Updated May 30, 2026
These films, for which Janus has the US distribution rights, currently have pages on the Janus Films website, indicating their availability in various formats for both theatrical and non-theatrical presentations in the US (unless noted.)
This is not an exhaustive list of all the films for which Janus has the US distribution rights. There are probably hundreds of films in their catalog which do not currently have pages on their website (although most of them are likely streaming on the Criterion Channel with the Janus Films logo.) Either they're not available in a format for theatrical presentation, or pages haven't been created for them.
This list is in the order in which the pages were added…
Updated May 30, 2026
These films, for which Janus has the US distribution rights, currently have pages on the Janus Films website, indicating their availability in various formats for both theatrical and non-theatrical presentations in the US (unless noted.)
This is not an exhaustive list of all the films for which Janus has the US distribution rights. There are probably hundreds of films in their catalog which do not currently have pages on their website (although most of them are likely streaming on the Criterion Channel with the Janus Films logo.) Either they're not available in a format for theatrical presentation, or pages haven't been created for them.
This list is in the order in which the pages were added to the website.
Further Notes (as of May 30, 2026):
1. 963 of these films have been released physically in the Criterion Collection (or have been announced.)
2. All but 64 are currently streaming on the Criterion Channel.
3. 19 of those 64 non-streaming films have been released physically by Criterion, and the other 45 are theatrical-only films, most being recently obtained films.
The following films had listings at one time but have since left the catalog:
Z (Costa-Gavras, 1969)
CUTE GIRL (Hou Hsiao-hsien , 1980)
THE GREEN, GREEN GRASS OF HOME (Hou Hsiao-hsien , 1982)
EL NORTE (Gregory Nava, 1983)
THE BOYS FROM FENGKEUI (Hou Hsiao-hsien , 1983)
THE ELEMENT OF CRIME (Lars von Trier, 1984)
EPIDEMIC (Lars von Trier, 1987)
EUROPA (Lars von Trier, 1991)
BREAKING THE WAVES (Lars von Trier, 1996)