Closet Picks

6 Jan 2026

Jodie Foster’s Closet Picks

The actor and director shares her love for the films of Céline Sciamma, talks about the Olympic Games documentary Visions of Eight, and reminisces about watching Berlin Alexanderplatz with her mom.

Choices
13
Single films
10
Box sets
3
Chose Director Year
1 Portrait of a Lady on Fire Céline Sciamma 2019
2 Petite maman Céline Sciamma 2021
3 The Piano Jane Campion 1993
4 Visions of Eight Juri Ozerov, Mai Zetterling, Arthur Penn, Michael Pfleghar, Kon Ichikawa, Miloš Forman, Claude Lelouch, and John Schlesinger 1973
5 Three Films by Mai Zetterlingbox set, 3 films
6 Parasite Bong Joon Ho 2019
7 La haine Mathieu Kassovitz 1995
8 La strada Federico Fellini 1954
9 Essential Fellinibox set, 14 films
10 Woman in the Dunes Hiroshi Teshigahara 1964
11 Wings of Desire Wim Wenders 1987
12 Berlin Alexanderplatz Rainer Werner Fassbinder 1980
13 John Cassavetes: Five Filmsbox set, 6 films

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