Filmed 2021-11-10
Kemp Powers
The screenwriter
Criterion's own upload · on criterion.com
The Oscar-nominated screenwriter of One Night in Miami . . . selects a handful of favorite films, including an animated movie that haunted his childhood and a classic courtroom drama that has influenced his approach to dialogue.
What they took
6 cases, in the order Criterion lists them. None of them is a box set, so the count of choices and the count of films reached are the same.
Least-picked choice here: One Night in Miami . . ., taken by 1 other visits.
Table view
| Chose | Director | Year | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Cronos | Guillermo del Toro | 1993 |
| 2 |  12 Angry Men | Sidney Lumet | 1957 |
| 3 |  Watership Down | Martin Rosen | 1978 |
| 4 |  Matewan | John Sayles | 1987 |
| 5 |  Deep Cover | Bill Duke | 1992 |
| 6 |  One Night in Miami . . . | Regina King | 2020 |
United States accounts for four of their six single films.
Closest taste
Jaccard overlap against every other visit, counted on what came off the shelf rather than on films, so a shared box set counts once rather than as the films inside it.
403 visits compared · 31 filmed-together pairs excluded
Their decades
Their six single films with a release year on record, against where every guest's single-film picks land. Box sets are left out of both sides, so the two bars measure the same thing.