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They've released some garbage (Armageddon? What the fuck?) and their discs are typically way too expensive. Having said that, they have released more amazing movies (and they're extremely professional about it) than any other company I can think of. At the top of my head, I'd check out the following:
400 Blows
The Killer
Schizopolis
Hard Boiled
Seventh Seal
Chungking Express
Dead Ringers
Withnail and I
Robocop
Tokyo Story
Naked Lunch
Videodrome
Slacker
Ran
Virgin Spring
Jigoku (a bit dated but has some of the scariest visuals I've ever seen)
Sweet Movie
Mala Noche
Fat Girl
Last Year at Marienbad
Alphaville
Andrei Rublev
HAXAN
Branded to Kill
Tokyo Drifter
Wild Strawberries
Eyes Without a Face
Taste of Cherry
Jubilee (a bit overrated but definitely worth a watch)
Ali: Fear Eats the Soul
Obscure Object of Desire
Pierret Le Fou
Breathless
Made in USA
2 or 3 Things I Know About Her
Elements of Crime
Exterminating Angel
In the Realm of the Senses
Repulsion
My Own Private Idaho
F For Fake
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
In the Mood For Love
Man Bites Dog (!)
Contempt
Through a Glass Darkly
Band of Outsiders
Life of Brian
Sisters
Discreet Charm of the Bourgeosie
How to Get Ahead in Advertising
By Brakhage (Dog Star Man is in my top 10 films of all time)
I'm sure there's way more I'm forgetting, and obviously more I haven't seen but the above are all great, great releases that I've owned or rented off of nflix.
The main problem with criterion is that they haven't released any Takeshi Kitano films.
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