The start of summer and the beginning of Pride Month provide inspiration for June’s set of streaming options on The Criterion Channel. It’s a wide variety of playlists highlighting swimming pools, Gene Hackman, Johnnie To, and the LGBTQ+ community.
In the Deep End: Swimming Pools On-Screen
Just in time for summer, this 12 film playlist dives into cinema’s most defining swimming pools. This playlist includes:
- The Graduate (1967)
- The Swimmer (1968)
- La piscine (1969)
- Deep End (1970)
- A Bigger Splash (1973)
- A Poem Is a Naked Person (1974)
- 3 Women (1977)
- Wild Things (1998)
- La Ciénaga (2001)
- Fat Girl (2001)
- Sexy Beast (2000)
- Water Lilies (2007)
Ripley Films
Tom Ripley has been adapted many, many times throughout the years, and this 4 film playlist aims to highlight many of the best adaptations. This playlist includes:
- Purple Noon (1960)
- The American Friend (1977)
- The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999)
- Ripley’s Game (2002)
Celebrating Gene Hackman
Gene Hackman passed away this year, and The Criterion Channel is honoring his enduring legacy with this 7 film playlist, which includes:
- The French Connection (1971)
- Scarecrow (1973)
- The Conversation (1974)
- Night Moves (1975)
- Eureka (1983)
- No Way Out (1987)
- The Royal Tenenbaums (2001)
René Clair’s Inventive Enchantments
Pioneering French director René Clair is getting the spotlight in June with this extensive 12 film playlist that spans from the 1920s to the 1950s. This playlist includes:
- Entr’acte (1924)
- Paris qui dort (1924)
- Two Timid Souls (1928)
- The Italian Straw Hat (1928)
- Under the Roofs of Paris (1930)
- À nous la liberté (1931)
- Le million (1931)
- Quatorze juillet (1933)
- The Ghost Goes West (1935)
- I Married a Witch (1942)
- It Happened Tomorrow (1944)
- Les grandes manoeuvres (1955)
Queersighted: Coming of Age
The frequent Queersighted series gets a new entry for June, with this Coming of Age 8 film playlist showcases the emotional experience of queerness during adolescence. This playlist includes:
- Tea and Sympathy (1956)
- The Long Day Closes (1992)
- Addams Family Values (1993)
- Hide and Seek (1996)
- Nowhere (1997)
- D.E.B.S. (2004)
- Henry Gamble’s Birthday Party (2015)
- Liz and the Blue Bird (2018)
Johnnie To Essentials
Hong Kong auteur Johnnie To is most celebrated internationally for his virtuosic action thrillers. This 12 film playlist emphasizes many of his best works, including:
- The Heroic Trio (1993)
- Executioners (1993)
- PTU (2003)
- Breaking News (2004)
- Throw Down (2004)
- Election (2005)
- Exiled (2006)
- Mad Detective (2007)
- Life Without Principle (2011)
- Drug War (2012)
- Blind Detective (2013)
- Three (2016)
LGBTQ+ Favorites
A comprehensive look at LGBTQ+ cinema spanning from the 1960s to 2023, this playlist arrives during Pride Month to show the landmark entries in a wide world of cinema coming from the LGBTQ+ community. It includes:
- Portrait of Jason (1967)
- Ju tu il elle (1975)
- Word Is Out: Stories of Some of Our Lives (1977)
- Jubilee (1978)
- Querelle (1982)
- Born in Flames (1983)
- The Times of Harvey Milk (1984)
- Desert Hearts (1985)
- Mala Noche (1985)
- Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt (1989)
- Tongues Untied (1989)
- Paris Is Burning (1990)
- A Place of Rage (1991)
- Poison (1991)
- Young Soul Rebels (1991)
- Totally F***Ed Up (1993)
- The Watermelon Woman (1996)
- Happy Together (1997)
- Nowhere (1997)
- Benjamin Smoke (2000)
- Gypsy 83 (2001)
- Lan Yu (2001)
- Weekend (2011)
- Stranger by the Lake (2013)
- A Prince (2023)
What Else is Coming to The Criterion Channel in June?
Additional movies coming to The Criterion Channel in June 2025 include the entirety of Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon’s The Trip series, the streaming premiere of Vermiglio, and director spotlights for Alan Rudolph and Ougie Pak. View the entire list of The Criterion Channel’s streaming offerings for June here.