Venice 1954 Seven Samurai
Action, Drama · 3h 27m
94%
Celluloid Score Celluloid Pick 97% Audience
Best Movies on The Criterion Channel
35 films on The Criterion Channel, ranked by Celluloid Score.
The highest-rated film on The Criterion Channel is Seven Samurai (1954) with a 94% Celluloid Score — Celluloid Pick. It is followed by Tokyo Story (93%) and Rashomon (92%), out of 35 The Criterion Channel titles ranked from five public rating sources.
Availability is sourced from TMDB watch-provider data and differs by country — check the film page for the regions Celluloid has confirmed. Strongest on The Criterion Channel: Japan (8), United States (7), Hong Kong (5), Italy (3).
Venice 1954 
Tokyo 1953 Tokyo Story
Drama · 2h 16m
93%
Celluloid Score Celluloid Pick 93% Audience
Venice 1951 Rashomon
Crime, Drama · 1h 28m
92%
Celluloid Score Celluloid Pick 93% Audience
8½
Drama · 2h 18m
91%
Celluloid Score Celluloid Pick 92% Audience
Golden Horse 2000 Yi Yi
Drama · 2h 54m
91%
Celluloid Score Celluloid Pick 93% Audience
Cannes 1993 Farewell My Concubine
Drama · 2h 51m
89%
Celluloid Score Recommended 95% Audience
Cannes 2000 In the Mood for Love
Romance, Drama · 1h 38m
89%
Celluloid Score Recommended 92% Audience
Cannes 2007 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days
Drama · 1h 54m
88%
Celluloid Score Recommended 86% Audience
Cannes 1995 La Haine
Drama, Crime · 1h 38m
88%
Celluloid Score Recommended 93% Audience
FeaturedCannes 2024 All We Imagine as Light
Drama · 1h 55m
87%
Celluloid Score Recommended 85% Audience
Cannes 1996 Secrets & Lies
Drama · 2h 22m
87%
Celluloid Score Recommended 90% Audience
HKIFF 1994 Chungking Express
Drama, Comedy · 1h 43m
86%
Celluloid Score Recommended 92% Audience
Cannes 2021 Drive My Car
Drama · 2h 59m
86%
Celluloid Score Recommended 82% Audience
Harakiri
Action, Drama · 2h 15m
86%
Celluloid Score Recommended 90% Audience
HKIFF 1992 Hard Boiled
Action, Thriller · 2h 6m
86%
Celluloid Score Recommended 94% Audience
HKIFF 1989 The Killer
Action, Crime · 1h 50m
86%
Celluloid Score Recommended 93% Audience
Featured The Silence of the Lambs
Crime, Thriller · 1h 59m
86%
Celluloid Score Recommended 90% Audience
Gomorrah
Crime, Drama · 2h 17m
85%
Celluloid Score Recommended 85% Audience
Golden Horse 2003 Infernal Affairs
Drama, Action · 1h 41m
85%
Celluloid Score Recommended 94% Audience
HKIFF 1987 A Better Tomorrow
Action, Crime · 1h 35m
84%
Celluloid Score Recommended 94% Audience
City Lights
Comedy, Drama · 1h 27m
84%
Celluloid Score Recommended 89% Audience
High and Low
Drama, Crime · 2h 22m
84%
Celluloid Score Recommended 88% Audience
Modern Times
Comedy, Drama · 1h 27m
84%
Celluloid Score Recommended 89% Audience
The Great Dictator
Comedy, War · 2h 5m
84%
Celluloid Score Recommended 88% Audience
Come and See
Drama, War · 2h 22m
83%
Celluloid Score Recommended 87% Audience
Ikiru
Drama · 2h 23m
83%
Celluloid Score Recommended 87% Audience
The Apartment
Comedy, Drama · 2h 6m
83%
Celluloid Score Recommended 87% Audience
Cannes 2013 The Great Beauty
Drama · 2h 21m
83%
Celluloid Score Recommended 79% Audience
Cannes 1997 Taste of Cherry
Drama · 1h 39m
82%
Celluloid Score Recommended 82% Audience
Cannes 1999 Rosetta
Drama · 1h 35m
81%
Celluloid Score Recommended 78% Audience
FeaturedCannes 2024 Caught by the Tides
Drama · 2h 40m
79%
Celluloid Score Recommended 70% Audience
Cannes 2015 Dheepan
Crime, Drama · 1h 55m
76%
Celluloid Score Recommended 74% Audience
Venice 2024 Happyend
Drama · 2h 55m
76%
Celluloid Score Recommended 72% Audience
Megadoc
Drama · 1h 55m
75%
Celluloid Score Recommended 65% Audience
Vulcanizadora
Comedy · 1h 40m
74%
Celluloid Score Recommended 62% Audience