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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: Chen Kaige

Best Video:

MGM MoD Blu-ray

Best Audio:

MGM NTSC DVD

Audio Notes:

MGM NTSC DVD includes 5.1, Blu-ray is only stereo

Additional Info:

The Blu-ray has burned-in English subtitles

Director: Ray Harryhausen

Best Video:

OOP Ray Harryhausen: The Early Years Collection 2005 Sparkhill DVD

Directors: Jean-Pierre Dardenne & Luc Dardenne

Best Video:

New Yorker Video DVD

Sources: ifccenter.com (opens in a new tab)

Upcoming Release:

4K restoration screened in 2023, no Blu-ray yet 

Director: Apichatpong Weerasethakul

Best English-Friendly:

DVD

Best Video:

DVD only

Director: Lee Tamahori

Best Video:

MGM Blu-ray 

Best Audio:

5.1 Dolby EX: Special Edition DVD

6.1 DTS Spain: Special Edition DVD

Audio Notes:

Blu-ray 5.1 HDMA is new transfer that retains rear center matrix channel but has no discrete 6.1

Director: Antoine Fuqua

Best Video:

Theatrical: Sony Blu-ray

Extended: Sony DVD

Video Notes:

Alleycat's restoration better

Directors: Kazuhisa Takenouchi & Leiji Matsumoto & Hirotoshi Rissen & Daisuke Nishio

Best Video:

PAL DVD

Upcoming Release:

4K "remaster" shown in cinemas, but it is a very poor AI upscale

Video Notes:

PAL DVD is sourced from the least bad digital/video sources. PAL is the original framerate for the film.

Blu-ray is sourced from a filmout, but has no visible resolution increase from the DVD

Best Audio:

PAL DVD 2.0 mix

Audio Notes:

5.1 mix is a mediocre upmix, and the Blu-ray has more limited mixes than the DVD

Director: Peter Watkins

Best English-Friendly:

DVD

Best Video:

DVD only

Director: Quentin Tarantino

4K · Solid
Best Video:

International Cut: Lionsgate 4K Blu-ray

Japan Cut: Japan DVD

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

Video Notes:

Upscaled from the 2K DI. Caps are here. While not as dramatic an upgrade as Jackie Brown, color reproduction and especially the reveal of additional highlight information that were completely blown-out on the old master make this a great upgrade regardless. See Uma Thurman’s face in the above cap. Japan Cut: Japan DVD

Additional Info:

Japan DVD has more extras compared to the HD/UHD releases

Director: Peter Weir

4K · Solid
Best Video:

Disney 4K Blu-ray

Best Audio:

Disney 4K Blu-ray has neutered audio compared to OG home video release

Cinema DTS or DVD DTS 5.1 is better and has more bass.

Additional Info:

The 4K Blu-ray and Blu-ray lack the bonus features found in the old Collector's Edition DVD release. The France Blu-ray has all extras plus an isolated score.

Director: Wayne Kramer

Best Video:

101 Films Blu-ray (but it's PAL instead of NTSC) or the Lionsgate DVD for NTSC

Director: Terry Zwigoff

Best Video:

Badder Santa cut: International Sony Blu-ray

Director's Cut: US Blu-ray

Theatrical: original DVD or Streaming in HD on Amazon

Best Audio:

Badder Santa cut: US Blu-ray

Director: P.J. Hogan

Best Video:

Original Theatrical Version: US Universal Widescreen Edition NTSC DVD

Cut UK Home Video Version: US Universal or International Sony Blu-ray?

Video Notes:

(caveat: DNR applied)

Best Audio:

Original Theatrical Version: Cinema DTS

Cut UK Home Video Version: US Universal Blu-ray for DTS-HD MA track

Additional Info:

International Sony Blu-ray releases have the original DVD extras

Director: Wang Bing

Best English-Friendly:

DVD

Best Video:

Documentary Educational Resources NTSC DVD

Video Notes:

Documentary Educational Resources NTSC DVD has best video at proper fps, but hardcoded English subtitles and hard to obtain.

Dutch PAL DVD has wrong fps, but has English subtitles for most of the film, except intertitles

TV series

Best Video:

2006 UK DVD/2012 Australia DVD

Video Notes:
  • Recent Streaming versions (All 4 and Peacock) are AI upscaled

  • Peacock also removes the original ad break slides

  • The interviews and opening introductions also aren't de-interlaced properly into PAL 50fps

Director: Quentin Tarantino

4K · Solid
Best Video:

International Cut: Lionsgate 4K Blu-ray

Japan Cut: Japan DVD

Upcoming Release:

Whole Bloody Affair 4K Blu-ray upcoming in July, but only has 1 bonus feature and cuts out the rest of the extras

Additional Info:

Japan DVD has more extras compared to the HD/UHD releases

Director: Apichatpong Weerasethakul

Best English-Friendly:

4K restoration soon, or DVD

Sources: Reddit (opens in a new tab)

Director: John Waters

Best Video:

New Line Cinema DVD

Directors: Dick Proenneke & Bob Swerer Jr. & Bob Swerer Sr.

Best Video:

Bob Swerer Productions DVD

Director: Oliver Stone

Best 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

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