Movies from the 1990s available on 4K Blu-ray, ranked by transfer quality.
dir. Penny Marshall
S-Tier Sony 4K. Strong extras package with audio commentary, deleted scenes, and TV series episodes.
Sony Pictures · 4K + Blu-ray
dir. Sam Raimi
S-Tier Arrow Video 4K. Sam Raimi's best film according to a lot of collectors. A 90s crime thriller that flies under the radar.
Arrow Video · 4K + Blu-ray
dir. Paul Weitz
S-Tier 4K. Universal gave this a good transfer. Their comedy catalog releases on 4K have been solid across the board.
Britain 88 Films · 4K + Blu-ray
dir. Luis Llosa
S-Tier Paramount 4K. A 90s creature feature on 4K for people who grew up watching it on cable.
S-Tier Scream Factory 4K. Four cuts of the film on four discs. The theatrical, director's cut, international cut, and television version are all included.
Scream Factory · 4K + Blu-ray
dir. James L. Brooks
S-Tier 4K. Jack Nicholson and Helen Hunt. Clean catalog transfer.
dir. Jay Roach
S-Tier Paramount 4K. Yeah baby. The 60s spy parody aesthetic translates well to 4K.
ICON · 4K + Blu-ray
dir. Ron Howard
Two feuding siblings carrying on a heroic family tradition as Chicago firefighters. But when a puzzling series of arson attacks is reported, they are forced to set aside their differences to solve the mystery surrounding these crimes.
dir. Bruce Timm, Eric Radomski
S-Tier Warner Bros. 4K. The animated Batman film that's better than most live-action Batman films. Getting a 4K was a big deal for animation collectors.
Warner Bros. · 4K + Blu-ray
dir. Wes Anderson
S-Tier Criterion 4K. Wes Anderson's debut. Part of the Criterion catalog that's been steadily rolling out on 4K.
Criterion Collection · 4K + Blu-ray
dir. Ronny Yu
S-Tier Scream Factory 4K. The Chucky franchise on 4K from Scream Factory. Hamilton Book has been stocking these at discount.
dir. Bernard Rose
S-Tier Scream Factory 4K. Clive Barker's urban horror with Tony Todd. Scream Factory announced this and the response was immediate.
dir. Brian De Palma
S-Tier Arrow Video 4K. De Palma and Pacino's follow-up to Scarface. The Zavvi exclusive box set with the steelbook inside is the collector's item.
dir. Brad Silberling
S-Tier Universal 4K. The 90s kids movie. Universal announced the 4K and it's a nostalgia buy for a lot of people.
Universal Pictures · 4K + Blu-ray
dir. Kirk Wong Chi-Keung
S-Tier 88 Films 4K. Jackie Chan's Hong Kong crime film. 88 Films has been building a strong martial arts catalog.
88 Films · 4K + Blu-ray
dir. Kiyoshi Kurosawa
A detective starts spiraling out of control when a wave of gruesome murders with seemingly similar bizarre circumstances is sweeping Tokyo.
Eureka Entertainment · 4K + Blu-ray
dir. Craig R. Baxley
S-Tier Shout Factory 4K. Dolph Lundgren sci-fi action from 1990.
Shout! Factory · 4K + Blu-ray
dir. Alex Proyas
S-Tier Arrow Video 4K. Alex Proyas' sci-fi noir. Arrow's release is loaded with extras and the dark cityscapes work well in HDR.
S-Tier Scream Factory 4K. Sam Raimi's superhero before Spider-Man. Scream Factory's transfer brings out the dutch angles and color contrast that Raimi was experimenting with pre-Tobey Maguire.
dir. Richard Linklater
S-Tier Criterion 4K. Linklater's hangout film. Criterion's disc has been well received.
dir. Renny Harlin
S-Tier Arrow Video 4K. Deep sea sharks. Arrow's genre catalog is broad.
dir. Marco Brambilla
S-Tier Arrow Video 4K. Stallone and Snipes in the future. Arrow gave it a proper 4K with extras.
dir. Carl Franklin
S-Tier Criterion 4K. Denzel Washington as Easy Rawlins in Carl Franklin's LA noir. Criterion handled the transfer.
dir. Kevin Smith
S-Tier Umbrella Entertainment 4K. Kevin Smith's religious comedy. Umbrella has the 4K after it was hard to find on disc for years.
Umbrella Entertainment · 4K + Blu-ray
dir. Sheldon Lettich
S-Tier Capelight Pictures 4K. Van Damme plays twins. Capelight has the German 4K.
Capelight Pictures · 4K + Blu-ray
dir. Rob Cohen
S-Tier Shout Factory 4K. Dennis Quaid and Sean Connery with a dragon. The practical effects plus early CGI are an interesting HDR test.
dir. John Badham
S-Tier Vinegar Syndrome 4K. Wesley Snipes skydiving action film from 1994. Vinegar Syndrome goes deep on 90s catalog.
Vinegar Syndrome · 4K + Blu-ray
dir. Richard Stanley
S-Tier Umbrella Entertainment 4K. Richard Stanley's cult horror. Umbrella has been doing interesting Australian releases.
dir. Peter Hyams
S-Tier Shout Factory 4K. Schwarzenegger vs. the Devil at Y2K. Shout Factory picking up 90s action catalog.
dir. David Cronenberg
Vinegar Syndrome S-Tier 4K. Cronenberg's virtual reality body horror got the Vinegar Syndrome treatment and it's one of the label's best transfers. The slab packaging is the usual VS quality.
dir. Stanley Kubrick
Criterion put this on 4K in November 2025 and it landed as a new standard for the format. Rare Waves has a UK Limited Edition Steelbook for 2026 using the same Warner transfer, which is the pickup for non-US collectors.
Criterion Collection · 4K Ultra HD
dir. Chen Kaige
S-Tier Criterion 4K. Chen Kaige's Chinese epic. Won the Palme d'Or. Criterion's Asian cinema releases are strong.
dir. Joel Coen
S-Tier Shout Factory 4K. The Coens' Midwest crime film. Shout Factory's transfer has been praised.
dir. Terry Gilliam
S-Tier Arrow Video 4K. Terry Gilliam's Hunter S. Thompson adaptation. Arrow's extras package is strong.
Arrow Video
dir. Michael Schaack
S-Tier Deaf Crocodile 4K. German animated noir about a cat solving murders. One of the more unexpected 4K releases.
Deaf Crocodile · 4K + Blu-ray
dir. Joel Schumacher
S-Tier Arrow Video 4K. Joel Schumacher's afterlife thriller. Arrow's release.
dir. Andrew Niccol
S-Tier Sony 4K. Ethan Hawke in a near-future genetic discrimination story. The sterile production design works with the 4K transfer.
dir. Harold Ramis
S-Tier Sony 4K. Bill Murray relives the same day. The 4K disc has been a steady seller for Sony.
Sony Pictures · Steelbook
dir. Harmony Korine
S-Tier Criterion 4K. Harmony Korine's debut. Not for everyone, but Criterion treats it with the same care as everything else.
dir. Iain Softley
A teacher showed it to class in the late '90s and Angelina Jolie's nipple ended the experiment. Matthew Lillard not getting top billing. A 14.4 modem and 8 MB of RAM. Nobody is watching Hackers for the first time. They're buying it because it's their movie.
dir. Todd Solondz
S-Tier Criterion 4K. Todd Solondz. Not an easy watch. Criterion's disc.
dir. John Woo
S-Tier Universal 4K. Van Damme directed by John Woo in Louisiana. The action sequences work well in HDR.
dir. Anthony Hickox
S-Tier Arrow Video 4K. The third Hellraiser. Arrow's franchise releases have been comprehensive.
dir. Alan Smithee, Kevin Yagher
S-Tier Arrow Video 4K. The fourth Hellraiser, in space. Arrow has the whole franchise covered.
dir. David R. Ellis
S-Tier Criterion 4K. A family sequel that somehow ended up in the Criterion Collection discussion. Physical media collectors want everything on disc.
dir. Reginald Hudlin
S-Tier Criterion 4K for the 35th anniversary. The announcement caused a minor riot because everyone was expecting Eyes Wide Shut instead. People want the cover to pull from 90s graphic design rather than something refined and contemporary. The original Blu-ray was a MOD release that was really hard to find in stores.
dir. James Ivory
S-Tier Cohen Media Group 4K. Merchant Ivory's best-known film with Anthony Hopkins and Emma Thompson. Cohen's transfer looks good, and people have been asking for more Merchant Ivory in the Criterion Collection.
Cohen Media Group · 4K + Blu-ray
dir. Jonathan Darby
Jackson and Helen are in love and about to have their first child when they move in with Jackson's mother, Martha, in order to take care of the family estate. But all is not well in this household. Martha is jealous of her son's affection for Helen, and, despite her Southern smile, she's starting to act strangely. As Helen tries to create a happy home life, Martha attempts to divide the family so that Jackson will become hers alone.
dir. Jim Gillespie
S-Tier Sony 4K. A new limited edition steelbook at $55 USD landed with serious pushback from collectors who don't think this is a $55 movie. The standard 4K has been available for a while and the discs are presumably identical. 88 Films also put out a UK trilogy box set if you want all three films together.
dir. John Carpenter
S-Tier Arrow Video 4K. Carpenter's Lovecraftian horror, and the Arrow limited edition sold out fast. People who buy direct from Arrow have had fulfillment issues, so the recommendation is to order from OrbitDVD or Diabolik instead. Alan Wake 2 players keep drawing parallels to the Sutter Cane storyline.
dir. Adrian Lyne
S-Tier Kino Lorber 4K. Adrian Lyne's million-dollar proposition with Redford, Moore, and Harrelson. Kino's transfer is decent for a 90s catalog title, though this isn't the Lyne film people tend to seek out first.
Kino Lorber · 4K + Blu-ray
dir. Quentin Tarantino
S-Tier Lionsgate 4K. Tarantino's most underrated film. He personally signed off on the 4K restoration and vetoed an earlier release because it wasn't good enough, which tells you how much he cares about this one. Comparison shots show a real upgrade from the Blu-ray. Imprint also put out an Australian release at their usual eyebrow-raising price.
Lionsgate · 4K + Blu-ray
S-Tier Lionsgate 4K. Adrian Lyne's nightmare horror with Tim Robbins. There's a persistent Criterion wish-list energy around this title, and someone insists there used to be a laserdisc edition. The steelbook artwork is really nice. If Studiocanal ever separates from their Lionsgate deal, a boutique edition could happen. For now the Lionsgate 4K is it.
dir. William Friedkin
When a prominent art dealer is found murdered, the man's death leads to an intriguing investigation steeped in sex, corruption and crime. District Attorney David Corelli gets assigned to the case and discovers that a key suspect is his ex-lover Katrina Gavin, a beautiful psychologist who has settled down with his old friend and peer. As Corelli gets deeper into the case, he uncovers dark secrets with far-reaching implications.
dir. Cameron Crowe
S-Tier Sony 4K. Cameron Crowe's sports agent film with Tom Cruise. Sony's transfer is decent for a mid-90s studio comedy, though there isn't much collector energy around this title on its own.
dir. Abel Ferrara
S-Tier Arrow Video 4K. Abel Ferrara's crime film with Walken. Lionsgate put out a re-release with a steelbook that collectors found ugly, and most people are happy sticking with their Arrow or StudioCanal versions. The 4-hour documentary included with the Arrow release is almost as good as the film itself.
dir. Mathieu Kassovitz
S-Tier BFI 4K. Kassovitz's 1995 French film about police brutality. The Criterion 4K announcement was a relief for North American collectors who had been paying inflated import prices for the BFI disc. The film still feels current, and first-time viewers keep calling it a masterpiece.
BFI · 4K + Blu-ray
dir. John McTiernan
A-Tier Sony Pictures 4K. Coppola's Dracula with Gary Oldman. A small horror collection staple.
dir. Mike Figgis
S-Tier Shout Factory 4K. Cage's best performance, and people had been asking Criterion for this for years. The existing Sandpiper Blu-ray was dated and out of print, so the Shout 4K was a relief. StudioCanal has a 30th anniversary edition coming too. The cinematography looks better than people expected on this kind of low-budget 90s drama.
dir. John Sayles
S-Tier Criterion 4K. John Sayles' Texas border mystery. One of the best Criterion releases of 2024 by audience vote, with people calling it Sayles' masterpiece. Works as a crime film, a history lesson, and a folk tale all at once.
Criterion Collection
dir. Clive Barker
S-Tier Shout Factory 4K. Clive Barker's detective horror from 1995. Thin current signal, but the original pressing has become an OOP target for people who missed it.
dir. David Lynch
S-Tier StudioCanal 4K. Lynch's 1997 film, and the Criterion 4K with a Janus restoration has been confirmed. People immediately dropped their Kino Lorber carts when the news broke. The Mulholland Drive 4K from Criterion/StudioCanal was incredible, so expectations are high.
StudioCanal
dir. Spike Lee
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
dir. William Lustig
S-Tier Blue Underground 4K. William Lustig's sequel with some insane chase sequences that clearly didn't have permits. Blue Underground priced both Maniac Cop 4Ks at $30 USD each, which people found fair compared to what Shout Factory charges for a single standard Blu-ray.
Blue Underground · 4K + Blu-ray
dir. Alan Smithee, William Lustig
S-Tier Blue Underground 4K. The third Maniac Cop, directed under the Alan Smithee pseudonym. No relevant collector discussion beyond existing as part of the Blue Underground Maniac Cop set.
dir. Kenneth Branagh
S-Tier Arrow Video 4K. Kenneth Branagh's Frankenstein with De Niro as the creature. Arrow's 4K was $14.95 USD at Hamilton Book, and the Zavvi exclusive steelbook is a design standout. People project this one, which is a good sign for the transfer. Branagh going full operatic with the material divides viewers.
dir. Joe Dante
Joe Dante's love letter to William Castle and atomic-age creature features getting a 4K from Shout Factory. S-Tier transfer and the early response is all positive. One of those films that never had a bad word said about it but somehow never got a proper release until now.
dir. Barry Sonnenfeld
S-Tier Sony 4K. Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones in the alien buddy comedy. Sony's steelbook got a 25th anniversary reprint, and PleasRewind had a restock that sold out fast. The disc stacking inside multi-film sets has been a complaint, with MIB being one of the titles affected.
dir. Allen Hughes, Albert Hughes
S-Tier Criterion 4K. The Hughes Brothers' film about growing up in Watts. Criterion's announcement was part of a wave of Black cinema releases alongside Deep Cover and the Melvin Van Peebles set. The cover art was praised as really good. Vantiva manufacturing QC issues have been affecting Criterion discs, with scratched new discs being reported across multiple titles.
S-Tier Arrow Video 4K. Cronenberg's Burroughs adaptation with a perfect 5.0 specs score. Arrow's 4K releases have a reputation for better encoding than Criterion's equivalents. The Turbine release also exists for European collectors. Worth knowing this is deeply weird Cronenberg before pressing play.
S-Tier Kino Lorber 4K. Peter Hyams' 1990 thriller with Gene Hackman on a train. No relevant collector discussion around the 4K.
dir. Oliver Stone
Shout Factory 4K with a solid transfer, but the 4K disc is Director's Cut only. If you prefer the Theatrical cut you're stuck with the included Blu-ray. People mis-file it as a Tarantino film even though Oliver Stone directed it.
S-Tier Criterion 4K. Carl Franklin's crime film, frequently paired with Lone Star as a recommendation. People describe it as brutal where Lone Star is more of a tall tale. The Criterion disc scores 4.0 overall. People who discovered it through the Criterion sale are finding it's one of the better neo-noir films of the 90s.
dir. Steven Soderbergh
S-Tier Kino Lorber 4K with a 4.5 score. Soderbergh's Elmore Leonard crime-romance with Clooney and Lopez. Not much dedicated collector discussion, though it appears in neo-noir and Soderbergh recommendation threads.
dir. Jonathan Demme
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.
dir. Kathryn Bigelow
S-Tier ICON 4K. Kathryn Bigelow's surf-heist film with Keanu and Swayze. The Best Buy steelbook is well-liked, and there's also a French Amazon import steelbook. One person blind-bought the 4K and it became one of their favorite action films.
dir. Stanley Tong Gwai-Lai
S-Tier 88 Films 4K. Jackie Chan's third Police Story with Michelle Yeoh. 88 Films released a standalone for people who already own the Criterion PS1-2 set. There are actually 8 films in the broader Police Story franchise, which surprises people.
88 Films
dir. Mike Nichols
S-Tier Shout Factory 4K. Mike Nichols' 1998 political satire with John Travolta. No relevant collector discussion around the 4K disc.
dir. Mick Garris
S-Tier Arrow Video 4K. The made-for-TV Psycho prequel from Mick Garris. No relevant collector discussion.
S-Tier Deltamac 4K with a 4.5 score. Tarantino's defining film, and the 4K announcement was met with enormous excitement. Someone ordered from Best Buy and received an unsealed copy with no disc inside, which became its own little saga. The steelbook front art was disliked while the back and inside were praised. Tarantino personally approved the transfer.
Deltamac · 4K + Blu-ray
dir. Nicolas Winding Refn
Magnolia Home Entertainment putting Refn's debut on 4K. Second Sight already has an S-Tier release, so this one needs to bring something new. Most people discover this film backwards after Drive, and the disc crowd has been asking for a US-friendly release.
Second Sight Films · 4K + Blu-ray
dir. Simon Wincer
S-Tier Shout Factory 4K. Tom Selleck in an Australian western. The 4K revealed that a young kid in the film is Ben Mendelsohn, which blew people's minds.
The transfer confused people because the fine grain from Kodak 50D stock looks almost like digital noise reduction to untrained eyes. It is not. Same stock as Titanic, and both looked suspiciously clean in 4K. Once people understood the film stock, the consensus shifted to calling it the best Tarantino 4K, with Pulp Fiction second. The Manta Lab steelbook artwork reveal got massive engagement. StudioCanal's disc itself is S-Tier.
StudioCanal · 4K + Blu-ray
dir. Kevin Reynolds
Arrow's limited edition 4K with steelbook was a Zavvi exclusive that sold well internationally. The BBFC re-listing alongside True Romance and Last of the Mohicans got collectors excited about Arrow's expanding Warner catalog access. North American availability came later, which is the usual frustration with Zavvi-first releases.
dir. Irvin Kershner
Shout Factory's 4K is a massive upgrade over the old Blu-ray. The steelbook artwork is polarizing, with Robo's face getting roasted in the comments, and most people recommending the standard 4K release instead. Region availability is limited to US and Canada, which frustrated international collectors. The slipcovers for RoboCop 2 and 3 line up nicely on a shelf, even though 3 is still Blu-ray only.
dir. John Frankenheimer
A briefcase with undisclosed contents – sought by Irish terrorists and the Russian mob – makes its way into criminals' hands. An Irish liaison assembles a squad of mercenaries, or 'ronin', and gives them the thorny task of recovering the case.
dir. Tom Tykwer
Sony locked this into the Sony Pictures Classics box set for over a year before finally releasing it standalone in July 2024. The wait frustrated people who only wanted this one film and didn't care about the rest of the set. The standalone disc is S-Tier and multiple collectors use it as a demo disc for showing people what 4K HDR looks like. The 25th anniversary theatrical re-release helped build demand.
Currently only available as part of the Wes Anderson Archive box set from Criterion, and people keep asking when individual 4K releases are coming. The set runs half price during B&N and Criterion sales, which is when most people cave. Some disc quality issues reported, particularly with Royal Tenenbaums during the cemetery scene. Criterion replaces defective discs but it's been a recurring complaint.
dir. Martin Brest
Shout Factory's S-Tier 4K. Thin collector discussion but Pacino's performance is the reason this disc exists. One of those films that gets brought up in "underrated 4K" threads without anyone elaborating much beyond recommending it.
dir. Steven Spielberg
The black and white photography in 4K is consistently cited as reference quality for the format. The 30th Anniversary steelbook is the current edition most people are buying. Paramount's 4K handling of their prestige catalog has been strong, and this is one of the best examples. Not a film anyone watches casually, but the one everyone owns.
dir. Wes Craven
S-Tier transfer buzzing across four platforms this week. The franchise is split between Paramount and Lionsgate right now with Scream 7 and Scream 4 both announced, so collectors are budgeting for multiple labels.
Paramount Pictures · 4K + Blu-ray
Paramount's steelbook matched the style of the first film's release, which collectors appreciated. The franchise set is one of those collections where people buy all of them or none of them. S-Tier transfer and the steelbook design with Ghostface on the back connecting to Scream 1 is a nice touch.
dir. Ang Lee
Sony's S-Tier 4K of Ang Lee's Jane Austen adaptation. Extremely thin collector discussion. The kind of disc that exists quietly in collections without generating threads.
Sony Pictures
dir. Scott Hicks
Geoffrey Rush's Oscar-winning pianist performance. Capelight's German 4K release is the only way to get it in high resolution. Extremely thin English-language collector discussion. The kind of prestige title that exists in 4K catalogs mostly by virtue of a European distributor filling the gap.
Germany Capelight · 4K + Blu-ray
dir. Paul Verhoeven
Vinegar Syndrome's director-approved 4K restoration from Verhoeven's own color grade. Las Vegas neon, casinos, and stage costumes were made for HDR. People who dismissed Showgirls for years have been coming around to it as legitimate Verhoeven, on par with RoboCop and Starship Troopers for his fans. The NC-17 version is the definitive cut. Vinegar Syndrome would never edit that stuff out.
dir. Lance Mungia
Vinegar Syndrome's VSU line treated this as an event release. People who grew up renting the VHS were thrilled to see it jump directly to 4K. The limited set sold well during VS sales, and the 60-70% daily deal brought it down to impulse-buy territory. A cult film that inspired people to get into filmmaking because the DIY quality felt achievable. The Fallout games and rockabilly music comparison is the quickest way to describe it to someone who hasn't seen it.
dir. Nora Ephron
Part of the Columbia Classics Vol. 4 box set alongside Punch-Drunk Love and Starman. People who just bought the Criterion Punch-Drunk Love were annoyed. The box set gets praise for being one of the strongest selections since Vol. 1. Standalone availability may come eventually, but for now it's box set or nothing. The film itself has aged in interesting ways, with modern viewers noting the parasocial relationship dynamics more critically.
dir. Trey Parker
Paramount S-Tier 4K. Trey Parker and Matt Stone's animated musical got a proper 4K release alongside Team America. The UK release reportedly lacks Dolby Vision, which matters less for hand-drawn animation but still stings if you're paying import prices.
dir. David Koepp
Lionsgate S-Tier 4K. Kevin Bacon's 1999 haunted house film that got unfairly overshadowed by The Sixth Sense releasing the same year. The Lionsgate steelbook with lenticular slipcover is an Amazon exclusive that has restocked a few times through Please Rewind. Collectors who own it tend to recommend it enthusiastically.
dir. Stewart Raffill
An evil scientist implants the brain of a murdered high school student into an animatronic Tyrannosaurus, who later wreaks vengeance on the bullies who killed him, and is reunited with his sweetheart.
dir. Steve Barron
A quartet of humanoid turtles, trained by their mentor in ninjitsu, must learn to work together to face the menace of Shredder and the Foot Clan.
dir. Michael Pressman
The Turtles and the Shredder battle once again, this time for the last cannister of the ooze that created the Turtles, which Shredder wants to create an army of new mutants.
dir. Stuart Gillard
The four turtles travel back in time to the days of the legendary and deadly samurai in ancient Japan, where they train to perfect the art of becoming one. The turtles also assist a small village in an uprising.
Universal S-Tier 4K. The Dude abides in reference quality. One of those discs that gets bought on impulse every time someone posts it, and the comments are always just quotes from the film.
Exactly one year after young rock guitarist Eric Draven and his fiancée are brutally killed by a ruthless gang of criminals, Draven, watched over by a hypnotic crow, returns from the grave to exact revenge.
dir. Krzysztof Kieślowski
Véronique is a beautiful young French woman who aspires to be a renowned singer; Weronika lives in Poland, has a similar career goal and looks identical to Véronique, though the two are not related. The film follows both women as they contend with the ups and downs of their individual lives, with Véronique embarking on an unusual romance with Alexandre Fabbri, a puppeteer who may be able to help her with her existential issues.
Curzon Film · 4K + Blu-ray
dir. William Peter Blatty
On the fifteenth anniversary of the exorcism that claimed Father Damien Karras' life, Police Lieutenant Kinderman's world is once again shattered when a boy is found decapitated and savagely crucified.
dir. Robert Rodriguez
When some very creepy things start happening around school, the kids at Herrington High make the chilling discovery that confirms their worst suspicions: their teachers really are from another planet!
Criterion S-Tier 4K. Gilliam's most emotionally grounded film, and the Criterion transfer does it justice. The fantasy sequences in HDR really earn the tier rating.
dir. Peter Jackson
Once an architect, Frank Bannister now passes himself off as an exorcist of evil spirits. To bolster his facade, he claims his "special" gift is the result of a car accident that killed his wife. But what he does not count on is more people dying in the small town where he lives. As he tries to piece together the supernatural mystery of these killings, he falls in love with the wife of one of the victims and deals with a crazy FBI agent.
Turbine · 4K + Blu-ray
dir. Andrew Davis
Warner S-Tier 4K. The train crash sequence is a demo scene and the new master is a massive upgrade from the Blu-ray. One of those catalog releases where the jump from the old disc is obvious in the first five minutes.
dir. Francis Ford Coppola
In the midst of trying to legitimize his business dealings in 1979 New York and Italy, aging mafia don, Michael Corleone seeks forgiveness for his sins while taking a young protege under his wing.
Following the release of The Godfather Part III in 1990, Coppola, Barry Malkin, and Walter Murch edited the three Godfather movies into chronological order. As had the earlier compilations, this film incorporated scenes that are not part of the theatrical releases.
dir. Frank Darabont
Warner S-Tier 4K. The Green Mile steelbook kept selling out at Gruv and getting restocked, with people stuck on backorders for weeks. The Darabont/King emotional gut-punch lands differently at this resolution, and the HDR gives the prison interiors depth the old Blu-ray flattened.
dir. Stephen Frears
A small-time conman has his loyalties torn between his estranged mother and his new girlfriend, both of whom are high-stakes grifters with their own angles to play.
The Limey follows Wilson, a tough English ex-con who travels to Los Angeles to avenge his daughter's death. Upon arrival, Wilson goes to task battling Valentine and an army of L.A.'s toughest criminals, hoping to find clues and piece together what happened. After surviving a near-death beating, getting thrown from a building and being chased down a dangerous mountain road, the Englishman decides to dole out some bodily harm of his own.
Samantha Caine is a small-town schoolteacher and mom with no memory of her life before washing up on a beach eight years ago. After a car accident and a violent home invasion trigger flashes of her past, she discovers she used to be a deadly CIA assassin. Teaming up with a wisecracking private investigator, Samantha must return to her old ways to take down the people who tried to erase her.
dir. Randall Wallace
Years have passed since the Three Musketeers, Aramis, Athos and Porthos, have fought together with their friend, D'Artagnan. But with the tyrannical King Louis using his power to wreak havoc in the kingdom while his twin brother, Philippe, remains imprisoned, the Musketeers reunite to abduct Louis and replace him with Philippe.
dir. Chuck Russell
Stanley Ipkiss, an insecure banker who has lost his zest for life stumbles upon an ancient mask, that turns him into a confident suave cartoon-like character who upsets his ordinary life.
dir. Luc Besson
The 4K existed before this, buried inside the Luc Besson 9-film box set from Sony last November. Both the 148-minute US cut and the 158-minute international version, Dolby Vision, Atmos. Now Gaumont is giving it a proper standalone release in June with a steelbook illustrated by Flore Maquin and a wild Fnac-exclusive 6-disc edition that includes a vinyl soundtrack and a 232-page making-of book. The big question for importers is subtitles. The film was shot in English, but French releases have a history of forced French subs or swapped opening sequences. English subs are listed on the French Amazon page, which is encouraging. Sony holds the US rights and StudioCanal has the UK, so a Region A standalone may or may not follow. Collectors who grabbed the Besson box already have the disc, but anyone waiting for a single release finally has a date.
Sony Pictures · 4K Ultra HD
dir. Stephen Sommers
Dashing legionnaire Rick O'Connell stumbles upon the hidden ruins of Hamunaptra while in the midst of a battle to claim the area in 1920s Egypt. It has been over three thousand years since former High Priest Imhotep suffered a fate worse than death as a punishment for a forbidden love—along with a curse that guarantees eternal doom upon the world if he is ever awoken.
dir. Jane Campion
Sold out during the Criterion 24-hour flash sale in March 2026. Jane Campion's Palme d'Or winner on Criterion 4K.
Carlotta Films · 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.
A mysterious woman comes to compete in a quick-draw elimination tournament, in a town taken over by a notorious gunman.
A rule-bound head butler's world of manners and decorum in the household he maintains is tested by the arrival of a housekeeper who falls in love with him in post-WWI Britain. The possibility of romance and his master's cultivation of ties with the Nazi cause challenge his carefully maintained veneer of servitude.
Arrow Video S-Tier 4K. The Arrow UK release is the definitive edition and the French steelbook went up for preorder around the same time. Hopkins' Lecter scenes get even more unsettling with the higher resolution.
dir. M. Night Shyamalan
Following an unexpected tragedy, child psychologist Malcolm Crowe meets a nine year old boy named Cole Sear, who is hiding a dark secret.
Walt Disney Studios · 4K + Blu-ray
Retired farmer and widower Alvin Straight learns one day that his distant brother Lyle has suffered a stroke and may not recover. Alvin is determined to make things right with Lyle while he still can, but his brother lives in Wisconsin, while Alvin is stuck in Iowa with no car and no driver's license. He then has the idea of making the trip on his old lawnmower, thus beginning a picturesque and at times deeply spiritual odyssey.
dir. Ridley Scott
Taking a break from their dreary lives, close friends Thelma and Louise embark on a short weekend trip that ends in unforeseen incriminating circumstances. As fugitives, both women rediscover the strength of their bond and their newfound resilience.
The wife of a famous composer survives a car accident that kills her husband and daughter. Now alone, she shakes off her old identity and explores her newfound freedom but finds that she is unbreakably bound to other humans, including her husband’s mistress, whose existence she never suspected.
Part-time model Valentine unexpectedly befriends a retired judge after she runs over his dog. At first, the grumpy man shows no concern about the dog, and Valentine decides to keep it. But the two form a bond when she returns to his house and catches him listening to his neighbors’ phone calls.
Polish immigrant Karol Karol finds himself out of a marriage, a job and a country when his French wife, Dominique, divorces him after six months due to his impotence. Forced to leave France after losing the business they jointly owned, Karol enlists fellow Polish expatriate Mikołaj to smuggle him back to their homeland.
In 2004, an officer for a security agency that regulates time travel must fend for his life against a shady politician who has a tie to his past.
StudioCanal · 4K Ultra HD
dir. Ron Underwood
Val McKee and Earl Bassett are in a fight for their lives when they discover that their desolate town has been infested with gigantic, man-eating creatures that live below the ground.
dir. S.S. Wilson
Earl Bassett's celebrity after defeating the Graboid attack against the town of Perfection has proved short-lived, until he's recruited by a Mexican oil company whose workers have found more than they bargained for under the soil.
In the year 2035, convict James Cole reluctantly volunteers to be sent back in time to discover the origin of a deadly virus that wiped out nearly all of the earth's population and forced the survivors into underground communities. But when Cole is mistakenly sent to 1990 instead of 1996, he's arrested and locked up in a mental hospital. There he meets psychiatrist Dr. Kathryn Railly and the son of a famous virus expert who may hold the key to the Army of the 12 Monkeys; thought to be responsible for unleashing the killer disease.
Arrow Video S-Tier 4K. The Arrow treatment turned this Seagal flick into a legitimate boutique release, and it looks significantly better than any of his other films have on disc.
dir. Clint Eastwood
Warner S-Tier 4K. The best-looking Eastwood western on disc and the one people agree earned its S-Tier. A reliable haul post staple.
dir. Roland Emmerich
An American soldier who had been killed during the Vietnam War is revived 25 years later by the military as a semi-android, UniSols, a high-tech soldier of the future. After the failure of the initiative to erase all the soldier's memories, he begins to experience flashbacks that are forcing him to recall his past.
The church enlists a team of vampire-hunters to hunt down and destroy a group of vampires searching for an ancient relic that will allow them to exist in sunlight.
dir. Penelope Spheeris
The adventures of two amiably aimless metal-head friends, Wayne and Garth. From Wayne's basement, the pair broadcast a talk-show called "Wayne's World" on local public access television. The show comes to the attention of a sleazy network executive who wants to produce a big-budget version of "Wayne's World"—and he also wants Wayne's girlfriend, a rock singer named Cassandra. Wayne and Garth have to battle the executive not only to save their show, but also Cassandra.
dir. John McNaughton
When teen-socialite Kelly Van Ryan and troubled bad girl Suzie Toller accuse guidance counselor Sam Lombardo of rape, he's suspended by the school, rejected by the town, and fighting to get his life back. One cop suspects conspiracy, but nothing is what it seems...
dir. Robert De Niro
A-Tier MVD Entertainment 4K. De Niro's directorial debut. Spent years on collector wishlists before this release finally materialized.
MVD Entertainment · 4K + Blu-ray
A-Tier Paramount 4K. There was a color grading debate when this came out because Debbie's dress changed color from the Blu-ray. Turns out the 4K grade is closer to the original theatrical print and the Blu-ray was the one that was off. The explanation about DVD-era masters being the baseline that people grew up with applies to a lot of these catalog 4Ks.
dir. Roger Spottiswoode
A-Tier from StudioCanal in the UK, Lionsgate in the US. Mel Gibson and Robert Downey Jr. flying planes in Laos. A fun 90s action film that most people forgot had a 4K release.
dir. Jon Hess
A giant mutated alligator runs riot in a small town after the sewer system washes it into a lake.
dir. Walter Hill
For the past four years, San Francisco cop Jack Cates has been after an unidentified drug kingpin who calls himself the Ice Man. Jack finds a picture that proves that the Ice Man has put a price on the head of Reggie Hammond, who is scheduled to be released from prison on the next day.
dir. Chris Noonan
A-Tier Kino Lorber 4K. The talking pig in HDR. Kino has the 4K.
dir. Robert Zemeckis
A-Tier Universal 4K. Same story as Part II. Universal gave the whole trilogy consistent transfers.
A-Tier Lionsgate 4K. Over 200 4K releases watched and this one's transfer stood out. Verhoeven's erotic thriller looks better than expected for early 90s.
dir. Julian Schnabel
A-Tier Criterion 4K. The color version had some issues that people noticed. Criterion's black-and-white films tend to fare better than their color transfers.
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. Tim Burton
The monstrous Penguin, who dwells in the sewers beneath Gotham, joins up with corrupt mayoral candidate Max Shreck to topple the Batman once and for all. But when Shreck's timid assistant Selina Kyle finds out, and Shreck tries to kill her, she's transformed into the sexy Catwoman. She teams up with the Penguin and Shreck to destroy Batman, but sparks fly unexpectedly when she confronts the caped crusader.
dir. Paul Thomas Anderson
A-Tier Warner Bros. 4K. PTA's breakout. The December 4K announcement was welcome news.
dir. John Singleton
In the middle of the Los Angeles ghetto, drugs, robberies and shootings dominate everyday life. During these times, Furious tries to raise his son Tre to be a decent person. Tre's friends, on the other hand, have little regard for the law and drag the entire neighborhood into a street war...
A-Tier Sony 4K. Coppola's Dracula with Gary Oldman. The Gothic production design and practical effects gain detail in 4K.
dir. Mel Gibson
Enraged at the slaughter of Murron, his new bride and childhood love, Scottish warrior William Wallace slays a platoon of the local English lord's soldiers. This leads the village to revolt and, eventually, the entire country to rise up against English rule.
dir. Jonathan Mostow
A-Tier Turbine 4K. Kurt Russell thriller from the 90s. A deep-cut catalog title.
dir. Lars von Trier
A-Tier Curzon Film 4K. Lars von Trier. A film that hits hard.
dir. Martin Scorsese
A-Tier Paramount 4K. Scorsese's underseen ambulance film. Paramount announced the 4K and it was a surprise to most people.
dir. Wong Kar-Wai
A-Tier Criterion 4K. Wong Kar-wai's Hong Kong mood piece. A Criterion essential.
A-Tier Eagle Pictures 4K. Stallone hanging off a cliff. Eagle Pictures did the transfer.
Eagle Pictures · 4K + Blu-ray
dir. Amy Heckerling
A-Tier Paramount 4K. The artwork on the standard release looks more Y2K than mid-90s, which some people didn't love. Last year's steelbook had better artwork.
dir. Frank Marshall
Eight people embark on an expedition into the Congo, a mysterious expanse of unexplored Africa, where human greed and the laws of nature have gone berserk.
A-Tier Arrow Video 4K. Cronenberg's car crash film. Arrow gave it the boutique treatment.
dir. Guillermo del Toro
A-Tier BFI 4K. Del Toro's debut. The BFI disc is the UK option.
BFI
dir. Roger Donaldson
A-Tier Kino Lorber 4K. Pierce Brosnan runs from a volcano. Kino has the 4K.
Kino Lorber
dir. Jean-Pierre Jeunet, Marc Caro
A-Tier StudioCanal 4K. Jeunet and Caro's post-apocalyptic French comedy. StudioCanal's French catalog is growing.
A-Tier Arrow Video 4K. Robert Rodriguez with Antonio Banderas and Salma Hayek. Arrow's treatment.
dir. Bruce Beresford
A-Tier 4K. A late-90s Ashley Judd thriller that nobody was clamoring for in 4K, and the disc exists in a fairly quiet corner of the catalog.
Paramount 30th anniversary 4K steelbook is up for preorder. People who already own the 4K are split on the art, comparing it unfavorably to the Escape from New York steelbook. Fresh buyers are more enthusiastic.
dir. Paul W. S. Anderson
A-Tier Paramount 4K. Paul Anderson's space horror. The production design in HDR is the reason to buy this disc.
A-Tier Kino Lorber 4K. Travolta and Cage swap faces. Kino got this from Paramount's catalog.
dir. Gordon Chan
A-Tier 88 Films 4K. Jet Li's martial arts showcase. 88 Films' Hong Kong action catalog keeps growing.
A-Tier Paramount 4K. Tom Hanks on a bench. The transfer is clean and Paramount gave it standard packaging at a reasonable price.
dir. Jim Jarmusch
A Black hitman who models after the samurai of old finds himself targeted for death by the mob.
dir. Mamoru Oshii
A steelbook haul post on r/Steelbooks. 'Whoa. That's a nice one I haven't seen before.' 'You are correct, this is the best one.' Comes with a case and slip. If you're buying this on 4K, buy this edition.
Bandai Visual · 4K + Blu-ray
A-Tier Warner Bros. 4K. Scorsese's gangster film. The restaurant scene tracking shot benefits from every pixel.
Shout Factory steelbook for Woo's action masterpiece. A-Tier transfer and the Hong Kong Cinema Classics announcement had the boutique crowd excited.
Arrow Video · Limited Edition
Mark 13 is a government-built killing machine programmed with artificial intelligence, able to repair and recharge itself from any energy source. Through a series of coincidences, the cyborg's head ends up in the home of a sculptress as a bizarre Christmas present from her boyfriend. Once inside its new home, the cyborg promptly reconstructs the rest of its body using a variety of household utensils and proceeds to go on a murderous rampage.
dir. Fax Bahr, George Hickenlooper
A chronicle of the production problems — including bad weather, actors' health, war near the filming locations, and more — which plagued the filming of Apocalypse Now, increasing costs and nearly destroying the life and career of Francis Ford Coppola.
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 Ching Siu-Tung
In a post-nuclear world, three superpowered women fight an evil genius controlling the government and the water supply.
dir. Kenny Ortega
A-Tier Disney 4K. The spell book steelbook is the one people love, with embossing on the front and stapled spine edges that make it look like an actual book. Hamilton Book has had this for around $12 USD, which is hard to beat for a disc that gets pulled out every October.
dir. Wolfgang Petersen
Veteran Secret Service agent Frank Horrigan is a man haunted by his failure to save President Kennedy while serving protection detail in Dallas. Thirty years later, a man calling himself "Booth" threatens the life of the current President, forcing Horrigan to come back to protection detail to confront the ghosts from his past.
A-Tier 20th Century Studios 4K. Will Smith blows up aliens on the Fourth of July. This was one of the earlier 4K releases back in 2016, so the scan shows its age compared to newer remasters. Steelbooks still move for decent money secondhand, which says something about the film's staying power with collectors.
20th Century Studios · 4K + Blu-ray
Keen young Raymold Avila joins the Internal Affairs Department of the Los Angeles police. He and partner Amy Wallace are soon looking closely at the activities of cop Dennis Peck whose financial holdings start to suggest something shady. Indeed Peck is involved in any number of dubious or downright criminal activities. He is also devious, a womaniser, and a clever manipulator, and he starts to turn his attention on Avila.
dir. Adam Marcus
A-Tier Arrow Video 4K. The Friday the 13th entry nobody likes but everyone buys anyway. Arrow teased Jason X alongside this, and the assumption is Freddy vs. Jason is eventually coming too. The new cover art is taking some getting used to after decades of the VHS artwork burned into everyone's memory.
dir. Tsui Hark
A-Tier MVD Entertainment 4K. Tsui Hark directs Van Damme in a movie about exploding jeans. MVD released this alongside Lionheart for Van Damme fans.
A-Tier Sony 4K. Luc Besson's hitman film with Jean Reno and a young Natalie Portman. Sony's steelbook artwork got some criticism. The disc scores well at 4.5 overall. Not a lot of dedicated collector energy around this specific release.
dir. Stephen Hopkins
A-Tier Arrow Video 4K. The 1998 sci-fi film that people remember being bad but still love. Arrow gave it a proper restoration, and the artwork on the slip got compliments.
A-Tier Arrow Video 4K. Kevin Smith's mall comedy with all three cuts on disc. Arrow's release was $24.99 USD in-store at Best Buy, and Hamilton Books has had it for $12.95 USD. A Kevin Smith collection staple that people are rounding out alongside Clerks and the eventual Dogma rerelease.
dir. Woody Allen
A-Tier Kino Lorber 4K. Woody Allen's 1993 comedy mystery with Diane Keaton. Thin collector discussion. Gets quietly recommended in murder mystery threads without the dedicated 4K buzz.
dir. Rob Reiner
A-Tier Kino Lorber 4K. Rob Reiner's Stephen King adaptation with Kathy Bates, and Kino's transfer scores 4.5 overall. The disc was available for $15.65 USD on Amazon and people jumped on it at that price. Collectors are still waiting for Arrow's Carrie 4K to pair with this.
dir. Marc Rocco
A-Tier 4K. StudioCanal's Dolby Vision pass pulled more out of the film than anyone expected for a 90s catalog title.
dir. Anthony Waller
When a mute makeup/special effects artist working on a low-budget slasher film gets locked in a dilapidated Moscow movie studio late one night, she thinks she witnesses the making of a snuff film. Thus begins a night of terror.
A-Tier Sony 4K. Luc Besson's assassin film with Anne Parillaud. Sony and StudioCanal both have steelbook versions, and the consensus is that StudioCanal's is the better package if you're region-free. The Sony version dropped the Spanish subtitles and audio track that StudioCanal kept.
dir. Jackie Chan
88 Films A-Tier 4K with a preorder up at Rare Waves. The region coding is split between the 4K disc (region free) and the Blu-ray (Region B), so check your setup before buying.
dir. Sally Potter
England, 1600. Queen Elizabeth I promises Orlando, a young nobleman obsessed with poetry, that she will grant him land and fortune if he agrees to satisfy a very particular request.
dir. David Fincher
The 4K theatrical rerelease renewed attention right before the disc hit. The Zavvi "What's In The Box?" edition at $98 USD was roasted immediately, with one comment offering to put their DVD in a cardboard box with Walmart air fresheners instead. The standard 4K packaging also took heat for the case design, prompting custom case inserts. None of that matters because the A-Tier transfer on this film is exceptional. The dark interiors and rain-soaked exteriors test any display setup. Fincher's 30th anniversary restoration is the definitive home version.
Warner Bros. · 4K Ultra HD
dir. James Merendino
Sony replaced one of the songs at a party scene due to licensing issues, swapping the Suicide Machines track for something generic. Collectors noticed because the song is meant to sound like it's actually playing at the party, so changing it changes the entire feel of the scene. Sony didn't announce the swap, which is typical for major studios. Still locked into the Sony Classics box set for standalone seekers, with eBay copies running around $35 USD.
All bets are off when shady homicide cop Rick Santoro witnesses a murder during a boxing match. Determined to solve the crime, he quickly learns that his search for answers will only uncover yet more questions in an ever-widening web of conspiracy, intrigue, and danger.
dir. Phil Alden Robinson
Kino Lorber's 4K comes from a new scan of the original camera negative with Dolby Vision. People waited years for this one and the transfer doesn't disappoint. The ensemble cast (Redford, Poitier, Aykroyd, Phoenix) makes it one of those films that's better than it has any right to be.
88 Films A-Tier 4K. The boutique packaging from 88 Films landed well, and the disc looks good for a mid-90s sci-fi horror title. Collector interest is light but the people who own it seem happy with the release.
dir. Jan de Bont
The steelbook preorder keeps selling out and restocking, with Amazon canceling some orders and Walmart becoming the backup plan. A-Tier transfer that people cite alongside Dune and Blade Runner 2049 when they're making a case for reference discs.
dir. Nicholas Meyer
After years of war, the Federation and the Klingon empire find themselves on the brink of a peace summit when a Klingon ship is nearly destroyed by an apparent attack from the Enterprise. Both worlds brace for what may be their deadliest encounter.
dir. Jonathan Frakes
The Borg, a relentless race of cyborgs, are on a direct course for Earth. Violating orders to stay away from the battle, Captain Picard and the crew of the newly-commissioned USS Enterprise E pursue the Borg back in time to prevent the invaders from changing Federation history and assimilating the galaxy.
dir. David Carson
Captain Jean-Luc Picard and the crew of the Enterprise-D find themselves at odds with the renegade scientist Soran who is destroying entire star systems. Only one man can help Picard stop Soran's scheme...and he's been dead for seventy-eight years.
Sony A-Tier 4K. Verhoeven's satirical military sci-fi gets a real workout in HDR, especially the bug battle sequences where the dust and plasma colors have space to breathe. The 25th anniversary DV steelbook was limited to the US, which frustrated international collectors. The film continues to get reappraised as satire rather than straight action.
dir. Rachel Talalay
After a comet disrupts the rain cycle of Earth, the planet has become a desolate, barren desert by the year 2033. With resources scarce, Kesslee, head of the powerful and evil Water & Power Corporation, the de facto government, has taken control of the water supply. Unwilling to cower under Kesslee's tyrannical rule, a pair of outlaws known as Tank Girl and Jet Girl rise up, joining the mysterious rebel Rippers to destroy the corrupt system.
Arrow's 4K brought Ferrara's black and white vampire film to the format nobody expected, with a transfer that preserves the contrast and grain of the original without crushing the shadows. The release is already getting the standard Arrow treatment with a packed slate of extras and a proper booklet.
In 19th century New York high society, a young lawyer falls in love with a woman separated from her husband, while he is engaged to the woman's cousin.
dir. Corey Yuen
A corrupt businessman commits a murder and the only witness is the girlfriend of another businessman with close connections to the Chinese government, so a bodyguard from Beijing is dispatched to help two Hong Kong cops protect the witness.
dir. Rob Epstein, Jeffrey Friedman
Exuberant, eye-opening movie that serves up a dazzling hundred-year history of the role of gay men and lesbians have had on the silver screen. Film contains fabulous footage from 120 films showing the changing face of cinema sexuality, from cruel stereotypes to covert love to the activist triumphs of the 1990s.
A scientist in a surrealist society kidnaps children to steal their dreams, hoping that they slow his aging process.
dir. Peter Horton
Erik, a loner, finds a friend in Dexter, an eleven-year-old boy with AIDS. They vow to find a cure for AIDS together and save Dexter's life in an eventful summer.
Signature Entertainment · 4K Ultra HD
dir. Taylor Hackford
Shout! Factory put this out and it's making rounds again. Keanu, Pacino, Charlize Theron. The 4K is there for anyone who wants it.
Shout! Factory
dir. Gregg Araki
Jordan White and Amy Blue, two troubled teens, pick up an adolescent drifter, Xavier Red. Together, the threesome embarks on a sex- and violence-filled journey through a United States of psychos and quickie marts.
A-Tier but there are two different versions floating around and people mix them up constantly. The Sony US release and the StudioCanal UK release are different masters, and the StudioCanal disc looks better. Both the standard and steelbook StudioCanal editions use the same disc, so the packaging doesn't matter for picture quality. If you're buying this, get the UK StudioCanal version.
dir. Sydney Pollack
Mitch McDeere is a young man with a promising future in Law. About to sit his Bar exam, he is approached by 'The Firm' and made an offer he doesn't refuse. Seduced by the money and gifts showered on him, he is totally oblivious to the more sinister side of his company. Then, two Associates are murdered. The FBI contact him, asking him for information and suddenly his life is ruined. He has a choice - work with the FBI, or stay with the Firm. Either way he will lose his life as he knows it. Mitch figures the only way out is to follow his own plan...
dir. Johnnie To
While one tough woman with an invisible robe has stolen 18 babies for her powerful master, two other tough women and the cops try to stop her.
A new technologically-superior Soviet nuclear sub, the Red October, is heading for the U.S. coast under the command of Captain Marko Ramius. The American government thinks Ramius is planning to attack. Lone CIA analyst Jack Ryan has a different idea: he thinks Ramius is planning to defect, but he has only a few hours to find him and prove it - because the entire Russian naval and air commands are trying to find Ramius, too. The hunt is on!
dir. Roger Allers, Rob Minkoff
Young lion prince Simba, eager to one day become king of the Pride Lands, grows up under the watchful eye of his father Mufasa; all the while his villainous uncle Scar conspires to take the throne for himself. Amid betrayal and tragedy, Simba must confront his past and find his rightful place in the Circle of Life.
Four years after Jurassic Park's genetically bred dinosaurs ran amok, multimillionaire John Hammond shocks chaos theorist Ian Malcolm by revealing that he has been breeding more beasties at a secret location. Malcolm, his paleontologist ladylove and a wildlife videographer join an expedition to document the lethal lizards' natural behavior in this action-packed thriller.
Universal Pictures · Steelbook
dir. Martin Campbell
Sony A-Tier 4K. The steelbook is the version most people grabbed. Late-90s action cinematography that cleaned up nicely in the transfer, with Banderas in his prime and one of Catherine Zeta-Jones' first major roles.
dir. Lana Wachowski, Lilly Wachowski
Warner's 2018 4K has been around since launch but the Matrix Trilogy 4K set drops to around $24 USD regularly, which makes it the obvious pick if you want all three. The Titans of Cult release uses the same disc as the standard, so you're paying purely for the packaging. The Animatrix still has no 4K release and probably never will.
dir. Michele Soavi
A spree of grisly murders is perpetrated in Frankfurt by a group of Satan worshippers. A lonely schoolteacher almost runs over an elderly man and takes him in, unbeknown to her the man has plans for her – plans that involve a permanent future with the Satanic cult.
Severin Films · 4K + Blu-ray
A-Tier Warner Bros. 4K. People who thought it looked flat on DVD and Blu-ray say the 4K is the first version that really looks right. The Film Vault steelbook has nice artwork and gets talked about a lot. More of a film that just looks like film for the first time on home video than a flashy demo disc.
dir. Peter Weir
An insurance salesman begins to suspect that his whole life is actually some sort of reality TV show.
dir. Bryan Singer
Held in an L.A. interrogation room, Verbal Kint attempts to convince the feds that a mythic crime lord, Keyser Soze, not only exists, but was also responsible for drawing him and his four partners into a multi-million dollar heist that ended with an explosion in San Pedro harbor – leaving few survivors. Verbal lures his interrogators with an incredible story of the crime lord's almost supernatural prowess.
Construction worker Douglas Quaid's obsession with the planet Mars leads him to visit Recall, a company that manufactures memories. When his memory implant goes wrong, Doug can no longer be sure what is and isn't reality.
dir. John Lasseter
Disney A-Tier 4K, available individually or in the 29-Pixar steelbook set. Best Buy cycles these through sales at $9.99-$14.99 USD a few times a year.
Disney A-Tier 4K. The Pixar steelbook collection has matching art across the trilogy and animation collectors are trying to complete the set. Best Buy sales are the usual entry point.
dir. Danny Boyle
Heroin addict Mark Renton stumbles through bad ideas and sobriety attempts with his unreliable friends --Sick Boy, Begbie, Spud and Tommy. He also has an underage girlfriend, Diane, along for the ride. After cleaning up and moving from Edinburgh to London, Mark finds he can't escape the life he left behind as Begbie and Sick Boy come knocking.
dir. Tony Scott
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.
In the questionable town of Deer Meadow, Washington, FBI Agent Desmond inexplicably disappears while hunting for the man who murdered a teen girl. The killer is never apprehended, and, after experiencing dark visions and supernatural encounters, Agent Dale Cooper chillingly predicts that the culprit will claim another life. Meanwhile, in the more cozy town of Twin Peaks, hedonistic beauty Laura Palmer hangs with lowlifes and seems destined for a grisly fate.
dir. Godfrey Ho
The film follows Kristi Jones who, along with her gang, take part in Mafia-run street fights to earn money for her sister's college education. Kristi's sister hopes to become a doctor and pay for Kristi's education.
An American village is visited by some unknown life form which leaves the women of the village pregnant. Nine months later, the babies are born, and they all look normal, but it doesn't take the "parents" long to realize that the kids are not human or humane.
Fabulous Films · 4K Ultra HD
dir. Brett Leonard
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.
Arrow's 2019 Limited Edition is the English-language pick with the Ulysses Cut in 1080p and a 4.0 blu-ray.com tier. The Best Buy exclusive steelbook is a very limited run of 3 copies per store, so most people are finding it sold out on day one. Plaion's German Ulysses Cut on 4K is still the holy grail import for the full extended version in UHD.
dir. Emir Kusturica
An Inuit hunter races his sled home with a fresh-caught halibut. This fish pervades the entire film, in real and imaginary form. Meanwhile, Axel tags fish in New York as a naturalist's gofer. He's happy there, but a messenger arrives to bring him to Arizona for his uncle's wedding. It's a ruse to get Axel into the family business. In Arizona, Axel meets two odd women: vivacious, needy, and plagued by neuroses and familial discord. He gets romantically involved with one, while the other, rich but depressed, plays accordion tunes to a gaggle of pet turtles.
B-Tier 4K. Cruise in a stock car. The audio mix could have been better for a film about racing, but the picture is decent. Nostalgic for people who grew up in the 90s.
dir. Mimi Leder
B-Tier Paramount 4K. The other asteroid movie from 1998. The B-Tier is fair.
A troubled young man is drawn to a mythical place called Midian where a variety of friendly monsters are hiding from humanity. Meanwhile, a sadistic serial killer is looking for a patsy.
B-Tier from Paramount on a film that deserves better. The steelbook has been commanding high resale prices, with some listings hitting $200 USD. Sony taking over Disney's disc production created temporary OOP situations across Paramount's catalog too, and Saving Private Ryan availability fluctuated. The Omaha Beach sequence is the obvious demo material, but the B-Tier transfer means it's not showing what a proper 4K restoration could.
When an alien race and factions within Starfleet attempt to take over a planet that has "regenerative" properties, it falls upon Captain Picard and the crew of the Enterprise to defend the planet's people as well as the very ideals upon which the Federation itself was founded.
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.
A demonic force has chosen Freddy Krueger as its portal to the real world. Can Heather Langenkamp play the part of Nancy one last time and trap the evil trying to enter our world?
dir. David Hogan
C-Tier Turbine 4K. Pamela Anderson sci-fi. Kino Lorber also has a release. The C-Tier is expected.
Turbine
C-Tier Kino Lorber 4K. Jeff Bridges and Tommy Lee Jones in a bomb disposal thriller. Kino has the 4K.
C-Tier Kino Lorber 4K. The SNL spin-off. Kino picks up the titles nobody else will touch.
dir. John Waters
C-Tier Kino Lorber 4K. John Waters' musical with Johnny Depp. Kino has the 4K.
C-Tier StudioCanal 4K. Geena Davis as a pirate. The C-Tier reflects the film's reputation more than the transfer.
Just when you thought it was safe to sleep, Freddy Krueger returns in this sixth installment of the Nightmare on Elm Street films, as psychologist Maggie Burroughs, tormented by recurring nightmares, meets a patient with the same horrific dreams.
dir. Jerry Zucker
C-Tier Paramount 4K. Swayze and Demi Moore with pottery. The C-Tier reflects a standard catalog transfer.
Paramount Pictures
dir. Dennis Dugan
C-Tier Kino Lorber 4K. Adam Sandler at the golf course. Kino's been going after the 90s comedy catalog.
dir. Ivan Reitman
C-Tier Kino Lorber 4K. There's a running joke that this should be Criterion spine #1000, and the fan-made mock cover art is reportedly better than anything Criterion has actually produced. Kino put out the 4K in 2024.
dir. Gregory Hoblit
C-Tier Paramount 4K. Edward Norton's debut, and people feel he should have won the Oscar over Cuba Gooding Jr. for Jerry Maguire. People are still waiting on Paramount to do Chinatown in 4K.
dir. George Lucas
C-Tier 4K. The prequel trilogy's digital origins limit what 4K can do for these films, and the C-Tier reflects that. Disney had Sony handling physical media production and the Star Wars line has been going out of print, with restocks uncertain. If you want the prequels on disc, buy them when you see them.
Kino Lorber C-Tier 4K. One of the better Die Hard clones, with Van Damme fighting terrorists at a hockey game. The C-Tier reflects the source material more than the effort Kino put in, and JCVD fans who've picked it up seem satisfied with the release.
dir. Andrew Fleming
A Catholic school newcomer falls in with a clique of teen witches who wield their powers against all who dare to cross them -- be they teachers, rivals or meddlesome parents.
Kino Lorber C-Tier 4K. A 90s Clooney/Kidman thriller that nobody was asking for in 4K, and the C-Tier rating confirms the transfer wasn't a priority. Hard to recommend to anyone outside the Clooney/Kidman fan base.
dir. Alejandro Amenábar
While working on a thesis about audiovisual violence, film student Ángela finds a snuff video where a girl is tortured until death. Soon she discovers that she was a former student in her university, and that the authors of the video are not very far either.
Umbrella Entertainment
dir. James Cameron
The 25th Anniversary Collector's Edition showed up at Deep Discount for $12 USD. It retails around $100 USD. Someone bought it to get free shipping on Crawl. The transfer is C-tier Cameron but the collector's packaging at that price is hard to argue with.
dir. Robert Butler
On a flight transporting dangerous convicts, murderer Ryan Weaver manages to break free and cause complete chaos throughout the plane. As various people on board fall victim to Weaver, it is ultimately down to flight attendant Teri Halloran to keep the aircraft from crashing, with on-ground support from an air traffic controller. While Halloran struggles to pilot the plane, Weaver continues to terrorize the surviving members of the crew.
D-Tier Lionsgate 4K and a famously bad transfer. The steelbook artwork is great and sells well, but the disc inside is one of the worst 4K presentations of a major film. People buy the steelbook planning to swap the disc if a better version ever comes out.
Lionsgate · Blu-ray
D-Tier 4K that caused a lot of frustration. Someone sold theirs for a dollar and the photo went kind of viral. A comparison with a Spanish Blu-ray showed the bootleg had more skin texture in several shots. There are defenders, but the consensus leans negative.
Resen · Blu-ray
dir. Steven Zaillian
Jan Schlickmann is a cynical lawyer who goes out to 'get rid of' a case, only to find out it is potentially worth millions. The case becomes his obsession, to the extent that he is willing to give up everything—including his career and his clients' goals—in order to continue the case against all odds.
dir. James Dearden
Infatuated with the idea of becoming rich, college student Jonathan Corliss secretly dates Dorothy Carlsson to gain the approval of her wealthy father. When Dorothy tells Jonathan that she is pregnant and that her father will deny her inheritance if he finds out, Jonathan murders her, but he stages her death as a suicide. As Jonathan works his way onto Mr. Carlsson's payroll, Dorothy's twin sister, Ellen, investigates the apparent suicide.
dir. Steve Oedekerk
Via Vision Entertainment is bringing it to 4K. The thread immediately split on which Ace Ventura is better. 'I've been waiting for the superior Ace Ventura to come to 4K' is the opening comment and nobody agrees on which one that is. Via Vision is an Australian label, so US collectors are watching to see if a domestic release follows.
dir. Michael Simon
The brothers Gibb perform their greatest hits from the 60's, 70's, 80's and 90's including many songs written for and made hits by other artists but never recorded by the Bee Gees themselves.
dir. Kevin Hooks
An ex-con takes a job driving a truck cross country. What he doesn't know is that the truck is filled with illegal weapons and now he must fight to survive and save his family.
dir. Frank Oz
On the verge of bankruptcy and desperate for his big break, aspiring filmmaker Bobby Bowfinger concocts a crazy plan to make his ultimate dream movie. Rallying a ragtag team that includes a starry-eyed ingenue, a has-been diva and a film studio gofer, he sets out to shoot a blockbuster featuring the biggest star in Hollywood, Kit Ramsey -- only without letting Ramsey know he's in the picture.
dir. Brian Yuzna
Ignite Films putting out the sequel on 4K. The first film's Ignite release was expensive and divisive, so the question is whether this one gets the same treatment or a more reasonable price. Brian Yuzna's follow-up leans harder into the comedy and the practical effects are wild.
Ignite Films · 4K Ultra HD
Arrow Video limited edition 4K of Woo's Vietnam War epic. Part of the Hong Kong Cinema Classics wave alongside The Killer and Hard Boiled. This is the darkest of Woo's action films and the one that tends to catch people off guard if they only know him from the heroic bloodshed stuff. Arrow's preorder is up on their site.
dir. Kenji Kodama
Ran’s secret past revealed! Ten years ago, something happened between her mom and dad. Now, plagued by nightmares, Ran is starting to remember… Meanwhile, a murderous card dealer breaks out of jail to seek revenge. His target: Ran’s father. Can Conan stop him in time and save his girlfriend’s family?
Imprint · Limited Edition
dir. Geoffrey Sax
The Seventh Doctor becomes the Eighth. And on the streets of San Francisco – alongside new ally Grace Holloway - he battles the Master.
BBC Studios · Steelbook
dir. Lau Kar-Leung
Arrow Video 4K limited edition. Has the greatest fight scene put to film according to pretty much everyone who watches it. Chan's breakout hits box set from Arrow is the way to get this one, and collectors with kids getting into martial arts films are buying it as an entry point.
Arrow Video · 4K Ultra HD
30th anniversary 4K steelbook pre-order is live on Gruv at $33 USD. The comments are not about the film at all, they're about the steel and the price. The anniversary hook is doing all the work here.
Warner Bros. · Steelbook
Sony steelbook preorder is still generating conversation weeks after the announcement. Early transfer consensus is positive, and the existing disc was already solid. Collectors who own it are deciding whether the new packaging justifies a double dip.
dir. Allison Anders, Alexandre Rockwell
It's Ted the Bellhop's first night on the job...and the hotel's very unusual guests are about to place him in some outrageous predicaments. It seems that this evening's room service is serving up one unbelievable happening after another.
Kino Lorber · 4K Ultra HD
dir. Mike Newell
Over the course of five social occasions, a committed bachelor must consider the notion that he may have discovered love.
Final Cut Entertainment · 4K Ultra HD
dir. Frank Henenlotter
Synapse 4K is getting real enthusiasm, with people calling it 'outstanding' and posting detailed impressions. Henenlotter films don't often get transfers that match the energy of the source material, and this one apparently does.
Synapse Films · Limited Edition
dir. Wong Jing
Sing finds Michael "Dagger" Chan in order to become Ko Chun's next disciple, but the two must put aside their differences when they discover that a gang boss is bent on ruining the God of Gamblers' name.
dir. Ralph S. Singleton
John Hall is a drifter who wanders into a small town in Maine. He needs a job and decides to seek employment at the community's top business: a large textile mill. He is hired to work the "graveyard shift" -- from around midnight to dawn -- and, along with a few others, he is charged with cleaning out the basement. This task strikes the workers as simple enough, but then, as they proceed deeper underground, they encounter an unspeakable monstrosity intent on devouring them all.
dir. George Armitage
Hitman Martin Blank becomes a moving target after he rebuffs a fellow assassin's invitation to form a union. On the advice of his quirky assistant and neurotic psychiatrist, Martin begrudgingly heads out to Grosse Pointe, Michigan for his ten-year high school reunion, where he soon comes across the woman he jilted on prom night.
Criterion Collection · 4K + Blu-ray Special Edition
Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, returns home to find his father murdered and his mother now marrying the murderer... his uncle. Meanwhile, war is brewing.
Universal Pictures · 4K Ultra HD
dir. Michael Lessac
When Ruth Matthews's husband is killed in a fall at an archaeological dig, her daughter Sally handles her father's death in a very odd manner. As Sally's condition worsens, Ruth takes her to see Jake, an expert in childhood autism. Jake attempts to bring Sally out of her mental disarray through traditional therapy methods, but Ruth takes a different route. She risks her own sanity by attempting to enter her daughter's mind and make sense of the seemingly bizarre things that Sally does, including building a wondrous house of cards
dir. Erik Skjoldbjærg
Second Sight 4K of the 1997 Norwegian original, not the Nolan remake. The thread noticed immediately and several people pointed out this is the superior film. 'Second Sight be killing my import budget.'
Second Sight Films · Limited Edition
dir. Howard Franklin
Motivational Speaker Jack Corcoran is determined to get his career off the ground, but the biggest gigs he can get are the ones nobody wants. One day, he receives a telegram that his circus clown father has passed away and left a "huge" inheritance: an elephant that was his father's pride and joy. His main intention to sell the pachyderm off, Jack must choose between loud and rude zookeeper Mo or attractive animal show owner Terry. As the two trek through the country Jack and the elephant develop a bond, and it changes his approach to life for the better.
Lyon Gaultier is a deserter in the Foreign Legion arriving in the USA entirely hard up. He finds his brother between life and death and his sister-in-law without the money needed to heal her husband and to maintain her child. To earn the money needed, Gaultier decides to take part in some very dangerous clandestine fights.
dir. Guy Ritchie
Kino Lorber announced a 4K but it may be cancelled according to insider reports from early 2025. The previous Blu-ray transfer was widely called garbage, so collectors have been waiting for a proper remaster of Ritchie's debut. If it actually comes out it will be an instant buy for most people.
dir. Shoji Kawamori, Shinichiro Watanabe
Three decades after the great war between the humans and the Zentradi, the U.N. government is developing new technologies to use in their transforming fighter aircraft by running tests on the colony planet Eden. Military test pilots and former childhood friends, loose cannon Isamu Alva Dyson and the Zentradi mixed race Guld Goa Bowman, are selected to each pilot a new aircraft (Shinsei Industries' YF-19 & General Galaxy's YF-21) for Project Super Nova, to choose the newest successor to the VF-11 Thunderbolt variable fighter which is currently still in use by the U.N. Spacy military forces. Their own personal grudges end up disrupting the tests, and begin to wreak havoc on the program.
Zavvi UK collector's edition with steelbook, rigid slipcase, posters, and art cards. US availability is the open question. The consensus landed immediately on buy first and ask questions later.
Arrow Video picked up Mortal Kombat and Annihilation for a 4K set coming in June. A film that's been stuck in barebones releases for years is finally getting the Arrow treatment, and people are more curious about the extras than the transfer.
dir. John R. Leonetti
dir. Sammo Hung Kam-Bo
A Chinese chef accidentally gets involved with a news reporter who filmed a drug bust that went awry and is now being chased by gangs who are trying to get the video tape.
dir. Billy Crystal
Buddy Young was the comic's comic, beloved by everyone. Now, playing to miniscule crowds in nursing homes, it seems like everybody but Buddy realizes that he should retire. As Buddy looks for work in show business, he realizes that the rest of the world has forgotten the golden days of Buddy Young, and that there just may not be room in the business for an old comic like himself.
Blu-ray
Kino Lorber 4K announced and people are excited. Most collectors never upgraded from their ancient DVDs because the Blu-ray was barely an improvement. This should be a real step up, and the announcement got more attention than you'd expect for a Trey Parker film that isn't South Park.
Shout Factory 4K on March 31, 2026. No tier rating yet. A mid-90s viral outbreak thriller that nobody was demanding, but Shout's catalog work has been consistent.
dir. Satoshi Kon
GKIDS has the limited edition steelbook preorder up. Satoshi Kon's cult following keeps growing and this is one of those titles where the physical release matters to the audience more than most.
GKIDS · Limited Edition Steelbook
dir. Gary Ross
The black-and-white to color transition is one of those visual gimmicks that was made for the 4K HDR format. The satire still works and the disc gives the color shifts more room to breathe than streaming ever could.
Arrow Video 4K. The most accessible of the Police Story sequels and the one that feels most like a Bond film. Arrow's presentation is clean.
dir. Griffin Dunne
Sally and Gillian Owens, born into a magical family, have mostly avoided witchcraft themselves. But when Gillian's vicious boyfriend, Jimmy Angelov, dies unexpectedly, the Owens sisters give themselves a crash course in hard magic. With policeman Gary Hallet growing suspicious, the girls struggle to resurrect Angelov -- and unwittingly inject his corpse with an evil spirit that threatens to end their family line.
dir. Russell Mulcahy
A jaded homicide detective has been put on the case of a ruthless killer in the city of Chicago, who leaves a trail of horribly mutilated and dismembered corpses along with perversely ironic biblical quotes.
dir. John Dahl
Rounders has been on collector wishlists for years, and the 4K ask never goes away. The Rewatchables did a live episode, steelbook people have wanted one since at least 2021, and it comes up in pretty much every "what still needs a proper release" conversation. Shot on film with dark interiors and neon-lit poker rooms, the photography would really benefit from an HDR grade. 88 Films has a limited edition Blu-ray coming in May, which is the best way to own it right now.
88 Films · Limited Edition (Blu-ray)
Arrow Video 4K limited edition, part of the breakout hits set. This was one of the first DVDs a lot of people owned, and the nostalgia factor is real. The HK version with the original subtitles is the one people want.
dir. Barry Levinson
Warner 4K preorder up at Gruv. Sleepers never got the disc treatment it deserved, and Warner finally committing to it is a positive sign.
Warner Bros. · Limited Edition Steelbook
Arrow Video's Limited Edition 4K preorder is live at Diabolik DVD, making it the first legitimate English-language release since the old Blu-ray went out of print. The film shares a screenwriter with Blade Runner and has a small cult following built around Kurt Russell's near-silent performance and the production design that carries over from Ridley Scott's world.
dir. Stuart Gordon
John Canyon is one of the last independent space transport entrepreneurs. Rough times force him to carry suspicious cargo to Earth without questions being asked. During the flight the cargo turns out to be a multitude of unstoppable killer robots.
dir. Phil Joanou
Imprint Films 4K announced for April, paired with Dark Blue. Sean Penn, Gary Oldman, and Ed Harris in a forgotten New York gangster film that's been waiting for a proper release.
dir. Rupert Wainwright
A young woman with no strong religious beliefs, Frankie Paige begins having strange and violent experiences, showing signs of the wounds that Jesus received when crucified. When the Vatican gets word of Frankie's situation, a high-ranking cardinal requests that the Rev. Andrew Kiernan investigate her case. Soon Kiernan realizes that very sinister forces are at work, and tries to rescue Frankie from the entity that is plaguing her.
Altitude · 4K Ultra HD
Joe Huff is a tough, loner cop with a flair for infiltrating dangerous biker gangs. The FBI blackmail Huff into an undercover operation that entails infiltrating The Brotherhood – a powerful Mississippi biker gang linked in the murder of government officials as well as dealing drugs with the mafia.
dir. Gisaburō Sugii
The 4K transfer was called 'very nice overall' with one caveat about whites running slightly blue. The consensus is that this is the best version we're getting. Bryan Cranston has a voice role and apparently nobody remembers this until someone brings it up.
Adopted by a renowned swordsmith, a young man discovers that his biological father was killed by a powerful bandit called Lung. Leaving to seek revenge, he runs afoul of vicious desert scum, losing his right arm in the process. After being nursed back to health, he learns to compensate for his loss and returns to confront Lung.
dir. Daniel Myrick, Eduardo Sánchez
In October of 1994 three student filmmakers disappeared in the woods near Burkittsville, Maryland, while shooting a documentary. A year later their footage was found.
dir. Alan Shapiro
A precocious and obsessive teenager develops a crush on a naive writer with harrowing consequences.
dir. Adam Rifkin
A man pursues stand-up comedy encouraged by his fellow garbage man. Though his friend, who accompanies him on accordion, continues to tell him how great he is, he actually stinks. When the "comedian" grows a third arm out of his back, the friend uses this twist to get him signed up with a sleazy talent agent, and it begins to look like his career is on the move, even though his girlfriend has left him.
dir. Brian Levant
Shout Factory steelbook coming June 2. Not a disc anyone was expecting to get the steelbook treatment, but Shout keeps digging into the 90s catalog.
Shout! Factory · Steelbook
Dr. David Marrow invites three distinct individuals to the eerie and isolated Hill House to be subjects for a sleep disorder study. The unfortunate guests discover that Marrow is far more interested in the sinister mansion itself — and they soon see the true nature of its horror.
dir. Brad Bird
OOP steelbook, scalpers are charging a fortune, and the community is split between waiting for a 4K announcement and just paying up.
dir. Peter Medak
Twins Ronnie and Reggie Kray are raised in east London, under the influence of their hateful but doting mother Violet. As they grow up, Ronnie's violent nature takes over, and Reggie follows his brother's lead. The two become notorious crime lords who rule over the East End club scene. But at the height of their power, the brothers veer into different lives, giving the older crime bosses a chance to reclaim what the Krays took from them.
dir. Stacy Title
A group of idealistic but frustrated liberals succumb to the temptation of murdering right-wing pundits for their political beliefs.
Dazzler · 4K Ultra HD
The secret Red Lotus Flower Society is committed to the overthrow of the evil Manchu Emperor and his minions. One of his Governors is sent on a mission to retrieve a list of members of that secret society. Meanwhile, Canton kung fu practitioner Fong Sai-Yuk falls in love with the beautiful daughter of a rich merchant.
dir. Roman Polanski
Imprint Films Limited Edition 4K. Polanski collectors are debating whether to double-dip since Lionsgate already has a release out. The bonus features on this one are strong enough that some people are buying both.
Lionsgate · Steelbook
The 21st successor to the role of Bengalla's resident superhero must travel to New York to prevent a villainous syndicate from obtaining three magic skulls.
A Taiwanese-American man is happily settled in New York with his American boyfriend. He plans a marriage of convenience to a Chinese woman in order to keep his parents off his back and to get the woman a green card. Chaos follows when his parents arrive in New York for the wedding.
Arrow Video 4K. The car chase sequences are the selling point and HDR should make them pop. Deep cut in the Chan catalog but the Arrow treatment is reliable.
dir. Lucio Fulci
Wealthy businessman Giorgio Mainardi has died of a stomach hemorrhage, but his ghost is not so sure that it was a random misfortune and wants to know the truth. Unfortunately, almost everyone around him is happy to see him gone. Everyone, that is, except for his daughter Rosy, who still feels affection for her father even though they have drifted apart. With her medical student boyfriend, Johnathan, Rosy will try to get to the bottom of her father's death.
dir. Vincent Ward
Collector's Edition 4K announced through Gruv. The visuals should be incredible on even a mediocre transfer. Special features are thin, just a commentary track.
Shout! Factory · Collector's Edition
dir. Jackie Chan, Benny Chan Muk-Sing
A group of covert CIA operatives trailing a potential new energy source are double-crossed by corrupt agent Morgan, who causes a helicopter crash in remote South Africa. The sole survivor, suffering severe amnesia, is nursed to recovery by a kindly native tribe who call him "Whoami" after the question he keeps asking. With the help of a mysterious reporter Christine, Whoami pieces together his past and tracks the turncoat agent and his criminal cohorts.
A 4K theatrical screening was announced this week and the r/criterion thread lit up. Even people who rank it lower in Lynch's filmography are in, and several are hoping this leads to a Criterion release. The Straight Story is the other Lynch title people want on disc, and Dune remains disowned.
dir. Jack Sholder
During a failed art heist, the Djinn is once again liberated. This time, to complete the 1001 wishes that he needs before the final 3, he lets himself go to prison, where he starts his evil reign twisting the hopes of the prisoners. Meanwhile, the woman who set him free accidentally, Morgana, tries to find a way to stop him, aided by a young priest.
High Fliers · 4K Ultra HD
