US
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.
US Arrow 4K Blu-ray
> UK Arrow 4K Blu-ray (US is uncut, UK removed horse falls)
Director: Hayao Miyazaki
2014 Japan Hayao Miyazaki boxset Studio Ghibli Blu-ray
Japanese audio: 2014 Japan Hayao Miyazaki boxset Studio Ghibli Blu-ray has 6.1 discrete
English audio: Cinema DTS-ES, 2010 US Disney Blu-ray as an alternative
Theatrical Cut: Austria NSM Blu-ray
Director's Cut: France Metropolitan Blu-ray
Metropolitan got better picture (higher bitrate + better grain + more detail) than Lionsgate
Sources: caps-a-holic (opens in a new tab)
> UK > Netherlands Blu-ray, not sure about the rest https://caps-a-holic.com/c_list.php?c=1387
Sources: Reddit (opens in a new tab) · Blu-ray.com (opens in a new tab)
The BBC 4K collection and Shout! Factory 4K collection all use the same source, and are all unfortunately using AI upscaling and DNR'ed They are worse than the blurays and the 2023 US Shout! Factory collections are even prone to disc-rot.
2009 Lionsgate US (also prone to disc-rot) or UK 2 Entertain OOP Blu-ray will be the way to go.
The 4K collection's Blu-ray seems to be a reprint of previous releases.
4K discs
4K discs in the correct pitch https://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread.php?t=364711&page=8
Director: Claire Denis
US Cinema Guild Blu-ray, 2K trasnfer
US Cinema Guild Blu-ray has lossless stereo audio. UK New Wave DVD has 5.1. audio.
Director: John Woo
International Cut: US Magnolia Pictures Blu-ray
Original Hong Kong Cut (2 parts): US Magnolia Pictures Blu-ray or Hong Kong Blu-rays?
Director: Zack Snyder
Theatrical: Some of the International Paramount BDs
Director's Cut: US WB or International Paramount Blu-ray?
Ultimate Cut: US WB or International Paramount 4K Blu-ray?
(Paramount 4K Blu-ray has Dolby Vision but different colors compared to the WB)
Director: Pedro Almodóvar
Japan King Records 4K Blu-ray
Japan King Records 4K Blu-ray / US GKIDS Blu-ray
US GKIDS Blu-ray for the Amazon English dub
US OOP Funimation Blu-ray for the older Funimation English dub
Japan King Records 4K Blu-ray is an upscale, but has less compression artifacts, it also includes the theatrical cut (:2.0) on standard Blu-ray as a bonus.
4K restoration shown in cinemas in 2026, no home release yet
2021 Japan Studio Ghibli box set Blu-ray
TV series
Sources: DVDBeaver (opens in a new tab)
Various Blu-ray no comparison, US review http://www.dvdbeaver.com/film3/blu-ray_reviews55/mysteries_of_lisbon_blu-ray.htm
Director: Wes Craven
France M6 Video 4K Blu-ray
Sources: Blu-ray.com (opens in a new tab)
Lionsgate 4K Blu-ray disappointing - Avoid. Terrible release. Another Kino-grade encode with a huge DV layer. The Lionsgate Limited Steelbook has a different disc with exclusive bonus discs and apparently another poor encode but they also messed up the DV metadata and made that disc unwatchable with DV enabled.
US releases for the original audio
Pay per view version audio is on the UK Entertainment in Video Blu-ray and the France M6 Video 4K Blu-ray
Lionsgate Limited 4K Blu-ray has exclusive extras
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