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6,182 films · page 165 of 310

Director: George Cukor

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Archive DVD

Director: William Dieterle

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Kino Lorber OOP Blu-ray

Director: Guillermo del Toro

4K · Excellent
Best English-Friendly:

Criterion 4K Blu-ray

Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)

Best Video:

Criterion 4K Blu-ray with B&W Extended Director's Cut and Theatrical Cut

Video Notes:

Criterion 4K Blu-ray with B&W Extended Director's Cut and Theatrical Cut see Chris's review

Best Audio:

Disney 4K Blu-ray

Audio Notes:

Disney 4K Blu-ray has a slightly better Atmos track for the Theatrical Cut

Additional Info:

Disney Blu-ray has a few exclusive extras not on the Criterion

Director: Tim Burton

4K · Excellent

Director: Rowdy Herrington

4K · Excellent
Best English-Friendly & Video:

Arrow 4K Blu-ray

Video Notes:

Arrow 4K Blu-ray has better color grading, DV, and the best encoding.

Capelight 4K Blu-ray has good encode with the same color grade as Vinegar Syndrome.
Vinegar Syndrome 4K Blu-ray has mediocre encode and over-saturated skin tones.

Audio Notes:

Vinegar Syndrome 4K Blu-ray has the best sounding original stereo mix; Capelight 4K Blu-ray audio is clipped; Arrow 4K Blu-ray is filtered.

Director: Robert Wise

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Arrow 4K Blu-ray

Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)

Director: William Wyler

Best English-Friendly, Video & Audio:

Criterion 4K Blu-ray

Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)

Director: Shane Carruth

Best English-Friendly:

Arrow Blu-ray or Umbrella Blu-ray

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

Best Video:

According to BR user review (no caps available) Umbrella Blu-ray is a toss-up with Arrow and both are from non-ideal sources

Directors: Lana Wachowski & Lilly Wachowski & Tom Tykwer

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Shout! Factory 4K Blu-ray

Audio Notes:

(no audible difference)

Director: Leigh Scott

Video format: No Home Media

Best Video:

No home media, limited theatrical release only

Director: Jane Campion

4K · Excellent
Best English-Friendly & Video:

France Carlotta 4K Blu-ray

Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)

Video Notes:

France Carlotta 4K Blu-ray slightly better than Criterion 4K Blu-ray

Best Audio:

2014 StudioCanal Blu-ray 5.1, 2012 Lionsgate Blu-ray 2.0

Director: Jonas Mekas

Best English-Friendly:

France Re:Voir Blu-ray

Best Video:

France Re:Voir Jonas Mekas - Diaries, Notes and Sketches Blu-ray boxset

Director: David Perlov

Director: Michael Snow

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Re:Voir DVD

Director: Sam Mendes

4K · Solid
Best English-Friendly & Video:

MGM 4K Blu-ray

Director: Fritz Lang

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Imprint Blu-ray

Sources: DVDBeaver (opens in a new tab)

Video Notes:

Imprint Blu-ray not only has the best encoding, but also has the "correct" aspect ratio compared to ClassicFlix which is horizontally stretched or Eagle Pictures which is squished see DVDBeaver caps

Director: Mamoru Oshii

Video format: UHD Blu-ray

Sources: motion-gallery.net (opens in a new tab)

Best Video:

2025 Japan 4K Blu-ray (crowdfunded project)

Director: Zhang Yimou

Best English-Friendly:

Well Go US 4K Blu-ray

Best Video:

Any of the 4K Blu-ray

Best Audio:

Engilsh dub: Well Go 4K Blu-ray
5.1: 2019 Hong Kong 4K Blu-ray (upsampled to 24/96)

Director: Werner Hochbaum

Video format: Only Unofficial Sources

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

Best Video:

Unofficial DVD

Additional Info:

Digital restoration in 4K carried out by Bundesarchiv in 2025 based on a 1970 dupe-negative on acetate base see MoMA