Formed in 1935 by the merger of Fox Film Corporation and Twentieth Century Pictures, the Hollywood studio was bought by Disney in 2019 and dropped the Fox name in 2020. Its discs now come out through Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment, with Sony handling US and Canadian physical distribution since 2024. Much of the classic Fox catalogue reaches Blu-ray through licensees rather than in-house.
Fox
152 films on Best BluraysBest video release: 42 in 4K83 in HD26 in SD1 with no official release17 more for audio only
Best 4K release by tier:
- Excellent4
- Solid11
- Disappointing1
- Worse Than BD3
Films where Fox's release is the pick. How picks are made
Also known as: 20th Century Studios
42 of 152 films match · Page 3 of 3
Films where Fox's release is the pick. How picks are made
13 for audio only
The best audio is Fox's; the video and English-friendly picks are other releases · by Letterboxd rating
Director: Michelangelo Antonioni
Director: Sergio Leone
Best Audio:
Arrow's English mono is from the soundtrack negatives, with light noise reduction but still the highest quality anywhere. The main title is restored from the 1985 LaserDisc analog mono.
The 1985 CBS/Fox LaserDisc for untouched English mono despite element defects and an incomplete print used. The main title on this LaserDisc is the highest quality version known to exist.
The Arrow 5.1 is a careful upmix from their mono restoration to create a purist multichannel mix.
The Italy mono exists in lesser quality but Arrow performed additional restoration work to improve what they could.
Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)
Best English-Friendly & Video:
Director: Chris Columbus
Best Audio:
1991 Fox Video LaserDisc
Best English-Friendly & Video:
2020 30th Anniversary Edition 4K Blu-ray
Director: Kathryn Bigelow
Best Audio:
5.1 mix is flawed on Shout! Factory/ICON, a phasey upmix instead of the proper discrete surround. The UHD 2.0 tracks are downmixes of that track.
2008 Fox Blu-ray sounds great, very close to the original 70mm mix, only with split surround.
2001 DVD has the original mix as 4.1 and matrixed 2.0.
Imprint 4K has a 4.0 track. The StudioCanal 4K Blu-ray has a different 5.1, unclear if it's the same as Fox BD.
Sources: Blu-ray.com (opens in a new tab) · slow.pics (opens in a new tab)
Best English-Friendly & Video:
Video Notes:
UK ICON 4K Blu-ray (caps)
UK 4K Blu-ray has a slightly better encode than US Shout! Factory 4K Blu-ray and Germany StudioCanal 4K Blu-ray
Best Audio:
Fox 4K Blu-ray
Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)
Audio Notes:
Fox 4K Blu-ray has a less band filtered DTS-HD 5.1 track than the Criterion
Best English-Friendly & Video:
Director: Marc Webb
Director: Jonathan Kaplan
Audio Notes:
Fox 2002 NTSC DVD includes the original mix as discrete LCRS 4.0, later reelases only include a matrixed version an an inferior 5.1 upmix.
The matrixed stereo version on Shout! Factory's 4K Blu-ray sounds good.
Best English-Friendly & Video:
US Shout! Factory 4K Blu-ray or Australia Imprint 4K Blu-ray?
Director: Terence Young
Best Audio:
UK mix: 1984 CBS Fox VHS Hifi but missing one scene
International mix: WB 4K Blu-ray though source origin is unknown
1995 MGM stereo remix: 1998 LaserDisc and 2000 DVD fix gunbarrel dropout
Best English-Friendly:
Best Video:
WB 4K Blu-ray despite frozen grain
Director: Danny Boyle
Best Audio:
Dolby Atmos Remix: Sony 4K Blu-ray
Original 5.1 mix: old OOP Fox Blu-ray
Sources: slow.pics (opens in a new tab)
Audio Notes:
5.1 on the 4K is a downmix of the Atmos remix.
Best English-Friendly & Video:
Video Notes:
Sony 4K Blu-ray see caps
Recovers quite a bit of highlight detail, looks less harsh and clipped in the video footage than the old BD.
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