Closet Picks

14 Mar 2025

Hans Zimmer’s Closet Picks

The Oscar-winning composer selects favorite films that continue to excite him, including Andrei Rublev and Sid & Nancy ; praises the transportive nature of Les Blank’s work; and shares how Nicolas Roeg changed his life.

Choices
9
Single films
8
Box sets
1
Chose Director Year
1 The Battle of Algiers Gillo Pontecorvo 1966
2 Night and Fog Alain Resnais 1955
3 Andrei Rublev Andrei Tarkovsky 1966
4 Sid & Nancy Alex Cox 1986
5 David Lean Directs Noël Cowardbox set, 4 films
6 His Girl Friday Howard Hawks 1940
7 Les Blank: Always for Pleasure Les Blank 1968
8 Performance Donald Cammell and Nicolas Roeg 1970
9 House Nobuhiko Obayashi 1977

Watch the video · On criterion.com