Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, based in Culver City, handles disc releases for Columbia, TriStar, Screen Gems and Sony Pictures Classics. Its asset management team, long led by Grover Crisp, restores the Columbia library in-house from 4K and 8K negative scans, and the Columbia Classics 4K Ultra HD box sets collect many of those restorations. Since 2024 it also manufactures and distributes Disney's discs in North America.
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259 films on Best BluraysBest video release: 176 in 4K64 in HD19 in SD5 more for audio only1 more announced
Best 4K release by tier:
- Excellent66
- Solid51
- Disappointing2
- Worse Than BD3
Films where Sony's release is the pick. How picks are made
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Films where Sony's release is the pick. How picks are made
Director: John Carpenter
Best English-Friendly & Video:
Sony Columbia Classics Vol 4 4K Blu-ray
Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)
Video Notes:
Sony Columbia Classics Vol 4 4K Blu-ray (review)
Director: Denis Villeneuve
Best English-Friendly & Video:
Sony Global 4K Blu-ray
Video Notes:
> WB US 4K Blu-ray
Best Audio:
Dolby Atmos: Sony/Warner Bros 4K Blu-ray, Warner Bros Blu-ray
Audio Notes:
Sony Blu-ray only has 5.1, not Atmos
Best English-Friendly & Video:
Sony 4K Blu-ray
Best Audio:
Original Stereo mix: Columbia Pictures LaserDisc, Sony 4K Blu-ray
5.1 remix: Sony 4K Blu-ray, Sony Blu-ray
Dolby Atmos remix: Sony 4K Blu-ray
Best English-Friendly & Video:
Sony 4K Blu-ray
Best Audio:
Original Stereo mix: Columbia Pictures LaserDisc, Sony 4K Blu-ray
5.1 remix: Sony 4K Blu-ray, Sony Blu-ray
Dolby Atmos remix: Sony 4K Blu-ray
Director: Peter Segal
Best English-Friendly:
Sony MOD 4K Blu-ray
Sources: Blu-ray.com (opens in a new tab)
Best Video:
Sony MOD 4K Blu-ray see caps
Best Audio:
Sony 2006 Blu-ray
Audio Notes:
A scream in one scene is missing from both UHD tracks, see post
Best English-Friendly:
Sony 4K Blu-ray
Sources: Blu-ray.com (opens in a new tab)
Best Video:
Sony 4K Blu-ray see caps
Director: David Lean
Best English-Friendly & Video:
Sony 4K Blu-ray
Sources: Blu-ray.com (opens in a new tab)
Additional Info:
The 5.1 on Sony 4K Blu-ray is from the 1989 70mm mix. The original is 4-track. not on the disc.
Director: Elia Kazan
Best English-Friendly & Video:
Sony 4K Blu-ray
Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)
Best Audio:
1994 Columbia LaserDisc
Best English-Friendly:
Sony 4K Blu-ray
Best Video:
Sony Pictures Classics: 30th Anniversary Collection 4K
Best English-Friendly & Video:
Sony Pictures US set 4K Blu-ray
Video Notes:
Sony Pictures US set 4K Blu-ray has DV
Director: Luc Besson
Sources: Blu-ray.com (opens in a new tab)
Best Video:
2025 Sony 4K Blu-ray from the Luc Besson 9-Film Collection
Video Notes:
Has Dolby Vision, better than 2017/2020 Sony 4K Blu-ray
Best Audio:
2025 Sony 4K Blu-ray from the Collection
Audio Notes:
Has the English Original 5.1
Additional Info:
This title was released many times on 4K Blu-ray and Steelbooks, there was a TC Entertainment 4K Blu-ray with 5.1 and Dolby Vision too before the Luc Besson Collection was released but differences are unknown, so not recommended for English users.
Best English-Friendly & Video:
Sony Columbia Classics Vol 5 4K Blu-ray
Directors: Rob Epstein & Jeffrey Friedman
Best English-Friendly & Video:
Sony 4K Blu-ray
Video Notes:
Currently only available in the Sony Pictures US set
Best English-Friendly & Video:
Sony 4K Blu-ray
Video Notes:
Currently only available in the Sony Pictures US set
Director: Bennett Miller
Best English-Friendly & Audio:
Sony 4K Blu-ray replacement disc only
Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)
Audio Notes:
The replacement 4K disc fixes the missing LFE in the original disc.
Best Video:
Sony 4K Blu-ray
Video Notes:
"4K DI, good resolution upgrade but mediocre encode" per nicolas
Additional Info:
Walmart exclusive BD has a bonus disc.
Best English-Friendly & Video:
Sony 4K Blu-ray
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