We asked director Rian Johnson, whose “high school noir” Brick was one of the most acclaimed films of 2006, what his favorite Criterion releases were. Johnson wrote to us: “I'm a huge Criterion fan. My first exposure to many of my favorite films came from Criterion laserdiscs back in college, and today I seriously follow your new releases the way most people follow bands.”
Biography via Criterion.
The List
1
8½
Federico Fellini
1963
139 min
2
Brazil
UnavailableTerry Gilliam
1985
143 min
3
F for Fake
Orson Welles
1975
89 min
4
Amarcord
Federico Fellini
1973
123 min
5
Fanny and Alexander: Television Version
Ingmar Bergman
1983
6
Monsieur Hulot’s Holiday
Jacques Tati
1953
87 min
7
Scenes from a Marriage
Ingmar Bergman
1973
8
The Third Man
UnavailableCarol Reed
1949
105 min
9
The Bad Sleep Well
Akira Kurosawa
1960
150 min
10
Down by Law
Jim Jarmusch
1986
106 min