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 #

Chungking Express

Wong Kar-wai

1994

N/A

-

The Red Balloon and White Mane

Albert Lamorisse

1952

N/A

-

Sonatine

Takeshi Kitano

1993

N/A

-

Switchblade Sisters

Jack Hill

1975

N/A

-

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

Lola Montes

Max Ophüls

1955

012

-

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

-

The Night of the Hunter

Charles Laughton

1955

028

-

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

-

Blow Up

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

-

The Wizard of Oz

Mervyn LeRoy

1939

059

-

2001: A Space Odyssey

Stanley Kubrick

1968

060

-

L'avventura

Michelangelo Antonioni

1960

062

098

The [...]

Stanley Kubrick

1956

064

-

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

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 [...] Kiss

Sam Fuller

1964

077

018

Lawrence of Arabia

David Lean

1962

078

-

Shampoo

Hal Ashby

1975

079

-

Five Easy Pieces

Bob Rafelson

1970

081

-

Red Beard

Akira Kurosawa

1965

082

159

Miracle in Milan

Vittorio De Sica

1951

083

-

Children of Paradise

Marcel Carne

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

-

Burn!

Gillo Pontecorvo

1969

098

-

Rebecca

Alfred Hitchcock

1940

099

135

Burn!

Gillo Pontecorvo

1969

100

-

Notorious

Alfred Hitchcock

1946

101

137

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

[...], 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

-

Forty-Ninth 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

-

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

-

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

-

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

-

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

Monty Python and the Holy Grail

Terry Gilliam and Terry Jones

1975

168

-

Green for Danger

Sidney Gilliat

1946

170

375

The Burmese Harp

Kon Ichikawa

1956

171

379

The Player

Robert Altman

1992

175

-

Damage

Louis Malle

1992

182

-

Bram Stoker's Dracula

Francis Ford Coppola

1992

183

-

Robinson Crusoe on Mars

Byron Haskin

1964

184

404

Confidentially Yours

François Truffaut

1983

187

-

Edward II

Derek Jarman

1991

189

-

The Makioka Sisters

Kon Ichikawa

1983

195

-

Brazil

Terry Gilliam

1985

196

051

The Emperor Jones

Dudley Murphy

1933

202

370

Get Out Your Handkerchiefs

Bertrand Blier

1978

203

-

Evergreen

Victor Saville

1934

204

-

Polyester

John Waters

1981

210

-

The Killer

John Woo

1989

211

008

Repulsion

Roman Polanski

1965

212

-

Salt of the Earth

Herbert Biberman

1954

213

-

Bodies, Rest & Motion

Michael Steinberg

1993

216

-

Menace II Society

Albert Hughes and Allen Hughes

1993

219

-

Othello

Orson Welles

1952

220

-

Osaka Elegy

Kenji Mizoguchi

1936

221

-

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

-

She's Gotta Have It

Spike Lee

1986

229

-

Cat People

Jacques Tourneur

1942

233

-

Woman Next Door

François Truffaut

1981

236

-

Soft Skin

François Truffaut

1964

243

-

David Holzman's Diary

Jim McBride

1968

244

-

Halloween

John Carpenter

1978

247

-

Dersu Uzala

Akira Kurosawa

1974

256

-

Rome, Open City

Roberto Rossellini

1946

257

-

Hobson's Choice

David Lean

1954

259

-

Three Cases of [...]

David Eady

1955

261

-

In Which We Serve

Noel Coward

1942

263

-

La Ronde

Max Ophüls

1950

264

-

Pulp Fiction

Quentin Tarantino

1994

271

-

Fires on the Plain

Kon Ichikawa

1959

276

378

The Virgin Spring

Ingmar Bergman

1960

277

321

Odd Man Out

Carol Reed

1947

280

-

Once Were Warriors

Lee Tamahori

1994

282

-

The Atomic Cafe

Kevin Rafferty

1982

285

-

Why Has Bodhi-Dharma Left For the East?

Bae Yong-Kyun

1989

286

-

Belle de jour

Luis Buñuel

1967

290

-

Dodes ka-den

Akira Kurosawa

1970

291

-

I Am Cuba

Mikhail Kalatozov

1964

295

-

Seven

David Fincher

1995

298

-

Tristana

Luis Buñuel

1970

299

-

Waltz of the Torreadors

John Guillermin

1962

300

-

Dead Presidents

Albert Hughes and Allen Hughes

1995

301

-

The Earrings of Madame de...

Max Ophüls

1953

302

-

The Magician

Ingmar Bergman

1958

303

-

El Cid

Anthony Mann

1961

304

-

This Sporting Life

Lindsay Anderson

1963

306

417

Stranger Than Paradise

Jim Jarmusch

1984

307

400

Diva

Jean-Jacques Beineix

1981

309

-

The Entertainer

Tony Richardson

1960

312

-

Swept Away

Lina Wertmüller

1975

313

-

Return of Martin Guerre

Daniel Vigne

1982

315

-

Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song

Melvin Van Peebles

1971

316

-

Montenegro

Dusan Makavejev''

1981

317

-

League of Gentlemen

Basil Dearden''

1959

318

-

Crimes and Misdemeanors

Woody Allen''

1989

323

-

Purple Noon

René Clément''

1960

324

-

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

-

Life of Oharu

Kenji Mizoguchi''

1952

329

-

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

-

Pink Flamingos

John Waters''

1972

341

-

Breaking the Waves

Lars von Trier''

1996

343

-

Nostalghia

Andrei Tarkovsky''

1983

344

-

Vivre Sa Vie

Jean-Luc Godard''

1962

345

-

Five Corners

Tony Bill''

1987

346

-

Women on the Verge of A Nervous Breakdown

Pedro Almodovar''

1988

348

-

Crash

David Cronenberg''

1996

349

-

Slingblade

Billy Bob Thornton

1996

350

-

Breaker Morant

Bruce Beresford

1980

355

-

Victim

Basil Dearden

1961

358

-

The Game

David Fincher

1997

365

-

Boogie Nights

Paul Thomas Anderson

1997

366

-

Laserdiscs announced but never released

Title

Director

Year

Spine #

DVD Spine #

Caesar and Cleopatra

Gabriel Pascal

1945

090

-

Blue Velvet

David Lynch

1986

219

-

Green for Danger

Sidney Gilliat

1946

104

375

The Spirit of the Beehive

Víctor Erice

1973

110

351

Truffaut Trio

François Truffaut

N/A

176

-

A River Runs Through It

Robert Redford

1992

179

-

A Few Good Men

Rob Reiner

1992

181

-

City of Hope

John Sayles

1992

186

-

The Bridge on the River Kwai

David Lean

1957

193

-

Easy Rider

Dennis Hopper

1969

194

-

The Lady from Shanghai

Orson Welles

1947

197

-

On the Waterfront

Elia Kazan

1954

200

-

The Elephant Man

David Lynch

1980

201

-

Macbeth

Roman Polanski

1971

206

-

The Firemen's Ball

Miloš Forman

1968

217

145

There were still many titles without a spine number assigned: Eraserhead, Gone with the Wind, Psycho, His Girl Friday, Schindler's List, Female Trouble, the Godzilla films, etc.

See also

  • List of Criterion Collection releases
  • List of Eclipse releases