diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/criterion.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/criterion.py
index f7815b905..fe7dce080 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/criterion.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/criterion.py
@@ -2,38 +2,118 @@
 from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
 from .common import InfoExtractor
+from ..utils import int_or_none, mimetype2ext, str_or_none, try_get, url_or_none
 
 
 class CriterionIE(InfoExtractor):
-    _VALID_URL = r'https?://(?:www\.)?criterion\.com/films/(?P<id>[0-9]+)-.+'
-    _TEST = {
-        'url': 'http://www.criterion.com/films/184-le-samourai',
-        'md5': 'bc51beba55685509883a9a7830919ec3',
-        'info_dict': {
-            'id': '184',
-            'ext': 'mp4',
-            'title': 'Le Samouraï',
-            'description': 'md5:a2b4b116326558149bef81f76dcbb93f',
-            'thumbnail': r're:^https?://.*\.jpg$',
-        }
-    }
+    _VALID_URL = r'https?://(?:www\.)?criterion\.com/films/(?P<id>\d+)-.+'
+    _TESTS = [
+        {
+            'url': 'http://www.criterion.com/films/184-le-samourai',
+            'md5': 'e80a6ec09375c58e0050b809238c4d39',
+            'info_dict': {
+                'id': '265399901',
+                'title': 'Le samouraï',
+                'ext': 'mp4',
+                'description': 'md5:56ad66935158c6c88d4e391397c00d22',
+                'thumbnail': r're:^https?://.*\.jpg$',
+            },
+        },
+        {
+            'url': 'https://www.criterion.com/films/28986-the-heiress',
+            'md5': '7178b368986eed7c9bf362dd90472c74',
+            'info_dict': {
+                'id': '315291282',
+                'title': 'The Heiress',
+                'ext': 'mp4',
+                'description': 'md5:3d34fe5e6ff5520998b13137eba0f7ce',
+                'thumbnail': r're:^https?://.*\.jpg$',
+            },
+        },
+        {
+            'url': 'https://www.criterion.com/films/28836-funny-games',
+            'md5': '6e36a90749755e600eeb57dc632e920d',
+            'info_dict': {
+                'id': '316586307',
+                'title': 'Funny Games',
+                'ext': 'mp4',
+                'description': 'md5:64326c0cd08a6a582c10d63349941250',
+                'thumbnail': r're:^https?://.*\.jpg$',
+            },
+        },
+        {
+            'url': 'https://www.criterion.com/films/613-the-magic-flute',
+            'md5': '8458ac11d5809f3f2d8f9aec1afa2fd6',
+            'info_dict': {
+                'id': '305845790',
+                'title': 'The Magic Flute',
+                'ext': 'mp4',
+                'description': 'md5:9f232dcf15d9861c6a551662973482a5',
+                'thumbnail': r're:^https?://.*\.jpg$',
+            },
+        },
+    ]
+
+    def _extract_embedded_url(self, pattern, html, group):
+        return self._search_regex(pattern, html, 'embedded url', group=group)
 
     def _real_extract(self, url):
         video_id = self._match_id(url)
         webpage = self._download_webpage(url, video_id)
 
-        final_url = self._search_regex(
-            r'so\.addVariable\("videoURL", "(.+?)"\)\;', webpage, 'video url')
-        title = self._og_search_title(webpage)
-        description = self._html_search_meta('description', webpage)
-        thumbnail = self._search_regex(
-            r'so\.addVariable\("thumbnailURL", "(.+?)"\)\;',
-            webpage, 'thumbnail url')
+        title = self._og_search_title(webpage, default=None) or self._html_search_meta(
+            'twitter:title', webpage
+        )
+        description = self._og_search_description(
+            webpage, default=None
+        ) or self._html_search_meta('twitter:description', webpage, fatal=False)
+
+        # Follow embedded url
+        embedded_re = r'<iframe[^>]+?src=["\'](?P<url>https?:\/\/player\.vimeo\.com\/video\/(?P<id>\d+)\?[^"\']+?)["\']'
+        embedded_id = str_or_none(
+            self._extract_embedded_url(embedded_re, webpage, group='id')
+        )
+        embedded_url = url_or_none(
+            self._extract_embedded_url(embedded_re, webpage, group='url')
+        )
+
+        embedded_webpage = self._download_webpage(
+            embedded_url, embedded_id, headers={'Referer': url}
+        )
+
+        # Parse json data
+        data_re = r'var\s*config\s*=\s*(?P<data>.*?);'
+        data_str = self._search_regex(
+            data_re, embedded_webpage, 'json data', group='data'
+        )
+        data = self._parse_json(data_str, embedded_id)
+
+        final_id = str_or_none(try_get(data, lambda x: x['video']['id']))
+
+        videos = try_get(data, lambda x: x['request']['files']['progressive'], list)
+        formats = []
+        for vid in videos:
+            formats.append(
+                {
+                    'url': url_or_none(vid.get('url')),
+                    'ext': mimetype2ext(vid.get('mime')),
+                    'resolution': str_or_none(vid.get('quality')),
+                    'height': int_or_none(vid.get('height')),
+                    'width': int_or_none(vid.get('width')),
+                    'fps': int_or_none(vid.get('fps')),
+                }
+            )
+        formats.sort(key=lambda x: x['height'])
+
+        thumb_data = try_get(data, lambda x: x['video']['thumbs'], dict)
+        thumbnails = []
+        for url in thumb_data:
+            thumbnails.append({'url': url_or_none(thumb_data[url])})
 
         return {
-            'id': video_id,
-            'url': final_url,
+            'id': final_id,
             'title': title,
             'description': description,
-            'thumbnail': thumbnail,
+            'formats': formats,
+            'thumbnails': thumbnails,
         }