The Criterion Channel

Classics and discoveries from around the world, thematically programmed with special features, on a streaming service brought to you by the Criterion Collection

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GENRES

  • MOVIES
  • CRIME
  • HORROR
  • DRAMA
  • COMEDY
  • ACTION
  • DOCUMENTARIES

TOP SHOWS

  • The 400 Blows (François Truffaut)
  • Ace in the Hole (Billy Wilder)
  • Ali: Fear Eats the Soul (Rainer Werner Fassbinder)
  • The Apu Trilogy (Satyajit Ray)
  • Bicycle Thieves (Vittorio de Sica)
  • Belle de Jour (Luis Buñuel)
  • Blood Simple (Joel and Ethan Coen)
  • Breathless (Jean-Luc Godard)
  • Brief Encounter (David Lean)
  • Chimes at Midnight (Orson Welles)

NEW SHOWS (MONTHLY)

  • Holiday
  • Fail Safe
  • Le petit soldat
  • The Fugitive Kind

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CANCELLATION POLICY

The Criterion Collection will refund the full purchase amount (including any applicable sales tax, but excluding any shipping and handling fees) if an item is returned within 30 days of the date we ship it to you.

  • Enjoy continuous access to Criterion’s streaming library of more than 1,000 important classic and contemporary films, plus a constantly refreshed selection of Hollywood, international, art-house, and independent films from major studios and dozens of independent distributors.
  • Go deep with the Criterion Collection’s archive of special features for context that no other service can match.
  • The Criterion Channel is more than just the movies. It’s spotlighted series on directors, stars, genres, and themes. It’s our 15-minute-a-month film school, Observations on Film Art, or the Tuesday Short + Feature and the Friday double bi
  • It’s letting guest curators like Barry Jenkins, Guillermo del Toro, or Mira Nair take you on an adventure in moviegoing—or setting out on one of your own!

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Since 1984, the Criterion Collection, a continuing series of important classic and contemporary films, has been dedicated to gathering the greatest films from around the world and publishing them in editions that offer the highest technical quality and award-winning, original supplements. Over the years, as we moved from laserdisc to DVD, Blu-ray disc, and online streaming, we’ve seen a lot of things change, but one thing has remained constant: our commitment to publishing the defining moments of cinema for a wider and wider audience.