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Director: Tay Garnett

Best English-Friendly:

Warner Archive Blu-ray

Best Video:

Warner Archive Blu-ray 4K restoration

Director: Curtis Bernhardt

Video Notes:

4K restoration from Original Camera Negative

Director: Fritz Kiersch

Director: Danny Boyle

4K · Excellent
Best Video:

Criterion 2026 4K Blu-ray (UPC 715515334617)

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

Video Notes:

Criterion 2026 4K Blu-ray (UPC 715515334617) > Criterion 2024 4K Blu-ray > Film4 4K Blu-ray

  • Criterion 2026 redid the encoding and none of the blocking issues any more, see disc info and nicolas' review

  • Criterion 2024 encode struggles with brighter areas of the image but still superior to Film4

Best Audio:

5.1: Universal EU Blu-ray - Criterion and Lionsgate are missing LFE, otherwise the same
Stereo: Criterion 4K Blu-ray

Additional Info:

Film4 4K Blu-ray is on a BD-66, both Criterion releases are on BD-100 discs. 

Criterion 2024 release bitrate: 94.67 mbps

Criterion 2026 release bitrate: 93.66 mbps

Film4 bitrate: 62.00 mbps

Director: Christopher Nolan

4K · Solid
Best Video:

WB 4K Blu-ray

Video Notes:

Caveat: mild DNR throughout the transfer, non-IMAX scenes appear soft due to being scanned from an interpositive rather than the original camera negative.

Additional Info:

Best Buy exclusive Steelbook Blu-ray has the exclusive The Dark Knight Reborn Featurette

Director: Christopher Nolan

4K · Solid
Best Video:

WB 4K Blu-ray

Video Notes:

Caveat: mild DNR throughout the transfer, non-IMAX scenes appear soft due to being scanned from an interpositive rather than the original camera negative.

Director: John Huston

4K · Solid
Best Video:

2023 WB 4K Blu-ray

Best Audio:

HBO MAX WEB-DL/2000 R1 MGM DVD

Director: Leo McCarey

Best Video:

Criterion Blu-ray

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

Video Notes:

Criterion Blu-ray > MoC Blu-ray which has boosted contrast see caps

Best Audio:

MoC Blu-ray

Director: John Sturges

4K · Excellent

Director: Orson Welles

Best English-Friendly:

Criterion Blu-ray

Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)

Best Video:

Criterion 4k restoration

Best Audio:

1989/1993 Criterion LaserDisc

Director: Karl Freund

Director: Fritz Lang

Director: Michael Bay

Best Video:

Theatrical: Disney Blu-ray

Extended: UK/Australia Disney Collector's Edition DVD

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

Upcoming Release:

(A 4K version was possibly restored in 2025)

Video Notes:

Alleycat's extended restoration better

Best Audio:

Cinema DTS

Additional Info:

Extended Cut DVD has extras not on Blu-ray

Director: Robert Siodmak

Best Video:

Arrow Blu-ray

Sources: caps-a-holic (opens in a new tab)

Video Notes:

Kino Lorber Blu-ray has black crush, noticeably inferior encoding, but Arrow Blu-ray is slightly more cropped see caps

Director: Henry Hathaway

Best Video:

Fox DVD

Director: Elmer Clifton

Best Video:

Kino Lorber DVD

Director: Alexander Hall

Best English-Friendly:

Sony Columbia Classics VHS

Sources: amazon.com (opens in a new tab)

Best Video:

Sony Columbia Classics VHS see Amazon

Director: Frank Oz

4K · Excellent

Director: Jon Favreau

4K · Disappointing
Best Video:

US Universal Blu-ray with both cuts, Kino Lorber Blu-ray (extended cut only) included in the disappointing 4K Blu-ray and International Paramount Blu-ray (both Theatrical and Extended Blu-rays in different countries) have similar encoding.

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

Video Notes:

Kino Lorber 4K Blu-ray disappointing review

Director: John Huston

Best English-Friendly:

Criterion Blu-ray

Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)

Best Video:

Criterion Blu-ray 2k scan

Best Audio:

1993 MGM LaserDisc