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Christopher Robin (2018)
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Christopher Robin (2018)

Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy • 1h 44m

Director: Marc Forster

Cast: Ewan McGregor, Hayley Atwell, Bronte Carmichael, Jim Cummings, Brad Garrett, Nick Mohammed, Toby Jones, Peter Capaldi, Sophie Okonedo, Sara Sheen, Mark Gatiss, Ronkẹ Adékoluẹjo, Adrian Scarborough, Roger Ashton-Griffiths, Ken Nwosu, John Dagleish, Amanda Lawrence, Tristan Sturrock, Katy Carmichael, Paul Chahidi, Orton O'Brien, Elsa Minell Solak, Amrou Al-Kadhi, Vera Chok, Raj Ghatak, Oliver Ford Davies, Vivien Bridson, Matt Berry, Jasmine-Simone Charles, Harriet Leitch, Souad Faress, Claire Redcliffe, Matt Gavan, Mackenzie Crook, Clara McGregor, Gareth Mason, Summer Brooks, Zain Falzon, Rainy Milo, Simon Farnaby, Matthew Earley, Narinder Samra, Oliver Payne, Kumud Pant, Michael Jenn, Alan Clark, Chris Pratt, Shola Adewusi, Tim Ingall, Peter Singh, Connor Haywood, Jackson Kai, Richard M. Sherman, Olga Docheva, David Evestaff, Mary Yeomans, A.k. Steppa, Matt Harvey, Ethan Keaton, Thomas Padden, Roy Beck, Caroline Garnell, Richard Price, Chloe Swan Sparwath, Rupert Turnbull, Kai Scarlett Williams, Evie Wray, Lee Asquith-Coe, Nick Davison, Rutvig Vaid, Niamh O'Mahony, Gino Picciano, David Hartley, Errol Francis, Bern Collaço, Dean Middhat, Marco Mastrocola, Gary Thompsett, Jeremy Oliver, Sharron Spice, Anthony Richard Rowe, Mark Sayers, John Whitby, Karol Steele, Karen Smyth, Christopher Haley, Chloe-Megan Child, Gintare Beinoraviciute

Best English-friendly release

Updated 3 months ago

Best video release

Streaming: Kaleidescape

4K Streaming

Streaming: Kaleidescape > Movies Anywhere > Disney+


Best audio release

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.


About the film

Christopher Robin, the boy who had countless adventures in the Hundred Acre Wood, has grown up and lost his way. Now it’s up to his spirited and loveable stuffed animals, Winnie The Pooh, Tigger, Piglet, and the rest of the gang, to rekindle their friendship and remind him of endless days of childlike wonder and make-believe, when doing nothing was the very best something.

Alternative Titles
Winnie the Pooh - Christopher Robin

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Director: Martin Scorsese

Video format: 4K Streaming

Best Video & English-Friendly:

Criterion Blu-ray

Upcoming Release:

Criterion 4K Blu-ray releasing 16th February 2027

Video Notes:

Netflix has 4K Streaming

Director: Chris Columbus

Video format: 4K Streaming

Best Video & English-Friendly:

Disney+ has Streaming in 4K

Video Notes:

Fox has Blu-ray

Best Audio:

1995 Fox LaserDisc

Director: Paul Thomas Anderson

Video format: 4K Streaming

Best Video & English-Friendly:

4K Streaming with HDR

Director: Michael Bay

Video format: HD Streaming

Best Video & English-Friendly:

Disney+ HD Streaming

Upcoming Release:

4K possibly teased?

Video Notes:

Disney+ has new master better than Blu-ray

Audio Notes:

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: Simon West

Video format: 4K Streaming

Best Video & English-Friendly:

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

Video format: 4K Streaming

Best Video & English-Friendly:

4K Streaming

Video Notes:

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

Director: Yorgos Lanthimos

Video format: 4K Streaming

Best English-Friendly & Audio:

Streaming

Audio Notes:

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.

Best Video:

Streaming: Kaleidescape

Video Notes:

Streaming: Kaleidescape > Movies Anywhere > Disney+

Director: Martin Campbell

Video 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

Video format: 4K Streaming

Best Video & English-Friendly:

4K Streaming on Paramount+/Paramount Blu-ray

Additional Info:

Best Buy DVD has a exclusive disc

Director: Peter R. Hunt

Video format: 4K Streaming

Best Video & English-Friendly:

4K Streaming

Video Notes:

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:

MGM 1991 LaserDisc

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Director: Marc Forster

Best Video & English-Friendly:

MGM 4K Blu-ray

Video Notes:

MGM Blu-ray for non DNR version

Director: Marc Forster

Best Video & English-Friendly:

Shout! Factory 4K Blu-ray or Paramount 4K Blu-ray?

Video Notes:

(Shout! Factory has more extras, but only 5.1 audio, Paramount has 7.1, both only have the Theatrical in 4K)

Audio Notes:

Paramount 4K Blu-ray has DTS-HD 7.1

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Directors: Joe Russo & Anthony Russo

Best Video & English-Friendly:

Disney 4K Blu-ray

IMAX Version: Disney+ Streaming or Digital Master Rip found online
Encore version: Disney+ Streaming in 4K

Directors: David Hand & Ben Sharpsteen & William Cottrell & Larry Morey & Perce Pearce & Wilfred Jackson

4K · Excellent
Best Video & English-Friendly:

Disney 4K Blu-ray

Best Audio:

Mono track is on the included Blu-ray; 4K Blu-ray missing original mono. LaserDisc probably better

Director: Mike Judge

Video format: 4K Streaming

Best Video & English-Friendly:

4K Streaming on HBO MAX/Disney+ or Fox Blu-ray

Director: Hayao Miyazaki

Best Video & English-Friendly:

2014 Japan "Hayao Miyazaki Collection" Studio Ghibli Blu-ray

Upcoming Release:

Japan Studio Ghibli 4K Blu-ray announced for a November 25, 2026 release

Best Audio:

Japanese audio: 2014 Japan "Hayao Miyazaki Collection" Studio Ghibli Blu-ray/US GKIDS Blu-ray

English dub (Disney): 1998 US Disney VHS has better sounding vocals despite altered music and sound effects, the US Disney LaserDisc has limited audio, and 2003 DVD is a fake 5.1 upmix

Releases from 2010 onward have the original music and sound effects, but distorted vocals

English dub (Streamline): 1996 Japan remastered LaserDisc, available in Ghibli Ga Ippai Collection boxset

Additional Info:

2012 US Disney Blu-ray has dubtitles. US GKIDS Blu-ray has bonuses that are absent on the US Disney Blu-ray

Director: Wolfgang Reitherman

Video format: 1080p Blu-ray

Best Video & English-Friendly:

Original: 35mm scans or Disney LaserDisc (1.33:1 open matte)

Restored: Disney Limited Issue DVD (1.33:1 open matte)

Video Notes:

Later Disney DVDs and Blu-ray are altered

Best Audio:

35mm scans or Disney LaserDisc

Director: M. Night Shyamalan

Best Video & English-Friendly:

Disney 4K Blu-ray

Best Audio:

BD LPCM 5.1

Audio Notes:

The DTS-HD on the UHD has been dynamically compressed, has had its center channel boosted, and surrounds lowered (typical modern nearfield mix for soundbars).  Very different from the BD and DVD tracks.  The BD LPCM is basically just a lossless version of the DTS and AC3 from the original DVD (the AC3 actually being the superior mix on that particular release).

Directors: Bill Roberts & Paul Satterfield & Wilfred Jackson & Ben Sharpsteen & James Algar & T. Hee & Hamilton Luske & Samuel Armstrong & Jim Handley & Norman Ferguson & David Hand & Ford Beebe Jr.

Best Video & English-Friendly:

Censored: 2010 Disney Blu-ray
Uncensored: 35mm Scan

Video Notes:

See caps of Blu-ray vs DVD

Best Audio:

1991 CAV LaserDisc

Audio Notes:
  • 1991 CAV LaserDisc includes an approximation of the original Fantasound mix in Dolby Surround using the surviving magnetic mixdown, using Stokowski's original mixing notes as a reference. Original aggressive pans and dynamic range are left in tact.

  • The 2000 DVD uses this same mix in discrete 5.0, but with some unnecessary dynamic range compression + a redub of all Deems Taylor audio with Corey Burton.

  • The 7.1 mix on the 2010 Blu-ray sounds poor, having been hit with excessive noise reduction, dynamic range compression, original aggressive pans no longer in tact, and the channel usage no longer resembles Stokowski's original intended sound design. 

Director: Chris Columbus

4K · Solid
Best English-Friendly:

Disney 4K Blu-ray

Best Video:

Kaleidescape 4K Streaming

Video Notes:

Disney 4K Blu-ray has encoding issues with bitrates dipping into 40mbps, and Kaleidescape has better encoding than Disney see caps 
Old Fox Blu-ray master is stretched and sharpened

Director: Hayao Miyazaki

Best English-Friendly:

2014 "Hayao Miyazaki Collection" Studio Ghibli Japan Blu-ray or US Disney Blu-ray

Best Video:

2014 "Hayao Miyazaki Collection" Studio Ghibli Japan Blu-ray

Video Notes:

2014 "Hayao Miyazaki Collection" Studio Ghibli Japan Blu-ray
Comparisons: https://slow.pics/c/6JWnlfit

Best Audio:

All sources are within margin of error. Comparisons: Japanese, English
Alternate Streamline English dub is available only on 1994 Fox LD.

Additional Info:

US GKIDS Blu-ray has more bonuses than the US Disney Blu-ray

Director: Jon Turteltaub

Video format: 4K Streaming

Best Video & English-Friendly:

4K Streaming on Disney+ or Disney Blu-ray

Best Audio:

Disney Blu-ray TrueHD 5.1

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