The following is a list of all Criterion titles that are currently OOP. Do note: Only the die-hard completionists should care about former releases of in-print titles. For a complete list (including all of the various editions of The 400 Blows), see this page. Also, despite several titles being originally licensed from a different company (See Anchor Bay), the following list contains the companies which currently own the rights to these films, thus Criterion would have to license from the below in order for the title to come back into print. I'll also make mention of when titles are potentially coming back into print soon (Handmade Films) or when they might be leaving us in the future (endangered list). So, enough warnings, here you go:
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Anchor Bay
Hard Boiled
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Cohen Media
Two of Us
W.C. Fields: 6 Short Films
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Disney / ABC / Buena Vista - Straw Dogs + Rebecca + Notorious were announced and are from this exact same catalog, so Spellbound is extremely likely at this point.
Spellbound
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Fortune Star
The Killer
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Image / RLJ Entertainment
Blood for Dracula
Flesh for Frankenstein
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KG Productions
The Confession (DVD + Blu)
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Merchant Ivory Insurance Bond Stooges / Cohen Media
Howards End (DVD + Blu)
Merchant Ivory series titles:
The Ballad of the Sad Cafe
Bombay Talkie
The Bostonians
The Courtesans of Bombay
The Deceivers
The Europeans
Heat and Dust
The Householder
Hullabaloo Over Georgie and Bonnie's Pictures
In Custody
Jane Austen in Manhattan
Maurice
The Perfect Murder
Quartet
Roseland
Savages
Shakespeare Wallah
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MGM - Expect many of these to come back into print, given Criterion's re-release deal with MGM (thus don't shell out for OOP prices on some of these)
RoboCop = Arrow licensed
This is Spinal Tap
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Raro Video USA
Il generale Della Rovere
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Repackaging / Blu-Ray upgrade - these will be coming back into print soon
Per the response from Mulvaney - do not fear the OOP status of these - as they are currently going through a new print run or a new edition is being prepared. Sometimes this takes years, so be patient.
Carl Theodor Dreyer boxset (upgrade should be forthcoming at some point)
Deep Crimson (formerly in the Rialto set, should be released soon enough)
Last Holiday (Essential Art House) - Appearing with Janus logo on the Criterion Channel, likely a Studio Canal pickup then
Madadayo (formerly in AK:100 set, should be released soon enough)
Nanook of the North (new restored edition should be coming soon)
Pygmalion (available as EAH edition -essentially the same thing as mainline release)
How to Get Ahead in Advertising (Handmade Films, now owned by Janus, expect it back in print)
The Long Good Friday (HandMade Films)
Mona Lisa (HandMade Films)
Withnail & I (HandMade Films)
Chungking Express (DVD + Blu) -----------On Filmstruck with Criterion branding!
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The following have have this message on Criterion's website:
Thus they are temporarily OOP, until the packaging change/logo on back/distribution deal (Buena Vista) is taken care of - no need to fret about semantics, these will be back in print soon enough!Unfortunately, we are not able to offer this product for sale on Criterion.com. Please note that it is not out of print and is available at other retailers, like Amazon.com.
Armageddon
Firemen's Ball
The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (DVD)
Pandora's Box
The Rock
Rushmore (DVD)
Three Films by Hiroshi Teshigahara - Woman in the Dunes is now back in print.
Three Films by Louis Malle (boxset only) - individual films in print
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Shout Factory
Dead Ringers
The Harder They Come
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Studio Canal/Lionsgate
Alphaville = Kino licensed
Billy Liar = Kino licensed
Bob le Flambeur = Kino licensed
Carlos Saura's Flamenco Trilogy Eclipse
Le cercle rouge (DVD + Blu)
Contempt
Le corbeau = On Criterion Channel with Janus logo
Coup de torchon
Diary of a Chambermaid
Diary of a Country Priest
Le doulos = Kino licensed
The Fallen Idol
Forbidden Games
Gervaise (Essential Art House)
Grand Illusion
Le jour se lève (Essential Art House)
Kind Hearts and Coronets = Kino licensed
Last Holiday = On Criterion Channel with Janus logo
Last Year at Marienbad (DVD + Blu) = Kino licensed
Leon Morin, Priest (DVD + Blu) = Kino licensed
Mafioso = On Criterion Channel with Janus logo
The Man Who Fell to Earth (DVD + Blu)
Mayerling (Essential Art House)
The Milky Way = Kino licensed
Murderous Maids (Rialto set)
The Orphic Trilogy (except Orpheus)
Peeping Tom
Port of Shadows = Kino licensed
Quai des Orfevres = Kino licensed
Ran
The Small Back Room = On Criterion Channel with Janus logo
The Tales of Hoffmann -Coming soon to Criterion Blu-ray, says Thelma Schoonmaker
The Third Man (DVD + Blu)
Touchez pas au grisbi = Kino licensed
Le Trou = On Criterion Channel with Janus logo
A Woman is a Woman
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Universal
The Bank Dick
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Warner Brothers
The Unbearable Lightness of Being
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Totals:
Mainline titles: 46 (doesn't include repackaging OOP titles)
Eclipse sets: 1
Essential Art House: 3
Merchant Ivory: 17 (not including Howard's End)
Other: 1 (Murderous Maids)
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Endangered list (Potential to go OOP in the future)
Chasing Amy (Criterion claims it is not OOP, but its owned by Lionsgate)
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (now distributed by Warner Bros - like Chasing Amy, the new distributor has decided to takeover distribution, while maintaining the Criterion status, thus it is not technically OOP, and will not unless Lionsgate/WB decide to do things differently, thus they are here in this section).
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While the current DVD is not OOP, there's a few cases where Criterion do not own Blu-Ray rights:
Indiscretion of an American Wife (Kino has Blu rights)
Putney Swope (Robert Downey Sr Eclipse set - Vinegar Syndrome has Blu rights)
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Edit 24: Moves the Handmade Films to the "repackage section (thus the total mainline OOPs go from 63 to 59) -because these films are now owned by Janus, thus the only thing keeping them from being back into print is their eventual upgrade /repackaging -thus they are no different than say BRD Trilogy, etc -hence the move + the decrease in OOP by 4. I also made a note about MGM titles -as they are highly likely to be back into print.
Edit 29: Chungking Express is on Filmstruck with Criterion branding. Chungking opens with Criterion/Janus logos, thus I now consider it back as a Janus title - so it is now removed from the Studio Canal list (because Studio Canal was the distributor for Miramax films), and is now in the repackaging section (like what has happened with the Handmade Films - where Criterion own the rights again, thus its just a matter of "repackaging into a new edition" rather than being OOP due to rights).
Edit ?: Last Holiday now appearing on the Criterion Channel with a Janus logo; thus it has moved to the "repackaging" section. Also The Confession is now listed in the OOP section.
Edit?: Nights of Cabiria, Variety Lights, and the White Sheikh are now back in print as part of the Essential Fellini boxset
Edit 68: Phantom of Liberty, Obscure Object of Desire, and Discreet Charm of the Bourgeois are now back in print via the Three by Bunuel set.