Gremlins (1984)
Fantasy, Horror, Comedy • 1h 46m
Director: Joe Dante
Cast: Zach Galligan, Phoebe Cates, Hoyt Axton, Frances Lee McCain, Corey Feldman, Keye Luke, John Louie, Dick Miller, Jackie Joseph, Polly Holliday, Judge Reinhold, Edward Andrews, Belinda Balaski, Scott Brady, Susan Burgess, Harry Carey, Jr., Donald Elson, Jonathan Banks, Glynn Turman, Chuck Jones, Arnie Moore, Danny Llewelyn, Lois Foraker, Kenny Davis, Nicky Katt, Tracy Wells, John C. Becher, Gwen Willson, Joe Brooks, Jim McKrell, Frank Welker, Howie Mandel, Fred Newman, Mark Dodson, Michael Winslow, Peter Cullen, Bob Bergen, Michael Sheehan, Bob Holt, Don Steele, Jerry Goldsmith, Steven Spielberg, Paul Acerno, Tom Bergeron, Bob Harks, Brad Kesten, Marvin Miller, Dean Rader Duval, William Schallert, Kenneth Tobey, Kevin McCarthy
WB 4K Blu-ray
Best English-friendly & video release · updated 4 months ago
UHD tiers
Overview
When Billy Peltzer is given a strange but adorable pet named Gizmo for Christmas, he inadvertently breaks the three important rules of caring for a Mogwai, unleashing a horde of mischievous gremlins on a small town.
Director: Joe Dante
Best format: UHD Blu-ray
Director: Joe Dante
Best format: UHD Blu-ray
Sources: Blu-ray.com (opens in a new tab) · YouTube (opens in a new tab)
Director: Joe Dante
Best format: UHD Blu-ray
Sources: slow.pics (opens in a new tab)
Arrow 4K Blu-ray
Arrow includes the original 70mm 6-track mix in a discrete form (4.1), as well as the matrixed 35mm Dolby Stereo mix (2.0), both from new transfers. The German Blu-ray uses an earlier transfer dating back to the LaserDisc for the stereo. Both sound good.
Arrow includes a 7.1 Atmos remix, whereas earlier releases include a 5.1 remix.
Director: Joe Dante
Best format: UHD Blu-ray
Scream Factory US 4K Blu-ray
Scream Factory US 4K Blu-ray > StudioCanal UK for the inclusion of original mono, more extras
Scream Factory US includes original mono
For the director/actor commentary, the 1995 Image Entertainment LaserDisc is uncut, subsequent releases are cut
Director: Joe Dante
Best format: UHD Blu-ray
Scream Factory 4K Blu-ray
Best format: DVD
2000/2010 Image Entertainment DVD or 2013 Warner Bros The Wizard of Oz (1939) 3D 75th Anniversary Limited Edition Blu-ray Disc 3 (in SD)
Best format: DVD
Quality: 2005 AlphaVideo DVD
Longer Footage: 2013 WB The Wizard of Oz (1939) 3D 75th Anniversary Limited Edition Blu-ray Disc 3
Best format: UHD Blu-ray
Sources: slow.pics (opens in a new tab) · YouTube (opens in a new tab)
WB 4K Blu-ray see caps and comparison video
Best format: 1080p Blu-ray
Director: George Cukor
Best format: 1080p Blu-ray
Director: Michael Mann
Best format: 1080p Blu-ray
Theatrical Cut: Old Warner Bros DVD or fan restoration
Revised Cut: 2012 Japan Blu-ray for less revisionist colors, 2022 Disney 4K Blu-ray is controversially regraded and too dark overall.
Sources: fanrestore.com (opens in a new tab)
Best format: UHD Blu-ray
Best format: UHD Blu-ray
Director: Richard Linklater
Best format: 1080p Blu-ray
Sources: caps-a-holic (opens in a new tab)
More Fantasy on Blu-ray
Director: Henry Selick
Best format: UHD Blu-ray
2D Version: Laika/Shout! Factory 4K Blu-ray
3D Version: 2011 3D Blu-ray
Sources: caps-a-holic (opens in a new tab)
2D Version: Laika/Shout! Factory 4K Blu-ray
3D Version: 2011 3D Blu-ray caps
Director: Jan Švankmajer
Best format: 1080p Blu-ray
Directors: Cecil M. Hepworth & Percy Stow
Best format: 1080p Blu-ray
Best format: 1080p Blu-ray
2014 Japan "Hayao Miyazaki Collection" Studio Ghibli Blu-ray
Japan Studio Ghibli 4K Blu-ray announced for a November 25, 2026 release
Japanese audio: 2014 Japan "Hayao Miyazaki Collection" Studio Ghibli Blu-ray/US GKIDS Blu-ray
English dub (Disney): 1998 US Disney VHS has better sounding vocals despite altered music and sound effects, the US Disney LaserDisc has limited audio
Releases from 2010 onward have the original music and sound effects, but distorted vocals
English dub (Streamline): 1996 Japan LaserDisc, available in Ghibli Aa Ippai Collection boxset
Director: Mamoru Oshii
Best format: UHD Blu-ray
US GKIDS 4K Blu-ray authored by FiM
Sources: slow.pics (opens in a new tab) · Blu-ray.com (opens in a new tab)
US GKIDS/Australia Umbrella 4K Blu-ray authored by FiM with identical encodes
UHD vs BD comparisons
4K restoration includes a high-fidelity Dolby Atmos remix sourced from new transfers of original magnetic elements, with inconsequential content differences from the original mono mix. Umbrella 4K Blu-ray only includes a 5.1 mixdown of the remix, other discs have it in Dolby Atmos.
Umbrella/GKIDS 4K Blu-ray's 2.0 track is a stereo downmix. Older BDs and LDs have the original mono mix in varying quality, but are all inferior in fidelity to the new Dolby Atmos remix. The digital track on the Bandai/Emotion Japan LaserDisc BELL-942 is the best of the bunch.
https://forum.blu-ray.com/showpost.php?p=23714400&postcount=159
Only the GKIDS 4K Blu-ray has the English dub.
Director: Hayao Miyazaki
Best format: 1080p Blu-ray
2014 "Hayao Miyazaki Collection" Studio Ghibli Japan Blu-ray or US Disney Blu-ray
Sources: slow.pics (opens in a new tab) · lddb.com (opens in a new tab)
2014 "Hayao Miyazaki Collection" Studio Ghibli Japan Blu-ray
Comparisons: https://slow.pics/c/6JWnlfit
All sources are within margin of error. Comparisons: Japanese, English
Alternate Streamline English dub is available only on 1994 Fox LD.
Director: Hayao Miyazaki
Best format: UHD Blu-ray
Japan Studio Ghibli RM4K Blu-ray
Japan Studio Ghibli 4K Blu-ray
UK StudioCanal Blu-ray for the English dub
4K Blu-ray includes the original 5.1 mix in its unaltered form, all other releases after the LaserDisc had its dynamic range lowered.
US Disney Blu-ray has dubtitles.
For the English dub, the UK StudioCanal Blu-ray is the least limited mix.
Best format: 1080p Blu-ray
3D version: Paramount 3D Blu-ray
Paramount 4K Blu-ray on October 26 2026
Director: René Cardona
Best format: 1080p Blu-ray
Directors: Bill Roberts & Paul Satterfield & Wilfred Jackson & Ben Sharpsteen & James Algar & T. Hee & Hamilton Luske & Samuel Armstrong & Jim Handley & Norman Ferguson & David Hand & Ford Beebe Jr.
Best format: 1080p Blu-ray
Sources: caps-a-holic (opens in a new tab)
1991 CAV LaserDisc includes an approximation of the original Fantasound mix in Dolby Surround using the surviving magnetic mixdown, using Stokowski's original mixing notes as a reference. Original aggressive pans and dynamic range are left in tact.
The 2000 DVD uses this same mix in discrete 5.0, but with some unnecessary dynamic range compression + a redub of all Deems Taylor audio with Corey Burton.
The 7.1 mix on the 2010 Blu-ray sounds poor, having been hit with excessive noise reduction, dynamic range compression, original aggressive pans no longer in tact, and the channel usage no longer resembles Stokowski's original intended sound design.
Edit history
Every recommendation follows the same method — how these calls are made.