Richard E. Grant’s Closet Picks

The Oscar-nominated veteran bagged a few favorite movies—and delivered some spot-on impressions of Jeanne Moreau and Dustin Hoffman while he’s at it.

Here are his choices:
- CITY LIGHTS
- NASHVILLE
- HAMLET
- CRIES AND WHISPERS
- LA STRADA
- THE TIN DRUM
- THE GRADUATE
- DAY FOR NIGHT
- THE FRENCH LIEUTENANT’S WOMAN
- JULES AND JIM
- SOME LIKE IT HOT

Shop Richard's Closet Picks:

[OzuRay]

"I feel like a thief in the night."

*leaves like a thief in the night.

Love him, he's just wonderful.

[formervehemence]

"Oh, Ingmar Bergman suffering away... myeah, I love that."

[majorhobo]

My only complaint is that it wasn't 20 minutes long.

[ClichéGuevara-]

"...isn't that serendipitous?"
and it just rolls off his tongue.
Lovely.

[lusotuber]

The way he's putting them in the bag makes it look like he's robbing the place.

[SamGaleFilms]

I love how some of the other actors and directors say they don't want to be too greedy and Richard E. Grant just comes in and takes a shelf haha.

[rowancrerar]

I laughed, I cried, I fistpumped the air!

[OddOneOut]

Forget the Oscars, THIS is the real jackpot here!

[TheUnderratedSeries]

The way he says “oh darling, I adore you” fucking killed me. Tears in my eyes

[PentameronSV]

0:00 - *CITY LIGHTS* _dir. Charlie Chaplin_ (1931)
0:09 - *NASHVILLE* _dir. Robert Altman_ (1975)
0:21 - *HAMLET* _dir. Laurence Olivier_ (1948)
0:33 - *CRIES AND WHISPERS* _dir. Ingmar Bergman_ (1972)
0:39 - *LA STRADA* _dir. Federico Fellini_ (1954)
0:44 - *THE TIN DRUM* _dir. Volker Schlöndorff_ (1979)
0:54 - *THE GRADUATE* _dir. Mike Nichols_ (1967)
1:19 - *DAY FOR NIGHT* _dir. François Truffaut_ (1973)
1:25 - *THE FRENCH LIEUTENANT* _dir. Karel Reisz_ (1981)
1:42 - *JULES AND JIM* _dir. François Truffaut_ (1962)
2:13 - *SOME LIKE IT HOT* _dir. Billy Wilder_ (1959)

[the.artists.studio.london]

I cannot express how much I love this man. Such a delight.

[DaveSimkiss]

What a character! I could listen to his voice all day!

[moeshickenyay]

That was security footage, he hadn’t actually been invited. Love Richard E. Grant great Actor, How to get ahead in Business superb film, and all his picks were something I might get too.

[TripFontaine]

The best Criterion Closet video of them all. I bet he has 100 stories just as entertaining as his Jeanne Moreau anecdote.

[astralnight]

"We want the finest wines available to humanity, we want them here and we want them now!"

[Gabrielcezar]

He's me if I could go to this closet. He just goes on picking film after film 😂

[laseulequimai]

City Lights, Charlie Chaplin
Nashville, Robert Altman
Hamlet, Laurence Olivier
Cries and Whispers, Ingmar Bergman
La Strada, Federico Fellini
The Tin Drum, Volker Schlöndorff
The Graduate, Mike Nicholls
Day For Night, François Truffaut
The French Lieutenant's Woman, Karel Reisz
Jules and Jim, François Truffaut
Some Like It Hot, Billy Wilder

Edit. Criterion changed their caption since I did this, but forgot to mention the World Cinema Project box set No.2 that Richard E. Grant grabs but doesn't talk about. x

[defanged]

A brilliant actor and an absolute gem of a human being. Such wonderful, genuine passion for life and art, while also entertaining a healthy sense of the absurdity of it all. Enjoy your loot Sir. Thanks for all the laughter and the tears.

[KurtMcGowan]

He ran through the shelves with such frantic enthusiasm.

[rumbalala]

Have been re-watching this for years now and it still fills me with pleasure. Mr Richard E Grant exudes joy and a love of film that entertains and lightens my mood every time I see him. Beautiful. And his choices are superb. “Oh darling, I adore you you “. Legend.