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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:
Based in United StatesFounded 1997lionsgate.com (opens in a new tab)

Films where Lionsgate's release is the pick. How picks are made

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.

94 of 121 films match · Page 5 of 5

Films where Lionsgate's release is the pick. How picks are made

Director: Lexi Alexander

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Lionsgate 4K Blu-ray

Director: Olivier Megaton

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Lionsgate 4K Blu-ray

Director: Adrian Grünberg

Best English-Friendly & Video:

US/UK Cut: Lionsgate 4K Blu-ray

International Cut: Germany Universum Film 4K Blu-ray

Upcoming Release:

A new Lionsgate 4K Blu-ray with both cuts and DV upcoming including with the rest of the films.

Director: John Woo

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Lionsgate 4K Blu-ray

Director: Moritz Mohr

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Lionsgate 4K Blu-ray

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

Video Notes:

Italy Plaion has Dolby Vision, but the metadata is static: https://forum.blu-ray.com/showpost.php?p=22742198&postcount=92

Director: Mark Jones

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Lionsgate US 4K Blu-ray (replacement disc)

Best Audio:

Original matrixed Ultra Stereo mix: Lionsgate 2014 US Blu-ray
5.1 remix: Lionsgate US 4K Blu-ray

Audio Notes:

Both 4K discs include a mono downmix instead of a proper stereo.

Additional Info:

Original Lionsgate disc was encoded in incorrect colorspace and used a lossy->lossless transcode for the 5.1 mix.

Director: Antoine Fuqua

Best English-Friendly & Video:

US Lionsgate or International Universal 4K Blu-ray

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

Video Notes:

US Lionsgate or International Universal 4K Blu-ray (similar encoding) - caps

Best Audio:

US Lionsgate 4K Blu-ray

Directors: Brian Taylor & Mark Neveldine

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Lionsgate 4K Blu-ray

Upcoming Release:

UK 88 Films 4K Blu-ray in November

Director: Tom Gormican

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Lionsgate 4K Blu-ray

Director: Jon Favreau

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Lionsgate Limited 4K Blu-ray

Best Audio:

Original 5.1 Mix: UK Momentum Pictures DVD

Director: Matthew Vaughn

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Universal 4K Blu-ray or Lionsgate 4K Blu-ray

Video Notes:

Both come from a 4K scan of a 35mm film out which was made from the original 2K DI but the Lionsgate release has visible dust and damage marks while the Universal release is cleaned up more thoroughly. Both releases suffer from DNR which seems to have been baked into the DI. The colour grade is basically the same for both releases but the Lionsgate has Dolby Vision whereas the Universal is HDR10 only. The compression on the Lionsgate UHD base layer is apparently fine so the FEL doesn't make much of a difference.

Best Audio:

Universal Blu-ray?

Audio Notes:

The Lionsgate UHD has Dolby Atmos whereas the Universal UHD has DTS:X. Kick-ass was originally released with a 5.1 track which may be on the Universal Blu-ray.

Additional Info:

The Lionsgate UHD is on a BD-100, the Universal UHD is on a BD-66.

The Universal UHD has no extras.

Director: Pete Travis

4K · Disappointing
Best English-Friendly & Video:

Lionsgate 4K Blu-ray

Video Notes:

Lionsgate 4K Blu-ray has excessive DNR, Japan Blu-ray maybe better?

Director: Nikhil Nagesh Bhat

4K · Disappointing
Best English-Friendly & Video:

Lionsgate 4K Blu-ray

Video Notes:

Lionsgate 4K Blu-ray disappointing, with burned in English subs

Director: David Twohy

4K · Disappointing
Best English-Friendly & Video:

Lionsgate 4K Blu-ray

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

Video Notes:

Lionsgate 4K Blu-ray has terrible compression, but still beats out the old disc which was sourced from a mediocre old scan with edge enhancement, and which has compression issues of its own.

Best Audio:

Original 5.1 mix: 1997 Pioneer LaserDisc or 1997 Live Entertainment NTSC DVD
Original matrixed Dolby Stereo mix: Lionsgate 4K Blu-ray

Audio Notes:

The film originally premiered with two mixes, a 5.1 for upgraded theaters, and a distinct matrixed Dolby Stereo mix for older venues. The original 5.1 mix can only be found on the earliest LD/DVD releases, as all later releases replace it with a mediocre 7.1 mix with reduced dynamic range.

The Atmos mix is based off of the previous 7.1 remix, but with futher alterations as per director's wishes. One scene intentionally drops out into silence, see this post for details.

3 with a weaker 4K

Best 4K release rated Disappointing or Worse Than BD · by Letterboxd rating

Director: Pete Travis

4K · Disappointing
Best English-Friendly & Video:

Lionsgate 4K Blu-ray

Video Notes:

Lionsgate 4K Blu-ray has excessive DNR, Japan Blu-ray maybe better?

Director: Nikhil Nagesh Bhat

4K · Disappointing
Best English-Friendly & Video:

Lionsgate 4K Blu-ray

Video Notes:

Lionsgate 4K Blu-ray disappointing, with burned in English subs

Director: David Twohy

4K · Disappointing
Best English-Friendly & Video:

Lionsgate 4K Blu-ray

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

Video Notes:

Lionsgate 4K Blu-ray has terrible compression, but still beats out the old disc which was sourced from a mediocre old scan with edge enhancement, and which has compression issues of its own.

Best Audio:

Original 5.1 mix: 1997 Pioneer LaserDisc or 1997 Live Entertainment NTSC DVD
Original matrixed Dolby Stereo mix: Lionsgate 4K Blu-ray

Audio Notes:

The film originally premiered with two mixes, a 5.1 for upgraded theaters, and a distinct matrixed Dolby Stereo mix for older venues. The original 5.1 mix can only be found on the earliest LD/DVD releases, as all later releases replace it with a mediocre 7.1 mix with reduced dynamic range.

The Atmos mix is based off of the previous 7.1 remix, but with futher alterations as per director's wishes. One scene intentionally drops out into silence, see this post for details.

6 for audio only

The best audio is Lionsgate's; the video and English-friendly picks are other releases · by Letterboxd rating

Director: Alejandro González Iñárritu

Best Audio:

Lionsgate DVD for the original 5.1

Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)

Best English-Friendly:

Criterion Blu-ray

Best Video:

France Metropolitan 4K Blu-ray

Director: Damien Chazelle

Best Audio:

Lionsgate 4K Blu-ray for the original Dolby Atmos mix

Upcoming Release:

US Lionsgate Limited 4K Blu-ray re-release announced with Dolby Vision, a new exclusive bonus, and the previously retailer pre-order bonus-exclusive/Hong Kong-exclusive bonus interviews in HD

Video Notes:

Italy Eagle Pictures has DV, better encode, and no brightness shifts compared to Lionsgate 4K Blu-ray

Additional Info:

Hong Kong Panorama 4K Blu-ray has two interviews available in HD that are SD everywhere else and only included as retailer-exclusive pre-order bonus DVDs with the US Blu-ray

Director: Jane Campion

Best Audio:

2014 StudioCanal Blu-ray 5.1, 2012 Lionsgate Blu-ray 2.0

Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)

Best English-Friendly & Video:

France Carlotta 4K Blu-ray

Video Notes:

France Carlotta 4K Blu-ray slightly better than Criterion 4K Blu-ray

Director: Abel Ferrara

Best Audio:

Arrow/Lionsgate 2.0

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

Audio Notes:

Arrow/Lionsgate 2.0 sounds good, LaserDisc [ID7612IV] maybe better?

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Arrow 4K Blu-ray

Video Notes:

> Lionsgate Limited: https://slow.pics/c/04WP81j1

Director: Guillermo del Toro

Best Audio:

Kino Lorber has 5.1, Lionsgate Blu-ray has 7.1, don't know which sounds better and closest to the theatrical mix.

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

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Kino Lorber 4K Blu-ray 

Video Notes:

But has AI upscaling on opticals, see caps

Director: Franc Roddam

Best Audio:

US Cut with Chaz Jankel Score: Lionsgate DVD

Best English-Friendly & Video:

US Cut with Chaz Jankel score: Kino Lorber 4K Blu-ray

UK Cut with Hans Zimmer score: Germany or UK DVD?

3 announced

Lionsgate's release is announced; until it is out, the picks are other releases · by Letterboxd rating

Director: Paul King

Upcoming Release:

Lionsgate 4K Blu-ray

Best English-Friendly, Video & Audio:

StudioCanal UK 4K Blu-ray

Video Notes:

StudioCanal UK 4K Blu-ray minimal picture upgrade (2K upscale)

Audio Notes:

StudioCanal UK 4K Blu-ray has good new Atmos mix

Director: George P. Cosmatos

Upcoming Release:

A new Lionsgate 4K Blu-ray with DV upcoming including with the rest of the films.

Video Notes:

> StudioCanal UK, better compression than StudioCanal

Director: Peter MacDonald

Upcoming Release:

A new Lionsgate 4K Blu-ray with DV upcoming including with the rest of the films.

Video Notes:

> StudioCanal UK, better compression than StudioCanal but no forced subs on non-English dialogue

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