2 Seven Samurai
23 RoboCop
37 Time Bandits
40 Armageddon
51 Brazil
52 Yojimbo
53 Sanjuro
61 Life of Brian
75 Chasing Amy
105 Spartacus
116 Hidden Fortress
138 Rashomon
140 8 1/2

Seven Samurai
The Lady Vanishes
The Killer
This Is Spinal Tap
The Silence of the Lambs (also own the MGM version)
Sid & Nancy
Dead Ringers
Time Bandits
Armageddon
Brazil
Yojimbo
Sanjuro
The Unbearable Lightness of Being
The 39 Steps
Charade
Peeping Tom
Monty Python's Life of Brian
Carnival of Souls
The Third Man
Rushmore
Jean Cocteau's Orphic Trilogy:
The Blood of a Poet
Orpheus
Testament of Orpheus
The Last Temptation of Christ
Vagabond
Chasing Amy
Good Morning
Pygmalion
Kwaidan
The Blob
Black Narcissus
Double Suicide
Spartacus
Coup de Torchon
The Rock
The Scarlet Empress
M. Hulot's Holiday
Mon Oncle
Playtime
Big Deal on Madonna Street
My Man Godfrey
Rififi
The Hidden Fortress
Withnail and I
How to Get Ahead in Advertising
The Ruling Class
The Vanishing
Haxan
Rebecca
Spellbound
Notorious
Rashomon
Traffic
Tokyo Olympiad
The Royal Tenenbaums
Under the Roofs of Paris
Ratcatcher
Man Bites Dog
Down By Law
The Complete Monterey Pop Festival:
Monterey Pop
Jimi Plays Monterey / Shake! Otis at Monterey
The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp

I have all of them. I usually just preorder them as they're announced and am pleasantly surprised when they show up. I haven't watched all of them yet (nearly there), but I can say that I have only been disappointed by a select few. I know that a lot of people in this forum offer criticism toward those of us who buy the DVDs just because of the Criterion name, and to be honest, there was a time when I would have agreed with you. But this company has proven itself time and again with release after release of outstanding caliber, that I have grown to trust their releases, whether or not I'm familiar with the film.

on DVD:

Insomnia (1997)
Walkabout
Silence Of The Lambs
The Rock
Hard-Boiled
Rushmore
The Royal Tenenbaums
Man Bites Dog


on Laserdisc:

Bram Stoker's Dracula (CAV)
Bodies, Rest and Motion
Hard-Boiled (CAV)
The Killer (CAV)
Pulp Fiction (CAV)
Silence Of THe Lambs
Seven (CAV)
Boyz in The Hood
Monty Python & The Holy Grail
Ghostbusters (CAV)
Blade Runner
Halloween
Robocop
Supercop
Crash
Chasing Amy

2 Seven Samurai
64 The Third Man
65 Rushmore
75 Chasing Amy
108 The Rock
157 The Royal Tenenbaums

I have to agree with boogie. Criterion is a great company for producing great DVDs with great extras becuase of the preservationist attitude they exert toward all their films. But are all their films worth having? Maybe not.

However, I enjoy their product and moderation is always good since its not just the case you want but the thrill and awe of watching a great film or that one great scene that you just can't live without watching once and a while. Many of my Criterions come from my memories of watching these films as a preteen or teenager with both my parents encouraging me to use my imagination, be it Gone With The Wind or Godzilla.

My collection (I have a passion for Hitchcock, Lean, and Powell & Pressberger you'll see):

1. Grand Illusion
3. The Lady Vanishes
7. A Night To Remember
21. Dead Ringers
22. Summertime
30. M
31. Great Expectations
33. Nanook of The North
36. Wages of Fear
44. The Red Shoes
54. For All Mankind
55. The Unbearable Lightness of Being
56. The 39 Steps
57. Charade
58. Peeping Tom
62. The Passion of Joan of Arc
64. The Third Man
75. Chasing Amy
76. Brief Encounter
85. Pygmalion
93. Black Narcissus
94. I Know Where I'm Going!
97. Do The Right Thing
103. The Lady Eve
105. Spartacus
114. My Man Godfrey
118. Sullivan's Travels
135. Rebecca
136. Spellbound
137. Notorious
155. Tokyo Olympiad
157. The Royal Tenenbaums

037 - Time Bandits
040 - Armageddon
051 - Brazil

Here is my little list of Criterions

2. The Seven Samurai
8. The Killer
9. Hard Boiled
13. Silence of the Lambs
14. Samurai I
15. Samurai II
16. Samurai III
47. Insomnia
52. Yojimbo
53. Sanjuro
116. The Hidden Fotress
138. Roshomon
159. Red Beard

As you see I am a Kurosawa/Mifune fan. I am about to order High and Low to add to my collection. I wish "Once Were Warriors" was out on DVD...

I have a small collection of Criterions.
1. Traffic
2. Amrageddon
3. The Rock
4. Chasing Amy

The only two I have are

The Rock
Armaggedeon

Those are the only two I have any interest in except maybe Chasing Amy, but I have that one on Laser.I would not mind Robocop, but I dont think they even offered it with a DTS track, where it was available on on of the other previous releases, and Im sorry but Id rather have the movie in DTS than a Criterion in Dolby Surround.

Is there a reason you bought them all up to 73 and then stopped? No need to answer if the reason is too personal; I'm just curious.

Severely lacking. . .

Beastie Boys Video Anthology
How to Get Ahead in Advertising
The Silence of the Lambs
Spartacus

Okay, added 2 more yesterday while checking out the used bins.

The Unbearable Lightness of Being
Rushmore

Some of my all-time favorite movies are on Criterion (The Third man, Sullivan's Travels, My Man Godfrey)

The 39 Steps
Amarcord
Armageddon
The Bank Dick
Beastie Boys Video Anthology
Black Narcissus
Brazil
Brief Encounter
Carnival of Souls
Charade
Chasing Amy
Coup de torchon
Dead Ringers
Do the Right Thing
The Element of Crime
Grand Illusion
Great Expectations
Hamlet
The Hidden Fortress
The Horse's Mouth
Insomnia
Kwaidan
The Lady Vanishes
Life of Brian - Monty Python's
The Long Good Friday
M
M. Hulot's Holiday
The Most Dangerous Game
My Man Godfrey
Notorious
Playtime
Rebecca
Rififi
RoboCop
The Rock
The Royal Tenenbaums
The Ruling Class
Rushmore
Sanjuro
Seven Samurai
The Seventh Seal
Silence of the Lambs
Spartacus
Sullivan's Travels
The Third Man
The Unbearable Lightness of Being
The Vanishing
Yojimbo

The only titles that I don't really care for are Chasing Amy and Amarcord

Recently I've made an effort to expand my Criterions. I've doubled my collection in the last month or two.

As soon as my Solaris preorder order ships...

Silence of the Lambs
Brazil
Rushmore
Royal Tenenbaums
Chasing Amy
Life of Brian
The Rock
Traffic
Solaris
The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp
Down by Law
Charade
The 39 Steps
The Third Man

The Rock
Amargeddon
RoboCop

Oh, those weren't spine numbers on my list. They were just... counting numbers. Sorry for any confusion.

Good question though. I mean, why would someone buy only the first group of these. And especially as curious a number as 73...

Somehow, I feel like I missed an opportunity to make up a really great story here. If someone else would like to do it for me, feel free.

My CC list:


Rashomon
Seven Samurai
Yojimbo
Sanjuro
Kwaidan
Silence of the lamb
Hard-boiled
In the mood for love
Traffic
Royal Tenenbaum

I only have Robocop and The Rock.

Did the Criterion of Robocop have a DTS or DD 5.1 track or is it just DD surround?

Robocop did (and still does) only have a Dolby surround track, and it's non-anamorphic. But it's still good.

8 1/2
Alphaville
Armaggedon
Branded to Kill
Brazil
Carnival of Souls
Chasing Amy
Cries and Whispers
Element of Crime, The
Hardboiled
The Hidden Fortress
Insomnia
Killer, The
Life of Brian, The
Long Good Friday, The
Lord of the Flies
Mona Lisa
Most Dangerous Game, The
Robocop
Rock, The
Seven Samurai
Silence of the Lambs, The
Sisters
Third Man, The
Vanishing, The
Yojimbo

Putting together that list, I realized that is a nice set of dark movies. My favorites are The Third Man and Element of Crime, and The Vanishing is excellent as well. They're all good, but my Criterion collecting has been on hold this year due to Neo*Geo (expensive!).

I have a whopping total of 2 Criterions:

Sisters & Chasing Amy. I definitely want the Hitchcock ones also.

I couldn't agree with you more. I can't think of a bad criterion off the top of my head.
I only wish I had them all. I'm currently collecting them at a rate of 6 a month and hopefully I will have completed this obsession, uh.... collection, by the end of next year.
My List:
Seven Samurai<-----------top 5 film
The Lady Vanishes
Walkabout
The Seventh Seal <---------top 5 film
Silence of the Lambs
Samurai I
Samurai II
Samurai III
Salo
Shock Corridor
Sid and Nancy
Dead Ringers
Summertime
Robocop
Alphaville
Blood for Dracula
Flesh for Frankenstine <------------ least favorite so far
Picnic at hanging Rock <------- top 5 film (amazing film)
M
Diabolique
Time Bandits
Branded to Kill
Tokyo Drifter
Fishing with John
Insomnia
Nights of Cabiria
Brazil
Yojimbo
Sanjuro
The Unbearable Lightness of Being
Charade
Peeping Tom<---------top 5
Life of Brian - Monty Python's
Carnival of Souls
Rushmore
The Last Temptation of Christ <---- I have 2 of these if any one is
Vagabond interested
Chasing Amy
The Bank Dick
The Element of Crime
Good Morning
Pygmalion
Kwaidan
The Blob
All That Heaven Allows
Gimme Shelter<-----------------on the way
The Scarlet Empress
Withnail and I
How to Get Ahead in Advertising
Billy Liar
Salesman<---------------------on the way
Le Trou<------------------------free from yourfreedvds.com
Closely Watched Trains<----also free
The Ruling Class
The Vanishing
Haxan<-------------------------- top 5 film (I perfer the 2nd version)
Notorious<---------------yourfreedvds helped me on this on too
Rashomon<--------------on the way
8 1/2
Juliet of the Spirits
Bob le Flambeur
General Idi Amin Dada
The Horse's Mouth
The Royal Tenenbaums
Under the Roofs of Paris
Ratcatcher
Hopscotch
Man Bites Dog
Down by Law
The Complete Monterey Pop Festival<---I have one to trade if
anyone is interested

I feel much better after sharing this and I'm sure everyone will buy me the missing movies from this collection for Christmas.
Just e-mail me and I'll give you the address to send to.
No need to gift wrap.


HAPPY THANKSGIVING EVERYONE!

Grand Illusion
Seven Samurai
Beauty and the Beast
A Night to Remember
The Killer
Hard Boiled
Walkabout
The Seventh Seal
This Is Spinal Tap
The Silence of the Lambs
Samurai I
Samurai II
Samurai III
Sid & Nancy
Dead Ringers
RoboCop
The Long Good Friday
Picnic At Hanging Rock
Armageddon
Fishing with John
Insomnia
Nights of Cabiria
Brazil
Yojimbo
Sanjuro
For All Mankind
The Unbearable Lightness of Being
Charade
Peeping Tom
The Third Man
Rushmore
The Last Temptation of Christ
The Element of Crime
The Harder They Come
Black Narcissus
Do the Right Thing
Gimmie Shelter
Beastie Boys Anthology
Cries and Whispers
The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie
The Lady Eve
Mona Lisa
The Rock
M. Hulot's Holiday
Rififi
The Hidden Fortress
Sullivan's travels
Salesman
Carl Theodore Dreyer Collection
Le Trou
The Shop on Main Street
The Ruling Class
Rebecca
Spellbound
Notorious
Rashomon
Wild Strawberries
8 1/2
Children of Paradise
The Last Wave
That Obscure Object of Desire
The Firemans Ball
In the Mood for Love
Juliet of the Spirits
Bob le Flambeur
Traffic
George Washington
General Idi Amin Dada
Tokyo Olympiad
Hearts and Minds
The Royal Tenenbaums

Thinking about getting rid of some of the titles I never watch so that I can buy Monterey Pop, Down by Law, and Solaris.