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699 films on Best Blurays

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Based in New York, Criterion has released classic and contemporary films since 1984, giving each title a spine number and adding commentaries, essays and supplements. Many discs use new restorations it supervises, and 4K UHD releases began in November 2021. North American Blu-rays are Region A locked, with a smaller Region B UK line since 2016; Janus Films is a sister company, and Steven Rales has owned both since 2024.

Aliases: cc, criterion

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Director: Jane Campion

4K · Excellent
Best English-Friendly & Video:

Criterion 4K Blu-ray

Director: Ruben Östlund

4K · Solid
Best English-Friendly & Video:

Criterion US 4K Blu-ray

Video Notes:

> Alamode Germany. HDR10 grade on the Germany disc was not approved by the filmmakers, Criterion's SDR only master is the most faithful representation and the Germany disc is not English-friendly

Best Audio:

German 4K Blu-Ray

Audio Notes:

German 4K Blu-Ray has Atmos track

Directors: Mark Gustafson & Guillermo del Toro

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Criterion 4K Blu-ray

Director: Brett Morgen

4K · Solid
Best English-Friendly & Video:

Criterion 4K Blu-ray

Director: Martin Scorsese

4K · Excellent
Best English-Friendly & Video:

Criterion 4K Blu-ray

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

Video Notes:

> Eagle Pictures 4K Blu-ray see caps
review of Eagle 4K Blu-ray

Director: Andrew Haigh

4K · Excellent

Director: Justine Triet

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Criterion Blu-ray

Director: Leos Carax

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Criterion Blu-ray

Director: Jia Zhangke

Best English-Friendly & Audio:

Criterion Blu-ray

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

Best Video:

Ad Vitam France Blu-ray

Additional Info:

Criterion is the only disc with Atmos.

Director: Payal Kapadia

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Criterion Blu-ray

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

Video Notes:

Criterion Blu-ray has slightly better encoding than BFI but neither is great, see caps

Director: Gints Zilbalodis

4K · Excellent
Best English-Friendly & Video:

Criterion 4K Blu-ray

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

Video Notes:

> Curzon, see caps https://slow.pics/c/mbpnweKM and see grade reference from promo images https://slow.pics/c/TfGmRNDL

Almost every source has an entirely different look. Only two that match promo images are Criterion and CG Entertainment's Italy 1080 release (for 4K they did their own HDR regrade)

Director: Sean Baker

4K · Excellent
Best English-Friendly & Video:

Criterion/Capelight Germany/Madman Australia 4K Blu-ray

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

Video Notes:

Neither Criterion nor Germany Capelight 4K Blu-ray has good encoding https://slow.pics/c/bWhRoxpi also see Criterion review with disappointing compression per Geoff D

See nic's review for more: https://forum.blu-ray.com/showpost.php?p=23180007&postcount=29.

Since posting this, I watched the Capelight in full and the anomalies the caps reveal didn’t bother me in motion. I did look out for issues and can’t really complain. The trickiest scenes are those set in daylight, particularly in the third act, and the Criterion looks terrible here. Unfortunately the caps are just from the first hour but in doing comparisons with the discs, I noticed that Capelight managed to resolve detail more evenly and makes for a more satisfying experience in my mind.

Australia Madman is very similar to Criterion, see caps provided by Joel https://slow.pics/c/9MDRLoOl and https://slow.pics/c/1EVsFQCZ

Director: Joachim Trier

4K · Excellent
Best English-Friendly & Video:

Criterion 4K Blu-ray

Additional Info:

MUBI 4K Blu-ray has zero extras

Director: Kleber Mendonça Filho

4K · Excellent
Best English-Friendly & Video:

Criterion 4K Blu-ray

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

Video Notes:

Criterion 4K Blu-ray is slightly better than French 4K Blu-ray see caps

Director: Richard Linklater

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

Criterion 4K Blu-ray

Additional Info:

Criterion has English subtitles burned in for the entire film, stylized to look like an old film print.

Directors: Chris Appelhans & Maggie Kang

Video format: UHD Blu-ray

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Currently streaming on Netflix

Upcoming Release:

2026 Criterion 4K Blu-ray

Director: Guillermo del Toro

Video format: UHD Blu-ray

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Currently streaming on Netflix

Upcoming Release:

Criterion 4K Blu-ray scheduled for October 2026 release

Director: Jafar Panahi

4K · Excellent
Best English-Friendly & Video:

Criterion 4K Blu-ray

Director: Bi Gan

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Criterion Blu-ray

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