Gene Hackman

21 films on Best Blurays12 in 4K9 in HD

Eugene Allen Hackman (January 30, 1930 – c. February 18, 2025) was an American actor. Hackman made his credited film debut in the drama Lilith (1964). He later won two Academy Awards, his first for Best Actor for his role as Jimmy "Popeye" Doyle in William Friedkin's action thriller The French Connection (1971) and his second for Best Supporting Actor for playing a sheriff in Clint Eastwood's Western Unforgiven (1992). He was Oscar-nominated for playing Buck Barrow in the crime drama Bonnie and Clyde (1967), a college professor in the drama I Never Sang for My Father (1970), and an FBI agent in the historical drama Mississippi Burning (1988).

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12 in 4K

UHD Blu-ray or 4K streaming

The Royal Tenenbaums (2001)

Leading role · Director: Wes Anderson

4K · Excellent

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Criterion 4K Blu-ray

Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)

4.1

Narrow Margin (1990)

Leading role · Director: Peter Hyams

4K · Excellent

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Kino Lorber 4K Blu-ray

3.3

Night Moves (1975)

Leading role · Director: Arthur Penn

4K · Excellent

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Criterion 4K Blu-ray

Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab) · slow.pics (opens in a new tab) · blah-ray.blogspot.com (opens in a new tab)

Video Notes:

Caps by BR user Donald McDonald. The encode looks absolutely spotless even in the highlights and without Dolby Vision filling anything in.

Best Audio:

Criterion 4K Blu-ray/Blu-ray

Audio Notes:

Criterion is entirely unfiltered and sounds significantly more detailed than previous tracks, see Blah-ray.

3.8

Mississippi Burning (1988)

Leading role · Director: Alan Parker

Video format: UHD Blu-ray

4K · Excellent

Best Video:

Germany Capelight 4K Blu-ray, newly encoded 2025 disc only

Best Audio:

Capelight 4K Blu-ray 2025 Disc

3.9

Uncommon Valor (1983)

Leading role · Director: Ted Kotcheff

4K · Disappointing

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Kino Lorber 4K Blu-ray

Sources: Blu-ray.com (opens in a new tab)

Video Notes:

Kino Lorber 4K Blu-ray is disappointing, heavy blockings see caps

3.1

The Conversation (1974)

Leading role · Director: Francis Ford Coppola

4K · Excellent

Best English-Friendly & Video:

StudioCanal/Lionsgate 4K Blu-ray

Best Audio:

2011 Lionsgate Blu-ray

Audio Notes:

2011 Lionsgate Blu-ray slightly better

4.2

No Way Out (1987)

Leading role · Director: Roger Donaldson

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Kino Lorber 4K Blu-ray

Best Audio:

Shout! Factory Blu-ray

3.5

Unforgiven (1992)

Leading role · Director: Clint Eastwood

4K · Excellent

Best English-Friendly & Video:

WB 4K Blu-ray

Best Audio:

1993 WB LaserDisc

4.2

The Quick and the Dead (1995)

Leading role · Director: Sam Raimi

4K · Excellent

Best English-Friendly:

US Cut: Sony 2025 Steelbook 4K Blu-ray

International Cut: France 4K Blu-ray

Best Video:

US Cut: Sony 2025 Steelbook 4K Blu-ray (2025 Steelbook has Dolby Vision)

International Cut: France 4K Blu-ray

3.5

The Firm (1993)

Leading role · Director: Sydney Pollack

4K · Excellent

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Paramount/Plaion Italy 4K Blu-ray

Video Notes:

Paramount/Plaion Italy 4K Blu-ray > Paramount US. Overall good, superior compression to the US disc

Best Audio:

1994 Japan LaserDisc [PILF-1836]

3.5

Superman (1978)

Leading role · Director: Richard Donner

4K · Solid

Best English-Friendly:

Theatrical: WB 4K Blu-ray (2025 re-release)
Expanded and TV cuts: 2017 Warner Bros Blu-ray

Sources: slow.pics (opens in a new tab)

Best Video:

Theatrical: WB 4K Blu-ray (2025 re-release fixed a glitch in the previous discs)
Expanded and TV cuts: 2017 Warner Bros Blu-ray

Best Audio:

WB 4K Blu-ray

Audio Notes:

(2025 re-release includes lossless 5.1 and better 2.0 compared to previous editions)

Additional Info:

The 70mm mix in 5.1 was lossy on the 4K 2018 pressing, missing from the 2023 pressing for some reason, and then put back on the 2025 pressing in lossless.

3.7

A Bridge Too Far (1977)

Supporting role · Director: Richard Attenborough

4K · Excellent

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Australia Imprint 4K Blu-ray

Sources: Blu-ray.com (opens in a new tab)

Video Notes:

Australia Imprint 4K Blu-ray > US Kino Lorber 4K Blu-ray

See caps for Kino: caps. Here’s a particularly egregious example.

Additional Info:

Kino Lorber has a exclusive commentary

3.7

9 in HD

Blu-ray or HD streaming

Hoosiers (1986)

Leading role · Director: David Anspaugh

Best English-Friendly & Video:

MGM 2012 and after Blu-ray

Sources: DVDBeaver (opens in a new tab)

Video Notes:

MGM 2012 and after Blu-ray improves on older 2007 Blu-ray see caps

Scarecrow (1973)

Leading role · Director: Jerry Schatzberg

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Archive Blu-ray

Sources: Blu-ray.com (opens in a new tab)

Upcoming Release:

Vinegar Syndrome 4K Blu-ray teased

3.9

The French Connection (1971)

Leading role · Director: William Friedkin

Best English-Friendly:

2012 Fox remastered Blu-ray

Best Video:

Fox remastered Blu-ray

Best Audio:

Fox remastered Blu-ray mono track

Additional Info:

This disc defaults to a lossless 5.1 remix, however in the setup menu, the original mono mix is included as a lossy alternative for the first time since the dawn of home video. The film was given a stereo remix very early on and remained stuck that way for decades.