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189 films on Best Blurays

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Disney started distributing its films on video in 1980, traded as Buena Vista Home Video from 1987 and has used the Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment name since 2007. The label covers Disney, Pixar, Marvel, Lucasfilm and 20th Century Studios titles on DVD, Blu-ray and 4K UHD. Sony has made and distributed its North American discs since 2024, and Disney cut its home-entertainment publicity team in April 2026.

Aliases: disney, bv, buenavista, buena vista

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Directors: Walt Disney & Ub Iwerks

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Disney Celebrating Mickey Blu-ray 

Video Notes:

While available on Disney Celebrating Mickey Blu-ray, you can also watch it in HD Streaming everywhere after it went in public domain

Directors: Wilfred Jackson & Graham Heid

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Disney Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs or Bambi Blu-ray 1080p extras

Directors: David Hand & Ben Sharpsteen & William Cottrell & Larry Morey & Perce Pearce & Wilfred Jackson

4K · Excellent
Best English-Friendly & Video:

Disney 4K Blu-ray

Best Audio:

Mono track is on the included Blu-ray; 4K Blu-ray missing original mono. LaserDisc probably better

Directors: Bill Roberts & Paul Satterfield & Wilfred Jackson & Ben Sharpsteen & James Algar & T. Hee & Hamilton Luske & Samuel Armstrong & Jim Handley & Norman Ferguson & David Hand & Ford Beebe Jr.

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Censored: 2010 Disney Blu-ray
Uncensored: 35mm Scan

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

Video Notes:

See caps of Blu-ray vs DVD

Best Audio:

1991 CAV LaserDisc

Audio Notes:
  • 1991 CAV LaserDisc includes an approximation of the original Fantasound mix in Dolby Surround using the surviving magnetic mixdown, using Stokowski's original mixing notes as a reference. Original aggressive pans and dynamic range are left in tact.

  • The 2000 DVD uses this same mix in discrete 5.0, but with some unnecessary dynamic range compression + a redub of all Deems Taylor audio with Corey Burton.

  • The 7.1 mix on the 2010 Blu-ray sounds poor, having been hit with excessive noise reduction, dynamic range compression, original aggressive pans no longer in tact, and the channel usage no longer resembles Stokowski's original intended sound design. 

Directors: Hamilton Luske & Ben Sharpsteen & T. Hee & Wilfred Jackson & Norman Ferguson & Jack Kinney & Bill Roberts

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Disney UK Blu-ray or bootleg 35mm scan

English-Friendly Notes:

Disney UK Blu-ray or bootleg 35mm scan having less DNR and digital repaint/recomposit

Director: David Hand

Best English-Friendly, Video & Audio:

Disney Blu-ray

Audio Notes:

Disney Blu-ray includes a lossy mastering of the original mono mix, most likely the best sounding version since no LD or VHS included it

Directors: Hamilton Luske & Clyde Geronimi & Wilfred Jackson

4K · Excellent
Best English-Friendly & Video:

Disney 4K Blu-ray

Best Audio:

1995 Disney CAV LaserDisc

Directors: Clyde Geronimi & Wilfred Jackson & Hamilton Luske

4K · Excellent
Best English-Friendly & Video:

Disney 4K Blu-ray

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

Video Notes:

New restoration looks stunning: caps

Best Audio:

1995 Disney Archive Collection LaserDisc for OG mono track

Directors: Clyde Geronimi & Wilfred Jackson & Hamilton Luske

Best English-Friendly:

Unrestored: 35mm scans or 1990 Disney LaserDisc

Restored: 1998 Disney LaserDisc/VHS and DVD and Blu-ray versions

English-Friendly Notes:

Unrestored: 35mm scans or 1990 Disney LaserDisc

Restored: 1998 Disney LaserDisc/VHS and DVD and Blu-ray versions are edited (colors altered, DNR applied, and animation errors fixed)

Best Video:

Unrestored: 35mm scans or 1990 Disney LaserDisc

Restored: Disney Blu-ray

Best Audio:

35mm scans, possibly?

Directors: Clyde Geronimi & Wilfred Jackson & Hamilton Luske

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Disney Blu-ray

Director: Robert Stevenson

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Disney OOP Blu-ray

Director: Clyde Geronimi

Best English-Friendly:

Unrestored: 35mm scans

Restored: Disney DVD and Blu-ray releases are altered

Best Video:

Unrestored: 35mm scans

Restored: Disney Blu-ray

Best Audio:

35mm scans

Director: Wolfgang Reitherman

Video format: 4K Streaming

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Apple TV/Disney+ 4K Streaming

Best Audio:

1995 Disney CAV LaserDisc

Director: Robert Stevenson

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Disney Blu-ray

Director: Robert Wise

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

Disney 4K Blu-ray

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

Audio Notes:

Disney 4K Atmos is great, a reference quality track. It's a very slight remix (music seems to be from a better source), but it's completely seamless and faithful to the original, better fidelity than anything since the 1994 30th Anniversary Edition LaserDisc.

All DVDs (and 2010 Blu-ray) sound far worse than the 4K Blu-ray/LaserDisc and have various missing sound cues.

Director: Michael Lindsay-Hogg

Video format: 4K Streaming

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Disney+ Streaming

Video Notes:

Cropped from 1.37:1 to 1.85:1 for original theatrical distribution. Opened up back to 1.37:1 for remaster per director’s request 

Best Audio:

Magnetic Video VHS Tape

Director: Wolfgang Reitherman

Video format: 1080p Blu-ray

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Unrestored: 35mm scans (widescreen) or Disney LaserDisc (1.33:1 open matte)

Restored: Disney Gold Collection DVD (1.33:1 open matte)

English-Friendly Notes:

Disney Most Wanted Edition DVD and Blu-ray releases are altered

Best Audio:

35mm scans or Disney LaserDisc

Director: Jim Sharman

4K · Solid
Best English-Friendly & Audio:

Disney 4K Blu-ray

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

Audio Notes:

Disney 4K Blu-ray has the original mono as the 2.0 track but only in lossy DD. Here’s a detailed analysis by a longtime fan of the film.

Director: Gary Nelson

Best English-Friendly:

Disney DMC Blu-ray

Director: Irvin Kershner

4K · Disappointing
Best English-Friendly:

OG: "4K80" or "D+80" on the high seas. If not, Disney 4K Blu-ray

Special Edition: "4K97_V" or "D+97_V" on high seas.

Upcoming Release:

2027 Original Trilogy restoration/50th anniversary rerelease clips leaked plus release confirmed

Best Video:

OG: "4K80" or "D+80" on the high seas

Special Edition: "4K97_V" or "D_97_VI" on the high seas.

Video Notes:

If not, the 4K Blu-rays are generally considered an improvement over the 2011 Blu-rays. (although both restorations are DNR'ed and have issues).

Best Audio:

OG: LaserDisc audio is the best option for the Dolby Stereo mixes. 70mm six-track mix is included in 4K80 (taken from an actual 70mm print). There are 16mm rips of the mono mix.

Special Edition: Cinema DTS or 1997 LaserDisc for the Special Edition.

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