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4K Blu-ray

2042 films on Best Blurays

Also known as: 4K

Type: Format

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Films where 4K Blu-ray is in a pick or an upcoming release.

Director: William Friedkin

4K · Excellent
Best English-Friendly & Video:

Arrow 4K Blu-ray

Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab) · caps-a-holic (opens in a new tab)

Additional Info:

Plaion have also released a BD sourced from Arrow's recent 4K remaster, holds up strongly in comparison https://caps-a-holic.com/c.php?d1=19341&d2=19005&c=5415

Director: Michael Apted

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Universal 4K Blu-ray

Director: Ronald F. Maxwell

4K · Excellent
Best English-Friendly & Video:

Vinegar Syndrome Cinématographe 4K Blu-ray

Director: Peter Medak

4K · Excellent
Best English-Friendly & Video:

Second Sight 4K Blu-ray

Director: Akira Kurosawa

Video format: UHD Blu-ray

Best English-Friendly:

179 min cut: Criterion Blu-ray

159 min cut: Fox Blu-ray

Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)

Best Video:

179 min cut: Toho 4K Blu-ray

159 min cut: Fox Blu-ray

Best Audio:

Japan Toho 4K Blu-ray

Director: Sean S. Cunningham

4K · Worse Than BD
Best English-Friendly & Audio:

Shout! Factory Blu-ray

Best Video:

4K Blu-ray: DNR is strong in places; editing error introduced where the prologue no longer fades to white; HDR is messed up.

BDs: 2021 Paramount Blu-ray has better encode than Shout! Factory but is 1.78:1 instead of 1.85:1 and doesn't have the mono track

Director: Irvin Kershner

4K · Disappointing
Best English-Friendly:

OG: "4K80" or "D+80" on the high seas. If not, Disney 4K Blu-ray

Special Edition: "4K97_V" or "D+97_V" on high seas.

Upcoming Release:

2027 Original Trilogy restoration/50th anniversary rerelease clips leaked plus release confirmed

Best Video:

OG: "4K80" or "D+80" on the high seas

Special Edition: "4K97_V" or "D_97_VI" on the high seas.

Video Notes:

If not, the 4K Blu-rays are generally considered an improvement over the 2011 Blu-rays. (although both restorations are DNR'ed and have issues).

Best Audio:

OG: LaserDisc audio is the best option for the Dolby Stereo mixes. 70mm six-track mix is included in 4K80 (taken from an actual 70mm print). There are 16mm rips of the mono mix.

Special Edition: Cinema DTS or 1997 LaserDisc for the Special Edition.

Director: Stanley Kubrick

4K · Excellent
Best English-Friendly & Video:

Criterion 4K Blu-ray

Video Notes:

Included in the Complete Kubrick box set with FiM encode of the same master from the WB release without the filtering, 1.85 ratio restored for US Cut; both US and International Cuts are 4K.

Best Audio:

US Cut: 1999 WB DVD/Criterion 4K Blu-ray

Additional Info:

No Blu-ray or DVD release until the Criterion 4K Blu-ray has presented the US in its original theatrical aspect ratio of 1.85:1. The International Cut has never been presented in it's OAR of 1.66:1 in any home video releases.

The packaging on the back of the WB 4K Blu-ray incorrectly states it as 1.85:1 when the movie is actually 1.78:1 as is the original Blu-ray. 

Director: Robert Butler

4K · Excellent
Best English-Friendly & Video:

Radiance 4K Blu-ray

Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)

Video Notes:

Radiance 4K Blu-ray is superior to Kino Lorber 4K Blu-ray, see mfunk9786 review:

Despite being at a considerably tighter bitrate than the Kino, the BD-66 from Radiance /Transmission is the release to own. Looks fantastic (FiM again), grain pattern is crisp, and the repeating scene error isn't on it, either. Really nice packaging that isn't as beefy as a Second Sight LE is another big plus.

Director: John Landis

4K · Solid
Best English-Friendly & Video:

Universal 4K Blu-ray

Directors: Jim Abrahams & David Zucker & Jerry Zucker

4K · Solid
Best English-Friendly & Video:

Paramount 4K Blu-ray

Best Audio:

1990 Paramount LaserDisc

Director: Robert Zemeckis

4K · Disappointing
Best English-Friendly & Video:

Shout! Factory 4K Blu-ray

Video Notes:

Shout! Factory has good PQ, mediocre compression

Director: Paul Lynch

4K · Excellent
Best English-Friendly & Video:

Synapse 4K Blu-ray

Director: Brian De Palma

4K · Excellent
Best English-Friendly & Video:

Arrow 4K Blu-ray

Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)

Video Notes:

Arrow 4K Blu-ray has a better encode than the Kino Lorber and Capelight 4K Blu-rays. Capelight 4K Blu-ray looks low-passed in comparison to the Arrow but is slightly closer to the Arrow in PQ than the Kino Lorber. 

Director: Lucio Fulci

4K · Excellent
Best English-Friendly & Video:

Cauldron/Arrow 4K Blu-ray

Director: Jean Rollin

4K · Excellent
Best English-Friendly & Video:

Indicator 4K Blu-ray

Director: Jeannot Szwarc

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Kino Lorber 4K Blu-ray

Additional Info:

The older Universal Blu-ray has a yellow cast (error) especially in the 1912 scenes.

Director: Vivian Kubrick

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Criterion 4K Blu-ray

Best Audio:

Mono: 1999 WB DVD
5.1: Criterion 4K Blu-ray

Director: David Lynch

4K · Excellent
Best English-Friendly:

Criterion or StudioCanal 4K Blu-ray

Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)

Best Video:

SDR: Criterion 4K Blu-ray

HDR: StudioCanal 4K Blu-ray

Video Notes:

The DV/HDR grade is tasteful and not overdone. SC has better compression, though not flawless; encoded by FiM, but Criterion also holds up quite well. Both releases claim to be approved by Lynch.

SC has a missing fade that Criterion reinstated.

Best Audio:

Original matrixed Dolby Stereo mix: 2001 R1 Paramount US NTSC DVD/2008 R2 Optimum UK PAL or 1999 Pioneer JP LaserDisc

Restored stereo mix: Criterion / StudioCanal 4K Blu-ray

Audio Notes:

The film was originally mixed in Dolby Stereo (matrixed LCRS). For the 4K restoration, this mix has been transferred from the original magnetic elements and remastered with Lynch's supervision. Unfortunately, the fidelity suffered in the process, with many sections ending up significantly less detailed due to a noise reduction pass. This track has been altered compared to the original, with reverb added to some dialogue, different ambient sound effects, changed panning, and extended bass.

For the unrestored mix, there are two major options, each with its own merits and flaws. The 2001 Paramount DVD, which I would say is the best well-rounded mastering, and the 1999 Japanese LaserDisc, which has noticeably better clarity and high-end detail, as well as better dynamics, but suffers from occasional distortion and has less bass than the DVD.

The LD also has some ambiance buried too low in the mix, and some dialogue panned more to the centre than the DVD. There are no content changes I was able to find. Unfortunately, I don't know what accounts for those differences.

The other available tracks all have more significant flaws. The Italian and Japanese BDs use the same base mastering as the DVD, but with some patching in a few shots. HD-DVD is sourced from an inferior transfer, the same as the Momentum DVD.

The 5.1 remix, originally introduced on the 2002 DVD, and carried over without changes to the 2009 BD is a light and mostly faithful remix, with fairly minimal LFE and surround use, but still potentially worthwhile as the only discrete track.

Director: Vernon Zimmerman

Video format: UHD Blu-ray

Upcoming Release:

88 Films 4K Blu-ray

Best Video & Audio:

Shout! Factory 4K Blu-ray

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