Charlton Heston · 1950s

3 Charlton Heston movies from the 1950s on 4K Blu-ray, ranked S to D by transfer quality. 2 S-Tier picks including Ben-Hur.

Decade

All 10 1950s 3 1960s 1 1970s 4 1990s 2

Year

All 3 1950 0 1951 0 1952 0 1953 0 1954 0 1955 0 1956 1 1957 0 1958 1 1959 1

Touch of Evil(1958)

7.8/10

dir. Orson Welles

S-Tier

A border-town bombing draws Mexican investigator Miguel Vargas into a corruption-ridden police investigation led by crooked captain Hank Quinlan, setting off a deadly struggle over power, justice, and truth.

Eureka Entertainment · 4K + Blu-ray (United Kingdom)

Ben-Hur(1959)

7.9/10

dir. William Wyler

S-Tier

Transfer praise is strong. People are watching it for the first time at age 50 and ordering Lawrence of Arabia the next day. The 4K remaster is pulling a new generation into the epic format films.

Warner Bros. · 4K + Blu-ray

The Ten Commandments(1956)

7.8/10

dir. Cecil B. DeMille

A-Tier

Still coming up in Easter and Passover context. Someone rewatched it ahead of their Ben-Hur collector's edition arriving and the comments went to Spartacus comparisons. The 4K is A-Tier.

Paramount Pictures · 4K + Blu-ray