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They Shoot Pictures, Don't They with "The 1,000 Greatest Films" list.

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Director: Quentin Tarantino

2026: #721
2025: #852
2024: #845
2023: #850
Best Video:

Sony 4K Blu-ray

Director: Blake Edwards

2026: #722
2025: #706
2024: #688
2023: #679
2022: #679
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: Michelangelo Antonioni

2026: #723
2025: #740
2024: #725
2023: #681
2022: #681

Video format: HD Streaming

Best Video:

Criterion HD Streaming

Video Notes:

Criterion HD Streaming is a new restoration

Director: Luis Buñuel

2026: #724
2025: #701
2024: #705
2023: #666
2022: #666
Best English-Friendly:

Criterion or StudioCanal Blu-ray

Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)

Best Video:

Criterion and StudioCanal very similar

Director: Miloš Forman

2026: #725
2025: #756
2024: #821
2023: #779
2022: #779
Best English-Friendly:

Arrow Blu-ray

Director: Andrea Arnold

2026: #726
2025: #704
2024: #732
2023: #730
2022: #730

Director: Peter Bogdanovich

2026: #727
2025: #751
2024: #738
2023: #841
2022: #841

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

Upcoming Release:

Eureka UK are considering doing a 4K and actively exploring the possibility: https://forum.blu-ray.com/showpost.php?p=24363810&postcount=264

Video Notes:

Wonderful underlying remaster by Criterion and Resillion, but NexSpec encode has clipped highlights with the occasional blockiness. The Criterion Blu-Ray, sourced from their 4K remaster, ironically makes for a more consistent and overall pleasing experience.

Director: Jean-Luc Godard

2026: #728
2025: #714
2024: #699
2023: #705
2022: #705
Best English-Friendly:

Criterion or France Gaumont Blu-ray

Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)

Best Video:

Criterion and France Gaumont similar

Director: Guru Dutt

2026: #729
2025: #722
2024: #711
2023: #736
2022: #736

Video format: HD Streaming

Best Video:

Amazon HD Streaming or DVD

Director: John Ford

2026: #730
2025: #719
2024: #708
2023: #689
2022: #689
Best Video:

Eureka MoC Blu-ray

Video Notes:

MoC better encode than Olive Films. Brightness levels vary quite a bit between them.

Director: Lotte Reiniger

2026: #731
2025: #710
2024: #719
2023: #757

Video format: 1080p Blu-ray

Best Video:

No comparison between Milestone (Kino Lorber) and BFI but Milestone has a lot of shorts

Director: Mario Monicelli

2026: #732
2025: #757
2024: #780
2023: #804
2022: #804

Video format: 1080p Blu-ray

Best English-Friendly:

Criterion DVD

Director: Yasujirō Ozu

2026: #733
2025: #777
2024: #762
2023: #752
2022: #752
Best English-Friendly:

Criterion Blu-ray

Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)

Best Video:

Carlotta

Video Notes:

Carlotta and Criterion have new resto, Carlotta slightly better encode

Best Audio:

2009 Australia Madman DVD

Audio Notes:

(Tartan/Raro/Shochiku probably the same)

Director: Richard Linklater

2026: #734
2025: #734
2024: #754
2023: #789
2022: #789

Director: Jean-Luc Godard

2026: #735
2025: #712
2024: #690
2023: #680
2022: #680
Best English-Friendly:

DVD

Best Video:

DVD only

Director: Akira Kurosawa

2026: #736
2025: #739
2024: #813
2023: #784
2022: #784
Best Video & Audio:

BFI UK Blu-ray

Director: Rouben Mamoulian

2026: #737
2025: #741
2024: #736
2023: #710
2022: #710
Best Video:

Kino Lorber US or Indicator UK Blu-ray

Sources: DVDBeaver (opens in a new tab)

Video Notes:

Both 4k master but Kino Lorber has way more contrast (is it as intended?) also different AR http://www.dvdbeaver.com/film9/blu-ray_review_131/love_me_tonight_blu-ray.htm 

Director: Steve McQueen

2026: #738
2025: #718
2024: #709
2023: #755
2022: #755
Best English-Friendly:

Criterion Blu-ray

Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)

Best Video:

Criterion 2k transfer

Director: Lars von Trier

2026: #739
2025: #750
2024: #802
2023: #827
2022: #827
Best English-Friendly:

UK Curzon Blu-ray

Best Video:

Curzon

Video Notes:

Curzon > Potemkine

Director: Fritz Lang

2026: #740
2025: #735
2024: #723
2023: #699
2022: #699
Best English-Friendly:

WB Blu-ray