Criterion Collection Flash Sale Spring '25 Sale
Essentials and New Releases That Need to Be Added to Your Collection
The Criterion Collection will (in all likelihood) hold its semi-annual Flash Sale on its website tomorrow. You’ll have 24 hours to purchase anything in their store and it’s a fantastic time to catch up with all the titles you’ve missed out on since the end of November.
Not only are the latest movies available for a steep discount (only in-stock items, no pre-orders), but any of the apparel, eclipse boxsets, and tiny Criterion Closet trucks should be available at a discounted price. The sale starts March 18th at Noon EST and runs for 24 hours so don’t hesitate.
Below you’ll find essentials, Sound & Sight picks, personal favorites, and new releases to consider during the sale.
(It’s the Pictures does not receive affiliation bonuses from these purchases. This post is solely to help find some new movies for newsletter readers.)
Essentials
Seven Samurai
8 1/2
Playtime
Tokyo Story
Breathless
Bicycle Thieves
The Red Shoes
Modern Times
The Seventh Seal
Do the Right Thing
CC40 Box Set
Sound & Sight Picks
Jeanne Dielman, 23, quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruzelles
Citizen Kane
In the Mood for Love
Beau travail
Mulholland Dr.
The Rules of the Game
Cleo from 5 to 7
Persona
The Passion of Joan of Arc
Daisies
Personal Favorites
Wong Kar-Wai Box Set
Before Trilogy
The Double Life of Veronique
The Apu Trilogy
Being There
City Lights
House
Pan’s Labyrinth
In A Lonely Place
Memories of Murder
New Releases
No Country for Old Men
8 1/2 (4K UHD)
Yojimbo / Sanjuro (4K UHD)
Winchester ‘73
Punch-Drunk Love (4K UHD)
Crossing Delancey
Drugstore Cowboy
Cronos (4K UHD)
The Wages of Fear (4K UHD)
Thief (4K UHD)
A Woman of Paris
Godzilla vs. Biollante (4K UHD)