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364 films on Best Blurays

Also known as: USA

Type: Region

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

Director: Stephen Sommers

Best English-Friendly & Video:

US Universal 4K Blu-ray

Video Notes:

US Universal 4K Blu-ray for the original forced subtitle fonts

Best Audio:

Cinema DTS

Director: Roger Michell

4K · Excellent
Best English-Friendly:

Universal 4K Blu-ray

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

Best Audio:

Original 5.1: US/UK Universal Blu-ray
Atmos remix: Universal 4K Blu-ray

See audio comparison

Additional Info:

US version has a different end credits song than the UK version

Directors: Daniel Myrick & Eduardo Sánchez

Best English-Friendly:

Second Sight UK Blu-ray for restored versions of both theatrical cut and festival cut

Upcoming Release:

Lionsgate Limited US Blu-ray available for pre-order

Best Audio:

Second Sight UK Blu-ray replacement disc

Director: Isao Takahata

Best English-Friendly, Video & Audio:

2018 US GKIDS Blu-ray

Director: Bruno Dumont

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Criterion Blu-ray

Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)

Best Audio:

US Criterion Blu-ray for 5.1 audio. France Blaqout Blu-ray for stereo audio.

TV series

Best English-Friendly & Video:

US Shout! Factory Blu-ray or Australia Via Vision Blu-ray

Video Notes:

No comparison available, but they usually share the same discs

Director: Makoto Shinkai

Video format: DVD

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Japan SD Blu-ray (bonus on the International Edition of 5 Centimeters per Second)

Video Notes:

Japan SD Blu-ray (bonus on the International Edition of 5 Centimeters per Second) has English subtitles

Japan SD Blu-ray (bonus on the International Edition of 5 Centimeters per Second) is the native SD transfer in a superior MPEG-4 AVC encode. GKIDS Blu-ray is upscaled.

Best Audio:

US GKIDS Blu-ray (included with 5 Centimeters per Second)

Director: Michael Apted

Best English-Friendly & Video:

MGM Blu-ray 

Best Audio:

Dolby 5.1 EX: MGM Blu-ray or Japan LaserDisc. EX rear center channel maintained on all releases.

Dolby Stereo SR: Japan LaserDisc or US VHS Hifi

Director: Anthony Minghella

Best English-Friendly & Video:

US Paramount Blu-ray

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

Video Notes:

International Blu-rays have different color grading and worse encoding than US Paramount release see caps

Director: Takashi Miike

4K · Excellent
Best English-Friendly & Video:

2026 Arrow 4K Blu-ray

Sources: Blu-ray.com (opens in a new tab)

Best Audio:

Original matrixed DTS Stereo mix: 2026 Arrow 4K Blu-ray
5.0 surround remix: 2009 Shout! Factory US Blu-ray

Audio Notes:

Arrow includes three audio tracks, matrixed stereo, discrete 4.0, and a 5.0 surround remix. Unfortunately, only the first one is usable. The 4.0 desyncs partway through. The 5.0 has incorrect (lower) pitch. Fortunately, the matrixed stereo track sounds great, but it is still a major disappointment.

There has been no replacement disc announced. See nicwood's BR post.

Director: Ang Lee

4K · Solid
Best English-Friendly & Video:

Sony Pictures US set 4K Blu-ray

Video Notes:

Sony Pictures US set 4K Blu-ray has DV

Director: Cameron Crowe

Best English-Friendly:

UK Sony 4K Blu-ray (HMV Exclusive with both cuts)

Best Video:

UK Sony 4K Blu-ray

Video Notes:

(HMV Exclusive with both cuts, slightly better encoding than the US Paramount)

Best Audio:

US Paramount

Audio Notes:

US Paramount is 24 bit compared to Sony's 16 bit

Additional Info:

US Paramount has more extras

Director: Sharon Maguire

Best English-Friendly & Video:

US Cut: Miramax Blu-ray

International Cut: France StudioCanal 4K Blu-ray

Video Notes:

(forced, but not hardcoded France subs, no English subtitles)

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)

Director: Steven Spielberg

Best English-Friendly & Video:

US Paramount Blu-ray

Upcoming Release:

Paramount 4K Blu-ray Dec 15th

Video Notes:

US Paramount Blu-ray > International WB Blu-ray

Director: Keenen Ivory Wayans

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Germany Highlight Blu-ray

US Lionsgate Blu-ray for non-hardcoded subtitles

Best Audio:

US Lionsgate Blu-ray

Director: Chris Nahon

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Theatrical: France ESC Blu-ray or US Fox Blu-ray?


Uncut: any of the France DVDs

Best Audio:

US Anchor Bay TrueHD 5.1

Audio Notes:

Germany DTS-HD 6.1 is inferior due to clipping.

Director: Hayao Miyazaki

Best English-Friendly & Video:

2014 Japan Hayao Miyazaki Collection Studio Ghibli Blu-ray

Best Audio:

2014 Japan Hayao Miyazaki Collection Studio Ghibli Blu-ray

For English dub: OOP US 2015 Disney Blu-ray

Additional Info:

US GKIDS Blu-ray is missing some features from the OOP US Disney Blu-ray but has an exclusive 12-page booklet.

Director: Iain Softley

Best English-Friendly & Video:

US Kino Lorber Blu-ray

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

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