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I'm Thinking of Ending Things (2020)
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I'm Thinking of Ending Things (2020)

Mystery, Thriller, Drama • 2h 15m

Director: Charlie Kaufman

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HD Streaming

Best English-friendly & video release · updated 28 days ago

Overview

Nothing is as it seems when a woman experiencing misgivings about her new boyfriend joins him on a road trip to meet his parents at their remote farm.

Release details

Length
135 mins
Type
Movie
Alternative Titles
I am Thinking of Ending Things

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Director: Charlie Kaufman

4K · Solid
Best English-Friendly:

Sony 4K Blu-ray

Best Video:

Sony Pictures Classics: 30th Anniversary Collection 4K

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Director: Spike Lee

Video format: 4K Streaming

Best English-Friendly & Video:

4K Streaming on Netflix

Director: Fletcher Moules

Video format: HD Streaming

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Netflix HD Streaming

Directors: Ryuichi Yagi & Takashi Yamazaki & Makoto Hanafusa

Video format: 1080p Blu-ray

Best English-Friendly:

Netflix Streaming

Best Video:

Japan Toho Blu-ray

Video Notes:

Caveat: Not English-friendly

Best Audio:

Japan Toho Blu-ray

Netflix Streaming for English dub

Directors: Chris Appelhans & Maggie Kang

Video format: UHD Blu-ray

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Currently streaming on Netflix

Upcoming Release:

2026 Criterion 4K Blu-ray

Director: Kenji Iwaisawa

Video format: 1080p Blu-ray

Best English-Friendly:

Netflix Streaming

Best Audio:

Japan Pony Canyon Blu-ray for original 7.1 mix

Netflix Streaming for English dub

Director: Guillermo del Toro

Video format: UHD Blu-ray

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Currently streaming on Netflix

Upcoming Release:

Criterion 4K Blu-ray scheduled for October 2026 release

Director: Jacques Audiard

4K · Excellent
Best English-Friendly:

Netflix 4K Streaming

Best Video & Audio:

France Pathé 4K Blu-ray

Video Notes:

Netflix 4K Streaming has 4K and Dolby Vision + Atmos.

Audio Notes:

France Pathé 4K Blu-ray has Dolby Atmos audio

Additional Info:

Only English-friendly home video release is a badly-encoded 1080p Australia Madman Entertainment Blu-ray with hardcoded subtitles and 5.1 audio only.

Director: Werner Herzog

Video format: 4K Streaming

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Netflix 4K Streaming

Director: David Michôd

Video format: 4K Streaming

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Netflix 4K Streaming

Director: Jane Schoenbrun

Video format: 4K Streaming

Best English-Friendly & Audio:

A24 US Blu-ray

Best Video:

Netflix 4K Streaming

More Mystery on Blu-ray

Director: Glen Morgan

Best English-Friendly:

2008 Canada TVA Films Blu-ray

Best Video:

2022 Germany Nameless Media 3-Disc Edition Blu-ray

Director: Roman Polanski

4K · Solid
Best English-Friendly & Video:

Lionsgate Limited 4K Blu-ray

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

Video Notes:

Lionsgate Limited 4K Blu-ray see caps. Much better contrast and grain exposure but the grade is a bit questionable as it skews heavily towards magenta in some caps and the encode looks low-pass filtered.

Lionsgate and the upcoming Imprint have the same discs.

Best Audio:

Atmos Remix: Lionsgate 4K Blu-ray
Original 5.1: Imprint Australia Blu-ray or StudioCanal Germany/France Blu-ray

Audio Notes:

Lionsgate 4K Blu-ray encoded the "Original 5.1" as lossy Dolby Digital, which is very different from the AC3 on the original DVD.  This new "Original 5.1" may in fact be a downmix of the Atmos track.  FWIW, the original DVD AC3 still sounds very good.

Director: M. Night Shyamalan

Best English-Friendly & Video:

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).

Director: Roman Polanski

Best English-Friendly, Video & Audio:

2011/2025 WB Blu-ray

Audio Notes:

2011/2025 WB Blu-ray for correct audio (2010 release has audio issue)

Director: Rose Glass

4K · Excellent
Best English-Friendly:

A24 4K Blu-ray

Best Video & Audio:

Plaion Germany 4K Blu-ray 

Video Notes:

Markedly better encoding on Plaion than A24 and without any low-pass filtering

Director: Gus Van Sant

Best English-Friendly:

US Shout! Factory Blu-ray

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

Best Video & Audio:

French Carlotta Blu-ray

Video Notes:

Shout! Factory and Carlotta use the same scan https://slow.pics/c/Wcn5YFlw, the Carlotta has two extra bonus features

Director: Mark Pellington

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

UK 88 Films 4K Blu-ray

Video Notes:

88 Films is FiM encoded

Germany Filmjuwelen 4K Blu-ray is disappointing with AI upscaling

Director: Alfred Hitchcock

4K · Excellent
Best English-Friendly & Video:

Universal 4K Blu-ray

Best Audio:

2005 Universal DVD

Director: Kenji Mizoguchi

4K · Solid
Best English-Friendly & Video:

Criterion 4K Blu-ray

Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)

Video Notes:

See chris's review

Best Audio:

1991 Daiei LaserDisc

Director: Stanley Kubrick

4K · Excellent
Best English-Friendly & Video:

WB 4K Blu-ray

Upcoming Release:

Criterion Box Set coming October 20th with FiM encode, work done to un-Nolan the 4K master, the first ever appearance of the 35mm mono track on physical media and a new restoration/remastering of the 70mm 6-track mix.

Video Notes:

(early pressing has errors of a shot, later pressings fixed)

Best Audio:

1997 MGM LaserDisc, 1998 MGM DVD

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