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Director: James Cameron

2026: #561
2025: #603
2024: #606
2023: #610
2022: #610
Best 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: James Cameron

2026: #562
2025: #544
2024: #547
2023: #540
2022: #540
Best English-Friendly:

2013 MGM Blu-ray, or 4K Blu-ray if you MUST have the mono mix, 1997 Image DVD/2001 MGM DVD for a purist version with original colors and the international mono mix

Sources: vimeo.com (opens in a new tab) · facebook.com (opens in a new tab)

Upcoming Release:

Capelight 4K Steelbook and Mediabook announced for 2026

Best Video:

2013 MGM Blu-ray for non AI transfer, 1997 Image DVD/2001 MGM DVD for a purist version with original colors and the international mono mix

Best Audio:

1991 Image Entertainment LaserDisc for the US mono mix, 2001 MGM DVD for the International mono mix

Audio Notes:

Comparison between the US and International mixes: https://vimeo.com/246332731

Additional Info:

The 4K Blu-Ray and the 2001 MGM DVD have exclusive extras.

Director: Aleksandr Sokurov

2026: #563
2025: #559
2024: #548
2023: #497
2022: #497

Director: Ernst Lubitsch

2026: #564
2025: #541
2024: #567
2023: #566
2022: #566
Best Video:

WB Blu-ray

Director: John Ford

2026: #565
2025: #557
2024: #559
2023: #563
2022: #563
Best English-Friendly:

Criterion Blu-ray

Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)

Best Video:

Criterion Blu-ray, 4K restoration

Director: Jonas Mekas

2026: #566
2025: #567
2024: #608
2023: #601
2022: #601
Best English-Friendly:

France Re:Voir Blu-ray

Best Video:

France Re:Voir Jonas Mekas - Diaries, Notes and Sketches Blu-ray boxset

Director: John Boorman

2026: #567
2025: #540
2024: #536
2023: #526
2022: #526

Director: Robert Zemeckis

2026: #568
2025: #586
2024: #613
2023: #577
2022: #577

Director: Jean-Pierre Jeunet

2026: #569
2025: #594
2024: #610
2023: #625
2022: #625
Best Video:

All BDs are similar. Sony Blu-ray probably best encoding but cuts off last few seconds of music

Upcoming Release:

UK Curzon Blu-ray in July

Best Audio:

Korea Blu-ray

Audio Notes:

Korea Blu-ray has less limiting, proper 24-bit audio, and does not cut off the last few second of music

Director: Nicholas Ray

2026: #570
2025: #591
2024: #588
2023: #575
2022: #575
Best English-Friendly:

Criterion Blu-ray

Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)

Best Video:

Criterion

Video Notes:

Criterion > France ESC Blu-ray

Best Audio:

2005 Carlotta DVD

Director: Robert Flaherty

2026: #571
2025: #548
2024: #538
2023: #514
2022: #514

Video format: HD Streaming

Director: Jacques Tourneur

2026: #572
2025: #563
2024: #555
2023: #581
2022: #581

Director: Ang Lee

2026: #573
2025: #600
2024: #601
2023: #574
2022: #574
Best Video:

Sony Pictures US set 4K Blu-ray

Video Notes:

Sony Pictures US set 4K Blu-ray has DV

Director: Luis Buñuel

2026: #574
2025: #568
2024: #584
2023: #586
2022: #586

Video format: 1080p Blu-ray

Best English-Friendly:

Umbrella DVD

Best Video:

No Blu-ray

Director: Chantal Akerman

2026: #575
2025: #553
2024: #540
2023: #552
Best English-Friendly:

Criterion Blu-ray

Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)

Best Video:

Criterion boxset

Director: Andrew Stanton

2026: #576
2025: #562
2024: #553
2023: #568
2022: #568
Best Video & Audio:

Criterion 4K Blu-ray

Video Notes:

Criterion 4K Blu-ray > Disney 4K Blu-ray: HDR10 same as the Disney disc, but Criterion's new Dolby Vision layer improves presentation in some aspects, and has very good extras

Audio Notes:

Original DTS-ES 6.1 mix: Both are equal. ES rear centre channel maintained on both releases, but is unflagged on the Criterion 4K Blu-ray.

Dolby Atmos remix: Criterion 4K Blu-ray > Disney 4K Blu-ray.

Director: Josef von Sternberg

2026: #577
2025: #576
2024: #562
2023: #553
2022: #553
Best Video:

Kino Lorber Blu-ray

Sources: Blu-ray.com (opens in a new tab) · caps-a-holic (opens in a new tab) · DVDBeaver (opens in a new tab)

Video Notes:

All very old restoration, but Kino Lorber > Germany Universum > MoC. Kino Lorber Germany Blu-ray has more noise reduction while English version's noise reduction is kept at minimum. MoC has very week encoding and crushed blacks.

Sources:

Best Audio:

2001 Kino Lorber DVD or 2003 Eureka DVD

Director: Ang Lee

2026: #578
2025: #569
2024: #566
2023: #593
2022: #593
Best Audio:

Universal Blu-ray

Director: Otto Preminger

2026: #579
2025: #581
2024: #577
2023: #564
2022: #564
Best English-Friendly:

Fox Blu-ray

Sources: DVDBeaver (opens in a new tab)

Best Video:

Fox

Video Notes:

Fox > MoC

Best Audio:

1989 Fox LaserDisc

Director: Jacques Tourneur

2026: #580
2025: #582
2024: #574
2023: #592
2022: #592