Giovanni Ribisi

12 films on Best Blurays8 in 4K4 in HD

Giovanni Ribisi (born December 17, 1974) is an American actor. His film credits include Gone in 60 Seconds, Boiler Room, Saving Private Ryan, The Mod Squad, The Gift, Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow, Lost in Translation and more recently, Public Enemies and Avatar. He is also known for his role as Phoebe Buffay's brother Frank on the sitcom Friends. He also appeared in music videos for Crystal Ball by Keane and Talk About The Blues by The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion.

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8 in 4K

UHD Blu-ray or 4K streaming

The Gift (2000)

Leading role · Director: Sam Raimi

4K · Excellent

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Arrow 4K Blu-ray

Video Notes:

Arrow 4K Blu-ray > Shout! Factory 4K Blu-ray: the old master looks problematic and the new scan from the interpositive looks marvelous, just like Existenz from Vinegar Syndrome. Encoding by Engine House is excellent.

3.2

Ted (2012)

Supporting role · Director: Seth MacFarlane

4K · Excellent

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Shout! Factory 4K Blu-ray

3.1

Saving Private Ryan (1998)

Supporting role · Director: Steven Spielberg

4K · Good in DV Only

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Paramount 4K Blu-ray

4.2

The Virgin Suicides (2000)

Supporting role · Director: Sofia Coppola

4K · Solid

Best English-Friendly & Video:

StudioCanal UK 4K Blu-ray

Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)

Video Notes:

StudioCanal UK 4K Blu-ray > Criterion US, better encode on the UK disc

3.9

Avatar: The Way of Water (2022)

Small role · Director: James Cameron

4K · Solid

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Disney Collector's Edition 4K Blu-ray

Video Notes:

Collector's Edition has more extras + Dolby Vision

3.6

Avatar: Fire and Ash (2025)

Small role · Director: James Cameron

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Disney 4K Blu-ray

Lost Highway (1997)

Small role · Director: David Lynch

4K · Excellent

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Germany StudioCanal 4K Blu-ray

Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)

Video Notes:

Germany StudioCanal 4K Blu-ray slightly better

Germany StudioCanal 4K Blu-ray has best encoding. France Potemkine and Criterion UHDs slightly worse.

Best Audio:

4.1

Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 1 (2024)

Small role · Director: Kevin Costner

4K · Excellent

Best English-Friendly & Video:

WB 4K Blu-ray

3.0

4 in HD

Blu-ray or HD streaming

Lost in Translation (2003)

Leading role · Director: Sofia Coppola

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Various old Blu-rays

Video Notes:

Kino Lorber 4K Blu-ray cancelled.

3.8

Gone in Sixty Seconds (2000)

Leading role · Director: Dominic Sena

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Theatrical: any of the AVC encoded Disney Blu-rays
Extended: 2005 Disney DVD

3.0

Avatar (2009)

Supporting role · Director: James Cameron

4K · Disappointing

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Fox Blu-ray

Sources: movie-censorship.com (opens in a new tab)

Video Notes:

Fox Blu-ray for original cuts without the extra scene added in the re-release and AI upscaling

Newer Blu-ray/4K has the extra scene, but is poor and has excessive AI upscaling

Additional Info:

An additional scene was added to the ending of the movie in the 2022 re-release: https://www.movie-censorship.com/report.php?ID=493908

3.7

Public Enemies (2009)

Supporting role · Director: Michael Mann

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Universal Blu-ray

3.2

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