Warner Bros. Home Entertainment, formerly Warner Home Video, is the disc arm of the Hollywood studio and part of Warner Bros. Discovery. Its catalogue covers Warner's own films plus the pre-1986 MGM, RKO and pre-1950 Warner libraries held through Turner, with a steady run of 4K UHD restorations. Rarer library titles go out through its Warner Archive Collection line.
Warner Bros
409 films on Best BluraysBest video release: 191 in 4K127 in HD91 in SD36 more for audio only
Best 4K release by tier:
- Excellent60
- Solid65
- Disappointing4
Films where Warner Bros' release is the pick. How picks are made
Also known as: WB
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Films where Warner Bros' release is the pick. How picks are made
Director: Stephen Norrington
Best English-Friendly & Video:
WB 4K Blu-ray
Video Notes:
(France 4K Blu-ray has Dolby Vision, but removes the theatrical forced subtitles, also has some shots worse than the Warner Bros 4K)
Best Audio:
DTS-HD 6.1 from the Blu-ray?
Directors: Lilly Wachowski & Lana Wachowski
Best English-Friendly & Video:
WB 4K Blu-ray
Best Audio:
Additional Info:
The Ultimate Matrix Collection DVD/Blu-ray has extras not on the 4K Blu-ray box set
Different colors compared to the DVD/2009 Blu-ray/Theatrical cut
Director: Francis Lawrence
Best English-Friendly & Video:
WB 4K Blu-ray
Sources: Blu-ray.com (opens in a new tab) · hdnumerique.com (opens in a new tab)
Best Audio:
The TrueHD 5.1 from the old WB Blu-ray. The Atmos remix on the 4K Blu-ray is compressed. (also can be seen here in 7.1.4)
Best English-Friendly & Video:
WB 4K Blu-ray
Video Notes:
WB 4K Blu-ray is significant upgrades compared to the BDs, but has noticeable artificial sharpening
Director: Terence Young
Best English-Friendly:
WB 4K Blu-ray
Best Video:
WB 4K Blu-ray despite frozen grain
Best English-Friendly & Video:
WB 4K Blu-ray
Best Audio:
Additional Info:
The Ultimate Matrix Collection DVD/Blu-ray has extras not on the 4K Blu-ray box set
Different colors compared to the DVD/2009 Blu-ray/Theatrical cut
Director: Ridley Scott
Best English-Friendly & Video:
Final Cut: WB 4K Blu-ray (Caveat: No Dolby Vision from Streaming)
Other Cuts: WB Blu-ray
Workprint: WB 30th Anniversary Blu-ray Set for a better AVC encode
Best Audio:
1982 Theatrical Mix: Embassy Video releases, HD-DVD for the 70mm 6-track mix
International Cut Dolby Stereo: Criterion Collection LaserDisc, HD-DVD for the 70mm 6-track mix
1992 Director's Cut Dolby Stereo: WB CAV LaserDisc 2.0 PCM-best fidelity of any mix, HD-DVD for the 70mm 6-track mix
Workprint: WB 30th Anniversary Blu-ray Set DTS-HD MA 5.1
2007 Final Cut remix: Blu-ray Dolby TrueHD 5.1
Additional Info:
WB 4K Blu-ray only has Final Cut and contains a bad Atmos remix with new sound effects. Original Final Cut mix was removed.
Director: Paul Thomas Anderson
Best English-Friendly, Video & Audio:
WB 4K Blu-ray
Sources: parkcircus.com (opens in a new tab)
Additional Info:
Like previous releases, the 4K Blu-ray was scanned from an interpositive rather than the original camera negative at Paul Thomas Anderson’s request which may explain the softness.
Director: Christopher Nolan
Best English-Friendly & Video:
WB 4K Blu-ray
Video Notes:
Caveat: mild DNR throughout the transfer, non-IMAX scenes appear soft due to being scanned from an interpositive rather than the original camera negative.
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