Arrow

285 films on Best Blurays

Based in United KingdomFounded 1991arrowfilms.com ↗

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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Pitch Black (2000)

Director: David Twohy

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Arrow 4K Blu-ray or Turbine 4K Blu-ray

Best Audio:

Original 5.1 is included on the Arrow 4K Blu-ray and the Old Universal Blu-ray

3.3

The Gift (2000)

Director: Sam Raimi

4K · Excellent

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Arrow 4K Blu-ray

Video Notes:

> Shout! Factory 4K Blu-ray: the old master looks problematic and the new scan from the interpositive looks marvelous, just like Existenz from Vinegar Syndrome. Encoding by Engine House is excellent.

3.2

The Cell (2000)

Director: Tarsem Singh

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Arrow 4K Blu-ray

3.3

Gosford Park (2001)

Director: Robert Altman

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Arrow Blu-ray

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

Video Notes:

> Canada Alliance Blu-ray see caps

Donnie Darko (2001)

Director: Richard Kelly

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Arrow 4K Blu-ray

4.0

Jason X (2001)

Director: James Isaac

4K · Solid

Best English-Friendly:

Arrow 4K Blu-ray

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

Best Video:

Arrow 4K Blu-ray caps

2.2

Swordfish (2001)

Director: Dominic Sena

4K · Excellent

Best English-Friendly:

Arrow 4K Blu-ray

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

Best Video:

Arrow 4K Blu-ray caps

2.8

Dark Blue (2002)

Director: Ron Shelton

4K · Worse Than BD

Best English-Friendly & Video:

UK Arrow Blu-ray

Video Notes:

Australia Imprint 4K Blu-ray disappointing, nice new master, but poor encode, grain completely crippled in some scenes, artifacts abound, etc, makes Kino Lorber look like FiM.

3.2

Lilya 4-Ever (2002)

Director: Lukas Moodysson

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Arrow Blu-ray as part of Lukas Moodysson boxset

Best Audio:

SK Memfis Blu-ray

Audio Notes:

Arrow Blu-ray has distortion and pitch issues.

Additional Info:

UK Metrodome DVD features two humanitarian campaign promos (for UNICEF and Amnesty International respectively)

4.2

Narc (2002)

Director: Joe Carnahan

4K · Excellent

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Arrow 4K Blu-ray

Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)

Video Notes:

Arrow 4K Blu-ray (review)

3.6

Ju-on: The Grudge (2002)

Director: Takashi Shimizu

4K · Excellent

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Arrow 4K Blu-ray

3.4

Dark Water (2002)

Director: Hideo Nakata

4K · Excellent

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Arrow 4K Blu-ray

3.5

Identity (2003)

Director: James Mangold

4K · Excellent

Best English-Friendly:

Arrow 4K Blu-ray

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

Best Video:

Arrow 4K Blu-ray see caps

Save the Green Planet! (2003)

Director: Jang Joon-hwan

Best English-Friendly & Video:

UK Arrow 4K Blu-ray

3.8

Oldboy (2003)

Director: Park Chan-wook

4K · Excellent

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Arrow 4K Blu-ray

Additional Info:

Neon 4K Blu-ray, Arrow 4K Blu-ray, Umbrella Blu-ray, and Korea Plain Archive Blu-ray all have differing extras

4.4

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2003)

Director: Marcus Nispel

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Arrow 4K Blu-ray

3.1

Troy (2004)

Director: Wolfgang Petersen

4K · Excellent

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Arrow 4K Blu-ray

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

Video Notes:

Both cuts are excellent in 4K. See caps

Best Audio:

Director's cut: 2007 WB Blu-ray; Arrow is a lossy transcode with dynamics compression.
2007 BD's AC-3 track with dynamic range compression enabled is nearly identical to Arrow's, see comparison

Theatrical cut is fine.

3.5