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On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969)
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On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969)

Adventure, Action, Thriller • 2h 22m

Director: Peter R. Hunt

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4K Streaming

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Overview

James Bond tracks his archnemesis, Ernst Blofeld, to a mountaintop retreat in the Swiss alps where he is training an army of beautiful, lethal women. Along the way, Bond falls for Italian contessa Tracy Draco, and marries her in order to get closer to Blofeld.

Release details

Best Video Release

4K Streaming

Warner Bros Blu-ray is the best Blu-ray even though it has color and major contrast issues
4K SDR master on streaming seems to be from the same scan and looks like it has less tinkering than the Blu-ray
Caps of 4K SDR master: 007 on Home Media: On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969)

Best Audio Release

MGM 1991 LaserDisc

Length
142 mins
Type
Movie

Part of James Bond 007

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Director: Terence Young

Best format: UHD Blu-ray

4K · Solid
Best English-Friendly:

WB 4K Blu-ray

Best Video:

WB 4K Blu-ray, despite prevalent frozen grain

Best Audio:

1991 Criterion LaserDisc with end credits from 1992 MGM LaserDisc

Additional Info:

Criterion LaserDisc includes an exclusive commentary, which was later banned by EON and caused the release to be recalled.

Director: Lewis Gilbert

Best format: UHD Blu-ray

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

WB 4K Blu-ray

Director: Guy Hamilton

Best format: UHD Blu-ray

4K · Solid
Best English-Friendly & Video:

WB 4K Blu-ray

Best Audio:

1988 MGM VHS Hi-Fi, 1988 LaserDisc analog

Additional Info:

Criterion LaserDisc includes an exclusive commentary, which was later banned by EON and caused the release to be recalled.

Director: Terence Young

Best format: UHD Blu-ray

4K · Solid
Best English-Friendly:

WB 4K Blu-ray

Best Video:

WB 4K Blu-ray despite frozen grain

Best Audio:

UK mix: 1984 CBS Fox VHS Hifi but missing one scene
International mix: WB 4K Blu-ray though source origin is unknown

1995 MGM stereo remix: 1998 LaserDisc and 2000 DVD fix gunbarrel dropout

Director: Terence Young

Best format: UHD Blu-ray

4K · Solid
Best English-Friendly:

WB 4K Blu-ray

Best Video:

WB 4K Blu-ray despite some frozen grain

Best Audio:

1992/1993 MGM LaserDisc

Additional Info:

Criterion LaserDisc includes an exclusive commentary, which was later banned by EON and caused the release to be recalled.

Director: Guy Hamilton

Best format: UHD Blu-ray

4K · Solid
Best English-Friendly & Video:

WB 4K Blu-ray

Best Audio:

MGM 1990/1993 LaserDisc

Director: Martin Campbell

Best format: UHD Blu-ray

4K · Solid
Best English-Friendly & Video:

MGM 4K Blu-ray

Director: Sam Mendes

Best format: UHD Blu-ray

4K · Solid
Best English-Friendly & Video:

MGM 4K Blu-ray

Director: Cary Joji Fukunaga

Best format: UHD Blu-ray

Best English-Friendly:

US Universal 4K Blu-ray

Best Video:

US Universal 4K Blu-ray (for original forced subtitles font)

Additional Info:

IMAX sequences have not been released on home video to date

Directors: Val Guest & Ken Hughes & John Huston & Joseph McGrath & Robert Parrish

Best format: 1080p Blu-ray

Best English-Friendly:

MGM Blu-ray 

Best Video:

MGM Blu-ray despite dated master

Best Audio:

Sony Columbia 1994 LaserDisc Mono

Featured in Films/TV shows with a 1080p Blu-ray, but a higher quality master is found elsewhere

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Director: Simon West

Best format: 4K Streaming

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Theatrical: Disney+ has Streaming in 4K without DNR, Disney Blu-ray is a bad master with DNR

Extended: Disney DVD

Upcoming Release:

2026 Disney 4K Blu-ray Steelbook

Director: Franklin J. Schaffner

Best format: 4K Streaming

Best English-Friendly:

4K Streaming

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

Best Video:

4K Streaming has Dolby Vision and is a newer significantly better restoration see caps comparing against Fox Blu-ray

Director: Marc Forster

Best format: 4K Streaming

Best English-Friendly:

Streaming

Best Video:

Streaming: Kaleidescape > Movies Anywhere > Disney+

Best Audio:

2018 Disney Blu-ray has the original 7.1 mix in DTS-HD Master Audio

Streaming has a Dolby Atmos remix. Kaleidescape is lossless (TrueHD 7.1), others are all lossy (E-AC-3 5.1 JOC) at varying bitrates.

Director: Michael Bay

Best format: HD Streaming

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Disney Blu-ray

Disney+ has new master better than Blu-ray

Upcoming Release:

4K possibly teased?

Best Audio:

Criterion DVD/Disney Blu-ray is missing a line:

Hummel: (line missing)
 
Lou Lindstrom: "Hello Frank. Lou Lindstrom"

Disney+:

Hummel: Hummel.

Lou Lindstrom: "Hello Frank. Lou Lindstrom"

Director: Yorgos Lanthimos

Best format: 4K Streaming

Best English-Friendly:

Streaming

Best Video:

Streaming: Kaleidescape > Movies Anywhere > Disney+

Best Audio:

Streaming has the original theatrical Dolby Atmos mix
Disney/Fox Blu-ray only has a 5.1 downmix

Kaleidescape is lossless (TrueHD 7.1), others are all lossy (E-AC-3 5.1 JOC) at varying bitrates.

Director: Martin Campbell

Best format: 4K Streaming

Best English-Friendly:

MGM Blu-ray 

Best Video:

MGM Blu-ray: old DNRed video master

4K Lowry master on Streaming (better than DNRed Blu-ray) and Ultimate Edition DVD more detailed but heavily cropped on all sides

LaserDisc master: excellent LaserDisc video master ported to Special Edition DVD

Best Audio:

Theatrical Dolby Digital 5.1: LaserDisc and Special Edition DVD

Theatrical Dolby Stereo SR: LaserDisc

Theatrical DTS 5.1: DTS LaserDisc

Blu-ray 5.1 new transfer

Director: John Woo

Best format: 4K Streaming

Best English-Friendly & Video:

4K Streaming on Paramount+/Paramount Blu-ray

Additional Info:

Best Buy DVD has a exclusive disc

Director: Jane Schoenbrun

Best format: 4K Streaming

Best English-Friendly & Audio:

A24 US Blu-ray

Best Video:

Netflix 4K Streaming

Director: Guy Hamilton

Best format: 4K Streaming

Best English-Friendly:

4K Streaming

Sources: 007homemedia.blogspot.com (opens in a new tab)

Best Video:

4K Streaming

Best Audio:

MGM 1991/1993 LaserDisc

Director: Guy Ritchie

Best format: 4K Streaming

Best English-Friendly & Video:

4K Streaming

More from Warner Bros

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Director: Frank Oz

Best format: UHD Blu-ray

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Bros 4K Blu-ray

Best Audio:

Theatrical Cut: Warner Bros 4K Blu-ray

Director's Cut: Warner Bros Blu-ray

Audio Notes:

The 4K Blu-ray has both a poor Dolby Atmos remix and the original theatrical Dolby Stereo mix in its best fidelity but only for the Theatrical Cut.

The Blu-ray has a 5.1 remix for the Director's Cut that, while inferior to the original theatrical Dolby Stereo mix, is still far superior to the Dolby Atmos remix on the 4K Blu-ray, and is the best option for the Director's Cut.

Only the DVD has the isolated score.

Director: Otis Turner

Best format: DVD

Best English-Friendly & Video:

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)

Director: J. Farrell MacDonald

Best format: DVD

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Quality: 2005 AlphaVideo DVD
Longer Footage: 2013 WB The Wizard of Oz (1939) 3D 75th Anniversary Limited Edition Blu-ray Disc 3

Director: Tony Scott

Best format: 1080p Blu-ray

Best English-Friendly & Video:

WB Blu-ray

Upcoming Release:

Arrow 4K Blu-ray

Director: Neil Jordan

Best format: UHD Blu-ray

4K · Excellent

Director: Elia Kazan

Best format: 1080p Blu-ray

Best English-Friendly & Video:

WB Blu-ray

Director: George Cukor

Best format: 1080p Blu-ray

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Theatrical cut / Roadshow cut: 35mm scans

Restored cut: WB Blu-ray

Director: Michael Mann

Best format: 1080p Blu-ray

4K · Disappointing
Best English-Friendly & Video:

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 Audio:

LaserDisc 2.0 (restores censored dialog). Comparison of 5.1 mixes
For the 5.1: LaserDisc AC3 vs US DVD AC3 vs Japan DVD DTS

Director: David Yates

Best format: UHD Blu-ray

Best English-Friendly & Video:

WB 4K Blu-ray

Director: David Yates

Best format: UHD Blu-ray

Best English-Friendly & Video:

WB 4K Blu-ray

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