Canonical List

💿Criterion Collection — Top Spine

The first 100 spine numbers of the Criterion Collection — curated foundations of world cinema

56 matched films

#1
Grand Illusion

Grand Illusion

La grande illusion

19378.1

Jean Renoir

DramaWar
8.1
#2
Seven Samurai

Seven Samurai

Shichinin no samurai

19548.6

Akira Kurosawa

ActionDramaAuteur
8.6
#3
The Lady Vanishes

The Lady Vanishes

19387.7

Alfred Hitchcock

CrimeDramaMystery
7.7
#4
Amarcord

Amarcord

19737.8

Federico Fellini

ComedyDramaAuteur
7.8
#5
The 400 Blows

The 400 Blows

Les quatre cents coups

19598.0

François Truffaut

CrimeDramaAuteur
MUBI
MUBI
8.0
#6
Beauty and the Beast

Beauty and the Beast

La Belle et la Bête

19467.9

Jean Cocteau, René Clément

DramaFantasyRomance
7.9
#7
A Night to Remember

A Night to Remember

19587.9

Roy Ward Baker

DramaHistory
7.9
#8
The Killer

The Killer

Dip huet seung hung

19897.7

John Woo

ActionCrimeDrama
7.7
#10
Walkabout

Walkabout

19717.6

Nicolas Roeg

AdventureDrama
7.6
#11
The Seventh Seal

The Seventh Seal

Det sjunde inseglet

19578.1

Ingmar Bergman

DramaFantasyAuteur
8.1
#12
This Is Spinal Tap

This Is Spinal Tap

19847.9
ComedyMusic
7.9
#13
The Silence of the Lambs

The Silence of the Lambs

19918.6

Jonathan Demme

CrimeDramaHorror
MUBIMax
MUBIMax
8.6
#15
Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island

Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island

Miyamoto Musashi kanketsu-hen: Kettô Ganryû-jima

19567.5

Hiroshi Inagaki

ActionAdventureBiography
7.5
#22
Hobson's Choice

Hobson's Choice

19547.7

David Lean

ComedyDramaRomance
7.7
#24
High and Low

High and Low

Tengoku to jigoku

19638.4

Akira Kurosawa

CrimeDramaMysteryAuteur
8.4
#25
Band of Outsiders

Band of Outsiders

Bande à part

19647.6

Jean-Luc Godard

ComedyCrimeDramaAuteur
7.6
#26
The Long Good Friday

The Long Good Friday

19807.5

John Mackenzie

CrimeDramaMystery
7.5
#30
M

M

M - Eine Stadt sucht einen Mörder

19318.3

Fritz Lang

CrimeMysteryThriller
8.3
#31
Great Expectations

Great Expectations

19467.8

David Lean

AdventureDramaMystery
7.8
#32
Oliver Twist

Oliver Twist

19487.8

David Lean

Drama
7.8
#34
Andrei Rublev

Andrei Rublev

Andrey Rublyov

19668.0

Andrei Tarkovsky

BiographyDramaHistoryAuteur
8.0
#35
Diabolique

Diabolique

Les diaboliques

19558.1

Henri-Georges Clouzot

CrimeDramaHorror
8.1
#36
The Wages of Fear

The Wages of Fear

Le salaire de la peur

19538.1

Henri-Georges Clouzot

AdventureDramaThriller
8.1
#44
The Red Shoes

The Red Shoes

19488.1

Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger

DramaMusicRomance
8.1
#45
Taste of Cherry

Taste of Cherry

Ta'm e guilass

19977.7

Abbas Kiarostami

DramaAuteur
7.7
#49
Nights of Cabiria

Nights of Cabiria

Le notti di Cabiria

19578.1

Federico Fellini

DramaAuteur
MUBI
MUBI
8.1
#51
Brazil

Brazil

19857.8

Terry Gilliam

DramaSci-FiThriller
Max
Max
7.8
#52
Yojimbo

Yojimbo

Yôjinbô

19618.2

Akira Kurosawa

ActionDramaThrillerAuteur
8.2
#53
Sanjuro

Sanjuro

Tsubaki Sanjûrô

19628.0

Akira Kurosawa

ActionDramaThrillerAuteur
8.0
#54
For All Mankind

For All Mankind

19898.1

Al Reinert

DocumentaryHistory
8.1
#56
The 39 Steps

The 39 Steps

19357.6

Alfred Hitchcock

CrimeMysteryThriller
7.6
#57
Charade

Charade

19637.8

Stanley Donen

ComedyMysteryRomance
7.8
#58
Peeping Tom

Peeping Tom

19607.6

Michael Powell

DramaHorrorThriller
7.6
#60
Autumn Sonata

Autumn Sonata

Höstsonaten

19788.1

Ingmar Bergman

DramaMusicAuteur
8.1
#61
Monty Python's Life of Brian

Monty Python's Life of Brian

19798.0
Comedy
8.0
#62
The Passion of Joan of Arc

The Passion of Joan of Arc

La passion de Jeanne d'Arc

19288.1

Carl Theodor Dreyer

BiographyDramaHistoryAuteur
8.1
#64
The Third Man

The Third Man

19498.1

Carol Reed

DramaFilm-NoirMystery
8.1
#65
Rushmore

Rushmore

19987.6

Wes Anderson

ComedyDramaRomanceAuteur
7.6
#68
Orpheus

Orpheus

Orphée

19507.8

Jean Cocteau

DramaFantasyRomance
7.8
#70
The Last Temptation of Christ

The Last Temptation of Christ

19887.5

Martin Scorsese

DramaAuteur
7.5
#71
Scenes from a Marriage

Scenes from a Marriage

Scener ur ett äktenskap

19748.3

Ingmar Bergman

DramaAuteur
8.3
#73
Cleo from 5 to 7

Cleo from 5 to 7

Cléo de 5 à 7

19627.8

Agnès Varda

ComedyDramaMusicAuteur
MUBI
MUBI
7.8
#74
Vagabond

Vagabond

Sans toit ni loi

19857.6

Agnès Varda

DramaAuteur
7.6
#76
Brief Encounter

Brief Encounter

19458.0

David Lean

DramaRomance
8.0
#82
Hamlet

Hamlet

19487.5

Laurence Olivier

Drama
7.5
#84
Good Morning

Good Morning

Ohayô

19597.8

Yasujirô Ozu

ComedyDramaFamily
7.8
#85
Pygmalion

Pygmalion

19387.7

Anthony Asquith, Leslie Howard

ComedyDramaRomance
7.7
#87
Alexander Nevsky

Alexander Nevsky

Aleksandr Nevskiy

19387.5

Sergei Eisenstein, Dmitriy Vasilev

ActionBiographyDramaAuteur
7.5
#88
Ivan the Terrible, Part I

Ivan the Terrible, Part I

Ivan Groznyy

19447.6

Sergei Eisenstein

BiographyDramaHistoryAuteur
7.6
#90
Kwaidan

Kwaidan

Kaidan

19647.9

Masaki Kobayashi

DramaFantasyHorror
7.9
#93
Black Narcissus

Black Narcissus

19477.7

Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger

Drama
7.7
#94
A Matter of Life and Death

A Matter of Life and Death

19468.0

Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger

DramaFantasyRomance
8.0
#95
All That Heaven Allows

All That Heaven Allows

19557.6

Douglas Sirk

DramaRomance
7.6
#97
Do the Right Thing

Do the Right Thing

19897.9

Spike Lee

ComedyDramaAuteur
MUBI
MUBI
7.9
#98
L'Avventura

L'Avventura

L'avventura

19607.7

Michelangelo Antonioni

DramaMysteryRomanceAuteur
7.7
#99
Gimme Shelter

Gimme Shelter

19707.8

Albert Maysles, David Maysles, Charlotte Zwerin

DocumentaryMusicThriller
7.8