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Director: Brad Bird

4K · Excellent
Best English-Friendly & Video:

Paramount 4K Blu-ray

Video Notes:

(caveat: IMAX sequences have not been released on home video to date)

Additional Info:

IMAX sequences have not been released on home video to date

Director: Stuart Gordon

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

Ignite/Second Sight 4K Blu-ray

Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)

Additional Info:

Ignite and Second Sight UHDs have differing extras

Director: G.W. Pabst

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Germany Filmmuseum PAL DVD

Sources: edition-filmmuseum.com (opens in a new tab)

Video Notes:

Germany Filmmuseum PAL DVD https://www.edition-filmmuseum.com/product_info.php/info/p81_Die-freudlose-Gasse.html

Germany Filmmuseum PAL DVD https://www.edition-filmmuseum.com/product_info.php/info/p81_Die-freudlose-Gasse.html has the most complete version of 151 minutes in its sixth 2020 edition of the DVD.

Although MoMA is also going to show a "2025 restoration" also from Filmmuseum so hopefully a newer home release is going to be soon.

Director: Ingmar Bergman

Best English-Friendly:

BFI Blu-ray

Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)

Best Video:

TV Cut: BFI Blu-ray. Japan Blu-ray likely better, no caps.

Theatrical Cut: BFI Blu-ray

Video Notes:

(box set and standalone are identical)

Best Audio:

TV Cut: 2011 Criterion Blu-ray (the 2018 Criterion and 2023 BFI box set have signs of applying a limiter)

Theatrical Cut: Criterion LaserDisc, DVD

Director: Raoul Walsh

Best English-Friendly & Video:

MoC Blu-ray

Sources: DVDBeaver (opens in a new tab)

Video Notes:

MoC Blu-ray > Cohen Blu-ray, same restoration but better encoding see DVDBeaver caps

Director: Anthony Asquith

Best English-Friendly & Video:

BFI DVD

Sources: dvdcompare.net (opens in a new tab)

Video Notes:

BFI PAL DVD is likely the original source, especially considering Kino Lorber DVD is PAL converted to NTSC.
See https://www.dvdcompare.net/comparisons/film.php?fid=36341 

Director: Basil Smith

Video format: No Home Media

Sources: filmforum.org (opens in a new tab)

Best Video:

The film survived and had a world re-premiere https://filmforum.org/film/ginger-rogers-co-screen-deco 

Director: E.A. Dupont

Video format: No Home Media

Sources: moma.org (opens in a new tab)

Best Video:

No Home Media release, has 35mm print available

Director: Larry Peerce

Best English-Friendly & Video:

UK Eureka Blu-ray

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

Video Notes:

UK Eureka Blu-ray marginally better than US Twilight Time OOP Blu-ray see caps

Director: Wes Anderson

4K · Excellent

Director: René Clair

Best English-Friendly & Video:

VCI US or Filmjuwelen Blu-ray

Sources: DVDBeaver (opens in a new tab) · Blu-ray.com (opens in a new tab) · caps-a-holic (opens in a new tab)

Video Notes:

VCI US or Filmjuwelen Blu-ray are both MP2 encoded, most likely from the same master. Judging from the size and the caps from DVDBeaver or BR for VCI or caps-a-holic for Filmjuwelen, they are probably very similar.

Director: Herman C. Raymaker

Video format: HD Streaming

Director: Webster Campbell

Video format: HD Streaming

Director: John S. Robertson

Video format: HD Streaming

Director: Chester M. Franklin

Video format: HD Streaming

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Official HD Streaming by UCLA

Sources: YouTube (opens in a new tab)

Director: Leopold Lindtberg

Best English-Friendly & Video:

DVD

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

Video Notes:

There is a new restoration from Cinémathèque in 2016 but no home release yet

Director: Costa-Gavras

Director: Roland Joffé

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Germany StudioCanal Blu-ray

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

Video Notes:

Germany StudioCanal Blu-ray is superior to WB Blu-ray: caps

Director: Bille August

Best English-Friendly & Video:

US Film Movement Blu-ray

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

Video Notes:

US Film Movement Blu-ray > Germany Plaion Blu-ray, better encoding: caps