Filmed 2026-05-19
Paul Rudd
The actor
Criterion's own upload · on criterion.com
The actor praises Amy Heckerling’s gift for capturing the experience of youth on-screen, celebrates the rich legacy of musician Ryuichi Sakamoto, and calls Richard Linklater “the great American director.”
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: Ryuichi Sakamoto | Opus, taken by 1 other visits.
Table view
| Chose | Director | Year | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Withnail and I | Bruce Robinson | 1987 |
| 2 |  Boyhood | Richard Linklater | 2014 |
| 3 |  Defending Your Life | Albert Brooks | 1991 |
| 4 |  Secrets & Lies | Mike Leigh | 1996 |
| 5 |  Ryuichi Sakamoto | Opus | Neo Sora | 2023 |
| 6 |  Fast Times at Ridgemont High | Amy Heckerling | 1982 |
United States accounts for three 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.