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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.

Also known as: 20th Century Studios

Aliases: fox, 20th, 20th century studios

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Director: Chris Columbus

Best English-Friendly & Video:

2020 30th Anniversary Edition 4K Blu-ray

Best Audio:

1991 Fox Video LaserDisc

Director: Stephen Hopkins

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Fox 4K Blu-ray

Director: Joel Coen

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Theatrical Cut: Fox Blu-ray

"Director's Cut": Criterion Blu-ray

Director: Kathryn Bigelow

4K · Solid
Best English-Friendly & Video:

UK ICON 4K Blu-ray

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

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:

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.

Director: Chris Columbus

Video format: 4K Streaming

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Disney+ has Streaming in 4K

Video Notes:

Fox has Blu-ray

Best Audio:

1995 Fox LaserDisc

Director: Jonathan Kaplan

4K · Solid
Best English-Friendly & Video:

US Shout! Factory 4K Blu-ray or Australia Imprint 4K Blu-ray?

Best Audio:

Fox 2002 NTSC DVD

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.

Director: David Fincher

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Fox Blu-ray

Director: Hou Hsiao-hsien

Best English-Friendly:

Fox Lorber DVD or new restoration unreleased

Sources: fareastfilm.com (opens in a new tab)

Directors: Don Bluth & Gary Goldman

Best English-Friendly:

Fox Blu-ray

Director: Jan de Bont

4K · Solid
Best English-Friendly & Video:

Fox 4K Blu-ray

Best Audio:

Cinema DTS

Director: Roland Emmerich

4K · Solid
Best English-Friendly & Audio:

Fox 4K Blu-ray

Audio Notes:

Fox 4K Blu-ray reference sound

Best Video:

Fox 4K Blu-ray, merely okay with compression issues

Directors: Don Bluth & Gary Goldman

Video format: 4K Streaming

Best English-Friendly:

Streaming

Best Video:

4K Streaming

Video Notes:

4K Streaming is a newly-done restoration superior to all past releases:
Kaleidescape > Movies Anywhere > Disney+

Best Audio:

Fox Blu-ray

Director: James Cameron

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

Paramount/Fox Blu-ray
3D Blu-ray for the IMAX/Open Matte version

35mm scan for original theatrical cut

Video Notes:

4K Blu-ray is AI upscaled

Best Audio:

Cinema DTS

Additional Info:

The 4K Blu-ray bonus disc, the 2012 Blu-ray bonus disc, and the 2005 3 disc DVD have exclusive extras.

Director: Jean-Pierre Jeunet

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Fox Blu-ray

Director: David Fincher

4K · Solid
Best English-Friendly:

Disney 4K Blu-ray or Fox 2009 Blu-ray or Kinowelt Entertainment 2008 Germany Blu-ray for a purist version

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

Best Video:

Disney 4K Blu-ray or Fox 2009 Blu-ray for a purist version or Kinowelt Entertainment 2008 Germany Blu-ray from the original 1999 telecine transfer

Video Notes:

Disney 4K Blu-ray, while a good release by itself, is very revisionist albeit made by Fincher. It has a huge amount of tinkering, a different grade, and at times uncanny with the sharpening. Caps of just how revisionist the new master is.

Best Audio:

Cinema DTS

Audio Notes:

All Blu-ray tracks have significant limiting.

Disney 4K Blu-ray has some alterations, otherwise similar to the Fox Blu-ray

Additional Info:

A blog article going over the home video history of Fight Club: https://notonbluray.com/blog/fight-club-compared-blu-ray-vs-itunes-vs-d-vhs-vs-dvd-vs-laserdisc/

Director: Kimberly Peirce

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Fox Blu-ray

Director: Joel Schumacher

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Fox Blu-ray

Director: Bryan Singer

4K · Solid
Best English-Friendly & Video:

Fox 4K Blu-ray

Best Audio:

4K Blu-ray vs Cinema DTS vs D-Theater DVHS?

Additional Info:

Missing extras on the old Blu-ray trilogy box set

Directors: Don Bluth & Gary Goldman

Video format: HD Streaming

Best English-Friendly:

Fox DVD

Best Video:

HD on VOD

Director: Chris Nahon

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Theatrical: France ESC Blu-ray or US Fox Blu-ray?


Uncut: any of the France DVDs

Best Audio:

US Anchor Bay TrueHD 5.1

Audio Notes:

Germany DTS-HD 6.1 is inferior due to clipping.

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