Denzel Washington · 1990s

5 Denzel Washington movies from the 1990s on 4K Blu-ray, ranked S to D by transfer quality. 3 S-Tier picks including Devil in a Blue Dress, Philadelphia, Malcolm X.

Decade

All 19 1980s 1 1990s 5 2000s 4 2010s 5 2020s 4

Year

All 5 1990 0 1991 0 1992 1 1993 1 1994 0 1995 2 1996 0 1997 0 1998 0 1999 1

Malcolm X(1992)

7.5/10

dir. Spike Lee

S-Tier

S-Tier Imprint 4K. Spike Lee's Malcolm X, and the 4K has one of the largest file sizes for any movie on disc. Three different 4K releases exist from Criterion, Icon, and Imprint, with Imprint having the best A/V quality overall including the original stereo mix. Criterion has better extras and shelf presence. Angela Bassett weeping over Denzel at the end still destroys people.

Imprint · 4K + Blu-ray

Philadelphia(1993)

7.7/10

dir. Jonathan Demme

S-Tier

S-Tier Sony 4K. Demme's 1993 AIDS drama with Tom Hanks and Denzel Washington. Sony's 4K has a massive subtitle language list. Thin dedicated collector discussion around the 4K disc specifically, though the film regularly appears in collection photos.

Sony Pictures · 25th Anniversary Edition

Devil in a Blue Dress(1995)

6.5/10

dir. Carl Franklin

S-Tier

S-Tier Criterion 4K. Denzel Washington as Easy Rawlins in Carl Franklin's LA noir. Criterion handled the transfer.

Criterion Collection · 4K + Blu-ray

The Bone Collector(1999)

6.7/10

dir. Phillip Noyce

A-Tier

Lincoln Rhyme was the department's top homicide detective and leading expert in criminal forensics until an injury left him paralyzed, depressed, and incapable of working. But when a gruesome murder in Manhattan leaves detectives baffled, they call on Rhyme to help solve the mystery. Amelia Donaghy, a rookie cop whose quick thinking preserved a gruesome murder scene, is enlisted by Rhyme to be his on-the-scene forensics expert. With Amelia reluctantly acting as Rhyme's able-bodied go-between, the pair piece together cryptic clues the killer leaves behind at the scene of the crime, hoping to catch the grisly serial killer.

Virtuosity(1995)

5.5/10

dir. Brett Leonard

A-Tier

The Law Enforcement Technology Advancement Centre (LETAC) has developed SID version 6.7: a Sadistic, Intelligent, and Dangerous virtual reality entity which is synthesized from the personalities of more than 150 serial killers, and only one man can stop him.

Vinegar Syndrome · 4K + Blu-ray