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Founded in 1991 as a family firm in Hertfordshire, Arrow Films started its Arrow Video imprint in 2009 for cult and horror titles and began releasing in North America in 2015. Its catalogue spans genre, world cinema and arthouse, usually with new restorations, commissioned artwork and heavy extras. The Toy Robot Video sub-label, launched in September 2026, handles lower-priced mainstream and cult releases.

Also known as: Toy Robot

Aliases: arrow, trv, toy robot

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Director: Billy Wilder

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

Arrow 4K Blu-ray

Video Notes:

> Kino Lorber > Capelight Germany

Audio Notes:

(transfer of the 1989 MGM LaserDisc, without problems plaguing Kino Lorber's release)

Additional Info:

Arrow UHD is an update of the original 4K scan done for their BD. It is also visually far superior to the Kino version and adds Dolby Vision HDR. The Arrow UHD uses a new LD mono capture and has none of the issues or processing found in the Kino UHD which also used an LD mono capture and somehow mucked it up. Short of a brand new scan, the Arrow UHD is as good as it possibly can be.

Director: Marlon Brando

Best English-Friendly & Video:

UK Arrow Blu-ray

Video Notes:

UK Arrow Blu-ray is slightly better than Criterion or Germany Spirit Blu-ray

Director: Francesco Rosi

Best English-Friendly:

Arrow Blu-ray

Best Video:

Arrow

Video Notes:

Not sure about StudioCanal France

Director: John Sturges

4K · Excellent

Director: Sergio Leone

4K · Excellent
Best English-Friendly & Video:

Arrow 4K Blu-ray

Best Audio:
  • Arrow's English mono is from the soundtrack negatives, with light noise reduction but still the highest quality anywhere. The main title is restored from the 1985 LaserDisc analog mono.

  • The 1985 CBS/Fox LaserDisc for untouched English mono despite element defects and an incomplete print used. The main title on this LaserDisc is the highest quality version known to exist.

    The Arrow 5.1 is a careful upmix from their mono restoration to create a purist multichannel mix.

  • The Italy mono exists in lesser quality but Arrow performed additional restoration work to improve what they could.

Director: Mario Bava

4K · Excellent
Best English-Friendly & Video:

Arrow 4K Blu-ray

Director: Sergio Leone

4K · Excellent
Best English-Friendly & Video:

Arrow 4K Blu-ray

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

Video Notes:

> Kino Lorber, see caps

Best Audio:

1984 Key Video Hi-Fi VHS

Director: Sergio Corbucci

4K · Excellent
Best English-Friendly & Video:

Arrow 4K Blu-ray

Director: Sergio Leone

4K · Excellent
Best English-Friendly & Video:

Arrow 4K Blu-ray

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

Best Audio:

Arrow 4K Blu-ray for English dub, Kino Lorber 2017 Blu-ray for Italy dub

Director: Jiří Menzel

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Arrow Blu-ray

Video Notes:

Arrow has 4k transfer

Directors: Luchino Visconti & Mauro Bolognini & Pier Paolo Pasolini & Franco Rossi & Vittorio De Sica

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Arrow Blu-ray

Director: Miloš Forman

Best English-Friendly:

Arrow Blu-ray

Director: Roger Vadim

4K · Excellent
Best English-Friendly & Video:

Arrow 4K Blu-ray

Best Audio:

1994 Paramount LaserDisc

Audio Notes:

(arguable, but without the noise gating on the Arrow)

Director: Federico Fellini

Best English-Friendly:

Arrow Blu-ray

Best Video:

Fellini's segment on Spirits of the Dead

The Toby Dammit segment is also available in Criterion boxset but seems to be SD, so Arrow Blu-ray > Plaion Blu-ray > Criterion boxset Blu-ray

Directors: Louis Malle & Roger Vadim & Federico Fellini

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Arrow UK Blu-ray

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

Video Notes:

> Plaion Germany Blu-ray see caps

TV series

Best English-Friendly:

US Milestone vs UK Arrow Blu-ray

Best Video:

US Milestone vs UK Arrow Blu-ray or no comparison

Director: Jacques Demy

Best English-Friendly:

Arrow UK Blu-ray

Video Notes:

Arrow UK Blu-ray or Twilight Time US Blu-ray but OOP, no comparison

Director: Claude Chabrol

Best English-Friendly & Video:

UK Arrow DVD

Director: Brian De Palma

4K · Excellent
Best English-Friendly:

Radiance 4K Blu-ray

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

Best Video:

Radiance 4K Blu-ray see caps vs Arrow

Director: Russ Meyer

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