When Hannibal was coming out in theatres, I decided to pick up Silence of the Lambs on dvd. I saw it at Media Play for $40, where I went -eek-! Only later did I find out that I had opened an OOP CC. ;)

Armageddon

My first Criterion DVD was Hard Boiled, which was purchased back when it was still in print.

1) Robocop (after getting ripped off over at yahoo auctions for $25, I snagged myself one on eBay for less than that a couple months later)
2) Last Temptation of Christ
3) Chasing Amy (the 2-for-20 deal at BB)

I saw Royal Tenenbaums for $5 at Family Video and everything looked to be fine but I had zero $$$ with me, so I passed. Should I go back and see if it's still there? Haven't seen the movie, but for 5 bucks, sounds good, especially since it's a Criterion.

The Rock

Like FilmFanSea, I bought my first three Criterions at the same time. They are:

The Importance of Being Earnest
The Ruling Class
Yojimbo

Spinal Tap which I got for $12.49. It was my first online dvd purchase.

Second was Silence of the Lambs which I got from 800.com during the 3 for $1 promotion.

7 Sams

If I remember correctly, it's Notorious.

It's a toss up between For All Mankind and General Idi Amin Dada

rushmoreeeeeeee

Chasing Amy for me also....

second and final one thus far: Fear & Loathing

Hard Boiled

Either Hard Boiled or Brazil...I can't remember for sure.

armageddon from CH. :)

RoboCop
 

:hump: Ditto!

Seven Samurai

SOTL in Feb. 2001

Brazil, that i got from a shop who ordered it for me as i didn't have a Credit card back then. It took a month to arrive. This was back in summer 2000 and 3 DVD players ago ;)

In The Mood For Love

Chasing Amy, which also happens to be my favorite Criterion.

The Royal Tenenbaums

<b>THE THIRD MAN</b> - one of my top ten films of all time. (This also was one of the first VHS tapes I ever bought back in 1984.)

On DVD, it was Walkabout. On laserdisk, way back, Robocop.