This is Spinal Tap

After that, the floodgates opened...

Seven Samurai
Rushmore
Samurai I
The Seventh Seal

...were probably the next few.

Robocop - I had wanted to see the x-rated version of this when the movie first came out. And as luck would have it, when I was robbed, it was one of the few discs I didn't lose since it is now OOP.

Brazil, of course.

Seven Samurai was the first one i bought.. now i have somewhere between half a dozen and ten Criterions. i'd surely have a lot more than that if only they didn't cost so much.. some of the releases are ridiculously priced.

First CC Laser: Monty Python and the Holy Grail
First CC DVD: Brazil

Beauty and the Beast

Believe it or not. About a year of two before we even knew what Criterion was we purchased RoboCop and Sid and Nancy!

By the time we got into the collection these two were already OOP

Talk about luck

Armageddon

Rushmore

Chasing Amy also.

The Passion of Joan of Arc

Notorious

Seven Samurai - First Release here, as well!

Silence of the Lambs

Peeping Tom

"Last Temptation of Christ". Pure genius.

Seven Samuraii....

Then... every Akira Kurosawa Criterion there is.

Armageddon. My g/f likes the film, so I figured if we were going to own it let's at least have the ultimate version.

Walkabout, back in mid-'98.

Armageddon

Armageddon
Chasing Amy
Do the Right Thing
The Rock
Silence of the Lambs

in that order if i recall

Pre-ordered, now out of print:

Mon Oncle
Playtime

Robocop

Chasing Amy.

Only other one I own is Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas.

My first was Chasing Amy. The only other one I own is The Royal Tannembaums. It's a sad existence I know.