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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: Bob Hathcock

Video format: 4K Streaming

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Disney+ 4K Streaming

Best Audio:

1995 US Disney LaserDisc

Director: David Lynch

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Censored US version: Shout! Factory or Twilight Time Blu-ray

Uncensored version: old DVD

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

Upcoming Release:

2026 Criterion 4K Blu-ray, confirmed to be uncut

Director: Richard Stanley

4K · Solid
Best English-Friendly:

Umbrella AU 4K Blu-ray

Best Video:

Umbrella AU 4K Blu-ray, encoded by Fidelity in Motion

Best Audio:

Original matrixed Dolby Stereo mix: 2018 Ronin Flix US Blu-ray / 2009 Optimum UK Blu-ray
5.1 surround remix: Umbrella AU 4K Blu-ray / Umbrella Blu-ray

Audio Notes:

The 2.0 on the 4K Blu-ray is a downmix.

Director: John Mark Robinson

Best English-Friendly, Video & Audio:

US Image Entertainment LaserDisc

Video Notes:

US Image Entertainment LaserDisc is pan-and-scan, but is the best quality release of the film. Widescreen version never released on home video.

Audio Notes:

US Image Entertainment LaserDisc has the original Dolby Stereo mix.

Additional Info:

Germany DVD is a dupe-y transfer ripped from a VHS with German titles, PAL speedup, and mono audio.

Director: Adrian Lyne

4K · Excellent

Director: Rob Reiner

4K · Solid
Best English-Friendly & Video:

UK Arrow 4K Blu-ray

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

Video Notes:

> US Kino Lorber/Germany Capelight - caps and audio comparison on this page. Discussion is still ongoing about the 2.0 but as none of the three 4Ks seem to have the true original mix, I think it's fair to leave them all in the blue tier for now and only note that Kino Lorber has the worst PQ.

Best Audio:

Nelson Entertainment USA LaserDisc

Additional Info:

The initial release of the Capelight 4K mediabook had some playback issues with Dolby Vision on Panasonic devices due to an encoding error, the HDR10 apparently works fine, see Capelight’s official response here. 

The 4K master has a shot at the very end of the movie (on James Caan's face) that looks incredibly soft and not good at all. This was visible on the DCP as well so it might just be a source issue rather than being the fault of Kino, Capelight or Arrow.

Director: Ivan Reitman

4K · Excellent
Best English-Friendly & Video:

Plaion German 4K Blu-ray

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

Video Notes:

> US Kino Lorber see comparison and caps

Kino Lorber has an exceedingly poor encode, only slightly improved by the DV layer.

Best Audio:

Original matrixed Dolby Stereo: Universal US Blu-ray
Dolby Atmos remix: Plaion DE 4K Blu-ray

Audio Notes:

Universal's BD uses the same transfer as the old LaserDisc and sounds a bit better than Plaion's, which has worse dynamics.

Plaion's Atmos remix is tastefully done and preserves the original mix's characteristics, the 5.1 track on Kino's release is overly aggressive and unbalanced.

Director: Steven Spielberg

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Sony 4K Blu-ray

Best Audio:

US Columbia Tri-Star Video LaserDisc [70606]

Director: Krzysztof Kieślowski

4K · Excellent
Best English-Friendly:

Curzon 4K Blu-ray

Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)

Best Video:

2023 Curzon 4K Blu-ray

Best Audio:

2006 Criterion US DVD

Director: James Cameron

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

2015 Lionsgate Blu-ray 

Sources: fanrestore.com (opens in a new tab) · originaltrilogy.com (opens in a new tab)

Video Notes:
  • 2015 Lionsgate Blu-ray (but it's missing the extra scenes in the Ultimate Edition)

  • 2017 StudioCanal 4K Blu-ray and subsequent 4K Blu-rays are notorius for being heavily denoised and smoothened. Alternatively, 35mm scans for the theatrical cut is also available.

  • For the Ultimate Edition with the T-1000 searching John's room and the happy future ending, the 2009 Skynet Blu-ray, which is the older pre-2017 transfer, but has DNR.

Best Audio:
  • Original Kodak/ORC CDS mix:  Japan Pioneer DVD in DTS/ac3 5.1

  • Original Dolby Stereo SR: USA Widescreen LaserDisc and others.

Audio Notes:

Differences of mixes on various releases: see thread and more info here.

Additional Info:

2017 Blu-ray (which has the DNRed transfer), the 2009 Skynet Edition Blu-ray, and the 2000 Ultimate Edition DVD have exclusive extras. The 2003 Extreme Edition DVD has some exclusive easter eggs.

Director: Isao Takahata

Best English-Friendly:

2022 US GKIDS Blu-ray

Best Video:

2015 Japan "Isao Takahata Collection" Studio Ghibli Blu-ray

Best Audio:

Japanese audio: 2015 Japan "Isao Takahata Collection" Studio Ghibli Blu-ray

English audio: 2022 US GKIDS Blu-ray

Director: Franc Roddam

Best English-Friendly & Video:

US Cut with Chaz Jankel score: Kino Lorber 4K Blu-ray

UK Cut with Hans Zimmer score: Germany or UK DVD?

Best Audio:

US Cut with Chaz Jankel Score: Lionsgate DVD

Director: Nina Menkes

Best English-Friendly & Video:

US Arbelos Blu-ray

Director: Stanley Kwan Kam-Pang

Best English-Friendly:

Pick your poison: USA Film Movement Blu-ray (two scenes cut / censored & slight Ritrovata yellow tint) or UK 88 Films Blu-ray (DNR)

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

Best Video:

Pick your poison: USA Film Movement Blu-ray (two scenes cut / censored & slight Ritrovata yellow tint) or UK 88 Films Blu-ray (DNR). nic’s review

Director: Ang Lee

Best English-Friendly:

US Film Movement Blu-ray or Australia Imprint Blu-ray?

Director: James Ivory

4K · Excellent
Best English-Friendly & Video:

US Cohen 4K Blu-ray

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

Video Notes:

> Concorde Germany 4K Blu-ray, from nicwood:

Cohen has original SDR master, correct gamma, very good encode. Preferable to the Germany 4K with worse encoding, translated titles and fake HDR.

Director: Jonathan Kaplan

4K · Solid
Best English-Friendly & Video:

US Shout! Factory 4K Blu-ray or Australia Imprint 4K Blu-ray?

Best Audio:

Fox 2002 NTSC DVD

Audio Notes:

Fox 2002 NTSC DVD includes the original mix as discrete LCRS 4.0, later reelases only include a matrixed version an an inferior 5.1 upmix.

The matrixed stereo version on Shout! Factory's 4K Blu-ray sounds good.

Director: Stanley Tong Gwai-Lai

Video format: UHD Blu-ray

4K · Excellent
Best English-Friendly & Video:

88 Films (US version)

Director: Hayao Miyazaki

Best English-Friendly:

2018 US GKIDS Blu-ray

Best Video:

2013 Japan Studio Ghibli Blu-ray

Best Audio:

2013 Japan Studio Ghibli Blu-ray

JAL dub: 1996 Japan LaserDisc Box Set

Director: Ringo Lam Ling-Tung

Best English-Friendly, Video & Audio:

Shout! Factory US 4K Blu-ray

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