Miramax

6 films on Best Blurays

Based in United StatesFounded 1979miramax.com ↗

Harvey and Bob Weinstein founded Miramax in Buffalo, New York, in 1979, and Disney owned it from 1993 to 2010. The library of about 700 films includes Pulp Fiction, Sin City and many 1990s art-house imports. Lionsgate and StudioCanal handled its discs from 2011; since 2020, when Paramount bought 49% alongside majority owner beIN Media Group, Paramount has released the catalogue worldwide.

Aliases: miramax, mira

Three Colors: Blue (1993)

Director: Krzysztof Kieślowski

4K · Excellent

Best English-Friendly & Video:

2023 Criterion 4K Blu-ray (meh compression) / Curzon 4K Blu-ray (visible chroma noise)

Best Audio:

4.2

Pulp Fiction (1994)

Director: Quentin Tarantino

4K · Excellent

Best English-Friendly & Video:

2025 Taiwan Deltamac 4K Blu-ray

Video Notes:

> US Paramount 4K Blu-ray (Taiwan 4K Blu-ray is not low passed as the US 4K Blu-ray and has better grain and fine detail retention)

Best Audio:

Matrixed Dolby Stereo: 1995 Miramax LaserDisc 2.0

Original 5.1 Discrete Mix: 2012 Japan Warner Bros Blu-ray, 1996 Criterion LaserDisc, 2002 2-Disc Collector’s Edition DVD

5.1 DTS Mix: 1997 Miramax LaserDisc, 2002 2-Disc Collector’s Edition DVD

Three Colors: Red (1994)

Director: Krzysztof Kieślowski

4K · Excellent

Best English-Friendly & Video:

2023 Criterion 4K Blu-ray (bad compression) / Curzon 4K Blu-ray (visible chroma noise and meh compression)

Best Audio:

4.3

Bridget Jones's Diary (2001)

Director: Sharon Maguire

Best English-Friendly & Video:

US Cut: Miramax Blu-ray

International Cut: France StudioCanal 4K Blu-ray

Video Notes:

(forced, but not hardcoded France subs, no English subtitles)

3.5

Naqoyqatsi (2002)

Director: Godfrey Reggio

Best English-Friendly & Video:

US Criterion or UK Miramax Blu-ray

English-Friendly Notes:

US Criterion or UK Miramax Blu-ray (UK has the OAR of 1.85)?

Additional Info:

Criterion has more extras

3.1

Sin City (2005)

Directors: Robert Rodriguez & Frank Miller

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Miramax Blu-ray

3.7

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