Closet Picks

24 Apr 2026

Matthew Rhys’s Closet Picks

The actor talks about the experience of sharing The Princess Bride with his son, celebrates the transportive quality of Do the Right Thing, and selects formative favorites like Withnail and I and Monty Python’s Life of Brian.

Choices
8
Single films
8
Box sets
0
Chose Director Year
1 Grey Gardens David Maysles, Albert Maysles, Ellen Hovde, and Muffie Meyer 1975
2 Withnail and I Bruce Robinson 1987
3 The Princess Bride Rob Reiner 1987
4 Do the Right Thing Spike Lee 1989
5 Mean Streets Martin Scorsese 1973
6 Monty Python’s Life of Brian Terry Jones 1979
7 The Great Escape John Sturges 1963
8 The Graduate Mike Nichols 1967

Watch the video · On criterion.com