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Director: Howard Hawks
Director: Martin Scorsese
2024 Second Sight 4K Blu-ray
Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)
OG: "4K80" or "D+80" on the high seas. If not, Disney 4K Blu-ray
Special Edition: "4K97_V" or "D+97_V" on high seas.
2027 Original Trilogy restoration/50th anniversary rerelease clips leaked plus release confirmed
OG: "4K80" or "D+80" on the high seas
Special Edition: "4K97_V" or "D_97_VI" on the high seas.
If not, the 4K Blu-rays are generally considered an improvement over the 2011 Blu-rays. (although both restorations are DNR'ed and have issues).
OG: LaserDisc audio is the best option for the Dolby Stereo mixes. 70mm six-track mix is included in 4K80 (taken from an actual 70mm print). There are 16mm rips of the mono mix.
Special Edition: Cinema DTS or 1997 LaserDisc for the Special Edition.
Director: John Huston
2023 WB 4K Blu-ray
Director: Béla Tarr
Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)
Curzon 4K Blu-ray has better encode than Criterion 4K Blu-ray
Criterion 4K Blu-ray is worse.
Director: Glauber Rocha
Director: Satyajit Ray
Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)
Criterion, HD transfer
Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)
StudioCanal 4K Blu-ray (part of Jacques Tati boxset releasing December 2026)
Director: Asghar Farhadi
Director: Mikio Naruse
Director: Tod Browning
Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)
Director: John Schlesinger
Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab) · Blu-ray.com (opens in a new tab)
2027 Criterion 4K Blu-ray
Included Imprint Blu-Ray also has markedly better image compression than the Criterion Blu-Ray, though do note the Imprint has some adjusted color grading within roughly the first five minutes of the film
https://forum.blu-ray.com/showpost.php?p=16775595&postcount=450
https://forum.blu-ray.com/showpost.php?p=24237074&postcount=73
Director: Satyajit Ray
Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab) · slow.pics (opens in a new tab)
Artificial Eye UK Blu-ray is from a newer master than Criterion
Criterion Blu-ray is better than Artificial Eye and Carlotta
Director: Satyajit Ray
Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)
Director: John Cassavetes
Director: Lars von Trier
No disc has correct frame rate (25fps) and English subtitles
Sources: slow.pics (opens in a new tab)
Director: Miloš Forman
Theatrical: WB 4K Blu-ray
Extended: Warner Bros Blu-ray
Sources: Blu-ray.com (opens in a new tab)
Warner Bros 4K Blu-ray: Huge improvement in colors and detail. The restoration was done by the Academy instead of WB MPI which explains that there’s no grain management or issues with colors. They also accessed the original credit optical and scanned that one instead of recreating them digitally
Theatrical: WB 4K Blu-ray, according to Saentz, the 5.0 is a recreation of the original and subsequently 70mm mix from original elements.