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All Time Top Criterion Closet Picks

This list collates and sorts every film selected by visitors to the Criterion Closet in order of most frequently picked. It is fed by the 473 individual closet pick lists transcribed by this account and is complete up to June 05, 2026.

"I'd love a chart of who has taken what. A graphic of that would be great." - Tavi Gevinson

The notes for each film in this list reflect which person(s) picked it during their respective visit. Boxsets are added in their entirety, regardless of which film was talked about.

Check out the companion list that shows all Criterion releases never picked during a visit to the Criterion Closet.

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If you like this project, check out Closing The Loops (+ Criterion Edition), which similarly collates and sorts all films present across Letterboxd's 16 featured lists shown on member stats pages.

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  • A Woman Under the Influence
  • The Killing of a Chinese Bookie
  • Faces
  • 8½
  • Shadows
  • Opening Night
  • La Strada
  • A Constant Forge
  • Cléo from 5 to 7
  • Vagabond
  • La Pointe Courte
  • Le Bonheur
  • Amarcord
  • The Beaches of Agnès
  • One Hundred and One Nights
  • Black Panthers
  • Documenteur
  • Agnès Varda: From Here to There
  • Mur Murs
  • Uncle Yanco
  • Lions Love
  • One Sings, the Other Doesn't
  • Daguerréotypes
  • Kung-Fu Master!
  • The Gleaners and I
  • Jacquot de Nantes
  • Faces Places
  • Varda by Agnès
  • The Creatures
  • Jane B. by Agnès V.
  • The Gleaners and I: Two Years Later
  • Trafic
  • PlayTime
  • Jour de Fête
  • Monsieur Hulot's Holiday
  • Mon Oncle
  • Parade
  • Do the Right Thing
  • All That Jazz
  • Roma
  • Fanny and Alexander
  • Fanny and Alexander
  • In the Mood for Love
  • Juliet of the Spirits
  • Satyricon
  • Theorem
  • Mamma Roma
  • Persona
  • I Vitelloni
  • The Silence
  • Through a Glass Darkly
  • Winter Light
  • Accattone
  • The Hawks and the Sparrows
  • Medea
  • The Gospel According to St. Matthew
  • Pigsty
  • Love Meetings
  • Oedipus Rex
  • Being There
  • Nights of Cabiria
  • The Swindle
  • And the Ship Sails On
  • La Dolce Vita
  • Intervista
  • Variety Lights
  • The White Sheik
  • The Magician
  • Wanda
  • The Red Shoes
  • Summer with Monika
  • The Night of the Hunter
  • Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom
  • Yi Yi
  • Naked
  • The Seventh Seal
  • Five Easy Pieces
  • The Virgin Spring
  • Punch-Drunk Love
  • Barry Lyndon
  • Autumn Sonata
  • Wild Strawberries
  • Cries and Whispers
  • Easy Rider
  • On the Waterfront
  • Rushmore
  • Stromboli
  • Journey to Italy
  • Europa '51
  • The Magic Flute
  • Scenes from a Marriage
  • Shampoo
  • Shame
  • The Devil's Eye
  • The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie
  • Paris Is Burning
  • Paris, Texas
  • Repo Man
  • Sans Soleil
  • Brief Encounter