22 Apr 2025
Ben Affleck’s Closet Picks
The actor and director talks about his formative experiences watching Miller’s Crossing, Hollywood Shuffle, and The Elephant Man; praises films by past collaborators, including Richard Linklater and Terrence Malick; and shouts out a very special Criterion commentary.
Criterion's own upload · on criterion.com
- Choices
- 13
- Single films
- 13
- Box sets
- 0
| Chose | Director | Year | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  The Rules of the Game | Jean Renoir | 1939 |
| 2 |  Miller’s Crossing | Joel Coen | 1990 |
| 3 |  Dazed and Confused | Richard Linklater | 1993 |
| 4 |  Badlands | Terrence Malick | 1973 |
| 5 |  Traffic | Steven Soderbergh | 2000 |
| 6 |  Hollywood Shuffle | Robert Townsend | 1987 |
| 7 |  Trainspotting | Danny Boyle | 1996 |
| 8 |  Malcolm X | Spike Lee | 1992 |
| 9 |  Bull Durham | Ron Shelton | 1988 |
| 10 |  Fast Times at Ridgemont High | Amy Heckerling | 1982 |
| 11 |  The Silence of the Lambs | Jonathan Demme | 1991 |
| 12 |  Armageddon | Michael Bay | 1998 |
| 13 |  The Elephant Man | David Lynch | 1980 |