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Director: Lee Unkrich

4K · Solid
Best Video:

Disney 4K Blu-ray

Best Audio:

2010 Disney Blu-ray for the original 7.1 mix

Additional Info:

The UK version has different voice actors for one of the three army men and all three of the Peas-in-a-pod.

The South African version has Jeremy Mansfield (a famous radio personality) as the voice of Chatter Phone.

Director: Ernst Lubitsch

Video format: HD Streaming

Sources: digitaler-lesesaal.bundesarchiv.de (opens in a new tab) · moma.org (opens in a new tab)

Best Video:

Official Bundersarchiv 720p HD Streaming

Video Notes:

Official Bundersarchiv 720p HD Streaming which given its release in 2025, likely to be the same new restoration by MoMA https://www.moma.org/calendar/events/11559

Best Audio:

Carl Davis Score: 1993 MGM/United Artists LaserDisc 

Director: Luis Buñuel

Video format: 1080p Blu-ray

Best English-Friendly:

DVD 

Sources: film-foundation.org (opens in a new tab)

Best Video:

Japan IVC Blu-ray

Video Notes:

Japan IVC Blu-ray but not English-friendly

Film Foundation has 4k restoration https://www.film-foundation.org/world-cinema but no EN-friendly release yet

Director: William A. Seiter

Best Video:

Fox DVD

Director: Ernst Lubitsch

Best Video:

2023 Indicator Blu-ray

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

Best Audio:

2021 Kino Lorber Blu-ray

Additional Info:

Video comparisons: https://slow.pics/c/ryvPN8Uu

Audio comparisons: https://slow.pics/c/KEs7dwRg

Director: Ernst Lubitsch

Best Video:

2018 Criterion Blu-ray

Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)

Best Audio:

Amazon Streaming Release

Audio Notes:

Amazon Streaming Release or potentially other streaming 

The Amazon Streaming release has more high-end detail than the Criterion Blu-ray.

Director: Ernst Lubitsch

Best Video:

Criterion Eclipse Series 8: Lubitsch Musicals Blu-ray

Best Audio:

1997 MCA Universal 'The Lubitsch Touch' LaserDisc Box Set

Additional Info:

The 1997 LaserDisc has more high end detail in the audio than the new restoration

Director: Ernst Lubitsch

Video format: HD Streaming

Best Video:

Retroformat HD Streaming

Upcoming Release:

In 2021, a 4K restoration was premiered by MoMA which has yet to receive home video release.

Director: Jay Roach

Best Video:

Warner Bros Blu-ray

Best Audio:

Cinema DTS

Additional Info:

The Hard Knock Life music video is censored on the Blu-ray while the DVD is uncensored.

Director: Jay Roach

Best Video:

Warner Bros Blu-ray

Director: Erich von Stroheim

Best English-Friendly:

Flicker Alley Blu-ray

Best Video:

Flicker Alley Blu-ray new 4K restoration

Director: Vincente Minnelli

Best Video & Audio:

Warner Bros Blu-ray

Director: Clyde Bruckman

Video format: Only Unofficial Sources

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Director: Andrzej Wajda

Best Video:

Martin Scorsese Presents: Masterpieces of Polish Cinema, Volume 1 Blu-ray

Video Notes:

Martin Scorsese Presents: Masterpieces of Polish Cinema, Volume 1 Blu-ray or potentially French Intersections Blu-ray but not English-friendly

Additional Info:

There are no comparisons, and all releases are likely the same transfer from 2K restoration. However, given that other releases in the Martin Scorsese Presents: Masterpieces of Polish Cinema, Volume 1 Blu-ray are superior to other Polish releases, likely the same conclusion applies here.

Director: John Ford

Best Video:

2023 Paramount Blu-ray

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

Best Audio:

2023 Paramount Blu-ray or Eureka MoC Blu-ray

Additional Info:

USA Paramount has the best video transfer with the least amount of artifacts: https://slow.pics/c/sjZ3mqF6

Olive Films Blu-ray and Eureka MoC Blu-ray are sourced from the same restoration and are both very good.

Apart from some mild attenuation, the audio is the same on all releases of the newest restoration and is relatively untampered with: https://slow.pics/c/bWF9EGuM

Director: John Ford

Best Audio:

1992 MGM LaserDisc

Additional Info:

The audio on the Warner Archive Blu-ray is appalling. It starts to cutoff at around 6kHz to have nothing above 10kHz. The LaserDisc is much more full-frequency.

Director: Karl Freund

4K · Excellent
Best Video:

Universal Monster Collection Vol 2 4K Blu-ray

Best Audio:

1993 CIC Video LaserDisc

Director: William Wyler

Best Video:

WB Blu-ray

Director: Frank Capra

4K · Excellent
Best Video:

Sony 4K Blu-ray

Best Audio:

1995 Columbia LaserDisc