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Train to Busan (2016)
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Train to Busan (2016)

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Horror, Thriller, Action, Adventure • 1h 58m

Director: Yeon Sang-ho

Best video & English-friendly release

Updated 1 year ago


4K tiers

Excellent
Studio Canal
Solid
Well Go

About the film

When a zombie virus pushes Korea into a state of emergency, those trapped on an express train to Busan must fight for their own survival.

Alternative Titles
Train to Bushan

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Director: Yeon Sang-ho

4K · Excellent
Best Video & English-Friendly:

StudioCanal UK 4K Blu-ray

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Director: Joseph Losey

4K · Solid
Best Video & English-Friendly:

StudioCanal 4K Blu-ray

Director: Mike Nichols

4K · Solid
Best Video & English-Friendly:

StudioCanal 4K Blu-ray

Video Notes:

StudioCanal 4K caps.Criterion Blu-ray better encode than StudioCanal Blu-ray.

Best Audio:

1987 Criterion LaserDisc

Director: Michael Mann

Best Video & English-Friendly:

Theatrical/Director's Cut: Shout! Factory Blu-ray
Hybrid Theatrical Cut: Anchor Bay "Theatrical" DVD
Final Cut: upcoming UK StudioCanal Final Cut 4K Blu-ray

Upcoming Release:

UK StudioCanal Final Cut 4K Blu-ray and US Vinegar Syndrome 4K Blu-ray with Theatrical and Hybrid cuts

Audio Notes:

DTS MA 2.0

Director: John Huston

4K · Excellent
Best Video & English-Friendly:

StudioCanal 4K Blu-ray

Best Audio:

Eureka Blu-ray

Audio Notes:

Eureka Blu-ray > StudioCanal 4K Blu-ray. Older DVD or LaserDisc probably even better

Additional Info:

All blu-ray releases so far is from the 2010 scan.

Director: Michael Cimino

4K · Solid
Best English-Friendly:

StudioCanal 4K Blu-ray

Best Video:

2020 Shout! Factory 4K

Video Notes:

2020 Shout! Factory 4K slightly better than StudioCanal in HDR10. Similar in DV

Best Audio:

35mm mix: 1991 Universal LaserDisc

70mm mix: StudioCanal 4K Blu-ray

Audio Notes:

35mm mix: 1991 Universal LaserDisc marginally better than StudioCanal 4K Blu-ray. Shout! Factory 4K Blu-ray is downmix.

70mm mix: StudioCanal 4K Blu-ray. Shout! Factory 4K Blu-ray is remix.

Director: Fede Álvarez

4K · Solid
Best Video & English-Friendly:

UK StudioCanal 4K Blu-ray

Director: Jacques Tati

Video format: 1080p Blu-ray

Best English-Friendly:

Criterion for 1949 and 1964, BFI for 1964 English Variant and 1994/5

Upcoming Release:

StudioCanal 4K Blu-ray (part of Jacques Tati boxset releasing December 2026)

Best Video:

Jour Germany fete (1949) - Criterion only, HD Jour Germany fete (1964) - Criterion only, HDThe Village Fair (1964, English variant) - BFI only, HDJour Germany fete (1994/5) - Criterion SD, BFI HD

Director: Jacques Tati

Best Video & English-Friendly:

Criterion Blu-ray

Upcoming Release:

StudioCanal 4K Blu-ray (part of Jacques Tati boxset releasing December 2026)

Director: Jacques Tati

Best Video & English-Friendly:

Criterion Blu-ray

Upcoming Release:

StudioCanal 4K Blu-ray (part of Jacques Tati boxset releasing December 2026)

Director: Jacques Tati

Best Video & English-Friendly:

Criterion/StudioCanal Blu-ray

Upcoming Release:

StudioCanal 4K Blu-ray (part of Jacques Tati boxset releasing December 2026)

Video Notes:

Criterion/StudioCanal Blu-ray > BFI. New restoration unreleased.

Best Audio:

Old R2 DVD 1.0

More Horror on Blu-ray

Director: Sébastien Vaniček

Best Video & English-Friendly:

WB 4K Blu-ray

Director: Mario Bava

4K · Solid
Best Video & English-Friendly:

Radiance 4K Blu-ray

Video Notes:

comparison

Director: Todd Haynes

Video format: UHD Blu-ray

4K · Excellent
Best English-Friendly:

Kino Lorber Blu-ray

Video Notes:

French BubbelPop 4K Blu-ray has EN audio but doesn't have EN subtitles see caps

Caveat of Kino Lorber: "Hero" segment is stretched from 4:3 to 16:9, 1999 Fox Lorber DVD features original framing

Directors: Ernest B. Schoedsack & Merian C. Cooper

Best Video & English-Friendly:

WB Blu-ray

Upcoming Release:

Warner Bros 4K Blu-ray

Director: Ruggero Deodato

4K · Excellent
Best Video & English-Friendly:

88 Films 4K Blu-ray

Upcoming Release:

Grindhouse Releasing US 4K Blu-ray

Video Notes:

(Caveat: 15 seconds cut due to UK animal cruelty laws)

Director: Damian McCarthy

Best Video & English-Friendly:

US Decal Releasing or Canada Elevation 4K Blu-ray, France The Jokers 4K Blu-ray maybe better?

Video Notes:

Poor encode

Director: Massimo Dallamano

4K · Excellent
Best Video & English-Friendly:

Severin 4K Blu-ray

Video Notes:

See caps

Director: Tom Holland

4K · Excellent
Best Video & English-Friendly:

Sony 4K Blu-ray

Best Audio:

Eureka Blu-ray's stereo or LaserDisc

Audio Notes:

sounds better than the Sony 4K Blu-ray , https://slow.pics/c/pJfES0fl

Additional Info:

Twilight Time has an isolated score

Director: Roman Polanski

4K · Solid
Best Video & English-Friendly:

Carlotta France 4K Blu-ray

Upcoming Release:

UK 4K teased by 88 Films https://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread.php?p=24252379

Video Notes:

Carlotta France 4K Blu-ray > Vinegar Syndrome 4K Blu-ray (better encode on Carlotta without any low-pass filtering, more extras and English subtitles on Vinegar Syndrome)

Director: Roy Del Ruth

Best Video & English-Friendly:

Warner Archive 3D Blu-ray

Video Notes:

4K restoration of the original 3D left eye and right eye camera negatives

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