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Director: Lars von Trier

4K · Solid
Best English-Friendly:

4K Restoration: Curzon 4K Blu-ray

Theatrical Presentation: 2013 Japan King Records Blu-ray

Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)

Best Video:

Curzon 4K Blu-ray

Additional Info:

Criterion  Blu-ray contains exclusive interviews.

The 2013 King Records Blu-ray is the only Blu-Ray release with the video processed look that appeared theatrically, all following Blu-Ray releases use an restoration straight from the original camera negative.

Director: Taylor Hackford

4K · Solid
Best English-Friendly:

Theatrical Cut with unaltered sculpture: Initial DVD

Altered Cut: Shout! Factory 4K Blu-ray

Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab) · caps-a-holic (opens in a new tab) · Blu-ray.com (opens in a new tab) · +3 more

Best Video:

Theatrical Cut with unaltered sculpture: Initial DVD with this red message: "The large white sculpture of human forms on the wall of John Milton's penthouse in "The Devil's Advocate" is not connected in any way and was not endorsed by the sculptor Frederick Hart or the Washington National Cathedral, joint copyright owners of the Cathedral sculpture "Ex Nihilo" in Washington D.C.".

Altered Cut: Shout! Factory 4K Blu-ray see caps

Best Audio:

Warner Bros Blu-ray

Audio Notes:

Shout! Factory 4K Blu-ray is more filtered than Warner Bros Blu-ray, although differences may not be audible.
(While the LaserDisc 2.0 is reportedly better clarity in dialogue?)

Additional Info:

DV Plot. For those curious, the sculpture is still the altered one found on the re-issued DVDs, and previous Blu-ray.

5.1 audio on the Shout (either be 1080p or 2160p) was 16-bit, with more roll-off than the Warners one, the Warners was very similar to the NTSC and in terms of balance of the mix, while the Shout seems to be tinkered with, with the score at the beginning and at the end sounding worse on Shout.

Audio Comparisons: Slow.pics

For the regular commentary found on the NTSC DVD "Original Version" (there's no difference including the other NTSC DVD), Shout or Warners; the Shout commentary was just a bloated lossy transcode with some EQ. The best one was from either of the two DVDs.

Commentary Comparisons: Slow.pics

Now there's another commentary; it's basically the same commentary but has some parts different than the others, it can be found on EUR PAL DVD with subs for said commentary. The subs for it doesn't sync for the commentary #1 and vice-versa. Samples

Director: Michael Curtiz

4K · Excellent
Best English-Friendly, Video & Audio:

Criterion 4K Blu-ray

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

Audio Notes:

(caveat: has a slight error)

Director: Rachel Talalay

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Vinegar Syndrome 4K Blu-ray

Director: Ron Howard

4K · Excellent
Best English-Friendly & Video:

Universal 4K Blu-ray

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

Video Notes:

Universal 4K Blu-ray - caps. Looks stunning against the horribly neutralized old master. Very glad Deakins supervised the new grade and had Universal restore his color filters.

Best Audio:

Universal Blu-ray

Audio Notes:

Universal Blu-ray (included in the 4K edition) has the original 5.1 mix not on the 4K disc 

Additional Info:

The original 5.1 surround mix from the 2011 USA BD was included alongside the new Atmos upmix. The compatibility track is a downmix of the Atmos. The Atmos is overall lightly remixed with noticeably more high frequencies rolled-off relative to the old 5.1. I think the 5.1 sounds better. The 5.1 mix from the USA BD was used as it sounds essentially the same as the EUR BD (with some minor loudness differences) while not featuring the dither noise and low frequency noise that the EUR has. Commentaries between the USA UHD and USA BD are the same, with both featuring Dolby Surround metadata

Audio comparison: 5.1 surround

Directors: Eric Summer & Éric Warin

Best English-Friendly:

2D Version: Entertainment One Canada Blu-ray

3D Version: A Contracorriente Films Spain 3D Blu-ray

Best Video:

2D Version: Gaumont France Blu-ray

3D Version: A Contracorriente Films Spain 3D Blu-ray

Best Audio:

Original French audio: Gaumont France Blu-ray

English export dub: StudioCanal Australia Blu-ray

American English redub (Leap!): Lionsgate US Blu-ray

Additional Info:

Also known as: Leap!.

France Blu-ray has the best video and best audio for the original French version, but has no English subtitles.

Canada Blu-ray has inferior video and audio to other versions, but is the only version that has French audio with English subtitles (dubtitles from the export dub).

UK Blu-ray censors one of the songs. Australia and Canada Blu-rays present the uncensored export dub, with better audio in the former.

US Blu-ray only has the redub.

Spain 3D Blu-ray has the English export dub titles instead of the original French titles.

Director: Satoshi Kon

Best English-Friendly:

US GKIDS 4K Blu-ray

Best Audio:

Original mono mix: Japan LaserDisc

Dolby Stereo remix: France Blu-ray

5.1 remix: Japan Universal 4K Blu-ray

Director: Joe Wright

4K · Solid
Best English-Friendly & Video:

Universal 4K Blu-ray

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

Video Notes:

Universal 4K Blu-ray is just an 2K upscale of the previous Blu-ray see caps, but it does have Dolby Vision

Director: William A. Wellman

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Film Masters Blu-ray

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

Video Notes:

Film Masters Blu-ray not a good encoding, but at least it's from a 4K scan of Original Camera Negative see caps

Director: Joel Anderson

4K · Solid
Best English-Friendly & Video:

Umbrella 4K Blu-ray

Director: Guy Hamilton

4K · Excellent
Best English-Friendly & Video:

StudioCanal 4K Blu-ray

Director: Guy Hamilton

4K · Excellent
Best English-Friendly & Video:

StudioCanal 4K Blu-ray

Director: Joe Carnahan

4K · Solid

Director: Akira Kurosawa

4K · Solid
Best English-Friendly:

StudioCanal/Lionsgate 4K Blu-ray

Video Notes:

Italy Eagle Pictures 4K Blu-ray >StudioCanal UK (slightly better encoding on Eagle?)

Best Audio:

Japan 4K Restoration Blu-ray

Audio Notes:

Japan 4K Restoration Blu-ray has original 4.0

Additional Info:

The US Criterion DVD has some unique supplements with 2.0 surround audio - this release contains Japan end titles.

The Japan 4K Restoration Blu-ray has some exclusive features with 4.0 audio (though the release is not English-friendly)- this release contains Japan end titles.

The StudioCanal releases contain France end titles - while their 4K Blu-ray releases contain identical features.

Director: Jun Fukuda

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Criterion Blu-ray

4K restoration exists, no disc announced yet

MST3K version: recalled OOP Vol X DVD

Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)

Additional Info:

Japan DVD & the recalled Media Blasters DVD have extras

Director: John Dahl

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Australia Imprint 4K Blu-ray

Director: Guillermo del Toro

4K · Solid
Best English-Friendly & Video:

Kino Lorber 4K Blu-ray 

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

Video Notes:

But has AI upscaling on opticals, see caps

Best Audio:

Kino Lorber has 5.1, Lionsgate Blu-ray has 7.1, don't know which sounds better and closest to the theatrical mix.

Director: Richard Curtis

4K · Worse Than BD
Best English-Friendly & Video:

Universal 4K Blu-ray replacement disc only or AVC encoded StudioCanal Blu-ray?

Best Audio:

Universal 4K Blu-ray doesn't have the original UK soundtrack

For the UK soundtrack: the Old US Universal Blu-ray (NOT the 10th Anniversary Edition) or any of the international Blu-rays

Director: Clyde Geronimi

Best English-Friendly:

Unrestored: 35mm scans

Restored: Disney DVD and Blu-ray releases are altered

Best Video:

Unrestored: 35mm scans

Restored: Disney Blu-ray

Best Audio:

35mm scans

Director: Wolfgang Reitherman

Video format: 1080p Blu-ray

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Unrestored: 35mm scans (widescreen) or Disney LaserDisc (1.33:1 open matte)

Restored: Disney Gold Collection DVD (1.33:1 open matte)

Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)

Video Notes:

Disney Most Wanted Edition DVD and Blu-ray releases are altered

Best Audio:

35mm scans or Disney LaserDisc