Based in New York, Criterion has released classic and contemporary films since 1984, giving each title a spine number and adding commentaries, essays and supplements. Many discs use new restorations it supervises, and 4K UHD releases began in November 2021. North American Blu-rays are Region A locked, with a smaller Region B UK line since 2016; Janus Films is a sister company, and Steven Rales has owned both since 2024.
Criterion
636 films on Best BluraysBest video release: 222 in 4K405 in HD9 in SD38 more for audio only19 more announced
Best 4K release by tier:
- Excellent141
- Solid55
- Superior Imports1
- Good Imports1
- Good in DV Only1
- Disappointing3
- Worse Than BD1
Films where Criterion's release is the pick. How picks are made
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Films where Criterion's release is the pick. How picks are made
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Best English-Friendly & Video:
Criterion Blu-ray
Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)
Video Notes:
Criterion much superior, in Classic Hitchcock boxset too, old HD transfer
Director: Youssef Chahine
Best English-Friendly & Video:
Criterion Blu-ray
Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)
Director: Michael Haneke
Best English-Friendly:
Criterion Blu-ray
Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)
Best Video:
Criterion 2k eclair scan
Director: Tod Browning
Best English-Friendly:
Criterion Blu-ray
Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)
Best Video:
Criterion Tod Browning's Sideshow Shockers boxset, 2k resto
Director: Hollis Frampton
Best English-Friendly:
Criterion Blu-ray
Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)
Best Video:
Criterion A Hollis Frampton Odyssey Blu-ray
Director: Ang Lee
Best English-Friendly:
Criterion Blu-ray
Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)
Best Video:
Criterion 4k scan 2k transfer
Director: Ingmar Bergman
Best English-Friendly:
Criterion Blu-ray
Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab) · DVDBeaver (opens in a new tab)
Best Video:
Video Notes:
Director: Orson Welles
Best English-Friendly:
Criterion Blu-ray
Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)
Best Video:
Criterion 4k resto
Director: Jean Renoir
Best English-Friendly:
Criterion DVD
Best Video:
StudioCanal France and Spain
Video Notes:
StudioCanal France and Spain have BDs
Director: Samuel Fuller
Best English-Friendly:
Criterion Blu-ray
Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)
Best Video:
Criterion HD transfer
Director: Jacques Demy
Best English-Friendly:
Criterion The Essential Jacques Demy set Blu-ray
Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)
Best Video:
Only in Criterion
Director: Jacques Tati
Best English-Friendly & Video:
Criterion Blu-ray
Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)
Upcoming Release:
StudioCanal 4K Blu-ray (part of Jacques Tati boxset releasing December 2026)
Director: Marcel Camus
Best English-Friendly & Video:
Criterion Blu-ray
Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)
Director: Pál Fejős
Best English-Friendly & Video:
Criterion Blu-ray
Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)
Best English-Friendly & Video:
Criterion Blu-ray
Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)
Director: Ted Wilde
Best English-Friendly:
Criterion Blu-ray
Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)
Best Video:
Criterion Blu-ray, 4K restoration
Director: Josef von Sternberg
Best English-Friendly & Video:
Criterion Blu-ray
Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)
Best English-Friendly & Video:
Criterion Essential Fellini Blu-ray
Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)
Director: Roman Polanski
Best English-Friendly:
Criterion Blu-ray
Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)
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