Founded in Vancouver in 1997 and now run from Santa Monica, Lionsgate is a film and television studio whose home-video arm issues its own productions alongside acquired libraries such as Artisan, Trimark, Summit and eOne on DVD, Blu-ray and 4K UHD. Its Vestron Video Collector's Series revisits cult and horror titles with new extras.
Lionsgate
121 films on Best BluraysBest video release: 94 in 4K26 in HD1 in SD10 more for audio only4 more announced
Best 4K release by tier:
- Excellent38
- Solid28
- Good in DV Only1
- Disappointing3
- Worse Than BD6
Films where Lionsgate's release is the pick. How picks are made
26 of 121 films match
Films where Lionsgate's release is the pick. How picks are made
26 in HD
Best video release on Blu-ray or HD streaming · by Letterboxd rating
Best English-Friendly & Video:
2015 Lionsgate Blu-ray
Sources: fanrestore.com (opens in a new tab) · originaltrilogy.com (opens in a new tab)
Video Notes:
2015 Lionsgate Blu-ray (but it's missing the extra scenes in the Ultimate Edition)
2017 StudioCanal 4K Blu-ray and subsequent 4K Blu-rays are notorius for being heavily denoised and smoothened. Alternatively, 35mm scans for the theatrical cut is also available.
For the Ultimate Edition with the T-1000 searching John's room and the happy future ending, the 2009 Skynet Blu-ray, which is the older pre-2017 transfer, but has DNR.
Best Audio:
Director: Nick Park
Sources: Reddit (opens in a new tab) · Blu-ray.com (opens in a new tab)
Video Notes:
The BBC 4K collection and Shout! Factory 4K collection all use the same source, and are all unfortunately using AI upscaling and DNR'ed They are worse than the blurays and the 2023 US Shout! Factory collections are even prone to disc-rot.
2009 Lionsgate US (also prone to disc-rot) or UK 2 Entertain OOP Blu-ray will be the way to go.
The 4K collection's Blu-ray seems to be a reprint of previous releases.
Best Audio:
Audio Notes:
5.1 track for The Wrong Trousers is in its correct pitch both in music and voices https://forum.blu-ray.com/showpost.php?p=21535755&postcount=103
Unaltered track with the original music cues is on the LaserDisc.
Director: Nick Park
Sources: Blu-ray.com (opens in a new tab) · Reddit (opens in a new tab)
Video Notes:
The BBC 4K collection and Shout! Factory 4K collection all use the same source, and are all unfortunately using AI upscaling and DNR'ed They are worse than the blurays and the 2023 US Shout! Factory collections are even prone to disc-rot.
2009 Lionsgate US (also prone to disc-rot) or UK 2 Entertain OOP Blu-ray will be the way to go.
The 4K collection's Blu-ray seems to be a reprint of previous releases.
Best Audio:
4Ks have low-pitched music and sound effects (and that includes Shaun's baas) correct-pitch voices: https://forum.blu-ray.com/showpost.php?p=21536116&postcount=109
Director: Nick Park
Sources: Blu-ray.com (opens in a new tab) · Reddit (opens in a new tab)
Video Notes:
The BBC 4K collection and Shout! Factory 4K collection all use the same source, and are all unfortunately using AI upscaling and DNR'ed They are worse than the blurays and the 2023 US Shout! Factory collections are even prone to disc-rot.
2009 Lionsgate US (also prone to disc-rot) or UK 2 Entertain OOP Blu-ray will be the way to go.
The 4K collection's Blu-ray seems to be a reprint of previous releases.
Best Audio:
None of the 4K, nor any of the 2009 Blu-ray has the correct pitch see https://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread.php?t=364711&page=8
Director: Jamie Babbit
Best English-Friendly & Video:
Lionsgate Blu-ray
Sources: slow.pics (opens in a new tab)
Video Notes:
Lionsgate 4K Blu-ray is a disaster. The compression on the base layer is horrid, and the oversized 18 Mbps FEL barely helps.
Best Audio:
Lionsgate 4K Blu-ray
Audio Notes:
Lionsgate 4K Blu-ray includes original matrixed Dolby Stereo mix, albeit lossy, and a 5.1 surround upmix. The stereo track on previous BD and DVD releases is also lossy and sounds about the same.
Sources: Reddit (opens in a new tab) · Blu-ray.com (opens in a new tab)
Video Notes:
The BBC 4K collection and Shout! Factory 4K collection all use the same source, and are all unfortunately using AI upscaling and DNR'ed They are worse than the blurays and the 2023 US Shout! Factory collections are even prone to disc-rot.
2009 Lionsgate US (also prone to disc-rot) or UK 2 Entertain OOP Blu-ray will be the way to go.
The 4K collection's Blu-ray seems to be a reprint of previous releases.
Best Audio:
4K discs
Audio Notes:
4K discs in the correct pitch https://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread.php?t=364711&page=8
Director: Jonathan Glazer
Best English-Friendly & Video:
Lionsgate Blu-ray vs StudioCanal Blu-ray vs Itunes 4K Streaming?
6 with a weaker 4K
Best 4K release rated Disappointing or Worse Than BD · by Letterboxd rating
Best English-Friendly & Video:
2015 Lionsgate Blu-ray
Sources: fanrestore.com (opens in a new tab) · originaltrilogy.com (opens in a new tab)
Video Notes:
2015 Lionsgate Blu-ray (but it's missing the extra scenes in the Ultimate Edition)
2017 StudioCanal 4K Blu-ray and subsequent 4K Blu-rays are notorius for being heavily denoised and smoothened. Alternatively, 35mm scans for the theatrical cut is also available.
For the Ultimate Edition with the T-1000 searching John's room and the happy future ending, the 2009 Skynet Blu-ray, which is the older pre-2017 transfer, but has DNR.
Best Audio:
Director: Nick Park
Sources: Reddit (opens in a new tab) · Blu-ray.com (opens in a new tab)
Video Notes:
The BBC 4K collection and Shout! Factory 4K collection all use the same source, and are all unfortunately using AI upscaling and DNR'ed They are worse than the blurays and the 2023 US Shout! Factory collections are even prone to disc-rot.
2009 Lionsgate US (also prone to disc-rot) or UK 2 Entertain OOP Blu-ray will be the way to go.
The 4K collection's Blu-ray seems to be a reprint of previous releases.
Best Audio:
Audio Notes:
5.1 track for The Wrong Trousers is in its correct pitch both in music and voices https://forum.blu-ray.com/showpost.php?p=21535755&postcount=103
Unaltered track with the original music cues is on the LaserDisc.
Director: Nick Park
Sources: Blu-ray.com (opens in a new tab) · Reddit (opens in a new tab)
Video Notes:
The BBC 4K collection and Shout! Factory 4K collection all use the same source, and are all unfortunately using AI upscaling and DNR'ed They are worse than the blurays and the 2023 US Shout! Factory collections are even prone to disc-rot.
2009 Lionsgate US (also prone to disc-rot) or UK 2 Entertain OOP Blu-ray will be the way to go.
The 4K collection's Blu-ray seems to be a reprint of previous releases.
Best Audio:
4Ks have low-pitched music and sound effects (and that includes Shaun's baas) correct-pitch voices: https://forum.blu-ray.com/showpost.php?p=21536116&postcount=109
Director: Nick Park
Sources: Blu-ray.com (opens in a new tab) · Reddit (opens in a new tab)
Video Notes:
The BBC 4K collection and Shout! Factory 4K collection all use the same source, and are all unfortunately using AI upscaling and DNR'ed They are worse than the blurays and the 2023 US Shout! Factory collections are even prone to disc-rot.
2009 Lionsgate US (also prone to disc-rot) or UK 2 Entertain OOP Blu-ray will be the way to go.
The 4K collection's Blu-ray seems to be a reprint of previous releases.
Best Audio:
None of the 4K, nor any of the 2009 Blu-ray has the correct pitch see https://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread.php?t=364711&page=8
Director: Jamie Babbit
Best English-Friendly & Video:
Lionsgate Blu-ray
Sources: slow.pics (opens in a new tab)
Video Notes:
Lionsgate 4K Blu-ray is a disaster. The compression on the base layer is horrid, and the oversized 18 Mbps FEL barely helps.
Best Audio:
Lionsgate 4K Blu-ray
Audio Notes:
Lionsgate 4K Blu-ray includes original matrixed Dolby Stereo mix, albeit lossy, and a 5.1 surround upmix. The stereo track on previous BD and DVD releases is also lossy and sounds about the same.
Sources: Reddit (opens in a new tab) · Blu-ray.com (opens in a new tab)
Video Notes:
The BBC 4K collection and Shout! Factory 4K collection all use the same source, and are all unfortunately using AI upscaling and DNR'ed They are worse than the blurays and the 2023 US Shout! Factory collections are even prone to disc-rot.
2009 Lionsgate US (also prone to disc-rot) or UK 2 Entertain OOP Blu-ray will be the way to go.
The 4K collection's Blu-ray seems to be a reprint of previous releases.
Best Audio:
4K discs
Audio Notes:
4K discs in the correct pitch https://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread.php?t=364711&page=8
4 for audio only
The best audio is Lionsgate's; the video and English-friendly picks are other releases · by Letterboxd rating
Directors: Eric Summer & Éric Warin
Best Audio:
Original French audio: Gaumont France Blu-ray
English export dub: StudioCanal Australia Blu-ray
Best English-Friendly:
2D Version: Entertainment One Canada Blu-ray
3D Version: A Contracorriente Films Spain 3D Blu-ray
Best Video:
2D Version: Gaumont France Blu-ray
3D Version: A Contracorriente Films Spain 3D Blu-ray
Additional Info:
Also known as: Leap!.
France Blu-ray has the best video and best audio for the original French version, but has no English subtitles.
Canada Blu-ray has inferior video and audio to other versions, but is the only version that has French audio with English subtitles (dubtitles from the export dub).
UK Blu-ray censors one of the songs. Australia and Canada Blu-rays present the uncensored export dub, with better audio in the former.
US Blu-ray only has the redub.
Spain 3D Blu-ray has the English export dub titles instead of the original French titles.
1 announced
Lionsgate's release is announced; until it is out, the picks are other releases · by Letterboxd rating
Best English-Friendly:
Second Sight UK Blu-ray for restored versions of both theatrical cut and festival cut
Best Video:
Best Audio:
Second Sight UK Blu-ray replacement disc
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