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328 films on Best Blurays

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

Director: Jang Joon-hwan

Best English-Friendly & Video:

UK Arrow 4K Blu-ray

Director: Bong Joon Ho

4K · Excellent
Best English-Friendly, Video & Audio:

Curzon/Artificial Eye UK 4K Blu-ray

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

Video Notes:

Korea disc is near-identical, caps

Director: Clark Johnson

Best English-Friendly & Video:

UK 88 Films Blu-ray

Director: Michael Haneke

Video format: 1080p Blu-ray

Best Video:

No comparisons available, UK Curzon Blu-ray boxset, Australia Umbrella Blu-ray boxset, US Strand Releasing OOP Blu-ray, or very old France TF1 Blu-ray

Director: Richard Curtis

4K · Worse Than BD
Best English-Friendly & Video:

Universal 4K Blu-ray replacement disc only or AVC encoded StudioCanal Blu-ray?

Best Audio:

Universal 4K Blu-ray doesn't have the original UK soundtrack

For the UK soundtrack: the Old US Universal Blu-ray (NOT the 10th Anniversary Edition) or any of the international Blu-rays

Director: Bruno Dumont

Best English-Friendly, Video & Audio:

UK Fractured Visions Blu-ray

Director: Bernardo Bertolucci

Best English-Friendly & Video:

UK ICON 4K Blu-ray

Director: P.J. Hogan

Best English-Friendly & 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

TV series

Best English-Friendly & 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: Mamoru Oshii

4K · Worse Than BD
Best English-Friendly:

Japan Disney 4K Blu-ray for the original Japanese audio with the best English subtitle translation

US Funimation Blu-ray for the Bandai dub
Manga Entertainment UK Blu-ray for the Manga Entertainment dub

Upcoming Release:

4K remastered US theatrical re-release in 2024 courtesy of GKIDS with either the Japanese audio with Disney's English subtitles or the English dub by Bandai

Not yet confirmed for a US home video release

Best Video:

Italy Dynit Blu-ray

Best Audio:

Japan "4K Remastered" Disney Blu-ray has the original 6.1 mix

Japan Disney 4K Blu-ray for the DTS:X remix

Funimation US Blu-ray for the Bandai dub

Manga Entertainment UK Blu-ray for the Manga Entertainment dub

Additional Info:

Italy Dynit Blu-ray has the best picture quality but has no English subtitles or original theatrical 6.1 mix.

All "4K Remastered" and 4K Blu-ray releases (including from Disney) are taken from a 35mm filmout rather than the original digital source, and then heavily DNR'd, destroying original detail and making lines smearier than before. The Japan Disney 4K Blu-ray is the least bad presentation of the 4K remaster, being encoded with a very healthy bitrate and HDR10+ metadata, and with a top-notch DTS:X remix, with the original 6.1 mix included on the pack-in "4K Remastered" Blu-ray.

The film has multiple English subtitle translations, and the Disney subtitles done by Linda Hoaglund and Judith Aley with Aura are often seen as the best translation, with these subtitles present on the Japan Disney 4K Blu-ray, making this the definitive option for viewers who want to watch the film in Japanese with English subtitles.

Director: Joshua Marston

Best English-Friendly & Video:

UK ICON Blu-ray

Director: Tony Scott

Best English-Friendly & Video:

UK Fox Blu-ray

Video Notes:

UK Fox Blu-ray for the extras and original forced subtitles

Director: Beeban Kidron

Best English-Friendly & Video:

UK Universal Blu-ray

Director: Joel Schumacher

Best English-Friendly & Video:

UK Entertainment in Video Blu-ray

Video Notes:

Japan GAGA 4K Blu-ray is worse

Director: Kirk R. Thatcher

Video format: HD Streaming

Best English-Friendly & Video:

OG broadcast version: Disney UK DVD for OG 1.78:1 aspect ratio

Extended version: Disney US DVD or Disney+ HD Streaming

Video Notes:

(caveat: both cropped to 1.33:1)

Director: Neil Marshall

4K · Excellent
Best English-Friendly, Video & Audio:

UK StudioCanal 4K Blu-ray or FR Pathé 4K Blu-ray

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

Video Notes:

UK StudioCanal 4K Blu-ray or FR Pathé 4K Blu-ray share the same disc (caps)

The StudioCanal UHD has a much better encode than the Lionsgate UHD with the same grade. The Vuelta UHD has a decent encode but it is in an incorrect color space and has German overlays.

Audio Notes:

UK disc includes only 5.1.

The 7.1 mix included on the Lionsgate UHD appears to be identical to the 2006 USA BD's LPCM 7.1 track and to be a straight transfer of the theatrical Dolby Digital Surround EX mix (originally matrixed 6.1, with the rear surrounds in the discrete 7.1 presentation being dual mono). The old GER BD has a 6.1 mix but it is a poor remix and the GER UHD has an Auro-3D remix of the 7.1 mix (mostly adjusted surround levels). All other discs offer a 5.1 mix, including the Studio Canal UHD

Director: Werner Herzog

Best English-Friendly & Video:

2015 UK Lionsgate Blu-ray

Upcoming Release:

Criterion Blu-ray scheduled for Dec 2026 release

Director: Nicolas Winding Refn

4K · Excellent
Best English-Friendly & Video:

UK Second Sight Trilogy Boxset 4K Blu-ray

Video Notes:

US Magnolia Pictures 4K Blu-ray uses the same source but with worse encoding

Director: Guy Ritchie

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Director's Cut: US Sony Blu-ray

UK Cut: UK Lionsgate Blu-ray or any of the other international Blu-rays?

Director: Michael Haneke

Best English-Friendly, Video & Audio:

2025 Curzon UK Blu-ray (Haneke boxset)

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

Video Notes:

2025 Curzon UK Blu-ray or 2013 TF1 FR Blu-ray (caps)

Curzon has a slightly better encode and preserves all the noise of the digital source, but ends up obscuring actual detail in some shots. Both are quite good, only caveat being that the TF1 disc is slightly cropped and has a black bar on top.

Audio Notes:

2008 Artificial Eye UK and 2025 Umbrella AU discs have incorrect pitch. TF1 FR disc is missing 7 minutes of audio in the left channel. See spectrograms.

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