The Breakfast Club (1985)
Comedy, Drama • 1h 37m
Overview
Five high school students from different walks of life endure a Saturday detention under a power-hungry principal. The disparate group includes rebel John, princess Claire, outcast Allison, brainy Brian and Andrew, the jock. Each has a chance to tell his or her story, making the others see them a little differently -- and when the day ends, they question whether school will ever be the same.
Director: John Hughes
Director: Frank Capra
Director: Frank Capra
France Rimini 4K Blu-ray see caps vs Artificial Eye Blu-ray
France Rimini 4K Blu-ray see caps vs Artificial Eye Blu-ray
Directors: Alberto Cavalcanti & Charles Crichton & Basil Dearden & Robert Hamer
Directors: Alberto Cavalcanti & Charles Crichton & Basil Dearden & Robert Hamer
Director: Otakar Vávra
Deaf Crocodile 4K Blu-ray see nic review
Restored: Deaf Crocodile 4K Blu-ray
Unrestored: Czech PAL DVD
Preferences will vary, the restored track sounds good, but not necessarily faithful to the original elements.
Director: Otakar Vávra
Deaf Crocodile 4K Blu-ray see nic review
Restored: Deaf Crocodile 4K Blu-ray
Unrestored: Czech PAL DVD
Preferences will vary, the restored track sounds good, but not necessarily faithful to the original elements.
Director: Robert Rossen
Director: Robert Rossen
Director: Anthony Mann
Director: Anthony Mann
Director: Basil Dearden
Indicator 4K Blu-ray. Excellent 4K master and encode, except for opticals grain is very fine, grading is beautifully silvery and luminous, nice HDR re-grade by Fidelity in Motion
Director: Basil Dearden
Indicator 4K Blu-ray. Excellent 4K master and encode, except for opticals grain is very fine, grading is beautifully silvery and luminous, nice HDR re-grade by Fidelity in Motion
Director: Jacques Becker
Director: Jacques Becker
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: John Hughes
Director: John Hughes
Paramount 4K Blu-ray has DNR applied but it is still much better than the bad Blu-ray
Paramount 4K Blu-ray has DNR applied but it is still much better than the bad Blu-ray
Director: John Hughes
Kino Lorber 4K Blu-ray see caps-a-holic, has good new master but as usual poorly encoded with macro blocking and chroma noise which is just as horrible. See also cap 4. Their Blu-ray looks much better in the above shot and is more consistently grainy.
Director: John Hughes
Kino Lorber 4K Blu-ray see caps-a-holic, has good new master but as usual poorly encoded with macro blocking and chroma noise which is just as horrible. See also cap 4. Their Blu-ray looks much better in the above shot and is more consistently grainy.
Director: John Hughes
Director: John Hughes
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10/24/2025
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Criterion 4K
Universal 4K is over-exposed compared to Criterion see caps
CC BD and Universal 30th anniversary both use same 4K scan, Universal has more bitrate but looks the same, CC has more extras https://caps-a-holic.com/c.php?d1=11241&d2=9287&c=3754
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Criterion 4K
Universal 4K is over-exposed compared to Criterion see caps
CC BD and Universal 30th anniversary both use same 4K scan, Universal has more bitrate but looks the same, CC has more extras https://caps-a-holic.com/c.php?d1=11241&d2=9287&c=3754
10/23/2025
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Criterion 4K in November.
CC BD and Universal 30th anniversary both use same 4K scan, Universal has more bitrate but looks the same, CC has more extras https://caps-a-holic.com/c.php?d1=11241&d2=9287&c=3754
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Criterion 4K
Universal 4K is over-exposed compared to Criterion see caps
CC BD and Universal 30th anniversary both use same 4K scan, Universal has more bitrate but looks the same, CC has more extras https://caps-a-holic.com/c.php?d1=11241&d2=9287&c=3754
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Criterion 4K in November.
CC BD and Universal 30th anniversary both use same 4K scan, Universal has more bitrate but looks the same, CC has more extras https://caps-a-holic.com/c.php?d1=11241&d2=9287&c=3754
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Criterion 4K
Universal 4K is over-exposed compared to Criterion see caps
CC BD and Universal 30th anniversary both use same 4K scan, Universal has more bitrate but looks the same, CC has more extras https://caps-a-holic.com/c.php?d1=11241&d2=9287&c=3754
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CC and Universal 30th anniversary both use same 4K scan, Universal has more bitrate but looks the same, CC has more extras https://caps-a-holic.com/c.php?d1=11241&d2=9287&c=3754
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Criterion 4K in November.
CC BD and Universal 30th anniversary both use same 4K scan, Universal has more bitrate but looks the same, CC has more extras https://caps-a-holic.com/c.php?d1=11241&d2=9287&c=3754
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Criterion 4K in November.
CC BD and Universal 30th anniversary both use same 4K scan, Universal has more bitrate but looks the same, CC has more extras https://caps-a-holic.com/c.php?d1=11241&d2=9287&c=3754
12/12/2024
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CC and Universal 30th anniversary both use same 4K scan, Universal has more bitrate but looks the same, CC has more extras https://caps-a-holic.com/c.php?d1=11241&d2=9287&c=3754
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CC and Universal 30th anniversary both use same 4K scan, Universal has more bitrate but looks the same, CC has more extras https://caps-a-holic.com/c.php?d1=11241&d2=9287&c=3754
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CC and Universal 30th anniversary both use same 4K scan, Universal has more bitrate but looks the same, CC has more extras https://caps-a-holic.com/c.php?d1=11241&d2=9287&c=3754
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CC and Universal 30th anniversary both use same 4K scan, Universal has more bitrate but looks the same, CC has more extras https://caps-a-holic.com/c.php?d1=11241&d2=9287&c=3754
