What to Watch on The Criterion Channel (October 2026)
The best of The Criterion Channel right now, ranked by Kernel Score, with an honest verdict and a parents' guide on every title. US availability, updated 2026-10-30.
Best Movies on The Criterion Channel Right Now
- We All Loved Each Other So Much 92% · 1974
- The Great Dictator 91% · 1940 · ages 11+
Chaplin plays both a ruthless dictator and a Jewish barber in his first full sound comedy. It still has laugh-out-loud slapstick, and the final speech is moving, even if it feels stagey. - Neon Genesis Evangelion: The End of Evangelion 91% · 1997 · ages 15+
- The Human Condition I: No Greater Love 91% · 1959 · ages 14+
- The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity 91% · 1959
- The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer 91% · 1961 · ages 13+
- Modern Times 90% · 1936 · all ages
Chaplin's Tramp battles factory life and the Depression in a mostly silent comedy. The gags still work, the romance is sweet, and it's short enough to watch even if you've never seen a silent film. - Flow 90% · 2024 · all ages
A cat survives a flood and travels by boat with other animals, with no dialogue at all. It's a short, beautiful and inventive animated adventure that tells its story through images. Some viewers find it too quiet. - M 90% · 1931 · ages 11+
A city hunts a child killer, and the police and the underworld both want him caught. Fritz Lang's 1931 thriller is tense and surprisingly modern, and Peter Lorre is unforgettable. Viewers rate it very highly. - The Gold Rush 90% · 1925 · Rated NR
Best TV Shows on The Criterion Channel Right Now
- Neon Genesis Evangelion 89% · 1995 · ages 14+
- Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex 89% · 2002 · ages 15+
- Fanny and Alexander 89% · 1984 · ages 13+
- Scenes from a Marriage 89% · 1973 · ages 14+
- The Prisoner 86% · 1967 · ages 8+
Best Family Movies & Shows on The Criterion Channel
- Modern Times 90% · 1936 · all ages
Chaplin's Tramp battles factory life and the Depression in a mostly silent comedy. The gags still work, the romance is sweet, and it's short enough to watch even if you've never seen a silent film. - Flow 90% · 2024 · all ages
A cat survives a flood and travels by boat with other animals, with no dialogue at all. It's a short, beautiful and inventive animated adventure that tells its story through images. Some viewers find it too quiet. - The Circus 88% · 1928 · all ages
- The Young Girls of Rochefort 88% · 1967 · all ages
- Dersu Uzala 88% · 1975 · all ages
- Manon of the Spring 87% · 1986 · Rated PG
- The Prisoner 86% · 1967 · ages 8+
- My Dinner with Andre 85% · 1981 · Rated PG
- F for Fake 84% · 1973 · ages 8+
- Microcosmos 84% · 1996 · all ages