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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: Jean-Pierre Melville

4K · Solid
Best English-Friendly & Video:

StudioCanal 4K Blu-ray

Best Audio:

2007 Criterion DVD/2011 StudioCanal Blu-ray

Audio Notes:

2017 StudioCanal Blu-ray might(?) be the same.

Director: Ralph Nelson

Video format: UHD Blu-ray

Director: Basil Dearden

Best English-Friendly & Video:

StudioCanal UK 4K Blu-ray

Best Audio:

Universal PAL DVD

Audio Notes:

(caveat: it's missing a minute of footage, plus usual PAL speed-up)

All Blu-ray tracks originate from the same transfer, but with strong noise gating and terrible EQ, adding a compensatory bass and treble boost, sounding boomy and accentuating the hiss despite less detail.

Director: Jean-Pierre Melville

4K · Solid
Best English-Friendly & Video:

Criterion 4K Blu-ray

Audio Notes:

StudioCanal 4K Blu-ray marginally better

Director: Joseph Losey

Best English-Friendly & Video:

StudioCanal 2019 Blu-ray

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

Video Notes:

StudioCanal 2019 Blu-ray is a new 4K restoration, see comparisons with the 2013 Blu-ray: https://forum.blu-ray.com/showpost.php?p=16878625&postcount=38 

Director: Sidney Gilliat

4K · Solid
Best English-Friendly & Video:

StudioCanal 4K Blu-ray

Video Notes:

Only available in the German Agatha Christie 4K set.

No comparison with the Kino Lorber 4K Blu-ray

Director: Luis Buñuel

4K · Solid
Best English-Friendly & Video:

StudioCanal 4K Blu-ray

Video Notes:

StudioCanal has 4k, good encode, accuracy of the color grading is debatable vs Criterion

Director: Alberto De Martino

4K · Excellent
Best English-Friendly & Video:

StudioCanal 4K Blu-ray

Director: Nicolas Roeg

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

2019 StudioCanal 4K Blu-ray

Audio Notes:

2019 StudioCanal 4K Blu-ray (same as Optimum Blu-ray)

Director: Robin Hardy

4K · Excellent
Best English-Friendly & Video:

Final Cut: StudioCanal/Lionsgate 4K Blu-ray Theatrical Cut: StudioCanal 4K Blu-ray Director's Cut: StudioCanal 4K Blu-ray

Director: Philippe de Broca

4K · Disappointing
Best English-Friendly & Video:

StudioCanal 4K Blu-ray

Video Notes:

StudioCanal 4K Blu-ray has mediocre encode

Best Audio:

2013 France StudioCanal Blu-ray

Director: Sidney Lumet

4K · Disappointing
Best English-Friendly:

Kino Lorber 4K Blu-ray

Best Video:

StudioCanal EU

Video Notes:

StudioCanal EU has elevated blacks and inaccurate colors, Kino Lorber 4K Blu-ray has poor encode.

Best Audio:

Eureka Blu-ray

Director: Richard Lester

4K · Excellent
Best English-Friendly & Video:

StudioCanal 4K Blu-ray

Best Audio:

The pitch of the StudioCanal 4K Blu-ray English audio is too high, as of 5/16/23 unclear if replacements will be offered

Director: Sidney Lumet

4K · Excellent
Best English-Friendly & Video:

StudioCanal UK 4K Blu-ray

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

Video Notes:

Original aspect ratio and much better encoding; caps

Audio Notes:

Both UHDs only have 5.1 and a downmix. Paramount US Blu-ray sounds okay, close to the LaserDisc.

Director: Francis Ford Coppola

4K · Excellent
Best English-Friendly & Video:

StudioCanal/Lionsgate 4K Blu-ray

Best Audio:

2011 Lionsgate Blu-ray

Audio Notes:

2011 Lionsgate Blu-ray slightly better

Director: Bertrand Tavernier

Best English-Friendly:

Kino Lorber Blu-ray

Upcoming Release:

Kino Lorber Blu-ray or StudioCanal France or Germany Blu-ray but they are not English-friendly

Director: Werner Herzog

Video format: 1080p Blu-ray

Best English-Friendly:

Shout! Factory vs BFI?

Best Video:

US Shout! Factory vs BFI vs StudioCanal Germany

Video Notes:

No comparison

Director: Luis Buñuel

Best English-Friendly:

Criterion or StudioCanal Blu-ray

Best Video:

Criterion and StudioCanal very similar

Director: Ettore Scola

Video format: 1080p Blu-ray

Best English-Friendly:

None?

Best Video:

StudioCanal France

Video Notes:

StudioCanal France has Blu-ray

Directors: Volker Schlöndorff & Margarethe von Trotta

Best English-Friendly & Video:

2019 StudioCanal Germany Blu-ray

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

Video Notes:

Newer 4K master than Criterion

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