Movies: Criterion
- 1954
The Crucified Lovers (1954)
The Crucified Lovers7.81954HD
When the wife of a 17th century Kyoto scroll-maker is falsely accused of having an affair with his best employee, the pair flee the city and find themselves falling for one another....
- 1963
The Leopard (1963)
The Leopard7.71963HD
As Garibaldi's troops begin the unification of Italy in the 1860s, an aristocratic Sicilian family grudgingly adapts to the sweeping social changes undermining their way of life. Proud but pragmatic Prince Don Fabrizio Salina allows his war hero neph...
- 1994
Three Colors: Red (1994)
Three Colors: Red7.91994HD
Part-time model Valentine unexpectedly befriends a retired judge after she runs over his dog. At first, the grumpy man shows no concern about the dog, and Valentine decides to keep it. But the two form a bond when she returns to his house and catches...
- 1965
Pierrot le Fou (1965)
Pierrot le Fou7.41965HD
Pierrot escapes his boring society and travels from Paris to the Mediterranean Sea with Marianne, a girl chased by hit-men from Algeria. They lead an unorthodox life, always on the run....
- 1957
Sweet Smell of Success (1957)
Sweet Smell of Success7.61957HD
New York City newspaper writer J.J. Hunsecker holds considerable sway over public opinion with his Broadway column, but one thing that he can't control is his younger sister, Susan, who is in a relationship with aspiring jazz guitarist Steve Dallas. ...
- 1953
Ugetsu (1953)
Ugetsu7.91953HD
In 16th century Japan, peasants Genjuro and Tobei sell their earthenware pots to a group of soldiers in a nearby village, in defiance of a local sage's warning against seeking to profit from warfare. Genjuro's pursuit of both riches and the mysteriou...
- 2018
Cold War (2018)
Cold War7.42018HD
A man and a woman meet in the ruins of post-war Poland. With vastly different backgrounds and temperaments, they are fatally mismatched and yet drawn to each other....
- 2008
Still Walking (2008)
Still Walking7.82008HD
A family gathers together for a commemorative ritual whose nature only gradually becomes clear....
- 1980
Kagemusha (1980)
Kagemusha7.81980HD
Akira Kurosawa's lauded feudal epic presents the tale of a petty thief who is recruited to impersonate Shingen, an aging warlord, in order to avoid attacks by competing clans. When Shingen dies, his generals reluctantly agree to have the impostor tak...
- 1962
Sanjuro (1962)
Sanjuro7.91962HD
Toshiro Mifune swaggers and snarls to brilliant comic effect in Kurosawa's tightly paced, beautifully composed "Sanjuro." In this companion piece and sequel to "Yojimbo," jaded samurai Sanjuro helps an idealistic group of young warriors weed out thei...
- 1987
Where Is The Friend's House? (1987)
Where Is The Friend's House?7.91987HD
An 8-year-old boy must return his friend's notebook he took by mistake, lest his friend be punished by expulsion from school....
- 1993
Three Colors: Blue (1993)
Three Colors: Blue7.61993HD
The wife of a famous composer survives a car accident that kills her husband and daughter. Now alone, she shakes off her old identity and explores her newfound freedom but finds that she is unbreakably bound to other humans, including her husband’s m...
- 1959
The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity (1959)
The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity8.21959HD
Kaji is sent to the Japanese army labeled Red and is mistreated by the vets. Along his assignment, Kaji witnesses cruelties in the army and revolts against the abusive treatment against the recruit Obara. He also sees his friend Shinjô Ittôhei defect...
- 1956
Aparajito (1956)
Aparajito7.81956HD
Apu and his family have moved away from the country to live in the bustling holy city of Benares. As he progresses from wide-eyed child to intellectually curious teenager, eventually studying in Kolkata, we witness his academic and moral education, a...
- 1955
Rififi (1955)
Rififi7.81955HD
Out of prison after a five-year stretch, jewel thief Tony turns down a quick job his friend Jo offers him, until he discovers that his old girlfriend Mado has become the lover of local gangster Pierre Grutter during Tony's absence. Expanding a minor ...
- 1953
The Wages of Fear (1953)
The Wages of Fear8.01953HD
In a run-down South American town, four men are paid to drive trucks loaded with nitroglycerin into the jungle through to the oil field. Friendships are tested and rivalries develop as they embark upon the perilous journey....
- 1962
Cléo from 5 to 7 (1962)
Cléo from 5 to 77.61962HD
Agnès Varda eloquently captures Paris in the sixties with this real-time portrait of a singer set adrift in the city as she awaits test results of a biopsy. A chronicle of the minutes of one woman’s life, Cléo from 5 to 7 is a spirited mix of vivid v...
- 1946
Beauty and the Beast (1946)
Beauty and the Beast7.51946HD
The story of a gentle-hearted beast in love with a simple and beautiful girl. She is drawn to the repellent but strangely fascinating Beast, who tests her fidelity by giving her a key, telling her that if she doesn't return it to him by a specific ti...
- 1936
Modern Times (1936)
Modern Times8.31936HD
A bumbling tramp desires to build a home with a young woman, yet is thwarted time and time again by his lack of experience and habit of being in the wrong place at the wrong time.....
- 1992
The Player (1992)
The Player7.21992HD
A Hollywood studio executive is being sent death threats by a writer whose script he rejected - but which one?...