The Criterion Collection Complete

BABENCO, Héctor (United States) Kiss of the Spider Woman [1985] Spine #1299 Blu-ray Featuring indelible performances from Raul Julia and an Academy Award–winning William Hurt,  Kiss of the Spider Woman  is a work of radical compassion that boldly expands notions of love, gender, and revolution. In the film—directed by Héctor Babenco following his international breakthrough with  Pixote,  and adapted from the novel by the iconoclastic writer Manuel Puig—Julia and Hurt play Valentin and Molina, a militant leftist activist and a queer, cinema-obsessed window dresser, imprisoned together under a repressive military dictatorship. The two gradually forge a bond that transforms the way they both understand politics, sexuality, and masculinity. Blending raw realism with Molina’s imaginative escapes into sumptuous movie fantasy, this searing human drama offers a powerful vision of personal liberation embedded within broader political struggle. 120 minutes Monaural Color/Blac...

GLAZER, Jonathan (United States) Birth [2004] Spine #1298 Blu-ray Jonathan Glazer’s second feature is a haunting cinematic enigma that explores the mysteries of the heart. Nicole Kidman delivers a masterfully multilayered performance as Anna, a widow still mourning the death of her husband a decade earlier when she meets Sean (Cameron Bright), a ten-year-old boy who claims to be his reincarnation—leading her into a wrenching confrontation with her own unresolved grief and desires. Featuring painterly cinematography by Harris Savides and a hypnotic orchestral score by Alexandre Desplat,  Birth  plays its outré premise with unflinching sincerity, yielding a profound emotional reverie on the possibilities of love beyond the physical realm. 100 minutes 5.1 Surround Color 1:85:1 Criterion Release 2026 Director/Writer Jonathan Glazer  was 39 when he directed  Birth . The Film Film Rating (0-60): 60 The Extras The Booklet Commentary Video tribute Documentary 1 Documentary ...

CURTIZ, Michael (United States) Captain Blood [1935] Spine #1297 Blu-ray With this spectacular romantic adventure, a new era of Hollywood swashbuckling was born, as was a devilishly dashing star named Errol Flynn. He brings boundless charisma to the role of an idealistic Irish physician who, declared a traitor to England and sold into slavery in the New World, takes his revenge by transforming himself into the notorious pirate Captain Blood. The groundbreaking symphonic score by Erich Wolfgang Korngold, marking the emergence of the Warner Bros. music department as a vital element in the studio’s moviemaking; the spitfire chemistry between Flynn and Olivia de Havilland in the first of their iconic pairings; the rousing naval-battle finale—all come together under the expert direction of Michael Curtiz to form an exemplar of classic film craftsmanship sailing full speed ahead. 119 minutes Black and White Monaural 1:37:1 Criterion Release 2026 Director/Writer Michael Curtiz  was 49 wh...

AMIRKULOV, Ardak (Kazakhstan) The Fall of Otrar [1991] Spine #1296d Blu-ray Kazakh New Wave iconoclast Ardak Amirkulov’s hypnotic thirteenth-century epic is a feverish vision of one of history’s most decisive battles—Genghis Khan’s siege of the now-lost city of Otrar—engraved in images of stunning, hallucinatory power. When his warnings about an imminent invasion are taken for insolence, a former Mongol scout (Dokhdurbek Kydyraliyev) must escape imprisonment to stop an escalating diplomatic crisis and avert a clash of civilizations. With a panoramic scope that encompasses intimate palace intrigue and the merciless sweep of battlefield carnage,  The Fall of Otrar  is a monumental imagining of seismic historical upheaval—and a terrifying, electrifying feast for the senses. 157 minutes Color in Kazakh, Mandarin, Mongolian 1:37:1 Criterion Release 2026 Director/Writer Ardak Amirkulov  was 44 when he directed  The Fall of Otrar . The Film Film Rating (0-60): 60 The Extra...

ARAVINDAN, G. (India) Kummatty [1979] Spine #1296c Blu-ray Beautifully photographed amid the lush pastoral landscapes of southern India’s Kerala region, this enchanting child’s-eye fable conjures a folkloric world in which the magical exists side by side with the everyday. When Kummatty, a kind of shamanic bogeyman, arrives in a small village, he captivates the children with his music and colorful masks—until he casts a spell that has unexpected consequences for one boy. Bursting with exuberant songs and children’s chants, this fantasy from G. Aravindan, a pioneer of India’s art-house “parallel cinema” movement, is a treasure of imagination and entrancing visual lyricism. 89 minutes Color in Malayalam 1:37:1 Criterion Release 2026 Director/Writer G. Aravindan  was 44 when he directed  Kummatty . The Film Film Rating (0-60): 60 The Extras The Booklet Commentary Video tribute Documentary 1 Documentary 2 Documentary 3 Controversial altered ending Theatrical trailer Extras Rating...

OUÉDRAOGO, Idrissa (Burkina Faso) Yam Daabo [1986] Spine #1296b Blu-ray A family’s quest for self-determination mirrors a nation’s struggle in the sensitively observed feature debut by titan of Burkinabe cinema Idrissa Ouédraogo, who cast an ennobling gaze on ordinary Africans navigating the upheavals of the postcolonial era. Made amid revolutionary leader Thomas Sankara’s push to create a self-reliant Burkina Faso,  Yam Daabo  follows an impoverished family as they leave behind a life in the city reliant on Western aid to start anew in the more verdant countryside, quietly capturing the rhythms of everyday life as well as its devastating tragedies and intimate joys. Featuring music by the legendary Francis Bebey,  Yam Daabo  imbues an elemental human story with profound political weight. 79 minutes Color in Moor é 1:37:1 Criterion Release 2026 Director/Writer Idrissa Ouédraogo  was 32 when he directed  Yam Daabo . The Film Film Rating (0-60): 60 The Extra...

LAKHDAR-HAMINA, Mohammed (Algeria) Chronicle of the Years of Fire [1975] Spine #1296a Blu-ray Burning with passion, poetry, and a nation’s fervent spirit of resistance, Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina’s stirring revolutionary epic vividly dramatizes the pivotal decades leading up to Algeria’s War of Independence through the harrowing saga of Ahmed (Yorgo Voyagis), a proud farmer seeking a dignified life, whose experience of brutal oppression and systemic injustice leads him, like so many others, to take a stand against the seemingly indomitable might of French colonialism. Winner of the Palme d’Or at the 1975 Cannes Film Festival, this awe-inspiring landmark of Arab cinema is an at once personal and expansive vision of a country awakening from despair to build an unbreakable movement of liberation. 177 minutes Color/Black and White in Arabic, French 2:35:1 Criterion Release 2026 Director/Writer Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina  was 41 when he directed  Chronicle of the Years of Fire . The Fil...

Martin Scorsese's World Cinema Project No. 5 Spine #1296 Blu-ray Established by Martin Scorsese in 2007, the World Cinema Project has maintained a fierce commitment to preserving and presenting masterpieces from around the globe, with a growing roster of more than sixty restorations of works by essential filmmakers. This collector’s set gathers four groundbreaking and innovative films, ranging from the epic to the intimate, from Algeria ( Chronicle of the Years of Fire ), Burkina Faso ( Yam Daabo ), India ( Kummatty ), and Kazakhstan ( The Fall of Otrar ). Each title is a significant contribution to the art form and a window onto a cinematic tradition that international audiences previously had limited opportunities to experience. Criterion Release 2026 #1296a: LAKHDAR-HAMINA, Mohammed: Chronicle of the Years of Fire (1975) #1296b: OUÉDRAOGO, Idrissa: Yam Daabo (1986) #1296c: ARAVINDAN, G.: Kummatty (1979) #1296d: AMIRKULOV, Ardak: The Fall of Otrar (1991) By Director By Spine...

HUSTON, John (United States) The Dead [1987] Spine #1295 Blu-ray The elegiac last film by John Huston finds the legendary director adapting a masterly short story by his favorite writer, James Joyce, into a poignant reflection on the totality of life. During a snowy winter in turn-of-the-twentieth-century Dublin, the members of an extended family convene for a night of wine, song, and celebration—but it’s not until after the festivities that Gretta (Anjelica Huston) reveals a secret to her husband (Donal McCann) that casts the entire evening in a new light. Aglow with a mix of nostalgia and melancholy, and featuring a cast of stellar Irish actors,  The Dead  gracefully evokes the passage of time and the haunting power of memory. 83 minutes 4.0 Surround Color 1:85:1 Criterion Release 2026 Director/Writer John Huston  was 81 when he directed  The Dead . Other Huston films in the Collection: #847: The Asphalt Jungle (1950) #470: Wise Blood (1979) #410: Under the Volcan...

ANDERSON, Wes (United States) The Wes Anderson Archive Spine #0000G Blu-ray Wes Anderson’s first ten features represent twenty-five years of irrepressible creativity, an ongoing ode to outsiders and quixotic dreamers, and a world unto themselves, graced with a mischievous wit and a current of existential melancholy that flows through every captivating frame. This momentous twenty-disc collector’s set includes new 4K masters of the films, over twenty-five hours of special features, and ten illustrated books, presented in a deluxe clothbound edition. Criterion Release 2025 Bottle Rocket (1996) Rushmore (1998) The Royal Tenenbaums (2001) The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (2004) The Darjeeling Limited (2007) Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009) Moonrise Kingdom (2012) The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014) Isle of Dogs (2018) The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun (2021) By Director By Spine #