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
94 of 121 films match · Page 2 of 5
Films where Lionsgate's release is the pick. How picks are made
Directors: Danny Philippou & Michael Philippou
Best English-Friendly & Video:
Lionsgate 4K Blu-ray/Second Sight 4K Blu-ray
Sources: slow.pics (opens in a new tab)
Video Notes:
Lionsgate retains more detail, but Second Sight might be better in motion. Both are very close. Caps
Director: Bill Paxton
Sources: caps-a-holic (opens in a new tab)
Best Video:
Lionsgate 4K Blu-ray caps
Best Audio:
Lionsgate 4K Blu-ray
Director: David Robert Mitchell
Best English-Friendly:
Lionsgate Limited 4K Blu-ray
Sources: slow.pics (opens in a new tab)
Best Video:
Video Notes:
> Second Sight 4K Blu-ray (Lionsgate has Second Sight transfer and extras plus the extras from the old Blu-ray)
Second Sight 4K Blu-ray is very minimally better than Lionsgate 4K Blu-ray. Comparisons
Best English-Friendly & Video:
Lionsgate Limited 4K Blu-ray
Director: Mikael Håfström
Best English-Friendly:
Lionsgate 4K Blu-ray
Sources: slow.pics (opens in a new tab)
Best Video:
Lionsgate 4K Blu-ray caps by The HDR Dissector
Best English-Friendly & Video:
Lionsgate 4K Blu-ray
Best English-Friendly & Video:
USA Lionsgate/A24 4K Blu-ray
Best Audio:
USA Lionsgate/A24 4K Blu-ray for Dolby Atmos mix
Netherlands Remain in Light 4K Blu-ray for the alternate Auro-3D mix
Audio Notes:
(caveat: no English subtitles for Mandarin/Cantonese dialogue)
Director: Akira Kurosawa
Best English-Friendly:
StudioCanal/Lionsgate 4K Blu-ray
Best Video:
Video Notes:
>StudioCanal UK (slightly better encoding on Eagle?)
Additional Info:
The US Criterion DVD has some unique supplements with 2.0 surround audio - this release contains Japan end titles.
The Japan 4K Restoration Blu-ray has some exclusive features with 4.0 audio (though the release is not English-friendly)- this release contains Japan end titles.
The StudioCanal releases contain France end titles - while their 4K Blu-ray releases contain identical features.
Director: Carol Reed
Best English-Friendly & Video:
StudioCanal 4K Blu-ray or Lionsgate Limited 4K Blu-ray
Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)
Video Notes:
StudioCanal 4K Blu-ray/Lionsgate Limited 4K Blu-ray (shared encode); slight improvement over the 2015 StudioCanal Blu-ray
Best Audio:
StudioCanal/LG UHDs
Audio Notes:
StudioCanal/LG UHDs port the 1999 Criterion DVD, considered the best source
Additional Info:
StudioCanal has a remastered Blu-ray, Lionsgate only a 4K Blu-ray
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