Matthew Weiner is the award-winning creator, writer, and executive producer of the series Mad Men. About the process of compiling his Criterion Top 10, Weiner wrote, “I’m not a big fan of lists and it’s even harder when you peruse the Criterion Collection and see some of the landmarks not just of cinema but of Western culture. I’ve chosen to put this list in chronological order, rather than any kind of ranking, and assume that all Ingmar Bergman, Stanley Kubrick, and Max Ophuls are essentials and on another list all by themselves.”