René Auberjonois · 1970s

2 René Auberjonois movies from the 1970s on 4K Blu-ray, ranked S to D by transfer quality. 1 S-Tier pick including McCabe & Mrs. Miller.

Decade

All 6 1970s 2 1980s 2 1990s 1 2000s 1

Year

All 2 1970 0 1971 1 1972 0 1973 0 1974 0 1975 0 1976 1 1977 0 1978 0 1979 0

McCabe & Mrs. Miller(1971)

7.2/10

dir. Robert Altman

S-Tier

S-Tier Criterion 4K. Altman's anti-western with Warren Beatty and Julie Christie. The film is famous for looking and sounding terrible, which is intentional. Altman applied a muddy effect to the image and the audio is notoriously hard to hear. The Criterion 4K is actually the first time it's looked properly filmic in all its grimy glory. A popular comfort movie, weirdly enough, despite the murky sound.

Criterion Collection · 4K + Blu-ray

King Kong(1976)

6.0/10

dir. John Guillermin

C-Tier

Paramount's 50th Anniversary Edition arrives June 30, 2026 in an Amaray keepcase with slipcover, repackaging the 2024 Steelbook disc. Same encode, same Dolby Vision, same DTS-HD MA 5.1 mix on the UHD side. The StudioCanal UK 2022 4K still has the better encode according to bestblurays, while the US Paramount disc has stronger color timing. Either way, the supplements are still light: theatrical trailer plus the Extended TV Version on the BD.

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