List Of Criterion Collection Laserdisc Releases
The following is a list of laserdiscs released by The Criterion Collection from 1984 to 1998. These laserdiscs are now out of print. Films that have appeared on Criterion Collection DVD releases are noted with their corresponding DVD spine numbers in the following list. However, not all Criterion laserdiscs have been re-issued by Criterion on DVD and not all Criterion DVD releases appeared on laserdisc.
Title | Director | Year | Spine # | DVD Spine # |
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Citizen Kane | Orson Welles | 1941 | 001 | — |
King Kong | Merian C. Cooper | 1933 | 002 | — |
The 39 Steps | Alfred Hitchcock | 1935 | 003 | 056 |
The Lady Vanishes | Alfred Hitchcock | 1938 | 004 | 003 |
The Third Man | Carol Reed | 1949 | 005 | 064 |
Swing Time | George Stevens | 1936 | 006 | — |
High Noon | Fred Zinnemann | 1952 | 007 | — |
Invasion of the Body Snatchers | Don Siegel | 1956 | 008 | — |
The Magnificent Ambersons | Orson Welles | 1942 | 009 | — |
The Seventh Seal | Ingmar Bergman | 1957 | 010 | 011 |
The Hidden Fortress | Akira Kurosawa | 1958 | 011 | 116 |
The Red Balloon and White Mane | Albert Lamorisse | 1952 | CC2000L | N/A (Janus) |
Lola Montès | Max Ophüls | 1955 | 012 | 503 |
Black Orpheus | Marcel Camus | 1959 | 013 | 048 |
Shock Corridor | Samuel Fuller | 1963 | 015 | 019 |
Help! | Richard Lester | 1965 | 016 | — |
The Graduate | Mike Nichols | 1967 | 017 | — |
It's a Wonderful Life | Frank Capra | 1946 | 018 | — |
Blade Runner | Ridley Scott | 1982 | 019 | — |
A Hard Day's Night | Richard Lester | 1964 | 020 | — |
Mr. Hulot's Holiday | Jacques Tati | 1953 | 021 | 110 |
Sabotage | Alfred Hitchcock | 1936 | 022 | — |
Secret Agent | Alfred Hitchcock | 1936 | 023 | — |
Young and Innocent | Alfred Hitchcock | 1937 | 024 | — |
Grand Illusion | Jean Renoir | 1937 | 025 | 001 |
The Asphalt Jungle | John Huston | 1950 | 026 | — |
12 Angry Men | Sidney Lumet | 1957 | 027 | 591 |
The Night of the Hunter | Charles Laughton | 1955 | 028 | 541 |
La strada | Federico Fellini | 1954 | 029 | 219 |
Forbidden Games | René Clément | 1952 | 030 | 318 |
A Night at the Opera | Sam Wood | 1935 | 031 | — |
Scaramouche | George Sidney | 1952 | 032 | — |
Pygmalion | Leslie Howard and Anthony Asquith | 1938 | 033 | 085 |
Vengeance is Mine | Shohei Imamura | 1979 | 034 | 384 |
Fellini Satyricon | Federico Fellini | 1969 | 035 | — |
The Producers | Mel Brooks | 1968 | 036 | — |
The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp | Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger | 1943 | 037 | 173 |
Black Narcissus | Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger | 1947 | 038 | 093 |
The Three Penny Opera | G. W. Pabst | 1931 | 039 | 405 |
The Princess Bride | Rob Reiner | 1987 | 040 | — |
Tunes of Glory | Ronald Neame | 1960 | 041 | 225 |
The Horse's Mouth | Ronald Neame | 1958 | 042 | 154 |
Shoot the Piano Player | François Truffaut | 1960 | 043 | 315 |
Monterey Pop | D. A. Pennebaker | 1969 | 043 | 168 |
Show Boat | James Whale | 1936 | 044 | — |
North by Northwest | Alfred Hitchcock | 1959 | 045 | — |
Adam's Rib | George Cukor | 1949 | 047 | — |
Blowup | Michelangelo Antonioni | 1966 | 048 | — |
Rashomon | Akira Kurosawa | 1950 | 049 | 138 |
The Rules of the Game | Jean Renoir | 1939 | 050 | 216 |
Singin' in the Rain | Gene Kelly and Stanley Donen | 1952 | 052 | — |
Forbidden Planet | Fred Wilcox | 1956 | 053 | — |
Zulu | Cy Endfield | 1964 | 054 | — |
Darling | John Schlesinger | 1965 | 055 | — |
Paths of Glory | Stanley Kubrick | 1957 | 057 | 538 |
The Wizard of Oz | Mervyn LeRoy | 1939 | 059 | — |
2001: A Space Odyssey | Stanley Kubrick | 1968 | 060 | — |
L'avventura | Michelangelo Antonioni | 1960 | 062 | 098 |
The Killing | Stanley Kubrick | 1956 | 064 | 575 |
The Blob | Irvin Yeaworth | 1958 | 065 | 091 |
The Adventures of Robin Hood | Michael Curtiz | 1938 | 066 | — |
Seven Samurai | Akira Kurosawa | 1954 | 067 | 002 |
The Graduate | Mike Nichols | 1967 | 068 | — |
Blade Runner | Ridley Scott | 1982 | 069 | — |
The River | Jean Renoir | 1951 | 070 | 176 |
8½ | Federico Fellini | 1963 | 071 | 140 |
West Side Story | Robert Wise | 1961 | 072 | — |
Casablanca | Michael Curtiz | 1942 | 073 | — |
Some Like It Hot | Billy Wilder | 1959 | 074 | — |
Ghostbusters | Ivan Reitman | 1984 | 075 | — |
Floating Weeds | Yasujiro Ozu | 1959 | 076 | 232 |
The Naked Kiss | Samuel Fuller | 1964 | 077 | 018 |
Lawrence of Arabia | David Lean | 1962 | 078 | — |
Shampoo | Hal Ashby | 1975 | 079 | — |
Five Easy Pieces | Bob Rafelson | 1970 | 081 | 546 |
Red Beard | Akira Kurosawa | 1965 | 082 | 159 |
Miracle in Milan | Vittorio De Sica | 1951 | 083 | — |
Children of Paradise | Marcel Carné | 1945 | 084 | 141 |
Wild Strawberries | Ingmar Bergman | 1957 | 085 | 139 |
Smiles of a Summer Night | Ingmar Bergman | 1955 | 086 | 237 |
Annie Hall | Woody Allen | 1977 | 093 | — |
Jour de Fête | Jacques Tati | 1948 | 094 | — |
The Great Escape | John Sturges | 1963 | 095 | — |
La Cage aux Folles | Edouard Molinaro | 1978 | 096 | — |
Rebecca | Alfred Hitchcock | 1940 | 098 | 135 |
Burn! | Gillo Pontecorvo | 1969 | 099 | — |
Notorious | Alfred Hitchcock | 1946 | 100 | 137 |
Mon Oncle | Jacques Tati | 1958 | 101 | 111 |
Lolita | Stanley Kubrick | 1962 | 103 | — |
Yojimbo | Akira Kurosawa | 1961 | 105 | 052 |
Throne of Blood | Akira Kurosawa | 1957 | 106 | 190 |
Umberto D. | Vittorio de Sica | 1952 | 107 | 201 |
Sex, Lies, and Videotape | Steven Soderbergh | 1989 | 108 | — |
Taxi Driver | Martin Scorsese | 1976 | 109 | — |
The Lacemaker | Claude Goretta | 1977 | 112 | — |
That Obscure Object of Desire | Luis Buñuel | 1977 | 113 | 143 |
Ikiru | Akira Kurosawa | 1952 | 114 | 221 |
King of Hearts | Philippe de Broca | 1966 | 115 | — |
Summertime | David Lean | 1955 | 116 | 022 |
Tokyo Olympiad | Kon Ichikawa | 1965 | 117 | 155 |
Silverado | Lawrence Kasdan | 1985 | 118 | — |
Kwaidan | Masaki Kobayashi | 1964 | 119 | 090 |
Raging Bull | Martin Scorsese | 1980 | 120 | — |
Confidential Report A.K.A. Mr. Arkadin | Orson Welles | 1955 | 121 | 322 |
Last Tango in Paris | Bernardo Bertolucci | 1972 | 122 | — |
The Big Chill | Lawrence Kasdan | 1983 | 123 | — |
Dr. No | Terence Young | 1962 | 124 | — |
Close Encounters of the Third Kind | Steven Spielberg | 1977 | 125 | — |
The Devil and Daniel Webster | William Dieterle | 1941 | 126 | 214 |
Wages of Fear | Henri-Georges Clouzot | 1953 | 127 | 036 |
Beauty and the Beast | Jean Cocteau | 1946 | 128 | 006 |
Parade | Jacques Tati | 1974 | 129 | — |
49th Parallel | Michael Powell | 1941 | 130 | 376 |
From Russia with Love | Terence Young | 1963 | 131 | — |
Goldfinger | Guy Hamilton | 1964 | 132 | — |
Bad Day at Black Rock | John Sturges | 1955 | 133 | — |
Knife in the Water | Roman Polanski | 1962 | 134 | 215 |
Here Comes Mr. Jordan | Alexander Hall | 1941 | 135 | — |
Arsenic and Old Lace | Frank Capra | 1944 | 136 | — |
Lady for a Day | Frank Capra | 1933 | 137 | — |
Diabolique | Henri-Georges Clouzot | 1955 | 138 | 035 |
The Last Picture Show | Peter Bogdanovich | 1971 | 139 | 549 |
Carnal Knowledge | Mike Nichols | 1971 | 140 | — |
Carrie | Brian De Palma | 1976 | 141 | — |
Citizen Kane | Orson Welles | 1941 | 142 | — |
Dr. Strangelove | Stanley Kubrick | 1964 | 143 | — |
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen | Terry Gilliam | 1989 | 144 | — |
Tootsie | Sydney Pollack | 1982 | 145 | — |
Midnight Cowboy | John Schlesinger | 1969 | 146 | — |
The Harder They Come | Perry Henzell | 1973 | 147 | 083 |
Sunday Bloody Sunday | John Schlesinger | 1971 | 148 | 629 |
The Fisher King | Terry Gilliam | 1991 | 149 | — |
Boyz n the Hood | John Singleton | 1991 | 150 | — |
Akira | Katsuhiro Otomo | 1988 | 151 | — |
Letter from an Unknown Woman | Max Ophüls | 1948 | 151 | — |
The King of Kings | Cecil B. DeMille | 1927 | 152 | 266 |
Breathless | Jean-Luc Godard | 1960 | 153 | 408 |
Blackmail | Alfred Hitchcock | 1929 | 154 | — |
Spartacus | Stanley Kubrick | 1960 | 155 | 105 |
Peeping Tom | Michael Powell | 1960 | 156 | 058 |
The Tales of Hoffman | Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger | 1951 | 157 | 317 |
The Last Metro | François Truffaut | 1980 | 158 | 462 |
Jason and the Argonauts | Don Chaffey | 1963 | 160 | — |
Secret Honor | Robert Altman | 1984 | 161 | 257 |
The Golden Coach | Jean Renoir | 1953 | 162 | 242 |
French Cancan | Jean Renoir | 1955 | 163 | 243 |
Fallen Idol | Carol Reed | 1948 | 164 | 357 |
Jules and Jim | François Truffaut | 1962 | 165 | 281 |
The Silence | Ingmar Bergman | 1963 | 166 | 211 |
Monty Python and the Holy Grail | Terry Gilliam and Terry Jones | 1975 | 168 | — |
The Man Who Fell to Earth | Nicolas Roeg | 1976 | 169 | 304 |
Green for Danger | Sidney Gilliat | 1946 | 170 | 375 |
The Burmese Harp | Kon Ichikawa | 1956 | 171 | 379 |
The 400 Blows | François Truffaut | 1959 | 173 | 005 |
Ugetsu | Kenji Mizoguchi | 1953 | 174 | 309 |
The Player | Robert Altman | 1992 | 175 | — |
Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto | Hiroshi Inagaki | 1954 | 176 | 014 |
Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple | Hiroshi Inagaki | 1955 | 177 | 015 |
Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island | Hiroshi Inagaki | 1956 | 178 | 016 |
Damage | Louis Malle | 1992 | 182 | — |
Bram Stoker's Dracula | Francis Ford Coppola | 1992 | 183 | — |
Robinson Crusoe on Mars | Byron Haskin | 1964 | 184 | 404 |
Lord of the Flies | Peter Brook | 1963 | 185 | 043 |
Confidentially Yours | François Truffaut | 1983 | 187 | — |
Edward II | Derek Jarman | 1991 | 189 | — |
Richard III | Laurence Olivier | 1955 | 190 | 213 |
The Silence of the Lambs | Jonathan Demme | 1991 | 192 | 013 |
The Makioka Sisters | Kon Ichikawa | 1983 | 195 | 567 |
Brazil | Terry Gilliam | 1985 | 196 | 051 |
RoboCop | Paul Verhoeven | 1987 | 198 | 023 |
The Emperor Jones | Dudley Murphy | 1933 | 202 | 370 |
Get Out Your Handkerchiefs | Bertrand Blier | 1978 | 203 | — |
Evergreen | Victor Saville | 1934 | 204 | — |
Cries and Whispers | Ingmar Bergman | 1973 | 207 | 101 |
Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom | Pier Paolo Pasolini | 1975 | 209 | 017 |
Polyester | John Waters | 1981 | 210 | — |
The Killer | John Woo | 1989 | 211 | 008 |
Repulsion | Roman Polanski | 1965 | 212 | 483 |
Man Bites Dog | Rémy Belvaux | 1992 | 215 | 165 |
Bodies, Rest & Motion | Michael Steinberg | 1993 | 216 | — |
Sanjuro | Akira Kurosawa | 1962 | 218 | 053 |
Menace II Society | Albert Hughes and Allen Hughes | 1993 | 219 | — |
Othello | Orson Welles | 1952 | 220 | — |
Osaka Elegy | Kenji Mizoguchi | 1936 | 221 | Eclipse Series #13 |
Andrei Rublev | Andrei Tarkovsky | 1966 | 222 | 034 |
Sansho the Bailiff | Kenji Mizoguchi | 1954 | 223 | 386 |
Two English Girls | François Truffaut | 1971 | 225 | — |
The Last Laugh | F. W. Murnau | 1924 | 226 | — |
The Prince of Tides | Barbra Streisand | 1991 | 227 | — |
L'avventura | Michelangelo Antonioni | 1960 | 228 | 098 |
She's Gotta Have It | Spike Lee | 1986 | 229 | — |
Fellini Satyricon | Federico Fellini | 1969 | 230 | — |
Short Cuts | Robert Altman | 1993 | 231 | 265 |
The Hidden Fortress | Akira Kurosawa | 1958 | 232 | 116 |
Cat People | Jacques Tourneur | 1942 | 233 | — |
Naked | Mike Leigh | 1993 | 234 | 307 |
Woman Next Door | François Truffaut | 1981 | 236 | — |
I Know Where I'm Going! | Michael Powell & Emeric Pressburger | 1945 | 237 | 094 |
This Is Spinal Tap | Rob Reiner | 1984 | 238 | 012 |
Throne of Blood | Akira Kurosawa | 1957 | 239 | 190 |
Sid & Nancy | Alex Cox | 1986 | 241 | 020 |
Ashes and Diamonds | Andrzej Wajda | 1958 | 242 | 285 |
Soft Skin | François Truffaut | 1964 | 243 | — |
David Holzman's Diary | Jim McBride | 1968 | 244 | — |
Hard Boiled | John Woo | 1992 | 245 | 009 |
Through a Glass Darkly | Ingmar Bergman | 1961 | 246 | 209 |
Halloween | John Carpenter | 1978 | 247 | — |
Brief Encounter | David Lean | 1945 | 248 | 076 |
The Red Shoes | Michael Powell & Emeric Pressburger | 1945 | 249 | 044 |
A Night to Remember | Roy Ward Baker | 1958 | 250 | 007 |
Winter Light | Ingmar Bergman | 1962 | 254 | 210 |
Autumn Sonata | Ingmar Bergman | 1978 | 255 | 060 |
Dersu Uzala | Akira Kurosawa | 1974 | 256 | — |
Rome, Open City | Roberto Rossellini | 1946 | 257 | 497 |
Henry V | Laurence Olivier | 1944 | 258 | 041 |
Hobson's Choice | David Lean | 1954 | 259 | 461 |
F for Fake | Orson Welles | 1975 | 260 | 288 |
Three Cases of Murder | David Eady | 1955 | 261 | — |
Great Expectations | David Lean | 1946 | 262 | 031 |
In Which We Serve | Noël Coward | 1942 | 263 | 604 |
La Ronde | Max Ophüls | 1950 | 264 | 443 |
The Importance of Being Earnest | Anthony Asquith | 1952 | 265 | 158 |
Do the Right Thing | Spike Lee | 1989 | 266 | 097 |
Oliver Twist | David Lean | 1948 | 267 | 032 |
Amarcord | Federico Fellini | 1974 | 270 | 004 |
Pulp Fiction | Quentin Tarantino | 1994 | 271 | — |
The Magic Flute | Ingmar Bergman | 1975 | 273 | 071 |
Alphaville | Jean-Luc Godard | 1965 | 274 | 025 |
Coup de Torchon | Bertrand Tavernier | 1981 | 275 | 106 |
Fires on the Plain | Kon Ichikawa | 1959 | 276 | 378 |
The Virgin Spring | Ingmar Bergman | 1960 | 277 | 321 |
Variety Lights | Federico Fellini | 1950 | 279 | 081 |
Odd Man Out | Carol Reed | 1947 | 280 | — |
Once Were Warriors | Lee Tamahori | 1994 | 282 | — |
Akira | Katsuhiro Otomo | 1988 | 283 | — |
The Killer | John Woo | 1989 | 284 | 008 |
The Atomic Cafe | Kevin Rafferty | 1982 | 285 | — |
Why Has Bodhi-Dharma Left for the East? | Bae Yong-Kyun | 1989 | 286 | — |
Blood for Dracula | Paul Morrissey | 1974 | 287 | 028 |
Flesh for Frankenstein | Paul Morrissey | 1973 | 288 | 027 |
Blood of a Poet | Jean Cocteau | 1930 | 289 | 067 |
Belle de jour | Luis Buñuel | 1967 | 290 | 593 |
Dodes ka-den | Akira Kurosawa | 1970 | 291 | 465 |
The Horse's Mouth | Ronald Neame | 1958 | 292 | 154 |
Scenes from a Marriage | Ingmar Bergman | 1973 | 293 | 229 |
Sword of Doom | Kihashi Okamoto | 1966 | 294 | 280 |
I Am Cuba | Mikhail Kalatozov | 1964 | 295 | — |
Hamlet | Laurence Olivier | 1948 | 296 | 082 |
Seven | David Fincher | 1995 | 298 | — |
Tristana | Luis Buñuel | 1970 | 299 | — |
Waltz of the Toreadors | John Guillermin | 1962 | 300 | — |
Dead Presidents | Albert Hughes and Allen Hughes | 1995 | 301 | — |
The Earrings of Madame de... | Max Ophüls | 1953 | 302 | 445 |
The Magician | Ingmar Bergman | 1958 | 303 | 537 |
El Cid | Anthony Mann | 1961 | 304 | — |
Dead Ringers (film) | David Cronenberg | 1988 | 305 | 021 |
This Sporting Life | Lindsay Anderson | 1963 | 306 | 417 |
Stranger Than Paradise | Jim Jarmusch | 1984 | 307 | 400 |
Hard Boiled | John Woo | 1992 | 308 | 009 |
Diva | Jean-Jacques Beineix | 1981 | 309 | — |
Halloween | John Carpenter | 1978 | 310 | — |
RoboCop | Paul Verhoeven | 1987 | 311 | 023 |
The Entertainer | Tony Richardson | 1960 | 312 | — |
Swept Away | Lina Wertmüller | 1975 | 313 | — |
The Silence of the Lambs | Jonathan Demme | 1991 | 314 | 013 |
The Return of Martin Guerre | Daniel Vigne | 1982 | 315 | — |
Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song | Melvin Van Peebles | 1971 | 316 | — |
Montenegro | Dusan Makavejev | 1981 | 317 | — |
The League of Gentlemen | Basil Dearden | 1959 | 318 | Eclipse Series #25 |
This Is Spinal Tap | Rob Reiner | 1984 | 319 | 012 |
The Princess Bride | Rob Reiner | 1987 | 320 | — |
Big Deal on Madonna Street | Mario Monicelli | 1958 | 321 | 113 |
Crimes and Misdemeanors | Woody Allen | 1989 | 323 | — |
Purple Noon | René Clément | 1960 | 324 | 637 |
Trainspotting | Danny Boyle | 1996 | 325 | — |
A Personal Journey with Martin Scorsese Through American Movies | Martin Scorsese | 1995 | 326 | — |
Supercop | Stanley Tong | 1992 | 327 | — |
The Umbrellas of Cherbourg | Jacques Demy | 1964 | 328 | — |
The Life of Oharu | Kenji Mizoguchi | 1952 | 329 | — |
The Long Good Friday | John Mackenzie | 1980 | 331 | 026 |
Early Summer | Yasujiro Ozu | 1951 | 332 | 240 |
The Rock | Michael Bay | 1996 | 334 | 108 |
Shine | Scott Hicks | 1996 | 335 | — |
The English Patient | Anthony Minghella | 1996 | 336 | — |
Evita | Alan Parker | 1996 | 337 | — |
Olympia I and II | Leni Riefenstahl | 1938 | 338 | — |
Withnail and I | Bruce Robinson | 1986 | 339 | 119 |
How to Get Ahead in Advertising | Bruce Robinson | 1989 | 340 | 120 |
Pink Flamingos | John Waters | 1972 | 341 | — |
Z | Costa-Gavras | 1969 | 342 | 491 |
Breaking the Waves | Lars von Trier | 1996 | 343 | — |
Nostalghia | Andrei Tarkovsky | 1983 | 344 | — |
Vivre Sa Vie | Jean-Luc Godard | 1962 | 345 | 512 |
Five Corners | Tony Bill | 1987 | 346 | — |
Mona Lisa | Neil Jordan | 1986 | 347 | 107 |
Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown | Pedro Almodóvar | 1988 | 348 | — |
Crash | David Cronenberg | 1996 | 349 | — |
Sling Blade | Billy Bob Thornton | 1996 | 350 | — |
Walkabout | Nicolas Roeg | 1971 | 351 | 010 |
The Last Temptation of Christ | Martin Scorsese | 1988 | 352 | 070 |
Life of Brian | Terry Jones | 1979 | 353 | 061 |
Time Bandits | Terry Gilliam | 1981 | 354 | 037 |
Breaker Morant | Bruce Beresford | 1980 | 355 | — |
M | Fritz Lang | 1931 | 356 | 030 |
The Unbearable Lightness of Being | Philip Kaufman | 1988 | 357 | 055 |
Victim | Basil Dearden | 1961 | 358 | Eclipse Series #25 |
The Night Porter | Liliana Cavani | 1974 | 359 | 059 |
Chasing Amy | Kevin Smith | 1997 | 360 | 075 |
Branded to Kill | Seijun Suzuki | 1967 | 361 | 038 |
Tokyo Drifter | Seijun Suzuki | 1966 | 362 | 039 |
Vagabond | Agnès Varda | 1985 | 363 | 074 |
Cléo from 5 to 7 | Agnès Varda | 1962 | 364 | 073 |
The Game | David Fincher | 1997 | 365 | 627 |
Boogie Nights | Paul Thomas Anderson | 1997 | 366 | — |
Double Suicide | Masahiro Shinoda | 1969 | 367 | 104 |
Good Morning | Yasujiro Ozu | 1959 | 368 | 084 |
Onibaba | Kaneto Shindo | 1964 | 369 | 226 |
Stray Dog | Akira Kurosawa | 1949 | 370 | 233 |
The Bad Sleep Well | Akira Kurosawa | 1960 | 371 | 319 |
Dead Ringers | David Cronenberg | 1988 | 372 | 021 |
Brazil | Terry Gilliam | 1985 | 373 | 051 |
High and Low | Akira Kurosawa | 1963 | 382 | 024 |
Picnic at Hanging Rock | Peter Weir | 1975 | 383 | 029 |
Armageddon | Michael Bay | 1998 | 384 | 040 |
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