Criterion Closet · A Viewing Syllabus
Fifty-two films, one a week — distilled from 7,360 picks by 477 Closet guests. The canon everyone pulls, the signature films of all nine taste communities, the deep cuts only the Closet knows, and seven one-guest treasures. No director twice in a row.
Built from the community record at letterboxd.com/closetpicks (477 visits, complete to mid-2026), enriched with Letterboxd ratings and official IMDb ratings. Curation rules: canon = most-picked, max two films per director; community picks = most-picked within each detected taste community; deep cuts = picked 3+ times, Letterboxd ≥ 3.9, under 20k IMDb votes; wildcards = single-guest picks rated 4.15+. A Constant Forge (32 picks) is excluded — it's the companion documentary to the Cassavetes box; watch it alongside weeks 1 and 6 if you fall in love. Trilogies enter by their first film only. Progress is saved in your browser.