2000s

dir. Mikael Håfström

S-Tier Lionsgate 4K. The steelbook came out in January. The big question is which ending you get, since the theatrical and director's cut have different ones, and collectors prefer the theatrical. ViaVision also has a limited edition in the works.

Lionsgate · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Curtis Hanson

S-Tier Universal 4K. The gritty Detroit photography translates well to HDR and the dimly lit rap battle venues look good on this disc.

Universal Pictures · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Ron Howard

S-Tier Universal 4K. Standard edition releasing in February 2026 at the lower $20 USD price point that Universal has been using lately.

Universal Pictures · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. David Cronenberg

Cronenberg and Mortensen at their best. This was the last movie ever released on VHS, which is the kind of trivia that makes a collector want to own every format it ever came on. Makes a great double feature with Eastern Promises.

dir. Spike Jonze

S-Tier Sony 4K. Charlie Kaufman and Spike Jonze at peak meta. Sony handled the transfer cleanly and the disc mostly just sits quietly in people's collections without much active discussion.

Sony Pictures · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Steven Zaillian

S-Tier Sony 4K. Part of the Columbia Classics Collection Volume 5, same box set situation as A Man for All Seasons. The 1949 original, not the 2006 remake.

Sony Pictures · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. J.B. Rogers

S-Tier 4K. Same story as the first one. Universal gave it a clean transfer.

88 Films · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Mary Harron

S-Tier Lionsgate 4K. The bloodpack special edition with liquid in the packaging is a collector's item, but there are already reports of them bursting and ruining shelves. The standard steelbook and the Walmart steelbook are safer options for the same disc.

Lionsgate · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Kinji Fukasaku

S-Tier Arrow Video 4K. The Japanese survival thriller. Arrow's box set is what collectors have been waiting for.

Arrow Video · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Ridley Scott

S-Tier Sony 4K. Ridley Scott's war film. Someone bought it and the case was empty, which is a recurring Amazon complaint across many titles.

Sony Pictures · Steelbook

dir. Peyton Reed

S-Tier Shout Factory 4K. The cheerleader comedy on 4K. Shout Factory has been going deep on 2000s catalog titles.

Shout! Factory · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Ang Lee

S-Tier Kino Lorber 4K. Ang Lee's film. Kino did a good job with this one.

Kino Lorber · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Christophe Gans

S-Tier StudioCanal 4K. French martial arts horror. People who got early copies were excited about the transfer.

StudioCanal · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. George A. Romero

S-Tier Indicator 4K. George Romero directed this one. Indicator did a good job with it.

Indicator · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Ron Howard

S-Tier Universal 4K. Russell Crowe boxing in HDR. Coming to 4K in September.

Universal Pictures · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Henry Selick

S-Tier Laika 4K. The stop-motion film in 3D. Seeing the restoration in 3D was a highlight for collectors who caught it in theaters.

Laika · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Tim Burton, Mike Johnson

S-Tier Warner Bros. 4K. Tim Burton's stop-motion film. The animation benefits from 4K resolution.

Warner Bros. · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Mark Neveldine, Brian Taylor

S-Tier Lionsgate 4K. Jason Statham's over-the-top action sequel. The disc is as absurd as the film.

Lionsgate · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Zack Snyder

S-Tier Scream Factory 4K. Zack Snyder's fast zombies remake. Scream Factory's horror catalog.

Scream Factory · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Neil Marshall

S-Tier Second Sight Films 4K. Neil Marshall's werewolf film. Second Sight's genre releases from the UK are well packaged.

Second Sight Films · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Steven Soderbergh

S-Tier Universal 4K. Julia Roberts takes on a power company. Universal catalog.

Universal Pictures · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Hironobu Sakaguchi

S-Tier Sony 4K. The 2001 video game adaptation. An early CGI curiosity on 4K.

Sony Pictures · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Bill Paxton

S-Tier Lionsgate 4K. Bill Paxton's directorial debut. Southern Gothic horror with a strong transfer.

Lionsgate

dir. Stephen Kay

S-Tier BFI 4K. Michael Caine in Newcastle. BFI's British crime catalog is strong.

BFI · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Ridley Scott

S-Tier Universal 4K. Hopkins as Lecter in Florence. Universal's catalog 4K.

Universal Pictures · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Ron Howard

S-Tier Warner Bros. 4K. The 25th anniversary steelbook remaster fixes the oversaturated colors from the old transfer. There's also a separate 4K of the 1966 animated special, which people are hoping comes in under $15 USD for 26 minutes of runtime. The Whoville production design has a lot of color and texture at this resolution.

Warner Bros. · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Steven Spielberg

S-Tier Paramount 4K. Crystal Skull is the Indy film nobody loves but everyone buys to complete the set. Paramount released individual steelbooks after the box set, leaving anyone who bought the collection feeling like they'd been double-dipped. The 4K set also had loose discs rattling around inside the case on arrival, which didn't help.

Paramount Pictures · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Takashi Shimizu

S-Tier Arrow Video 4K. Takashi Shimizu's Japanese horror. Arrow's announcement came alongside a pile of other re-releases, and people noted that Arrow keeps repackaging the same catalog. Japanese horror is getting a real moment in boutique 4K right now between Arrow, Eureka, and the Daiei Gothic sets.

Arrow Video · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Kathryn Bigelow

S-Tier Shout Factory 4K. Kathryn Bigelow's submarine thriller with Harrison Ford. Shout picked it up for 4K. Not much collector excitement, with one person calling it a sleep aid.

Shout! Factory

dir. Bong Joon Ho

S-Tier Curzon Film 4K. Bong Joon Ho's serial killer masterpiece. The 4K remaster has a reputation for being too dark and green compared to the original South Korean Blu-ray, which has the more natural color timing. Multiple versions exist across regions. The Curzon release is the one most English-speaking collectors are buying, though the import shipping is steep.

Curzon Film · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. David Lynch

Lynch's death is still pulling people back to the Criterion disc. Someone picked it up at Barnes and Noble this week, and it sits on nearly every wishlist going into the Criterion flash sale. The Criterion 4K is S-Tier.

StudioCanal · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Patrick Lussier

S-Tier Scream Factory 4K. The 2009 3D slasher remake. Scream Factory's steelbook was available during their 13 Days sale, and DeepDiscount had it for $13 USD.

Scream Factory · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Joe Carnahan

S-Tier Arrow Video 4K. Joe Carnahan's undercover cop film with Ray Liotta and Jason Patric, scoring a perfect 5.0 overall. The Arrow limited edition was not expected to sell out during pre-order, and it didn't. People who attended a preview screening with the cast in 2002 are now buying the 4K.

Arrow Video · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Joel Coen, Ethan Coen

S-Tier Criterion 4K. The Coens' best film by popular vote, and the 4K announcement generated enormous excitement. The scan comes in at 88.7 GB, which is enormous. Someone spotted a crew member hiding in the bushes during the river scene, which started a whole thing. People are waiting on There Will Be Blood and Assassination of Jesse James to complete the 2007 western trio.

Criterion Collection · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Steven Soderbergh

S-Tier Warner Bros. 4K. Soderbergh's heist film, and the HDR is really good. Soderbergh is meticulous with digital tools but lets his older films look like film on disc, which collectors appreciate. The trilogy 4K set makes a good gift.

Warner Bros. · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Park Chan-wook

S-Tier Arrow Video 4K. Park Chan-wook's revenge film, scoring 4.5 overall. People keep asking for a Vengeance Trilogy set in Region A. Arrow has done a Deluxe Ultra Limited Edition with a 68-page book and 10+ hours of bonus material. A Zavvi steelbook went up quickly and Arrow was criticized for the packaging quality again. People want Criterion to do it, but Arrow has the rights and is actively releasing premium editions.

Arrow Video · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Howard McCain

S-Tier Arrow Video 4K. The 2008 Viking sci-fi film with no relevant collector discussion around the disc.

Arrow Video · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. David Fincher

Fincher collectors hold onto this one and the steelbook has a steady second-hand market. The 4K disc delivers what you want from a Fincher film.

Sony Pictures · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Paul Thomas Anderson

S-Tier Criterion 4K with a 4.5 score. PTA's romantic comedy with Adam Sandler, and the Criterion 4K and the Sony 4K from the Columbia Classics box have slightly different aspect ratios from different masters. People want more PTA on 4K, especially Boogie Nights, Magnolia, and There Will Be Blood. A Boogie Nights steelbook was announced separately, which suggests PTA's catalog won't all land at Criterion.

Criterion Collection · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Jacques Audiard

Early Audiard, before A Prophet and Dheepan made him a festival fixture. Criterion picked it up alongside Beat That My Heart Skipped, and collectors who know those later films are backfilling. Thin discussion but the people who have seen it tend to recommend it as an underrated entry in his catalog.

Criterion Collection · 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. John Frankenheimer

Kino Lorber 4K of Frankenheimer's late-career thriller with Affleck. Showed up in an Amazon 3-for-2 deal, where the main complaint was Amazon shipping damaged copies. Thin collector interest beyond completionists and Frankenheimer fans.

Kino Lorber · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Darren Aronofsky

Lionsgate keeps putting out steelbooks of their 4K catalog, and this one sold well at $20 USD with a slipcase. Collectors who bought the standard 4K first were annoyed by the steelbook announcement coming days later. The transfer is S-Tier and the split-screen sequences are the selling point for anyone upgrading from Blu-ray.

Lionsgate · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. James Wan

Two men wake up chained in a grimy abandoned bathroom, left with cryptic instructions from the sadistic Jigsaw killer who has forced them into a gruesome game for their freedom.

Lionsgate · Steelbook

dir. Wes Craven

The weakest film in the franchise but collectors buying the steelbook set need it for completion. Scream 4 was the missing piece that annoyed everyone for months, since 3 came out on 4K before 4 did, leaving a visible gap on the shelf. S-Tier transfer regardless of how you feel about the film.

Paramount Pictures · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. M. Night Shyamalan

The HMV steelbook misspelled Shyamalan's name on the cover, which is both hilarious and telling. The original steelbook with metallic finish and debossed artwork is a $200 USD grail that people refuse to sell. The standard release artwork is universally hated. The film itself gets strong collector affection, and the S-Tier Disney 4K with archival features is well-stocked.

Walt Disney Studios · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Tim Burton

The infamous story of Benjamin Barker, a.k.a Sweeney Todd, who sets up a barber shop down in London which is the basis for a sinister partnership with his fellow tenant, Mrs. Lovett. Based on the hit Broadway musical.

Paramount Pictures · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Dominic Sena

Rogue agent Gabriel Shear is determined to get his mitts on $9 billion stashed in a secret Drug Enforcement Administration account. He wants the cash to fight terrorism, but lacks the computer skills necessary to hack into the government mainframe. Enter Stanley Jobson, a n'er-do-well encryption expert who can log into anything.

Arrow Video · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Trey Parker

When North Korean ruler Kim Jong-il orchestrates a global terrorist plot, it's up to the heavily armed, highly specialized Team America unit to stop his dastardly scheme. The group, which has recruited troubled Broadway actor Gary Johnston, not only has to face off against Jong-il, but they must also contend with the Film Actors Guild, a cadre of Hollywood liberals at odds with Team America's 'policing the world' tactics.

Paramount Pictures · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Judd Apatow

Andy Stitzer has a pleasant life with a nice apartment and a job stamping invoices at an electronics store. But at age 40, there's one thing Andy hasn't done, and it's really bothering his sex-obsessed male co-workers: Andy is still a virgin. Determined to help Andy get laid, the guys make it their mission to de-virginize him. But it all seems hopeless until Andy meets small business owner Trish, a single mom.

Universal Pictures · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Andrew Douglas

88 Films put out an S-Tier 4K of the 1979 horror. The grain is preserved, the house interiors hold up in HDR, and 88 Films got access to a clean master most US labels didn't bother chasing. Worth tracking down if you missed the original pressing.

88 Films · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Guillermo Arriaga

A trailer is burning in the middle of a plain. The bodies of two adulterous lovers are found. Scenes from both families, before and after the dramatic events, suggest an unusual connection between them. But what is their secret?

Scream Factory · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. David Twohy

After years of outrunning ruthless bounty hunters, escaped convict Riddick suddenly finds himself caught between opposing forces in a fight for the future of the human race. Now, waging incredible battles on fantastic and deadly worlds, this lone, reluctant hero will emerge as humanity's champion - and the last hope for a universe on the edge of annihilation.

Arrow Video · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Mathieu Kassovitz

Two French policemen, one investigating a grisly murder at a remote mountain college, the other working on the desecration of a young girl's grave by skinheads, are brought together by the clues from their respective cases. Soon after they start working together, more murders are committed, and the pair begin to discover just what dark secrets are behind the killings.

Curzon Film · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Christopher Nolan

The 4K is a real upgrade over the Blu-ray, which had noticeable sharpening and DNR issues. The IMAX sequences are some of the sharpest footage you'll see on the format, and the 35mm scenes are a solid improvement too. Batman Begins is the disappointing one on 4K, but Dark Knight and Rises both look great. The trilogy steelbook set has been through multiple exclusive editions and the artwork reveals always get a lot of attention.

Warner Bros. · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Neil Marshall

This week's editor's pick. 5K scan from the original 35mm negatives with Dolby Vision and 7.1 DTS-HD MA. Lionsgate Limited sold out twice and restocked. $35 USD for 4K plus Blu-ray plus digital.

Lionsgate · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Bernardo Bertolucci

When Isabelle and Theo invite Matthew to stay with them, what begins as a casual friendship ripens into a sensual voyage of discovery and desire in which nothing is off limits and everything is possible.

dir. Tarsem Singh

Umbrella Entertainment's S-Tier 4K. Tarsem Singh shot this thing like a painting and the HDR finally lets you see it that way. Every frame looks like it was graded for OLED.

Umbrella Entertainment · 4K Ultra HD

dir. Alexandre Aja

Based on Wes Craven's 1977 suspenseful cult classic, The Hills Have Eyes is the story of a family road trip that goes terrifyingly awry when the travelers become stranded in a government atomic zone. Miles from nowhere, the Carter family soon realizes the seemingly uninhabited wasteland is actually the breeding ground of a blood-thirsty mutant family...and they are the prey.

Arrow Video · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Kathryn Bigelow

During the Iraq War, a Sergeant recently assigned to an army bomb squad is put at odds with his squad mates due to his maverick way of handling his work.

Lionsgate · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Ethan Coen, Joel Coen

StudioCanal S-Tier 4K. Part of their restoration push and one of the Coens' more overlooked films. Hanks leaning into a cartoonish Southern gentleman is a strange performance that either works for you or doesn't.

StudioCanal · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Wes Anderson

Renowned oceanographer Steve Zissou has sworn vengeance upon the rare shark that devoured a member of his crew. In addition to his regular team, he is joined on his boat by Ned, a man who believes Zissou to be his father, and Jane, a journalist pregnant by a married man. They travel the sea, all too often running into pirates and, perhaps more traumatically, various figures from Zissou's past, including his estranged wife, Eleanor.

Criterion Collection · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Joel Coen

A tale of murder, crime and punishment set in the summer of 1949. Ed Crane, a barber in a small California town, is dissatisfied with his life, but his wife Doris' infidelity and a mysterious opportunity presents him with a chance to change it.

Criterion Collection · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Frank Darabont

After a violent storm, a dense cloud of mist envelops a small Maine town, trapping David Drayton and his five-year-old son in a local grocery store with other local residents. They soon discover that the mist conceals deadly horrors that threaten their lives, and worse, their sanity.

Lionsgate · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Alejandro Amenábar

Grace is a religious woman who lives in an old house kept dark because her two children, Anne and Nicholas, have a rare sensitivity to light. When the family begins to suspect the house is haunted, Grace fights to protect her children at any cost in the face of strange events and disturbing visions.

StudioCanal · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Joel Schumacher

S-Tier Universal 4K. Schumacher's 2004 Phantom adaptation. Thin collector discussion, with people mostly just asking where to buy the 4K since it's hard to find at retail.

Universal Pictures · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Wes Anderson

Royal Tenenbaum and his wife Etheline had three children and then they separated. All three children are extraordinary --- all geniuses. Virtually all memory of the brilliance of the young Tenenbaums was subsequently erased by two decades of betrayal, failure, and disaster. Most of this was generally considered to be their father's fault. "The Royal Tenenbaums" is the story of the family's sudden, unexpected reunion one recent winter.

Criterion Collection · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Bryan Bertino

After a 4 a.m. knock at the door and haunting voices, Kristen McKay and James Hoyt’s remote getaway becomes a psychological night of terror as three masked strangers invade. Now they must go far beyond what they thought themselves capable of if they hope to survive.

Scream Factory · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Tom McCarthy

A college professor travels to New York City to attend a conference and finds a young couple living in his apartment.

Arrow Video · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Christopher McQuarrie

Two criminal drifters without sympathy get more than they bargained for after kidnapping and holding for ransom the surrogate mother of a powerful and shady man.

Lionsgate · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Claire Denis

Newlyweds Shane and June arrive in Paris for their honeymoon. In the process of trying to find a cure for his strange, bloodthirsty disease, Shane stumbles upon the story of a doctor and his flesh eating wife.

Eureka Entertainment · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Pedro Almodóvar

Three generations of women deal with family secrets while surviving the east wind, fire, insanity, superstition, lies and even death.

Sony Pictures · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Béla Tarr

A naive young man witnesses an escalation of violence in his small hometown following the arrival of a mysterious circus attraction.

Curzon Film · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Robert Zemeckis

Norman and Claire Spencer are a seemingly happily married couple who uncover a terrible secret… a secret so disturbing it threatens to destroy them.

Shout! Factory · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Spike Jonze

Max imagines running away from his mom and sailing to a far-off land where large talking beasts—Ira, Carol, Douglas, the Bull, Judith and Alexander—crown him as their king, play rumpus, build forts and discover secret hideaways.

Arrow Video · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Edward Yang

A Taipei family faces personal and moral uncertainty as everyday events test their relationships and sense of purpose.

Criterion Collection · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Robert Zemeckis

A-Tier 4K. Jim Carrey's motion-capture Dickens. The French BubbelPop release is the 4K to track down.

France BubbelPop · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Adam McKay

A-Tier Paramount 4K. Ron Burgundy in HDR. Paramount's comedy catalog has been reliable on 4K.

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. Rian Johnson

Kino Lorber's A-Tier 4K of Rian Johnson's debut. Too small for streaming to care about, but the disc-buying audience loves it.

Kino Lorber · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Martin Campbell

A-Tier MGM 4K. The first Daniel Craig Bond. Part of the Titans of Cult steelbook line.

MGM · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Michael Mann

Cab driver Max picks up a man who offers him $600 to drive him around. But the promise of easy money sours when Max realizes his fare is an assassin.

dir. Ang Lee

Sony A-Tier 4K. Ang Lee's wuxia film. The steelbook has been as low as $15 USD on Amazon with a coupon, which is steal pricing for a film this visually rich. Some collectors held off based on mixed forum opinions but found the transfer better than expected once they actually watched it. Pairs well with Hero and House of Flying Daggers if you're building a wuxia shelf.

Sony Pictures · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Neill Blomkamp

A-Tier Sony 4K. Neill Blomkamp's Johannesburg sci-fi. The documentary-style handheld gains detail at 4K.

Sony Pictures · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Sam Raimi

A-Tier Scream Factory 4K. Sam Raimi's return to horror. Scream Factory's treatment.

Scream Factory · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Michel Gondry

A-Tier Kino Lorber 4K. Michel Gondry and Charlie Kaufman. The memory-erasure sequences work well in HDR.

Kino Lorber · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Wes Anderson

A-Tier Criterion 4K. Wes Anderson's animated fox. The stop-motion detail gains detail at 4K.

Criterion Collection · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Tetsuya Nomura

Two years have passed since the final battle with Sephiroth. Though Midgar, city of mako, city of prosperity, has been reduced to ruins, its people slowly but steadily walk the road to reconstruction. However, a mysterious illness called Geostigma torments them. With no cure in sight, it brings death to the afflicted, one after another, robbing the people of their fledgling hope.

dir. John Carpenter

A-Tier Scream Factory 4K. Carpenter on Mars with Ice Cube. Scream Factory's Carpenter catalog keeps growing.

Scream Factory · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Ridley Scott

A-Tier Paramount 4K. Russell Crowe in the Colosseum. The crowd scenes and arena photography work well in HDR.

Paramount Pictures · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Rob Zombie

Rob Zombie's reimagining, not the Carpenter original. Imprint limited edition steelbook announced at a price people called a great deal. A-Tier transfer from a film that's more divisive than the disc quality would suggest.

Imprint · Limited Edition Steelbook

dir. Guillermo del Toro

A-Tier 4K. Del Toro's practical creature effects and Hellboy's red skin tone work well in HDR. Gets mentioned alongside Pacific Rim as a demo disc pick.

dir. Guillermo del Toro

Hellboy, his pyrokinetic girlfriend, Liz, and aquatic empath, Abe Sapien, face their biggest battle when an underworld elven prince plans to reclaim Earth for his magical kindred. Tired of living in the shadow of humans, Prince Nuada tries to awaken an ancient force of killing machines, the all-powerful Golden Army, to clear the way for fantasy creatures to roam free. Only Hellboy can stop the dark prince and prevent humanity's annihilation.

dir. Martin McDonagh

A-Tier Kino Lorber 4K. Colin Farrell and Brendan Gleeson hiding out in Belgium after a botched hit. The Kino release has good extras and a clean transfer, and Second Sight also has a version if you prefer their packaging. A lot of people own both.

Kino Lorber · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Marina de Van

After a disfiguring leg injury, a young woman develops an unsettling secret relationship with her own body in which pain is pleasure, mutilation is love and hungers of the flesh have a mind of their own.

Radiance Films · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Quentin Tarantino

A-Tier Arrow Video 4K. Tarantino's WWII film with Christoph Waltz's Oscar-winning turn. Arrow's limited edition with the Complete Basterds packaging is the collector's version. It's not a new scan, but at $17-18 USD on sale nobody seems to care. Zavvi had a full box set with extra goodies for those who wanted to go all in.

Arrow Video · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Jon Favreau

A-Tier 4K. The MCU starter that everyone owns. The Mondo steelbook editions are coming for the whole line and people are bracing for the cost. The existing disc is perfectly fine.

dir. Sam Mendes

A-Tier Universal 4K. Sam Mendes' Gulf War film with Jake Gyllenhaal, and Roger Deakins shot it, so the HDR upgrade actually matters here. The 20th anniversary steelbook art is lazy. GRUV has also had trouble getting copies to people on time.

Universal Pictures · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Joe Johnston

A-Tier Universal 4K. The weakest Jurassic Park, but Universal's new Dolby Vision remaster actually fixed the color timing issues from the original 4K. The old transfer had a weird tan cast that the new version corrected. There's debate about whether the new Atmos remix is too heavy-handed compared to the original DTS-X mix. The remastered disc was $14.99 USD on Amazon pre-order, which is basically impulse territory.

Universal Pictures · Steelbook

dir. Quentin Tarantino

A-Tier Lionsgate 4K with the international cut. The steelbook art reveals for Kill Bill Vol. 1 and 2 plus Jackie Brown generated massive excitement. Lionsgate Limited also confirmed a Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair 4K release, which is Tarantino's preferred cut.

International Cut: Lionsgate

dir. Quentin Tarantino

A-Tier Lionsgate 4K. Kill Bill's second volume. The steelbook art reveal alongside Vol. 1 and Jackie Brown generated huge excitement, though the combined pricing for all three had people doing some uncomfortable math. Tarantino signed off on the restorations personally and vetoed an earlier release timeline.

Lionsgate · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Ridley Scott

After his wife dies, a blacksmith named Balian is thrust into royalty, political intrigue and bloody holy wars during the Crusades.

dir. Mark Osborne, John Stevenson

A-Tier Universal 4K. DreamWorks animation at this resolution shows the hand-painted texture work more clearly. People have been waiting for 2 and 3 to follow, and KFP2 eventually dropped with little fanfare. Shows up on GRUV regularly.

Universal Pictures · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Joel Anderson

A-Tier Umbrella Entertainment 4K. Australian found-footage horror that has a serious cult following. Second Sight's new release is the one collectors are going after, and people ordering through Diabolik are bundling it with other pre-orders.

Umbrella Entertainment · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Chris Sanders, Dean DeBlois

A-Tier Disney 4K. Disney animation from 2002. The animated original's 4K steelbook was a surprise find at Walmart, possibly a return. Not much dedicated collector discussion around the 4K disc.

Walt Disney Studios · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Peter Weir

A-Tier Disney 4K. This was THE most-requested 4K in the collector community, and the announcement generated massive excitement. The cannons on the DVD had legendary bass that the Blu-ray neutered with a 25Hz filter, so the 4K audio is being closely watched. Disney left out the 70-minute making-of documentary from the DVD, which frustrated people who wanted a definitive release.

Walt Disney Studios · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Mark Waters

A-Tier Paramount 4K. The 20th anniversary release came in a pink case that people immediately wanted to repurpose for their Barbie disc. The 4K is a real upgrade from the Blu-ray. Someone noticed Lindsay Lohan's lip freckle for the first time in 4K, which is the kind of detail collectors love. Pre-orders went through without anyone even checking the price.

Paramount Pictures · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Steven Spielberg

A-Tier Paramount 4K. Spielberg's sci-fi thriller, and the 4K announcement alongside Catch Me If You Can was one of the biggest Paramount reveals of the year. The Catch Me If You Can artwork was universally panned while Minority Report's was better received. The steelbook inner photo is oddly from a 2009 Empire magazine shoot, not the film itself.

Paramount Pictures · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. J.J. Abrams

A-Tier Paramount 4K. J.J. Abrams' MI entry with Philip Seymour Hoffman as the villain, and part of the matching 1-6 steelbook re-release set from July. People are building custom display cases for the MI steelbook collection. The series artwork consistency became a talking point when Fast & Furious was cited as the standard for keeping steelbook art matching across entries.

Paramount Pictures · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Duncan Jones

A-Tier Sony 4K. Duncan Jones' debut with Sam Rockwell talking to himself on the moon. The signal around this title mostly came from haul posts and general sci-fi recommendation threads. The 3.5 overall score suggests a decent but not reference-quality transfer.

Sony Pictures · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Steven Soderbergh

A-Tier Warner Bros. 4K. The third Ocean's, and someone flagged the transfer for heavy DNR and overblown HDR highlights.

Warner Bros. · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Steven Soderbergh

A-Tier Warner Bros. 4K. The least popular Ocean's film with no relevant collector discussion about the transfer.

Warner Bros. · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Todd Solondz

A-Tier Radiance Films 4K. Todd Solondz's 2005 film. Radiance is using someone else's master for this one, which is a pattern with the label.

Radiance Films · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Gore Verbinski

A-Tier Disney 4K. Third Pirates film. Disney's 4K treatment of the Pirates franchise has been a sore spot, with the first film's transfer widely considered one of the worst 4Ks ever made.

Walt Disney Studios · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Gore Verbinski

A-Tier Disney 4K. Pirates 2. Disney's franchise 4K releases.

Walt Disney Studios · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. David Twohy

When their ship crash-lands on a remote planet, the marooned passengers soon learn that escaped convict Riddick isn't the only thing they have to fear. Deadly creatures lurk in the shadows, waiting to attack in the dark, and the planet is rapidly plunging into the utter blackness of a total eclipse. With the body count rising, the doomed survivors are forced to turn to Riddick with his eerie eyes to guide them through the darkness to safety. With time running out, there's only one rule: Stay in the light.

dir. Joe Wright

A-Tier Universal 4K. Joe Wright's 2005 Austen adaptation with Keira Knightley. No relevant collector discussion around the 4K.

Universal Pictures · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Marc Forster

Betrayed by Vesper, the woman he loved, 007 fights the urge to make his latest mission personal. Pursuing his determination to uncover the truth, Bond and M interrogate Mr. White, who reveals that the organization that blackmailed Vesper is far more complex and dangerous than anyone had imagined.

dir. Wes Craven

An overnight flight to Miami quickly becomes a battle for survival when Lisa realizes her seatmate plans to use her as part of a chilling assassination plot against the Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security. If she refuses to cooperate, her own father will be killed. As the miles tick by, she's in a race against time to find a way to warn the potential victims before it's too late.

dir. Edgar Wright

The new 4K steelbook got people hoping the entire Cornetto trilogy would follow. The 4K transfer itself is divisive, with at least one commenter calling the Shaun/Hot Fuzz/World's End set maybe the worst 4K discs they own. Gruv's 3-for-$30 and Amazon deals keep the price reasonable. The Cornetto trilogy 4K set has been as low as $27 USD on Amazon, making it the better value over individual steelbooks.

Universal Pictures · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Guy Ritchie

A-Tier 4K. Ritchie's steampunk Holmes aged well and the fight scene photography in HDR is the selling point. Occasionally turns up unopened in $2 USD bins.

dir. Antoine Fuqua

Paramount released this as a 15th Anniversary 4K Steelbook in March 2022 and followed with a standard 4K edition in May 2023. The Steelbook is in the discount phase now, showing up on Amazon for $8 USD to $16 USD, though the $16 USD listing has a "frequently returned" warning so condition is hit or miss.

Paramount Pictures · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Joe Carnahan

When a Las Vegas performer-turned-snitch named Buddy Israel decides to turn state's evidence and testify against the mob, it seems that a whole lot of people would like to make sure he's no longer breathing.

dir. David R. Ellis

FBI agent Neville Flynn boards a flight from Honolulu, Hawaii to Los Angeles, escorting a key witness to testify against a mob boss at an upcoming trial. An on-board assassin releases a crate full of hundreds of deadly venomous snakes in an attempt to eliminate the witness. Flynn and a host of frightened passengers and crew must band together to survive the slithery threat.

dir. Guy Ritchie

Sony 4K from 2021 with a native 4K transfer and HDR10. Ritchie's second film and Statham's breakout role as Turkish. Reviewers praised the grain structure and the expanded UK English audio track that wasn't on the original Blu-ray.

dir. Sam Raimi

Sony A-Tier 4K. The transfer is sharp enough to catch the twin towers reflected in Peter's eyes, a shot that survived the post-9/11 edit and still catches people off guard. Manta Lab's exclusive steelbook artwork got a mixed reaction for reusing Green Goblin art and just flipping it, which feels lazy for what they charge.

Sony Pictures · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Sam Raimi

A-Tier on bestblurays. The conversation lately is about whether Sony will put as much effort into the physical packaging as they did the encode.

Sony Pictures · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Sam Raimi

The worlds of Peter Parker and Spider-Man collide as New York's most powerful villain threatens everything Peter holds most dear.

Theatrical: Sony · Blu-ray

dir. Stuart Baird

En route to the honeymoon of William Riker to Deanna Troi on her home planet of Betazed, Captain Jean-Luc Picard and the crew of the U.S.S. Enterprise receives word from Starfleet that a coup has resulted in the installation of a new Romulan political leader, Shinzon, who claims to seek peace with the human-backed United Federation of Planets. Once in enemy territory, the captain and his crew make a startling discovery: Shinzon is human, a slave from the Romulan sister planet of Remus, and has a secret, shocking relationship to Picard himself.

dir. Matthew Vaughn

Paramount A-Tier 4K. Neil Gaiman's fairy tale adventure has a devoted following and people were excited about the 4K announcement. The steelbook had some quality control issues with cases not closing properly, which is a recurring Paramount problem. The upgrade from Blu-ray is described as modest by owners who've compared them.

Paramount Pictures · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Dušan Milić

Subkultur A-Tier 4K. Zero collector signal on this Serbian/German film. Deep niche territory from a specialty European label.

Subkultur Entertainment · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Mamoru Hosoda

GKIDS A-Tier 4K. Mamoru Hosoda's animated film about a virtual world gone haywire. The steelbook-only release from Shout Factory follows a frustrating pattern for anime 4K titles where standard editions don't exist, but the artwork is excellent. Hosoda fans are hoping this leads to steelbooks for the rest of his catalog.

GKIDS · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Charlie Kaufman

A-Tier Sony 4K. People keep making fan Criterion covers for this one, hoping it'll happen eventually. The Sony disc looks good.

Sony Pictures · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Tarsem Singh

A psychotherapist journeys inside a comatose serial killer in the hopes of saving his latest victim.

dir. Andrew Adamson

Siblings Lucy, Edmund, Susan and Peter step through a magical wardrobe and find the land of Narnia. There, they discover a charming, once peaceful kingdom that has been plunged into eternal winter by the evil White Witch, Jadis. Aided by the wise and magnificent lion, Aslan, the children lead Narnia into a spectacular, climactic battle to be free of the Witch's glacial powers forever.

Second Sight Films · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Martin Scorsese

To take down South Boston's Irish Mafia, the police send in one of their own to infiltrate the underworld, not realizing the syndicate has done likewise. While an undercover cop curries favor with the mob kingpin, a career criminal rises through the police ranks. But both sides soon discover there's a mole among them.

Warner Bros. · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Guillermo del Toro

Spain, 1939. In the last days of the Spanish Civil War, the young Carlos arrives at the Santa Lucía orphanage, where he will make friends and enemies as he follows the quiet footsteps of a mysterious presence eager for revenge.

Sony Pictures · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Justin Lin

In order to avoid a jail sentence, Sean Boswell heads to Tokyo to live with his military father. In a low-rent section of the city, Sean gets caught up in the underground world of drift racing

dir. Rob Minkoff

Lionsgate A-Tier 4K. Chan and Jet Li in the same frame, which is enough of a reason for martial arts collectors. The wire work and production design benefit from the extra resolution even if the film itself is lightweight.

Lionsgate · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Steven Soderbergh

An American journalist arrives in Berlin just after the end of World War Two. He becomes involved in a murder mystery surrounding a dead GI who washes up at a lakeside mansion during the Potsdam negotiations between the Allied powers. Soon his investigation connects with his search for his married pre-war German lover.

Warner Bros. · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Kim Jee-woon

The story of three Korean outlaws in 1930s Manchuria and their dealings with the Japanese army and Chinese and Russian bandits. The Good (a bounty hunter), the Bad (a hitman), and the Weird (a thief) battle the army and the bandits in a race to use a treasure map to uncover the riches of legend.

Arrow Video · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. F. Gary Gray

Charlie Croker pulled off the crime of a lifetime. The one thing that he didn't plan on was being double-crossed. Along with a drop-dead gorgeous safecracker, Croker and his team take off to re-steal the loot and end up in a pulse-pounding, pedal-to-the-metal chase that careens up, down, above and below the streets of Los Angeles.

Paramount Pictures · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Peter Jackson

A-Tier Warner Bros. 4K. The extended editions box set is the one most people buy. Individual steelbooks exist at Walmart and Best Buy with the same disc. The color grading sparked debate early on for being warmer than the theatrical release.

Warner Bros. · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Peter Jackson

As armies mass for a final battle that will decide the fate of the world--and powerful, ancient forces of Light and Dark compete to determine the outcome--one member of the Fellowship of the Ring is revealed as the noble heir to the throne of the Kings of Men. Yet, the sole hope for triumph over evil lies with a brave hobbit, Frodo, who, accompanied by his loyal friend Sam and the hideous, wretched Gollum, ventures deep into the very dark heart of Mordor on his seemingly impossible quest to destroy the Ring of Power.​

Warner Bros. · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Peter Jackson

DeepDiscount cancellation emails went out this week and the last Gruv restock was February 11. WB does fewer reprints than Sony or Paramount, and Moviesunlimited is showing an April 13 availability date. Check Zavvi if you're in the UK.

Warner Bros. · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Jonathan Demme

Years after his squad was ambushed during the Gulf War, Major Ben Marco finds himself having terrible nightmares. He begins to doubt that his fellow squad-mate Sergeant Raymond Shaw, now a vice-presidential candidate, is the hero he remembers him being. As Marco's doubts deepen, Shaw's political power grows, and, when Marco finds a mysterious implant embedded in his back, the memory of what really happened begins to return.

Kino Lorber · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Lana Wachowski, Lilly Wachowski

The Resistance builds in numbers as humans are freed from the Matrix and brought to the city of Zion. Neo discovers his superpowers, including the ability to see the code inside the Matrix. With machine sentinels digging to Zion in 72 hours, Neo, Morpheus and Trinity must find the Keymaker to ultimately reach the Source.

dir. Lilly Wachowski, Lana Wachowski

The human city of Zion defends itself against the massive invasion of the machines as Neo fights to end the war at another front while also opposing the rogue Agent Smith.

dir. Roland Emmerich

Pre-order on Please Rewind. One comment noted it'll likely hit Target's B2G1 deal starting this week, which would put it around $26.66 USD if timed right.

Sony Pictures · Steelbook

dir. Christopher Nolan

A mysterious story of two magicians whose intense rivalry leads them on a life-long battle for supremacy -- full of obsession, deceit and jealousy with dangerous and deadly consequences.

Walt Disney Studios · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Chris Weitz

Forks, Washington resident Bella Swan is reeling from the departure of her vampire love, Edward Cullen, and finds comfort in her friendship with Jacob Black, a werewolf. But before she knows it, she's thrust into a centuries-old conflict, and her desire to be with Edward at any cost leads her to take greater and greater risks.

Lionsgate · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Sofia Coppola

A group of male friends become obsessed with five mysterious sisters who are sheltered by their strict, religious parents.

StudioCanal · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Antoine Fuqua

On his first day on the job as a narcotics officer, a rookie cop works with a rogue detective who isn't what he appears.

Warner Bros. · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Michael Dougherty

Four interwoven stories that occur on Halloween: an everyday high school principal has a secret life as a serial killer; a college virgin might have just met the one guy for her; a group of teenagers pull a mean prank, and a bitter old recluse receives an uninvited guest.

dir. Ben Stiller

Kino Lorber A-Tier 4K. Ben Stiller's war movie satire aged into a cult favorite. The cameo scenes still land.

Kino Lorber · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Catherine Hardwicke

When Bella Swan moves to a small town in the Pacific Northwest, she falls in love with Edward Cullen, a mysterious classmate who reveals himself to be a 108-year-old vampire. Despite Edward's repeated cautions, Bella can't stay away from him, a fatal move that endangers her own life.

Lionsgate · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Jonathan Mostow

In the midst of World War II, the battle under the sea rages and the Nazis have the upper hand as the Allies are unable to crack their war codes. However, after a wrecked U-boat sends out an SOS signal, the Allies realise this is their chance to seize the 'enigma coding machine'.

Universal Pictures · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. James McTeigue

In a world in which Great Britain has become a fascist state, a masked vigilante known only as “V” conducts guerrilla warfare against the oppressive British government. When V rescues a young woman from the secret police, he finds in her an ally with whom he can continue his fight to free the people of Britain.

dir. Cameron Crowe

David Aames has it all: wealth, good looks and gorgeous women on his arm. But just as he begins falling for the warmhearted Sofia, his face is horribly disfigured in a car accident. That's just the beginning of his troubles as the lines between illusion and reality, between life and death, are blurred.

Paramount Pictures

dir. Andrew Stanton

After hundreds of years doing what he was built for, WALL•E— a robot designed to clean up the earth—discovers a new purpose in life when he meets a sleek search robot named EVE. EVE comes to realize that WALL•E has inadvertently stumbled upon the key to the planet's future, and races back to space to report to the humans. Meanwhile, WALL•E chases EVE across the galaxy and sets into motion one of the most imaginative adventures ever brought to the big screen.

Criterion Collection · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Timur Bekmambetov

Lionsgate put out the 4K steelbook in early 2025 and the cover art split opinions immediately. The transfer handles Bekmambetov's fast-cut action well and the Dolby Atmos mix is aggressive.

dir. Steven Spielberg

The Spielberg 4K steelbook showed up in a haul this week. The audio track is the real reason collectors want this one, with 'bass you can taste' being the phrase going around.

Paramount Pictures · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Zack Snyder

In a gritty and alternate 1985, the glory days of costumed vigilantes have been brought to a close by a government crackdown. But after one of the masked veterans is brutally murdered, an investigation into the killer is initiated. The reunited heroes set out to prevent their own destruction, but in doing so they uncover a sinister plot that puts all of humanity in grave danger.

dir. Kenneth Lonergan

A single mother's life is thrown into turmoil after her struggling, rarely-seen younger brother returns to town.

Criterion Collection · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. David Fincher

Paramount A-Tier 4K. Fincher fans waited years for this and the October 2024 release delivered. The digital sheen translates to HDR in ways that catch you off guard for a 2007 film shot on early Viper cameras.

Paramount Pictures · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Kim Jee-woon

Kim Sun-woo is an enforcer and manager for a hotel owned by a cold, calculative crime boss, Kang who assigns Sun-woo to a simple errand while he is away on a business trip; to shadow his young mistress, Hee-soo, for fear that she may be cheating on him with a younger man with the mandate that he must kill them both if he discovers their affair.

Second Sight Films · Limited Edition

dir. Frank Henenlotter

Driven by biological excess, a young man and woman search for sexual fulfillment, unaware of each other's existence. Unfortunately, they eventually meet, and the bonding of these two very unusual human beings ends in an explosive and ultimately over-the-top sexual experience, resulting in a truly god awful love story....

dir. Lloyd Kaufman

A horrific explosion creates a dimensional portal between Tromaville and its mirror image, Amortville. While Toxie is trapped in the mirror dimension, Tromaville comes under the control of his evil doppelganger, the Noxious Offender.

dir. Brian Taylor, Mark Neveldine

Lionsgate 4K with Dolby Vision and Atmos, released in 2019. The Best Buy exclusive steelbook got a strong reaction and sold well. This is the companion piece to Crank: High Voltage, which is S-Tier, and both are worth owning together.

dir. Ronny Yu

Freddy Krueger and Jason Voorhees return to terrorize the teenagers of Elm Street. Only this time, they're out to get each other, too.

Warner Bros. · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Darren Lynn Bousman

The chilling Jigsaw killer returns. When a gruesome murder victim surfaces with his trademark methods, Detective Eric Matthews discovers that being caught is merely another piece of Jigsaw's intricate puzzle.

Lionsgate · Steelbook

dir. Darren Lynn Bousman

Jigsaw has disappeared. While detectives scramble to locate him, two unwitting victims become the latest pawns in his vicious game.

Lionsgate · Steelbook

dir. Darren Lynn Bousman

Despite Jigsaw's death, Lieutenant Rigg is forced to take part in a new game to save the lives of two colleagues.

Lionsgate · Steelbook

dir. Nacho Vigalondo

A man accidentally gets into a time machine and travels back in time nearly an hour. Finding himself will be the first of a series of disasters of unforeseeable consequences.

dir. James Cameron

C-Tier 4K from Disney/20th Century Studios. The Best Buy steelbook announcement came right before Best Buy stopped selling physical media. Cameron's 4K presentations have been hit or miss, and the original Avatar got a middling transfer.

20th Century Studios · Blu-ray

dir. Christopher Nolan

C-Tier Warner Bros. 4K. The weak link in the Nolan Batman trilogy on 4K. Dark Knight and Rises look much better.

Warner Bros. · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Jamie Babbit

C-Tier Lionsgate 4K. The 4K transfer debate around this one is about why certain films get scanned to 4K and whether they all benefit equally.

Lionsgate

dir. Steven Spielberg

C-Tier Paramount 4K. Spielberg and DiCaprio. Paramount announced this alongside Minority Report. The C-Tier might improve with a future rescan.

Paramount Pictures · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Lars von Trier

C-Tier Eagle Pictures 4K. Lars von Trier's stage play film.

Eagle Pictures · Blu-ray

dir. Wong Kar-Wai

C-Tier Criterion 4K, and the C-Tier rating has sparked real debate about the color grading choices. Koch Media put out a German release with the 5.1 soundtrack and German subs that some collectors imported before Criterion's was announced. People are buying this hoping it leads to more Wong Kar-wai on 4K.

Criterion Collection · Blu-ray

dir. Guillermo del Toro

C-Tier Warner Bros. 4K, but the Criterion Blu-ray is widely considered the better transfer because del Toro approved a new color grade for it. The 4K Warner release went back to an older color grade similar to the original Blu-ray. At $10 USD on sale at Best Buy, it's cheap enough to try both and decide for yourself.

Warner Bros.

dir. Satoshi Kon

C-Tier Sony 4K. Satoshi Kon's dream-invasion anime, and the 4K announcement was huge for anime collectors. People immediately asked for Perfect Blue next. The steelbook looked great, though one person's Amazon copy arrived pre-damaged. Nolan's Inception gets compared to this constantly. The C-Tier suggests the transfer didn't get the full treatment it deserved.

Sony Pictures · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Brett Ratner

Most of the discussion around Red Dragon circles back to Manhunter instead. Collectors keep asking when Mann's version will get a proper 4K, and Red Dragon threads reliably turn into Manhunter appreciation posts. The Kino disc is competent but the C-Tier rating reflects Brett Ratner's direction more than the transfer itself.

Kino Lorber · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Todd Phillips

Kino is carving out a niche with millennial comedies and the announcement got a warm reception. The real enthusiasm in those threads was less about Road Trip itself and more about what it signals. If Kino is going this deep into early-2000s comedies, Eurotrip, Old School, and Van Wilder might not be far behind.

Kino Lorber

dir. Christopher Smith

Seven employees of an international weapons manufacturer are treated to a team-building weekend at the company’s newly built luxury spa lodge. Things quickly go awry as the colleagues find their corporate weekend sabotaged by a deadly enemy.

dir. Oliver Hirschbiegel

C-Tier. The Nicole Kidman Body Snatchers remake from 2007. Almost no collector discussion around this title in the 4K space.

dir. Roman Polanski

The true story of pianist Władysław Szpilman's experiences in Warsaw during the Nazi occupation. When the Jews of the city find themselves forced into a ghetto, Szpilman finds work playing in a café; and when his family is deported in 1942, he stays behind, works for a while as a laborer, and eventually goes into hiding in the ruins of the war-torn city.

StudioCanal · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Randall Wallace

The story of the first major battle of the American phase of the Vietnam War and the soldiers on both sides that fought it.

Paramount Pictures

dir. James Mangold

D-Tier Sony 4K. An early release from 2017 that hasn't aged well.

Sony Pictures · Blu-ray

dir. Oliver Hirschbiegel

D-Tier 4K. Bruno Ganz as Hitler. The D-Tier suggests a middling transfer.

4K + Blu-ray

dir. Edgar Wright

D-Tier Universal 4K. The D-Tier rating has people confused because Edgar Wright's films are so visually precise. Multiple collectors have said the 4K actually looks worse than the Blu-ray, and the hope is Universal gives it the Shaun of the Dead treatment for the 20th anniversary in 2027.

Universal Pictures · Blu-ray

dir. Craig Brewer

D-Tier Paramount 4K. Terrence Howard's Memphis hustle film from 2005. Paramount gave it a basic catalog release without much fanfare.

Paramount Pictures · Blu-ray

dir. Peter Jackson

D-Tier Universal 4K. Peter Jackson's three-hour epic got the Universal DNR treatment. Collectors have been asking for a proper 20th anniversary edition. The Panasonic UB820's HDR optimizer can help with the brightness issues.

Universal Pictures · Blu-ray

dir. Richard Curtis

D-Tier Universal 4K. Richard Curtis' holiday ensemble film with no relevant collector discussion about the 4K. The D-Tier suggests a basic catalog transfer, and it probably moves in December.

Universal Pictures · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Satoshi Kon

D-Tier Anime Limited. Satoshi Kon's animated love letter to Japanese cinema. No 4K version exists yet, though Shout Factory's Blu-ray release was welcomed after it was the last Kon film without a proper home video edition. People are hoping for a 4K with HDR and asking about a Paranoia Agent restoration.

Anime Limited

dir. Gore Verbinski

When wily pirate Captain Barbossa seizes Jack Sparrow’s beloved ship, the Black Pearl, and kidnaps the governor’s daughter, Elizabeth Swann, blacksmith Will Turner reluctantly teams up with the unpredictable pirate Jack to rescue her—only to uncover a terrifying curse that turns Barbossa’s crew into the undead.

dir. Doug Liman

D-Tier Universal 4K. An early 4K release that hasn't aged well. The Bourne series was shot on film with a lot of handheld, and the transfer doesn't do much with it.

Universal Pictures · Blu-ray

dir. Danny Boyle

No 4K scan exists for this one because it was shot on standard definition digital video. The upcoming Sony steelbook is an upscale from 480p source material. The current Blu-ray already looks rough, and the hope is that Sony's upscaling and HDR grading can at least make it watchable. The Raid pulled off a similar trick with low-res source and turned out well.

Sony Pictures · Steelbook

dir. David Slade

Icon Film Distribution 4K from the UK. No domestic US release announced yet, so import markup is the cost of getting it early.

British label Icon Film Distribution · 4K Ultra HD

dir. Peter Segal

Sony 4K alongside Click. The comments are warmer here, people calling it their favorite of the Sandler-Barrymore films and asking for the full trilogy. One comment just said 'I hope I won't forget it's coming.'

Sony Pictures · 4K Ultra HD

dir. Dany Boon

On a mission to loosen up, a miser's sets about buying a house in the country for his family.

dir. Dwight H. Little

A scientific expedition sets out for Borneo to seek a flower called the Blood Orchid, which could grant extended life. Meanwhile, they run afoul of snakes and each other.

dir. David Mackenzie

A woman becomes very curious about one of her psychiatrist husband's inmates, a man who was found guilty in the murder and disfigurement of his former wife.

dir. Takashi Miike

Seven years after the death of his wife, widower Shigeharu seeks advice on how to find a new wife from a colleague. Taking advantage of their position as a film company, they stage an audition. Interviewing a series of women, Shigeharu is enchanted by the quiet Asami. But soon things take a twisted turn as Asami isn’t what she seems to be.

Arrow Video · 4K Ultra HD

dir. Wang Xiaoshuai

A seventeen-year-old country boy working in Beijing as a courier has his bicycle stolen, and finds it with a schoolboy his age.

dir. Noriyuki Abe

A mysterious reiatsu (spiritual particle) explosion occurs in the center of Seireitei in Soul Society, causing it to be destroyed. At the exact same time, a major change overwhelms Kuchiki Rukia, which leaves her losing something important inside. Urahara Kisuke sends Kurosaki Ichigo to Soul Society to investigate the disturbance. Upon reaching Seireitei, Ichigo is attacked by his ally shinigamis.

88 Films · 4K + Blu-ray (Restored)

dir. Olivier Assayas

A beautiful woman, Sandra, seduces a wealthy businessman, Miles Rennburg. Little does he realise that she has been sent to kill him at the behest of her boyfriend/crime partner, Lester. Controlling all this is Sue, Lester's wife.

dir. Don Coscarelli

Getting a steelbook. Bruce Campbell as Elvis fighting a mummy. The art could be better but it's Bruce Campbell's chin on a steelbook.

Shout! Factory · Limited Edition Steelbook

dir. John Lasseter

Lightning McQueen, a hotshot rookie race car driven to succeed, discovers that life is about the journey, not the finish line, when he finds himself unexpectedly detoured in the sleepy Route 66 town of Radiator Springs. On route across the country to the big Piston Cup Championship in California to compete against two seasoned pros, McQueen gets to know the town's offbeat characters.

dir. Andrew Dominik

The true and infamous story of Australia's notorious criminal Mark 'Chopper' Read and his years of crime, interest in violence, drugs and prostitutes.

Second Sight Films · Limited Edition

dir. Frank Coraci

Sony 4K announcement, the Sandler catalog getting a run. The thread likes the film but doesn't trust Sony's pricing, with several people saying they'll wait for a sale.

Sony Pictures · 4K Ultra HD + Digital

dir. Ron Shelton

Set during the Rodney King riots, a robbery homicide investigation triggers a series of events that will cause a corrupt LAPD officer to question his tactics.

dir. Xavier Gens

A gang of young thieves flee Paris during the violent aftermath of a political election, only to hole up at an Inn run by neo-Nazis.

Second Sight Films · 4K Ultra HD

dir. Tommy O'Haver

When Berke Landers, a popular high school basketball star, gets dumped by his life-long girlfriend, Allison, he soon begins to lose it. But with the help of his best friend Felix's sister Kelly, he follows his ex into the school's spring musical. Thus ensues a love triangle loosely based upon Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream", where Berke is only to find himself getting over Allison and beginning to fall for Kelly.

dir. Adam Shankman

Criterion's June announcement confirmed it, and r/criterion treated it as the last missing piece of the Waters catalogue. The comments went from relief to lobbying for a box set within about an hour. 'Hopefully they put one out eventually with 4K restorations for the others.' Preorder opens with the June slate.

Criterion Collection · 4K + Blu-ray Special Edition

dir. Hiroki Yamaguchi

Luchino's routine morning elevator ride up from her subterranean home on level 138 to her school many stories above turns horrific when the elevator operator is ordered to pick up two passengers from floor 99, the maximum security level. What starts as psychological manipulation soon turns wholly physical as both the cruel convicts and Luchino's own dysfunctional past are unleashed. And then every passenger must fight for his or her survival.

Treasured Films (UK)

dir. Rob Zombie

Two teenage couples traveling across the backwoods of Texas searching for urban legends of serial killers end up as prisoners of a bizarre and sadistic backwater family of serial killers.

Fabulous Films · 4K Ultra HD

dir. Glenn McQuaid

18th century justice catches up with a pair of grave robbers. With only a few hours to go before his date with the guillotine, Arthur Blake tells his life story to Father Francis Duffy. Before long, Arthur spills the beans on how he got started in the grim corpse peddling business with seasoned ghoul Willie Grimes.

dir. Christopher Nolan

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.'

dir. Toshiya Shinohara

InuYasha is a half-demon who was trapped in the Legendary Tree and was set free by Kagome, a girl who traveled 500 years through time. This time, both of them will have to face Menomaru, a Chinese demon whose father, known as Hyoga, came 300 years ago to invade Japan, but was stopped by InuYasha's Father. InuYasha and Kagome, along with Sango, Miroku, Shippou, Kaede and Myoga, will try to stop Menomaru in his becoming the most powerful demon ever.

dir. Troy Miller

The greatly anticipated follow up to the platinum selling Beyond the Pale. In this Austin performance that capped off the 2008 sold-out stand up tour, Gaffigan does not let the audience catch their breath. This all-new show proves no other comedian working today can romanticize laziness and over-indulgence like Jim Gaffigan.

Vinegar Syndrome · Limited Edition

dir. Tetsuya Nakashima

Momoko, a strange and seemingly emotionless girl obsessed with 18th century France, befriends a Yanki biker and the two experience the ups and downs of their unusual lives in a rural Japanese town.

dir. David McNally

Two childhood friends — a New York hairstylist and a wanna-be musician — get mixed-up with the mob and are forced to deliver $50,000 to Australia, but things go all wrong when the money is lost to a wild kangaroo.

StudioCanal · 4K Ultra HD

dir. Robert Hall

A young girl wakes up in a casket with a head injury and no memory of her identity. She quickly realizes she was abducted by a serial killer and she must fight to survive.

Limited Edition

dir. Steven Brill

After the lord of darkness decides he will not cede his throne to any of his three sons, the two most powerful of them escape to Earth to create a kingdom for themselves. This action closes the portal filtering sinful souls to Hell and causes Satan to wither away. He must send his most weak but beloved son, Little Nicky, to Earth to return his brothers to Hell.

dir. Ang Lee

During World War II, a secret agent must seduce and assassinate an official who works for the Japanese puppet government in Shanghai.

Imprint · Limited Edition

dir. William Butler

A young psychiatric intern unearths secrets about the mental health facility in which he works.

dir. Bruce Campbell

The brains of a Russian taxi driver and a wealthy businessman are brought together in one body by a mad scientist.

dir. Jay Roach

Universal 4K at Barnes and Noble preorder. The Fockers sequel nobody loves but everyone owns on DVD because it was on the shelf at Costco in 2005.

Universal Pictures · 4K Ultra HD

dir. Patty Jenkins

In 1989, prostitute Aileen Wuornos befriends and enters a relationship with a young woman named Selby. Determined to straighten out her life, Aileen's limited education lands her back on the corner. She's raped by a trick, who she kills. A string of murder and robbery follows that ultimately leads Aileen to becoming America's first female serial killer.

dir. Gregg Araki

A teenage hustler and a young man obsessed with alien abductions cross paths, together discovering a horrible, liberating truth.

Strand Releasing · 4K Ultra HD

dir. Tony Ching Siu-Tung

A mysterious woman, known as Madame M, kidnaps forty pre-teen girls and transports them to a remote island to train them as the most deadly assassins. CIA operative Jack Chen follows the case for 6 years with no leads, but when a series of assassinations begin to occur, Jack suspects that Madame M is back in business.

dir. Sion Sono

A teenager named Noriko Shimabara runs away from her family in Toyokawa, to meet Kumiko, the leader of an Internet BBS, Haikyo.com. She becomes involved with Kumiko's family circle, which grows darker after the mass suicide of 54 high school girls.

dir. Yoo Ha

A model student transfers to the notorious Jungmoon High School known for its severe corporal punishment by teachers and power struggles between school gangs.

dir. Roger Allers, Jill Culton

Boog, a domesticated 900lb. Grizzly bear finds himself stranded in the woods 3 days before Open Season. Forced to rely on Elliot, a fast-talking mule deer, the two form an unlikely friendship and must quickly rally other forest animals if they are to form a rag-tag army against the hunters.

dir. Oren Peli

After a young, middle-class couple moves into what seems like a typical suburban house, they become increasingly disturbed by a presence that may or may not be demonic but is certainly the most active in the middle of the night.

Second Sight Films · Limited Edition

dir. Olivier Assayas, Frédéric Auburtin

Olivier Assayas, Gus Van Sant, Wes Craven and Alfonso Cuaron are among the 20 distinguished directors who contribute to this collection of 18 stories, each exploring a different aspect of Parisian life. The colourful characters in this drama include a pair of mimes, a husband trying to choose between his wife and his lover, and a married man who turns to a prostitute for advice.

Radiance Films · Restored

dir. Fumihiko Sori

As children, the introverted Smile was being bullied by a gang of kids until the brash Peco comes by and chases all of them them away. Peco then takes Smile under his wings and teaches him how to play the game of ping pong. From there a life long best friend relationship comes into existence between these two polar opposite kids.

dir. Paul W. S. Anderson

When a virus leaks from a top-secret facility, turning all resident researchers into ravenous zombies and their lab animals into mutated hounds from hell, the government sends in an elite military task force to contain the outbreak.

Sony Pictures · 4K Ultra HD

dir. Zhang Yimou

Takada, a Japanese fisherman has been estranged from his son for many years, but when the son is diagnosed with terminal cancer his daughter-in-law, Rie, summons him to the hospital. Through a series of obstacles and relationships, he is brought unexpectedly closer to both an understanding of himself and of his son.

dir. Mika Ninagawa

Anna Tsuchiya blasts back in time playing an oiran, a top-notched geisha of the Edo period’s Yoshiwara District, navigating brothel politics while trying to cling to the man she loves.

88 Films · Limited Edition

dir. Brad Anderson

Tensions rise within an asbestos cleaning crew as they work in an abandoned mental hospital with a horrific past that seems to be coming back.

dir. Jonah Markowitz

Forced to give up his dreams of art school, Zach works dead-end jobs to support his sister and her son. Questioning his life, he paints, surfs and hangs out with his best friend, Gabe. When Gabe's older brother returns home for the summer, Zach suddenly finds himself drawn into a relationship he didn't expect.

Black Bear · 4K Ultra HD

dir. Kerry Conran

When gigantic robots attack New York City, "Sky Captain" uses his private air force to fight them off. His ex-girlfriend, reporter Polly Perkins, has been investigating the recent disappearance of prominent scientists. Suspecting a link between the global robot attacks and missing men, Sky Captain and Polly decide to work together. They fly to the Himalayas in pursuit of the mysterious Dr. Totenkopf, the mastermind behind the robots.

Scream Factory · Steelbook

dir. James Gunn

4K steelbook preorder is up. The UK version has better cover art and the US design is getting called AI-looking. $50 USD for a 20-year-old steelbook is a hard sell even for a film this fun.

Shout! Factory / Scream Factory

dir. Cate Shortland

Australian teenager Heidi is left with little choice but to leave home after she's caught red-handed with her mother's boyfriend. With few options, Heidi ends up in Jindabyne, a tourist community. Upon meeting Joe at a bar, she pursues a relationship with him and tries to find something resembling a normal home life. Heidi makes small strides by getting a job and finding a place to stay, but her relationship with Joe must overcome more than its share of hurdles.

Vinegar Syndrome · 4K Ultra HD

dir. Lana Wachowski, Lilly Wachowski

WB 4K steelbook collector's edition artwork got a warm reception. People love this movie and will tell you it's underrated without being asked. A standard edition will probably follow eventually since WB always does.

Warner Bros. Home Entertainment · 4K Ultra HD

dir. Gen Sekiguchi

Someone in the thread met Tadanobu Asano, had him sign their Third Window Films (TWF) copy of Electric Dragon 80.000 V, and told him how much they loved him in this film. Asano mentioned the Electric Dragon director is working on a follow-up. TWF going 4K. This is what a boutique announcement looks like when it lands.

dir. Shinobu Yaguchi

A group of delinquent high school girls form a band when they accidentally poison their school's brass band and have to replace them.

dir. György Pálfi

Set over three generations and beginning with a sexually frustrated orderly during WWII who relieves his tensions in the most outlandish, gross ways. The result of his liaison is a glutton who grows up to be a champion speed eater. He produces a child who becomes obsessed with taxidermy.

dir. Guillaume Canet

A man receives a mysterious email appearing to be from his wife, who was murdered years earlier. As he frantically tries to find out whether she's alive, he finds himself being implicated in her death.

dir. Ron Howard

Sony 4K coming May 19. No tier rating yet and the movie is uneven, but the announcement got decent attention from Ron Howard collectors and theology buffs.

Sony Pictures · 4K Ultra HD

dir. Rob Zombie

The murderous, backwoods Firefly family take to the road to escape the vengeful Sheriff Wydell, who is not afraid of being as ruthless as his target.

Second Sight Films · Limited Edition

dir. Scott Derrickson

When a younger girl called Emily Rose dies, everyone puts blame on the exorcism which was performed on her by Father Moore prior to her death. The priest is arrested on suspicion of murder. The trial begins with lawyer Erin Bruner representing Moore, but it is not going to be easy, as no one wants to believe what Father Moore says is true.

dir. Mamoru Hosoda

When 17-year-old Makoto Konno gains the ability to 'leap' backwards through time, she immediately sets about improving her grades and preventing personal mishaps. However, she soon realises that changing the past isn't as simple as it seems, and eventually, will have to rely on her new powers to shape the future of herself and her friends.

dir. Dave Meyers

While driving through the New Mexico Desert during a rainy night, college students Jim Halsey and his girlfriend Grace Andrews give a ride to a hitchhiker. While in their car, the stranger proves to be a psychopath threatening the young couple with a knife, but Jim successfully throws him out of the car. This sets off a chain of events that will change all of their lives forever.

dir. Bong Joon Ho

A teenage girl is captured by a giant mutated squid-like creature that appears from Seoul's Han River after toxic waste was dumped in it, prompting her family into a frantic search for her.

dir. Stephen Daldry

The story of three women searching for more potent, meaningful lives. Each is alive at a different time and place, all are linked by their yearnings and their fears. Their stories intertwine, and finally come together in a surprising, transcendent moment of shared recognition.

dir. Richard Shepard

The life of Danny Wright, a salesman forever on the road, veers into dangerous and surreal territory when he wanders into a Mexican bar and meets a mysterious stranger, Julian, who's very likely a hit man. Their meeting sets off a chain of events that will change their lives forever, as Wright is suddenly thrust into a far-from-mundane existence that he takes to surprisingly well … once he gets acclimated to it.

Radiance Films · Limited Edition

dir. Makoto Shinkai

In a post-war alternative timeline, Japan is divided into the North, controlled by the Union, and the South, controlled by the United States. A mysterious high tower rises within the borders of the Union. Three high school students promise to cross the border with a self-built airplane and unravel the secret of the tower.

Anime Limited · Steelbook

dir. Prachya Pinkaew

A young fighter named Kham must go to Australia to retrieve his stolen elephant. With the help of a Thai-born Australian detective, Kham must take on all comers, including a gang led by an evil woman and her two deadly bodyguards.

dir. Marcus Nispel

After picking up a traumatized young hitchhiker, five friends find themselves stalked and hunted by a chainsaw-wielding killer and his family of equally psychopathic killers.

Arrow Video · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Jonathan Liebesman

Chrissie and her friends set out on a road trip for a final fling before one is shipped off to Vietnam. Along the way, bikers harass the foursome and cause an accident that throws Chrissie from the vehicle. The lawman who arrives on the scene kills one of the bikers and brings Chrissie's friends to the Hewitt homestead, where young Leatherface is learning the tools of terror.

Arrow Video · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Lee Jeong-hyang

This is the story of a 7-year-old boy, Sang-woo, born and raised in the big city, and his mute grandmother, who has spent her whole life in a small rural village.

dir. James Ivory

In 1930s Shanghai, 'The White Countess' is both Sofia, a fallen member of the exiled Russian aristocracy, and a nightclub created by a blind American diplomat who asks Sofia to be the centerpiece of the world he wants to create.

dir. David Gordon Green

The Munns, father John and sons Chris and Tim, recede to the woods of rural Georgia. Their life together is forever changed with the arrival of Uncle Deel, though the tragedy that follows forces troubled Chris to become a man.

dir. Higuchinsky

The inhabitants of a small Japanese town become increasingly obsessed with and tormented by spirals.

dir. Shōhei Imamura

A down-and-out businessman travels to a seaside town, where he meets a woman with unusual sexual powers.

dir. Larry Clark

Instead of adhering to the norms of their South Central neighborhood, a group of skater boys opt to bus into Hollywood and Beverly Hills, where they attract local rich girls - and plenty of trouble with the police, jealous boyfriends, and nervous parents.

dir. Rob Schmidt

Chris crashes into a carload of other young people, and the group of stranded motorists is soon lost in the woods of West Virginia, where they're hunted by three cannibalistic mountain men who are grossly disfigured by generations of inbreeding.