Closet Picks

writer and director

Ryusuke Hamaguchi

One visit, reaching 26 films in the collection.

3 May 2024

The Oscar-winning writer and director talks about Army of Shadows and Jean-Pierre Melville’s cinema of betrayal, shares his love for Denis Lavant's dancing in Beau travail, and selects favorites by Yasujiro Ozu, Ernst Lubitsch, and Nicholas Ray.

Chose Director Year
1 Late Spring Yasujiro Ozu 1949
2 Army of Shadows Jean-Pierre Melville 1969
3 La haine Mathieu Kassovitz 1995
4 Toni Jean Renoir 1935
5 Beau travail Claire Denis 1999
6 Until the End of the World Wim Wenders 1991
7 John Cassavetes: Five Filmsbox set, 6 films
8 Heaven Can Wait Ernst Lubitsch 1943
9 A Story of Floating Weeds / Floating Weeds: Two Films by Yasujiro Ozubox set, 2 films
10 The Essential Jacques Demybox set, 6 films
11 Judex Georges Franju 1963
12 Bigger Than Life Nicholas Ray 1956
13 Fists in the Pocket Marco Bellocchio 1965
14 Cure Kiyoshi Kurosawa 1997
15 My Darling Clementine John Ford 1946

Least-picked choice here: Toni , 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 Ryusuke Hamaguchi is left out, since they picked from one list.

GuestSharedJaccardIn common
Wim Wenders 3 0.130 A Story of Floating Weeds / Floating Weeds: Two Films by Yasujiro Ozu, Beau travail, Until the End of the World
Mike Leigh 4 0.114 A Story of Floating Weeds / Floating Weeds: Two Films by Yasujiro Ozu, John Cassavetes: Five Films, Judex, Late Spring
Barry Jenkins 3 0.103 John Cassavetes: Five Films, La haine, The Essential Jacques Demy
JR 2 0.091 John Cassavetes: Five Films, La haine
RZA 2 0.091 John Cassavetes: Five Films, La haine