14 Mar 2025
Hans Zimmer’s Closet Picks
The Oscar-winning composer selects favorite films that continue to excite him, including Andrei Rublev and Sid & Nancy ; praises the transportive nature of Les Blank’s work; and shares how Nicolas Roeg changed his life.
Criterion's own upload · on criterion.com
- Choices
- 9
- Single films
- 8
- Box sets
- 1
| Chose | Director | Year | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  The Battle of Algiers | Gillo Pontecorvo | 1966 |
| 2 |  Night and Fog | Alain Resnais | 1955 |
| 3 |  Andrei Rublev | Andrei Tarkovsky | 1966 |
| 4 |  Sid & Nancy | Alex Cox | 1986 |
| 5 |  David Lean Directs Noël Coward box set, 4 films | ||
| 6 |  His Girl Friday | Howard Hawks | 1940 |
| 7 |  Les Blank: Always for Pleasure | Les Blank | 1968 |
| 8 |  Performance | Donald Cammell, Nicolas Roeg | 1970 |
| 9 |  House | Nobuhiko Obayashi | 1977 |