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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: Henry Koster

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Kino Lorber Blu-ray

Director: Jean Becker

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Kino Lorber Blu-ray

Video Notes:

Kino Lorber Blu-ray is a transfer from StudioCanal’s 2021 4K restoration

Director: Jack Clayton

Best English-Friendly:

Criterion Blu-ray or maybe 2020 Capelight Blu-ray?

Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)

Best Video:

Criterion

Video Notes:

> BFI & 2012 Capelight, not sure about 2020 Capelight

Best Audio:

2012 Capelight Blu-ray?

Director: Billy Wilder

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Germany Plaion Blu-ray

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

Video Notes:

Germany Plaion Blu-ray has the best encoding, and both MoC and Kino Lorber Blu-ray have Quicktime Gamma Bug see caps

For encoding, Plaion > MoC > Kino Lorber

Director: Stanley Kramer

Best English-Friendly & Video:

UK BFI Blu-ray

Sources: caps-a-holic (opens in a new tab) · slow.pics (opens in a new tab)

Video Notes:

UK BFI Blu-ray is very similar to Germany Capelight Blu-ray but Capelight is slightly more sharpened see caps

Both Kino Lorber and Twilight Time OOP Blu-ray suffer from Quicktime Gamma Bug see caps

Director: Frank Capra

Best English-Friendly & Video:

BFI Blu-ray

Sources: DVDBeaver (opens in a new tab)

Video Notes:

BFI significantly better than Kino Lorber even though same restoration http://www.dvdbeaver.com/film5/blu-ray_reviews_64/pocketful_of_miracles_blu-ray.htm

Director: William Wyler

Best English-Friendly & Video:

BFI Blu-ray

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

Video Notes:

BFI Blu-ray encoding is better than Kino Lorber Blu-ray see caps

Director: Christian-Jaque

Video format: 1080p Blu-ray

Best English-Friendly:

Lionsgate DVD

Best Video:

Gaumont Blu-ray

Director: Luis García Berlanga

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Spain Divisa Blu-ray

Director: Ebrahim Golestan

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Radiance Treasures from the Golestan Film Studio Blu-ray

Director: François Truffaut

Best English-Friendly & Video:

BFI Blu-ray

Video Notes:

BFI Blu-ray has better encode than Criterion

Best Audio:

2001 MK2 DVD

Director: Shirley Clarke

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Milestone Blu-ray

Director: Chris Marker

Best English-Friendly:

English version: France/Japan Blu-ray

French version: Criterion Blu-ray

Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)

Best Video:

France/Japan BDs

Video Notes:

The France/Japan Blu-ray has no English subtitles for the French version.

Newer restoration than Criterion. Unsure how the two compare.

Director: Federico Fellini

Best English-Friendly:

Kino Lorber Blu-ray

Best Video:

This is the segment directed by Fellini in Boccaccio '70, see that entry for details.

Directors: Mario Monicelli & Luchino Visconti & Federico Fellini & Vittorio De Sica

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Kino Lorber Blu-ray

Video Notes:

Kino Lorber Blu-ray doesn’t have good encoding, but according to BR, the English Cult Films Blu-ray is worse, and the original master just isn’t that good

Director: Francesco Rosi

Best English-Friendly:

Arrow Blu-ray

Best Video:

Arrow

Video Notes:

Not sure about StudioCanal France

Director: Jack Cardiff

Video format: HD Streaming

Best English-Friendly & Video:

HD Streaming

Upcoming Release:

Via Vision Blu-ray

Director: Roman Polanski

Video format: 1080p Blu-ray

Best Video:

UK Screenbound Blu-ray

Additional Info:

The UK disc has supposedly had some revisionist changes done along with DNR. The disc is OOP. Tentative alternative is Criterion DVD

Director: Samuel Fuller

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Archive Blu-ray

Director: Richard Brooks

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Archive Blu-ray

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