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183 films on Best BluraysBest video release: 125 in 4K58 in HD7 more for audio only

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Films where Disney's release is the pick. How picks are made

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.

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Films where Disney's release is the pick. How picks are made

Director: Hayao Miyazaki

Best English-Friendly:

Japan Studio Ghibli Blu-ray or US GKIDS Blu-ray

Best Video:

Japan Studio Ghibli Blu-ray or US Disney/GKIDS Blu-ray

Additional Info:

US Disney Blu-ray has alternate "simplified" subtitles compared to the translation used in the Japan Studio Ghibli Blu-ray and the US GKIDS Blu-ray

Director: Ronny Yu

Best English-Friendly:

Director's Cut: Hong Kong Edko Films Blu-ray

International Theatrical Cut/US Theatrical Cut: Universal Blu-ray

Hong Kong Theatrical Cut: Disney+ Streaming in Singapore

Thai Theatrical Cut: Disney+ Streaming in Thailand

Best Video:

Director's Cut: Hong Kong Edko Films Blu-ray

International Theatrical Cut (aka. Unrated Cut): Universal Blu-ray

US Theatrical Cut: Universal Blu-ray, Starz Streaming for open matte

Hong Kong Theatrical Cut: Disney+ Streaming in Singapore, Singapore Disney DVD for open matte

Thai Theatrical Cut: Disney+ Streaming in Thailand, Thailand Disney DVD for open matte

Best Audio:

Director's Cut: Hong Kong Edko Films Blu-ray, Universal Blu-ray for original 5.1

International Theatrical Cut/US Theatrical Cut: Universal Blu-ray

Hong Kong Theatrical Cut: Singapore Disney DVD

Thai Theatrical Cut: Thailand Disney DVD

Director: Joel Schumacher

Video format: HD Streaming

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Disney+ is Streaming in HD with OAR

Or Disney/Touchstone DVD

Best Audio:

Disney/Touchstone DVD DTS 5.1

Director: Jonathan Demme

Video format: HD Streaming

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Disney+

Video Notes:

Disney+ is streaming in HD with OAR

Director: Kirk R. Thatcher

Video format: HD Streaming

Best English-Friendly & Video:

OG broadcast version: Disney UK DVD for OG 1.78:1 aspect ratio

Extended version: Disney US DVD or Disney+ HD Streaming

Video Notes:

(caveat: both cropped to 1.33:1)

Director: Warren Beatty

Best English-Friendly, Video & Audio:

Disney Blu-ray

Audio Notes:

Disney Blu-ray has the original 5.1 CDS mix

Director: Barry Levinson

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Disney Blu-ray

Best Audio:

1999 Disney DVD

Audio Notes:

1999 Disney DVD has the original 70mm 6-track mix in 4.1 (mislabelled as 5.1 in the US release)

Director: Pete Docter

Best English-Friendly:

Original credits: 2009 Blu-ray/2013 3D Blu-ray

Outtake credits: 2002 Collector's Edition DVD

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

Best Video:

Original credits: 2009 Blu-ray/2013 3D Blu-ray (preference: the 2009 Blu-ray has rendering errors not on the DVD release or the 3D version but does have the original Disney and Pixar logos caps. Fur textures are differently animated on the 3D version as well) 4K Blu-ray is an upscale.

Outtake credits: 2002 UK Collector's Edition DVD (US release has the outtakes only in the fullscreen version)

Best Audio:

AC3 5.1, Cinema DTS, or half bitrate DTS DVD

Audio Notes:

(only on the UK Collector's Edition)

Additional Info:

Isolated score is on the DVD

Director: Garth Jennings

Best English-Friendly, Video & Audio:

Disney Blu-ray

Audio Notes:

Caveat: Not a DTS-ES 6.1 mix like in cinemas, unsure if the centre rear channel is preserved in the LPCM 5.1 track

Additional Info:

Disney DVD has much more bonuses, most of which were not ported over to the Blu-ray.

Director: David Dobkin

Best English-Friendly & Video:

US Disney Blu-ray

Best Audio:

Germany Universum Film Blu-ray

Director: Andrew Adamson

Best English-Friendly, Video & Audio:

2008 Disney Blu-ray

Directors: Aaron Blaise & Robert Walker

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Disney Blu-ray

Directors: Gary Trousdale & Kirk Wise

Best English-Friendly, Video & Audio:

Disney Blu-ray

Audio Notes:

Cinema DTS-ES centre channel information unconfirmed

Director: Mark Dindal

Best English-Friendly & Video:

2D: Disney Blu-ray

3D: Disney 3D Blu-ray

Best Audio:

Disney 3D Blu-ray

Audio Notes:

Disney 3D Blu-ray has a slightly better audio mix

Director: Wolfgang Reitherman

Video format: 1080p Blu-ray

Best English-Friendly & Video:

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

Restored: Disney Limited Issue DVD (1.33:1 open matte)

Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)

Video Notes:

Later Disney DVDs and Blu-ray are altered

Best Audio:

35mm scans or Disney LaserDisc

Director: John Lasseter

4K · Disappointing
Best English-Friendly & Video:

Original theatrical render: 35mm scans or 1996 Disney Deluxe Edition CAV LaserDisc boxset

Digital render: 2010 3D Blu-ray

Video Notes:

(every version since the 2000 DVD release, including the 2010 2D Blu-ray, has animation errors. The majority of those were corrected for the 3D rerelease.) The 4K Blu-ray is merely upscaled from the 2K render.

Best Audio:

Stereo Mix: 1996 Disney Deluxe Edition CAV LaserDisc boxset

5.1 AC3 Mix: 1996 Disney Deluxe Edition CAV LaserDisc boxset

5.1 DTS Mix: 1997 Disney DTS LaserDisc level corrected

Additional Info:

The 1997 DTS LaserDisc is a virtually untouched transfer of the theatrical 5.1 mix and should theoretically sound the best being that DTS has higher bitrates than AC3. However, the original pressing of the DTS LaserDisc has an error where the right channel is 8.5db lower than the rest. This is an easy fix in a program like Audacity, and if you can find a corrected transfer, like the ones on various fan projects online, it should be the best sounding version of the film.

The AC3 audio on Side 2 of the CLV LaserDisc has the LFE channel muted. This was left intact for the CAV release.

The 2000 and 2005 UK DVD has an error where one of the shots is brightened up way too high (when the rest of the toys hold onto Slinky as he clings onto Woody during the moving truck rescue). Plus the end credits are interlaced (the PSP UMD video is the only way to get that version of the credits without interlacing).

The 4K Blu-ray has a further remixed Atmos track.

Director: Gore Verbinski

4K · Worse Than BD
Best English-Friendly & Video:

Old Disney Blu-ray

Video Notes:

Old Disney Blu-ray is better than new 4K Blu-ray due to excessive DNR

Director: Mamoru Oshii

4K · Worse Than BD
Best English-Friendly:

Japan Disney 4K Blu-ray for the original Japanese audio with the best English subtitle translation

US Funimation Blu-ray for the Bandai dub
Manga Entertainment UK Blu-ray for the Manga Entertainment dub

Upcoming Release:

4K remastered US theatrical re-release in 2024 courtesy of GKIDS with either the Japanese audio with Disney's English subtitles or the English dub by Bandai

Not yet confirmed for a US home video release

Best Video:

Italy Dynit Blu-ray

Best Audio:

Japan "4K Remastered" Disney Blu-ray has the original 6.1 mix

Japan Disney 4K Blu-ray for the DTS:X remix

Funimation US Blu-ray for the Bandai dub

Manga Entertainment UK Blu-ray for the Manga Entertainment dub

Additional Info:

Italy Dynit Blu-ray has the best picture quality but has no English subtitles or original theatrical 6.1 mix.

All "4K Remastered" and 4K Blu-ray releases (including from Disney) are taken from a 35mm filmout rather than the original digital source, and then heavily DNR'd, destroying original detail and making lines smearier than before. The Japan Disney 4K Blu-ray is the least bad presentation of the 4K remaster, being encoded with a very healthy bitrate and HDR10+ metadata, and with a top-notch DTS:X remix, with the original 6.1 mix included on the pack-in "4K Remastered" Blu-ray.

The film has multiple English subtitle translations, and the Disney subtitles done by Linda Hoaglund and Judith Aley with Aura are often seen as the best translation, with these subtitles present on the Japan Disney 4K Blu-ray, making this the definitive option for viewers who want to watch the film in Japanese with English subtitles.

3 with a weaker 4K

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

Director: Gore Verbinski

4K · Worse Than BD
Best English-Friendly & Video:

Old Disney Blu-ray

Video Notes:

Old Disney Blu-ray is better than new 4K Blu-ray due to excessive DNR

Director: John Lasseter

4K · Disappointing
Best English-Friendly & Video:

Original theatrical render: 35mm scans or 1996 Disney Deluxe Edition CAV LaserDisc boxset

Digital render: 2010 3D Blu-ray

Video Notes:

(every version since the 2000 DVD release, including the 2010 2D Blu-ray, has animation errors. The majority of those were corrected for the 3D rerelease.) The 4K Blu-ray is merely upscaled from the 2K render.

Best Audio:

Stereo Mix: 1996 Disney Deluxe Edition CAV LaserDisc boxset

5.1 AC3 Mix: 1996 Disney Deluxe Edition CAV LaserDisc boxset

5.1 DTS Mix: 1997 Disney DTS LaserDisc level corrected

Additional Info:

The 1997 DTS LaserDisc is a virtually untouched transfer of the theatrical 5.1 mix and should theoretically sound the best being that DTS has higher bitrates than AC3. However, the original pressing of the DTS LaserDisc has an error where the right channel is 8.5db lower than the rest. This is an easy fix in a program like Audacity, and if you can find a corrected transfer, like the ones on various fan projects online, it should be the best sounding version of the film.

The AC3 audio on Side 2 of the CLV LaserDisc has the LFE channel muted. This was left intact for the CAV release.

The 2000 and 2005 UK DVD has an error where one of the shots is brightened up way too high (when the rest of the toys hold onto Slinky as he clings onto Woody during the moving truck rescue). Plus the end credits are interlaced (the PSP UMD video is the only way to get that version of the credits without interlacing).

The 4K Blu-ray has a further remixed Atmos track.

Director: Mamoru Oshii

4K · Worse Than BD
Best English-Friendly:

Japan Disney 4K Blu-ray for the original Japanese audio with the best English subtitle translation

US Funimation Blu-ray for the Bandai dub
Manga Entertainment UK Blu-ray for the Manga Entertainment dub

Upcoming Release:

4K remastered US theatrical re-release in 2024 courtesy of GKIDS with either the Japanese audio with Disney's English subtitles or the English dub by Bandai

Not yet confirmed for a US home video release

Best Video:

Italy Dynit Blu-ray

Best Audio:

Japan "4K Remastered" Disney Blu-ray has the original 6.1 mix

Japan Disney 4K Blu-ray for the DTS:X remix

Funimation US Blu-ray for the Bandai dub

Manga Entertainment UK Blu-ray for the Manga Entertainment dub

Additional Info:

Italy Dynit Blu-ray has the best picture quality but has no English subtitles or original theatrical 6.1 mix.

All "4K Remastered" and 4K Blu-ray releases (including from Disney) are taken from a 35mm filmout rather than the original digital source, and then heavily DNR'd, destroying original detail and making lines smearier than before. The Japan Disney 4K Blu-ray is the least bad presentation of the 4K remaster, being encoded with a very healthy bitrate and HDR10+ metadata, and with a top-notch DTS:X remix, with the original 6.1 mix included on the pack-in "4K Remastered" Blu-ray.

The film has multiple English subtitle translations, and the Disney subtitles done by Linda Hoaglund and Judith Aley with Aura are often seen as the best translation, with these subtitles present on the Japan Disney 4K Blu-ray, making this the definitive option for viewers who want to watch the film in Japanese with English subtitles.

5 for audio only

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

Director: Hayao Miyazaki

Best Audio:

Japanese audio: The HQ Audio Restoration by Hydra Spectre (made using the 2011 US Disney Blu-ray and the 2003 Taiwan Disney DVD), 2003 Japan Studio Ghibli DVD or 2003 Taiwan Disney DVD as an alternative

English audio: 2005 US Disney DVD

Best English-Friendly & Video:

2017 US GKIDS Blu-ray

Director: Hayao Miyazaki

Best Audio:

Japanese audio: 2014 Japan Hayao Miyazaki boxset Studio Ghibli Blu-ray has 6.1 discrete

English audio: Cinema DTS-ES, 2010 US Disney Blu-ray as an alternative

Best English-Friendly:

2017 GKIDS Blu-ray

Best Video:

2014 Japan Hayao Miyazaki boxset Studio Ghibli Blu-ray

Director: Hayao Miyazaki

Best Audio:

Japanese audio: 2012 US Disney Blu-ray

English (2003 mix): 2003 US Disney DVD

English (2010 mix with Japanese music): 2012 US Disney Blu-ray

English (2010 mix with American music): 2017 US GKIDS Blu-ray

Best English-Friendly & Video:

2017 US GKIDS Blu-ray

Additional Info:

2012 US Disney Blu-ray has dubtitles. Other Blu-rays have proper English subtitles.

Director: Hayao Miyazaki

Best Audio:

Japanese audio: 2014 Japan "Hayao Miyazaki Collection" Studio Ghibli Blu-ray/US GKIDS Blu-ray

English dub (Disney): 1998 US Disney VHS has better sounding vocals despite altered music and sound effects, the US Disney LaserDisc has limited audio, and 2003 DVD is a fake 5.1 upmix

Releases from 2010 onward have the original music and sound effects, but distorted vocals

English dub (Streamline): 1996 Japan remastered LaserDisc, available in Ghibli Ga Ippai Collection boxset

Upcoming Release:

Japan Studio Ghibli 4K Blu-ray announced for a November 25, 2026 release

Best English-Friendly & Video:

2014 Japan "Hayao Miyazaki Collection" Studio Ghibli Blu-ray

Additional Info:

2012 US Disney Blu-ray has dubtitles. US GKIDS Blu-ray has bonuses that are absent on the US Disney Blu-ray

Director: Hayao Miyazaki

Best Audio:

2014 Japan Hayao Miyazaki Collection Studio Ghibli Blu-ray

For English dub: OOP US 2015 Disney Blu-ray

Best English-Friendly & Video:

2014 Japan Hayao Miyazaki Collection Studio Ghibli Blu-ray

Additional Info:

US GKIDS Blu-ray is missing some features from the OOP US Disney Blu-ray but has an exclusive 12-page booklet.

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