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StudioCanal

135 films on Best Blurays

Based in FranceFounded 1984studiocanal.com ↗

StudioCanal is the Paris-based film studio of the Canal+ group, holding a library of around 9,000 titles that includes Carolco, Ealing, EMI Films and British Lion. It issues discs through its own UK, German and French arms, and its UK Vintage Classics line carries new 4K restorations of British and world cinema on UHD and Blu-ray.

Aliases: sc, studiocanal, studio canal, canal

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Director: Alfred Hitchcock

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Via Vision or StudioCanal Blu-ray?

Video Notes:

Kino Lorber Blu-ray has incorrect aspect ratio for pre-2024 restorations of both silent and sound versions

Director: Jean Cocteau

Best English-Friendly & Video:

StudioCanal UK/French Blu-ray

Director: Jean Renoir

Best English-Friendly:

StudioCanal Blu-ray

Best Video:

StudioCanal 4k transfer

Director: Jean Renoir

Best English-Friendly & Video:

2021 StudioCanal Blu-ray

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

Video Notes:

2021 StudioCanal Blu-ray has better encode and gamma levels compared to older StudioCanal Blu-ray caps

Director: Marcel Carné

4K · Excellent
Best English-Friendly & Video:

France StudioCanal 2025 4K Blu-ray

Sources: DVDBeaver (opens in a new tab)

Video Notes:

StudioCanal 2025 4K Blu-ray/Blu-ray uses a new 4K restoration. Even though France release, they included EN subtitles.

For Blu-ray, StudioCanal 2025 Blu-ray > Kino Lorber > StudioCanal.

See DVDBeaver comparisons

Director: Jean Renoir

Video format: 1080p Blu-ray

Best English-Friendly:

Criterion DVD

Best Video:

StudioCanal France and Spain

Video Notes:

StudioCanal France and Spain have BDs

Director: Henri-Georges Clouzot

Best English-Friendly & Video:

StudioCanal Blu-ray

Best Audio:

Optimum DVD

Directors: Alberto Cavalcanti & Charles Crichton & Basil Dearden & Robert Hamer

Video format: UHD Blu-ray

Director: Jean Renoir

Best English-Friendly & Video:

2023 BFI Blu-ray

Best Audio:

2005 StudioCanal DVD > Criterion

Additional Info:

The 2023 BFI Blu-ray and Criterion Blu-ray are similar, from the same restoration.

The audio on the 2005 StudioCanal DVD is still the best version of the audio.

Director: Carol Reed

4K · Solid
Best English-Friendly & Video:

StudioCanal 4K Blu-ray or Lionsgate Limited 4K Blu-ray

Video Notes:

StudioCanal 4K Blu-ray/Lionsgate Limited 4K Blu-ray (shared encode); slight improvement over the 2015 StudioCanal Blu-ray

Best Audio:

StudioCanal/LG UHDs

Audio Notes:

StudioCanal/LG UHDs port the 1999 Criterion DVD, considered the best source

Additional Info:

StudioCanal has a remastered Blu-ray, Lionsgate only a 4K Blu-ray

Director: Robert Hamer

4K · Excellent
Best English-Friendly & Video:

2024 StudioCanal UK 4K Blu-ray

Best Audio:

2006 R1 Criterion DVD

Director: John Huston

4K · Excellent
Best English-Friendly & Video:

StudioCanal 4K Blu-ray

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

Best Audio:

Eureka Blu-ray

Audio Notes:

> StudioCanal 4K Blu-ray. Older DVD or LaserDisc probably even better

Additional Info:

All blu-ray releases so far is from the 2010 scan.

Director: Robert Bresson

Best English-Friendly:

No Blu-ray has EN subtitles, HD Streaming is the easiest way to watch

Best Video:

France StudioCanal or Kadokawa Blu-ray, 4K restoration

Director: Charles Crichton

4K · Excellent
Best English-Friendly & Video:

StudioCanal 4K Blu-ray

Director: René Clément

Best English-Friendly:

StudioCanal Blu-ray

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

Best Video:

StudioCanal UK/France

Video Notes:

StudioCanal UK/France has Blu-ray, kinda old transfer

Additional Info:

There is a 4K DCP but no home release yet

Director: Federico Fellini

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Criterion Essential Fellini Blu-ray or StudioCanal Blu-ray

Video Notes:

No comparison

Director: Jacques Becker

Best English-Friendly & Video:

StudioCanal 4K Blu-ray

Director: Charles Crichton

4K · Excellent
Best English-Friendly, Video & Audio:

StudioCanal UK 4K Blu-ray

Video Notes:

The old discs use a significantly worse transfer with faded colors, color fringing and a strong green tint throughout.

Director: Carol Reed

Best English-Friendly & Video:

UK StudioCanal Blu-ray

Sources: DVDBeaver (opens in a new tab)

Video Notes:

UK StudioCanal Blu-ray has minimally better encoding than Kino Lorber Blu-ray see caps

Director: Federico Fellini

Video format: 1080p Blu-ray

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Criterion

Best Audio:

2017 StudioCanal Blu-ray

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