8 Apr 2026
Bob Odenkirk’s Closet Picks
The actor, director, and writer shares his love for the physical comedy of Jackie Chan, praises the timeless beauty of The Red Shoes, and talks about discovering noir classics like The Big Heat and In a Lonely Place on the Criterion Channel.
- Choices
- 13
- Single films
- 9
- Box sets
- 4
| Chose | Director | Year | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Police Story / Police Story 2box set, 2 films | ||
| 2 | Jackie Chan: Emergence of a Superstarbox set, 6 films | ||
| 3 | Bruce Lee: His Greatest Hitsbox set, 5 films | ||
| 4 | Scarface | Howard Hawks | 1932 |
| 5 | Uncut Gems | Josh Safdie and Benny Safdie | 2019 |
| 6 | The Big Heat | Fritz Lang | 1953 |
| 7 | A Man Escaped | Robert Bresson | 1956 |
| 8 | Quadrophenia | Franc Roddam | 1979 |
| 9 | Salò, or The 120 Days of Sodom | Pier Paolo Pasolini | 1976 |
| 10 | The Red Shoes | Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger | 1948 |
| 11 | My Life as a Dog | Lasse Hallström | 1985 |
| 12 | In a Lonely Place | Nicholas Ray | 1950 |
| 13 | America Lost and Found: The BBS Storybox set, 7 films |