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• 8½
• Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl
• Police Story
• The Long Goodbye
• Megalopolis
• Leningrad Cowboys Go America
• Basquiat
• Divorce Italian Style
• Persona
• The Fast and the Furious

...plus 14 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

Categories:
1. Watch a film from the CC40 Boxset - 81/2
2. Film From the Year You Were Born (1985) - Police Story
3. Directed by Robert Altman - The Long Goodbye
4. Your First Pick in the Criterion Closet (df) - Leningrad Cowboys Go America
4.5. Your First Pick in the Criterion Closet (Adrienne) - Persona
5. Great Soundtracks - Basquiat
6. John Turturro’s Adventures in Moviegoing - Divorce Italian Style
7. 1920s - Haxan
8. Watch a film that will be added to the physical collection in 2025 - Some Like It Hot
9. 1930s
10. Andrew Garfield’s Closet Picks
11. 1940s
12. Celine Song’s Top 10
13. 1950s
14. Watch a film from the Criterion Channel’s all time favourites lists
15. 1960s
16. Watch a film that is currently out of print from the physical collection
17. 1970s
18. William Friedkin’s Closet Picks
19. 1980s
20. Spine #451-499
21. 1990s
22. Documentary
23. 2000s
24. Janus Contemporaries
25. 2010s
26. Bill Hader’s Second Closet Picks
27. 2020s
28. Noir and Neonoir
29. All Time Top Criterion Closet Picks
30. Criterion Releases Never Picked in the Closet
31. North American Film
32. Ayo Edebiri’s Closet Picks
33. Wim Wenders’ Adventures in Moviegoing
34. South American Film
35. Random Number Generator
36. AAPI Filmmakers
37. Watch a film shorter than 80 minutes
38. European Film
39. Cult Movies
40. Isabella Rossellini’s Adventures in Moviegoing
41. Winona Ryder’s Closet Picks
42. African Film
43. John Carpenter’s Top 10
44. Horror
45. Asian Film
46. Dark Comedies
47. Rachel Kushner’s Adventures in Moviegoing
48. Australian film
49. Female Filmmakers
50. Ben Wheatley’s Closet Picks
51. A film by a director whose work you have not seen before
52. Watch any Criterion film from your watchlist

Categories Provided Here: letterboxd.jeux1001.com/benvsthemovies/list/the-criterion-challenge-2025/

• 8½
• Police Story
• The Long Goodbye
• Leningrad Cowboys Go America
• Persona
• Basquiat
• Divorce Italian Style
• Häxan
• Some Like It Hot
• The 39 Steps

...plus 4 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

• Batman & Robin
• Reality
• When the Cat Comes
• Best in Show
• Men in Black
• The Cat from Outer Space
• The Sandlot
• The Nice Guys
• The Cat Returns
• Mission: Impossible

...plus 98 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

• After the Thin Man
• The Maltese Falcon
• Vertigo
• The Birds
• Point Blank
• Bullitt
• The Love Bug
• Harold and Maude
• The Conversation
• 48 Hrs.

...plus 11 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

Loosely based on the Criterion Challenge 2024, but mostly our own categories. One movie per week:

1. Cat Movie - www.criterionchannel.com/cat-movies
2. Faves from Childhood 1 (movie df loved age 0-12)
3. Faves from Childhood 2 (movie Adrienne loved age 0-12)
4. Teen Angst Night 1 (movie df loved age 12-19)
5. Teen Angst Night 2 (movie Adrienne loved age 12-19)
6. Twenty-Somethings 1 (movie df loved age 20-29)
7. Twenty-Somethings 2 (movie Adrienne loved age 20-29)
8. 2014 Was a Decade Ago?!?! (movie from 2014)
9. Dirty 30s 1 (movie df loved age 30-38)
10. Dirty 30s 2 (movie Adrienne loved age 30-38)
11. Film from Scotland
12. Film from New Zealand
13. Soviet Film
14. Film from Burma
15. Starring Kirsten Dunst
16. Starring Bill Murray
17. Random Criterion Spine via Number Generator
18. Directed by Wes Anderson
19. Directed by Agnes Varda
20. Directed by Francis Ford Coppola
21. Directed by Sofia Coppola
22. Directed by Brian De Palma
23. Directed by Baz Lurman
24. Go To The Theatre (TBD)
25. Studio Ghibli
26. Movie Inspired by Work in Another Medium 1 (df’s pick)
27. Movie Inspired by Work in Another Medium 2 (Adrienne’s pick)
28. Technicolor
29. Noir Night
30. Documentary
31. Queer Cinema
32. Direct-to-Video
33. Naughty List
34. Food on Film
35. Director’s First Film
36. Charlie Day’s Closet Picks - letterboxd.jeux1001.com/benvsthemovies/list/charlie-days-closet-picks/
37. Aubrey Plaza’s Top 10 - www.criterion.com/current/top-10-lists/418-aubrey-plazas-top-10
38. Childhood crush movie 1 - df’s pick
39. Childhood crush movie 2 - Adrienne’s pick
40. Tunde Adebimpe’s Top 10 - www.criterion.com/current/top-10-lists/295-tunde-adebimpes-top-10
41. Criterion Sci-Fi - letterboxd.jeux1001.com/tediously_brief/list/criterion-collection-science-fiction/
42. Films with Notable Soundtracks 1 - df’s choice
43. Films with Notable Soundtracks 2 - Adrienne’s choice
44. 70s Action Thriller
45. Missed Movie from 2023 List - df’s pick
46. Missed Movie from 2023 List - Adrienne’s pick
47. Star Trek Movie
48. SNL
49. Film From Your Watchlist - df’s pick
50. Film From Your Watchlist - Adrienne’s pick
51. Top Movies of All Time List - df’s pick
52. Top Movies of All Time List - Adrienne’s pick

• When the Cat Comes
• The Sandlot
• Mission: Impossible
• Empire Records
• Ghost World
• Lars and the Real Girl
• When Harry Met Sally...
• Mystery Train
• Whiplash
• Sorry to Bother You

...plus 43 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

• Into Eternity: A Film for the Future
• Virunga
• Burma VJ: Reporting from a Closed Country
• Trouble the Water
• Paris Is Burning
• The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975
• 13th
• The Act of Killing
• Black Panthers
• HOMECOMING: A film by Beyoncé

...plus 46 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

• The President's Analyst
• The Chase
• Terri
• Days of Heaven
• Le Samouraï
• Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai
• Barefoot in the Park
• Spirits of the Dead
• Cat Ballou
• Circle of Love

...plus 67 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

Copied from BFI:
www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-sound/greatest-films-all-time

1. Jeanne Dielman, 23, quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles
2. Vertigo
3. Citizen Kane
4. Tokyo Story
5. In the Mood for Love
6. 2001: A Space Odyssey
7. Beau Travail
8. Mulholland Drive
9. Man with a Movie Camera
10. Singin' in the Rain

...plus 254 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

• Village of the Damned
• Harold and Maude
• Alien
• Raiders of the Lost Ark
• Ghostbusters
• The Breakfast Club
• Back to the Future
• Scrooged
• Ghostbusters II
• Dick Tracy

...plus 190 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

• A Clockwork Orange
• The Graduate
• Bonnie and Clyde
• Fahrenheit 451
• Pierrot le Fou
• Cléo from 5 to 7
• West Side Story
• The Seventh Seal
• Bicycle Thieves
• The Great Dictator

...plus 58 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

• Elena and Her Men
• Junebug
• Alphaville
• Yi Yi
• Decision to Leave
• Party Girl
• Kiki's Delivery Service
• Ossos
• La Promesse
• Exotica

...plus 67 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

• Little Fugitive
• Breathless
• Zazie dans le Métro
• A Woman Is a Woman
• Vivre Sa Vie
• The Bakery Girl of Monceau
• Suzanne’s Career
• Contempt
• Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
• La Collectionneuse

...plus 101 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

• Doctor Chance
• L'Animale
• Homemad(e)
• Apocalypse After
• Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives
• Pressing On: The Letterpress Film
• Jane B. by Agnès V.
• Love on the Run
• Carlos
• An Education

...plus 11 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

CATEGORIES
1. Random Number Generator (#244)
2. Made in Belgium
3. Made in Taiwan
4. Made in Canada
5. Made in Portugal
6. Animals in the Collection
7. Films To Fall Asleep To
8. Black Music Films
9. Black Lives Collection
10. Heartbreak Heaven: Films to Watch When You’re Questioning Love
11. Criterion Double Features - Film #1
12. Criterion Double Features - Film #2
13. Danny Peary’s “Guide for the Film Fanatic”
14. Sundance Hits
15. Early Women Filmmakers
16. Independent American Cinema
17. Dysfunctional Families
18. Food on Film
19. Faith on Film
20. Tearjerkers
21. British Realism
22. Wilco’s Closet Picks
23. Gaspar Noé’s Closet Picks
24. Alicia Malone’s Closet Picks
25. Laurie Anderson’s Closet Picks
26. Bong Joon-ho’s Top 10
27. Sonic Youth’s Top 10
28. Jane Campion’s Top 10
29. Allison Anders’s Top 10
30. Directed by Carl Dreyer
31. Directed by Melvin Van Peebles
32. Directed by Marlon Riggs
33. Directed by Keisuke Kinoshita
34. Starring Tatsuya Nakadai
35. Genre: Fantasy
36. Genre: Action/Adventure
37. Genre: Crime
38. Watch a film with a spine #201-350 (#288)
39. Watch a film with a spine #800-950 (#855)
40. Watch a film with a rating 3.0 or lower
41. 1920s
42. 1930s
43. 1940s
44. 1950s
45. 1960s
46. 1970s
47. 1980s
48. 1990s
49. 2000s
50. 2010s
51. 2020s
52. Any Criterion film on your watchlist

• Elena and Her Men
• La Promesse
• Yi Yi
• Exotica
• Ossos
• House
• In the Mood for Love
• Trances
• Black Is… Black Ain’t
• Desert Hearts

...plus 42 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

• Nine to Five
• Koyaanisqatsi
• Stranger Than Paradise
• Stranger Than Paradise
• Down by Law
• Blue Velvet
• Cycling the Frame
• Heathers
• Mystery Train
• Paris Is Burning

...plus 62 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

• Vertigo
• Shadow of a Doubt
• Rope
• Rear Window
• Margot at the Wedding
• The Man Who Knew Too Much
• The Last Days of Disco
• Paris Is Burning
• Late Night
• The Daytrippers

...plus 44 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

The Criterion Challenge 2022

• Tampopo
• The ion of Joan of Arc
• M
• Late Spring
• Hiroshima Mon Amour
• Belle de Jour
• Opening Night
• Paris, Texas
• The Last Days of Disco
• Margot at the Wedding

...plus 42 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

• Sans Soleil
• Make Way for Tomorrow
• The White Sheik
• Rushmore
• The Earrings of Madame de...
• The Battle of Algiers
• The Double Life of Véronique
• The Browning Version
• Dazed and Confused
• White Dog

...plus 74 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

• Juliet, Naked
• Nostalgia for the Light
• The Elephant Man
• Little Fugitive
• Breathless
• Zazie dans le Métro
• A Woman Is a Woman
• Vivre Sa Vie
• The Bakery Girl of Monceau
• Suzanne’s Career

...plus 81 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.