Criterion Collection Flash Sale Spring '25 Sale

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)