Guests

Every guest who has visited the Criterion Closet, filterable by profession.

Adrian Utley

actor
5 picks

Agnès B.

producer
7 picks

Agnes Varda

director
7 picks

Agnieszka Holland

director
6 picks

Aimee Lou Wood

actor
10 picks

Alain Guiraudie

director
6 picks

Alan Palomo

musician
8 picks

Alden Ehrenreich

actor
9 picks

Alec Baldwin

actor
3 picks

Alessandro Borghi, Felix van Groeningen, and Charlotte Vandermeersch

actor
6 picks

Alex Winter

actor
8 picks

Alexander Payne

actor
11 picks

Alfonso Cuaron And Pawel Pawlikowski

11 picks

Alicia Malone

actor
8 picks

Alicia Silverstone

actor
7 picks

Amelia Dimoldenberg

actor
9 picks

Amir Naderi

director
5 picks

Amy Heckerling

director
7 picks

Amy Irving

actor
9 picks

André Bonzel

director
5 picks

Andre Gregory And Wallace Shawn

6 picks

André Holland

actor
7 picks

Andrew Garfield

actor
10 picks

Andrew Stanton

writer
6 picks

Anna Karina

actor
5 picks

Anna Kendrick

actor
8 picks

Annie Baker and Lucian Johnston

producer
6 picks

ANOHNI

actor
8 picks

Anton Corbijn

director
5 picks

Ari Aster

director
38 picks

Asif Kapadia

director
15 picks

Atom Egoyan

director
8 picks

Aubrey Plaza And Jeff Baena

18 picks

Ayo Edebiri

actor
7 picks

Azazel Jacobs

director
9 picks

Barbara Sukowa

actor
7 picks

Barbie Ferreira

actor
11 picks

Barry Jenkins

director
17 picks

Barry Levinson

director
6 picks

Barry Sonnenfeld

director
5 picks

Ben Affleck

actor
14 picks

Ben Gibbards

9 picks

Ben Sinclair

director
10 picks

Ben Wheatley

director
13 picks

Ben Whishaw

actor
6 picks

Benjamin Millepied

actor
7 picks

Benny Safdie

director
22 picks

Bertrand Bonello

director
5 picks

Betsey Johnson

actor
5 picks

Bi Gan

director
5 picks

Bill and Turner Ross

actor
8 picks

Bill Hader

actor
22 picks

Bill Pope

cinematographer
7 picks

Billy Crudup

actor
9 picks

Bong Joon Ho

director
11 picks

Bowen Yang

actor
9 picks

Brady Corbet

actor
11 picks

Brit Marling and Zal Batmanglij

actor
7 picks

Callum Turner

actor
11 picks

Cameron Crowe

writer
8 picks

Carl Franklin

director
13 picks

Carol Kane

actor
13 picks

Carrie Coon

actor
12 picks

Cary Elwes

actor
7 picks

Cate Blanchett and Todd Field

actor
17 picks

Catherine Breillat

director
7 picks

Cauleen Smith

director
11 picks

Charles Burnett

editor
9 picks

Charles Melton

actor
14 picks

Charli XCX

actor
4 picks

Charlie Day

actor
9 picks

Charlotte Gainsbourg

actor
7 picks

Charlotte Rampling And Andrew Haigh

13 picks

Charlotte Wells

director
4 picks

Chelsea Peretti

actor
12 picks

Cheryl Dunye

director
10 picks

Chiara Mastroianni

actor
9 picks

Chris Eigeman

actor
7 picks

Christian Petzold

producer
7 picks

Christoph Waltz

actor
6 picks

Cillian Murphy

actor
5 picks

Claire Danes

actor
8 picks

Claire Denis’

actor
8 picks

Claude Lelouch

director
5 picks

Colin Quinn

actor
9 picks

Cristian Mungiu

director
5 picks

Dan Levy

director
10 picks

Daniels’

actor
7 picks

Danny Boyle

director
10 picks

David Byrne

actor
6 picks

David Cronenberg

director
4 picks

David Remnick

actor
9 picks

Denis Villeneuve

director
7 picks

Derek Cianfrance

director
6 picks

Desiree Akhavan

actor
12 picks

DEVO: Gerald Casale and Mark Mothersbaugh

actor
4 picks

Diane Kruger

actor
5 picks

Dick Cavett

actor
7 picks

Diego Calva

actor
17 picks

Diego Luna

actor
8 picks

Dylan Baker

actor
8 picks

Edgar Wright

director
11 picks

Edward Berger

actor
7 picks

Elegance Bratton

director
11 picks

Elle Fanning

actor
12 picks

Elvis Mitchell

actor
7 picks

Eric Bana

actor
6 picks

Ethan Hawke and Jonathan Marc Sherman

actor
15 picks

Ethel Cain

actor
7 picks

Euzhan Palcy

director
11 picks

Five Comics’

20 picks

Florence Welch

actor
8 picks

Floyd Norman

actor
6 picks

Flying Lotus

musician
10 picks

Francis Ford Coppola

director
4 picks

François Girard

director
11 picks

F

Franklin Leonard

actor
9 picks

Frederick Wiseman

director
5 picks

Gael Garcia Bernal

actor
6 picks

Garrett Bradley

musician
14 picks

Gaspar Noe

director
13 picks

Gina Gershon

actor
8 picks

Gina Prince-Bythewood

director
12 picks

Gints Zilbalodis

director
9 picks

Greg Gonzalez

actor
6 picks

Gregg Araki

director
6 picks

Griffin Dunne

actor
7 picks

Guillermo del Toro

director
17 picks

Guy Maddin

director
7 picks

Halle Berry

actor
10 picks

Hans Zimmer

musician
9 picks

Hari Nef

actor
11 picks

Harris Dickinson

actor
9 picks

Harris Savides

cinematographer
6 picks

Hideo Kojima

cinematographer
9 picks

Hlynur Pálmason

director
10 picks

Ira Sachs

director
11 picks

Isabel Sandoval

director
9 picks

Isabelle Huppert

actor
10 picks

Jack Garfein

director
4 picks

Jacqueline Novak and John Early

actor
12 picks

Jacques Audiard

director
9 picks

Jafar Panahi

director
1 picks

James Acheson

other
3 picks

James L. Brooks

producer
7 picks

Jamie Demetriou

actor
7 picks

Jamie Lee Curtis

actor
12 picks

Jane Schoenbrun

director
9 picks

Janelle Monáe

actor
5 picks

Jarvis Cocker

actor
7 picks

Jason Bateman

actor
11 picks

Jason Schwartzman

actor
9 picks

Jay Duplass

actor
6 picks

Jean Pierre And Luc Dardenne

7 picks

Jenni Olson

director
5 picks

Jennifer Kent

director
7 picks

Jeremy O. Harris

actor
12 picks

Jeremy Pope

actor
6 picks

Jeremy Thomas

actor
8 picks

Jerry Schatzberg

director
6 picks

Jerzy Skolimowski

director
8 picks

Jia Zhangke

director
6 picks

Jim Jarmusch

director
9 picks

Joachim Trier

director
14 picks

Joanna Hogg

director
7 picks

Jodie Foster

actor
13 picks

Joel Edgerton

actor
8 picks

Joel Kim Booster

actor
7 picks

Joel Potrykus

director
6 picks

John Darnielle

actor
10 picks

John David Washington and Malcolm Washington

actor
14 picks

John Dwyer

actor
8 picks

John Lithgow

actor
6 picks

John Sayles

director
4 picks

John Slattery

actor
5 picks

John Waters’

director
5 picks

Johnnie To

director
8 picks

Joseph Kosinski

director
6 picks

Josh Brolin

actor
8 picks

JR

actor
9 picks

Judd Apatow

director
12 picks

Jude Law

actor
6 picks

Julia Fox

actor
8 picks

Julia Garner

actor
9 picks

Juliette Binoche and Ralph Fiennes

actor
14 picks

Julio Torres

actor
11 picks

June Squibb

actor
10 picks

Justine Triet

director
7 picks

Kahlil Joseph

director
5 picks

K

Karina Longworth

actor
11 picks

Karyn Kusama

director
9 picks

Kathryn Bigelow

director
8 picks

Katya Zamolodchikova

actor
9 picks

Kemp Powers

director
6 picks

Ken Burns

director
7 picks

Kerry Condon

actor
11 picks

Kevin Bacon

actor
7 picks

Kevin Smith

director
7 picks

Kim Cattrall

actor
12 picks

Kim Morgan

writer
10 picks

Kleber Mendonça Filho

director
10 picks

Koji Yakusho

actor
7 picks

Kristin Scott Thomas

actor
11 picks

Kyle MacLachlan

actor
7 picks

Laura Albert & Jeff Feuerzeig

actor
7 picks

Laura Dern

actor
23 picks

Laurie Anderson

actor
9 picks

Lav Diaz

director
12 picks

Lee Daniels

director
10 picks

Lee Unkrich

director
10 picks

Lena Dunham

director
9 picks

Leslie Harris

director
5 picks

Lila Avilés

director
7 picks

Lily Gladstone & Erica Tremblay

actor
10 picks

Lina Rodriguez

other
7 picks

Louis Garrel

actor
11 picks

Luca Guadagnino

director
7 picks

Lucrecia Martel

director
11 picks

Lucy Liu

actor
7 picks

​Luis Guzmán

actor
6 picks

M.I.A. and Stephen Loveridge

actor
6 picks

Maggie Gyllenhaal

actor
12 picks

Manuel Garcia-Rulfo

actor
6 picks

Marc Maron

actor
12 picks

Marco Bellocchio

director
5 picks

Margaret Qualley

actor
7 picks

Marianne Jean-Baptiste & Mike Leigh

actor
25 picks

Marion Cotillard

actor
4 picks

Mark Bridges

other
10 picks

Mark Duplass

actor
8 picks

Mark Rylance

actor
11 picks

Mary Bronstein

director
8 picks

Mary Harron

director
6 picks

Matías Piñeiro

director
8 picks

Matt Dillon

actor
7 picks

Matteo Garrone

actor
6 picks

Matthew Broderick

actor
7 picks

Matthew Modine

actor
7 picks

Maura Delpero

director
8 picks

Maura Tierney

actor
8 picks

Maya and Ethan Hawke

actor
12 picks

Michael Cera

actor
13 picks

Michael K Williams

actor
6 picks

Michael Shannon

actor
7 picks

Michelle Zauner

actor
6 picks

Mikey Madison

actor
8 picks

Minnie Driver

actor
6 picks

Mitski

musician
5 picks

Molly Ringwald

actor
11 picks

Natasha Lyonne

actor
21 picks

Nathalie Emmanuel

actor
6 picks

Nathan Lane

actor
13 picks

Neal Brennan

actor
10 picks

Nia DaCosta

director
9 picks

Nicholas Britell

musician
6 picks

Nicholas Hoult

actor
9 picks

Nick Lowe

actor
4 picks

Nick Offerman

actor
5 picks

Nicolas Winding Refn

director
7 picks

Norman Reedus

actor
4 picks

Nuri Bilge Ceylan

director
8 picks

Owen Kline

actor
9 picks

Pablo Larrain

director
7 picks

Pamela Anderson

actor
12 picks

Park Chan-wook

director
12 picks

Patrick Brice

director
8 picks

Patton Oswalt

actor
9 picks

Paul B. Preciado

director
7 picks

Paul Dano

actor
8 picks

Paul Giamatti

actor
8 picks

Paul Scheer

actor
7 picks

Paul Smith

cinematographer
5 picks

Paul W. Downs

actor
5 picks

Pauline Chalamet

actor
9 picks

Payal Kapadia

director
11 picks

Peter Sarsgaard

actor
7 picks

Peter Wolf

actor
6 picks

Phil Rosenthal

writer
9 picks

Philip Kaufman

writer
6 picks

Questlove

actor
6 picks

Rachel Sennott

actor
5 picks

RaMell Ross

director
11 picks

Raúl Castillo

actor
6 picks

Raven Jackson

actor
10 picks

Rebecca Miller

actor
6 picks

Reginald Hudlin

director
8 picks

Renate Reinsve

actor
9 picks

Rian Johnson

director
4 picks

Richard Ayoade

actor
6 picks

Richard E. Grant

actor
11 picks

Rickie Lee Jones

actor
6 picks

Rob Delaney

actor
5 picks

Robert Downey Sr

director
4 picks

Robert Eggers

director
7 picks

Rodarte

actor
10 picks

Rodrigo Prieto

actor
6 picks

Roger & James Deakins

other
13 picks

Roger Corman

producer
5 picks

Ron Shelton

writer
6 picks

Ronan Farrow

actor
6 picks

Rosamund Pike

actor
9 picks

Rosanna Arquette

actor
11 picks

Rose Byrne

actor
6 picks

Rosine Mbakam

director
4 picks

Ruben Östlund

director
7 picks

Ryan Coogler

director
8 picks

Ryusuke Hamaguchi

director
15 picks

RZA

musician
9 picks

Sally Potter

director
6 picks

Sara Dosa

producer
7 picks

Sarita Choudhury

actor
9 picks

Saul Williams and Anisia Uzeyman

actor
7 picks

Sean Baker

director
12 picks

Sergei Loznitsa

director
7 picks

Seth Meyers

actor
9 picks

Seth Rogen & Evan Goldberg

actor
21 picks

Shinichiro Watanabe

director
5 picks

Simon Pegg

actor
4 picks

Slavoj Žižek

actor
12 picks

Sofia Coppola & Marc Jacobs

director
22 picks

St. Vincent

actor
10 picks

Stellan Skarsgård

6 picks

Steve Coogan

actor
7 picks

Steven Knight

writer
9 picks

Susanna Hoffs

actor
7 picks

Tavi Gevinson

actor
11 picks

Ted Danson & Mary Steenburgen

actor
9 picks

Terry Gilliam

director
6 picks

The Quay Brothers’

6 picks

The Wolfpack

24 picks

Theodore Witcher

writer
7 picks

Tim Blake Nelson

actor
6 picks

Tim Robbins

actor
8 picks

Todd Haynes

director
16 picks

Tom Rothman

actor
8 picks

Trace Lysette

actor
10 picks

Tracy Letts

actor
12 picks

Tunde Adebimpe

actor
8 picks

Tyler Mitchell

actor
13 picks

Udo Kier

actor
4 picks

Vicky Krieps

actor
8 picks

Viggo Mortensen

actor
8 picks

Vince Staples

actor
8 picks

Volker Schlöndorff

director
8 picks

Wagner Moura

actor
7 picks

Walter Salles

director
6 picks

Wilco

actor
10 picks

Will Arnett

actor
6 picks

Willem Dafoe

actor
12 picks

William Friedkin

director
9 picks

Wim Wenders

director
11 picks

Winona Ryder

actor
8 picks

Wyclef Jean

actor
5 picks

Yo La Tengo

actor
10 picks

Yorgos Lanthimos

director
19 picks

Zeinabu irene Davis

director
9 picks

Zoë Kravitz and Channing Tatum

actor
16 picks