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 |
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 [...] 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
External links
- Criterion Laserdisc Collection at The Criterion Collection's website.