Films

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

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Suggest Film

A Bill of Divorcement (1932)

Director: George Cukor

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Kino Lorber Blu-ray

3.2

Showgirls (1995)

Director: Paul Verhoeven

4K · Excellent

Best English-Friendly, Video & Audio:

Vinegar Syndrome 4K Blu-ray (replacement disc)

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

Video Notes:

The subtitles on the initial release has some issues.

Audio Notes:

The 5.1 track on the initial release has an error. This is corrected on the later "v2" discs.

3.5

Speed (1994)

Director: Jan de Bont

4K · Solid

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Fox 4K Blu-ray

Best Audio:

Cinema DTS

3.7

The Crimson Rivers (2000)

Director: Mathieu Kassovitz

4K · Excellent

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Curzon 4K Blu-ray

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

Video Notes:

Curzon 4K Blu-ray is superior to Gaumont 4K Blu-ray

Best Audio:

Columbia/Tri-Star PAL DVD (2001)

Audio Notes:

All other sources have much worse dynamic range and clipping, waveforms

3.4

Eleven Days, Eleven Nights 2 (1991)

Director: Joe D'Amato

4K · Disappointing

Best English-Friendly & Video:

88 Films 4K Blu-ray

Video Notes:

88 Films 4K Blu-ray even though the encoding is disappointing

V for Vendetta (2006)

Director: James McTeigue

Best English-Friendly & Video:

WB 4K Blu-ray

3.9

Aysecik in the Land of the Magic Dwarfs (1971)

Director: Tunç Başaran

Video format: Only Unofficial Sources

Best Video:

Unofficial DVD

Never Say Never Again (1983)

Director: Irvin Kershner

Best English-Friendly:

MGM Blu-ray

Best Video:

MGM Blu-ray despite dated master

Best Audio:

WB 1995 letterbox LaserDisc

2.7

Casino Royale (1967)

Directors: Val Guest & Ken Hughes & John Huston & Joseph McGrath & Robert Parrish

Best English-Friendly:

MGM Blu-ray

Best Video:

MGM Blu-ray despite dated master

Best Audio:

Sony Columbia 1994 LaserDisc Mono

2.4

Die Another Day (2002)

Director: Lee Tamahori

Best English-Friendly & Video:

MGM Blu-ray

Best Audio:

5.1 Dolby EX: Special Edition DVD

6.1 DTS Spain: Special Edition DVD

Audio Notes:

Blu-ray 5.1 HDMA is new transfer that retains rear center matrix channel but has no discrete 6.1

2.6

The World Is Not Enough (1999)

Director: Michael Apted

Best English-Friendly & Video:

MGM Blu-ray

Best Audio:

Dolby 5.1 EX: MGM Blu-ray or Japan LaserDisc. EX rear center channel maintained on all releases.

Dolby Stereo SR: Japan LaserDisc or US VHS Hifi

2.9

Tomorrow Never Dies (1997)

Director: Roger Spottiswoode

Best English-Friendly & Video:

MGM Blu-ray

Best Audio:

DTS LaserDisc

Audio Notes:

This 5.1 mix is outstanding and all versions sound excellent. The Blu-ray HDMA is good but the DTS LaserDisc edges out over everything.

3.1

Licence to Kill (1989)

Director: John Glen

Best English-Friendly:

MGM Blu-ray

Best Video:

MGM Blu-ray despite Lowry master issues

Best Audio:

Dolby SR US PG-13 cut Theatrical mix: 1993 MGM LaserDisc

Uncut version: 1990 Japan Pan and Scan LaserDisc

Audio Notes:

MGM 5.1 remix noticeably reduces elements of original mix

3.4

The Living Daylights (1987)

Director: John Glen

Best English-Friendly:

MGM Blu-ray

Best Video:

MGM Blu-ray despite Lowry master issues

Best Audio:

1992 MGM LaserDisc

3.3

A View to a Kill (1985)

Director: John Glen

Best English-Friendly:

MGM Blu-ray

Best Video:

MGM Blu-ray despite Lowry master issues

Best Audio:

1990 MGM LaserDisc

Audio Notes:

All versions since 2000 use MGM’s heavily bass filtered remix

2.9

Octopussy (1983)

Director: John Glen

Best English-Friendly:

MGM Blu-ray

Best Video:

MGM Blu-ray despite Lowry master issues

Best Audio:

1990 MGM LaserDisc

2.9

For Your Eyes Only (1981)

Director: John Glen

Best English-Friendly:

MGM Blu-ray

Best Video:

MGM Blu-ray despite Lowry master issues

Best Audio:

1990 MGM LaserDisc

3.1

Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters (1985)

Director: Paul Schrader

4K · Solid

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Criterion 4K Blu-ray

Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)

Video Notes:

See Chris's review

Best Audio:

Criterion Blu-ray

Audio Notes:

Their 4K Blu-ray has minor additional filtering.

4.4

Grand Illusion (1937)

Director: Jean Renoir

Best English-Friendly & Video:

2021 StudioCanal Blu-ray

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

Video Notes:

2021 StudioCanal Blu-ray has better encode and gamma levels compared to older StudioCanal Blu-ray caps

4.2

Her First Biscuits (1909)

Director: D.W. Griffith

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Film Preservation Society Blu-ray Douglas Fairbanks Lost Films Double Feature as extras