Closet Picks

writer and director

Todd Haynes

One visit, reaching 18 films in the collection.

20 Oct 2023

The writer and director of Safe, Carol, and May December describes the influence that Brief Encounter and Beau travail have had on his work, praises classic Douglas Sirk movies as “the most perfect films ever made,” and gives a shout-out to the late Terence Davies and his friend Kelly Reichardt.

Chose Director Year
1 Brief Encounter David Lean 1945
2 My Own Private Idaho Gus Van Sant 1991
3 All That Heaven Allows Douglas Sirk 1955
4 Written on the Wind Douglas Sirk 1956
5 The BRD Trilogybox set, 3 films
6 Masculin féminin Jean-Luc Godard 1966
7 Sunday Bloody Sunday John Schlesinger 1971
8 The Night of the Hunter Charles Laughton 1955
9 The Long Day Closes Terence Davies 1992
10 Beau travail Claire Denis 1999
11 All About Eve Joseph L. Mankiewicz 1950
12 Now, Voyager Irving Rapper 1942
13 Old Joy Kelly Reichardt 2006
14 The Servant Joseph Losey 1963
15 Beyond the Valley of the Dolls Russ Meyer 1970
16 In a Lonely Place Nicholas Ray 1950

Least-picked choice here: The Long Day Closes , 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 Todd Haynes is left out, since they picked from one list.

GuestSharedJaccardIn common
Lisa Kudrow 2 0.105 All About Eve, Now, Voyager
Margaret Qualley 2 0.100 All About Eve, Beau travail
Elegance Bratton 2 0.080 All That Heaven Allows, Written on the Wind
Carol Kane 2 0.077 All About Eve, My Own Private Idaho
Maggie Gyllenhaal 2 0.077 Beau travail, The BRD Trilogy