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12 Films

Netherlands

12 Included Films

Aliases: nl, nld, netherlands, dutch, holland

Type: Region

1080p Blu-ray
Best English-Friendly:

Criterion Blu-ray

Best Video:

Netherlands Lumière Blu-ray is new 2K master.

Best Audio:

Lumière Blu-ray best, but wrong pitch and needs correcting

Best English-Friendly:

Criterion Blu-ray

Best Video:

Netherlands Lumière Blu-ray is new 2K master.

Best Audio:

Lumière Blu-ray best, but wrong pitch and needs correcting

1080p Blu-ray
Best English-Friendly:

Radiance Blu-ray

Best Video:

Radiance Blu-ray

Best Audio:

Italy Cecchi Gori DVD/Netherlands Homescreen DVD

Il Sorpasso poster
1080p Blu-ray
Best English-Friendly:

Radiance Blu-ray

Best Video:

Radiance Blu-ray

Best Audio:

Italy Cecchi Gori DVD/Netherlands Homescreen DVD

1080p Blu-ray
Best English-Friendly:

Theatrical Cut: UK Artificial Eye Blu-ray > Criterion

2023 "Director's" Cut: Unreleased

Passion According to Andrei Cut: MosFilm Youtube Stream > Criterion Blu-ray

Best Video:

Theatrical Cut: Netherlands Lumière Blu-ray has best encoding

2023 "Director's" Cut: Unreleased

Passion According to Andrei Cut: MosFilm Youtube Stream > Criterion Blu-ray

Best Audio:

Theatrical Cut: 2011/2018 RU Blu-ray

Passion According to Andrei Cut: ??

Best English-Friendly:

Theatrical Cut: UK Artificial Eye Blu-ray > Criterion

2023 "Director's" Cut: Unreleased

Passion According to Andrei Cut: MosFilm Youtube Stream > Criterion Blu-ray

Best Video:

Theatrical Cut: Netherlands Lumière Blu-ray has best encoding

2023 "Director's" Cut: Unreleased

Passion According to Andrei Cut: MosFilm Youtube Stream > Criterion Blu-ray

Best Audio:

Theatrical Cut: 2011/2018 RU Blu-ray

Passion According to Andrei Cut: ??

1080p Blu-ray
Best English-Friendly:

Criterion Blu-ray

Best Video:

Rohmer Potemkine set vs Criterion set?

Best Audio:

Netherlands 2006 Homescreen DVD

Best English-Friendly:

Criterion Blu-ray

Best Video:

Rohmer Potemkine set vs Criterion set?

Best Audio:

Netherlands 2006 Homescreen DVD

1080p Blu-ray
Best English-Friendly:

Criterion Blu-ray

Best Video:

Criterion

Best Audio:

Netherlands Lumière Blu-ray marginally better

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

Criterion Blu-ray

Best Video:

Criterion

Best Audio:

Netherlands Lumière Blu-ray marginally better

1080p Blu-ray
Best English-Friendly:

Criterion Blu-ray

Best Video:

Netherlands Lumière Blu-ray is best, but all releases of the 2K restoration have issues:

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

Criterion Blu-ray

Best Video:

Netherlands Lumière Blu-ray is best, but all releases of the 2K restoration have issues:

UHD Blu-ray
Best English-Friendly:

2025 WB 4K Blu-ray or the 1997 New Line DVD (CCE colors)/Netherlands Blu-ray (2000 restoration) for a purist version

Best Video:

2025 WB 4K Blu-ray, better detail and everything, or the 1997 New Line DVD (CCE colors)/Netherlands Blu-ray (2000 restoration) for a purist version

  • 4K caveat: A variety of VFX set pieces and touch-ups were added in scenes throughout the film, probably for continuity or consistency, although they might be unnecessary or revisionist. Clouds are added to clear sky of the last act.

  • AI is used to fix an unwanted camera movement in one scene.

  • some shots had been further stabilized, resulting in strange motion blur.

Best Audio:

Cinema DTS, also has missing dialog intact.
But it can be argued that the Warner Bros 4K Blu-ray 5.1 (remix) is technically a better mix.

Additional Info:

More info on the different color grades over the years: https://notonbluray.com/blog/the-case-of-se7en/

Se7en poster
UHD Blu-ray
Best English-Friendly:

2025 WB 4K Blu-ray or the 1997 New Line DVD (CCE colors)/Netherlands Blu-ray (2000 restoration) for a purist version

Best Video:

2025 WB 4K Blu-ray, better detail and everything, or the 1997 New Line DVD (CCE colors)/Netherlands Blu-ray (2000 restoration) for a purist version

  • 4K caveat: A variety of VFX set pieces and touch-ups were added in scenes throughout the film, probably for continuity or consistency, although they might be unnecessary or revisionist. Clouds are added to clear sky of the last act.

  • AI is used to fix an unwanted camera movement in one scene.

  • some shots had been further stabilized, resulting in strange motion blur.

Best Audio:

Cinema DTS, also has missing dialog intact.
But it can be argued that the Warner Bros 4K Blu-ray 5.1 (remix) is technically a better mix.

Additional Info:

More info on the different color grades over the years: https://notonbluray.com/blog/the-case-of-se7en/

1080p Blu-ray
Best English-Friendly:

Canada Blu-ray or Netherlands Blu-ray?

Upcoming Release:

Australia Imprint 4K Blu-ray

Best Video:

Canada Blu-ray or Netherlands Blu-ray? better than Constantin Germany 4K Blu-ray

Best English-Friendly:

Canada Blu-ray or Netherlands Blu-ray?

Upcoming Release:

Australia Imprint 4K Blu-ray

Best Video:

Canada Blu-ray or Netherlands Blu-ray? better than Constantin Germany 4K Blu-ray

1080p Blu-ray
Best English-Friendly:

US Magnolia Pictures Blu-ray

Best Video:

US > UK > Netherlands Blu-ray, not sure about the rest https://caps-a-holic.com/c_list.php?c=1387 

Best English-Friendly:

US Magnolia Pictures Blu-ray

Best Video:

US > UK > Netherlands Blu-ray, not sure about the rest https://caps-a-holic.com/c_list.php?c=1387 

1080p Blu-ray
Best English-Friendly:

Netherlands/Germany Splendid Film Blu-ray

Best Video:

Netherlands/Germany Splendid Film Blu-ray

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

Netherlands/Germany Splendid Film Blu-ray

Best Video:

Netherlands/Germany Splendid Film Blu-ray

Everything Everywhere All at Once poster
Letterboxd
UHD Blu-ray
Best English-Friendly:

USA Lionsgate/A24 4K Blu-ray

Best Audio:

USA Lionsgate/A24 4K Blu-ray for Dolby Atmos mix

Netherlands Remain in Light 4K Blu-ray for the alternate Auro-3D mix (caveat: no English subtitles for Mandarin/Cantonese dialogue)

Best English-Friendly:

USA Lionsgate/A24 4K Blu-ray

Best Audio:

USA Lionsgate/A24 4K Blu-ray for Dolby Atmos mix

Netherlands Remain in Light 4K Blu-ray for the alternate Auro-3D mix (caveat: no English subtitles for Mandarin/Cantonese dialogue)

Ferrari poster
Letterboxd
UHD Blu-ray
Best English-Friendly:

Netherlands Remain in Light or UK Universal 4K Blu-ray

Best Video:

Netherlands Remain in Light or UK Universal 4K Blu-ray, See caps: Ferrari (2023) | Slowpoke Pics

Best Audio:

Netherlands Remain in Light

Additional Info:

All three discs come from the same master and share the same Dolby Vision grade, with identical dynamic metadata and CMv4.0 on all three. The Eagle Pictures disc is the only Profile 7 FEL, the Remain in Light and Universal UK discs are both MEL. On paper that gives the Italian finer coding precision, but it doesn't buy anything on this film, the grain is heavy enough to hide base layer quantisation on its own and none of the three discs bands. It also costs something, the Eagle Pictures encode noticeably smooths grain in flatter, low contrast areas, so a fair bit of fine texture that both other discs keep is simply gone. Edges and overall definition are fine, but the Dutch and UK discs clearly hold the film's texture better and are the ones to get. Between those two it's very close, with the Dutch keeping slightly more grain across most of the scenes checked. Worth noting as well, the Dutch and UK discs have their title cards in English while the Italian keeps them in Italian.
Caps comp: Ferrari (2023) | Slowpoke Pics

Ferrari poster
UHD Blu-ray
Best English-Friendly:

Netherlands Remain in Light or UK Universal 4K Blu-ray

Best Video:

Netherlands Remain in Light or UK Universal 4K Blu-ray, See caps: Ferrari (2023) | Slowpoke Pics

Best Audio:

Netherlands Remain in Light

Additional Info:

All three discs come from the same master and share the same Dolby Vision grade, with identical dynamic metadata and CMv4.0 on all three. The Eagle Pictures disc is the only Profile 7 FEL, the Remain in Light and Universal UK discs are both MEL. On paper that gives the Italian finer coding precision, but it doesn't buy anything on this film, the grain is heavy enough to hide base layer quantisation on its own and none of the three discs bands. It also costs something, the Eagle Pictures encode noticeably smooths grain in flatter, low contrast areas, so a fair bit of fine texture that both other discs keep is simply gone. Edges and overall definition are fine, but the Dutch and UK discs clearly hold the film's texture better and are the ones to get. Between those two it's very close, with the Dutch keeping slightly more grain across most of the scenes checked. Worth noting as well, the Dutch and UK discs have their title cards in English while the Italian keeps them in Italian.
Caps comp: Ferrari (2023) | Slowpoke Pics

12 films

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