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1046 films on Best Blurays

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Films where DVD is in a pick or an upcoming release.

Director: Martin Ritt

Best Video:

Mill Creek DVD

Video Notes:

Mill Creek DVD has Original Aspect Ratio while the Germany Plaion DVD doesn't

Director: William Sterling

Best English-Friendly:

2004/2010 US Screen Media DVD

Best Video:

2010 Spain Divisa DVD (caveat: mostly cropped to 16:9)

Video Notes:

(caveat: 4:3 pan and scan transfer with no menus or subtitles)

Best Audio:

2010 Spain Divisa DVD

Additional Info:

Most US VHS and DVD releases are bootlegs that are cropped and/or of poor picture quality

Director: Jean Genet

Best English-Friendly:

Cult Epics DVD

Best Video:

Cult Epics DVD only

Director: Bernardo Bertolucci

4K · Excellent
Best Video:

88 Films 4K Blu-ray 

Best Audio:

2011 MGM Blu-ray/1998 MGM DVD

Additional Info:

88 Films and Vinegar Syndrome have different extras

Director: Elaine May

Best Video:

Anchor Bay OOP DVD

Director: Ingmar Bergman

Best English-Friendly:

BFI Blu-ray

Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)

Best Video:

2023 BFI Boxset Blu-ray

Best Audio:

Tartan DVD

Director: Michelangelo Antonioni

Video format: DVD

Best Video:

France Carlotta DVD

Video Notes:

France Carlotta DVD but only has French subtitles 

Director: Werner Herzog

4K · Solid

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

Video Notes:

Shout! Factory 4K Blu-ray > BFI 4K Blu-ray, see caps https://slow.pics/c/nPcxCNW4

Some find BFI better but with more DNR and AI upscaling like their horrible 1979 Nosferatu 4K Blu-ray, and Shout! Factory has more over-exposed grading https://slow.pics/c/WQKmBTLJ

Best Audio:

2000 R2 Stonevision DVD

Audio Notes:

2000 R2 Stonevision DVD vs Shout! Factory 4K Blu-ray?

Director: Jun Fukuda

Best Video:

Criterion Blu-ray

4K restoration exists, no disc announced yet

MST3K version: recalled OOP Vol X DVD

Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)

Additional Info:

Japan DVD & the recalled Media Blasters DVD have extras

Director: Lindsay Anderson

Video format: HD Streaming

Best English-Friendly:

HD Streaming or WB DVD

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

Best Video:

HD Streaming only

Video Notes:

Criterion has the rights to it, but no news on releases https://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread.php?t=375463 

Directors: Frank Mouris & Caroline Mouris

Best Video:

Five by Two: Five Animated Shorts OOP DVD

Director: Mitchell Block

Best Video:

Direct Cinema OOP DVD

Sources: thehorseshead.blog (opens in a new tab)

Video Notes:

You might be able to email the director Mitchell Block himself to get screening links according to blog comment

Director: Sam Peckinpah

4K · Excellent
Best English-Friendly:

Criterion 4K Blu-ray or Germany Plaion Blu-ray or WB DVD depending on the cut.

Best Video:

First Preview (Turner): Germany Plaion Blu-ray

Second Preview (Final Preview): Germany Plaion Blu-ray

Theatrical: Criterion 4K Blu-ray

2005 Cut: WB DVD

2024 Cut: Criterion 4K Blu-ray

Video Notes:

Director: François Truffaut

Best English-Friendly:

Criterion Blu-ray

Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)

Best Video:

Criterion Blu-ray 2K transfer

Best Audio:

WB DVD

Director: Jacques Demy

Video format: DVD

Best Video:

France ARTE Coffret Jacques Demy L'intégrale DVD

Director: Ivan Dixon

Best Video:

Monarch Home Video OOP DVD

Sources: library.ucla.edu (opens in a new tab)

Additional Info:

UCLA has a new 35mm restoration but no release yet

Director: Wolfgang Reitherman

Video format: 1080p Blu-ray

Best Video:

Unrestored: 35mm scans (widescreen) or Disney LaserDisc (1.33:1 open matte)

Restored: Disney Gold Collection DVD (1.33:1 open matte)

Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)

Video Notes:

Disney Most Wanted Edition DVD and Blu-ray releases are altered

Best Audio:

35mm scans or Disney LaserDisc

Director: George Roy Hill

4K · Solid
Best Audio:

1998 R1 Universal DVD

Director: William Friedkin

4K · Solid
Best Video:

WB 4K Blu-ray

Video Notes:

WB 4K Blu-ray retains the revisionist colors with minor tweaks, has OG mono

Best Audio:

Theatrical: 1985 WB LaserDisc (mono). 1997 WB DVD has the 1979 70mm reissue remix.

Director: Dušan Makavejev

Best English-Friendly:

Transgressive Visions German 4K Blu-ray

Best Audio:

Criterion NTSC DVD

Audio Notes:

The UHD has audible artifacting and sounds metallic.

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