Sergio Leone movies available on 4K Blu-ray, ranked by transfer quality.
dir. Sergio Leone
S-Tier Arrow Video 4K. Arrow and Kino Lorber both released versions of the Dollars trilogy on 4K, and the Arrow discs are the ones to get. The Italian 4Kult versions also exist but opinions are mixed on how they compare.
Arrow Video · 4K + Blu-ray
S-Tier Arrow Video 4K. Leone's sequel. Arrow's Dollars trilogy 4Ks are the versions to get.
Leone's epic lives in the top tier of reference discs alongside Dune and Lawrence of Arabia. The transfer does justice to the widescreen desert photography and the Morricone score hits different in lossless.
A-Tier 20th Century Studios Blu-ray. Leone's epic crime saga, and the 4K announcement had people demanding a 100GB disc for a film this long. No one can decide if they love it or hate it, which is part of the appeal. People have been asking Criterion for a proper release for years. A new restored version was shown at a special screening that only De Niro got to see.
20th Century Studios · Blu-ray
C-Tier Eagle Pictures 4K. Leone's masterpiece western, and the C-Tier is the problem. Bill Hunt warned the 4K would be divisive, and it was. The disc uses a BD-66 with grain reduction, which led to mass cancellations. Paramount announced the 4K in 2023 and then took over a year to release it. People are sticking with their Blu-rays until a better transfer materializes.
Eagle Pictures · 4K + Blu-ray
