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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: Raoul Walsh

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Archive Blu-ray

Directors: Ray Ashley & Ruth Orkin & Morris Engel

Best English-Friendly:

Kino Lorber Blu-ray

Best Video:

Kino Lorber Blu-ray or France Carlotta Blu-ray

Video Notes:

No comparison available

Director: Fritz Lang

4K · Excellent
Best English-Friendly & Video:

Criterion 4K Blu-ray

Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)

Video Notes:

See nicolas review: https://criterionforum.org/forum/viewtopic.php?p=841703#p841703 "The new master is simply gorgeous. Beautifully fine-grained, even the opticals don’t look that much less defined than the OCN-shots. Highlights are very nicely graded and the encode preserves them virtually flawlessly. The HDR / DV grade itself is tasteful and makes the film look tasteful. Velvety, silvery and just satisfying to look at. Furthermore, I don’t think NexSpec applied any filtering"

Best Audio:

Twilight Time Blu-ray

Audio Notes:

Twilight Time Blu-ray slightly better than Criterion 4K Blu-ray. Columbia Hi-Fi VHS probably significantly better (not been checked)

Director: Stanley Kubrick

Best English-Friendly & Video:

2024 Kino Lorber Fear and Desire Blu-ray extra

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

Video Notes:

4k resto included in Kino Lorber Fear and Desire, worse on 4k than Blu-ray https://criterionforum.org/forum/viewtopic.php?p=812039#p812039 
See caps: The Seafarers 2012 Blu-ray vs 2024 Blu-ray vs 4K Blu-ray: https://slow.pics/c/AQhszlGn 

Director: Carol Reed

Best English-Friendly & Video:

UK StudioCanal Blu-ray

Sources: DVDBeaver (opens in a new tab)

Video Notes:

UK StudioCanal Blu-ray has minimally better encoding than Kino Lorber Blu-ray see caps

Director: André de Toth

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Archive Blu-ray

Video Notes:

4K restoration from Original Camera Negative

Director: Teinosuke Kinugasa

Director: Yasujirō Ozu

Best English-Friendly & Video:

2020 BFI Blu-ray

Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)

Best Audio:

2005 Raro DVD

Director: Jean Negulesco

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Fox Blu-ray

Director: George Sidney

Best English-Friendly & Video:

2D version: Warner Archive Blu-ray

3D version: Warner Archive 3D Blu-ray

Directors: Francesco Maselli & Federico Fellini & Alberto Lattuada & Carlo Lizzani & Michelangelo Antonioni & Dino Risi

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Italy Minerva DVD

Sources: DVDBeaver (opens in a new tab)

Upcoming Release:

RaroVideo Blu-ray Dec 15th

Video Notes:

Even though there is a RaroVideo Blu-ray, it has aggressive DNR and bad encoding so Minerva DVD is still visibly superior, see DVDBeaver caps.

While Minerva DVD has contrast boosting and black crush, it's still much superior to UK Optimum DVD.

Director: J.B. Williams

Best English-Friendly & Video:

BFI Short Sharp Shocks Blu-ray

Director: John Sturges

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Archive Blu-ray

Director: Ted Parmelee

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Sony Columbia Classics Vol 2 Blu-ray

Director: Richard Thorpe

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Archive Blu-ray

Director: Leni Riefenstahl

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Kino Lorber Blu-ray

Director: Vincente Minnelli

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Archive Blu-ray

Director: Charles Lamont

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Universal Blu-ray

Director: Herbert J. Biberman

Best English-Friendly:

Film Masters Blu-ray

Best Video:

70th Anniversary Version Film Masters Blu-ray

Video Notes:

70th Anniversary Version Film Masters Blu-ray is a newer restoration

Director: Jacques Becker

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