Marlon Brando · 1970s

5 Marlon Brando movies from the 1970s on 4K Blu-ray, ranked S to D by transfer quality. 3 S-Tier picks including Apocalypse Now, Last Tango in Paris.

Decade

All 9 1950s 1 1970s 5 1990s 1 2000s 2

Year

All 5 1970 0 1971 0 1972 3 1973 0 1974 0 1975 0 1976 0 1977 0 1978 1 1979 1

Apocalypse Now(1979)

8.3/10

dir. Francis Ford Coppola

S-Tier

S-Tier 4K. The 6-disc set with the Final Cut, Redux, and theatrical versions is the best home video release of this film. It was a Best Buy exclusive that went out of stock and has been trading at a premium on eBay. The Eagle Pictures Italian release is also well regarded.

Eagle Pictures · 4K + Blu-ray

Last Tango in Paris(1972)

6.9/10

dir. Bernardo Bertolucci

S-Tier

S-Tier Vinegar Syndrome 4K. Bertolucci's controversial 1972 film with Brando. VS picked this up, and the slipcover sold out fast with an alternate version available through Melusine. The behind-the-scenes story is widely known and comes up every time this film is mentioned. Whether VS should have released it is debated, but it's been in print on physical media for decades.

Vinegar Syndrome · 4K + Blu-ray

The Godfather(1972)

8.7/10

dir. Francis Ford Coppola

S-Tier

Spanning the years 1945 to 1955, a chronicle of the fictional Italian-American Corleone crime family. When organized crime family patriarch, Vito Corleone barely survives an attempt on his life, his youngest son, Michael steps in to take care of the would-be killers, launching a campaign of bloody revenge.

Paramount Pictures · 4K + Blu-ray

Superman(1978)

7.2/10

dir. Richard Donner

A-Tier

A-Tier Warner Bros. 4K. The steelbook sold fast in stores and most people had to go through Gruv. The 4K grain structure looks really natural on the flying sequences.

Warner Bros. · 4K + Blu-ray (2025 Re-release)

The Nightcomers(1972)

5.6/10

dir. Michael Winner

Brando's prequel to The Innocents is one of Michael Winner's stranger detours, and StudioCanal giving it a standalone 4K release is unexpected. The film leans harder into the psychosexual tension that Clayton's version only implied.

StudioCanal · 4K Ultra HD

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