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Director: Herbert Ross

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Paramount 4K Blu-ray

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

Video Notes:

It's a very naturally soft film so the 4K's the best it's ever gonna look and it's actually one of Paramount's well-encoded UHDs; still not free of Paramount's typical tomfoolery though according to Geoff D

Director: Jonathan Kaplan

Best English-Friendly & Video:

2021 Arrow Blu-ray

Video Notes:

Shout! Factory Blu-ray is in the correct aspect ratio but filtered)

Best Audio:

Arrow Blu-ray

Director: Lawrence Kasdan

4K · Excellent
Best English-Friendly:

Criterion 4K Blu-ray

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

Best Audio:

Original mono: Warner Bros LaserDisc
Stereo & 5.1 remixes: Criterion 4K Blu-ray

Additional Info:

Original mono mix was never released after VHS/LD. Warner's DVD and Blu-ray had a 3.0 remix in a 5.1 container. Criterion has new stereo and 5.1 remixes. Stereo is director's current preference.

https://forum.blu-ray.com/showpost.php?p=23879243&postcount=51

Director: Spike Jonze

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Bros Blu-ray

Director: Hobart Henley

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Kino Lorber Blu-ray

Director: Stephen Hopkins

4K · Solid
Best English-Friendly:

Arrow 4K Blu-ray

Sources: caps-a-holic (opens in a new tab)

Best Video:

Arrow 4K Blu-ray caps

Director: John Badham

4K · Excellent
Best English-Friendly & Video:

Arrow 4K Blu-ray

Best Audio:

(Arrow 4K Blu-ray? while it lacks the 70mm mix)

Director: George Schnéevoigt

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Norway Norske Filmklassikere Blu-ray

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

Video Notes:

Norway Norske Filmklassikere Blu-ray see review by The Realm of Silence

  • Uses the same restoration from previous Flicker Alley DVD but at 16fps

  • Contains a new score based on Ole Olsen's 1893 opera Lajla , which was originally intended to be used with the film by the director George Schnéevoigt in 1929

Director: Leos Carax

Video format: 1080p Blu-ray

Best English-Friendly:

Shout! Factory BD (caveat: burned-in English subtitles)

Best Video:

France Potemkine Blu-ray

Additional Info:

The Indomina release (and possibly some other releases) censor a scene of full frontal nudity via optical blurring, the Shout release is uncensored.

Director: Lukas Moodysson

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Arrow Blu-ray as part of Lukas Moodysson boxset

Best Audio:

SW Memfis Film DVD

Audio Notes:

Arrow Blu-ray has distortion and pitch issues.

Additional Info:

The SW Memfis DVD has both English and Swedish titles.

The UK Metrodome DVD has English titles.

The Arrow Blu-ray has Swedish titles.

Director: Lukas Moodysson

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Arrow Blu-ray as part of Lukas Moodysson Boxset

Best Audio:

SW Memfis Film DVD

Audio Notes:

SW Memfis Film DVD (with DTS audio).

Arrow Blu-ray has distortion and pitch issues.

Director: Lukas Moodysson

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Arrow Blu-ray as part of Lukas Moodysson boxset

Best Audio:

SK Memfis Blu-ray

Audio Notes:

Arrow Blu-ray has distortion and pitch issues.

Additional Info:

UK Metrodome DVD features two humanitarian campaign promos (for UNICEF and Amnesty International respectively)

Director: Claire Denis

Best English-Friendly & Video:

UK Artificial Eye Blu-ray

Additional Info:

US IFC Films Blu-ray features exclusive commentary and video essay.

Director: Martin Scorsese

4K · Solid
Best English-Friendly & Video:

WB 4K Blu-ray

Best Audio:

1991 WB LaserDisc

Audio Notes:

But Warner Bros 4K Blu-ray is very similar.

Director: Doug Liman

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Theatrical Cut: Fox Blu-ray
Director's Cut: France Blu-ray

Video Notes:

Theatrical Cut: Fox Blu-ray
Director's Cut: France Blu-ray (no English subtitles, prone to disc rot), or 2006 Fox DVD (SD, but has English subtitles)

Director: Reinhold Schünzel

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Archive DVD

Director: Guillermo del Toro

4K · Solid
Best English-Friendly & Video:

Sony 4K Blu-ray or UK StudioCanal

Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)

Video Notes:

Sony currently only available in the Sony Classics US set

Director: J. Lee Thompson

4K · Excellent
Best English-Friendly & Video:

Sony 2023 Steelbook 4K Blu-ray

Best Audio:

Sony 4K UHD steelbook

Additional Info:

The steelbook reissue adds a more nuanced Dolby Vision HDR grading compared to the original UHD. The UHD is also the first ever release of the original four track stereo mix in a discrete presentation without any major processing. It is far superior to the existing 5.1 remix which was a bit modernized. The Atmos remix is laughably overdone and not at all befitting a film of this era.

Director: Chris Noonan

4K · Solid
Best English-Friendly & Video:

Kino Lorber 4K Blu-ray

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

Video Notes:

But it is not well-compressed see caps

Best Audio:

(The Kino Lorber 4K Blu-ray 5.1 was not well-handled, contains inaudible artifacts but is largely the same with the last Universal Blu-ray)

Director: Bob Hathcock

Video format: 4K Streaming

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Disney+ 4K Streaming

Best Audio:

1995 US Disney LaserDisc