Bill Hader is a Saturday Night Live cast member and has appeared in the films Superbad, Pineapple Express, Adventureland, and Paul, among others. In compiling his top ten Criterion editions, Hader says, “I couldn’t pick ten . . . sorry. So I programmed Criterion double features, which is what I tend to do on Sunday nights anyway.”
Biography via Criterion.
The List
1tie
High and Low
Akira Kurosawa
1963
142 min
1tie
Stray Dog
Akira Kurosawa
1949
122 min
2tie
Good Morning
Yasujiro Ozu
1959
94 min
2tie
George Washington
David Gordon Green
2000
90 min
3tie
The Hit
Stephen Frears
1984
98 min
3tie
Mona Lisa
Neil Jordan
1986
105 min
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Dazed and Confused
UnavailableRichard Linklater
1993
102 min
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Bottle Rocket
UnavailableWes Anderson
1996
91 min
5tie
Repulsion
UnavailableRoman Polanski
1965
105 min
5tie
Sisters
Brian De Palma
1973
93 min
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The Earrings of Madame de . . .
Max Ophuls
1953
105 min
6tie
Le plaisir
Max Ophuls
1952
97 min
7tie
Down by Law
Jim Jarmusch
1986
106 min
7tie
Le doulos
UnavailableJean-Pierre Melville
1962
108 min
8tie
Ace in the Hole
UnavailableBilly Wilder
1951
111 min
8tie
Sullivan’s Travels
Preston Sturges
1941
91 min
9tie
The Thin Red Line
UnavailableTerrence Malick
1998
171 min
9tie
The Steel Helmet
Samuel Fuller
1951
85 min
10tie
Monty Python’s Life of Brian
UnavailableTerry Jones
1979
94 min
10tie
This Is Spinal Tap
UnavailableRob Reiner
1984
82 min