The Criterion Collection holiday sale is live at Amazon and Barnes & Noble. Hundreds of movies are on sale for 50% off at both retailers while supplies last. The sale includes many stellar 4K Blu-rays for $25 and 1080p Blu-rays for $20. The vast majority of Criterion Collection movies in Amazon’s inventory are eligible for the limited-time discount, including recent releases like Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me on 4K Blu-ray, the Academy Award-winning animated feature Flow, Guillermo del Toro’s Nightmare Alley, Ken Russell’s sci-fi horror classic Altered States, David Cronenberg’s The Shrouds, and The Wes Anderson Archive.
The holiday sale runs through Black Friday and Cyber Week. But while you technically have a month (until December 7) to shop the sale, it’s common for popular Criterion releases to sell out before the sale ends.
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We created Amazon store pages dedicated to popular directors, actors, and film franchises in the Criterion Collection, including David Lynch, Akira Kurosawa, Stanley Kubrick, Guillermo del Toro, and more. You can also check out Criterion’s Adam Sandler movies, classic Godzilla movies, and a store page focused on animated movies such as WALL-E, Flow, and Fantastic Planet.
We also have a longer alphabetized list of individual deals below as well as sections for the directors listed above. A wide-ranging assortment of great Blu-rays and box sets are still in stock at Amazon, but keep in mind that some of the items on the list are sold out. If you’d rather browse a list with the cover art for each movie visible, we created an Amazon store page filled with our favorite Criterion Collection 50% off deals.
We put together a massive alphabetized list of Criterion Collection movies included in the half-off sale at Amazon. 4K Blu-rays are marked (4K) in the list. All of the other movies are 1080p Blu-rays with a few DVDs sprinkled in. Many of Criterion’s releases over the past few years are available in three formats: 4K, 1080p, and DVD. To avoid repetition, we only listed one format for most of the movies; multiple formats are included for select recent releases. If you click on a movie and it’s sold out, you may still be able to get it by switching disc formats on the store page.
As you can probably tell, there’s a staggering number incredible films in the sale. Criterion has made a name for itself by offering a carefully curated catalog of high-quality Blu-rays, 4K Blu-rays, and DVDs, all in the name of preserving superb cinema from around the world. Movies in the collection have original cover art, display-worthy packaging, and typically come with interesting bonus features you won’t find on other editions of the same film. Though Criterion often focuses on old films, including black-and-white pictures, contemporary movies are regularly added to the catalog, too.
WALL-E and Flow: The Criterion Collection
Pixar’s 2008 film WALL-E is the only Disney animated movie in the Criterion Collection. Released in 2022, the 4K UHD restoration was supervised by director Andrew Stanton. It’s the best version of WALL-E you can buy. The three-disc set includes roughly four hours of behind-the-scenes special features. The beloved film has never looked better thanks to support for Dolby Vision and HDR10+. It also has Dolby Atmos, Dolby TrueHD 7.1, and DTS-HD MA 5.1 surround sound.
WALL-E fans will probably also be interested in Flow, this year’s surprise winner of Best Animated Feature at the Academy Awards. Like WALL-E, which won the same award in 2009, Flow uses visual storytelling to deliver its story of survival in a ruined world. Flow is entirely wordless, whereas WALL-E has minimal dialogue. Unlike WALL-E, Flow’s Criterion Collection release is also available on Blu-ray and DVD. All three formats are 50% off.
Godzilla: The Criterion Collection
The Showa-Era Films collects HD remasters of 15 Godzilla films released from 1954 to 1975. This is the best way to watch these classic movies from the iconic monster’s defining era. It’s also arguably the best-looking Criterion release; the 8-disc Blu-ray collection is accompanied by an exclusive hardcover book with commentary from film historians and full-color illustrations created by a group of talented artists.
For even more Kaiju fun, check out Amazon’s deals on Criterion’s 4K Blu-ray editions of the original 1954 Godzilla movie and Godzilla vs. Biollante, which debuted in 1989 and remains one of the most interesting entries in the long-running franchise. Criterion released the 4K remaster of the original last November and Godzilla vs. Biollante in March.
Godzilla: The Showa-Era Films and the two recent 4K remasters are excellent examples of how Criterion makes classic movies look and sound fantastic on contemporary display and audio devices.
