One Criterion Forum Award After Another (2025)
Posted: Tue Dec 16, 2025 9:51 pm
THE 2025 CRITERION FORUM AWARDS
Welcome to 2025’s annual year end list. We will mostly follow the new format established by swo17 last year of first nominating titles before voting, and encompassing all labels into one list.
Directions for the nominating process, which has ended
As a reminder:
Instead of having Criterion awards and then Other Label awards, we'll just have one awards thread for all labels combined. That's a lot of eligible titles and extras, so to make this more manageable for everyone, we will first construct a ballot out of the things that at least two people want to be able to vote for.
STEP 1: Review this first post to see if there is anything you'd like to vote for that isn't already on the ballot. If it's already on the ballot, there's no need to mention it.
STEP 2: If it's not on the ballot, review the rest of the thread to see if anyone else has already nominated that same thing.
STEP 3: If no one else has, then you can post that you would like to nominate that thing for the applicable category. If someone else has nominated it, then you can post that you would like to second that nomination. After something has been both nominated and seconded, I will add it to the ballot.
STEP 4: You are encouraged to explore other people's nominations to see if you find them worthy of seconding.
NOTE: There will be no voting for or against other members. In a way, you are all winners. In another, more accurate way, none of you are.
ROUND 1 FOR NOMINATIONS AND SECONDS ENDS MARCH 15
ROUND 2 FOR VOTING PROPER WILL RUN THROUGH THE END OF MARCH
I will keep a running tally here of everything that is eligible for the final ballot. Depending on what is nominated, I may create additional categories. If there are sufficient nominated titles from any of the boutiques, I will add those labels into contention for a “Best (label) Release” category.
The idea behind having a fairly long time for Round 1 is to give people time to order releases from later in the year, to make thoughtful recommendations about worthwhile releases and extras, and to give other people time to explore those recommendations.
Instead of having Criterion awards and then Other Label awards, we'll just have one awards thread for all labels combined. That's a lot of eligible titles and extras, so to make this more manageable for everyone, we will first construct a ballot out of the things that at least two people want to be able to vote for.
STEP 1: Review this first post to see if there is anything you'd like to vote for that isn't already on the ballot. If it's already on the ballot, there's no need to mention it.
STEP 2: If it's not on the ballot, review the rest of the thread to see if anyone else has already nominated that same thing.
STEP 3: If no one else has, then you can post that you would like to nominate that thing for the applicable category. If someone else has nominated it, then you can post that you would like to second that nomination. After something has been both nominated and seconded, I will add it to the ballot.
STEP 4: You are encouraged to explore other people's nominations to see if you find them worthy of seconding.
NOTE: There will be no voting for or against other members. In a way, you are all winners. In another, more accurate way, none of you are.
ROUND 1 FOR NOMINATIONS AND SECONDS ENDS MARCH 15
ROUND 2 FOR VOTING PROPER WILL RUN THROUGH THE END OF MARCH
I will keep a running tally here of everything that is eligible for the final ballot. Depending on what is nominated, I may create additional categories. If there are sufficient nominated titles from any of the boutiques, I will add those labels into contention for a “Best (label) Release” category.
The idea behind having a fairly long time for Round 1 is to give people time to order releases from later in the year, to make thoughtful recommendations about worthwhile releases and extras, and to give other people time to explore those recommendations.
ELIGIBLE CATEGORIES/RELEASES:
BEST OVERALL RELEASE - Pick between 1-5
Alfred Hitchcock Hour: Season One (Imprint)
Alfred Hitchcock: the Early Years Vol 1 (Imprint)
Angel’s Egg (Umbrella)
Anora (Criterion)
the Barnabáš Kos Case (Second Run)
Beau Geste (The Film Preserve)
Bonjour tristesse (Indicator)
Carnal Knowledge (Indicator)
Choose Me (Criterion)
City on Fire (Arrow)
Complete Jean Vigo 4K (Curzon)
Dead of Night (Studio Canal)
Deep Crimson (Criterion)
Dirty Work (Vinegar Syndrome)
Flow (Criterion)
Girl with a Suitcase (Radiance)
Hardboiled: Three Pulp Thrillers (Radiance)
Hell's Angels (Criterion)
the Hitchcock Nine (Imprint)
the Inquisitor + Deadly Circuit (Radiance)
King Lear (Criterion)
Midnight (Criterion)
the Mother and the Whore (Criterion)
the Movie Orgy (AGFA/VS)
Nomad + My Heart is That Eternal Rose (Radiance)
Oscar Micheaux: the Complete Collection (Kino)
Pee-Wee’s Big Adventure (Criterion)
Peter Ibbetson (Indicator)
Radical Japan: Cinema and State - Nine Films by Nagisa Oshima (Radiance)
Sahara (Indicator)
the Science of Sleep (Umbrella)
the Shepherd of the Hills (Indicator)
7 Women (WA)
Sorcerer (Criterion)
Takashi Ishii: 4 Tales of Nami (Third Window)
Tom and Jerry: The Golden Era Anthology (WA)
the Tragedy of Man (Deaf Crocodile)
Une femme douce (Radiance)
Va savoir (Radiance)
World Noir Vol 4 (Radiance)
BEST UPGRADE - Pick between 1-5
A History of Violence (Criterion)
Barry Lyndon (Criterion)
the Big Heat (Criterion)
the Brood (Second Sight)
City on Fire (Arrow)
Cure (Masters of Cinema)
Danger: Diabolik (Kino)
Dark City (Arrow)
Donovan's Reef (Kino)
Eclipse 47: Early Kiarostami (Criterion)
Gabriel Over the White House (WA)
the Grifters (Criterion)
He Who Gets Slapped (Flicker Alley)
High and Low (Criterion)
His Kind of Woman (WA)
I Know Where I'm Going (Criterion)
I Love Melvin (WA)
Impact (VCI)
Je t’aime je t’aime (Radiance)
Jean de Florette / Manon des sources (Criterion)
Killer of Sheep (Criterion)
Lake Mungo 4K (Umbrella)
Lili (WA)
Ms. 45 (Arrow)
Nightmare Alley (Criterion)
Scanners (Second Sight)
Science of Sleep (Umbrella)
Splendor in the Grass (WA)
Stray Dog (BFI)
Sunset Blvd (Paramount)
They Died with Their Boots On (WA)
the Wages of Fear (Criterion)
Wake in Fright 4K (Umbrella)
Winchester '73 (Criterion)
BEST BOXSET - Pick 1
Alfred Hitchcock Hour: Season One (Imprint)
Hard boiled: Three Pulp Thrillers (Radiance)
Peckinpah's West (Plaion)
Radical Japan: Cinema and State - Nine Films by Nagisa Oshima (Radiance)
World Noir Vol 4 (Radiance)
BEST LABEL - Pick 1
Criterion
Deaf Crocodile
Indicator
Radiance
BEST CRITERION RELEASE - Pick 1
BEST INDICATOR RELEASE - Pick 1
BEST RADIANCE RELEASE - Pick 1
BEST WARNER ARCHIVES RELEASE - Pick 1
BEST DISCOVERY (RELEASED THIS YEAR) - Pick 1
Enemy Territory (Arrow)
the Ogre of Athens (Radiance)
the Shepherd of the Hills (Indicator)
BEST COVER - Pick 1
Baby It’s You
the Beast to Die
Malpertius (cover TK)
Peewee’s Big Adventure (cover TK)
Short Films of Yuri Norstein
