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Bad Education (2004)
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Bad Education (2004)

La mala educación

Drama, Crime • 1h 45m

Director: Pedro Almodóvar

Best video & English-friendly release

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About the film

An examination on the effect of Franco-era religious schooling and sexual abuse on the lives of two longtime friends.

Alternative Titles
Bad Education, Bad Education, La mala educación

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Director: Pedro Almodóvar

4K · Excellent
Best English-Friendly:

Radiance 4K Blu-ray

Best Video:

Radiance 4K Blu-ray see review

Director: Pedro Almodóvar

Best Video & English-Friendly:

US Sony Blu-ray or UK Pathé Blu-ray?

Director: Pedro Almodóvar

4K · Excellent
Best Video & English-Friendly:

Sony 4K Blu-ray

Video Notes:

Currently only available in the Sony Pictures US set

Additional Info:

English Dub is found on the UK DVD

Director: Pedro Almodóvar

Best English-Friendly:

Criterion vs StudioCanal Blu-ray

Best Video:

Criterion, UK StudioCanal, France TF1 Blu-ray all new resto, no comparison

Director: Pedro Almodóvar

Best English-Friendly:

Korea Blu-ray

Best Video:

France/Italy

Video Notes:

France/Italy has Blu-ray, no US/UK releases

Director: Pedro Almodóvar

Video format: 1080p Blu-ray

Best Video & English-Friendly:

Criterion, 2k transfer

More from Warner Archive

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Director: John Huston

Best English-Friendly:

WB Blu-ray

Upcoming Release:

Warner Archive 4K Blu-ray 11/24/2026

Best Video:

Warner Archive

Director: Jerry Schatzberg

Best Video & English-Friendly:

Warner Archive Blu-ray

Director: David Lean

4K · Excellent
Best Video, Audio & English-Friendly:

Warner Archive 4K Blu-ray

Video Notes:

caps

Additional Info:

The legacy extras are AI-upscaled

Director: Michael Curtiz

Best Video & English-Friendly:

Warner Archive Blu-ray

Director: Vincente Minnelli

Best Video & English-Friendly:

Warner Archive DVD

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

Director: Ernst Lubitsch

Best Video & English-Friendly:

Warner Archive Blu-ray

Video Notes:

4K restoration from Original Camera Negative

Director: Richard Brooks

Best Video & English-Friendly:

Warner Archive Blu-ray

Video Notes:

4K restoration from Original Camera Negative

Director: Vincent Sherman

Best Video & English-Friendly:

Warner Archive Blu-ray

Video Notes:

4K restoration from Original Camera Negative

Director: George Pal

Best Video & English-Friendly:

Warner Archive Blu-ray

Video Notes:

4K restoration from Original Camera Negative

More Drama on Blu-ray

Director: Richard Rush

4K · Excellent
Best Video, Audio & English-Friendly:

Radiance 4K Blu-ray

Video Notes:

> Shout! Factory 4K Blu-ray (FiM encode on Radiance compared to Duplitech encode on Shout! Factory)

Director: Victor Sjöström

Best Video & English-Friendly:

Flicker Alley Blu-ray

Upcoming Release:

Criterion Blu-ray with a new score composed and performed by Matti Bye

Director: Victor Sjöström

Video format: 1080p Blu-ray

Upcoming Release:

Criterion Blu-ray new 2K restoration

Director: Victor Sjöström

Video format: 1080p Blu-ray

Upcoming Release:

Criterion Blu-ray 

  • New 4K digital restoration of the 1928 theatrical-release version, preserved and digitally restored by the MoMA, with original soundtrack

  • New 2K digital restoration of the 1983 variable-frame-rate version, with a score by Carl Davis

Director: Paul Verhoeven

Video format: UHD Blu-ray

4K · Superior Imports
Video Notes:

Capelight/Plaion Media Germany 4K Blu-ray > MUBI UK. Good encode and correct colors on the Germany import

Directors: Joel Coen & Ethan Coen

4K · Excellent
Best Video & English-Friendly:

Criterion 4K Blu-ray

Director: Philip Kaufman

4K · Excellent
Best Video, Audio & English-Friendly:

Criterion 4K Blu-ray

Video Notes:

Criterion 4K Blu-ray is a significant upgrade over previous WB Blu-ray see comparison

Audio Notes:

Criterion for the first time on home video have provided the 70mm 6-track as well as the Dolby stereo which was previously on LaserDisc. Both tracks are unique so included both with the 6-track default. Criterion’s 5.1 remix is lossless compared to the lossy tracks of the previous blu-rays and DVDs.

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Director: Apichatpong Weerasethakul

Best Video & English-Friendly:

Strand Releasing Blu-ray vs New Wave Blu-ray?

Additional Info:

New 4K restoration recently screened at Venice Film Festival https://variety.com/2026/film/news/apichatpong-weerasethakuls-4k-restorations-match-factory-1236843949/

Director: Vincente Minnelli

Best Video & English-Friendly:

WB Blu-ray

Additional Info:

New restoration to be shown at TCM Film Fest

Director: Robert De Niro

4K · Solid
Best Video & English-Friendly:

MVD 4K Blu-ray

Upcoming Release:

2027 FreeWind Media UK 4K Blu-ray 

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