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

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981

The Reckless Moment (1949)

Director: Max Ophüls

2026: #981

2025: #985

2024: #979

2023: #953

Best Video:

UK Indiactor Blu-ray

3.6

982

Dead Poets Society (1989)

Director: Peter Weir

2026: #982

2025: #1277

2024: #1429

Video format: 4K Streaming

Best Video:

Theatrical: Disney+ Streaming has a new 4K restoration

Extended: Disney LaserDisc

Upcoming Release:

Disney 4K Blu-ray announced for September 29, 2026

Best Audio:

Theatrical: Japan Disney DVD has the original 70mm 6-track mix in 4.0, all other releases save for Disney+ only have a 5.1 remix. Disney+ Streaming has a new Dolby Atmos remix that nonetheless is truer to the original 6-track mix than the past 5.1 remix.

Extended: Disney LaserDisc

983

Gun Crazy (1950)

Director: Joseph H. Lewis

2026: #983

2025: #970

2024: #964

2023: #937

2022: #937

Best English-Friendly:

WB Blu-ray

Best Video:

Warner Archive

3.9

984

The Breakfast Club (1985)

Director: John Hughes

2026: #984

2025: #978

2024: #978

Video format: UHD Blu-ray

Best Video:

Criterion 4K

Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab) · slow.pics (opens in a new tab) · caps-a-holic (opens in a new tab)

Video Notes:

Criterion 4K see caps

Criterion Blu-ray and Universal 30th anniversary both use same 4K scan, Universal has more bitrate but looks the same, Criterion has more extras https://caps-a-holic.com/c.php?d1=11241&d2=9287&c=3754

3.8

985

La Bête Humaine (1938)

Director: Jean Renoir

2026: #985

2025: #988

2024: #972

2023: #947

2022: #947

Video format: 1080p Blu-ray

Best English-Friendly:

Criterion DVD

Best Video:

StudioCanal France and Spain

Video Notes:

StudioCanal France and Spain have BDs

3.8

986

Perfumed Nightmare (1977)

Director: Kidlat Tahimik

2026: #986

2025: #958

2024: #951

2023: #934

Video format: HD Streaming

Best Video:

MUBI

Sources: mubi.com (opens in a new tab)

Video Notes:

MUBI has HD streaming or DVD

3.9

987

Fox and His Friends (1975)

Director: Rainer Werner Fassbinder

2026: #987

2025: #980

2024: #953

2023: #984

Best Video:

Arrow Blu-ray

Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)

Video Notes:

No info on Criterion Blu-ray vs Arrow UK, should be same 4K transfer

Best Audio:

2002 Wellspring DVD

4.0

988

Olympia: Part One – Festival of the Nations (1938)

Director: Leni Riefenstahl

2026: #988

2025: #968

2024: #955

2023: #941

2022: #941

Best English-Friendly:

Criterion Blu-ray

Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)

Best Video:

Criterion 100 Years of Olympic Films boxset

3.7

989

The Ice Storm (1997)

Director: Ang Lee

2026: #989

2025: #954

2024: #942

Best English-Friendly:

Criterion Blu-ray

Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)

Best Video:

Criterion 4k scan 2k transfer

3.8

990

The Pianist (2002)

Director: Roman Polanski

2026: #990

2025: #982

2024: #1132

Video format: UHD Blu-ray

Best Video:

StudioCanal 4K Blu-ray

Video Notes:

StudioCanal 4K Blu-ray has poor encode and heavy DNR

Additional Info:

Shout! Factory Blu-ray is from original DI master. The film was an early DI and film prints also looked poor. Shout! Factory Blu-ray is representative of original release. StudioCanal 4K Blu-ray has some new VFX work done along with some plates reshot as well as poorly upscaled original VFX work.

4.4

991

Léon: The Professional (1994)

Director: Luc Besson

2026: #991

2025: #965

2024: #958

2023: #948

2022: #948

Video format: UHD Blu-ray

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

Best Video:

2025 Sony 4K Blu-ray from the Luc Besson 9-Film Collection

Video Notes:

Has Dolby Vision, better than 2017/2020 Sony 4K Blu-ray

Best Audio:

2025 Sony 4K Blu-ray from the Collection

Audio Notes:

Has the English Original 5.1

Additional Info:

This title was released many times on 4K Blu-ray and Steelbooks, there was a TC Entertainment 4K Blu-ray with 5.1 and Dolby Vision too before the Luc Besson Collection was released but differences are unknown, so not recommended for English users.

4.0

992