Closet Picks

actor, director and writer

Bob Odenkirk

One visit, reaching 29 films in the collection.

8 Apr 2026

The actor, director, and writer shares his love for the physical comedy of Jackie Chan, praises the timeless beauty of The Red Shoes, and talks about discovering noir classics like The Big Heat and In a Lonely Place on the Criterion Channel.

Chose Director Year
1 Police Story / Police Story 2box set, 2 films
2 Jackie Chan: Emergence of a Superstarbox set, 6 films
3 Bruce Lee: His Greatest Hitsbox set, 5 films
4 Scarface Howard Hawks 1932
5 Uncut Gems Josh Safdie and Benny Safdie 2019
6 The Big Heat Fritz Lang 1953
7 A Man Escaped Robert Bresson 1956
8 Quadrophenia Franc Roddam 1979
9 Salò, or The 120 Days of Sodom Pier Paolo Pasolini 1976
10 The Red Shoes Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger 1948
11 My Life as a Dog Lasse Hallström 1985
12 In a Lonely Place Nicholas Ray 1950
13 America Lost and Found: The BBS Storybox set, 7 films

Least-picked choice here: The Big Heat , taken by nobody else.

Watch the video · On criterion.com · This visit

Closest taste

Guests who chose the most of the same things. Anyone filmed alongside Bob Odenkirk is left out, since they picked from one list.

GuestSharedJaccardIn common
Joel Edgerton 3 0.167 My Life as a Dog, Police Story / Police Story 2, Uncut Gems
Eric Andre 3 0.136 Jackie Chan: Emergence of a Superstar, Police Story / Police Story 2, Uncut Gems
Lucy Liu 2 0.118 Bruce Lee: His Greatest Hits, Jackie Chan: Emergence of a Superstar
Rodarte 2 0.100 In a Lonely Place, The Red Shoes
Edgar Wright 2 0.091 America Lost and Found: The BBS Story, Police Story / Police Story 2