UK

328 films on Best Blurays

Type: Region

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Best releases · 328

All tagged · 393

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

Help! I'm a Fish (2000)

Directors: Michael Hegner & Stefan Fjeldmark

Video format: HD Streaming

Best English-Friendly:

UK DVD

Best Video:

Amazon HD Streaming

Best Audio:

Danish audio: Amazon HD Streaming (caveat: no English dub or subtitles)

English dub: UK DVD

Hannibal (2001)

Director: Ridley Scott

4K · Excellent

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Universal UK 4K Blu-ray

Video Notes:

> US Kino Lorber

Additional Info:

UK Universal 4K Blu-ray is missing Kino Lorber extras

3.3

The Devil's Backbone (2001)

Director: Guillermo del Toro

4K · Solid

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Sony 4K Blu-ray or UK StudioCanal

Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)

Video Notes:

Sony currently only available in the Sony Classics US set

3.8

Amélie (2001)

Director: Jean-Pierre Jeunet

Best English-Friendly & Video:

All BDs are similar. Sony Blu-ray probably best encoding but cuts off last few seconds of music

Upcoming Release:

UK Curzon Blu-ray in July

Best Audio:

Korea Blu-ray

Audio Notes:

Korea Blu-ray has less limiting, proper 24-bit audio, and does not cut off the last few second of music

4.2

Metropolis (2001)

Director: Rintaro

Best English-Friendly:

UK Eureka Blu-ray

Best Video:

All Blu-ray releases except US Mill Creek (Mill Creek has black crush)

Best Audio:

R2 Japan Bandai Visual Memorial Box DVD

Audio Notes:

R2 Japan Bandai Visual Memorial Box DVD for Japan DTS 5.1 audio (non-English-friendly and OOP)

3.8

Made (2001)

Director: Jon Favreau

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Lionsgate Limited 4K Blu-ray

Best Audio:

Original 5.1 Mix: UK Momentum Pictures DVD

The Piano Teacher (2001)

Director: Michael Haneke

Best English-Friendly & Video:

UK Curzon Blu-ray

Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)

Best Audio:

France Blu-ray

4.1

Monsters, Inc. (2001)

Director: Pete Docter

Best English-Friendly:

Original credits: 2009 Blu-ray/2013 3D Blu-ray

Outtake credits: 2002 Collector's Edition DVD

Sources: caps-a-holic (opens in a new tab)

Best Video:

Original credits: 2009 Blu-ray/2013 3D Blu-ray (preference: the 2009 Blu-ray has rendering errors not on the DVD release or the 3D version but does have the original Disney and Pixar logos caps. Fur textures are differently animated on the 3D version as well) 4K Blu-ray is an upscale.

Outtake credits: 2002 UK Collector's Edition DVD (US release has the outtakes only in the fullscreen version)

Best Audio:

AC3 5.1, Cinema DTS, or half bitrate DTS DVD

Audio Notes:

(only on the UK Collector's Edition)

Additional Info:

Isolated score is on the DVD

The One (2001)

Director: James Wong

Best English-Friendly & Video:

UK 88 Films Blu-ray

Additional Info:

Commentary: 88 Films is at a very low volume level. The other BDs like the Sony do not have this problem.

Warm Water Under a Red Bridge (2001)

Director: Shōhei Imamura

Best English-Friendly & Video:

US Film Movement Blu-ray

Upcoming Release:

UK Radiance Blu-ray

Ali (2001)

Director: Michael Mann

Best English-Friendly:

Theatrical: Universum Film Germany Blu-ray 2004 Director's Cut: Sony Director's Cut DVD 2017 Director's Cut: Sony Blu-ray

Best Video:

Theatrical: Universum Film Germany Blu-ray (caveat: not entirely English friendly, R1 DVD for a more English friendly release)
2004 Director's Cut: Sony Director's Cut DVD
2017 Director's Cut: Sony Blu-ray

Best Audio:

Theatrical: The UK DVD

Audio Notes:

Theatrical: The UK DVD has a DTS 5.1 track

Additional Info:

The Sony Blu-ray is missing the commentary from the DC DVD

Michael Mann changed it so much for the new cut that it no longer lined up.

3.5

Decasia: The State of Decay (2002)

Director: Bill Morrison

Video format: 1080p Blu-ray

Best Video:

US Icarus Films OOP Blu-ray or UK BFI Bill Morrison: Selected Films 1996-2014 Blu-ray

3.8

The Mothman Prophecies (2002)

Director: Mark Pellington

4K · Excellent

Best English-Friendly, Video & Audio:

UK 88 Films 4K Blu-ray

Video Notes:

88 Films is FiM encoded

Germany Filmjuwelen 4K Blu-ray is disappointing with AI upscaling

Blade II (2002)

Director: Guillermo del Toro

Video format: 4K Streaming

Best English-Friendly & Video:

4K master with OAR of 1.85 restored streaming on HBO MAX

WB US Blu-ray or UK Entertainment in Video Blu-ray

Upcoming Release:

WB 4K Blu-ray teased by Guillermo Del Toro

Video Notes:

CA Alliance Blu-ray or dutch Blu-ray are the same masters but have additional sharpening.

Additional Info:

The original DVD has an isolated score and a exclusive easter egg

3.3

Windtalkers (2002)

Director: John Woo

Best English-Friendly & Video:

MVD Blu-ray (2018 version with both cuts)

Best Audio:

Director's Cut: Scandinavia/UK MGM DVD DTS 5.1

Additional Info:

Germany Century³ Cinedition - Director's Cut Blu-ray has exclusive extras

Naqoyqatsi (2002)

Director: Godfrey Reggio

Best English-Friendly & Video:

US Criterion or UK Miramax Blu-ray

Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)

Video Notes:

US Criterion or UK Miramax Blu-ray (UK has the OAR of 1.85)?

Additional Info:

Criterion has more extras

3.1

Naruto (2002)

TV series

Best English-Friendly & Video:

UK Anime Ltd. Blu-ray

Video Notes:

UK has reportedly better compression than the US Viz Media

Dark Blue (2002)

Director: Ron Shelton

4K · Worse Than BD

Best English-Friendly & Video:

UK Arrow Blu-ray

Video Notes:

Australia Imprint 4K Blu-ray disappointing, nice new master, but poor encode, grain completely crippled in some scenes, artifacts abound, etc, makes Kino Lorber look like FiM.

3.2

Distant (2002)

Director: Nuri Bilge Ceylan

Best English-Friendly & Video:

UK vs US Blu-ray?

4.0

The Hours (2002)

Director: Stephen Daldry

Best English-Friendly & Video:

UK 88 Films Blu-ray

Video Notes:

UK 88 Films Blu-ray is the only release not OOP aside from Japan Blu-ray

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