Orson Welles · 1940s

3 Orson Welles movies from the 1940s on 4K Blu-ray, ranked S to D by transfer quality. 2 S-Tier picks including Citizen Kane.

Decade

All 7 1940s 3 1950s 1 1960s 2 1980s 1

Year

All 3 1940 0 1941 1 1942 0 1943 0 1944 0 1945 0 1946 0 1947 1 1948 0 1949 1

Citizen Kane(1941)

8.0/10

dir. Orson Welles

S-Tier

S-Tier Warner Bros. 4K. Someone made a custom Criterion-style cover for it and the post blew up. Toland's deep focus photography finally has the resolution to show what he was actually doing with depth of field.

Criterion Collection · 4K + Blu-ray

The Lady from Shanghai(1947)

7.3/10

dir. Orson Welles

S-Tier

A romantic drifter gets caught between a corrupt tycoon and his voluptuous wife.

Sony Pictures · 4K + Blu-ray

The Third Man(1949)

7.9/10

dir. Carol Reed

A-Tier

In postwar Vienna, Austria, Holly Martins, a writer of pulp Westerns, arrives penniless as a guest of his childhood chum Harry Lime, only to learn he has died. Martins develops a conspiracy theory after learning of a "third man" present at the time of Harry's death, running into interference from British officer Major Calloway, and falling head-over-heels for Harry's grief-stricken lover, Anna.

StudioCanal · 4K + Blu-ray (United Kingdom)