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3065 films on Best Blurays

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

Director: Lukas Moodysson

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Arrow Blu-ray as part of Lukas Moodysson boxset

Best Audio:

SK Memfis Blu-ray

Audio Notes:

Arrow Blu-ray has distortion and pitch issues.

Additional Info:

UK Metrodome DVD features two humanitarian campaign promos (for UNICEF and Amnesty International respectively)

Director: Julie Taymor

Best English-Friendly & Video:

US Paramount Blu-ray

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

Video Notes:

France StudioCanal Blu-ray has worse encoding and is more cropped at top and bottom see caps

Director: Fernando Meirelles

Best English-Friendly:

Paramount Blu-ray

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

Best Video:

Japan TC Entertainment

Video Notes:

Director: Godfrey Reggio

Best English-Friendly & Video:

US Criterion or UK Miramax Blu-ray

Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)

Video Notes:

US Criterion or UK Miramax Blu-ray (UK has the OAR of 1.85)?

Additional Info:

Criterion has more extras

Director: Chen Kaige

Best English-Friendly & Video:

MGM MoD Blu-ray

Best Audio:

MGM NTSC DVD

Audio Notes:

MGM NTSC DVD includes 5.1, Blu-ray is only stereo

Additional Info:

The Blu-ray has burned-in English subtitles

Director: Satoshi Kon

Video format: 1080p Blu-ray

4K · Worse Than BD

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

Best Video:

Bandai Visual JP MGVC Blu-ray

Video Notes:

All other discs are from a 4K restoration, overcropped in an attempt to stabilize the images, with very washed out colors. https://slow.pics/c/cOUtJde0

Director: Gus Van Sant

Best English-Friendly:

US Shout! Factory Blu-ray

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

Best Video & Audio:

French Carlotta Blu-ray

Video Notes:

Shout! Factory and Carlotta use the same scan https://slow.pics/c/Wcn5YFlw, the Carlotta has two extra bonus features

Director: Steven Shainberg

Best English-Friendly & Video:

France Metropolitan or Australia Imprint Blu-ray?

Best Audio:

US Lionsgate, France Metropolitan, and Germany Blu-ray

Audio Notes:

US Lionsgate, France Metropolitan, and Germany Blu-ray have a 7.1 track, Australia Imprint has stereo only.

TV series

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Fox Blu-ray

Directors: Corey Yuen & Louis Leterrier

Best English-Friendly & Video:

US Cut: Fox Blu-ray International Extended Cut: Sony Japan Blu-ray

TV series

Best English-Friendly & Video:

UK Anime Ltd. Blu-ray

Video Notes:

UK has reportedly better compression than the US Viz Media

Directors: Jean-Pierre Dardenne & Luc Dardenne

Best English-Friendly & Video:

New Yorker Video DVD

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

Upcoming Release:

4K restoration screened in 2023, no Blu-ray yet 

Director: Michael Moore

Best English-Friendly:

Criterion Blu-ray

Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)

Director: Danny Boyle

4K · Solid
Best English-Friendly & Video:

Sony 4K Blu-ray

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

Video Notes:

Sony 4K Blu-ray see caps

Recovers quite a bit of highlight detail, looks less harsh and clipped in the video footage than the old BD.

Best Audio:

Dolby Atmos Remix: Sony 4K Blu-ray
Original 5.1 mix: old OOP Fox Blu-ray

Audio Notes:

5.1 on the 4K is a downmix of the Atmos remix.

Director: Lynne Ramsay

Best English-Friendly, Video & Audio:

Fun City Blu-ray

Director: Chris Columbus

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Bros 4K Blu-ray (includes Extended Cut on regular Blu-ray)

Best Audio:

Original Theatrical 6.1 mix: 2009 Ultimate Edition Warner Bros Blu-ray (Theatrical Cut only) 

Extended cut 5.1 mix: Warner Bros Blu-ray 

DTS X remix: Warner Bros 4K Blu-ray

Additional Info:

The lossless version of the original 6.1 mix is only available on the 2009 ultimate edition blu-ray, not to be confused with the 2011 ultimate collectors edition blu-ray.

Director: Lee Tamahori

Best English-Friendly & Video:

MGM Blu-ray 

Best Audio:

5.1 Dolby EX: Special Edition DVD

6.1 DTS Spain: Special Edition DVD

Audio Notes:

Blu-ray 5.1 HDMA is new transfer that retains rear center matrix channel but has no discrete 6.1

Directors: Ron Clements & John Musker

Best English-Friendly, Video & Audio:

2012 Disney Blu-ray

Director: Kurt Wimmer

Best English-Friendly & Video:

OOP Sony Japan Blu-ray

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

Video Notes:

(small caveat: no optional English Subtitles)

See more in breakdown https://forum.blu-ray.com/showpost.php?p=18995256&postcount=1219

Side note, CA Alliance Blu-ray is open-matte, not original aspect ratio, and visual effects are cropped too.

Director: Rob Marshall

Best English-Friendly & Video:

2020 Paramount Blu-ray

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

Video Notes:

2020 Paramount Blu-ray is a new restoration and much improved over older US Disney Blu-ray or UK StudioCanal Blu-ray.

Japan Blu-ray might have marginally better encoding than Paramount Blu-ray https://caps-a-holic.com/c.php?d1=9824&d2=3772&s1=95329&s2=34933&i=0&l=0&a=0

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