Malcolm X (1992)
Drama, History • 3h 21m
Overview
A tribute to the controversial black activist and leader of the struggle for black liberation. He hit bottom during his imprisonment in the '50s, he became a Black Muslim and then a leader in the Nation of Islam. His assassination in 1965 left a legacy of self-determination and racial pride.
Director: Spike Lee
Cast: Denzel Washington, Angela Bassett, Albert Hall, Al Freeman Jr., Delroy Lindo, Spike Lee, Theresa Randle, Kate Vernon, Lonette McKee, Tommy Hollis, James McDaniel, Ernest Lee Thomas, Jean-Claude La Marre, O.L. Duke, Larry McCoy, Maurice Sneed, Debi Mazar, Phyllis Yvonne Stickney, Scot Anthony Robinson, Sonny Jim Gaines, Joe Seneca, LaTanya Richardson Jackson, Wendell Pierce, Michael Guess, Leland Gantt, Giancarlo Esposito, Leonard L. Thomas, Roger Guenveur Smith, Craig Wasson, Graham Brown, Gerica Cox, Kristan Rai Segure, Lauren Padick, Danielle Fletcher, Frank Adu, Aleta Mitchell, Curt Williams, John Ottavino, John Reidy, Frances Foster, Reggie Montgomery, David Patrick Kelly, Gary L. Catus, Sharon Washington, Shirley Stoler, Oran "Juice" Jones, Ricky Gordon, George Lee Miles, Raye Dowell, Veronica Webb, Abdul Salaam El Razzac, Keith Randolph Smith, George Guidall, James L. Swain, Peewee Love, Lawrence James, Steve White, K. Smith, Christopher Rubin, Matthew Harris, Zakee Howze, Cytia Fontenette, Marlaine Bass, Benjamin Atwell, Peter Dunn, Dion Smack Jr., Darnell Smith, TaiNesha Scott, Chelsea Counts, Chela Counts, Natalie Clanton, Jessica Givens, LaToyah Bigelow, Martaleah Jackson, Tamaraleah Jackson, Jasmine Smith, Valentino Smith, David Thomas Jr., Simon Do-Ley, Bill Goldberg, Jonathan Peck, Leonard Parker, Lennis Washington, Dyan Humes, Lizbeth MacKay, Terry Layman, Terry Sumter, Jasper McGruder, Mary Alice, Wyatt Tee Walker, Hazel Medina, Wendy E. Taylor, Ed Herlihy, Ralph Cooper Sr., Christian J. Dacosta, Karen Duffy, Marc Phillips, Showman Uneke, Theara Ward, Larry M. Cherry, Clebert Ford, Grafton Trew, Rogers Simon, George T. Odom, Vincent Moscaritola, Larry Attile, Brendan Kelly, John Griesemer, Fia Porter, Billy J. Mitchell, Kent C. Jackman, Beatrice Winde, Fracaswell Hyman, Rion Johnson, Charles Weldon, Mike Hodge, Iris Little Thomas, Ilyasah Shabazz, Bahni Turpin, Aaron Blackshear, Nilyne Fields, John David Washington, Rudi Bascomb, Muhammad Parks, Chinere Parry, Ian Quiles, Sharmeek Martinez, Chuck Cooper, Damon Chandler, Shellye Broughton, Nicholas Barnwell, Sam Dixon, Barbara Smith, Rome Neal, Earl Whitted, Michael C. Mahon, Addison Cook, Byron Utley, George Rafferty, Maxwell Sinovoi, Eric Sharp, Stewart J. Zully, Colleen Cowan, Armand Schultz, Reade Kelly, Janet Zarish, Annie Corley, Stephen James, Steven Randazzo, Chris Skutch, William Swinton, Marcus Naylor, Anthony Nocerino, Gareth Williams, Stephen Hanan, Richard Schiff, David Berman, Michael Imperioli, Steve Stapenhorst, Arthur French, Lex Monson, Judd Jones, C.E. Smith, Erika Smith-Brown, Raymond Anthony Thomas, Delilah Picart, Michael Ralph, Monique Cintron, Jake-Ann Jones, Sharon Ferguson, Amelia Mimi Walker, Neisha Folkes-LeMelle, Karen Michaels, Lenore Pemberton, Elise Neal, Felicia Wilson, Yvette Brooks, Teresa Yvon Farley, John Sayles, Martin Donovan, Jay Charbonneau, Joe Pentangelo, Mike Farley, Nick Muglia, David Reilly, Nicholas Turturro, James Murtaugh, William Fichtner, Tim Kelleher, Michael Cullen, Steve Aronson, Bill Anagnos, Don Hewitt Sr., Jery Hewitt, Joe Fitos, Manny Siverio, John P. 'Jack' McLaughlin, Shawn O'Neil, Andy Duppin, Elmer Licciardello, Matthew Underwood, Renton Kirk, Tim Hutchinson, Andre Blair, Abdul Hakeem Hijrah, Rony Clanton, Scott Whitehurst, Eric Payne, Ali A. Wahhab, Terry Hodges, Kevan Gibbs, Dana S. Hubbard, David Reivers, Robert Jason, Kevin Rock, Mansoor Najee-Ullah, Dion Graham, Zaahir Muhammad, Gregory Bargeman, Lee Summers, Rich Gordon, Larry Rushing, Monty Ross, Eddie Davis, Reggie Pittman, Patrick Rickman, Gerald Brazel, Clack Gaton, Richard Owens, Douglas Purviance, Mark Gross, Cleave Guyton Jr., Javon Jackson, Lance Bryant, Daniel Lemelle, David Fludd, Marcus Lauper, Dwayne Cook Broadnax, Preston Vismale, Miki Howard, Terence Blanchard, Bruce David Barth, Rodney Whitaker, William E. Kilson, Sonny Allen, Vanessa Benton, Cheryl Burr, Leslie Dockery, Cisco Drayton, Byron Easley, John Elejaide, Debra Elkins, Gina Ellis, John Festa, Robert H. Fowler III, Ryan Francois, Phillip Gilmore, Jauquette Green, Wendy King, Jerome Jamal Hardeman, Dawn Hampton, Monique Harcum, Raymond Harris, Delphine T. Mantz, Bernard Marsh, Greta Martin, Norma Miller, Frances Morgan, John Parks, Greg Poland, Judine Hawkins Richard, Eartha Robinson, Michelle Robinson, Tracy Robinson, Ken Leigh Rogers, Eddie Sanabria, Eddie Shellman, Lynn Sterling, Keith Thomas, Charles Young, Anthony Dewitt, Cynthia Thomas, Sharon Brooks, Laurieann Gibson, El Tahara Ibrahim, Keith Lewis, Dereque Whithurs, Kiki Della Vecchia, Bobby Seale, Al Sharpton, Christopher Plummer, Karen Allen, Peter Boyle, William Kunstler, Nelson Mandela, Ossie Davis, Ashanti, Dan Gifford, Mark Gorham, Ralph Hughes, Eddie Kehler, Frankie Manning, Charles Mitchell, Sonya Wallace, Joe James
Director: Orson Welles
MoC 4K Blu-ray and Kino Lorber 4K Blu-ray are similar
Director: Orson Welles
MoC 4K Blu-ray and Kino Lorber 4K Blu-ray are similar
Director: Robert Wise
Disney 4K Blu-ray, see caps https://slow.pics/c/hE3HUCdj
Disney 4K Atmos is great, a reference quality track. It's a very slight remix (music seems to be from a better source), but it's completely seamless and faithful to the original, better fidelity than anything since the 1994 30th Anniversary Edition LaserDisc.
All DVDs (and 2010 Blu-ray) sound far worse than the 4K Blu-ray/LaserDisc and have various missing sound cues.
Director: Robert Wise
Disney 4K Blu-ray, see caps https://slow.pics/c/hE3HUCdj
Disney 4K Atmos is great, a reference quality track. It's a very slight remix (music seems to be from a better source), but it's completely seamless and faithful to the original, better fidelity than anything since the 1994 30th Anniversary Edition LaserDisc.
All DVDs (and 2010 Blu-ray) sound far worse than the 4K Blu-ray/LaserDisc and have various missing sound cues.
Director: André de Toth
2D version: Warner Archive Blu-ray
3D version: Warner Archive 3D Blu-ray
2D version: Warner Archive Blu-ray
3D version: Warner Archive 3D Blu-ray
Director: André de Toth
2D version: Warner Archive Blu-ray
3D version: Warner Archive 3D Blu-ray
2D version: Warner Archive Blu-ray
3D version: Warner Archive 3D Blu-ray
Director: Sidney Lumet
2026 Criterion 4K Blu-ray
2011 Criterion Blu-ray is the best. Kino Lorber 4K Blu-ray has heavily filtered audio
Director: Sidney Lumet
2026 Criterion 4K Blu-ray
2011 Criterion Blu-ray is the best. Kino Lorber 4K Blu-ray has heavily filtered audio
Director: John McTiernan
Director: John McTiernan
Director: John Ford
Director: John Ford
1991 Warner Bros LaserDisc (for original mono track)
1996 Warner Bros 25th Anniversary LaserDisc has isolated music and effects track (incorrectly labeled "music minus vocals") not present on any other release
1991 Warner Bros LaserDisc (for original mono track)
1996 Warner Bros 25th Anniversary LaserDisc has isolated music and effects track (incorrectly labeled "music minus vocals") not present on any other release
Director: Alfred E. Green
Director: Alfred E. Green
Director: John Waters
Director: John Waters
Director: Spike Lee
A24 4K Blu-ray see caps
Director: Spike Lee
A24 4K Blu-ray see caps
Director: Spike Lee
Director: Spike Lee
Director: Spike Lee
Director: Spike Lee
Kino Lorber 4K Blu-ray upcoming
Director: Spike Lee
Kino Lorber 4K Blu-ray upcoming
Director: Spike Lee
Director: Spike Lee
Director: Jean Renoir
The Criterion 4K Blu-ray has marginally better detail and grain structure than ESC 4K Blu-ray
The ESC France 4K Blu-ray is an SDR grade erroneously presented in HDR, but if your player can force the HDR into SDR it looks very good.
Director: Jean Renoir
The Criterion 4K Blu-ray has marginally better detail and grain structure than ESC 4K Blu-ray
The ESC France 4K Blu-ray is an SDR grade erroneously presented in HDR, but if your player can force the HDR into SDR it looks very good.
Director: John Waters
Director: John Waters
2025 Sony 4K Blu-ray
2025 Sony 4K Blu-ray
2025 Sony 4K Blu-ray
2025 Sony 4K Blu-ray
Director: David Lynch
Criterion 4K Blu-ray or Germany Plaion 4K Blu-ray - subtle difference in encoding to the Criterion in encoding, trading blows in different shots, with Plaion taking a slight edge with less highlight blocking
1993 MGM LaserDisc/2000 Region 1 MGM DVD
Criterion's 2.0 sounds muffled due to noise reduction and EQ.
Plaion's 2.0 lacks bass and has a very bright EQ, more resembling the 5.1 remix. Plaion’s 2.0 doesn't have any filtering unlike the Criterion, see https://forum.blu-ray.com/showpost.php?p=23831289&postcount=110
Director: David Lynch
Criterion 4K Blu-ray or Germany Plaion 4K Blu-ray - subtle difference in encoding to the Criterion in encoding, trading blows in different shots, with Plaion taking a slight edge with less highlight blocking
1993 MGM LaserDisc/2000 Region 1 MGM DVD
Criterion's 2.0 sounds muffled due to noise reduction and EQ.
Plaion's 2.0 lacks bass and has a very bright EQ, more resembling the 5.1 remix. Plaion’s 2.0 doesn't have any filtering unlike the Criterion, see https://forum.blu-ray.com/showpost.php?p=23831289&postcount=110
Director: David Lynch
Criterion 4K Blu-ray is closer to the original DVDs than the 2015 Criterion release, not sure about whether the StudioCanal 4K is like the Criterion 4K/original DVD
Criterion 4K Blu-ray has FEL Dolby Vision, StudioCanal 4K Blu-ray has MEL
Director: David Lynch
Criterion 4K Blu-ray is closer to the original DVDs than the 2015 Criterion release, not sure about whether the StudioCanal 4K is like the Criterion 4K/original DVD
Criterion 4K Blu-ray has FEL Dolby Vision, StudioCanal 4K Blu-ray has MEL
Director: Ridley Scott
Capelight 4K Blu-ray has better encode than Criterion 4K Blu-ray
Director: Ridley Scott
Capelight 4K Blu-ray has better encode than Criterion 4K Blu-ray
Director: Jean Vigo
Director: Jean Vigo
Director: Chen Kaige
Director: Chen Kaige
Director: Charlie Chaplin
1936 version: Image Entertainment DVD
1954 version: Criterion Blu-ray
Cut info: https://www.nitrateville.com/viewtopic.php?t=31209
1936 version: Image Entertainment DVD
Director: Charlie Chaplin
1936 version: Image Entertainment DVD
1954 version: Criterion Blu-ray
Cut info: https://www.nitrateville.com/viewtopic.php?t=31209
1936 version: Image Entertainment DVD
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