actor and director
Bill Hader
2 visits, reaching 37 films in the collection.
23 Jul 2024
The actor and director returns to the Closet, where he clarifies his feelings on Salò, or The 120 Days of Sodom; shares how much he learned about filmmaking from supplemental features on the Criterion editions of Barry Lyndon and Roma; and selects favorite films such as Real Life and Cold War.
| Chose | Director | Year | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Salò, or The 120 Days of Sodom | Pier Paolo Pasolini | 1976 |
| 2 | Yi Yi | Edward Yang | 2000 |
| 3 | Ikiru | Akira Kurosawa | 1952 |
| 4 | Barry Lyndon | Stanley Kubrick | 1975 |
| 5 | Roma | Alfonso Cuarón | 2018 |
| 6 | Real Life | Albert Brooks | 1979 |
| 7 | My Darling Clementine | John Ford | 1946 |
| 8 | Essential Fellinibox set, 14 films | ||
| 9 | Cold War | Paweł Pawlikowski | 2018 |
| 10 | Salvatore Giuliano | Francesco Rosi | 1962 |
| 11 | A Man Escaped | Robert Bresson | 1956 |
| 12 | Petite maman | Céline Sciamma | 2021 |
| 13 | Eclipse Series 24: The Actuality Dramas of Allan Kingbox set, 5 films | ||
| 14 | The Asphalt Jungle | John Huston | 1950 |
| 15 | Cat People | Jacques Tourneur | 1942 |
Least-picked choice here: The Asphalt Jungle , taken by 1 other visits.
2 Mar 2011
The Emmy-winning actor tells us his perverse choice for “the best date movie on earth” and talks about a film recommended to him by Seth Meyers.
| Chose | Director | Year | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Amarcord | Federico Fellini | 1973 |
| 2 | House | Nobuhiko Obayashi | 1977 |
| 3 | Salò, or The 120 Days of Sodom | Pier Paolo Pasolini | 1976 |
| 4 | Green for Danger | Sidney Gilliat | 1946 |
| 5 | Loves of a Blonde | Miloš Forman | 1965 |
| 6 | The Daytrippers | Greg Mottola | 1996 |
| 7 | Antichrist | Lars von Trier | 2009 |
Least-picked choice here: Green for Danger , taken by 1 other visits.
Closest taste
Guests who chose the most of the same things. Anyone filmed alongside Bill Hader is left out, since they picked from one list.
| Guest | Shared | Jaccard | In common |
|---|---|---|---|
| Charlotte Gainsbourg | 2 | 0.080 | Antichrist, Green for Danger |
| Jia Zhangke | 2 | 0.080 | Roma, Yi Yi |
| John Leguizamo | 2 | 0.080 | A Man Escaped, Roma |
| Justine Triet | 2 | 0.077 | Eclipse Series 24: The Actuality Dramas of Allan King, Petite maman |
| Alden Ehrenreich | 2 | 0.074 | Eclipse Series 24: The Actuality Dramas of Allan King, Yi Yi |