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26 films on Best Blurays
Best video release:
3 in 4K20 in HD
Best 4K release by tier:
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How we pick the best Amazon releases

Amazon's video service launched in 2006 as Amazon Unbox and now combines a Prime subscription tier with a store for renting and buying films, streaming up to 4K HDR. For many silent, early-sound and studio-era titles with no Blu-ray, its HD streams or downloads are the best available copy. Amazon has owned MGM since 2022.

How we pick the best Amazon releases

3 in 4K

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

The Muppet Christmas Carol (1992)

Director: Brian Henson

Video format: 4K Streaming

Best Video & English-Friendly:

Theatrical Cut: Disney Blu-ray

Director's Cut: Amazon Prime 4K Streaming

Video Notes:

Disney+ versions are censored

Best Audio:

Director's Cut: Disney LaserDisc

Additional Info:

The director's cut includes the song "When Love is Gone"

4.0

The Santa Clause (1994)

Director: John Pasquin

Video format: 4K Streaming

Best Video & English-Friendly:

Censored version: Disney Blu-ray

Original theatrical version: Amazon Prime 4K Streaming

Best Audio:

Original theatrical version: Disney LaserDisc

3.3

War of the Worlds (2025)

Director: Rich Lee

Video format: 4K Streaming

Best Video & English-Friendly:

Amazon 4K Streaming

1.0

20 in HD

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

Eureka (2001)

Director: Shinji Aoyama

Video format: HD Streaming

Best Video & English-Friendly:

Amazon Streaming

Video Notes:

The master on Streaming is sourced from a new restoration with much better detail and no blown whites than AU Imprint Blu-ray, but unfortunately cropped in and not in proper sepia tones. Caps

4.3

Look Back (2024)

Director: Kiyotaka Oshiyama

Video format: 1080p Blu-ray

4K · Worse Than BD
Best English-Friendly:

Amazon Streaming

Upcoming Release:

US GKIDS 4K Blu-ray

Best Video:

2026 Japan Avex Blu-ray

Video Notes:

The 4K Blu-ray is an upscale with strong sharpening. Caps

Best Audio:

2026 Japan Avex 4K Blu-ray

Audio Notes:

Includes original 5.1 and an Atmos remix. The HD disc only includes 5.1.

4.3

La Flor (2019)

Director: Mariano Llinás

Best English-Friendly:

Germany Absolut Medien OOP Blu-ray

Best Video:
Video Notes:

Alternatively, HD Streaming on Apple TV or Amazon from Grasshopper

4.0

Kaagaz Ke Phool (1959)

Director: Guru Dutt

Video format: HD Streaming

Best Video & English-Friendly:

Amazon HD Streaming or DVD

3.9

The Mattei Affair (1972)

Director: Francesco Rosi

Video format: HD Streaming

Best Video & English-Friendly:

Amazon HD Streaming

Video Notes:

Radiance tried to license it in 2023 but failed https://letterboxd.com/radiancefilms/list/failed-licenses-2023/ so not expecting home media release any time soon.

3.9

Margaret (2011)

Director: Kenneth Lonergan

Best Video & English-Friendly:

Theatrical: Fox Blu-ray

Director's Cut: Fox DVD or available in HD steaming on Amazon Prime Video

3.9

October (Ten Days that Shook the World) (1928)

Directors: Grigori Aleksandrov & Sergei Eisenstein

Video format: HD Streaming

Best Video & English-Friendly:

Amazon HD Streaming or DVD

3.8

I've Always Loved You (1946)

Director: Frank Borzage

Video format: HD Streaming

Best Video & English-Friendly:

Amazon US HD Streaming

Video Notes:

Amazon US HD Streaming is from the 2018 UCLA restoration. Olive Films Blu-ray is from an older scan and quite rough. caps

Best Audio:

Olive Films Blu-ray

Audio Notes:

Olive Films Blu-ray is again rough, with distortion, crackle and other issues, but sounds much more natural. With some EQ the restored track can be significantly improved

3.8

Top Hat (1935)

Director: Mark Sandrich

Video format: HD Streaming

Best Video & English-Friendly:

Amazon HD Streaming

Video Notes:

IVC Japan Blu-ray is clearly from a higher generation film element and looks terrible. Comparisons: https://slow.pics/c/XUTwiv7B

Additional Info:

https://www.amazon.com/gp/video/detail/B0BQZGLP1Z

3.8

Steven Universe: The Movie (2019)

Director: Rebecca Sugar

Video format: HD Streaming

Best Video & English-Friendly:

SD: 2019 Warner Bros DVD

HD: Amazon Prime Streaming

3.8

Moi, un Noir (1959)

Director: Jean Rouch

Video format: HD Streaming

Best Video & English-Friendly:

Amazon HD Streaming

3.7

Honkytonk Man (1982)

Director: Clint Eastwood

Video format: HD Streaming

Best Video, Audio & English-Friendly:

Amazon Streaming Release

Additional Info:

The Amazon Streaming release is the only HD release so far, and looks to be a faithful, non-upscaled copy of the film, so preferable to the old DVD.

The Streaming release also has a 2.0 mix which is likely the original mix and preferable to the 5.1 mix on the old DVD. 

3.6

Show all 20 in HD

2 in SD

Best video release on DVD, SD streaming, LaserDisc or VHS · by Letterboxd rating

Reaching for the Moon (1930)

Director: Edmund Goulding

Best Video & English-Friendly:

AlphaVideo DVD, Mill Creek DVD, or Amazon SD Streaming

3.1

The Unconquered (1954)

Director: Nancy Hamilton

Video format: SD Streaming

Best Video & English-Friendly:

Amazon SD Streaming

1 with no official release

Unofficial sources only, no home media, or lost · by Letterboxd rating

Just Imagine (1930)

Director: David Butler

Video format: Only Unofficial Sources

Best Video:

The DVD isn't an official one, and according to a user review on Amazon:

This DVD comes from Archive.org, where the movie can be viewed for free. The original source, comes from the Fox Movie Channel

3.0

1 with a weaker 4K

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

Look Back (2024)

Director: Kiyotaka Oshiyama

Video format: 1080p Blu-ray

4K · Worse Than BD
Best English-Friendly:

Amazon Streaming

Upcoming Release:

US GKIDS 4K Blu-ray

Best Video:

2026 Japan Avex Blu-ray

Video Notes:

The 4K Blu-ray is an upscale with strong sharpening. Caps

Best Audio:

2026 Japan Avex 4K Blu-ray

Audio Notes:

Includes original 5.1 and an Atmos remix. The HD disc only includes 5.1.

4.3

7 for audio only

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

Over the Garden Wall (2014)

TV series

Best Audio:

Amazon Streaming

Audio Notes:

Amazon Streaming has the original 5.1 audio mix

Best Video & English-Friendly:

2026 Warner Bros Blu-ray

The Lady Eve (1941)

Director: Preston Sturges

Best Audio:

Amazon WEB-DL

Best English-Friendly:

Criterion Blu-ray

Best Video:

Criterion, 4k transfer

4.0

East of Eden (1955)

Director: Elia Kazan

Best Audio:

Amazon Streaming

Best Video & English-Friendly:

WB 4K Blu-ray

3.9

The Parallax View (1974)

Director: Alan J. Pakula

Best Audio:

iTunes/Amazon WEB-DL

Audio Notes:

All discs are worse.

Best Video & English-Friendly:

Carlotta Blu-ray

Video Notes:

Carlotta Blu-ray a little better than Criterion. Imprint is worse. See caps

3.9

Heaven Can Wait (1943)

Director: Ernst Lubitsch

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.

Best Video & English-Friendly:

2018 Criterion Blu-ray

3.7

National Lampoon's Vacation (1983)

Director: Harold Ramis

Best Audio:

Original theatrical release featured the song "I'm So Excited", which was later replaced with "Little Boy Sweet". The former is included on 1983 VHS/LaserDisc releases, and was at one point available on Amazon and Vudu Streaming streams.

Best Video & English-Friendly:

Warner Bros 4K Blu-ray

3.5

Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House (1948)

Director: H. C. Potter

Best Audio:

Amazon Video download

Best English-Friendly:

WB Blu-ray

Best Video:

WB Blu-ray 4k scan

3.4

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