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The Criterion Challenge (2025)

The Criterion Challenge 2025.

Welcome to the fifth annual Criterion Challenge where we celebrate The Criterion Collection! Can you believe it has been HALF A DECADE? When I started this challenge, I never expected it to hit the ground running as fast as it did, so thanks to all of you for participating. I wanted this year to mix in some categories throughout the years as well as be even more collaborative. I took many of your suggestions and turned them into categories. It’s a very exciting line-up for 2025!

But first, time for the rules:

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. Your choices can be…

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  • Naked
  • The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie
  • Come Back to the 5 & Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean
  • Do the Right Thing
  • Rushmore
  • Wild Strawberries
  • The Mark of Zorro
  • Pee-wee's Big Adventure
  • The Mask of Fu Manchu
  • Brazil
  • Mildred Pierce
  • And Everything Is Going Fine
  • Ride Lonesome
  • Stalker
  • Le Samouraï
  • RoboCop
  • The Three Musketeers
  • Sunday Bloody Sunday
  • The Adventures of Baron Munchausen
  • Che: Part One
  • Before Sunrise
  • Moonage Daydream
  • The Beat That My Heart Skipped
  • EO
  • Moonrise Kingdom
  • The Asphalt Jungle
  • The Worst Person in the World
  • Pickup on South Street
  • Memories of Murder
  • Night Moves
  • Triangle of Sadness
  • Charade
  • The Bridge
  • Che: Part Two
  • Matango
  • The Sheltering Sky
  • Decision at Sundown
  • Anatomy of a Fall
  • Eraserhead
  • Jane B. by Agnès V.
  • Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai
  • Of Gods and Men
  • Ace in the Hole
  • The Silence of the Lambs
  • Decision to Leave
  • Arsenic and Old Lace
  • Mr. Klein
  • Black Robe
  • Bound
  • Sweet Smell of Success
  • One Night in Miami...
  • I, Daniel Blake