Published Updated

Sort by

The Criterion Challenge 2025

Welcome to the fifth annual Criterion Challenge, hosted by Ben and featuring his original list, where we celebrate The Criterion Collection!

Started: 1/1/25
Watched: 52/52
Completed: 100% ✔️
Finished: 12/12/25
Ranking 📊

There are 52 categories. The goal is to watch any Criterion released film based on the categories below between 1/1/25-12/31/25. The films can be watched daily, weekly, or monthly, and in any order. Watch them at your own pace, but remember you have to finish by 12/31/25.

In my first participation here, I'll try to ensure that all the films are first-time watches, except for two or three, but this is subject to change if they are difficult to access.

Don't forget to visit The Criterion Collection for…

Read notes
  • In the Mood for Love
  • Defending Your Life
  • Short Cuts
  • Mulholland Drive
  • Risky Business
  • Rocco and His Brothers
  • The Kid
  • Drugstore Cowboy
  • Shanghai Express
  • Brazil
  • Citizen Kane
  • The Age of Innocence
  • 12 Angry Men
  • Beau Travail
  • Romeo and Juliet
  • Sólo con tu pareja
  • The Last Picture Show
  • 8½
  • The Elephant Man
  • Europa
  • The Prince of Tides
  • Dont Look Back
  • The Piano Teacher
  • Last Summer
  • Parasite
  • Cold War
  • Anatomy of a Fall
  • Blow Out
  • Summertime
  • Homicide
  • The Tree of Life
  • Thief
  • The Little Soldier
  • La Ciénaga
  • Thelma & Louise
  • My Own Private Idaho
  • Old Joy
  • The Double Life of Véronique
  • Ghost World
  • Italianamerican
  • Au Revoir les Enfants
  • Eyimofe (This Is My Desire)
  • Blow-Up
  • The Silence of the Lambs
  • As Tears Go By
  • Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
  • Wanda
  • Picnic at Hanging Rock
  • Dogfight
  • Rumble Fish
  • The 400 Blows
  • The Vanishing