List of Companies Criterion has licensed its films from for DVD release
Note: Information is taken from the fine-print copyright information on the back cover of each Criterion DVD. Most of these contain the text
Under exclusive license from [Company X]
In cases where that wording is not used, I made the best guess of the licensor based on either the copyright holder or by the presence of a company trademark (by doing so, I may have misidentified those films licensed directly from the Janus Collection). I will try to update this list as new titles are released. Also happy to correct any errors.
Brian
Last update February 28, 2006 (thru Spine # 326).
AB Svensk Filmindustri
11Seventh Seal / Bergman, Ingmar
60Autumn Sonata / Bergman, Ingmar
134Haxan--Witchcraft through the Ages / Christensen, Benjamin
139Wild Strawberries / Bergman, Ingmar
178My Life as a Dog / Hallstrom, Lasse
209Through a Glass Darkly / Bergman, Ingmar
210Winter Light / Bergman, Ingmar
211Silence, The / Bergman, Ingmar
212Ingmar Bergman Makes a Movie / Sjoman, Vilgot
229Scenes from a Marriage / Bergman, Ingmar
237Smiles of a Summer Night / Bergman, Ingmar
261Fanny & Alexander / Bergman, Ingmar
264Making of Fanny & Alexander / Bergman, Ingmar
321Virgin Spring, The / Bergman, Ingmar
American Broadcast Company [Controlled by Buena Vista, but subsequently licensed to MGM (now Sony)]
135Rebecca / Hitchcock, Alfred [OOP]
136Spellbound / Hitchcock, Alfred [OOP]
137Notorious / Hitchcock, Alfred [OOP]
182Straw Dogs / Peckinpah, Sam [OOP]
Agnes Varda
73Cleo from 5 to 7 / Varda, Agnes
74Vagabond / Varda, Agnes
Anchor Bay
21Dead Ringers / Cronenberg, David [OOP]
26Long Good Friday, The / Mackenzie, John
37Time Bandits / Gilliam, Terry
61Monty Python's Life of Brian / Gilliam, Terry
107Mona Lisa / Jordan, Neil
119Withnail & I / Robinson, Bruce
120How to Get Ahead in Advertising / Robinson, Bruce [OOP]
304Man Who Fell to Earth, The / Roeg, Nicholas
325Kind Hearts & Coronets / Hamer, Robert
André Paulvé
68Orpheus / Cocteau, Jean
Apollo Assoc
54For All Mankind / Reinert, Al
Argos Films
196Hiroshima, Mon Amour / Resnais, Alain
197Night & Fog / Resnais, Alain
234Tin Drum, The / Schlöndorff, Volker
Atlantic-Film SA
30M / Lang, Fritz
231Testament of Dr. Mabuse, The / Lang, Fritz
Beastie Boys
100Beastie Boys Anthology / Various
BetaFilm
219Strada, La / Fellini, Federico
Black Snake
166Down by Law / Jarmusch, Jim
Buena Vista (Touchstone, Miramax, et al.)
40Armageddon / Bay, Michael
65Rushmore / Anderson, Wes
75Chasing Amy / Smith, Kevin
108Rock, The / Bay, Michael
157Royal Tenenbaums, The / Anderson, Wes
202Indiscretion of an American Wife / De Sica, Vittorio
300Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou, The / Anderson, Wes
Cady Films
110M. Hulot's Holiday / Tati, Jacques
Canal+ Image Intl / StudioCanal Image
1Grand Illusion / Renoir, Jean
49Nights of Cabiria / Fellini, Federico
58Peeping Tom / Powell, Michael
64Third Man, The / Reed, Carol
67Blood of a Poet / Cocteau, Jean
69Testament of Orpheus / Cocteau, Jean
81Variety Lights / Fellini, Federico
102Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie / Buñuel, Luis
106Coup de torchon / Tavernier, Bertrand
113Big Deal on Madonna Street / Monicelli, Mario
117Diary of a Chambermaid / Buñuel, Luis
121Billy Liar / Schlesinger, John
129Trou, Le / Becker, Jacques
143That Obscure Object of Desire / Buñuel, Luis
150Bob le Flambeur / Melville, Jean-Pierre
163Hopscotch / Neame, Ronald
171Contempt / Godard, Jean-Luc
189White Sheik, The / Fellini, Federico
193Quai des Orfevres / Clouzot, Henri-Georges
218Cercle Rouge, Le / Melville, Jean-Pierre
222Diary of a Country Priest / Bresson, Robert
227Corbeau, Le / Clouzot, Henri-Georges
245Port of Shadows / Carné, Marcel
271Touchez pas au grisbi / Becker, Jacques
317Tales of Hoffmann, The / Powell & Pressburger
318Forbidden Games / Clement, Rene
Carlton Intl / Rank Organization
7Night to Remember, A / Baker, Roy
31Great Expectations / Lean, David
32Oliver Twist / Lean, David
41Henry V / Olivier, Laurence
44Red Shoes / Powell & Pressburger
5639 Steps, The / Hitchcock, Alfred
76Brief Encounter / Lean, David
82Hamlet / Olivier, Laurence
93Black Narcissus / Powell & Pressburger
94I Know Where I'm Going! / Powell & Pressburger
158Importance of Being Earnest, The / Asquith, Anthony
173Life & Death of Colonel Blimp, The / Powell & Pressburger
Casbah Films
249Battle of Algiers, The / Pontecorvo, Gillo
Castle Hill Prod
47Insomnia / Skjoldbjaerg, Erik
251Shadows / Cassavetes, John
252Faces / Cassavetes, John
253Woman Under the Influence, A / Cassavetes, John
254Killing of a Chinese Bookie, The / Cassavetes, John
255Opening Night / Cassavetes, John
256Constant Forge, A / Charles Kiselyak
Ciné International
133Vanishing, The / Sluizer, George
177Lost Honor of Katharina Blum, The / Schlöndorff, von Trotta
279Young Törless / Schlöndorff, Volker
192Coup de Grace / Schlöndorff, Volker
Code Red Films
259Fat Girl / Breillat, Catherine
Comité Cocteau
6Beauty & the Beast / Cocteau, Jean
Compagnia Cinematografica Champion
27Flesh for Frankenstein / Morrissey, Paul [OOP]
28Blood for Dracula / Morrissey, Paul [OOP]
Corinth
1408½ / Fellini, Federico
Cowboy
152George Washington / Green, David Gordon
Cristaldifilm SNC
286Divorce--Italian Style / Germi, Pietro
296Notti bianche, Le / Visconti, Luchino
Daiei
138Rashomon / Kurosawa Akira
232Floating Weeds / Ozu Yasujiro
Detour Filmproduction
247Slacker / Linklater, Richard
Dispatfilm
48Black Orpheus / Camus, Marcel
Euro-London Films
200Honeymoon Killers, The / Kastle, Leonard
215Knife in the Water / Polanski, Roman
F&F Prods
18Naked Kiss, The / Fuller, Samuel
19Shock Corridor / Fuller, Samuel
Filmel
306Samouraï, Le / Melville, Jean-Pierre
Filmové Studio Barrandov
130Shop on Main Street, The / Kadar & Klos
131Closely Watched Trains / Menzel, Jiri
144Loves of a Blonde / Forman, Milos
145Firemen's Ball, The / Forman, Milos
Films Ariane
160A Nous la Liberte / Clair, Rene
161Under the Roofs of Paris / Clair, Rene
Filmverlag den Autoren
205Lola / Fassbinder, Rainer W.
Flower Films
287Burden of Dreams / Blank, Les
Twentieth-Century Fox
220Naked Lunch / Cronenberg, David
224Pickup on South Street / Fuller, Samuel
2303 Women / Altman, Robert
235Leopard, The / Visconti, Luchino
267Kagemusha / Kurosawa Akira
273Thieves Highway / Dassin, Jules
274Night and the City / Dassin, Jules
291Heaven Can Wait / Lubitsch, Ernst
292Unfaithfully Yours / Sturges, Preston
320Young Mr. Lincoln / Ford, John
Gaumont
3Lady Vanishes / Hitchcock, Alfred
62Passion of Joan of Arc, The / Dreyer, Carl Theodor
115Rififi / Dassin, Jules
174Band of Outsiders / Godard, Jean-Luc
244Elena and Her Men / Renoir, Jean
260Eyes Without a Face / Franju, Georges
275Tout va bien / Godard, Jean-Luc
Gordon Films
92Fiend Without a Face / Crabtree, Arthur
Granada International
303Bad Timing: A Sensual Obsession / Roeg, Nicholas
Harold Harvey & John Clifford
63Carnival of Souls / Harvey, Herk
Image
246Vitelloni, I / Fellini, Federico
Interama
242Golden Coach, The / Renoir, Jean
243French Cancan / Renoir, Jean
International Films Ltd
83Harder They Come, The / Henzell, Perry [OOP]
Intramovies SRL
228Salvatore Giuliano / Rosi, Francesco
236Mamma Roma / Pasolini, Pier Paolo
272Commare secca, La / Bertolucci, Bernardo
293Flowers of St. Francis / Rossellini, Roberto
Janus
4Amarcord / Fellini, Federico
25Alphaville / Godard, Jean-Luc
50And the Ship Sails On / Fellini, Federico
98Avventura, L' / Antonioni, Michelangelo
101Cries & Whispers / Bergman, Ingmar
213Richard III / Olivier, Laurence
214Devil & Daniel Webster, The / Dieterle, William
225Tunes of Glory / Neame, Ronald
276River, The / Renoir, Jean
294Browning Version, The / Asquith, Anthony
Jeck Film & Kadr / Jeck Film & Oko
283Generation, A / Wajda, Andrzej
284Kanal / Wajda, Andrzej
285Ashes & Diamonds / Wajda, Andrzej
Kadokawa Pictures Inc
309Ugetsu / Mizoguchi Kenji
Keep Films Ltd
132Ruling Class, The / Medak, Peter
Knightsbridge Films
154Horse's Mouth, The / Neame, Ronald
Last Wave Prod
142Last Wave, The / Weir, Peter
Le Figaro Mara Films
153General Idi Amin Dada / Schroeder, Barbet
Les Artistes Anonymes Prod
165Man Bites Dog / Belvaux, Rémy
Les Films Ariane
72Million, Le / Clair, Rene
77And God Created Woman / Vadim, Roger
183Dames du Bois de Boulogne, Les / Bresson, Robert
Les Films de L'Astrophore
288F for Fake / Welles, Orson
Les Films du Losange
223Maîtresse / Schroeder, Barbet
Les Grande Films Classiques
216Rules of the Game / Renoir, Jean
Lagarto Productions
42Fishing with John / Lurie, John
Lopert Films Inc
22Summertime / Lean, David
Lord of the Flies Co
43Lord of the Flies / Brook, Peter
Lotar Film SRL
59Night Porter, The / Cavani, Liliana
Max L Raab
10Walkabout / Roeg, Nicholas
Maysles Films Inc
99Gimme Shelter / Maysles, et al.
122Salesman / Maysles, et al.
123Grey Gardens / Maysles, et al.
mk2
281Jules and Jim / Truffaut, Francois
314Pickpocket / Bresson, Robert
315Shoot the Piano Player / Truffaut, Francois
Modern Sound Pictures
266King of Kings, The / DeMille, Cecil B.
Monterey Intl Pop Fest Foundation
168Monterey Pop / Pennebaker, D.A.
169Jimi Plays Monterey/Shake! Otis at Monterey / Pennebaker, D.A.
Mosfilm
34Andrei Rublev / Tarkovsky, Andrei
87Alexander Nevsky / Eisenstein, Sergei
88Ivan the Terrible I & II / Eisenstein, Sergei
146Cranes Are Flying, The / Kalatozov, Mikhail
148Ballad of a Soldier / Chukhrai, Grigori
164Solaris / Tarkovsky, Andrei
New Line
12This Is Spinal Tap / Reiner, Rob [OOP]
20Sid & Nancy / Cox, Alex [OOP]
265Short Cuts / Altman, Robert
277My Own Private Idaho / Van Sant, Gus
289Hoop Dreams / James, Steve
301Angel at My Table, An / Campion, Jane
307Naked / Leigh, Mike
Nikkatsu
38Branded to Kill / Suzuki Seijun
39Tokyo Drifter / Suzuki Seijun
207Pornographers, The / Imamura Shohei
268Youth of the Beast / Suzuki Seijun
269Fighting Elegy / Suzuki Seijun
295Crazed Fruit / Nakahira Kô
298Gate of Flesh / Suzuki Seijun
299Story of a Prostitute / Suzuki Seijun
Nordisk Film
80Element of Crime, The / von Trier, Lars
Orion [Orion's films are now owned by MGM/Sony, except for Unbearable Lightness of Being, which was a Saul Zaentz production that is now owned by Warner]
13Silence of the Lambs, The / Demme, Jonathan [OOP]
23RoboCop / Verhoeven, Paul [OOP]
55Unbearable Lightness of Being, The / Kaufman, Philip [OOP]
Palladium A/S
125Day of Wrath / Dreyer, Carl Theodor
126Ordet / Dreyer, Carl Theodor
127Gertrud / Dreyer, Carl Theodor
Pathé
33Nanook of the North / Flaherty, Robert
141Children of Paradise / Carné, Marcel
162Ratcatcher / Ramsay, Lynne
305Boudu Saved from Drowning / Renoir, Jean
Picnic Prod
29Picnic at Hanging Rock / Weir, Peter
Plaza Production Intl
172Pepe le Moko / Duvivier, Julien
270Casque d'or / Becker, Jacques
278Eclisse, L' / Antonioni, Michelangelo
324Bete humaine, La / Renoir, Jean
Pressman Williams Enterprises
89Sisters / De Palma, Brian
Rainbow Pictures Inc
156Hearts & Minds / Davis, Peter
Raymond Rohauer
79W.C. Fields--Six Short Films / Fields, W.C.
Revcom Intl
35Diabolique / Clouzot, Henri-Georges
36Wages of Fear, The (original) / Clouzot, Henri-Georges
Rialto
238Woman is a Woman, A / Godard, Jean-Luc
290Phantom of Liberty, The / Buñuel, Luis
297Au hasard Balthazar / Bresson, Robert
308Masculin, féminin: 15 faits précis / Godard, Jean-Luc
335Elevator to the Gallows / Malle, Louis
Rizzoli
149Juliet of the Spirits / Fellini, Federico
201Umberto D. / De Sica, Vittorio
RKO
46Most Dangerous Game, The / Schoedsack & Pichel
Roissy Films
239Lower Depths, The (Les Bas-fonds) / Renoir, Jean
Sandcastle 5 Prod
257Secret Honor / Altman, Robert
258Tanner '88 / Altman, Robert
Sandrew Metronome
180I Am Curious--Yellow / Sjoman, Vilgot
181I Am Curious--Blue / Sjoman, Vilgot
Shochiku
84Good Morning / Ozu Yasujiro
217Tokyo Story / Ozu Yasujiro
232Story of Floating Weeds, A / Ozu Yasujiro
240Early Summer / Ozu Yasujiro
302Harakiri / Kobayashi Masaki
311Sword of the Beast / Gosha Hideo
312Samurai Spy / Shinoda Masahiro
331Late Spring / Ozu Yasujiro
Spectra Films
111Mon Oncle / Tati, Jacques
112Playtime / Tati, Jacques [OOP]
Stan Brakhage
184by Brakhage--An Anthology / Brakhage, Stan
Steen Herdel & Co
128My Metier / Jensen, Torben Skjodt
Sveriges Radio AB
71Magic Flute, The / Bergman, Ingmar
TF1 International
36Wages of Fear, The (remastered) / Clouzot, Henri-Georges
Titanus
194Il Posto / Olmi, Ermanno
195I Fidanzati / Olmi, Ermanno
Toho
2Seven Samurai / Kurosawa Akira
14Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto / Inagaki Hiroshi
15Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoi Temple / Inagaki Hiroshi
16Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island / Inagaki Hiroshi
24High & Low / Kurosawa Akira
52Yojimbo / Kurosawa Akira
53Sanjuro / Kurosawa Akira
90Kwaidan / Kobayashi Masaki
104Double Suicide / Shinoda Masahiro
116Hidden Fortress, The / Kurosawa Akira
155Tokyo Olympiad / Ichikawa Kon
159Red Beard / Kurosawa Akira
190Throne of Blood / Kurosawa Akira
221Ikiru / Kurosawa Akira
226Onibaba / Shindo Kaneto
233Stray Dog / Kurosawa Akira
239Lower Depths, The (Donzoko) / Kurosawa Akira
280Sword of Doom, The / Okamoto, Kihachi
310Samurai Rebellion / Kobayashi Masaki
313Kill! / Okamoto, Kihachi
319Bad Sleep Well, The / Kurosawa Akira
Universal
51Brazil / Gilliam, Terry
57Charade / Donen, Stanley
70Last Temptation of Christ, The / Scorsese, Martin
78Bank Dick / Fields, W.C. [OOP]
95All That Heaven Allows / Sirk, Douglas
96Written on the Wind / Sirk, Douglas
97Do the Right Thing / Lee, Spike
103Lady Eve, The / Sturges, Preston
105Spartacus / Kubrick, Stanley
109Scarlet Empress, The / Sternberg, Josef von
114My Man Godfrey / La Cava, Gregory
118Sullivan's Travels / Sturges, Preston
170Trouble in Paradise / Lubitsch, Ernst
175Fear & Loathing in Las Vegas / Gilliam, Terry
176Killers, The / Siodmak, Robert
248Videodrome / Cronenberg, David
USA Films [now Focus Features, a division of Universal]
147In the Mood for Love / Wong Kar-wai
151Traffic / Soderbergh, Steven
Valerie Pascal Delacorte
85Pygmalion / Asquith, Anthony
Water Bearer
17Salo / Pasolini, Pier Paolo [OOP]
Wellspring / Fox Lorber
5400 Blows / Truffaut, Francois
8Killer, The / Woo, John [OOP]
9Hard Boiled / Woo, John [OOP]
186Stolen Kisses / Truffaut, Francois
187Bed & Board / Truffaut, Francois
188Love on the Run / Truffaut, Francois
198Ali--Fear Eats the Soul / Fassbinder, Rainer W.
199Schizopolis / Soderbergh, Steven
204Marriage of Maria Braun / Fassbinder, Rainer W.
206Veronika Voss / Fassbinder, Rainer W.
316Ran / Kurosawa Akira
Westerly Films
326Metropolitan / Stillman, Whit
Whaley-Malin Prod
191Jubilee / Jarman, Derek
Worldwide Entertainment Corp
91Blob, The / Yeaworth, Jr., Irvin S.
Zeitgeist Films
45Taste of Cherry / Kiarostami, Abbas