Val Kilmer movies available on 4K Blu-ray, ranked by transfer quality.
dir. Martha Coolidge
Sony's 4K got praise for a clean, natural transfer with good color. One of those mid-80s comedies that never stopped being quotable, and the disc does right by it. William Atherton doing his signature thing is enough reason to own it.
Sony Pictures · 4K + Blu-ray
dir. Antony Hoffman
Arrow's Dolby Vision 4K is the reason to own this. The film itself splits people, half find it interesting, half find it forgettable, but the disc quality is not in question. Mission to Mars comparisons are inevitable and divisive. CGI does not hold up, which the HDR makes more obvious, not less.
Arrow Video · 4K + Blu-ray
dir. Brenda Chapman, Steve Hickner
Universal S-Tier 4K. The March release rumors turned out to be accurate. DreamWorks hand-drawn animation in HDR is something people were quietly hoping for.
Universal Pictures · 4K + Blu-ray
dir. Joseph Kosinski
Paramount S-Tier 4K. The Maverick steelbook is one of the most-owned discs in the format and the transfer is reference quality. Runway takeoffs and cockpit shots are the demo moments.
Paramount Pictures · 4K + Blu-ray
dir. Werner Herzog
A-Tier Kino Lorber 4K. Werner Herzog and Nicolas Cage in New Orleans. Kino's been giving Herzog's catalog the 4K treatment.
Kino Lorber · 4K + Blu-ray
dir. Joel Schumacher
A-Tier 4K. The most divisive Batman film and the neon production design actually works in HDR. Schumacher's Gotham is garish on purpose and the 4K presentation leans into it.
dir. Michael Mann
Mann's downtown LA shootout still sounds like no other scene in the format. A-Tier Warner disc that gets cited in every debate about the best 90s action transfers.
Warner Bros.
dir. Tony Scott
Paramount A-Tier 4K. The upgrade over the Blu-ray is noticeable in the flight scenes, and people keep running A/B comparison posts against Maverick.
dir. Jim Abrahams, Jerry Zucker
Paramount A-Tier 4K as part of the ZAZ Collection with Airplane! and The Naked Gun. The custom covers for the set have been circulating on collector Instagram.
Arrow Video A-Tier 4K. Tarantino-written and Tony Scott-directed, with an Arrow disc that does both of them justice. Hans Zimmer's 'You're So Cool' theme still hits.
dir. Ron Howard
Disney A-Tier 4K steelbook with a December 10 street date. Warwick Davis still turns up at conventions and there's a real fanbase here, bigger than the cult-film label suggests.
Walt Disney Studios · 4K + Blu-ray
dir. Oliver Stone
StudioCanal B-Tier 4K via Lionsgate Limited. Oliver Stone's Jim Morrison film has its fans and the soundtrack in lossless is worth the upgrade on its own.
StudioCanal · 4K + Blu-ray
