Films

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

6,157 films · page 306 of 308

Pink Flamingos (1972)

Director: John Waters

Best English-Friendly:

Criterion Blu-ray

Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)

Best Video:

Criterion 4k scan

3.5

Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953)

Director: Howard Hawks

Best English-Friendly:

Best Video:

Fox Blu-ray, DNR

3.9

Three Colors: Blue (1993)

Director: Krzysztof Kieślowski

4K · Excellent

Best English-Friendly & Video:

2023 Criterion 4K Blu-ray (meh compression) / Curzon 4K Blu-ray (visible chroma noise)

Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)

Best Audio:

4.2

Losing Ground (1982)

Director: Kathleen Collins

Best English-Friendly & Video:

US Milestone Blu-ray

Video Notes:

Milestone US has Blu-ray

3.9

A Matter of Life and Death (1946)

Directors: Emeric Pressburger & Michael Powell

Best English-Friendly:

Criterion Blu-ray

Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)

Best Video:

Criterion, 4k transfer

4.3

The Grapes of Wrath (1940)

Director: John Ford

Best English-Friendly & Video:

4.2

The Misfits (1961)

Director: John Huston

4K · Excellent

Best English-Friendly:

Altitude/Capelight 4K Blu-ray

Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)

Best Video:

Altitude UK / Capelight Germany 4K Blu-ray

Best Audio:

UK/Germany 4K Blu-ray

3.7

Veronika Voss (1982)

Director: Rainer Werner Fassbinder

Best English-Friendly:

Criterion Blu-ray

Best Video:

Carlotta France boxset Rainer Werner Fassbinder - Vol. 2

3.9

Je Tu Il Elle (1974)

Director: Chantal Akerman

Best English-Friendly:

Criterion Blu-ray

Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)

Best Video:

Criterion boxset

3.7

Daisies (1966)

Director: Věra Chytilová

Best English-Friendly:

Criterion Blu-ray

Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)

Best Video:

Criterion, 4k transfer

4.0

Alexander Nevsky (1938)

Directors: Sergei Eisenstein & Dmitriy Vasilev

Video format: 1080p Blu-ray

Best English-Friendly:

Best Video:

Video Notes:

France has Blu-ray

3.8

The Damned (1969)

Director: Luchino Visconti

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Criterion Blu-ray

Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)

Video Notes:

Criterion resto bad? but no other BDs

3.8

The Thin Blue Line (1988)

Director: Errol Morris

Best English-Friendly:

Criterion Blu-ray

Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)

Best Video:

Criterion, 2k transfer

4.1

Ratcatcher (1999)

Director: Lynne Ramsay

Best English-Friendly:

Criterion Blu-ray

Best Video:

Criterion 4k resto

4.1

That Obscure Object of Desire (1977)

Director: Luis Buñuel

Best English-Friendly:

Criterion Blu-ray

Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)

Best Video:

Video Notes:

Criterion > StudioCanal

4.0

Irreversible (2002)

Director: Gaspar Noé

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Indicator Blu-ray

Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)

Video Notes:

UK Indicator is good, not sure about US

3.6

Dead Ringers (1988)

Director: David Cronenberg

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Germany Plaion/Plaion Blu-ray

Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)

3.9

Distant Voices, Still Lives (1988)

Director: Terence Davies

Video format: 1080p Blu-ray

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Arrow US ≈ BFI UK

4.0

Aparajito (1956)

Director: Satyajit Ray

4K · Excellent

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Criterion 4K Blu-ray

Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)

Best Audio:

Artificial Eye DVD

Audio Notes:

Artificial Eye DVD probably better

4.3

The Death of Mr. Lazarescu (2005)

Director: Cristi Puiu

Best English-Friendly:

Best Video:

DVD only

4.1