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The best release of every film, picked by the community. How we decide

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The Sword in the Stone (1963)

Director: Wolfgang Reitherman

Video format: 4K Streaming

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Apple TV/Disney+ 4K Streaming

Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)

Best Audio:

1995 Disney CAV LaserDisc

3.5

The Little Mermaid (1989)

Directors: John Musker & Ron Clements

Video format: UHD Blu-ray

Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)

Best Video:

Original Theatrical Version: Any of the Disney LaserDiscs or Disney Limited Issue DVD (caveat: Limited Issue DVD has compression issues)

Restored Versions: Disney Platinum Edition DVD or Disney Diamond Edition Blu-ray

3D Restored Version: Disney Diamond Edition 3D Blu-ray

Video Notes:

The 3D Blu-ray has most of the grain kept

The Disney 4K Blu-ray, while improving slightly on resolution, has significant DNR applied; see Blu-ray

Best Audio:

1990 Disney LaserDisc for OG stereo mix

1997 Disney LaserDisc for proper 5.1 mix (caveat: "Part of Your World" instrumental in the end credits is replaced with regular version)

3.7

Zootopia (2016)

Directors: Byron Howard & Rich Moore

Best English-Friendly & Video:

2D: 2019 Disney 4K Blu-ray, caveat: No Dolby Vision metadata from streaming

3D: 2017 Disney 3D Blu-ray or Apple Vision Pro

Best Audio:

2019 Disney 4K Blu-ray

3.8

Return to Oz (1985)

Director: Walter Murch

Best English-Friendly & Video:

2015 Disney Movie Club Blu-ray

Best Audio:

2002 Buena Vista UK DVD

Additional Info:

2004 Buena Vista US DVD has exclusive extras

3.4

Wild Style (1982)

Director: Charlie Ahearn

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Arrow 4K Blu-ray

3.6

Gerald McBoing-Boing (1950)

Directors: Robert Cannon & John Hubley

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Sony DVD

3.6

The Joy Luck Club (1993)

Director: Wayne Wang

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Disney Blu-ray

4.0

The Phenix City Story (1955)

Director: Phil Karlson

Video format: HD Streaming

Best Video:

HD Streaming

3.5

The Beau Brummels (1928)

Directors: Sam Lee & Al Shaw

Video format: DVD

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Archive Blu-ray The Jazz Singer

Video Notes:

Warner Archive Blu-ray The Jazz Singer has it included as extras on one of the DVDs

Knute Rockne All American (1940)

Director: Lloyd Bacon

Video format: HD Streaming

Best Video:

HD Streaming

3.2

How the West Was Won (1962)

Directors: Henry Hathaway & John Ford & George Marshall

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Bros Blu-ray 2-Disc version (Digibook) for the Smilebox presentation

Sources: YouTube (opens in a new tab)

Video Notes:

See what smilebox looks like for its smilebox trailer
See Damn Fool Idealistic Crusader's review especially why a smilebox version is preferred, for example how a letterboxd version is actually distorted
Even if you do not prefer the smilebox version, the letterboxd version is still present on disc 1

3.5

Naughty Marietta (1935)

Directors: W.S. Van Dyke & Robert Z. Leonard

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Archive DVD

3.2

Hapax Legomena I: Nostalgia (1971)

Director: Hollis Frampton

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Criterion A Hollis Frampton Odyssey Blu-ray 1080p extras

Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)

3.9

Fatty's Tintype Tangle (1915)

Director: Roscoe Arbuckle

Video format: DVD

Best Video:

AlphaVideo DVD

3.2

Mighty Like a Moose (1926)

Director: Leo McCarey

Video format: 1080p Blu-ray

Best Video:

Criterion Love Affair Blu-ray 1080i extras

3.5

Looking for Sally (1925)

Director: Leo McCarey

Video format: 1080p Blu-ray

Best Video:

Criterion Love Affair Blu-ray 1080i extras

Dance, Girl, Dance (1940)

Director: Dorothy Arzner

Best English-Friendly:

Criterion Blu-ray

Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)

Best Video:

Criterion Blu-ray 4K transfer

3.5

Destry Rides Again (1939)

Director: George Marshall

Video format: 1080p Blu-ray

Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab) · DVDBeaver (opens in a new tab)

Best Video:

Neither Criterion Blu-ray or Germany Plaion Blu-ray are great see caps

While they are different transfers and the Criterion one is a 4K restoration, it's very soft and has some dark crushes.
The Plaion Blu-ray is sharpened and is slightly more zoomed in

3.8

Dangerous Beauty (1998)

Director: Marshall Herskovitz

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Germany Blu-ray, maybe a bootleg?

Or the US DVD/HD Streaming

Best Audio:

DVD 5.1

3.4

Gone in Sixty Seconds (2000)

Director: Dominic Sena

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Theatrical: any of the AVC encoded Disney Blu-rays
Extended: 2005 Disney DVD

3.0