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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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About the film

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.

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: Kenji Iwaisawa

Video format: 1080p Blu-ray

Best English-Friendly:

Netflix Streaming

Upcoming Release:

US GKIDS Blu-ray announced

Best Audio:

Japan Pony Canyon Blu-ray for original 7.1 mix

Netflix Streaming for English dub

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

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

Director: Isao Takahata

Best English-Friendly:

2025 US GKIDS Blu-ray

Best Video:

2015 Japan Isao Takahata boxset Studio Ghibli Blu-ray

Best Audio:

Japanese audio: 2015 Japan Isao Takahata boxset Studio Ghibli Blu-ray

English (1998 dub): 1998 US VHS

English (2012 dub): 2012 US Sentai Filmworks Blu-ray/2025 US GKIDS Blu-ray

English (2025 dub): Netflix Streaming

Director: Hernán Jiménez

Video format: 4K Streaming

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Netflix 4K Streaming

More Mystery on Blu-ray

Director: Roman Polanski

4K · Solid
Best English-Friendly & Video:

Carlotta France 4K Blu-ray

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

Upcoming Release:

UK 4K teased by 88 Films https://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread.php?p=24252379

Video Notes:

Carlotta France 4K Blu-ray > Vinegar Syndrome 4K Blu-ray (better encode on Carlotta without any low-pass filtering, more extras and English subtitles on Vinegar Syndrome)

Director: Roy Del Ruth

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Archive 3D Blu-ray

Video Notes:

4K restoration of the original 3D left eye and right eye camera negatives

Director: Jonathan Demme

Video format: UHD Blu-ray

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Vinegar Syndrome/Cinématographe 4K

Sources: vitalpassenger.com (opens in a new tab)

Video Notes:

FiM are mistakenly credited, one of the four known instances of this for a Cinématographe title (the other three being Thieves Like Us, Who Killed Teddy Bear?, and The Gambler). 4K encode was done by Vital Passenger.  https://vitalpassenger.com/our-work

Director: Buster Keaton

Best English-Friendly:

Kino Lorber new Seven Chances / Sherlock Jr. Blu-ray?

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

Upcoming Release:

MoC 4K Blu-ray late 2027

Video Notes:

Lobster Films (Kino Lorber?) > Cohen/Eureka https://slow.pics/c/3KWXoMyR The new Kino Lorber's Seven Chances / Sherlock Jr. might be using the same restoration as Lobster Films

Director: Orson Welles

4K · Excellent
Best English-Friendly:

WB 4K Blu-ray

Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab) · blah-ray.blogspot.com (opens in a new tab)

Best Video:

WB Europe 4K Blu-ray

Video Notes:

WB Europe 4K Blu-ray slightly better encoding than Criterion (caveat: missing Criterion extras)

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Video format: 1080p Blu-ray

Best Video:

Germany Nameless Blu-ray

For uncut Dream Cruise: Germany Splendid Film standalone Blu-ray?

Video Notes:

Germany Nameless collection is uncut except Dream Cruise

Director: Doug Liman

Video format: 1080p Blu-ray

4K · Worse Than BD
Best English-Friendly & Video:

US Cut: US Universal HD-DVD

International Cut: International Universal HD-DVD

Video Notes:

The Universal Blu-ray is slightly filtered and DNR'd compared to the HD-DVD, and the Universal 4K Blu-ray, on top of being upscaled, adds additional DNR and is softer than both previous HD releases.

Best Audio:

Universal Blu-ray DTS-HD 5.1

Additional Info:

Versions:
- The International version contains a short additional scene (part of the "Farmhouse" extended scene from the special features). See additional detail below.
- The US version does not contain this scene during the film. Director Doug Liman confirms in his audio commentary that the scene was cut from the original US theatrical release "for time".
- "The Explosive Extended Edition" found on some DVD releases is not an alternate cut of the film, simply an access mode that plays "The Bookend Scenes" features via non-seamless branching.

Deck the Halls scene:
The U.S. release is 118:17 while the European/Australian/Japanese releases are 118:36. There is no difference between the two running times from the start, but at 81:21, the U.S. version cuts from a kitchen scene of Marie and Eamon washing dishes, to a scene of Eamon bringing blankets to Jason and Marie. On the European/Australian releases, at the same point, there is a scene of Jason, Marie, Eamon and his children eating dinner while "Deck the Halls" plays in the background. There is no dialogue, the characters just each exchange uncomfortable glances. The scene goes to 81:40, then picks up the same scene of Eamon bringing blankets. This scene is included as an extra ("Farmhouse" extended scene) albeit sans the holiday themed music. Many thanks to Rewind user Mark Bowen for comparing these releases and letting us know the difference.

Director: David Fincher

Best English-Friendly, Video & Audio:

20th Century Studios Blu-ray

Additional Info:

Digipack release includes an Amazing Amy book the standard edition doesn’t have.

Director: Stanley Kubrick

4K · Excellent
Best English-Friendly & Video:

Criterion 4K Blu-ray

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

Video Notes:

Included in the Complete Kubrick box set with FiM encode of the same master from the WB release without the filtering; WB 4K early pressing has errors of a shot, later pressings fixed. Comparison between Criterion and WB.

Best Audio:

6-Track 70mm mix: Criterion 4K Blu-ray (restored for the box set), 1997 MGM LaserDisc, 1998 MGM DVD
35mm Mono Mix: Criterion 4K Blu-ray

Matrixed Stereo Remix: MGM Japan LaserDisc (1985) [G158F5509]
5.1 Remix: Criterion 4K Blu-ray

Director: Alexandre Aja

4K · Excellent
Best English-Friendly:

US Lionsgate Limited 4K Blu-ray

Best Video:

US Lionsgate Limited, France ESC, or Germany Plaion 4K Blu-ray?

Video Notes:

Germany Plaion is reportedly better than UK Second Sight.

Not sure about the US Lionsgate or France ESC.

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