Channel Collections

Themed collections currently programmed on the Criterion Channel. Sourced from rpeters on Letterboxd, who maintains a public list per collection.

October 2026

8 collections · all streaming

Possessions

9 films

9/9

Made-for-TV Terror

4 films

4/4

Directed by Kiyoshi Kurosawa

12 films

12/12

Highway Horror

15 films

15/15

Unwelcome Guests

11 films

11/11

Directed by Dario Argento

5 films

5/5

Directed by Mike De Leon

4 films

4/4

Directed by Bruce LaBruce

3 films

3/3

September 2026

13 collections · 92% streaming

Directed by Abel Ferrara

20 films

18/20

Neon Genesis Evangelion

28 films

28/28

Girl Bands!

11 films

10/11

Starring Madonna

3 films

3/3

The Craft of Acting: Paul Dano

3 films

3/3

Three Films by Hiroshi Teshigahara

3 films

3/3

Penance

5 films

None streaming

Directed by Susan Seidelman

5 films

5/5

Directed by Carla Simón

2 films

2/2

Directed by Shohei Imamura

12 films

12/12

Robert A. Nakamura

4 films

4/4

Three Short Films by Darol Olu Kae

3 films

3/3

Documentaries by Abel Ferrara

3 films

3/3

August 2026

9 collections · 84% streaming

Three Short Films by Neo Sora

3 films

3/3

Directed by Julien Duvivier

11 films

11/11

Directed by Ringo Lam

7 films

7/7

Two Oscar-Winning Documentaries by Barbara Kopple

2 films

2/2

W. Somerset Maugham Anthology Films

3 films

3/3

James Baldwin On-Screen

5 films

5/5

Desert Trips

4 films

2/4

Southern Gothic

14 films

7/14

Rock Biopics That Don’t Suck

13 films

12/13

July 2026

11 collections · 47% streaming

Ninón Sevilla: Queen of the Mexican Cabaret

4 films

4/4

Two Black Comedies by Joel Potrykus

2 films

2/2

The Prisoner

17 films

None streaming

Short Films by by Onyeka Igwe

7 films

7/7

Desire, Death, and Samsara: The Films of Khyentse Norbu

3 films

3/3

Directed by Jonathan Demme

4 films

None streaming

Two Films by Terry Zwigoff and Daniel Clowes

2 films

None streaming

Daniel Clowes’s Adventures in Moviegoing

4 films

4/4

BlackStar Film Festival Presents

14 films

14/14

Murderous Melodramas

14 films

None streaming

Starring Harry Dean Stanton

18 films

8/18

June 2026

11 collections · 85% streaming

LGBTQ+ Shorts

LGBTQ+

30 films

30/30

Two Films by Daniel Peddle

documentary · LGBTQ+

2 films

2/2

Gary Hustwit: Documentary by Design

documentary

5 films

5/5

Directed by Eric Rohmer

france · new wave

18 films

18/18

Alex Cox’s Punk Provocations

4 films

2/4

John Waters’ Adventures in Moviegoing

5 films

5/5

LGBTQ+ Favorites

LGBTQ+

29 films

29/29

Weddings

theme

8 films

4/8

Starring Courtney Love

actor · united states

6 films

3/6

James Bond

3 films

None streaming

Odysseys

theme

7 films

1/7

May 2026

7 collections · 54% streaming

The Bill Douglas Trilogy

director

3 films

3/3

Three by the Ross Brothers

director · documentary

3 films

2/3

Directed by Kimi Takesue: Crossings and Encounters

director

11 films

11/11

You Don’t Get Freedom, You Take Freedom: Caribbean Activist Cinema

7 films

7/7

David Chase’s Adventures in Moviegoing

5 films

5/5

Office Romances

romance · theme

9 films

None streaming

’80s Remakes (and Their Originals!)

theme

18 films

2/18

April 2026

1 collection · all streaming

Emile de Antonio’s Cold War Counterculture

director · documentary

8 films

8/8