Criterion Closet Picks
What people take off the shelf
Every Closet Picks visit Criterion has published, from Guillermo del Toro in September 2010 to the most recent guest, counted film by film and set by set.
- Visits
- 403 22 Sept 2010 to 16 Jul 2026
- Guests
- 423 including joint visits
- Choices made
- 3,312 8.22 per visit on average
- Collection reached
- 74% 1264 of 1718 films
Most reached for
Box sets are counted as one choice, the same as a single film. Taking the Cassavetes set is one decision, not five.
| Title | Director | Picks | First picked | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | John Cassavetes: Five Filmsbox set | 30 | 12 Sept 2011 | |
| 2 | The Complete Films of Agnès Vardabox set | 21 | 16 Feb 2021 | |
| 3 | Do the Right Thing | Spike Lee | 19 | 6 Dec 2014 |
| 4 | All That Jazz | Bob Fosse | 18 | 17 Oct 2014 |
| 5 | The Complete Jacques Tatibox set | 18 | 7 Mar 2016 | |
| 6 | 8½ | Federico Fellini | 17 | 12 Sept 2011 |
| 7 | La strada | Federico Fellini | 16 | 14 Jan 2018 |
| 8 | Essential Fellinibox set | 15 | 4 Oct 2022 | |
| 9 | Wanda | Barbara Loden | 15 | 13 Feb 2018 |
| 10 | Naked | Mike Leigh | 14 | 4 Oct 2013 |
| 11 | Punch-Drunk Love | Paul Thomas Anderson | 14 | 4 Jul 2017 |
| 12 | The Red Shoes | Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger | 14 | 22 Sept 2010 |
| 13 | Being There | Hal Ashby | 13 | 5 Jul 2017 |
| 14 | Dekalog | Krzysztof Kieślowski | 12 | 26 Aug 2016 |
| 15 | Down by Law | Jim Jarmusch | 12 | 30 Jan 2013 |
The full ranking, and the same list with box sets excluded.
The series over time
Closet Picks was occasional for a decade, then became a regular series. 2025 was the busiest year with 105 visits.
| Year | Visits | Visits | Choices | Films new to the series |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 1 | 8 | 8 | |
| 2011 | 7 | 37 | 46 | |
| 2012 | 4 | 22 | 36 | |
| 2013 | 4 | 27 | 27 | |
| 2014 | 9 | 76 | 76 | |
| 2015 | 9 | 104 | 88 | |
| 2016 | 14 | 122 | 92 | |
| 2017 | 17 | 168 | 111 | |
| 2018 | 13 | 103 | 66 | |
| 2019 | 3 | 31 | 7 | |
| 2021 | 6 | 57 | 57 | |
| 2022 | 28 | 224 | 126 | |
| 2023 | 56 | 450 | 167 | |
| 2024 | 78 | 633 | 182 | |
| 2025 | 105 | 802 | 145 | |
| 2026 | 49 | 448 | 30 |