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Australia

74 Included Films

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Also known as: AU, AUS

Aliases: au, australia, aus, australian

Type: Region

1080p Blu-ray
Best English-Friendly:

Universal Blu-ray

Best Video:

Universal Blu-ray 

Australia Via Vision also has a Blu-ray set but it seems to be a collab with Universal so we are assuming it's the same here.

Best English-Friendly:

Universal Blu-ray

Best Video:

Universal Blu-ray 

Australia Via Vision also has a Blu-ray set but it seems to be a collab with Universal so we are assuming it's the same here.

1080p Blu-ray
Best English-Friendly:

UK ITV Blu-ray

Best Video:

UK ITV Blu-ray > Australia Imprint Blu-ray which looks artificially sharpened see caps

Hamlet poster
1080p Blu-ray
Best English-Friendly:

UK ITV Blu-ray

Best Video:

UK ITV Blu-ray > Australia Imprint Blu-ray which looks artificially sharpened see caps

1080p Blu-ray
Best English-Friendly:

Australia Imprint Blu-ray

Best Video:

Australia Imprint Blu-ray marginally better than Paramount Blu-ray see caps

Best English-Friendly:

Australia Imprint Blu-ray

Best Video:

Australia Imprint Blu-ray marginally better than Paramount Blu-ray see caps

1080p Blu-ray
Best English-Friendly:

Criterion Blu-ray

Best Video:

Carlotta and Criterion have new resto, Carlotta slightly better encode

Best Audio:

2009 Australia Madman DVD (Tartan/Raro/Shochiku probably the same)

Best English-Friendly:

Criterion Blu-ray

Best Video:

Carlotta and Criterion have new resto, Carlotta slightly better encode

Best Audio:

2009 Australia Madman DVD (Tartan/Raro/Shochiku probably the same)

UHD Blu-ray
Best English-Friendly:

Shout! Factory 4K Blu-ray

Best Audio:

All pre-4K BDs (Twilight Time US, Suevia Spain, Imprint Australia, Koch Media Germany) are the same, and significantly better than the 4K restoration (Shout! FactoryArrow, Kino Lorber), and a bit better than the MGM NTSC DVD.

Best English-Friendly:

Shout! Factory 4K Blu-ray

Best Audio:

All pre-4K BDs (Twilight Time US, Suevia Spain, Imprint Australia, Koch Media Germany) are the same, and significantly better than the 4K restoration (Shout! FactoryArrow, Kino Lorber), and a bit better than the MGM NTSC DVD.

1080p Blu-ray
Best English-Friendly:

Australia Imprint Blu-ray

Best Video:

Imprint Blu-ray

Best Audio:

Australia Imprint Blu-ray for surround Russian and English audio/Spain A Contracorriente for monaural Russian audio

Additional Info:

The Spain Blu-ray has the lossless mono mix (the main feature is not English-friendly however), alongside an exclusive conversation in English (with optional Spain subtitles)

The Japan DVD has a "It Is Wonderful to Create" documentary (though the disc is not English-friendly)

Best English-Friendly:

Australia Imprint Blu-ray

Best Video:

Imprint Blu-ray

Best Audio:

Australia Imprint Blu-ray for surround Russian and English audio/Spain A Contracorriente for monaural Russian audio

Additional Info:

The Spain Blu-ray has the lossless mono mix (the main feature is not English-friendly however), alongside an exclusive conversation in English (with optional Spain subtitles)

The Japan DVD has a "It Is Wonderful to Create" documentary (though the disc is not English-friendly)

UHD Blu-ray
Best English-Friendly:

Australia Umbrella Blu-ray. Taiwan iFilm Blu-ray probably better?

Best Video:

Carlotta has 4K Blu-ray

Best English-Friendly:

Australia Umbrella Blu-ray. Taiwan iFilm Blu-ray probably better?

Best Video:

Carlotta has 4K Blu-ray

UHD Blu-ray
Best English-Friendly:

Australia Imprint 4K Blu-ray

Best Video:

Australia Imprint 4K Blu-ray > US Kino Lorber 4K Blu-ray

See caps for Kino: caps. Here’s a particularly egregious example.

Additional Info:

Kino Lorber has a exclusive commentary

Best English-Friendly:

Australia Imprint 4K Blu-ray

Best Video:

Australia Imprint 4K Blu-ray > US Kino Lorber 4K Blu-ray

See caps for Kino: caps. Here’s a particularly egregious example.

Additional Info:

Kino Lorber has a exclusive commentary

UHD Blu-ray
Best English-Friendly:

Via Vision Australia or StudioCanal Europe 4K Blu-ray

Best Video:

Via Vision Australia or StudioCanal Europe 4K Blu-ray

Best English-Friendly:

Via Vision Australia or StudioCanal Europe 4K Blu-ray

Best Video:

Via Vision Australia or StudioCanal Europe 4K Blu-ray

UHD Blu-ray
Best English-Friendly:

Shout! Factory 4K Blu-ray for now

Upcoming Release:

Australia Imprint 4K Blu-ray upcoming, UK Arrow 4K Blu-ray possibly teased?

Best Video:

Shout! Factory 4K Blu-ray but bad compression

Best Audio:

1994 Criterion LaserDisc

Best English-Friendly:

Shout! Factory 4K Blu-ray for now

Upcoming Release:

Australia Imprint 4K Blu-ray upcoming, UK Arrow 4K Blu-ray possibly teased?

Best Video:

Shout! Factory 4K Blu-ray but bad compression

Best Audio:

1994 Criterion LaserDisc

UHD Blu-ray
Best English-Friendly:

Imprint Australia 4K Blu-ray

Upcoming Release:

Capelight 4K announced for 2026

Best Video:

Imprint Australia 4K Blu-ray has slightly better compression than Criterion 4K Blu-ray.

The master in DV looks all but identical to the Criterion’s HDR grade. Detail-wise, FiM’s encode looks like it uncovered a tiny bit of extra high-frequency information that got filtered on the Criterion. See nicolas review

Best Audio:

1990 Criterion LaserDisc/1993 MGM LaserDisc/2002 R2 MGM DVD are the best. See blah-ray https://blah-ray.blogspot.com/2018/01/raging-bull-1980.html

Imprint Australia 4K Blu-ray has better audio than Criterion 4K Blu-ray, from nicolas:

I believe that what’s on Imprint’s 4K is one of the good mixes MGM and Criterion released during the LaserDisc days. Music is powerful and detailed, dialogues have excellent fidelity and ambient sounds have perceptible depth. I compared the "new" 2.0 with the anemic 5.1 as well as the Criterion 4K mix and could clearly hear the improvements.

Best English-Friendly:

Imprint Australia 4K Blu-ray

Upcoming Release:

Capelight 4K announced for 2026

Best Video:

Imprint Australia 4K Blu-ray has slightly better compression than Criterion 4K Blu-ray.

The master in DV looks all but identical to the Criterion’s HDR grade. Detail-wise, FiM’s encode looks like it uncovered a tiny bit of extra high-frequency information that got filtered on the Criterion. See nicolas review

Best Audio:

1990 Criterion LaserDisc/1993 MGM LaserDisc/2002 R2 MGM DVD are the best. See blah-ray https://blah-ray.blogspot.com/2018/01/raging-bull-1980.html

Imprint Australia 4K Blu-ray has better audio than Criterion 4K Blu-ray, from nicolas:

I believe that what’s on Imprint’s 4K is one of the good mixes MGM and Criterion released during the LaserDisc days. Music is powerful and detailed, dialogues have excellent fidelity and ambient sounds have perceptible depth. I compared the "new" 2.0 with the anemic 5.1 as well as the Criterion 4K mix and could clearly hear the improvements.

UHD Blu-ray
Best English-Friendly:

Shout! Factory 4K Blu-ray for now

Upcoming Release:

Australia Imprint 4K Blu-ray upcoming

Best Video:

Shout! Factory 4K Blu-ray but bad compression

Best English-Friendly:

Shout! Factory 4K Blu-ray for now

Upcoming Release:

Australia Imprint 4K Blu-ray upcoming

Best Video:

Shout! Factory 4K Blu-ray but bad compression

UHD Blu-ray
Best English-Friendly:

Shout! Factory 4K Blu-ray for now

Upcoming Release:

Australia Imprint 4K Blu-ray upcoming

Best Video:

Shout! Factory 4K Blu-ray but bad compression

Best English-Friendly:

Shout! Factory 4K Blu-ray for now

Upcoming Release:

Australia Imprint 4K Blu-ray upcoming

Best Video:

Shout! Factory 4K Blu-ray but bad compression

UHD Blu-ray
Best English-Friendly:

Theatrical: Arrow 4K Blu-ray or Australia Imprint 4K Blu-ray?

TV Cut: Australia Imprint Blu-ray included in their 4K Blu-ray set?

Spicediver Cut: Germany Plaion Blu-ray included in their Ultimate Edition release

Best Video:

Theatrical: Arrow 4K Blu-ray or Australian Imprint 4K Blu-ray?

TV Cut: Australia Imprint Blu-ray included in their 4K Blu-ray set?

Spicediver Cut: Germany Plaion Blu-ray included in their Ultimate Edition release

Best Audio:

Universal 1998 DVD has the original 70mm 6-track mix in Dolby Digital 5.1

Dolby Stereo: Arrow 4K Blu-ray (5.1 mix is an inferior remix)

Additional Info:

OOP Arrow LE has a bonus disc

Dune poster
UHD Blu-ray
Best English-Friendly:

Theatrical: Arrow 4K Blu-ray or Australia Imprint 4K Blu-ray?

TV Cut: Australia Imprint Blu-ray included in their 4K Blu-ray set?

Spicediver Cut: Germany Plaion Blu-ray included in their Ultimate Edition release

Best Video:

Theatrical: Arrow 4K Blu-ray or Australian Imprint 4K Blu-ray?

TV Cut: Australia Imprint Blu-ray included in their 4K Blu-ray set?

Spicediver Cut: Germany Plaion Blu-ray included in their Ultimate Edition release

Best Audio:

Universal 1998 DVD has the original 70mm 6-track mix in Dolby Digital 5.1

Dolby Stereo: Arrow 4K Blu-ray (5.1 mix is an inferior remix)

Additional Info:

OOP Arrow LE has a bonus disc

UHD Blu-ray
Best English-Friendly:

Australia Imprint 4K Blu-ray

Best Video:

Australia Imprint 4K Blu-ray > 2025 Germany Constantin Film 4K Blu-ray > 2021 Germany Constantin Film 4K Blu-ray caps

  • Imprint has a FiM encode, DV and lossless audio.

  • Constantin 2025 has a solid encode, DV but lossy DTS-HD HR audio.

  • Constantin 2021 has bad encoding, HDR10 only and lossy audio.

Best Audio:

Imprint 4K Blu-ray has the best audio among all UHDs

Best English-Friendly:

Australia Imprint 4K Blu-ray

Best Video:

Australia Imprint 4K Blu-ray > 2025 Germany Constantin Film 4K Blu-ray > 2021 Germany Constantin Film 4K Blu-ray caps

  • Imprint has a FiM encode, DV and lossless audio.

  • Constantin 2025 has a solid encode, DV but lossy DTS-HD HR audio.

  • Constantin 2021 has bad encoding, HDR10 only and lossy audio.

Best Audio:

Imprint 4K Blu-ray has the best audio among all UHDs

Day of the Dead poster
Letterboxd
UHD Blu-ray
Best English-Friendly:

Shout! Factory 4K Blu-ray

Best Audio:

Mono: 35mm scan, old Shout! Factory and Australia Umbrella Blu-ray sounds better than the rest of the discs, but has noise reduction

Stereo: Shout! Factory 4K Blu-ray has a transfer of the 1986 Japan LaserDisc Stereo

Best English-Friendly:

Shout! Factory 4K Blu-ray

Best Audio:

Mono: 35mm scan, old Shout! Factory and Australia Umbrella Blu-ray sounds better than the rest of the discs, but has noise reduction

Stereo: Shout! Factory 4K Blu-ray has a transfer of the 1986 Japan LaserDisc Stereo

UHD Blu-ray
Best English-Friendly:

Australia Cut: Australia Fox DVD

International Cut: Paramount Blu-ray

Encore Cut: Germany Winkler Film 4K Blu-ray

Best Video:

Australia Cut: Australia Fox DVD

International Cut: Paramount Blu-ray

Encore Cut: Germany Winkler Film 4K Blu-ray

Best Audio:

Australia Cut: Laserdisc

Additional Info:

The film exists in three versions:
- the original Australian cut (~104 minutes at 24fps/~100 minutes at 25fps);
- the American/international version (~98 minutes at 24fps/~94 minutes at 25fps) trimming some exposition in the Outback first half of the film and some shorter extensions of a few seconds in the New York section, altering some of the dialogue – including censoring a "fuck" to "screw" – but featuring one additional dialogue extension not in the Australian version (a comparison of the two cuts can be found at Movie Censorship);
- the Australian Encore Cut (~95 minutes at 24fps/~91 minutes at 25fps) which uses the international version source so it already has those alterations but also removes approximately three minutes consisting of parts of two scenes featuring Mick grabbing the crotch of a cross-dressing prostitute and a later sequence when he does the same thing at a party to a woman with a deep voice (a comparison of the international version and the Encore Cut can be found at Movie Censorship).

Best English-Friendly:

Australia Cut: Australia Fox DVD

International Cut: Paramount Blu-ray

Encore Cut: Germany Winkler Film 4K Blu-ray

Best Video:

Australia Cut: Australia Fox DVD

International Cut: Paramount Blu-ray

Encore Cut: Germany Winkler Film 4K Blu-ray

Best Audio:

Australia Cut: Laserdisc

Additional Info:

The film exists in three versions:
- the original Australian cut (~104 minutes at 24fps/~100 minutes at 25fps);
- the American/international version (~98 minutes at 24fps/~94 minutes at 25fps) trimming some exposition in the Outback first half of the film and some shorter extensions of a few seconds in the New York section, altering some of the dialogue – including censoring a "fuck" to "screw" – but featuring one additional dialogue extension not in the Australian version (a comparison of the two cuts can be found at Movie Censorship);
- the Australian Encore Cut (~95 minutes at 24fps/~91 minutes at 25fps) which uses the international version source so it already has those alterations but also removes approximately three minutes consisting of parts of two scenes featuring Mick grabbing the crotch of a cross-dressing prostitute and a later sequence when he does the same thing at a party to a woman with a deep voice (a comparison of the international version and the Encore Cut can be found at Movie Censorship).

Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers poster
Letterboxd
UHD Blu-ray
Best English-Friendly:

Shout! Factory 4K Blu-ray for now

Upcoming Release:

Australia Imprint 4K Blu-ray upcoming, UK Arrow 4K Blu-ray possibly teased?

Best Video:

Shout! Factory 4K Blu-ray but bad compression

Best Audio:

Shout! Factory 4K Blu-ray, 1990 CBS/Fox LaserDisc: Original Ultra Stereo mix on the Shout Factory 4K is sourced directly from the 1990 Laserdisc

Best English-Friendly:

Shout! Factory 4K Blu-ray for now

Upcoming Release:

Australia Imprint 4K Blu-ray upcoming, UK Arrow 4K Blu-ray possibly teased?

Best Video:

Shout! Factory 4K Blu-ray but bad compression

Best Audio:

Shout! Factory 4K Blu-ray, 1990 CBS/Fox LaserDisc: Original Ultra Stereo mix on the Shout Factory 4K is sourced directly from the 1990 Laserdisc

UHD Blu-ray
Best English-Friendly:

Germany Capelight 4K Blu-ray or Australia Via Vision? > US MVD

Best Video:

Germany Capelight 4K Blu-ray or Australia Via Vision? > US MVD

Best Audio:

MGM/UA Home Video US LaserDisc [ML104742]

Best English-Friendly:

Germany Capelight 4K Blu-ray or Australia Via Vision? > US MVD

Best Video:

Germany Capelight 4K Blu-ray or Australia Via Vision? > US MVD

Best Audio:

MGM/UA Home Video US LaserDisc [ML104742]

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