Netflix really has this reputation and influence thing on lock, don’t they? With Netflix’s award-nominating films and series, the streaming giant will be expanding their presence by adding their works to essential films past and present in the Criterion Collection. With the recent addition of Roma, Netflix will be adding The Irishman, Marriage Story, American Factory, and Atlantics to the Criterion Collection. Those are some big names added to THE big name.

No official timetable has been provided, but Roma will be coming to Criterion on both DVD and Blu-ray on the 11th of February 2020 while the other four films will be following later in the year.

Martin Scorsese isn’t at all new to the Criterion Collection, as The Irishman will already be the talented director’s third film in the said collection. To go alongside his 2019 masterpiece, his very own adaptation of Edith Wharton, The Age of Innocence, and The Last Temptation of Christ are also works of the director.

Noah Baumbach, director of Marriage Story, isn’t alien to the collection as well. Together with Frances Ha, The Squid and the Whale, and Kicking and Screaming, his Oscar-nominated film will be in great company.

If I haven’t said it enough: BIG. NAMES.

If you’re wondering why these films deserve to be in the Criterion Collection, well here’s a brief rundown of their accolades SO FAR.

The Irishman is proudly nominated for not 1, not 2, but 10 Academy Awards––Best Picture, Best Director, and two Best Supporting Actor prizes. Marriage Story, on the other hand, is also nominated for Best Picture while American Factory is nominated for Best Documentary Feature. Mati Diop came up short of the final count for Atlantics‘ Best International Feature Film, but the efforts have not been underestimated.

If you have not watched any of these films, then I highly recommend watching one after the other. There are reasons why these films have been nominated, and there are reasons why these films are highly loved. You’d be doing yourself a favor. 😉