection but I especially want a Criterion release of Stalag 17. The Kino 4k is a great disc and I'm glad I have it. If Criterion were to do some new extras, we'd have the best disc ever

I once day dreamed about having my own Criterion like Collection and "Big Lebowski" would've been the first film I've chosen for it. Totally agree. Also with "American Splendor", what a magnificent movie. And yes, it is a great companion piece to Crumb, cause I believe Crumb also is one of the characters in it. It's a very different comic book and very different comic book adaptation, so very well deserve a spot in the Collection.

The biggest gap in the current list of 4K titles may well be Sunset Boulevard. I would love to see the film get the 4K treatment from Criterion - or any company, for that matter. As for Coen Brothers titles, I'd like to see Raising Arizona enter the collection.

Hi Dave. I've been a Criterion fan from the Laserdisc years & every now & then I wonder why certain movies never made it to Criterion. Four titles are always on my mind. One of them is "Gigot" starring Jackie Gleason. I saw it as a child & loved it. My second title is "St. Louis Blues" with Nat King Cole. This one has a stellar cast & must be on Criterion! My third & fourth titles are "The Jolson Story" & "Jolson Sings Again" with Larry Parks. These two movies are great! "Jolson Sings Again" takes up where "The Jolson Story" ends. I've always had this wish that these two movies be released on Blu-Ray restored with bonus features. One of those bonus features on a separate disc would be both movies joined together as one movie (I know it's only wishful thinking. Lol!). Take care. --- Bill

I agree Sorcerer should be in the Criterion Collection. I would love to see Dario Argento’s Suspiria in the collection. I think the old George Melies (sic) films would be a great addition to the collection as well. I also agree on Lynch’s The Straight Story. I am wondering if Godzilla Minus One will be in the collection. I think it’s strange North America does not have physical media for it yet. I would also like to see a Kurosawa box in HD. Criterion could use more Fritz Lang like The Big Heat or more offbeat classics like Zardoz.

I just watched the Korean film A Taxi Driver. Oh my goodness does this need a Criterion release. Total masterpiece from start to finish

Sorcerer!! Absolutely

Fargo has a 4K from Shout Factory, so it won't be getting a Criterion release anytime soon.

Great list. I need a Friedkin box set

I would love to see Limbo in the Criterion collection. It needs more films from John Sayles.

A Separation!!

Vanishing Point Harry & Tonto

Shoeshine, Garden of the Finzi Continis, Aniki Bobo, Earth, Sunrise, La Terra Trema, Ossessione, 47 Ronin, Napoleon…..

I honestly just want 4Ks of All About Eve and Face in the Crowd lol

Peter Greenaway would be a great addition.

3-iron by Kim Ki-Duk or Spring Summer Fall Winter by the same director would be cool or maybe abel gance’s napoleon masterpiece

Socerer is indeed a remake of the French film, Wages Of Fear. Friedkin put his own spin on it, but it is a remake. I think Friedkin’s movie is way better; a rare case where the American remake is better than the foreign original.

Fargo has a 4K w/Shout Factory.

Thanks. Very interesting. However, I am surprised that such a knowledgeable film-buff would hesitate to call "Sorcerer" a remake of "Wags of Fear". It is a very good one, but a remake nonetheless.

Correction. Looking for Mr. Goodbar

Her should be in Criterion

A few on my Wish List. Cruising One Hour Photo Looking for Mr. Goodbye The Station Agent The Proposiion To Live and Die in LA Ravenous Far from Heaven Collateral Brotherhood of the Wolf Into the Night Set It Off Jackie Brown

No Country For Old Men Napoleon Dynamite The Killer (John Woo)

Yes, Sorcerer is at best an homage or a remake of Wages of Fear, at worst a rip off. Wages of Fear is the work of the same director who did the famous Diabolique (also in Criterion) which has been paid homage to, remade, and ripped off too.

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