Closet Picks

screenwriter and director

Steven Knight

One visit, reaching 9 films in the collection.

9 Mar 2026

The screenwriter and director talks about the timelessness of Brief Encounter, praises the performances of Richard Burton in The Spy Who Came in from the Cold and Marlon Brando in One-Eyed Jacks, and reminisces about discovering French cinema at an early age.

Chose Director Year
1 Brief Encounter David Lean 1945
2 Le cercle rouge Jean-Pierre Melville 1970
3 The Spy Who Came in from the Cold Martin Ritt 1965
4 Paris, Texas Wim Wenders 1984
5 3:10 to Yuma Delmer Daves 1957
6 One-Eyed Jacks Marlon Brando 1961
7 Betty Blue Jean-Jacques Beineix 1986
8 Dont Look Back D. A. Pennebaker 1967
9 Citizen Kane Orson Welles 1941

Least-picked choice here: Le cercle rouge , taken by 2 other visits.

Watch the video · On criterion.com · This visit

Closest taste

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

GuestSharedJaccardIn common
Barry Levinson 2 0.154 Dont Look Back, One-Eyed Jacks
Jonathan Marc Sherman 2 0.095 One-Eyed Jacks, Paris, Texas
Ethan Hawke 2 0.061 One-Eyed Jacks, Paris, Texas