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Film Detective

9 films on Best Blurays
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Based in United StatesFounded 2013thefilmdetective.tv (opens in a new tab)

How we pick the best Film Detective releases

Archivist Phil Hopkins started The Film Detective in Rockport, Massachusetts, in 2013, and Cinedigm (now Cineverse) bought it in 2020. It restores classic films, including 1930s horror, noir, silents, B-westerns and 1950s sci-fi, some from new 4K scans. The restorations go to its streaming channel and to limited special-edition Blu-rays with commentaries and featurettes.

How we pick the best Film Detective releases

3 in HD

Best video release on Blu-ray or HD streaming · by Letterboxd rating

Director: Fielder Cook

Best English-Friendly:

Film Masters 2025 Blu-ray or Film Detective 2016 Blu-ray

Best Video:

Film Masters has 2025 new 2K restoration in Blu-ray, but seems to be mostly the same PQ wise to the 2016 The Film Detectives OOP Blu-ray https://slow.pics/c/pt6Z651b The 2016 Blu-ray might be even a bit smoother also it's negligent.
DVDBeaver review for Film Detectives Blu-ray http://www.dvdbeaver.com/film5/blu-ray_reviews_73/patterns_blu-ray.htm 
Film Masters restoration is available in full in youtube but it's significantly worse with the youtube compression.

Director: Phil Goldstone

Best Video & English-Friendly:

Film Detective or Film Masters Blu-ray

Video Notes:

4K restoration from 35mm Original Camera Negative

Director: Frank R. Strayer

Best Video & English-Friendly:

Film Detective Blu-ray

6 in SD

Best video release on DVD, SD streaming, LaserDisc or VHS · by Letterboxd rating

Director: Maurice Tourneur

Best Video & English-Friendly:

US AlphaVideo or Film Detective DVD

Director: James Cruze

Best Video & English-Friendly:

AlphaVideo/Film Detective/Mill Creek DVD

Director: Robert Stevenson

Best Video & English-Friendly:

US AlphaVideo or Film Detective or Mill Creek DVD

Directors: David Burton & Otto Brower

Video format: DVD

Best Video:

Available on various US DVD, including The Film Detective and Mill Creek

Director: Robert N. Bradbury

Best Video & English-Friendly:

Film Detective/Mill Creek DVD

Director: Benjamin Stoloff

Best Video & English-Friendly:

AlphaVideo/Film Detective DVD

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