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A Quiet Place (2018)
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A Quiet Place (2018)

Horror, Drama, Science Fiction • 1h 31m

Director: John Krasinski

Cast: Emily Blunt, John Krasinski, Millicent Simmonds, Noah Jupe, Cade Woodward, Leon Russom, Rhoda Pell

Paramount 4K Blu-ray

UHD Blu-ray

Best English-friendly release · updated 1 year ago

UHD tiers

Solid
Paramount

Overview

A family is forced to live in silence while hiding from creatures that hunt by sound.

Release details

Best Video Release

Same release as the recommendation

Length
91 mins
Type
Movie
Alternative Titles
Quiet Place 1, A Quiet Place 1

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Director: Peter Faiman

Best format: UHD Blu-ray

Best English-Friendly:

Australia Cut: Australia Fox DVD

International Cut: Paramount Blu-ray

Encore Cut: Germany Winkler Film 4K Blu-ray, censored but good encoding

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

Upcoming Release:

US Paramount 4K Blu-ray, is the International US Cut and not the Encore Cut

Best Video:same release
Best Audio:

Australia Cut: Laserdisc

Additional Info:

The film exists in three versions:
- the original Australian cut (~104 minutes at 24fps/~100 minutes at 25fps);
- the American/international version (~98 minutes at 24fps/~94 minutes at 25fps) trimming some exposition in the Outback first half of the film and some shorter extensions of a few seconds in the New York section, altering some of the dialogue – including censoring a "fuck" to "screw" – but featuring one additional dialogue extension not in the Australian version (a comparison of the two cuts can be found at Movie Censorship);
- the Australian Encore Cut (~95 minutes at 24fps/~91 minutes at 25fps) which uses the international version source so it already has those alterations but also removes approximately three minutes consisting of parts of two scenes featuring Mick grabbing the crotch of a cross-dressing prostitute and a later sequence when he does the same thing at a party to a woman with a deep voice (a comparison of the international version and the Encore Cut can be found at Movie Censorship).

Director: Martin Scorsese

Best format: UHD Blu-ray

4K · Solid
Best English-Friendly:

Arrow UK 4K Blu-ray

Sources: capelight.de (opens in a new tab)

Best Video:

Arrow UK 4K Blu-ray > Paramount US, same black crush as the US disc but encoded by FiM and very good new supplements

Additional Info:

Paramount US 4K Blu-ray has FEL Dolby Vision 

Arrow UK 4K Blu-ray has MEL Dolby Vision

Director: M. Night Shyamalan

Best format: 1080p Blu-ray

Best English-Friendly:

2D version: Paramount Blu-ray

3D version: Paramount 3D Blu-ray

Upcoming Release:

Paramount 4K Blu-ray on October 26 2026

Best Video:same release

Director: Billy Wilder

Best format: UHD Blu-ray

4K · Solid
Best English-Friendly:

Paramount 4K Blu-ray or Blu-ray

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

Best Video:

Paramount 4K Blu-ray. See caps
HDR/grading: nice, but some blown out
Encoding: inconsistent, smeared motion
DNR: inconsistent, frozen
Old Paramount Blu-ray is arguably a solid alternative choice

Best Audio:

Paramount 4K Blu-ray mono is different version of the Blu-ray mono from the same old 2000 DVD transfer.

Additional Info:

The 5.1 remix on the 4K Blu-ray is an appalling remix done by going wild with artificially generated stems from Park Road Post who were given the surviving mono to separate. The experience is jarring and fidelity to original mix in terms of level balance, directionality and impact is nonexistent. Not only does this sound painfully weird, but the Paramount mixers then did whatever they wanted in terms of LFE, sound pans and effect changes.
The original mono mix was not restored and still needs it badly. The 4K master is filled with frozen grain examples coming and going plus some HDR issues in addition to the usual Paramount problems. It is simultaneously better and worse than the Blu-ray master.

Director: Robert Altman

Best format: 1080p Blu-ray

Best English-Friendly:

Paramount Blu-ray

Upcoming Release:

Criterion 4K Blu-ray scheduled for Dec 2026 release

Best Video:same release

Director: Richard Linklater

Best format: 1080p Blu-ray

4K · Solid

Sources: caps-a-holic (opens in a new tab)

Additional Info:

Germany Blu-ray has English audio 

Germany Blu-ray is part of a 3-film box set like the Criterion but by StudioCanal 

Director: Michael Bay

Best format: UHD Blu-ray

Best English-Friendly:

Original AR: Paramount 4K Blu-ray

IMAX AR: Paramount 3D Blu-ray

Best Video:same release

Director: Stanley Donen

Best format: 1080p Blu-ray

Best English-Friendly:

Paramount Blu-ray

Best Video:same release

Director: Trey Parker

Best format: 1080p Blu-ray

Best English-Friendly:

Paramount Blu-ray

Best Video & Audio:same release

Directors: Arturo Perez Jr. & Samantha Jayne

Best format: UHD Blu-ray

Best English-Friendly:

Paramount 4K Blu-ray

Sources: YouTube (opens in a new tab)

Best Audio:same release

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Director: Julia Ducournau

Best format: UHD Blu-ray

Best English-Friendly:

Curzon 4K

Best Video:same release
Additional Info:

HDR helps considerably with the deliberately murky aesthetic. VDMS encode is overall very good despite chroma noise in flashback sequences.

Director: Brian De Palma

Best format: UHD Blu-ray

4K · Excellent
Best English-Friendly:

Arrow 4K Blu-ray

Best Video:

Arrow 4K Blu-ray has a better encode than the Kino Lorber and Capelight 4K Blu-rays. Capelight 4K Blu-ray looks low-passed in comparison to the Arrow but is slightly closer to the Arrow in PQ than the Kino Lorber. 

Director: Bob Clark

Best format: UHD Blu-ray

4K · Excellent
Best English-Friendly:

Scream Factory 4K Blu-ray

Upcoming Release:

UK Arrow 4K Blu-ray in December

Best Video:same release

Directors: Banjong Pisanthanakun & Parkpoom Wongpoom

Best format: UHD Blu-ray

Best English-Friendly:

Australia Umbrella 4K Blu-ray

Best Video:

Australia Umbrella 4K Blu-ray encoded by FiM

Director: Pupi Avati

Best format: UHD Blu-ray

Best English-Friendly:

UK Shameless 4K Blu-ray or US Arrow 4K Blu-ray

Best Video:

UK Shameless 4K Blu-ray or US Arrow 4K Blu-ray

Both the US Arrow 4K Blu-ray and UK Shameless 4K Blu-ray are better than the horrible grade of the France Le Chat Qui Fume which has blacks looking greenish and milky with some yellow push. However, comparing these two, there's significant tradeoffs; Arrow has less black crush and some shots seems to be better graded but it's worse in some shots with a slight magenta grade; the UK Shameless 4K Blu-ray has a better color grading.

Additional Info:

UK Shameless 4K Blu-ray and US Arrow 4K Blu-ray have exclusive extras

Director: John Carpenter

Best format: UHD Blu-ray

4K · Solid
Best English-Friendly:

Universal 4K Blu-ray. Maybe Turbine Blu-ray instead for better audio?

Sources: blog.sporv.com (opens in a new tab)

Best Audio:

Director: Ridley Scott

Best format: UHD Blu-ray

4K · Excellent
Best English-Friendly:

Theatrical Cut: Fox 4K Blu-ray 

2003 Directors Cut: Fox 4K Blu-ray 

Best Video:

Theatrical Cut: Fox 4K Blu-ray 

2003 Directors Cut: Fox 4K Blu-ray  (additional scenes appear to be upscaled)

Best Audio:

Original Theatrical 70mm 6-Track Stereo: Fox 4K Blu-ray (DTS-HD MA 4.1)

Original Theatrical 35mm Matrixed Dolby Stereo: 1999 DVD? (2.0 mix on the UHD is a downmix)

2003 Directors Cut: Fox 4K Blu-ray, Fox Blu-ray (DTS-HD MA 5.1)

Director: Neil Jordan

Best format: UHD Blu-ray

4K · Excellent

Director: Paolo Cavara

Best format: UHD Blu-ray

4K · Excellent
Best English-Friendly:

US Celluloid Dreams 4K Blu-ray

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

Best Video:

US Celluloid Dreams 4K Blu-ray caps and detailed QC breakdown

Director: Dario Argento

Best format: UHD Blu-ray

4K · Excellent
Best English-Friendly:

US Synapse 4K Blu-ray or UK Shameless 4K Blu-ray (some may prefer Synapse's grading, while some prefer Shameless's grading)

Best Video:same release
Best Audio:

4.0 track on the Synapse 4K Blu-ray

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