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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: Blake Edwards

Best English-Friendly:

Eureka UK Blu-ray

Best Video:

Eureka UK

Video Notes:

Eureka UK > Kino Lorber US

Best Audio:

Mono: Kino Lorber US Blu-ray

Audio Notes:

Mono: Kino Lorber US Blu-ray possibly?

Director: Gordon Douglas

Best English-Friendly:

US Twilight Time OOP Blu-ray

Best Video:

US Twilight Time OOP or Germany WVG Medien

Director: George Dunning

Best English-Friendly & Audio:

2012 Blu-ray

Audio Notes:

1999 DVD has an exclusive music only track not ported to any other release

Best Video:

2012 Blu-ray for UK edit

1987 US LaserDisc for US edit 

Director: Isao Takahata

Best English-Friendly:

US OOP Discotek Blu-ray

Best Video:

4K restoration semi-regularly airing on Toei Channel in Japan

Runner-up: Japan Studio Ghibli "The Collected Works of Isao Takahata" Blu-ray Box Set

Director: Jacques Demy

Best English-Friendly:

Arrow UK Blu-ray

Video Notes:

Arrow UK Blu-ray or Twilight Time US Blu-ray but OOP, no comparison

Director: Robert Downey Sr.

Best English-Friendly & Video:

UK Indicator Blu-ray or US Vinegar Syndrome Blu-ray

Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)

Video Notes:

UK Indicator Blu-ray or US Vinegar Syndrome Blu-ray no comparison available but both from the same Academy 4K restoration

TV series

Best English-Friendly:

US Milestone vs UK Arrow Blu-ray

Best Video:

US Milestone vs UK Arrow Blu-ray or no comparison

Director: Franklin J. Schaffner

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Fox US Remastered Blu-ray

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

Video Notes:

Fox US Remastered Blu-ray is a significant improvement over older Blu-ray see caps

Director: David Cronenberg

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Unsure, maybe the version found in the US Decal 4K Blu-ray of the 2022 Crimes of the Future, the version found on the US Criterion Brood Blu-ray or the one found on the UK Arrow David Cronenberg's Early Works?

Director: Federico Fellini

Best English-Friendly:

US RaroVideo Blu-ray or UK MoC Blu-ray, both OOP

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

Best Video:

US RaroVideo Blu-ray or UK MoC Blu-ray

Video Notes:

US RaroVideo Blu-ray or UK MoC Blu-ray has no discernible difference even though MoC has more bitrate, see caps Both OOP

Italy Eagle Pictures Blu-ray is also OOP, not English-friendly and has no caps for comparison.

Director: Paolo Cavara

4K · Excellent
Best English-Friendly & Video:

US Celluloid Dreams 4K Blu-ray

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

Video Notes:

US Celluloid Dreams 4K Blu-ray caps and detailed QC breakdown

Director: Terence Young

Best English-Friendly & Video:

US Arrow 4K Blu-ray

Video Notes:

> UK StudioCanal 4K Blu-ray, better color grading

Director: Aldo Lado

4K · Excellent
Best English-Friendly & Video:

Celluloid Dreams US 4K Blu-ray

Video Notes:

> 88 Films UK for better grading

Director: William Sterling

Best English-Friendly:

2004/2010 US Screen Media DVD

Best Video:

2010 Spain Divisa DVD (caveat: mostly cropped to 16:9)

Video Notes:

(caveat: 4:3 pan and scan transfer with no menus or subtitles)

Best Audio:

2010 Spain Divisa DVD

Additional Info:

Most US VHS and DVD releases are bootlegs that are cropped and/or of poor picture quality

Director: Marcell Jankovics

Best English-Friendly:

US Arbelos Blu-ray

Best Video:

US Arbelos Blu-ray, encoded by FiM

Director: Alejandro Jodorowsky

Best English-Friendly:

Arrow/US remastered abkco Blu-ray or Germany Bildstörung Blu-ray depending on preference

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

Upcoming Release:

Umbrella 4K Blu-ray, part of Alejandro Jodorowsky Collector’s Edition, scheduled for November 2026 release

Best Video:

Even though Arrow/US remastered abkco Blu-ray are the newer restoration, the Germany Bildstörung Blu-ray seeming look better in many of the scenes see caps  ut the grading might also be over-exposed see caps
Ultimately it's up to personal preference.

Director: H.B. Halicki

Best English-Friendly & Video:

OOP 2017 US Mill Creek Blu-ray

Video Notes:

It is in MPEG-2, but has a superior restoration that has less errors than the older 2012 Blu-ray.

Best Audio:

1989 US VHS mono

Audio Notes:

The 5.1 remix on the US Blu-ray has poor mixing and heavily revised sound effects.

Director: Sam Peckinpah

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Shout! Factory 4K Blu-ray

Best Audio:

All pre-4K BDs (Twilight Time US, Suevia Spain, Imprint Australia, Koch Media Germany)

Audio Notes:

All pre-4K BDs (Twilight Time US, Suevia Spain, Imprint Australia, Koch Media Germany) are the same, and significantly better than the 4K restoration (Shout! Factory, Arrow, Kino Lorber), and a bit better than the MGM NTSC DVD.

Director: Werner Herzog

Video format: 1080p Blu-ray

Best English-Friendly:

Shout! Factory vs BFI?

Best Video:

US Shout! Factory vs BFI vs StudioCanal Germany

Video Notes:

No comparison

Director: John Guillermin

Best English-Friendly & Video:

US Fox Blu-ray

Video Notes:

> International Warner Bros

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