The Criterion Collection is a video distribution company which specializes in licensing and selling "important classic and contemporary films" in "editions that offer the highest technical quality and award-winning, original supplements."
This is a list of all films (main feature, extra featurette, making of, box-set meta entry, etc if it has a separate entry on trakt) released under Criterion Collection catalog, Essential Art House, Eclipse, Merchant Ivory collections etc. as DVD/BluRay. So far LaserDisc releases have not been included.
Notes to self:
Reviewed/cross-checked entries till Criterion Collection #200.
Last entry: Criterion Collection Spine #845 / Eclipse Series #44.
Since 1984, the Criterion Collection has been dedicated to publishing important classic and contemporary films from around the world in editions that offer the highest technical quality and award-winning, original supplements. No matter the medium—from laserdisc to DVD and Blu-ray to streaming—Criterion has maintained its pioneering commitment to presenting each film as its maker would want it seen, in state-of-the-art restorations with special features designed to encourage repeated watching and deepen the viewer’s appreciation of the art of film.
Films listed in order of spine numbers. Releases with multiple films are listed as individual items where appropiate.
Last Update: Releases up to July 2024 (Spine #1228)
Source: https://www.criterion.com/shop/browse/list?sort=spine_number
A selection of films, famed for their decision to throw convention out of the window. This list pays homage to the great surrealist films from the history of cinema.
Since 1984, the Criterion Collection, has been dedicated to gathering the greatest films from around the world and publishing them in editions that offer the highest technical quality and award-winning, original supplements for a wider and wider audience. The foundation of the collection is the work of such masters of cinema as Kurosawa, Fellini, Bergman, Tarkovsky, Hitchcock, and Kubrick. Each film is presented uncut, in its original aspect ratio, as its maker intended it to be seen. To date, more than 150 filmmakers have made it into the collection.
Source: https://www.criterion.com/library/list_view?b=Criterion&m=dvd&s=spine
This list contains all movies that have been nominated for Best Picture in the Academy Awards.
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academy_Award_for_Best_Picture#Winners_and_nominees
In his Guide for the Film Fanatic (1986), Danny Peary provides short reviews for over 1600 “Must See” films.
104 movies missing. Imported from external source.
Winners and nominees (Winners first)
1927/28: 1, 2, 3
1928/29: 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
1929/30: 9, 10, 11, 12, 13
1930/31: 14, 15, 16, 17, 18
1931/32: 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26
1932/33: 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36
1934: 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48
1935: 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60
1936: 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70
1937: 71 ,72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80
1938:
81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90
1939:
91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100
1940:
101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110
1941:
111, 112, 113, 114, 115, 116, 117, 118, 119, 120
1942:
121, 122, 123, 124, 125, 126, 127, 128, 129, 130
1943:
131, 132, 133, 134, 135, 136, 137, 138, 139, 140
1944:
141, 142, 143, 144, 145
1945:
146, 147, 148, 149, 150
1946:
151, 152, 153, 154, 155
1947:
156, 157, 158, 159, 160
1948:
161, 162, 163, 164, 165
1949:
166, 167, 168, 169, 170
1950:
171, 172, 173, 174, 175
1951:
176, 177, 178, 179, 180
1952:
181, 182, 183, 184, 185
1953:
186, 187, 188, 189, 190
1954:
191, 192, 193, 194, 195
1955:
196, 197, 198, 199, 200
1956: 201, 202, 203, 204, 205
1957:
206, 207, 208, 209, 210
1958:
211, 212, 213, 214, 215
1959:
216, 217, 218, 219, 220
1960:
221, 222, 223, 224, 225
1961:
226, 227, 228, 229, 230
1962:
231, 232, 233 ,234, 235
1963:
236, 237, 238, 239, 240
1964:
241, 242, 243, 244, 245
1965:
246, 247, 248, 249, 250
1966:
251, 252, 253, 254, 255
1967:
256, 257, 258, 259, 260
1968:
261, 262, 263, 264, 265
1969:
266, 267, 268, 269, 270
1970:
271, 272, 273, 274, 275
1971:
276, 277, 278, 279, 280
1972:
281, 282, 283, 284, 285
1973:
286, 287, 288, 289, 290
1974:
291, 292, 293, 294, 295
1975:
296, 297, 298, 299, 300
1976:
301, 302, 303, 304, 305
1977:
306 ,307, 308, 309, 310
1978:
311, 312, 313, 314, 315
1979:
316, 317, 318, 319, 320
1980:
321, 322, 323, 324, 325
1981:
326, 327, 328, 329, 330
1982:
331, 332, 333, 334, 335
1983:
336, 337, 338, 339, 340
1984:
341, 342, 343, 344, 345
1985:
346, 347, 348, 349, 350
1986:
351, 352, 353, 354, 355
1987:
356, 357, 358, 359, 360
1988:
361, 362, 363, 364, 365
1989:
366, 367, 368, 369, 370
1990:
371, 372, 373, 374, 375
1991:
376, 377, 378, 379, 380
1992:
381, 382, 383, 384, 385
1993:
386, 387, 388, 389, 390
1994:
391, 392, 393, 394, 395
1995:
396, 397, 398, 399, 400
1996:
401, 402, 403, 404, 405
1997:
406, 407, 408, 409, 410
1998:
411, 412, 413, 414, 415
1999:
416, 417, 418, 419, 420
2000:
421, 422, 423, 424, 425
2001:
426, 427, 428, 429, 430
2002: 431, 432, 433, 434, 435
2003:
436, 437, 438, 439, 440
2004:
442, 442, 443, 444, 445
2005: 446, 447, 448, 449, 450
2006:
451, 452, 453, 454, 455
2007:
456, 457, 458, 459, 460
2008:
461, 462, 463, 464, 465
2009:
466, 467, 468, 469, 470, 471, 472, 473, 474, 475
2010:
476, 477, 478, 479, 480, 481, 482, 483, 484, 485
2011:
486, 487, 488, 489, 490, 491, 492, 493, 494
2012:
495, 496, 497, 498, 499, 500, 501, 502, 503
2013:
504, 505, 506, 507, 508, 509, 510, 511, 512
2014:
513, 514, 515, 516, 517, 518, 519, 520
2015: 521, 522, 523, 524, 525, 526, 527, 528
2016:
529, 530, 531, 532, 533, 534, 535, 536, 537
2017:
538, 539, 540, 541, 542, 543, 544, 545, 546
2018:
547, 548, 549, 550, 551, 552, 553, 554
2019:
555, 556, 557, 558, 559, 560, 561, 562, 563
2020/21: 564, 565, 566, 567, 568, 569, 570, 571
2022: 573, 572, 574, 575, 576, 577, 578, 579, 580, 581
2023: 586, 582, 583, 584, 585, 587, 588, 589, 590, 591
2024: 598, 592, 593, 594, 595, 596, 597, 599, 600, 601
This list is drawn from the second edition of "The New York Times Guide to the Best 1,000 Movies Ever Made", published in 2004. It contains a selection of 1000 reviews that have been printed in The New York Times in a time period of over seven decades. The majority of movies in this book are among the "10 Best Films" chosen by New York Times critics at the end of each year.
Trading on its impeccable reputation, Halliwell’s now presents it’s Top 1,000 favorite films. Starting at number 1,000, each entry includes a plot summary, cast and crew, awards, key critical comments, DVD and soundtrack availability, and a wealth of other interesting details. To supplement the countdown, there is commentary from film stars, show business personalities, well-known critics, and the movers and shakers in the film industry, each naming their favorite films or weighing in on Halliwell’s selection. Illustrated throughout with classic and modern film stills and posters, this is a book that every cinema fan will want to own. John Walker is one of Britain’s leading film critics.
The list has 42 extra films, because trilogies, or series, are counted as one entry (The Godfather, The Apu Trilogy, The Lord of the Rings, Antoine Doinel, Laurel and Hardy shorts, etc...)
Source: https://www.amazon.com/Halliwells-Top-1000-Ultimate-Countdown/dp/0007181655
This list is drawn from "The New York Times Book of Movies: The Essential 1,000 Films to See", published in 2019. It contains a selection of 1000 reviews that have been printed in The New York Times. The majority of movies in this book are among the "10 Best Films" chosen by New York Times critics at the end of each year.
Source: https://www.amazon.com/New-York-Times-Book-Movies/dp/078933657X
In his Guide for the Film Fanatic (1986), Danny Peary provides short reviews for over 1600 “Must See” films.
104 movies missing. Imported from external source.
Imported with Trakt.tv List Importer.
The best movies of the 1940's decade.
IMDB filter
7.0 or higher rating
5,000 or more votes
Source:
Years 1931-2018 come from:
The New York Times: Book of Movies
the essential 1,000 films to see
2019 ed
Years after 2018 come from NYT website.
work in progress
There are discrepancies between the website and the book, particular for years after 2003. Please leave a comment for any errors you find.
List of Nominees and Winners
GARY COOPER "Sergeant York" - WINNER
CARY GRANT "Penny Serenade"
WALTER HUSTON "All That Money Can Buy"
ROBERT MONTGOMERY "Here Comes Mr. Jordan"
ORSON WELLES "Citizen Kane"
DONALD CRISP "How Green Was My Valley" - WINNER
WALTER BRENNAN "Sergeant York"
CHARLES COBURN "The Devil and Miss Jones"
JAMES GLEASON "Here Comes Mr. Jordan"
SYDNEY GREENSTREET "The Maltese Falcon"
JOAN FONTAINE "Suspicion" - WINNER
BETTE DAVIS "The Little Foxes"
OLIVIA DE HAVILLAND "Hold Back the Dawn"
GREER GARSON "Blossoms in the Dust"
BARBARA STANWYCK "Ball of Fire"
MARY ASTOR "The Great Lie" - WINNER
SARA ALLGOOD "How Green Was My Valley"
PATRICIA COLLINGE "The Little Foxes"
TERESA WRIGHT "The Little Foxes"
MARGARET WYCHERLY "Sergeant York"
"HOW GREEN WAS MY VALLEY" Art Direction: Richard Day, Nathan Juran; Interior Decoration: Thomas Little - WINNER
"CITIZEN KANE" Art Direction: Perry Ferguson, Van Nest Polglase; Interior Decoration: Al Fields, Darrell Silvera
"THE FLAME OF NEW ORLEANS" Art Direction: Martin Obzina, Jack Otterson; Interior Decoration: Russell A. Gausman
"HOLD BACK THE DAWN" Art Direction: Hans Dreier, Robert Usher; Interior Decoration: Sam Comer
"LADIES IN RETIREMENT" Art Direction: Lionel Banks; Interior Decoration: George Montgomery
"THE LITTLE FOXES" Art Direction: Stephen Goosson; Interior Decoration: Howard Bristol
"SERGEANT YORK" Art Direction: John Hughes; Interior Decoration: Fred MacLean
"THE SON OF MONTE CRISTO" Art Direction: John DuCasse Schulze; Interior Decoration: Edward G. Boyle
"SUNDOWN" Art Direction: Alexander Golitzen; Interior Decoration: Richard Irvine
"THAT HAMILTON WOMAN" Art Direction: Vincent Korda; Interior Decoration: Julia Heron
"WHEN LADIES MEET" Art Direction: Cedric Gibbons, Randall Duell; Interior Decoration: Edwin B. Willis
"BLOSSOMS IN THE DUST" Art Direction: Cedric Gibbons, Urie McCleary; Interior Decoration: Edwin B. Willis - WINNER
"BLOOD AND SAND" Art Direction: Richard Day, Joseph C. Wright; Interior Decoration: Thomas Little
"LOUISIANA PURCHASE" Art Direction: Raoul Pene du Bois; Interior Decoration: Stephen A. Seymour
"HOW GREEN WAS MY VALLEY" Arthur Miller - WINNER
"THE CHOCOLATE SOLDIER" Karl Freund
"CITIZEN KANE" Gregg Toland
"DR. JEKYLL AND MR. HYDE" Joseph Ruttenberg
"HERE COMES MR. JORDAN" Joseph Walker
"HOLD BACK THE DAWN" Leo Tover
"SERGEANT YORK" Sol Polito
"SUN VALLEY SERENADE" Edward Cronjager
"SUNDOWN" Charles Lang
"THAT HAMILTON WOMAN" That Hamilton Woman
"BLOOD AND SAND" Ernest Palmer, Ray Rennahan - WINNER
"ALOMA OF THE SOUTH SEAS" Wilfred M. Cline, Karl Struss, William Snyder
"BILLY THE KID" William V. Skall, Leonard Smith
"BLOSSOMS IN THE DUST" Karl Freund, W. Howard Greene
"DIVE BOMBER" Bert Glennon
"LOUISIANA PURCHASE" Harry Hallenberger, Ray Rennahan
"HOW GREEN WAS MY VALLEY" John Ford - WINNER
"CITIZEN KANE" Orson Welles
"HERE COMES MR. JORDAN" Alexander Hall
"THE LITTLE FOXES" William Wyler
"SERGEANT YORK" Howard Hawks
"CHURCHILL'S ISLAND" National Film Board of Canada - WINNER
"ADVENTURE IN THE BRONX" Film Associates
"BOMBER" United States Office for Emergency Management Film Unit
"CHRISTMAS UNDER FIRE" British Ministry of Information
"LETTER FROM HOME" British Ministry of Information
"LIFE OF A THOROUGHBRED" Truman Talley, Producer
"NORWAY IN REVOLT" The March of Time
"A PLACE TO LIVE" Philadelphia Housing Association
"RUSSIAN SOIL" Amkino
"SOLDIERS OF THE SKY" Truman Talley, Producer
"WAR CLOUDS IN THE PACIFIC" National Film Board of Canada
"SERGEANT YORK" William Holmes - WINNER
"CITIZEN KANE" Robert Wise
"DR. JEKYLL AND MR. HYDE" Harold F. Kress
"HOW GREEN WAS MY VALLEY" James B. Clark
"THE LITTLE FOXES" Daniel Mandell
Walt Disney - WINNER
"ALL THAT MONEY CAN BUY" Bernard Herrmann - WINNER
"BACK STREET" Frank Skinner
"BALL OF FIRE" Alfred Newman
"CHEERS FOR MISS BISHOP" Edward Ward
"CITIZEN KANE" Bernard Herrmann
"DR. JEKYLL AND MR. HYDE" Franz Waxman
"HOLD BACK THE DAWN" Victor Young
"HOW GREEN WAS MY VALLEY" Alfred Newman
"KING OF THE ZOMBIES" Edward Kay
"LADIES IN RETIREMENT" Morris Stoloff, Ernst Toch
"THE LITTLE FOXES" Meredith Willson
"LYDIA" Miklos Rozsa
"MERCY ISLAND" Cy Feuer, Walter Scharf
"SERGEANT YORK" Max Steiner
"SO ENDS OUR NIGHT" Louis Gruenberg
"SUNDOWN" Miklos Rozsa
"SUSPICION" Franz Waxman
"TANKS A MILLION" Edward Ward
"THAT UNCERTAIN FEELING" Werner Heymann
"THIS WOMAN IS MINE" Richard Hageman
"DUMBO" Frank Churchill, Oliver Wallace - WINNER
"ALL-AMERICAN CO-ED" Edward Ward
"BIRTH OF THE BLUES" Robert Emmett Dolan
"BUCK PRIVATES" Charles Previn
"THE CHOCOLATE SOLDIER" Herbert Stothart, Bronislau Kaper
"ICE-CAPADES" Cy Feuer
"THE STRAWBERRY BLONDE" Heinz Roemheld
"SUN VALLEY SERENADE" Emil Newman
"SUNNY" Anthony Collins
"YOU'LL NEVER GET RICH" Morris Stoloff
"The Last Time I Saw Paris" in "Lady Be Good" Music by Jerome Kern; Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II - WINNER
"Baby Mine" in "Dumbo" Music by Frank Churchill; Lyrics by Ned Washington
"Be Honest With Me" in "Ridin' on a Rainbow" Music and Lyrics by Gene Autry and Fred Rose
"Blues In The Night" in "Blues in the Night" Music by Harold Arlen; Lyrics by Johnny Mercer
"Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy Of Company B" in "Buck Privates" Music by Hugh Prince; Lyrics by Don Raye
"Chattanooga Choo Choo" in "Sun Valley Serenade" Music by Harry Warren; Lyrics by Mack Gordon
"Dolores" in "Las Vegas Nights" Music by Lou Alter; Lyrics by Frank Loesser
"Out Of The Silence" in "All-American Co-Ed" Music and Lyrics by Lloyd B. Norlind
"Since I Kissed My Baby Goodbye" in "You'll Never Get Rich" Music and Lyrics by Cole Porter
"HOW GREEN WAS MY VALLEY" 20th Century-Fox - WINNER
"BLOSSOMS IN THE DUST" Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
"CITIZEN KANE" Mercury
"HERE COMES MR. JORDAN" Columbia
"HOLD BACK THE DAWN" Paramount
"THE LITTLE FOXES" Samuel Goldwyn Productions
"THE MALTESE FALCON" Warner Bros.
"ONE FOOT IN HEAVEN" Warner Bros.
"SERGEANT YORK" Warner Bros.
"SUSPICION" RKO Radio
"LEND A PAW" Walt Disney, Producer - WINNER
"BOOGIE WOOGIE BUGLE BOY OF COMPANY B" Walter Lantz, Producer
"HIAWATHA'S RABBIT HUNT" Leon Schlesinger, Producer
"HOW WAR CAME" Columbia
"THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS" Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
"RHAPSODY IN RIVETS" Leon Schlesinger, Producer
"RHYTHM IN THE RANKS" George Pal, Producer
"THE ROOKIE BEAR" Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
"SUPERMAN" Max Fleischer, Producer
"TRUANT OFFICER DONALD" Walt Disney, Producer
"OF PUPS AND PUZZLES" Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer - WINNER
"ARMY CHAMPIONS" Pete Smith, Producer
"BEAUTY AND THE BEACH" Paramount
"DOWN ON THE FARM" Paramount
"FORTY BOYS AND A SONG" Warner Bros.
"KINGS OF THE TURF" Warner Bros.
"SAGEBRUSH AND SILVER" 20th Century-Fox
"MAIN STREET ON THE MARCH!" Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer - WINNER
"ALIVE IN THE DEEP" Woodard Productions, Inc.
"FORBIDDEN PASSAGE" Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
"THE GAY PARISIAN" Warner Bros.
"THE TANKS ARE COMING" United States Army
"THAT HAMILTON WOMAN" General Service Sound Department, Jack Whitney, Sound Director - WINNER
"APPOINTMENT FOR LOVE" Universal Studio Sound Department, Bernard B. Brown, Sound Director
"BALL OF FIRE" Samuel Goldwyn Studio Sound Department, Thomas T. Moulton, Sound Director
"THE CHOCOLATE SOLDIER" Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio Sound Department, Douglas Shearer, Sound Director
"CITIZEN KANE" RKO Radio Studio Sound Department, John Aalberg, Sound Director
"THE DEVIL PAYS OFF" Republic Studio Sound Department, Charles Lootens, Sound Director
"HOW GREEN WAS MY VALLEY" 20th Century-Fox Studio Sound Department, E. H. Hansen, Sound Director
"THE MEN IN HER LIFE" Columbia Studio Sound Department, John Livadary, Sound Director
"SERGEANT YORK" Warner Bros. Studio Sound Department, Nathan Levinson, Sound Director
"SKYLARK" Paramount Studio Sound Department, Loren Ryder, Sound Director
"TOPPER RETURNS" Hal Roach Studio Sound Department, Elmer Raguse, Sound Director
"FANTASIA" Special Award - WINNER
"KUKAN" Special Award - WINNER
"TARGET FOR TONIGHT" Special Award - WINNER
"I WANTED WINGS" Photographic Effects by Farciot Edouart, Gordon Jennings; Sound Effects by Louis Mesenkop - WINNER
"ALOMA OF THE SOUTH SEAS" Photographic Effects by Farciot Edouart, Gordon Jennings; Sound Effects by Louis Mesenkop
"FLIGHT COMMAND" Photographic Effects by A. Arnold Gillespie; Sound Effects by Douglas Shearer
"THE INVISIBLE WOMAN" Photographic Effects by John Fulton; Sound Effects by John Hall
"THE SEA WOLF" Photographic Effects by Byron Haskin; Sound Effects by Nathan Levinson
"THAT HAMILTON WOMAN" Photographic Effects by Lawrence Butler; Sound Effects by William H. Wilmarth
"TOPPER RETURNS" Photographic Effects by Roy Seawright; Sound Effects by Elmer Raguse
"A YANK IN THE R.A.F." Photographic Effects by Fred Sersen; Sound Effects by E. H. Hansen
"CITIZEN KANE" Herman J. Mankiewicz, Orson Welles - WINNER
"THE DEVIL AND MISS JONES" Norman Krasna
"SERGEANT YORK" Abem Finkel, Harry Chandlee, Howard Koch, John Huston
"TALL, DARK AND HANDSOME" Karl Tunberg, Darrell Ware
"TOM, DICK AND HARRY" Paul Jarrico
"HERE COMES MR. JORDAN" Harry Segall - WINNER
"BALL OF FIRE" Billy Wilder, Thomas Monroe
"THE LADY EVE" Monckton Hoffe
"MEET JOHN DOE" Richard Connell, Robert Presnell
"NIGHT TRAIN" Gordon Wellesley
"HERE COMES MR. JORDAN" Sidney Buchman, Seton I. Miller - WINNER
"HOLD BACK THE DAWN" Charles Brackett, Billy Wilder
"HOW GREEN WAS MY VALLEY" Philip Dunne
"THE LITTLE FOXES" Lillian Hellman
"THE MALTESE FALCON" John Huston
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Here is a List of all the movies and TV shows about angels or being an angel.
This list is drawn from the second edition of "The New York Times Guide to the Best 1,000 Movies Ever Made" (St. Martin's Griffin, $24.95), edited by Peter M. Nichols and published in 2004. For additional information about the list, read Peter M. Nichols's preface, or A. O. Scott's introduction.
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