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Moonfleet (1955)
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Moonfleet (1955)

Adventure, Drama, History • 1h 29m

Director: Fritz Lang

Cast: Stewart Granger, George Sanders, Joan Greenwood, Viveca Lindfors, Jon Whiteley, Liliane Montevecchi, Melville Cooper, Sean McClory, Alan Napier, John Hoyt, Donna Corcoran, Jack Elam, Dan Seymour, Ian Wolfe, Lester Matthews, Skelton Knaggs, Richard Hale, Ashley Cowan, Frank Ferguson, Booth Colman, John Alderson, Dorinda Clifton

WB Blu-ray

1080p Blu-ray

Best English-friendly release · updated 1 year ago

Overview

Set in the eighteenth century, Moonfleet is about John Mohune, a young orphan who is sent to the Dorset village of Moonfleet to stay with an old friend of his mother's, Jeremy Fox. Fox is a morally ambiguous character, an elegant gentleman involved with smugglers and pirates.

Release details

Best Video Release
TSPDT
2026: #740
2025: #735
2024: #723
2023: #699
2022: #699
Length
89 mins
Type
Movie

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Director: Fritz Lang

1080p Blu-ray
Best English-Friendly:

Indicator Blu-ray

Best Video:

Indicator Blu-ray is superior to Kino Lorber transfer see caps. 2K restoration

Director: Fritz Lang

1080p Blu-ray
Best English-Friendly:

Eureka MoC Blu-ray

Best Video:

1984 Giorgio Moroder restoration: MoC Blu-ray or Kino Lorber Blu-ray

2001 Murnau restoration: MoC 2-disc DVD set > Kino Lorber 1-disc Restored Authorized Edition DVD

2010 Murnau complete restoration: MoC Blu-ray > Kino Lorber Blu-ray

Director: Fritz Lang

1080p Blu-ray
Best English-Friendly:

Germany Universum Blu-ray

Director: Fritz Lang

1080p Blu-ray
Best English-Friendly:

Eureka MoC Blu-ray

Additional Info:

MoC > Kino Lorber, former has correct aspect ratio (and higher bitrate and looks better/less compressed) while the latter has a squished aspect ratio, see DVDBeaver for comparison

Director: Fritz Lang

1080p Blu-ray
Best English-Friendly:

WB Blu-ray

Best Video:

WB Blu-ray

Best Audio:

1993 MGM LaserDisc

Director: Fritz Lang

Excellent
UHD Blu-ray
Best English-Friendly:

Criterion 4K Blu-ray. See nicolas review: https://criterionforum.org/forum/viewtopic.php?p=841703#p841703 "The new master is simply gorgeous. Beautifully fine-grained, even the opticals don’t look that much less defined than the OCN-shots. Highlights are very nicely graded and the encode preserves them virtually flawlessly. The HDR / DV grade itself is tasteful and makes the film look tasteful. Velvety, silvery and just satisfying to look at. Furthermore, I don’t think NexSpec applied any filtering"

Best Audio:

Twilight Time Blu-ray slightly better than Criterion 4K Blu-ray. Columbia Hi-Fi VHS probably significantly better (not been checked)

Director: Fritz Lang

1080p Blu-ray
Best English-Friendly:

MoC vs Kino Lorber Blu-ray?

Best Video:

MoC vs Kino Lorber Blu-ray?

Director: Fritz Lang

1080p Blu-ray
Best English-Friendly:

Kino Lorber vs MoC?

Best Video:

Kino Lorber and MoC same resto, no comparison

Director: Fritz Lang

1080p Blu-ray
Best English-Friendly:

Imprint Blu-ray

Best Video:

Imprint Blu-ray not only has the best encoding, but also has the "correct" aspect ratio compared to ClassicFlix which is horizontally stretched or Eagle Pictures which is squished see DVDBeaver caps

Director: Fritz Lang

1080p Blu-ray
Best English-Friendly:

Warner Archive Blu-ray

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Director: W.S. Van Dyke

1080p Blu-ray
Best English-Friendly:

Warner Archive Blu-ray

Best Video:

Warner Archive Blu-ray, 4k scan

Director: Jacques Tourneur

Solid
UHD Blu-ray
Best English-Friendly:

Warner Archive 4K Blu-ray

Director: Alfred Hitchcock

1080p Blu-ray
Best English-Friendly:

Warner Archive Blu-ray

Director: Roy Del Ruth

DVD
Best English-Friendly:

Warner Archive DVD

Best Video:

Warner Archive DVD

Director: Ernst Lubitsch

1080p Blu-ray
Best English-Friendly:

Warner Archive Blu-ray

Upcoming Release:

Criterion 4K Blu-ray scheduled for Dec 2026 release

Director: Ray Enright

DVD
Best English-Friendly:

Warner Archive DVD

Best Video:

Warner Archive DVD

Director: George B. Seitz

DVD
Best English-Friendly:

Warner Archive DVD

Upcoming Release:

Warner Archive Blu-ray in October

Best Video:

Warner Archive DVD

Director: William Dieterle

DVD
Best English-Friendly:

WB Forbidden Hollywood Collection: Volume 4 DVD

Upcoming Release:

Warner Archive Blu-ray in Oct

Best Video:

WB Forbidden Hollywood Collection: Volume 4 DVD

Director: Jack Conway

HD Streaming
Best English-Friendly:

HBO Max HD Streaming

Upcoming Release:

Warner Archive Blu-ray in Oct

Best Video:

HBO Max HD Streaming

Director: Ernst Lubitsch

HD Streaming
Best English-Friendly:

Apple TV HD Streaming

Upcoming Release:

Warner Archive Blu-ray in October

Best Video:

Apple TV HD Streaming

More Adventure on Blu-ray

Director: Hayao Miyazaki

Excellent
UHD Blu-ray
Best English-Friendly:

Japan Studio Ghibli RM4K Blu-ray

Best Audio:

Japan Studio Ghibli 4K Blu-ray

UK StudioCanal Blu-ray for the English dub

Additional Info:

4K Blu-ray includes the original 5.1 mix in its unaltered form, all other releases after the LaserDisc had its dynamic range lowered.

US Disney Blu-ray has dubtitles.

For the English dub, the UK StudioCanal Blu-ray is the least limited mix.

Director: Fred M. Wilcox

Solid
UHD Blu-ray
Best English-Friendly:

Arrow 4K Blu-ray

Best Video:

Arrow 4K Blu-ray see comparison video 

Best Audio:

Arrow 4K Blu-ray  used what was also originally screened theatrically: The Perspecta Stereo 3.0 and a mono option. The Perspecta track sounds best with better dynamic range and was set as default with the mono as optional. The previous releases stereo were downmixes of a now lost original 4-track, and it sounds very thin as a result. See comparison

Director: Peter Faiman

UHD Blu-ray
Best English-Friendly:

Australia Cut: Australia Fox DVD

International Cut: Paramount Blu-ray

Encore Cut: Germany Winkler Film 4K Blu-ray, censored but good encoding

Upcoming Release:

US Paramount 4K Blu-ray, is the International US Cut and not the Encore Cut

Best Video:

Australia Cut: Australia Fox DVD

International Cut: Paramount Blu-ray

Encore Cut: Germany Winkler Film 4K Blu-ray, censored but good encoding

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: M. Night Shyamalan

1080p Blu-ray
Best English-Friendly:

2D version: Paramount Blu-ray

3D version: Paramount 3D Blu-ray

Upcoming Release:

Paramount 4K Blu-ray on October 26 2026

Best Video:

2D version: Paramount Blu-ray

3D version: Paramount 3D Blu-ray

Director: Robert Rodriguez

1080p Blu-ray
Best English-Friendly:

2D: Spain Emon Blu-ray
3D: US Lionsgate, Germany StudioCanal, or Netherlands Entertainment One 3D Blu-ray?

Best Video:

2D: Spain Emon Blu-ray
3D: US Lionsgate, Germany StudioCanal, or Netherlands Entertainment One 3D Blu-ray?

Best Audio:

US Lionsgate Blu-ray

Director: Robert Rodriguez

1080p Blu-ray
Best English-Friendly:

Lionsgate Blu-ray

Best Video:

Lionsgate Blu-ray

Director: Peter Weir

Solid
UHD Blu-ray
Best English-Friendly:

Disney 4K Blu-ray

Best Video:

Disney 4K Blu-ray

Best Audio:

Disney 4K Blu-ray has neutered audio compared to OG home video release

Cinema DTS or DVD DTS 5.1 is better and has more bass.

Additional Info:

The 4K Blu-ray and Blu-ray lack the bonus features found in the old Collector's Edition DVD release. The France Blu-ray has all extras plus an isolated score.

Director: Marcell Jankovics

1080p Blu-ray
Best English-Friendly:

US Arbelos Blu-ray

Best Video:

US Arbelos Blu-ray, encoded by FiM

Director: David Yates

UHD Blu-ray
Best English-Friendly:

WB 4K Blu-ray

Best Video:

WB 4K Blu-ray

Director: David Yates

UHD Blu-ray
Best English-Friendly:

WB 4K Blu-ray

Best Video:

WB 4K Blu-ray

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