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Director: René Clément

4K · Excellent
Best English-Friendly & Video:

Plaion Germany 4K Blu-ray

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

Video Notes:

Plaion Germany 4K Blu-ray > Kino Lorber 4K Blu-ray see caps From nicolas:

Kino has terrible encode with strong blocking in highlights & darker areas and a red push in the master. Plaion (via LSP) is much better encoding-wise and they seemingly adjusted the grade when they did their HDR pass. It’s a fantastic disc.

Director: Clive Barker

4K · Solid
Best English-Friendly & Video:

Arrow 4K Blu-ray

Cabal Cut: Very rare Blu-ray self-released by Clive Barker

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

Video Notes:

Arrow 4K Blu-ray > Shout! Factory see caps

Best Audio:

Theatrical Cut: Arrow 4K Blu-ray (stereo), Warner Bros NTSC DVD (5.1 remix)
Director's Cut: Arrow Blu-ray (stereo), 5.1 is the same on all discs

Director: Ken Russell

Best English-Friendly:

BFI DVD

Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)

Upcoming Release:

4K restoration of the director's cut to be screened in October

Director: Aldo Lado

4K · Excellent
Best English-Friendly & Video:

Celluloid Dreams US 4K Blu-ray

Video Notes:

Celluloid Dreams US 4K Blu-ray > 88 Films UK for better grading

Director: John M. Stahl

Video format: No Home Media

Sources: ilcinemaritrovato.it (opens in a new tab)

Best Video:

No home media available. There is a 35mm print

Director: David Hand

Best English-Friendly, Video & Audio:

Disney Blu-ray

Audio Notes:

Disney Blu-ray includes a lossy mastering of the original mono mix, most likely the best sounding version since no LD or VHS included it

Director: Norman Z. McLeod

Best English-Friendly & Video:

ClassicFlix Blu-ray

Sources: cinema.ucla.edu (opens in a new tab)

Upcoming Release:

Potentially new restoration UCLA premiere

Director: Ralph Bakshi

Best English-Friendly & Video:

2010 Warner Bros Blu-ray

Best Audio:

HBO VHS Tape

Additional Info:

2025 reprint is the exact same master as the 2010 disc

Director: Michael Crichton

Video format: UHD Blu-ray

Director: David Lynch

4K · Excellent
Best English-Friendly:

Theatrical: Arrow 4K Blu-ray or Australia Imprint 4K Blu-ray?

TV Cut: Australia Imprint Blu-ray included in their 4K Blu-ray set?

Spicediver Cut: Germany Plaion Blu-ray included in their Ultimate Edition release

Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)

Best Video:

Theatrical: Arrow 4K Blu-ray or Australian Imprint 4K Blu-ray?

TV Cut: Australia Imprint Blu-ray included in their 4K Blu-ray set?

Spicediver Cut: Germany Plaion Blu-ray included in their Ultimate Edition release

Best Audio:

Universal 1998 DVD has the original 70mm 6-track mix in Dolby Digital 5.1

Dolby Stereo: Arrow 4K Blu-ray (5.1 mix is an inferior remix)

Additional Info:

OOP Arrow LE has a bonus disc

Director: Jonathan Mostow

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Sony International Blu-ray

Video Notes:

Sony International Blu-ray > WB US Blu-ray (better encoding on the Sony disc, missing a commentary from the WB)

Best Audio:

Cinema DTS

Additional Info:

Warner Bros Blu-ray has an exclusive commentary

Director: Peter Jackson

4K · Solid
Best English-Friendly & Video:

WB 4K Blu-ray

Video Notes:

Caveat: mostly great video but the 4K Blu-rays have had additional DNR applied in some scenes on top of the DNR that had been applied in post-production and was already present on the DVDs & Blu-rays

The 2020 Blu-ray may be better than the 4K Blu-ray?

Best Audio:

New Line Blu-ray

Audio Notes:

New Line Blu-ray have the original 6.1 mixes

Additional Info:

4K Blu-ray set is missing extras from the old Blu-ray/DVD releases

Director: Peter Jackson

4K · Solid
Best English-Friendly & Video:

WB 4K Blu-ray

Video Notes:

Caveat: mostly great video but the 4K Blu-rays have had additional DNR applied in some scenes on top of the DNR that had been applied in post-production and was already present on the DVDs & Blu-rays

The 2020 Blu-ray (the one without the green tint) may be better than the 4K Blu-ray?

Best Audio:

New Line Blu-ray

Audio Notes:

New Line Blu-ray have the original 6.1 mixes

Additional Info:

4K Blu-ray set is missing extras from the old Blu-ray/DVD releases

The 2011 Blu-ray notoriously had a green tint, the 2020 one removes it.

Director: Peter Jackson

4K · Solid
Best English-Friendly & Video:

WB 4K Blu-ray

Video Notes:

4K Blu-ray caveat: mostly great video but the 4K Blu-rays have had additional DNR applied in some scenes on top of the DNR that had been applied in post-production and was already present on the DVDs & Blu-rays

The 2020 Blu-ray may be better than the 4K Blu-ray?

Best Audio:

New Line Blu-ray

Audio Notes:

New Line Blu-ray have the original 6.1 mixes

Additional Info:

4K Blu-ray set is missing extras from the old Blu-ray/DVD releases

Director: Werner Herzog

4K · Solid
Best English-Friendly & Video:

Shout! Factory 4K Blu-ray

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

Video Notes:

Shout! Factory 4K Blu-ray > BFI 4K Blu-ray, see caps https://slow.pics/c/nPcxCNW4

Some find BFI better but with more DNR and AI upscaling like their horrible 1979 Nosferatu 4K Blu-ray, and Shout! Factory has more over-exposed grading https://slow.pics/c/WQKmBTLJ

Best Audio:

2000 R2 Stonevision DVD

Audio Notes:

2000 R2 Stonevision DVD vs Shout! Factory 4K Blu-ray?

Director: George Dunning

Best English-Friendly & Audio:

2012 Blu-ray

Audio Notes:

1999 DVD has an exclusive music only track not ported to any other release

Best Video:

2012 Blu-ray for UK edit

1987 US LaserDisc for US edit 

Directors: George Harrison & Ringo Starr & Bernard Knowles & John Lennon & Paul McCartney

Best English-Friendly & Video:

2012 Blu-ray

Best Audio:

Media VHS Tape

Audio Notes:

Media VHS Tape is the only release to date to include the original mono mix of the film, but it is in very poor quality

Director: Lewis Gilbert

Video format: 1080p Blu-ray

Best English-Friendly:

4K Streaming

Sources: 007homemedia.blogspot.com (opens in a new tab)

Best Video:

4K Streaming SDR master seems to be from the same scan and looks like it has less tinkering than the Blu-ray

MGM Blu-ray is the best physical media release

Screencaps of the 4K SDR master: 007 on Home Media: Moonraker (1979)

Best Audio:

Dolby Stereo: 1990 MGM LaserDisc

Director: Guy Hamilton

Video format: 4K Streaming

Best English-Friendly:

4K Streaming

Sources: 007homemedia.blogspot.com (opens in a new tab)

Best Video:

4K Streaming SDR master on streaming seems to look quite a bit better than the Blu-ray

MGM Blu-ray is the best physical media release

Caps of the 4K SDR master: 007 on Home Media: The Man with the Golden Gun (1974)

Best Audio:

MGM 1993 LaserDisc

Director: Richard Lester

Best English-Friendly & Video:

2013 Universal Blu-ray

Best Audio:

Original mono mix has never been released on home video

Additional Info:

Blu-ray transfer is very heavily degrained, but still unfortunately the best currently available version