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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: Jared Hess

Video format: 4K Streaming

Best English-Friendly & Video:

HD: Fox Blu-ray

4K: Streaming on Disney+

Director: Richard Linklater

4K · Solid
Best English-Friendly & Video:

Criterion Blu-ray/ Germany Warner Bros Blu-ray

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

Video Notes:

Criterion Blu-ray/Germany Warner Bros Blu-ray both basically the same see caps

Additional Info:

Germany Blu-ray has English audio 

Germany Blu-ray is part of a 3-film box set like the Criterion but by StudioCanal 

Director: Steven Spielberg

Video format: 4K Streaming

Best English-Friendly & Video:

4K Streaming or Paramount Blu-ray

Director: Sam Raimi

4K · Solid
Best English-Friendly & Video:

Theatrical: Sony 4K Blu-ray

2.1 Cut: Sony Blu-ray

Additional Info:

2.1 Cut received a 4K remaster for a cinema release. No announced home video release yet.

Director: Nick Cassavetes

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Bros Blu-ray

Director: Michael Moore

Best English-Friendly & Video:

MVD Visual Blu-ray

Director: Zhang Yimou

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Germany Turbine Mediabook Blu-ray

Video Notes:

Germany Turbine Mediabook Blu-ray has a superior MPEG-4 AVC encode over the US Sony Blu-ray's MPEG-2 or France/Australia Universal Blu-ray's VC-1. Open matte version also included

Best Audio:

Germany Turbine Mediabook Blu-ray has a Dolby Atmos remix and the original audio in DTS 5.1.

Korea Blu-ray for lossless original 5.1 audio mix.

Additional Info:

Germany Turbine Mediabook Blu-ray is completely uncut and uncensored, having none of Sony US's PG-13 edits or Pathé UK's BBFC horse trip cuts.

Director: Paul W. S. Anderson

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Fox Blu-ray

Director: Hayao Miyazaki

Best English-Friendly & Video:

2017 US GKIDS Blu-ray

Video Notes:

2017 US GKIDS Blu-ray has better detail and grain, 2014 Japan Studio Ghibli Blu-ray from the Hayao Miyazaki box set for MGVC with added bit-depth for supported players

Best Audio:

2011/2014 Japan Studio Ghibli Blu-ray for original 6.1 audio mix, Cinema DTS for the English dub

Director: Shinobu Yaguchi

Best English-Friendly:

Toho Japan Blu-ray

Additional Info:

Toho Blu-ray does not have a Title Menu, but there are English Subtitles available in the pop-up menu.

Director: Alice Wu

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Criterion Blu-ray

Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)

Director: Oliver Hirschbiegel

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

Canada Blu-ray or Netherlands Blu-ray?

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

Video Notes:

Better than Constantin Germany 4K Blu-ray and Australia Imprint 4K Blu-ray

Australia Imprint 4K Blu-ray's encode is awful.

Director: Wong Kar-Wai

Video format: UHD Blu-ray

Best English-Friendly:

Criterion US Blu-ray

Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab) · slow.pics (opens in a new tab) · hd-dvd.over-blog.fr (opens in a new tab)

Best Video:

4K restoration: Koch Media DE 4K Blu-ray
Original digital master: Cannes 2006 Promo HD-DVD

Video Notes:

4K remaster is cropped 2.35:1 from the original 2.55:1 presentation, and has significantly different color grading, as is the case with most WKW supervised restorations. Due to DNR the detail is sometimes lacklustre compared to the old master. CGI scenes appear to be rerendered. A sepia tinted scene was altered to be fully black and white.

Caps: Criterion US BD vs Cannes HD-DVD, HD-DVD vs KR BD vs DVDs vs US BD

Best Audio:

Remixed 5.1: The Jokers FR 4K Blu-ray
Original 5.1: Cannes 2006 Promo HD-DVD

Audio Notes:

The remixed track has different front panning and little LFE use compared to the original.

HD-DVD is by far the best option for the original track, as DVDs and Korean BD suffer from noise gating, limiting and duplicated surrounds. Remixed tracks are all similar, but French disc has slightly better dynamics, particularly on the LFE channel.

Additional Info:

The 2006 HD-DVD is a promotional release made in only 100 copies, handed out to VIPs at Cannes Film Festival. See this blog post for details. The same master can be found on KR BD, though it suffers from interlacing, blended frames and a gamma bug, as well as older DVD releases.

Director: Shane Carruth

Best English-Friendly:

Arrow Blu-ray or Umbrella Blu-ray

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

Best Video:

According to BR user review (no caps available) Umbrella Blu-ray is a toss-up with Arrow and both are from non-ideal sources

Director: Alexander Payne

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Fox Blu-ray

Director: Beeban Kidron

Best English-Friendly & Video:

UK Universal Blu-ray

Director: Jon Turteltaub

Video format: 4K Streaming

Best English-Friendly & Video:

4K Streaming on Disney+ or Disney Blu-ray

Upcoming Release:

Disney 4K Blu-ray Steelbook

Best Audio:

US Disney Blu-ray LPCM 5.1

Director: Makoto Shinkai

Best English-Friendly & Audio:

US GKIDS Blu-ray

Best Video:

Italy Dynit Blu-ray

Director: Oliver Stone

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Theatrical: WB Theatrical DVD

Director's Cut: WB Director's Cut DVD

Final Cut: Shout! Factory 4K Blu-ray

Ultimate Cut: WB Ultimate Cut Blu-ray

Director: Ryuhei Kitamura

Video format: UHD Blu-ray

4K · Solid
Best English-Friendly:

OOP US Sony Blu-ray

Best Video:

Japan Toho 4K Blu-ray

Best Audio:

Japan Toho 4K Blu-ray for uncensored Japanese audio and original 6.1 mix

OOP US Sony Blu-ray for English dub

Additional Info:

Japan Toho 4K Blu-ray is an upscale of the original 2K DI but has no English subtitles, all past releases are flawed scans from filmout sources.

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