[Updated 6/12/25] The Criterion Collection started selling movies on 4k Blu-ray in the fall of 2021 beginning with David Lynch’s Mulholland Dr. (2001). The high-quality disc format offers 2160p video resolution often coupled with HDR (High Dynamic Range) in Dolby Vision and HDR10. On the audio side, many 4k Blu-ray titles offer Dolby Atmos / Dolby TrueHD 7.1 channel audio or DTS-HD 5.1 channel audio for surround sound capabilities. Here’s a list of titles from The Criterion Collection that include presentations on 4k Ultra HD Blu-ray. Movies are listed in order of release date (ascending to descending). The links to Amazon below keep this website running. Thank you, for your support!
The Criterion Collection 4k Blu-ray Movies
The Wes Anderson Archive
Description: 10 movies remastered in 4k with Dolby Vision, supervised and approved by Wes Anderson. The box set includes Bottle Rocket, Rushmore, The Royal Tenenbaums, The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou, The Darjeeling Limited, Fantastic Mr. Fox, Moonrise Kingdom, The Grand Budapest Hotel, Isle of Dogs, and The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun.
The Big Heat (1953)
Summary: Tough cop Dave Bannion takes on a politically powerful crime syndicate.
Sorcerer (1977)
Summary: Four unfortunate men from different parts of the globe agree to risk their lives transporting gallons of nitroglycerin across dangerous Latin American jungle.
Thirty Two Short Films About Glenn Gould (1993)
Summary: A collection of vignettes highlighting different aspects of the life, work, and character of the acclaimed Canadian classical pianist.
The Wiz (1978)
Summary: When Harlem schoolteacher Dorothy is miraculously whisked away to an urban fantasy land called Oz, she goes in search of the Wiz, a wizard who can help her get back to Manhattan, along with the Scarecrow, the Tin Man and the Cowardly Lion.
Brazil (1985)
Summary: A bureaucrat in a dystopic society becomes an enemy of the state as he pursues the woman of his dreams.
Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters (1985)
Summary: A fictionalized account in four chapters of the life of celebrated Japanese writer Yukio Mishima.
Killer of Sheep (1977)
Summary: Set in the Watts area of Los Angeles, a slaughterhouse worker must suspend his emotions to continue working at a job he finds repugnant, and then he finds he has little sensitivity for the family he works so hard to support.
The Three Musketeers / The Four Musketeers: Two Films By Richard Lester
Summary: The Three Musketeers (1973): A young swordsman comes to Paris and faces villains, romance, adventure and intrigue with three Musketeer friends. The Four Musketeers (1974) The Four Musketeers defend the queen and her dressmaker from Cardinal Richelieu and Milady de Winter.
Withnail and I (1987)
Summary: In 1969, two substance-abusing, unemployed actors retreat to the countryside for a holiday that proves disastrous.
In the Heat of the Night (1967)
Summary: A black Philadelphia police detective is mistakenly suspected of a local murder while passing through a racially hostile Mississippi town, and after being cleared is reluctantly asked by the police chief to investigate the case.
The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (1964)
Summary: A young woman separated from her lover by war faces a life-altering decision.
Anora (2024)
Summary: A young stripper from Brooklyn meets and impulsively marries the son of a Russian oligarch. Once the news reaches Russia, her fairy tale is threatened as his parents set out for New York to get the marriage annulled.
Basquiat (1996)
Summary: The brief life of Jean Michel Basquiat, a world-renowned New York street artist struggling with fame, drugs, and his identity.
Two Films by Claude Berri: Jean de Florette + Manon of the Spring
Summaries: Jean de Florette (1986) A greedy landowner and his backward nephew conspire to block the only water source for an adjoining property in order to bankrupt the owner and force him to sell. Manon of the Spring (1986) A beautiful but shy shepherdess plots vengeance on the men whose greedy conspiracy to acquire her father’s land caused his death years earlier.
Some Like It Hot (1959)
Summary: After two male musicians witness a mob hit, they flee the state in an all-female band disguised as women, but further complications set in.
Ugetsu (1953)
Summary: A tale of ambition, family, love, and war set in the midst of the Japanese Civil Wars of the sixteenth century.
Godzilla vs. Biollante (1989)
Summary: Desolate by the loss of his daughter, a geneticist creates a monstrous new mutation.
Thief (1981)
Summary: After years in prison, ace safe-cracker Frank owns a car dealership and a cocktail lounge, which are fronts for high-stakes jewelry heists. He wants to complete one last big heist for the Mob before he goes straight.
The Wages of Fear (1953)
Summary: In a decrepit South American village, four men are hired to transport an urgent nitroglycerine shipment without the equipment that would make it safe.
Cronos (1993)
Summary: A mysterious device designed to provide its owner with eternal life resurfaces after four hundred years, leaving a trail of destruction in its path.
Performance (1970)
Summary: A violent East London gangster undergoes a transformation of identity while hiding from his former colleagues in the home of a jaded Bohemian rock star and his two girlfriends.
Winchester ’73 (1950)
Summary: A cowboy’s obsession with a stolen rifle leads to a bullet-ridden odyssey through the American West.
The Grifters (1990)
Summary: A small-time conman has torn loyalties between his estranged mother and new girlfriend, both of whom are high-stakes grifters with their own angles to play.
Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling (1986)
Summary: After severely burning himself in a drug incident, a comedian has a near-death experience in which he reviews his life.
The Mother and the Whore (1973)
Summary: The chauvinist Alexandre balances relationships with several women in the post-1968 intellectual scene of Paris.
8 1/2 (1963)
Summary: A harried movie director retreats into his memories and fantasies.
No Country for Old Men (2007)
Summary: Violence and mayhem ensue after a hunter stumbles upon the aftermath of a drug deal gone wrong and over two million dollars in cash near the Rio Grande.
The Shape of Water (2017)
Summary: At a top-secret research facility in the 1960s, a lonely janitor forms a unique relationship with an amphibious creature that is being held in captivity.
Funny Girl (1968)
Summary: Directed by William Wyler, written by Isobel Lennart, starring Barbra Streisand, Omar Sharif, Kay Medford.
Scarface (1932)
Summary: Miami in the 1980s: a determined criminal-minded Cuban immigrant becomes the biggest drug smuggler in Florida, and is eventually undone by his own drug addiction.
Seven Samurai (1954)
Summary: Farmers from a village exploited by bandits hire a veteran samurai for protection, who gathers six other samurai to join him.
Godzilla (1954)
Summary: After a dinosaur-like beast – awoken from undersea hibernation by atom bomb testing – ravages Tokyo, a scientist must decide if his similarly dangerous weapon should be used to destroy it.
Gummo (1997)
Summary: Lonely residents of a tornado-stricken Ohio town wander the deserted landscape trying to fulfill their boring, nihilistic lives.
Demon Pond (1979)
Summary: Mysterious pond near Japanese village inhabited by mythical beings. Their narrative revolves around vengeance, heartbreak, and the strength of genuine affection.
I Walked with a Zombie / The Seventh Victim
Gregg Araki’s Teen Apocalypse Trilogy
Happiness (1998)
All of Us Strangers (2024)
Repo Man (1984)
Summary: A young punk, recruited by a car repo agency, finds himself in pursuit of a Chevrolet Malibu with a huge, $20,000 bounty–and something otherworldly stashed in its trunk.
Real Life (1979)
The Last Emperor (1987)
Summary: Bernardo Bertolucci’s Oscar-winning dramatization of China’s eleventh and final monarch of the Qing dynasty: Emperor Puyi.
Risky Business (1983)
Farewell My Concubine (1993)
Perfect Days (2023)
Le samouraï (1967)
Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid (1973)
Blue Velvet (1986)
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1998)
Bound (1996)
Peeping Tom (1960)
I Am Cuba (1964)
Werckmeister Harmonies (2000)
Picnic at Hanging Rock (1975)
La Haine (1995)
To Die For (1995)
The Heroic Trio (1993) & Executioners (1993)
The Roaring Twenties (1939)
McCabe & Mrs. Miller (1971)
Trainspotting (1996)
Lone Star (1996)
Blood Simple (1984)
The Apu Trilogy [Pather Panchali/Aparajito/Apur Sansar]
Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio (2022)
Summary: A father’s wish magically brings a wooden boy to life in Italy, giving him a chance to care for the child.
Mean Streets (1973)
Days of Heaven (1978)
Summary: A hot-tempered farm laborer convinces the woman he loves to marry their rich but dying boss so that they can have a claim to his fortune.
The Last Picture Show (1971)
The Others (2001)
Videodrome (1983)
Don’t Look Now (1973)
Moonage Dream
The Trial (1962)
Walkabout (1971)
The Princess Bride (1987)
Summary: A bedridden boy’s grandfather reads him the story of a farmboy-turned-pirate who encounters numerous obstacles, enemies and allies in his quest to be reunited with his true love.
Dreams (1990)
One False Move (1992)
Breathless (1960)
Summary: A small-time crook, hunted by the authorities for a car theft and the murder of a police officer, attempts to persuade a hip American journalism student to run away with him to Italy.
The Ranown Westerns: Five Films Directed by Budd Boetticher
Five briskly entertaining, vividly performed westerns (The Tall T (1957), Decision at Sundown (1957), Buchanan Rides Alone (1958), Ride Lonesome (1959), and Comanche Station (1959)) made by director Budd Boetticher and strapping star Randolph Scott in the second half of the 1950s transcend their B-movie origins to become rich, unexpectedly profound explorations of loyalty, greed, honor, and revenge. Often grouped under the name Ranown (after producer Harry Joe Brown and Scott’s production company) and colorfully scripted by Burt Kennedy and Charles Lang, these films seem to unfold in a world unto themselves, staking a claim between traditional westerns and the subversive genre revisionism of the 1960s—and representing the crowning achievement of the underappreciated auteur Boetticher.
After Hours (1995)
Summary: Ordinary word processor Paul Hackett experiences the worst night of his life after he agrees to visit Marcy, a Soho resident that he met that evening at a coffee shop.
Time Bandits (1991)
The Rules of the Game (1939)
Thelma & Louise (1991)
Branded to Kill (1967)
Wings of Desire (1987)
Triangle of Sadness (2022)
The Seventh Seal (1957)
The Fisher King (1991)
Mildred Pierce (1945)
Dazed and Confused (1993)
Three Colors Trilogy: Blue, White, Red
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (1988)
Malcolm X (1992)
Wall•E (2008)
Summary: A robot who is responsible for cleaning a waste-covered Earth meets another robot and falls in love with her. Together, they set out on a journey that will alter the fate of mankind.
The Power of the Dog (2021)
In the Mood for Love (2000)
Summary: Two neighbors form a strong bond after both suspect extramarital activities of their spouses. However, they agree to keep their bond platonic so as not to commit similar wrongs.
Lost Highway (1997)
Night of the Living Dead (1968)
Sound of Metal (2019)
Blow Out (1981)
Devil in a Blue Dress (1995)
Raging Bull (1980)
Okja (2017)
The Virgin Suicides (1999)
Shaft (1971)
Double Indemnity (1944)
For All Mankind (1989)
The Last Waltz (1978)
Le Cercle Rouge (1970)
The Piano (1993)
A Hard Day’s Night (1964)
The Red Shoes (1948)
Uncut Gems (2019)
Menace II Society (1993)
Citizen Kane (1941)
Summary: Following the death of publishing tycoon Charles Foster Kane, reporters scramble to uncover the meaning of his final utterance: ‘Rosebud.’ s
Mulholland Drive (2001)
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