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Star Trek (2009)

Science Fiction, Action, Adventure • 2h 7m

Director: J.J. Abrams

Cast: Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto, Leonard Nimoy, Eric Bana, Bruce Greenwood, Karl Urban, Zoe Saldaña, Simon Pegg, John Cho, Anton Yelchin, Ben Cross, Winona Ryder, Chris Hemsworth, Jennifer Morrison, Rachel Nichols, Faran Tahir, Clifton Collins Jr., Tony Elias, Sean Gerace, Randy Pausch, Tim Griffin, Freda Foh Shen, Kasia Kowalczyk, Jason Brooks, Sonita Henry, Kelvin Yu, Marta Martin, Tavarus Conley, Jeff Castle, Billy Brown, Jimmy Bennett, Greg Grunberg, Spencer Daniels, Jeremy Fitzgerald, Zoe Chernov, Max Chernov, Jacob Kogan, Lorenzo James Henrie, Colby Paul, Cody Klop, Akiva Goldsman, Anna Katarina, Douglas Tait, Tony Guma, Gerald W. Abrams, James McGrath, Jason Matthew Smith, Marcus Young, Bob Clendenin, Darlena Tejeiro, Reggie Lee, Jeffrey Byron, Jonathan Dixon, Tyler Perry, Ben Binswagner, Margot Farley, Paul McGillion, Lisa Vidal, Alex Nevil, Kimberly Arland, Sufe Bradshaw, Jeff Chase, Charles Haugk, Nana Kagga-Hill, John Blackman, Jack Millard, Shaela Luter, Sabrina Morris, Michelle Parylak, Osgood Perkins, Amanda Foreman, Michael Berry Jr., Lucia Rijker, Pasha D. Lychnikoff, Matt Beisner, Neville Page, Jesper Inglis, Greg Ellis, Marlene Forte, Leonard O. Turner, Mark Bramhall, Ronald F. Hoiseck, Irene Roseen, Jeff O'Haco, Scottie Thompson, Deep Roy, Majel Barrett, Ronnie Steadman, Rico E. Anderson, Richard Arnold, Tad Atkinson, Leslie Augustine, Johnny Baca, Diora Baird, Sala Baker, Leo Baligaya, Corey Becker, Larry Blackman, Jessica Boss, Neil S. Bulk, Etalvia Cashin, James Cawley, Brad Champagne, Zachary Culbertson, Jeffrey De Serrano, T.C. De Witt, Christopher Doohan, Claire Doré, Etienne Eckert, Ken Edling, Aliza Finley, Ian Fisher, Anna Florence, Mathew Thomas Foss, Massi Furlan, Tommy Germanovich Jr., Mary Grace, Wyatt Gray, Nancy Guerriero, Jarrell Hall, Justin Rodgers Hall, Jeffery Hauser, Brad William Henke, Ryan T. Husk, Elizabeth Ingalls, Sierra Kane, Christopher Karl Johnson, Jolene Kay, Lauren Mary Kim, Sarah Klaren, Makiko Konishi, Tashana Landray, Daniel D. Lee, Anne Leighton, James Lew, Jill Lover, Steve Luna, Aaron Lynch, Justin Malachi, Nav Mann, Paul Marshall, Owen Martin, Taylor McCluskey, Matthew McGregor, Caitlin McKenna, Andrew Mew, Patrizia Milano, Heidi Moneymaker, Kevin Moser, Jonathan Dunkerley Newkerk, Westley Nguyen, Jim Nieb, Andres Perez-Molina, Mark Phelan, Damion Poitier, Rahvaunia, Bertrand Roberson Jr., Deborah Rombaut, Leonard Jonathan Ruebe, Darth Schuhe, Ramona Seymour, William Morgan Sheppard, Katie Soo, Joseph Stephens Jr., Joseph Steven, T.J. Storm, Kaitlin Sullivan, Paul Townsend, Scott Trimble, Errik Tustenuggee, Ravi Valleti, Jason Vaughn, A.J. Verel, Brian Waller, Steve Wharton, Wil Wheaton, Rob Wood, Lynnanne Zager

Paramount 4K Blu-ray

Best English-friendly & video release · updated 7 months ago

Overview

The fate of the galaxy rests in the hands of bitter rivals. One, James Kirk, is a delinquent, thrill-seeking Iowa farm boy. The other, Spock, a Vulcan, was raised in a logic-based society that rejects all emotion. As fiery instinct clashes with calm reason, their unlikely but powerful partnership is the only thing capable of leading their crew through unimaginable danger, boldly going where no one has gone before. The human adventure has begun again.

Release details

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Studio commentary with Mike Nelson, Bill Corbett, and Kevin Murphy

Length
127 mins
Type
Movie
Alternative Titles
Star Trek: The Future Begins, Star Trek 11, Star Trek 3.1

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Director: Victor Fleming

4K · Solid
Best English-Friendly & Video:

2D: Warner Bros 4K Blu-ray

3D: Warner Bros 3D Blu-ray or Apple Vision Pro

Best Audio:

1989 MGM LaserDisc

Audio Notes:

(caveat: "there's" in first "there's no place like home" utterance in final Kansas scene truncated)

Director: Roger Christian

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Theatrical Version: Mill Creek Blu-ray

Home Video Version: Concorde Blu-ray

Additional Info:

Japan TC Entertainment Blu-ray has exclusive extras

Director: M. Night Shyamalan

Best English-Friendly & Video:

2D version: Paramount Blu-ray

3D version: Paramount 3D Blu-ray

Upcoming Release:

Paramount 4K Blu-ray on October 26 2026

Director: Barry Mahon

Video format: HD Streaming

Best English-Friendly & Video:

SD: OOP Something Weird DVD

HD: Amazon Prime Streaming (with RiffTrax commentary)

Best Audio:

OOP Something Weird DVD

Director: Micky Dolenz

Video format: SD Streaming

Best English-Friendly & Video:

OOP Hollywood Entertainment DVD or SD Streaming

Director: René Cardona

Best English-Friendly & Video:

VCI Blu-ray

Director: Steve Binder

Video format: Only Unofficial Sources

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Unofficial DVD or Blu-ray

Director: Joel Schumacher

Best English-Friendly & Video:

WB 4K Blu-ray

Best Audio:

Dolby Stereo SR: WB LaserDisc

Theatrical Dolby Digital 5.1: WB LaserDisc AC3, 1997 WB DVD 5.1

2005 5.1 retransfer: 2005 WB DVD Dolby, DTS. WB Blu-ray TrueHD

Additional Info:

4K Blu-ray has Atmos remixes with new effects and changes. The original matrix surround track is somewhat different in its mix than the 5.1 discrete but relatively the same.

Director: Joel Schumacher

Best English-Friendly:

Warner Bros 4K Blu-ray

Best Video:

WB 4K Blu-ray

Best Audio:

Dolby Stereo SR: WB LaserDisc (best audio mix of the film)

Dolby 5.1: WB LaserDisc AC3, WB DVD

2005 5.1 retransfer: WB DVD Dolby and DTS, WB Blu-ray TrueHD

Additional Info:

4K Blu-ray has Atmos remixes with new effects and changes. The original matrix surround track is better mixed than the 5.1 discrete with more surround and low end engagement amazingly. It also hides the extensive ADR a bit due to the inherent quality dip comparing matrix to discrete formats.

Director: Mel Stuart

4K · Solid
Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Bros 4K Blu-ray

Best Audio:

1991 Warner Bros LaserDisc (for original mono track)

Additional Info:

1996 Warner Bros 25th Anniversary LaserDisc has isolated music and effects track (incorrectly labeled "music minus vocals") not present on any other release

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Director: J.J. Abrams

4K · Solid
Best English-Friendly & Video:

2D version: Disney 4K Blu-ray

3D version: Disney 3D Blu-ray or Disney+/Apple TV Vision Pro Streaming

Director: J.J. Abrams

4K · Solid
Best English-Friendly & Video:

Paramount 4K Blu-ray

Best Audio:

Cinema DTS

Audio Notes:

The DTS-HD 5.1 from some of the international Blu-rays and the TrueHD 5.1 on the 4K Blu-ray are similar.

Additional Info:

Best Buy exclusive DVD has Bonus Disc with featurettes not found on Blu-ray/4K Blu-ray

TV series

Video format: 1080p Blu-ray

Best English-Friendly:

Disney Blu-Ray

Original broadcast version of Exodus Pt. 2: fan restoration

Best Video:

Disney Blu-Ray

Additional Info:

The Britain Blu-Ray of S1 has exclusive extras

The Best Buy exclusive Blu-Ray of S6 has a bonus disc.

Director: J.J. Abrams

Video format: UHD Blu-ray

Best Video:

Paramount 4K Blu-ray (featuring the Imax sequences)

Director: J.J. Abrams

4K · Solid
Best English-Friendly & Video:

Disney 4K Blu-ray

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Director: Alex Proyas

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Paramount 4K Blu-ray (30th anniv.)

Director: Steven Spielberg

Best English-Friendly & Video:

US Paramount Blu-ray

Upcoming Release:

Paramount 4K Blu-ray Dec 15th

Video Notes:

US Paramount Blu-ray > International WB Blu-ray

Director: Tony Scott

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Paramount 4K Blu-ray

Best Audio:

70mm 6-track mix in 5.1: Paramount THX LaserDisc

Dolby Stereo mix in 2.0: Paramount THX LaserDisc

Additional Info:

The 70mm 6-track mix has a higher bitrate on the Paramount 1998 DVD, but is more limited than on the THX LaserDisc The Paramount 1998 DVD also has open matte versions in fullscreen 1.33:1 and widescreen 2.00:1 instead of the theatrical aspect ratio of 2.39:1, but the 2.00:1 widescreen presentation is non-anamorphic. The THX LaserDisc is available in both fullscreen 1.33:1 and widescreen 2.00:1 variants.

Director: Terrence Malick

4K · Excellent
Best English-Friendly & Video:

Criterion 4K Blu-ray

Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)

Video Notes:

Lovely underlying remaster by Criterion and Resillion but encode is sadly low-pass filtered by Pixelogic, and even then, the encode is still less than ideal. Still easily obliterates any prior disc release, but certainly wouldn't hurt to have a UK or German label take a crack at this same master.

Best Audio:

1999 Paramount DVD

Director: Peter Faiman

Best English-Friendly & Video:

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 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: Billy Wilder

4K · Solid
Best English-Friendly:

Paramount 4K Blu-ray or Blu-ray

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

Video Notes:

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

Audio Notes:

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 English-Friendly & Video:

Paramount Blu-ray

Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)

Upcoming Release:

Criterion 4K Blu-ray scheduled for Dec 2026 release

Director: Richard Linklater

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 English-Friendly & Video:

Original AR: Paramount 4K Blu-ray

IMAX AR: Paramount 3D Blu-ray

Director: Stanley Donen

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Paramount Blu-ray

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