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David Cronenberg's Criterion Closet Picks

April 17, 2025

The legendary director shares his emotional first encounter with La strada, reminiscences about eating hamburgers at Bob’s Big Boy with David Lynch, and reveals the connection between his film The Fly and Ingmar Bergman’s Hour of the Wolf.

Watch this visit to the closet on YouTube and check out more closet picks from 2025. Shop David’s closet picks here.

Check out the All Time Top Criterion Closet Picks list as well as a list of all the Criterion films that have never been picked during a closet visit!

  • La Strada
  • Odd Man Out
  • Eraserhead
  • Crisis
  • A Ship to India
  • Port of Call
  • Thirst
  • To Joy
  • Summer Interlude
  • Waiting Women
  • Summer with Monika
  • Sawdust and Tinsel
  • A Lesson in Love
  • Dreams
  • Smiles of a Summer Night
  • The Seventh Seal
  • Wild Strawberries
  • Brink of Life
  • The Magician
  • The Virgin Spring
  • The Devil's Eye
  • Through a Glass Darkly
  • Winter Light
  • The Silence
  • All These Women
  • Persona
  • Hour of the Wolf
  • Shame
  • The Rite
  • The Passion of Anna
  • Fårö Document
  • The Touch
  • Cries and Whispers
  • Scenes from a Marriage
  • Scenes from a Marriage
  • The Magic Flute
  • The Serpent's Egg
  • Autumn Sonata
  • Fårö Document 1979
  • From the Life of the Marionettes
  • Fanny and Alexander
  • Fanny and Alexander
  • After the Rehearsal
  • Saraband
  • The Making of Fanny and Alexander