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89 Films

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89 Included Films

Aliases: mgm

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True Heart Susie poster
DVD
Best English-Friendly:

DVD

Best Video:

DVD only or MGM+ Streaming (unsure of resolution)

Best English-Friendly:

DVD

Best Video:

DVD only or MGM+ Streaming (unsure of resolution)

The Bishop Murder Case poster
DVD
Best English-Friendly:

MGM DVD

Best Video:

MGM DVD

Best English-Friendly:

MGM DVD

Best Video:

MGM DVD

Billy the Kid poster
DVD
Best English-Friendly:

MGM DVD

Best Video:

MGM DVD

Best English-Friendly:

MGM DVD

Best Video:

MGM DVD

Hallelujah, I'm a Bum poster
DVD
Best English-Friendly:

MGM DVD

Best Video:

MGM DVD

Best English-Friendly:

MGM DVD

Best Video:

MGM DVD

Fury poster
1080p Blu-ray
Best English-Friendly:

WB Blu-ray

Best Video:

WB Blu-ray

Best Audio:

1993 MGM LaserDisc

Fury poster
1080p Blu-ray
Best English-Friendly:

WB Blu-ray

Best Video:

WB Blu-ray

Best Audio:

1993 MGM LaserDisc

The Wizard of Oz poster
UHD Blu-ray
Best English-Friendly:

2D: Warner Bros 4K Blu-ray

3D: Warner Bros 3D Blu-ray or Apple Vision Pro

Best Video:

2D: Warner Bros 4K Blu-ray

3D: Warner Bros 3D Blu-ray or Apple Vision Pro

Best Audio:

1989 MGM LaserDisc (caveat: first "there's" in "there's no place like home" in final Kansas scene truncated)

Best English-Friendly:

2D: Warner Bros 4K Blu-ray

3D: Warner Bros 3D Blu-ray or Apple Vision Pro

Best Video:

2D: Warner Bros 4K Blu-ray

3D: Warner Bros 3D Blu-ray or Apple Vision Pro

Best Audio:

1989 MGM LaserDisc (caveat: first "there's" in "there's no place like home" in final Kansas scene truncated)

The Philadelphia Story poster
1080p Blu-ray
Best English-Friendly:

Criterion Blu-ray

Best Video:

Criterion 4k transfer

Best Audio:

1986 MGM LaserDisc. 1987 VHS probably even better

Best English-Friendly:

Criterion Blu-ray

Best Video:

Criterion 4k transfer

Best Audio:

1986 MGM LaserDisc. 1987 VHS probably even better

The Maltese Falcon poster
UHD Blu-ray
Best English-Friendly:

2023 WB 4K Blu-ray

Best Video:

2023 WB 4K Blu-ray

Best Audio:

HBO MAX WEB-DL/2000 R1 MGM DVD

Best English-Friendly:

2023 WB 4K Blu-ray

Best Video:

2023 WB 4K Blu-ray

Best Audio:

HBO MAX WEB-DL/2000 R1 MGM DVD

Mildred Pierce poster
UHD Blu-ray
Best English-Friendly:

Criterion 4K Blu-ray

Best Audio:

1990 MGM LaserDisc

Best English-Friendly:

Criterion 4K Blu-ray

Best Audio:

1990 MGM LaserDisc

The Big Sleep poster
1080p Blu-ray
Best English-Friendly:

WB Blu-ray

Best Video:

WB Blu-ray

Best Audio:

1991 MGM LaserDisc

The Big Sleep poster
1080p Blu-ray
Best English-Friendly:

WB Blu-ray

Best Video:

WB Blu-ray

Best Audio:

1991 MGM LaserDisc

The Treasure of the Sierra Madre poster
1080p Blu-ray
Best English-Friendly:

WB Blu-ray

Best Video:

WB Blu-ray

Best Audio:

1992 MGM VHS

Best English-Friendly:

WB Blu-ray

Best Video:

WB Blu-ray

Best Audio:

1992 MGM VHS

The Asphalt Jungle poster
1080p Blu-ray
Best English-Friendly:

Criterion Blu-ray

Best Video:

Criterion 2k scan but bitrate is meh, not sure if it is a new scan (probably not)

Best Audio:

1993 MGM LaserDisc

Best English-Friendly:

Criterion Blu-ray

Best Video:

Criterion 2k scan but bitrate is meh, not sure if it is a new scan (probably not)

Best Audio:

1993 MGM LaserDisc

The Planter's Wife poster
1080p Blu-ray
Best English-Friendly:

MGM Blu-ray

Best Video:

MGM Blu-ray

Best English-Friendly:

MGM Blu-ray

Best Video:

MGM Blu-ray

Singin' in the Rain poster
UHD Blu-ray
Best English-Friendly:

WB 4K Blu-ray

Best Video:

WB 4K Blu-ray

Best Audio:

1991 MGM LaserDisc

Best English-Friendly:

WB 4K Blu-ray

Best Video:

WB 4K Blu-ray

Best Audio:

1991 MGM LaserDisc

The Band Wagon poster
1080p Blu-ray
Best English-Friendly:

WB Blu-ray

Best Video:

WB Blu-ray, Musicals 4-Movie Collection

Best Audio:

1991 MGM LaserDisc

Best English-Friendly:

WB Blu-ray

Best Video:

WB Blu-ray, Musicals 4-Movie Collection

Best Audio:

1991 MGM LaserDisc

The Night of the Hunter poster
UHD Blu-ray
Best English-Friendly:

Capelight 4K Blu-ray

Best Audio:

2001 R1 MGM DVD

Best English-Friendly:

Capelight 4K Blu-ray

Best Audio:

2001 R1 MGM DVD

The Killing poster
UHD Blu-ray
Best English-Friendly:

Kino Lorber 4K Blu-ray

Best Audio:

MGM DVD mono

Best English-Friendly:

Kino Lorber 4K Blu-ray

Best Audio:

MGM DVD mono

Paths of Glory poster
UHD Blu-ray
Best English-Friendly:

Britain MoC 4K Blu-ray

Best Video:

Britain MoC 4K Blu-ray better encoding

Best Audio:

Original mix: 1999 R1 MGM DVD
Restored remix: Britain MoC 4K Blu-ray

From cbc: "I'm personally quite fond of the restored track on Eureka's 4K Blu-ray. It does have spots with objectively worse fidelity, but for the most part, it sounds a lot more natural and less shrill, particularly dialogue. It seems to be a new mixdown of stems. Technically a remix, so not everyone's cup of tea, but it's not revisionist like most new movie mixes tend to be"

Best English-Friendly:

Britain MoC 4K Blu-ray

Best Video:

Britain MoC 4K Blu-ray better encoding

Best Audio:

Original mix: 1999 R1 MGM DVD
Restored remix: Britain MoC 4K Blu-ray

From cbc: "I'm personally quite fond of the restored track on Eureka's 4K Blu-ray. It does have spots with objectively worse fidelity, but for the most part, it sounds a lot more natural and less shrill, particularly dialogue. It seems to be a new mixdown of stems. Technically a remix, so not everyone's cup of tea, but it's not revisionist like most new movie mixes tend to be"

Sweet Smell of Success poster
1080p Blu-ray
Best English-Friendly:

Criterion or Arrow Blu-ray

Best Video:

Criterion = Arrow, not sure about France

Best Audio:

1989 MGM LaserDisc

Best English-Friendly:

Criterion or Arrow Blu-ray

Best Video:

Criterion = Arrow, not sure about France

Best Audio:

1989 MGM LaserDisc

Ben-Hur poster
UHD Blu-ray
Best English-Friendly:

Warner Bros 4K Blu-ray

Best Audio:

1991 MGM LaserDisc

The 4K Blu-ray 5.0 is the original mix, but more muffled than LaserDisc and even the previous Blu-ray's gentle remix. The Atmos mix is revisionist.

Additional Info:

The 50th Anniversary box set has some exclusive extras.

1991 LD is Dolby Stereo matrix encoded from the original six track master and this was later upgraded to a 5.1 Dolby Digital version prepared for the first DVD. The 5.1 version may have had some slight tweaking in the process. This was reused for the DVD CE boxset and then the 5.1 on Blu-ray seems like a slight upgrade of the DVD track. (The first pressing from the UCE boxset had audio defects rampant on the BD. These were corrected for standalone pressings.) All 5.1s sound roughly the same as the LD 2.0 in terms of the mix, but the LD PCM mastering seems like the only one that is direct without any major processing.

Ben-Hur poster
UHD Blu-ray
Best English-Friendly:

Warner Bros 4K Blu-ray

Best Audio:

1991 MGM LaserDisc

The 4K Blu-ray 5.0 is the original mix, but more muffled than LaserDisc and even the previous Blu-ray's gentle remix. The Atmos mix is revisionist.

Additional Info:

The 50th Anniversary box set has some exclusive extras.

1991 LD is Dolby Stereo matrix encoded from the original six track master and this was later upgraded to a 5.1 Dolby Digital version prepared for the first DVD. The 5.1 version may have had some slight tweaking in the process. This was reused for the DVD CE boxset and then the 5.1 on Blu-ray seems like a slight upgrade of the DVD track. (The first pressing from the UCE boxset had audio defects rampant on the BD. These were corrected for standalone pressings.) All 5.1s sound roughly the same as the LD 2.0 in terms of the mix, but the LD PCM mastering seems like the only one that is direct without any major processing.

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