Mill Creek

17 films on Best BluraysBest video release: 5 in HD12 in SD

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

A Minnesota company, Mill Creek built its business on budget DVDs and Blu-rays, including multi-film sets and catalogue titles licensed from larger studios. Alliance Entertainment bought it in 2019. In August 2025 the brand was retired and folded into Alliance Home Entertainment, a division formed that June that also absorbed Distribution Solutions.

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

5 in HD

Best video release on Blu-ray or HD streaming · by Letterboxd rating

Metropolis (2001)

Director: Rintaro

Best English-Friendly:

UK Eureka Blu-ray

Best Video:

All Blu-ray releases except US Mill Creek (Mill Creek has black crush)

Best Audio:

R2 Japan Bandai Visual Memorial Box DVD

Audio Notes:

R2 Japan Bandai Visual Memorial Box DVD for Japan DTS 5.1 audio (non-English-friendly and OOP)

3.8

The Replacement Killers (1998)

Director: Antoine Fuqua

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Theatrical: Mill Creek Blu-ray

Extended: Sony Blu-ray

3.0

Big Trouble (1986)

Director: John Cassavetes

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Mill Creek Blu-ray in Peter Falk 4-Film Comedy Collection

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

2.7

Battlefield Earth (2000)

Director: Roger Christian

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Theatrical Version: Mill Creek Blu-ray

Home Video Version: Concorde Blu-ray

Additional Info:

Japan TC Entertainment Blu-ray has exclusive extras

Gone in 60 Seconds (1974)

Director: H.B. Halicki

Best English-Friendly & Video:

OOP 2017 US Mill Creek Blu-ray

Video Notes:

It is in MPEG-2, but has a superior restoration that has less errors than the older 2012 Blu-ray.

Best Audio:

1989 US VHS mono

Audio Notes:

The 5.1 remix on the US Blu-ray has poor mixing and heavily revised sound effects.

12 in SD

Best video release on DVD, SD streaming, LaserDisc or VHS · by Letterboxd rating

Sounder (1972)

Director: Martin Ritt

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Mill Creek DVD

Video Notes:

Mill Creek DVD has Original Aspect Ratio while the Germany Plaion DVD doesn't

3.7

The Greeks Had a Word for Them (1932)

Director: Lowell Sherman

Best English-Friendly & Video:

AlphaVideo OOP DVD or Mill Creek Hollywood Comedy Legends DVD

Video Notes:

Library of Congress and Film Foundation had a new 2023 restoration but no release yet

3.3

To the Last Man (1933)

Director: Henry Hathaway

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Mill Creek DVD

3.2

Lonely Wives (1931)

Director: Russell Mack

Best English-Friendly & Video:

AlphaVideo/Mill Creek DVD

3.2

Dishonored Lady (1947)

Director: Robert Stevenson

Best English-Friendly & Video:

US AlphaVideo or Film Detective or Mill Creek DVD

3.1

Trail of Robin Hood (1950)

Director: William Witney

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Shout! Factory/Mill Creek DVD

3.1

I Cover the Waterfront (1933)

Director: James Cruze

Best English-Friendly & Video:

AlphaVideo/Film Detective/Mill Creek DVD

3.1

The Animal Kingdom (1932)

Director: Edward H. Griffith

Best English-Friendly & Video:

AlphaVideo or Mill Creek DVD

3.1

Fighting Caravans (1931)

Directors: David Burton & Otto Brower

Video format: DVD

Best Video:

Available on various US DVD, including The Film Detective and Mill Creek

3.1

Reaching for the Moon (1930)

Director: Edmund Goulding

Best English-Friendly & Video:

AlphaVideo DVD, Mill Creek DVD, or Amazon SD Streaming

3.1

West of the Divide (1934)

Director: Robert N. Bradbury

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Film Detective/Mill Creek DVD

2.9

A Shriek in the Night (1933)

Director: Albert Ray

Best English-Friendly & Video:

AlphaVideo or Mill Creek DVD

2.9

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