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Director: Mitchell Block

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Direct Cinema OOP DVD

Sources: thehorseshead.blog (opens in a new tab)

Video Notes:

You might be able to email the director Mitchell Block himself to get screening links according to blog comment

Director: James Blue

Video format: HD Streaming

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Official US National Archives HD Streaming

Sources: YouTube (opens in a new tab)

Director: John S. Robertson

Best English-Friendly:

Kino Lorber Blu-ray

Best Video:

Kino Lorber Blu-ray, old HD master

Director: Robert Siodmak

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Germany Plaion Blu-ray

Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)

Video Notes:

Germany Plaion Blu-ray > UK Arrow > France Carlotta All three use the same source but all very minimal difference.

There is no comparison with Criterion Blu-ray

Director: Victor Fleming

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Archive Blu-ray

Director: Rouben Mamoulian

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Archive Blu-ray, 4k scan

Director: D. A. Pennebaker

Best English-Friendly:

Criterion Blu-ray

Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)

Best Video:

Criterion 4k scan

Director: Nicolas Roeg

4K · Excellent
Best English-Friendly, Video & Audio:

2019 StudioCanal 4K Blu-ray

Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)

Audio Notes:

2019 StudioCanal 4K Blu-ray (same as Optimum Blu-ray)

TV series

Best English-Friendly & Video:

TV Cuts: 2016 Arrow Blu-ray

Extended Cuts of Eps 5 & 6: 2016 Criterion Blu-ray

Best Audio:

TV Cuts: WB PL DVD

A Short Film About Killing: 2004 Kino Lorber DVD

Director: Guy Hamilton

4K · Solid
Best English-Friendly & Video:

WB 4K Blu-ray

Best Audio:

MGM 1990/1993 LaserDisc

Director: Henri-Georges Clouzot

Video format: UHD Blu-ray

Best English-Friendly:

WCL China Blu-ray

Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)

Best Video:

France Coin Germany mire Cinema 4K Blu-ray

Video Notes:

(not English friendly)

Best Audio:

Arrow Blu-ray

Audio Notes:

Arrow Blu-ray is the less manipulated track, but according to cbc: "I find it sounds a bit shrill at times, and the 4K Blu-ray is not bad at all, it does lose some high freq detail but I would probably prefer it for watching"

Director: Carl Theodor Dreyer

Best English-Friendly & Audio:

BFI Blu-ray

Best Video:

BFI Blu-ray, HD Transfer

Director: François Truffaut

Best English-Friendly:

Criterion Blu-ray

Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)

Best Video:

Criterion Blu-ray 2K transfer

Best Audio:

WB DVD

Director: George A. Romero

4K · Excellent
Best English-Friendly:

Second Sight 4K Blu-ray

Best Video:

2020 Second Sight 4K Blu-ray

Best Audio:

Theatrical: 2017 Midnight Factory Blu-ray or 2013 Japan Happinet Blu-ray

European: 5.1 remix on 2016 Midnight Factory and 2021 ESC 4K Blu-ray

Audio Notes:

Theatrical: 2017 Midnight Factory Blu-ray or 2013 Japan Happinet Blu-ray

European: 5.1 remix on 2016 Midnight Factory and 2021 ESC 4K Blu-ray much more detailed than all mono mixes

Director: Terence Fisher

4K · Excellent
Best English-Friendly & Video:

Hammer & Warner Archive 4K Blu-ray

Video Notes:

Hammer & Warner Archive 4K Blu-ray are confirmed by Randy Miller to be identical down to the encode, the only difference being different studio logos.

Best Audio:

Warner Bros 2002 DVD

Audio Notes:

Warner Bros 2002 DVD has the best sounding mono

Director: Ingmar Bergman

Best English-Friendly:

BFI Blu-ray

Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)

Best Video:

2023 BFI Boxset Blu-ray

Best Audio:

Tartan DVD

Director: Francis Ford Coppola

4K · Excellent
Best English-Friendly & Video:

StudioCanal/Lionsgate 4K Blu-ray

Best Audio:

2011 Lionsgate Blu-ray

Audio Notes:

2011 Lionsgate Blu-ray slightly better

Director: Bernardo Bertolucci

Best English-Friendly & Video:

2023 Eagle Pictures Italy 4K Blu-ray

Video Notes:

Color is fine

Director: John Milius

4K · Excellent
Best English-Friendly & Video:

Arrow 4K Blu-ray

Best Audio:

1991 MCA LaserDisc

Audio Notes:

1991 MCA LaserDisc vs Arrow 4K Blu-ray, the Arrow is noise gated.

Director: Elem Klimov

Best English-Friendly & Audio:

Criterion Blu-ray

Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)

Audio Notes:

Not really noticeable difference to Germany Bildstörung Blu-ray

Best Video:

Germany Bildstörung Blu-ray

Video Notes:

Germany Bildstörung Blu-ray marginally better encode than Criterion