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3065 films on Best Blurays

Type: Format

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

Director: Robert Altman

4K · Excellent
Best English-Friendly:

Criterion 4K Blu-ray

Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)

Best Video:

2024 Criterion 4K Blu-ray

Best Audio:

Criterion Blu-ray/4K Blu-ray

Director: Elio Petri

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Radiance Blu-ray

Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)

Director: William Friedkin

Best English-Friendly:

2012 Fox remastered Blu-ray

Best Video:

Fox remastered Blu-ray

Best Audio:

Fox remastered Blu-ray mono track

Additional Info:

This disc defaults to a lossless 5.1 remix, however in the setup menu, the original mono mix is included as a lossy alternative for the first time since the dawn of home video. The film was given a stereo remix very early on and remained stuck that way for decades.

Director: Sergio Leone

Best English-Friendly, Video & Audio:

Eureka Masters of Cinema Blu-ray

Video Notes:

Eureka Blu-ray slightly better than Kino Lorber. Note that the Eureka release has ~6 seconds of cuts due to BBFC rules.

Audio Notes:

Eureka has original mono.

Director: Norman Jewison

Best English-Friendly & Video:

MGM/Fox Blu-ray

Director: François Truffaut

Best English-Friendly:

Artificial Eye Blu-ray

Best Video:

Artificial Eye UK Blu-ray, HD transfer

Director: Hollis Frampton

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Criterion A Hollis Frampton Odyssey Blu-ray 1080p extras

Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)

Director: Richard C. Sarafian

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Archive Blu-ray

Director: Tom Gries

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Archive Blu-ray

Director: Arthur Hiller

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Sandpiper Pictures Blu-ray

Video Notes:

Sandpiper Pictures Blu-ray is likely the same as previous Twilight Time OOP Blu-ray

Director: Ken Russell

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Archive Blu-ray

Director: Hal Ashby

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Criterion 4K Blu-ray

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

Video Notes:

See caps https://slow.pics/c/lVdZaG0W

Best Audio:

Criterion/MoC Blu-ray

Director: Roman Polanski

Best English-Friendly:

Criterion Blu-ray

Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)

Director: Jacques Rivette

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Arrow/Kino Lorber/Carlotta Blu-ray

Video Notes:

Arrow/Kino Lorber/Carlotta all very similar

Director: Robert Bresson

Video format: 1080p Blu-ray

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

Best Video:

Potemkine France Blu-ray

Video Notes:

Potemkine France Blu-ray is a recent 4K restoration compared to the old Japan Imagica Blu-ray, it unfortunately also has the eclair teal https://slow.pics/c/BIIWAPtO

Given that it's a Janus theatrical release, an English-friendly and Criterion release can be expected in the near future.

Director: Bob Fosse

Best English-Friendly & Video:

WB Blu-ray

Director: Peter Bogdanovich

Best English-Friendly & Video:

WB Blu-ray

Director: Francis Ford Coppola

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

Paramount 2008 Blu-ray Coppola Restoration

Sources: YouTube (opens in a new tab)

Best Audio:

2008 Blu-ray lossy mono

Audio Notes:

(Britain release only has 5.1)

Additional Info:

The Paramount 4K "restoration" is a desecration. It has completely revisionist color timing, harsh HDR, treatment of stock footage, bad encoding, selective DNR and grain management so bad that the entire screen frequently freezes up with only characters moving around in grain soup. It is so bad that the film's restorer Robert Harris publicly washed his hands of it saying essentially the 2007 restoration (with Willis and Coppola supervising) is how the film was intended and made. This is Paramount's modern version done their way. The new 1080p SDR Blu-rays in print are the crap 4K desecration master with the same problems still there just harder to spot and with crap encodes.
The mono option is an unnecessarily processed version of the lossy mono from the 2008 Blu-ray. The 2008 Blu-ray of the 2007 Coppola Restoration while an imperfect outdated disc is LIGHT YEARS better than this 4K desecration. The only truly major issue is that it is very slightly redder than the 2007 finished master as seen on DCPs. The lossy mono on the 2008 Blu-ray is the best version of the original mix known to exist as it is better than the late 80's mastering for VHS and LaserDisc.
DFIC review of the hideous crap 4K Blu-rays: https://youtu.be/0uw6-Kcy_UA?si=ob1nDg0wTCvemjH0

Director: Federico Fellini

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Eureka MoC Blu-ray

Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)

Video Notes:

Eureka MoC marginally better than Criterion

Director: John Waters

Best English-Friendly:

Criterion Blu-ray

Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)

Best Video:

Criterion 4k scan

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