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Director: Norman Taurog

Best English-Friendly:

Warner Archive Blu-ray

Best Video:

Warner Archive Blu-ray 4K restoration

Director: William A. Wellman

Video Notes:

4K restoration from Original Camera Negative

Director: Fred Zinnemann

Best English-Friendly:

Warner Archive Blu-ray

Best Video:

Warner Archive Blu-ray 4K restoration

Director: Michael Curtiz

Video Notes:

4K restoration from Original Camera Negative

Director: Edwin L. Marin

Video Notes:

4K restoration from technicolor negatives

Director: André de Toth

Video Notes:

4K restoration from Original Camera Negative

Director: Josef von Sternberg

Video Notes:

4K restoration from Original Camera Negative

Director: Marc Forster

Video format: 4K Streaming

Best English-Friendly:

Streaming

Best Video:

Streaming: Kaleidescape

Video Notes:

Streaming: Kaleidescape > Movies Anywhere > Disney+

Best Audio:

2018 Disney Blu-ray has the original 7.1 mix in DTS-HD Master Audio

Streaming has a Dolby Atmos remix. Kaleidescape is lossless (TrueHD 7.1), others are all lossy (E-AC-3 5.1 JOC) at varying bitrates.

Directors: Gus Meins & Charley Rogers

Best Video:

Original 1934 Theatrical Version: US Legend Films Blu-ray

1950 Reissue Version: OOP 1980s US VHS

Samuel Goldwyn 1991 Colorized Version: US Image Entertainment/GoodTimes LaserDisc or US GoodTimes DVD

Legend Films 2006 Colorized Version - 2D: US Legend Films Blu-ray

Legend Films 2006 Colorized Version - 3D: US Legend Films 3D Blu-ray

Directors: L. Frank Baum & J. Farrell MacDonald

Video format: DVD

Best Video:

SD: 2013 Warner Bros The Wizard of Oz (1939) 3D 75th Anniversary Limited Edition Blu-ray Disc 3

Additional Info:

4K restoration has been screened at conventions

Directors: Daniel Myrick & Eduardo Sánchez

Best English-Friendly:

Second Sight UK Blu-ray for restored versions of both theatrical cut and festival cut

Upcoming Release:

Lionsgate Limited US Blu-ray available for pre-order

Best Audio:

Second Sight UK Blu-ray replacement disc

Director: Jean Cocteau

Director: Pier Paolo Pasolini

4K · Excellent
Best English-Friendly:

Wicked Vision 4K Blu-ray

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

Upcoming Release:

BFI 4K Blu-ray scheduled for October 2026 release

Best Video:

Wicked Vision 4K Blu-ray see caps

Additional Info:

2019 BFI Blu-ray is the older master but better encode + extra footage than Criterion Blu-ray

Italy CG Entertainment Blu-ray is 4K resto, but horrible colours.

Director: Shane Meadows

Video format: 1080p Blu-ray

Best Video:

2026 Second Sight Blu-ray

Director: Bert Stern

Best English-Friendly:

Kino Lorber Blu-ray

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

Best Video:

FRA Carlotta Blu-ray

Video Notes:

FiM encode. At least slightly better than the Kino see caps

Additional Info:

Carlotta ports over all special features from the Kino release, except the booklet essay. All specials are in English.

Director: Adrian Lyne

Video format: UHD Blu-ray

Video Notes:

Better compression than other 4K Blu-rays

Director: Orson Welles

4K · Solid

Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab) · YouTube (opens in a new tab)

Video Notes:

Criterion 4K Blu-ray > StudioCanal: Although Criterion is low-pass filtered, StudioCanal exhibits very clear and distracting macroblocking.

Best Audio:

TBD: UHDs sound muffled, but old YT clips sound clear. Need to look into DVDs and possibly VHS.

Director: Jean-Luc Godard

4K · Superior Imports
Best English-Friendly:

Criterion 4K Blu-ray/2020 remastered StudioCanal Blu-ray

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

Video Notes:

(preference)

Criterion 4K Blu-ray > StudioCanal 4K Blu-ray. The HDR grading has messed up highlights, so some may prefer the 2020 remastered StudioCanal Blu-ray

Best Audio:

2000 Optimum DVD

Additional Info:

Criterion's subtitles seem to be better than StudioCanal's which omits too much IMO.

Director: Fei Mu

Best Video:

BFI DVD or Apple TV HD Streaming

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

Video Notes:

BFI DVD or Apple TV HD Streaming no comparison available 

Additional Info:

New 4K restoration is going to world premiere on TIFF

Director: Antoine Fuqua

Best Video:

US Lionsgate or International Universal 4K Blu-ray

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

Video Notes:

US Lionsgate or International Universal 4K Blu-ray (similar encoding) - caps

Best Audio:

US Lionsgate 4K Blu-ray