The Hollywood studio's disc arm began in 1976 as Paramount Home Video and now sits under Paramount Skydance. Since 2020 its Paramount Presents line has put classic Paramount and DreamWorks titles out on remastered Blu-ray and 4K UHD. Alliance Entertainment has handled US and Canadian physical distribution since January 2025, with regional partners such as Eagle Pictures, ESC and Happinet abroad.
Paramount
217 films on Best BluraysBest video release: 157 in 4K56 in HD3 in SD1 with no official release12 more for audio only
Best 4K release by tier:
- Excellent21
- Solid49
- Superior Imports1
- Good in DV Only4
- Disappointing15
- Worse Than BD10
Films where Paramount's release is the pick. How picks are made
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Films where Paramount's release is the pick. How picks are made
Director: Steven Spielberg
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Paramount 4K Blu-ray
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Paramount 4K Blu-ray
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Paramount 4K Blu-ray
Director: Tony Scott
Best English-Friendly & Video:
Paramount 4K Blu-ray
Additional Info:
The 70mm 6-track mix has a higher bitrate on the Paramount 1998 DVD, but is more limited than on the THX LaserDisc The Paramount 1998 DVD also has open matte versions in fullscreen 1.33:1 and widescreen 2.00:1 instead of the theatrical aspect ratio of 2.39:1, but the 2.00:1 widescreen presentation is non-anamorphic. The THX LaserDisc is available in both fullscreen 1.33:1 and widescreen 2.00:1 variants.
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Also Streaming in 4K on Paramount+
Additional Info:
France/Germany StudioCanal Blu-ray has more extras
Best English-Friendly & Video:
Disney 4K Blu-ray or Paramount Blu-ray for non-DNR version
Director: Steven Spielberg
Best English-Friendly & Video:
Paramount 4K Blu-ray
Best Audio:
DTS-HD MA 5.1 from the Paramount Blu-ray
Best English-Friendly & Video:
Paramount 4K Blu-ray
Best Video:
Paramount 4K Blu-ray (featuring the Imax sequences)
Director: Byron Haskin
Best English-Friendly:
Paramount 4K Blu-ray
Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab) · caps-a-holic (opens in a new tab)
Best Video:
Paramount 4K Blu-ray see caps
Director: Akiva Schaffer
Best English-Friendly & Video:
Paramount 4K Blu-ray
Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)
Video Notes:
From nic: his one got an Analogue Intermediate and didn’t get any noticeable filtering from Paramount! It looks quite good but the encode struggles with some of the highlights and there’s some chroma noise in DV. Still much better than what they usually do with their catalogue titles.
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