88 Films

34 films on Best Blurays

Best video release:

Best 4K release by tier:

Excellent
19
Solid
3
Disappointing
1
Worse Than BD
1

Based in United KingdomFounded 201288films.co.uk (opens in a new tab)

Independent British label incorporated in January 2012, started by two founders who left another home-video label to run their own. Its releases are grouped into numbered lines such as The Italian Collection (giallo, poliziotteschi and Italian exploitation), Slasher Classics and the 88 Asia Collection of Hong Kong titles, including Shaw Brothers films, with a growing run of 4K UHD discs.

By format

List

How we pick the best 88 Films releases

25 in 4K

Best video release on UHD Blu-ray or 4K streaming

Project A (1983)

Director: Jackie Chan

4K · Excellent

Best English-Friendly:

88 Films 4K Blu-ray

Best Video:

88 Films 4K Blu-ray review

3.7

Police Story 3: Super Cop (1992)

Director: Stanley Tong Gwai-Lai

Video format: UHD Blu-ray

4K · Excellent

Best Video & English-Friendly:

88 Films (US version)

3.7

Dragons Forever (1988)

Director: Sammo Hung Kam-Bo

4K · Excellent

Best Video & English-Friendly:

88 Films 4K Blu-ray

3.6

Drive (1997)

Director: Steve Wang

4K · Excellent

Best Video & English-Friendly:

88 Films 4K Blu-ray

3.6

Project A: Part II (1987)

Director: Jackie Chan

4K · Excellent

Best English-Friendly:

88 Films 4K Blu-ray

Best Video:

88 Films 4K Blu-ray review

3.5

From Beyond (1986)

Director: Stuart Gordon

4K · Excellent

Best Video & English-Friendly:

88 Films 4K Blu-ray

3.5

Miracles: The Canton Godfather (1989)

Director: Jackie Chan

4K · Excellent

Best Video & English-Friendly:

88 Films 4K Blu-ray

3.5

Crime Story (1993)

Director: Kirk Wong Chi-Keung

4K · Excellent

Best Video & English-Friendly:

88 Films 4K Blu-ray

3.4

Witchfinder General (1968)

Director: Michael Reeves

4K · Excellent

Best Video & English-Friendly:

88 Films 4K Blu-ray

3.4

The Blood on Satan's Claw (1971)

Director: Piers Haggard

4K · Excellent

Best Video & English-Friendly:

88 Films 4K Blu-ray

3.3

American Pie (1999)

Director: Paul Weitz

4K · Excellent

Best Video & English-Friendly:

UK 88 Films 4K Blu-ray

Video Notes:

UK 88 Films 4K Blu-ray > US Universal 4K Blu-ray

Universal 4K Blu-ray has these issues:

based on 88 Films' already good restoration,
BD-100, but 52GB was used

Too dark, wrong colors

Additional Info:

Universal Blu-ray has exclusive extras not on the 88 Films release

3.2

Last Tango in Paris (1972)

Director: Bernardo Bertolucci

4K · Excellent

Best Video & English-Friendly:

88 Films 4K Blu-ray

Video Notes:

88 Films 4K Blu-ray > Vinegar Syndrome

Best Audio:

2011 MGM Blu-ray/1998 MGM DVD

Additional Info:

88 Films and Vinegar Syndrome have different extras

3.1

Show all 25 in 4K

9 in HD

Best video release on Blu-ray or HD streaming · by Letterboxd rating

Matewan (1987)

Director: John Sayles

Best Video & English-Friendly:

Criterion or UK 88 Films Blu-ray

Video Notes:

Criterion or UK 88 Films Blu-ray are from director-approved 4K restoration with minimal differences see caps

Additional Info:

Both Criterion and 88 Films have the same audio

4.2

Annie Hall (1977)

Director: Woody Allen

Best English-Friendly:

Likely 88 Films Blu-ray

Best Video:

2025 88 Films Blu-ray

Video Notes:

All Blu-ray have the same old MGM transfer. Likely 2025 88 Films Blu-ray has the best encoding

4k restoration not approved for home release even for the 2025 88 Films release

Best Audio:

1992 MGM LaserDisc

4.0

Center Stage (1991)

Director: Stanley Kwan Kam-Pang

Best English-Friendly:

Pick your poison: USA Film Movement Blu-ray (two scenes cut / censored & slight Ritrovata yellow tint) or UK 88 Films Blu-ray (DNR)

Best Video:

Pick your poison: USA Film Movement Blu-ray (two scenes cut / censored & slight Ritrovata yellow tint) or UK 88 Films Blu-ray (DNR). nic’s review

3.9

The Hours (2002)

Director: Stephen Daldry

Best Video & English-Friendly:

UK 88 Films Blu-ray

Video Notes:

UK 88 Films Blu-ray is the only release not OOP aside from Japan Blu-ray

3.9

The Seventh Curse (1986)

Director: Lam Nai-choi

Best Video & English-Friendly:

88 Films UK or Vinegar Syndrome US Blu-ray (preference)

Video Notes:

Different color gradings, 88 Films disc is encoded by FiM but Vinegar Syndrome encode (by Marcus Johnson) is more than robust

Best Audio:

Vinegar Syndrome Blu-ray

Audio Notes:

Vinegar Syndrome potentially has better audio than 88 Films, due to VinSyn possibly having EQ'd the audio mix after Fortune Star scanned the track in a way that makes it sound too hot, whereas 88 left it alone without addressing that issue. However, no direct comparisons exist

3.7

Miami Vice (2006)

Director: Michael Mann

Best English-Friendly:

88 Films UK Blu-ray

Upcoming Release:

Shout! Factory 4K Blu-ray in December

Best Video:

88 Films UK Blu-ray for both cuts

Best Audio:

88 Films Blu-ray

Audio Notes:

88 Films Blu-ray is missing Michael Mann commentary for the DC found on other BDs

3.5

Trancers (1984)

Director: Charles Band

4K · Worse Than BD

Best Video & English-Friendly:

Full Moon Features Blu-ray or 88 Films Blu-ray

Video Notes:

Full Moon Features Blu-ray or 88 Films Blu-ray is better than 4K Blu-ray, which is poorly encoded

3.2

The One (2001)

Director: James Wong

Best Video & English-Friendly:

UK 88 Films Blu-ray

Additional Info:

Commentary: 88 Films is at a very low volume level. The other BDs like the Sony do not have this problem.

2.9

S.W.A.T. (2003)

Director: Clark Johnson

Best Video & English-Friendly:

UK 88 Films Blu-ray

2.8

2 with a weaker 4K

Best 4K release rated Disappointing or Worse Than BD · by Letterboxd rating

Trancers (1984)

Director: Charles Band

4K · Worse Than BD

Best Video & English-Friendly:

Full Moon Features Blu-ray or 88 Films Blu-ray

Video Notes:

Full Moon Features Blu-ray or 88 Films Blu-ray is better than 4K Blu-ray, which is poorly encoded

3.2

Eleven Days, Eleven Nights 2 (1991)

Director: Joe D'Amato

4K · Disappointing

Best Video & English-Friendly:

88 Films 4K Blu-ray

Video Notes:

88 Films 4K Blu-ray even though the encoding is disappointing

2 for audio only

The best audio is 88 Films'; the video and English-friendly picks are other releases · by Letterboxd rating

Rouge (1987)

Director: Stanley Kwan Kam-Pang

Best Audio:

UK 88 Films Blu-ray or France Carlotta Blu-ray

Audio Notes:

Mono spectrograms

Best Video & English-Friendly:

US Criterion Blu-ray

Video Notes:

US Criterion Blu-ray : See caps. Criterion and 88 Films share a regraded and brighter master; Carlotta didn't follow the regrade and its image is very dark.

3.9

Hackers (1995)

Director: Iain Softley

Best Audio:

88 Films 4K Blu-ray

Best Video & English-Friendly:

Capelight Germany 4K Blu-ray

Video Notes:

Both 88 Films and Germany Capelight are superior to the Shout! Factory in HDR10 but their FEL layer may even things out. Objectively, the Capelight looks best as they avoided the chroma blocking that’s visible in 88’s disc but they in turn included an Atmos mix. I have the Shout! Factory, love how it looks and the 4K transfer is spectacular. https://slow.pics/c/vPmFQSAH

Additional Info:

Shout! Factory has the exclusive The Beauty of the Baud and the You Can't Stop Us All featurettes.

3.3

5 announced

88 Films' release is announced; until it is out, the picks are other releases · by Letterboxd rating

The Pink Panther (1963)

Director: Blake Edwards

Upcoming Release:

88 Films 4K Blu-ray scheduled for August 24, 2026 release

Best English-Friendly:

Kino Lorber 4K Blu-ray

Best Video:

Kino Lorber 4K Blu-ray fixes stretched ratio problem

Best Audio:

MGM Letterbox LaserDisc PCM mono

Additional Info:

Kino Lorber 4K Blu-ray fixes ratio issue due to new scan but has no original audio, only remixes. The MGM and Shout! Factory Blu-ray use the same HD master with stretched image and horrible muffled processed to death mono. The PCM mono on the MGM letterbox LaserDisc reissue is the only untouched original mix audio and sounds incredible.

3.4