Crime movies available on 4K Blu-ray, ranked by transfer quality.
dir. Stanley Kubrick
S-Tier Warner Bros. 4K. The Best Buy steelbook sold out within minutes and restocked briefly before going again. The saturated colors of the Korova Milk Bar come alive in HDR in a way the Blu-ray never managed.
Warner Bros. · 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. 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. Scott Frank
Private investigator Matthew Scudder is hired by a drug kingpin to find out who kidnapped and murdered his wife.
Walt Disney Studios
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. Michael Bay
S-Tier 4K. Michael Bay shot this entirely on real locations in LA with ambulances and helicopters. The transfer is intense. A demo disc for action fans.
Universal Pictures · 4K + Blu-ray
dir. Paul Schrader
Julian makes a lucrative living as an escort to older women in the Los Angeles area. He begins a relationship with Michelle, a local politician's wife, without expecting any pay. One of his clients is murdered and Detective Sunday begins pumping him for details on his different clients, something he is reluctant to do considering the nature of his work. Julian begins to suspect he's being framed. Meanwhile Michelle begins to fall in love with him.
dir. David O. Russell
S-Tier Sony 4K. David O. Russell's 70s-set crime film. The period costumes and hair gain detail in 4K.
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. Otto Preminger
S-Tier 4K. Otto Preminger's courtroom drama. The black-and-white photography with all those close-ups of faces gains resolution.
dir. James Foley
S-Tier 4K. Sean Penn and Christopher Walken in an underseen 80s crime film.
Vinegar Syndrome Cinématographe · 4K + Blu-ray
dir. Jay Roach
S-Tier Paramount 4K. Yeah baby. The 60s spy parody aesthetic translates well to 4K.
ICON · 4K + Blu-ray
dir. Len Wiseman
S-Tier Lionsgate 4K. The John Wick spinoff. Pre-order went up with the expected steelbook treatment.
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.
dir. Martin Brest
S-Tier Paramount 4K. Eddie Murphy in Detroit. Paramount's 80s comedy catalog on 4K has been reliable.
Paramount Pictures · 4K + Blu-ray
dir. Cathy Yan
Harley Quinn joins forces with a singer, an assassin and a police detective to help a young girl who had a hit placed on her after she stole a rare diamond from a crime lord.
dir. Bob Clark
S-Tier Scream Factory 4K. The original slasher film before Halloween. Scream Factory announced this and the response was basically 'take my money'. A holiday horror staple that finally has a proper 4K disc.
Scream Factory · 4K + Blu-ray
dir. Spike Lee
S-Tier Universal 4K. Spike Lee's KKK infiltration film. Someone made a fake Criterion-style cover for it.
dir. Brian De Palma
S-Tier Criterion 4K. De Palma's best film according to a lot of people. The Criterion reviews have been positive.
Criterion Collection · 4K + Blu-ray
S-Tier Sony 4K. De Palma's erotic thriller. The transfer preserves the slow-zoom voyeuristic camerawork that makes the film work.
dir. Wes Anderson
S-Tier Criterion 4K. Wes Anderson's debut. Part of the Criterion catalog that's been steadily rolling out on 4K.
dir. Seijun Suzuki
Sold out during the Criterion 24-hour flash sale in March 2026. Seijun Suzuki's yakuza masterpiece on Criterion 4K.
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. Ringo Lam Ling-Tung
S-Tier Arrow Video 4K. Ringo Lam's Hong Kong action film. Both Arrow and Shout Factory released versions.
dir. Jonathan Lynn
S-Tier Shout Factory 4K. Tim Curry in a board game adaptation. The fact that this film has a cult following strong enough to warrant an S-Tier 4K from Shout Factory says everything about where physical media is right now.
Shout! Factory · 4K + Blu-ray
dir. George P. Cosmatos
S-Tier Arrow Video 4K. Stallone's cop film. Arrow packaged it well.
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.
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. William Friedkin
S-Tier Arrow Video 4K. Friedkin's controversial leather bar thriller with Pacino. Arrow gave it the boutique treatment.
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. Kenneth Branagh
S-Tier StudioCanal 4K. Branagh's Poirot on the Nile. StudioCanal's Christie franchise.
StudioCanal · 4K + Blu-ray
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. Sheldon Lettich
S-Tier Capelight Pictures 4K. Van Damme plays twins. Capelight has the German 4K.
Capelight Pictures · 4K + Blu-ray
dir. Billy Wilder
S-Tier Criterion 4K. Billy Wilder's noir. The black-and-white photography and shadow work look great at this resolution.
Criterion Collection · 4K Ultra HD
dir. Nicolas Winding Refn
Second Sight S-Tier disc with one of the best boutique transfers around. Refn's neon-noir in HDR with the Cliff Martinez score in lossless is something else.
Second Sight Films · 4K + Blu-ray
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. Gus Van Sant
S-Tier Criterion 4K. Gus Van Sant's addiction drama. Criterion's 90s indie catalog is growing.
dir. Ari Aster
S-Tier Eagle Pictures 4K. Ari Aster's latest. Italian Eagle Pictures release.
Italy Eagle Pictures · 4K + Blu-ray
dir. Guy Hamilton
S-Tier StudioCanal 4K. Agatha Christie with Peter Ustinov as Poirot. StudioCanal's Christie releases have been consistently good.
dir. Joel Coen
S-Tier Shout Factory 4K. The Coens' Midwest crime film. Shout Factory's transfer has been praised.
dir. Bill Paxton
S-Tier Lionsgate 4K. Bill Paxton's directorial debut. Southern Gothic horror with a strong transfer.
Lionsgate
dir. Anna Boden, Ryan Fleck
S-Tier Lionsgate 4K. Ryan Fleck and Anna Boden's San Francisco anthology.
dir. Alfred Hitchcock
S-Tier Carlotta Films 4K. Argento's giallo. Carlotta's Italian horror releases on 4K have been strong.
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. Ridley Scott
S-Tier Universal 4K. Hopkins as Lecter in Florence. Universal's catalog 4K.
dir. John Woo
S-Tier Universal 4K. Van Damme directed by John Woo in Louisiana. The action sequences work well in HDR.
dir. Michael Lehmann
S-Tier Arrow Video 4K. Winona Ryder and Christian Slater's dark high school satire. Arrow loaded the disc with extras.
dir. John McNaughton
S-Tier Arrow Video 4K. John McNaughton's serial killer film. Arrow treats this with the same care as their horror classics.
dir. Akira Kurosawa
S-Tier Criterion 4K. Kurosawa's procedural thriller. The split-screen compositions look great.
dir. Ruggero Deodato
S-Tier 88 Films 4K. Severin had quality issues with this disc and quietly mailed out replacements with zero explanation. People were getting random Blu-rays in the mail and had no idea why. The replacement program also covered Hell of the Living Dead, which had a color problem where reds looked purple. If you're buying secondhand, make sure you're getting the corrected disc.
dir. Lorene Scafaria
A crew of savvy former strip club employees band together to turn the tables on their Wall Street clients.
dir. Norman Jewison
S-Tier Criterion 4K. Sidney Poitier's Oscar winner with a Kino Lorber restoration that people are really happy with. The disc hit $18.74 USD on Amazon with a coupon. The humidity and sweat of the Mississippi setting come through on this transfer in a way they never did on previous releases. Poitier made this, Guess Who's Coming to Dinner, and To Sir with Love all in 1967.
Wicked Vision · 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.
dir. Chad Stahelski
S-Tier Lionsgate 4K. Chapter 2 is where the Wick world-building really kicks in. New York and Rome in neon-soaked HDR look incredible. The entire John Wick set keeps getting singled out as some of the best-looking discs in people's collections, and every chapter has competing steelbook exclusives from different retailers.
S-Tier Lionsgate 4K. Parabellum is the John Wick film people seem to own three copies of. Walmart's exclusive steelbook had people buying a third version of a movie they already owned twice. The knife fight sequence and the desert photography in HDR look great.
S-Tier Lionsgate 4K. The best-looking disc in the John Wick series. The location cinematography across New York, Wadi Rum, France, Germany, and Japan is where HDR really pays off. Multiple steelbook exclusives dropped from different retailers with different artwork, and collectors were buying all of them.
dir. Todd Phillips
S-Tier Warner Bros. 4K. Phoenix's Joker on a well-regarded disc. Someone made custom box art that looks like Saul Bass designed it, which got more attention than the official packaging. The film's 4K got caught up in the broader conversation about steelbook scarcity and artificial demand after several releases started selling out immediately.
S-Tier Warner Bros. 4K. The Joker musical sequel that nobody asked for. The box makes a laughing sound when you open it, which, depending on your perspective, is either fun or insulting. Most people expected it to be awful based on reception, and the collectors who actually watched it found it less terrible than advertised. The King of Comedy connection is what Criterion fans pull on.
S-Tier Kino Lorber 4K. Early Kubrick, black and white, 4:3 aspect ratio. People thought it was wild that this got a 4K release before Eyes Wide Shut. The transfer itself is clean. First-time viewers tend to approach it as a curiosity piece rather than essential Kubrick, which is fair for a 1955 B-movie noir.
Kino Lorber · 4K + Blu-ray
dir. Robert Hamer
S-Tier StudioCanal 4K. Alec Guinness playing eight members of the same family. The StudioCanal 70th anniversary set is the one to get if you're region-free, with better packaging than the Kino release.
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. Jean-Pierre Melville
After carrying out a flawlessly planned hit, Jef Costello, a contract killer with samurai instincts, finds himself caught between a persistent police investigator and a ruthless employer, and not even his armor of fedora and trench coat can protect him.
dir. Richard Brooks
S-Tier Vinegar Syndrome 4K. The 1977 Diane Keaton film that was stuck in rights hell for years. VS getting this out on 4K was a major surprise. It felt more like a Cinematographe release, and some subscribers weren't thrilled about getting it in their package. The film itself has a serious reputation, and it barely had a decent home release before this.
dir. Rose Glass
S-Tier Plaion Pictures 4K. Rose Glass' crime romance with Kristen Stewart. A24 released the 4K after the Blu-ray had already shipped, which annoyed people who bought the Blu-ray a week earlier. One of the better A24 4K releases. The Rose Glass commentary is the draw for people who liked Saint Maud.
Plaion Pictures · 4K + Blu-ray
dir. Martin Scorsese
S-Tier Second Sight Films 4K. Early Scorsese, loud and rough. Criterion's 4K got a negative review from blu-ray.com that collectors told each other to ignore, arguing the reviewer was comparing it to the old Blu-ray instead of judging the transfer on its own terms. Second Sight co-funded the new restoration and will likely use a Fidelity in Motion encode, which typically beats Criterion's Pixelogic encoding.
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. 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.
dir. Jackie Chan
S-Tier 88 Films 4K. Jackie Chan directed and starred in this 1989 crime comedy. One of the less-discussed entries in his 88 Films run but the transfer is in line with their Hong Kong Cinema Classics standard.
dir. Alan Parker
S-Tier Capelight Pictures 4K. Alan Parker's civil rights thriller with Gene Hackman. Capelight's German mediabook release is the only 4K option, which means importing. The picture quality is reported as great. A Criterion release would make sense for this film, given how many directors people keep requesting for the collection.
After being attacked and raped twice in one day, a timid, mute seamstress becomes a violent agent of revenge for wronged women.
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.
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.
dir. Peter Hyams
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.
dir. Guillermo del Toro
S-Tier Criterion 4K. Del Toro's noir with Bradley Cooper. The Criterion release includes the director's extended cut completely remastered in black and white with Dolby Vision, which del Toro considers the definitive version. The B&W version is what makes this 4K special.
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.
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.
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.
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. 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.
dir. Peter Bogdanovich
S-Tier Criterion 4K. Bogdanovich's black and white father-daughter con artist film. There was no US Blu-ray of this for years, so people were importing the Eureka disc. The Criterion 4K announcement was a big deal, and Walmart had it under $20 USD. People who love this film also tend to love The Last Picture Show.
dir. Nicolas Roeg, Donald Cammell
S-Tier Criterion 4K. Roeg and Cammell's 1970 film with Mick Jagger. The Criterion 4K means Warner Archive films are now fair game for Criterion upgrades, which has people hoping for The Hudsucker Proxy and others.
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. Marcel Carné
S-Tier StudioCanal 4K. Marcel Carne's 1938 French poetic realism classic with no relevant collector discussion around the disc.
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
dir. René Clément
Plaion's S-Tier 4K with a Kino Lorber US release also incoming via Diabolik DVD. Charles Bronson in a René Clément French thriller. Zero Reddit discussion, which tracks for a 1970 Euro-thriller that most English-speaking collectors have never heard of. The disc exists for the people who already love it.
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 Flynn
Shout Factory announced the 4K and multiple people joked they had just bought the Blu-ray. That's the Shout Factory cycle at this point. Tarantino named his production company after this film, which gives it perennial collector relevance. The revenge thriller pairs well with other Vietnam vet films if you're building that section of your shelf.
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.
Part of the Hitchcock Classics Collection Volume 3, which has been discounted as low as $18 USD with coupons. Collectors consistently say the set is worth it for Rope and Frenzy alone. The biggest collector request is Dial M for Murder in 4K, followed by North By Northwest. The single-take technique makes this one interesting to revisit on a better display.
dir. Mira Nair
Part of Criterion's December 2025 wave alongside Pee-Wee's Big Adventure and His Girl Friday. Mira Nair's debut about Mumbai street kids. Thin standalone discussion but the announcement thread generated massive engagement. A deeply respected film that most collectors will buy on name recognition alone.
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
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.
dir. Tim Story
Criterion's push into Black cinema alongside Menace II Society and Do the Right Thing. Gordon Parks' 1971 original, not the 2019 sequel. The packaging came as a standard case rather than the expected digipak, which was a welcome surprise for shelf uniformity. Collectors noted the Criterion approach to Blaxploitation catalog titles is filling a real gap.
Criterion's S-Tier 4K arrived after Kino Lorber put out their own disc first. Kino's release came from a new scan and includes Dolby Vision, and collectors who already own it are split on whether the Criterion is worth the double dip. Both are strong releases from different labels working the same MGM catalog.
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.
Suffering from insomnia, disturbed loner Travis Bickle takes a job as a New York City cabbie, haunting the streets nightly, growing increasingly detached from reality as he dreams of cleaning up the filthy city.
dir. Matt Reeves
S-Tier Warner Bros. 4K. The disc menus load straight to the play screen with no ads or warnings, which is something every 4K should do. Amazon returns are a known issue with this title, people opening the shrinkwrap, taking the 4K disc, and returning it resealed.
dir. Fritz Lang
After the suspicious suicide of a fellow cop, tough homicide detective Dave Bannion takes the law into his own hands when he sets out to smash a vicious crime syndicate.
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.
dir. Jeff Nichols
After a chance encounter, headstrong Kathy is drawn to Benny, member of Midwestern motorcycle club the Vandals. As the club transforms into a dangerous underworld of violence, Benny must choose between Kathy and his loyalty to the club.
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?
dir. Francis Ford Coppola
A paranoid, secretive surveillance expert has a crisis of conscience when he suspects that the couple he is spying on will be murdered.
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.
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 S-Tier 4K. Available individually or as part of the Dark Knight Trilogy steelbook collection. The IMAX sequences are why people buy the set even though some prefer Batman Begins and The Dark Knight.
dir. Walter Hill
The Driver specializes in driving getaway cars for robberies. His exceptional talent has prevented him from being caught yet. After another successful flight from the police a self-assured detective makes it his primary goal to catch the Driver. He promises pardons to a gang if they help to convict him in a set-up robbery. The Driver seeks help from The Player to mislead the detective.
Spanning the years 1945 to 1955, a chronicle of the fictional Italian-American Corleone crime family. When organized crime family patriarch, Vito Corleone barely survives an attempt on his life, his youngest son, Michael steps in to take care of the would-be killers, launching a campaign of bloody revenge.
In the continuing saga of the Corleone crime family, a young Vito Corleone grows up in Sicily and in 1910s New York. In the 1950s, Michael Corleone attempts to expand the family business into Las Vegas, Hollywood and Cuba.
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.
dir. Ida Lupino
S-Tier Indicator 4K. Ida Lupino's noir thriller.
Indicator · 4K + Blu-ray
dir. Claude Miller
Martinaud, an illustrious notary suspected of being the perpetrator of two horrendous crimes, voluntarily agrees to be questioned by Inspector Gallien on New Year's Eve. What initially is a routine procedure, soon becomes a harsh interrogation that seems to confirm the initial suspicions.
Radiance Films · 4K + Blu-ray
dir. Orson Welles
A romantic drifter gets caught between a corrupt tycoon and his voluptuous wife.
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.
dir. Charles Crichton
A meek bank clerk who oversees the shipments of bullion joins with an eccentric neighbor to steal gold bars and smuggle them out of the country.
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.
dir. Renny Harlin
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.
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.
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.
Jane Marple solves the mystery when a local woman is poisoned and a visiting movie star seems to have been the intended victim.
dir. Graham Moore
Leonard is an English tailor who used to craft suits on London’s world-famous Savile Row. After a personal tragedy, he’s ended up in Chicago, operating a small tailor shop in a rough part of town where he makes beautiful clothes for the only people around who can afford them: a family of vicious gangsters.
In 1960s Tulsa, class divisions ignite a violent rivalry between the working-class Greasers and the privileged Socs. When a deadly encounter forces two Greasers, Ponyboy and Johnny, to flee, their struggle for survival and redemption exposes the fragile innocence and enduring bonds of youth on the wrong side of town.
Wealthy businessman Zsa-zsa Korda appoints his only daughter, a nun, as sole heir to his estate. As Korda embarks on a new enterprise, they soon become the target of scheming tycoons, foreign terrorists, and determined assassins.
dir. Raoul Walsh
After World War I, Armistice Lloyd Hart goes back to practice law, former saloon keeper George Hally turns to bootlegging, and out-of-work Eddie Bartlett becomes a cab driver. Eddie builds a fleet of cabs through delivery of bootleg liquor and hires Lloyd as his lawyer. George becomes Eddie's partner and the rackets flourish until love and rivalry interfere.
dir. Jonathan Demme
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.
Paramount's 2022 4K scored 4.5 on blu-ray.com with natural grain and a punchier audio mix than the old Blu-ray. Avoid the $11 USD Paramount 4K Preorders line on Amazon, which ships in DVD-sized cases with no special features and is cheaply produced on purpose. The Best Buy steelbook has better artwork if you want the premium version.
dir. Tom McCarthy
A college professor travels to New York City to attend a conference and finds a young couple living in his apartment.
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.
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.
dir. Robert Altman
Three criminals escape from prison and embark on a robbery spree across USA. Along the way, one of them falls in love while they plan a final heist before going their separate ways.
Cinématographe · 4K + Blu-ray
A border-town bombing draws Mexican investigator Miguel Vargas into a corruption-ridden police investigation led by crooked captain Hank Quinlan, setting off a deadly struggle over power, justice, and truth.
dir. M. Night Shyamalan
A father and teen daughter attend a pop concert, where they realize they're at the center of a dark and sinister event.
dir. Josh Safdie, Benny Safdie
A charismatic New York City jeweler always on the lookout for the next big score makes a series of high-stakes bets that could lead to the windfall of a lifetime. Howard must perform a precarious high-wire act, balancing business, family, and encroaching adversaries on all sides in his relentless pursuit of the ultimate win.
A-Tier Shout Factory 4K. John Woo's breakthrough film and the one that started the heroic bloodshed genre. The Shout Factory disc is the way to go for this. Comes up regularly in dream Criterion box set threads alongside other Hong Kong action classics.
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
dir. David Ayer
MGM 4K from mid-2025. David Ayer and Statham again, this time adapting a novel by Chuck Dixon. One of the newer catalog entries without much collector discussion yet.
MGM · 4K + Blu-ray
dir. Alfred Sole
A-Tier Arrow Video 4K. An underseen 70s giallo-adjacent horror with a young Brooke Shields. Arrow loaded it with extras. Shows up on giallo 4K lists alongside the bigger Italian horror names.
dir. Edgar Wright
A-Tier Sony 4K. Edgar Wright's music-driven heist film. The sound design is the reason to own this on disc.
dir. Bilall Fallah, Adil El Arbi
Marcus and Mike are forced to confront new threats, career changes, and midlife crises as they join the newly created elite team AMMO of the Miami police department to take down the ruthless Armando Armas, the vicious leader of a Miami drug cartel.
dir. Adil El Arbi, Bilall Fallah
After their late former Captain is framed, Lowrey and Burnett try to clear his name, only to end up on the run themselves.
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.
dir. Joel Schumacher
A-Tier 4K. The most divisive Batman film and the neon production design actually works in HDR. Schumacher's Gotham is garish on purpose and the 4K presentation leans into it.
dir. Tony Scott
Axel Foley returns to the land of sunshine and palm trees to investigate the near-fatal shooting of police Captain Andrew Bogomil. With the help of Sgt. Taggart and Det. Rosewood, they soon uncover that the shooting is associated with a series of "alphabet" robberies masterminded by a heartless weapons kingpin—and the chase is on.
dir. Michael Mann
Nicholas Hathaway, a furloughed convict, and his American and Chinese partners hunt a high-level cybercrime network from Chicago to Los Angeles to Hong Kong to Jakarta. As Hathaway closes in, the stakes become personal as he discovers that the attack on a Chinese nuclear power plant was just the beginning.
dir. David Lynch
A-Tier Criterion Collection 4K. David Lynch's small-town nightmare. One person's 4K disc was mislabeled as Trainspotting, which is either a quality control issue or the most Lynchian thing that's ever happened to a physical disc.
A-Tier Kino Lorber 4K. Melville's heist film. If you like Melville, this is where to start alongside Le Samourai.
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...
dir. Jonathan Mostow
A-Tier Turbine 4K. Kurt Russell thriller from the 90s. A deep-cut catalog title.
Turbine · 4K + Blu-ray
dir. Jean-Luc Godard
A-Tier Criterion 4K. Godard's debut. StudioCanal also has a release, and the two may use different masters. Check which one you're buying.
Criterion Collection · 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.
A-Tier Sony 4K. Darren Aronofsky's next film. Sony has the release.
dir. Roman Polanski
A-Tier Paramount 4K. The limited edition announcement felt like an April Fools joke to some people because it had been rumored for so long. Polanski's 70s noir with Jack Nicholson and Faye Dunaway. A proper 4K was overdue.
dir. Elizabeth Banks
Inspired by a true story, an oddball group of cops, criminals, tourists and teens converge in a Georgia forest where a 500-pound black bear goes on a murderous rampage after unintentionally ingesting cocaine.
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. Stuart Rosenberg
A-Tier Warner Bros. 4K. Paul Newman in Stuart Rosenberg's prison film.
dir. Eli Roth
A-Tier Kino Lorber 4K. The original Charles Bronson vigilante film. Kino has the 4K.
dir. Robert Rodriguez
A-Tier Arrow Video 4K. Robert Rodriguez with Antonio Banderas and Salma Hayek. Arrow's treatment.
dir. Don Siegel
A-Tier Warner Bros. 4K. Clint Eastwood's first Dirty Harry. The San Francisco photography looks good on a modern display.
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.
A-Tier Kino Lorber 4K. Travolta and Cage swap faces. Kino got this from Paramount's catalog.
dir. Justin Lin
Former cop Brian O'Conner partners with ex-con Dom Toretto on the opposite side of the law. Since Brian and Mia Toretto broke Dom out of custody, they've blown across many borders to elude authorities. Now backed into a corner in Rio de Janeiro, they must pull one last job in order to gain their freedom.
dir. Louis Leterrier
Over many missions and against impossible odds, Dom Toretto and his family have outsmarted, out-nerved and outdriven every foe in their path. Now, they confront the most lethal opponent they've ever faced: A terrifying threat emerging from the shadows of the past who's fueled by blood revenge, and who is determined to shatter this family and destroy everything—and everyone—that Dom loves, forever.
dir. Jim Jarmusch
A Black hitman who models after the samurai of old finds himself targeted for death by the mob.
dir. Larry Cohen
A-Tier Blue Underground 4K. Larry Cohen's NYC genre film. Blue Underground has been bringing their catalog to 4K.
Blue Underground · 4K + Blu-ray
A-Tier Warner Bros. 4K. Scorsese's gangster film. The restaurant scene tracking shot benefits from every pixel.
dir. Jeremy Saulnier
A punk rock band is forced to fight for survival after witnessing an act of violence at a skinhead bar.
Second Sight Films · Limited Edition
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
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. David Mackenzie
A-Tier Lionsgate 4K. Jeff Bridges and Chris Pine in a modern Texas crime film. The West Texas photography works well in HDR.
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.
dir. Mike Figgis
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.
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
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.
A-Tier Lionsgate 4K. Rian Johnson's murder mystery with Daniel Craig's southern accent. The steelbook had a famous Easter egg slipcover that reveals plot details when flipped backwards, and it caused near-panic when it first released. The steelbook's distressed design means scratches and dents blend right in. Reprints are available through Lionsgate for around $71 USD plus shipping.
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 Criterion 4K. Melville's heist film, with the final safe-cracking sequence being the showcase. Often described as a time capsule of 70s France that happens to also be a solid thriller.
A-Tier Kino Lorber 4K. Melville's noir about informers. The UK Blu-ray was the previous go-to before Kino's 4K arrived, and the cafe scenes benefit most from the cleaner master.
dir. Luc Besson
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. Richard Donner
A-Tier Warner Bros. 4K. WB is doing the first Lethal Weapon solo in 4K, and everyone is waiting for the inevitable quadrilogy box set before buying in. The original Blu-ray was rough, so this remaster with Atmos is a real upgrade. The steelbook is $29.99 USD on GRUV, and the standard edition art actually looks better than the steel.
A-Tier Eagle Pictures 4K. Stallone's prison film from 1989. Eagle put out a basic 4K with no relevant collector discussion around it.
Eagle Pictures · 4K + Blu-ray
dir. John Schlesinger
A-Tier Kino Lorber 4K. The Dustin Hoffman/Laurence Olivier thriller with the dentist scene. Kino's transfer scores a 4.5 overall. Not a lot of dedicated 4K collector discussion, though it comes up in thriller recommendation threads.
A-Tier Cinematographe 4K. Jonathan Demme's 1988 mob comedy with Michelle Pfeiffer. VS released this under their Cinematographe label, and first impressions are positive.
A-Tier Shout Factory 4K. De Niro and Charles Grodin's buddy road movie. Shout Factory's transfer got decent reviews with good Dolby Vision and consistent grain. Some mixed word of mouth before release had people setting low expectations, which the disc cleared.
dir. Michael Curtiz
A-Tier Criterion 4K. Joan Crawford's noir from Michael Curtiz. Thin collector discussion. The UK Criterion sale had a limited 4K selection compared to the B&N sale in the US.
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.
dir. Dan Gilroy
A-Tier Shout Factory 4K. Dan Gilroy's LA crime thriller with Jake Gyllenhaal. The steelbook cover art was universally hated, which is frustrating for a film this good. It's a 2K digital intermediate upscale, but the Drive 4K upscale turned out well so there's hope.
dir. Mario Martone
A-Tier Kino Lorber 4K. Mario Martone's 2022 Italian drama. The collector signal here is very thin.
dir. Gary Ross
Debbie Ocean, a criminal mastermind, gathers a crew of female thieves to pull off the heist of the century at New York's annual Met Gala.
A-Tier Warner Bros. 4K. The third Ocean's, and someone flagged the transfer for heavy DNR and overblown HDR highlights.
A-Tier Warner Bros. 4K. The least popular Ocean's film with no relevant collector discussion about the transfer.
dir. Elia Kazan
A-Tier Sony 4K with a perfect 5.0 score, part of the Columbia Classics Vol. 5 alongside Little Women and Age of Innocence. The Criterion Blu-ray was already pricy because of the extras, and people are debating whether to wait for a standalone 4K. The restoration was already done in 4K, so the disc should look good.
dir. Sergio Leone
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
dir. Paul Thomas Anderson
Availability is the story now. Preorders go back to September 2025 and restocks sell through fast. OrbitDVD and The Movie Room might have copies if the usual places are gone. A-Tier transfer and PTA's name are doing the work.
Warner Bros. · Limited Edition Steelbook
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.
A-Tier Eureka 4K. Jackie Chan's 1985 action classic, and the Eureka trilogy set was on sale for £23.99, shipping to the US for about $30 USD total. Eureka and Arrow both have releases. People wonder if the transfer is better than Criterion's scan of the first two films. The cars going down the hill in the first one still blows minds.
Eureka A-Tier 4K. Part of the Police Story trilogy set that collectors say is worth the upgrade. The theatrical cut transfer is a real improvement over previous releases.
dir. John Irvin
A-Tier StudioCanal 4K. Arnold's underrated 1986 action film. The StudioCanal steelbook is nice-looking, and people keep asking for Commando, a T2 remaster, and more Arnold on 4K. The previous StudioCanal Blu-ray looked bad, so the 4K is a real step up.
dir. Robert Schwentke
Lionsgate 4K, 2-disc set. Goes on sale regularly at Best Buy and Amazon for around $10 USD. The transfer is fine for a mid-budget action comedy and the cast of Willis, Malkovich, Mirren, and Freeman makes it an easy catalog pickup.
The StudioCanal steelbook has great embossing and showed up in European sales for around 15 EUR. Region B locked on the Blu-ray side, which annoyed a few Region A collectors who wanted the full package. Purely a fun 80s action night pick.
Eagle Pictures
dir. José Padilha
Shout Factory A-Tier 4K, part of the same wave as RoboCop 2, Matinee, and Species II. The 2014 remake still gets dismissed by fans of the original, but Shout's transfer is strong enough that some people are revisiting it.
Shout! Factory · Steelbook
The announcement generated more debate about the film's quality than excitement about the disc. Oliver Stone hinted that Platoon is getting a proper 4K redo from Shout Factory, which overshadowed Savages entirely in the same news cycle. The film is polarizing but the A-Tier transfer handles the saturated jungle color palette well.
People who have owned this on every format from VHS through 4K say each upgrade felt meaningful. Often discounted to $10-11 USD new, which makes it one of the cheapest high-quality 4K discs in Universal's catalog. The special edition with the "World is Yours" statue and the 1932 original is a collector's item in its own right. A-Tier transfer with the neon and white suits looking exactly how you'd hope in HDR.
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. 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.
A-Tier 4K. HDZeta Silver Label did a WWA steelbook and Zavvi had UK preorders. The sequel's warmer color palette and darker Moriarty scenes both look better than the old Blu-ray.
dir. Denis Villeneuve
Consistently called reference quality. The Dolby Atmos sound design gets specific praise, with the border tunnel sequence being the demo moment everyone mentions. Every Villeneuve film in 4K is considered excellent, and Sicario might be the best example. The Best Buy steelbook vs. Target steelbook debate has been going for years, with opinions split roughly evenly. Often found for $5 USD in Walmart bins, which might be the best value in all of 4K collecting.
dir. Stefano Sollima
Agent Matt Graver teams up with operative Alejandro Gillick to prevent Mexican drug cartels from smuggling terrorists across the United States border.
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.
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.
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.
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. 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.
Shout Factory A-Tier 4K. Oliver Stone's Snowden film with Joseph Gordon-Levitt. Shout Factory has been quietly building a run of Stone titles in 4K.
dir. Rob Reiner
Sony A-Tier 4K. The steelbook reissue added Dolby Vision, which sparked a debate about whether the DV upgrade is worth double-dipping for. The consensus leans toward marginal improvement unless you're really looking for it, but the transfer itself is strong and the Pacific Northwest summer photography has the kind of natural lighting that benefits from HDR.
Sony Pictures · Steelbook
Amazon MGM Studios 4K from April 2024. David Ayer directing Statham in a revenge thriller. UK collectors had trouble getting standard editions without importing, which became a recurring complaint about Amazon MGM's distribution.
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.
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.
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. Rupert Wyatt
Literature professor Jim Bennett leads a secret life as a high-stakes gambler. Always a risk-taker, Bennett bets it all when he borrows from a gangster and offers his own life as collateral. Staying one step ahead, he pits his creditor against the operator of an illicit gambling ring while garnering the attention of Frank, a paternalistic loan shark. As his relationship with a student deepens, Bennett must risk everything for a second chance.
American expat Mickey Pearson has built a highly profitable marijuana empire in London. When word gets out that he’s looking to cash out of the business forever it triggers plots, schemes, bribery and blackmail in an attempt to steal his domain out from under him.
dir. Fede Álvarez
After being enlisted to recover a dangerous computer program, hacker Lisbeth Salander and journalist Mikael Blomkvist find themselves caught in a web of spies, cybercriminals and corrupt government officials.
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.
dir. John Mackenzie
In the late 1970s, Cockney crime boss Harold Shand, a gangster trying to become a legitimate property mogul, has big plans to get the American Mafia to bankroll his transformation of a derelict area of London into the possible venue for a future Olympic Games. However, a series of bombings targets his empire on the very weekend the Americans are in town. Shand is convinced there is a traitor in his organization, and sets out to eliminate the rat in typically ruthless fashion.
dir. John Huston
A private detective takes on a case that involves him with three eccentric criminals, a beautiful liar, and their quest for a priceless statuette.
dir. David Zucker
When the bumbling Lieutenant Frank Drebin investigates events following the shooting of his partner, he stumbles upon an attempt to assassinate Queen Elizabeth II.
dir. Shane Black
A private eye investigates the apparent suicide of a fading porn star in 1970s Los Angeles and uncovers a conspiracy.
dir. Charles Laughton
In Depression-era West Virginia, a serial-killing preacher hunts two young children who know the whereabouts of a stash of money.
dir. Derek Cianfrance
A motorcycle stunt rider considers committing a crime in order to provide for his wife and child, an act that puts him on a collision course with a cop-turned-politician.
Shout! Factory
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. George Roy Hill
A novice con man teams up with an acknowledged master to avenge the murder of a mutual friend by pulling off the ultimate big con and swindling a fortune from a big-time mobster.
dir. Joseph Sargent
In New York, armed men hijack a subway car and demand a ransom for the passengers. Even if it's paid, how could they get away?
dir. Tom Gormican
Creatively unfulfilled and facing financial ruin, Nick Cage must accept a $1 million offer to attend the birthday of a dangerous superfan. Things take a wildly unexpected turn when Cage is recruited by a CIA operative and forced to live up to his own legend, channeling his most iconic and beloved on-screen characters in order to save himself and his loved ones.
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.
dir. Bruce Lee
After a Chinese restaurant in Rome is threatened by the mafia, who will stop at nothing to acquire the property, the owner recruits a family friend in Hong Kong, kung fu expert Tang Lung, to help them defend their business.
Arrow Video · 4K Ultra HD
A New York stockbroker refuses to cooperate in a large securities fraud case involving corruption on Wall Street, corporate banking world and mob infiltration. Based on Jordan Belfort's autobiography.
Mann's neon-lit heist debut. The tangerine synth score and Caan's safecracking are why people buy this format.
When his longtime partner on the force is killed, reckless U.S. Secret Service agent Richard Chance vows revenge, setting out to nab dangerous counterfeit artist Eric Masters.
Germany Capelight · 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.
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.
Arrow Video A-Tier 4K. Tarantino-written and Tony Scott-directed, with an Arrow disc that does both of them justice. Hans Zimmer's 'You're So Cool' theme still hits.
dir. Cheang Pou-Soi
In 1980s Hong Kong, troubled youth Chan Lok-kwun, a mainland refugee, struggles to survive in the Kowloon Walled City by joining underground fights. Betrayed by crime boss Mr. Big while trying to buy a fake ID, he steals drugs from him and seeks refuge in the Walled City, where he encounters Cyclone, a compassionate yet authoritative crime lord.
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.
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. Steve McQueen
A police shootout leaves four thieves dead during an explosive armed robbery attempt in Chicago. Their widows have nothing in common except a debt left behind by their spouses' criminal activities. Hoping to forge a future on their own terms, they join forces to pull off a heist.
20th Century Studios · 4K + Blu-ray
dir. Peter Weir
While protecting an Amish boy – the sole witness to a brutal murder – and his mother, a detective is forced to seek refuge within their community when his own life comes under threat.
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.
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.
dir. Drew Goddard
B-Tier 4K. The cast is stacked and the production design pops in HDR, but the transfer doesn't fully deliver on what the cinematography promises. Fun film, decent disc.
dir. Tim Burton
Burton's Gotham still looks better than most modern comic book films, and the HDR gives the production design room to breathe. B-Tier transfer that people wish were higher.
dir. Jacques Becker
At the end of the 19th century, during a ball in Joinville, on the outskirts of Paris, Georges, a former delinquent working as a carpenter, meets Marie, a young woman connected to a criminal gang.
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. Jeff Wadlow
After Kick-Ass insane bravery inspires a new wave of self-made masked crusaders, he joins a patrol led by the Colonel Stars and Stripes. When these amateur superheroes are hunted down by Red Mist, only the blade-wielding Hit-Girl can prevent their annihilation.
First physical release after nearly three years of waiting. Criterion disc. Early rewatchers are calling it one of the best films of the decade, and the consensus is that it rewards a second and third viewing far more than the theatrical experience.
Lionsgate 4K with an Amazon-exclusive steelbook that has a red sleeve and lenticular elements collectors liked. The standard 4K is also available and drops below $15 USD on sale regularly.
dir. Darren Lynn Bousman
Jigsaw has disappeared. While detectives scramble to locate him, two unwitting victims become the latest pawns in his vicious game.
Despite Jigsaw's death, Lieutenant Rigg is forced to take part in a new game to save the lives of two colleagues.
dir. Clint Eastwood
Earl Stone, a man in his eighties, is broke, alone, and facing foreclosure of his business when he is offered a job that simply requires him to drive. Easy enough, but, unbeknownst to Earl, he's just signed on as a drug courier for a Mexican cartel. He does so well that his cargo increases exponentially, and Earl hit the radar of hard-charging DEA agent Colin Bates.
Shout Factory 4K steelbook from February 2026. Guy Ritchie reuniting with Statham in a heist-revenge thriller. The Atmos mix got praise but the steelbook shipped with zero bonus features beyond a trailer, which disappointed collectors expecting Shout's usual extras.
Shout! Factory · Limited Edition Steelbook
C-Tier Paramount 4K. Eddie Murphy and Nick Nolte in Walter Hill's buddy cop original. The transfer is acceptable for a catalog title from the early 80s. Not much collector discussion around this one.
C-Tier Warner Bros. 4K. The weak link in the Nolan Batman trilogy on 4K. Dark Knight and Rises look much better.
C-Tier Criterion Collection 4K. The Coens' debut. If you're looking for gritty crime on 4K, this fits the bill. The C-Tier is likely a source material limitation from the low-budget 16mm blow-up.
Criterion Collection
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.
dir. Michael Winner
C-Tier Vinegar Syndrome 4K. Bronson sequel. Vinegar Syndrome picks up the titles nobody else will.
dir. Lars von Trier
C-Tier Eagle Pictures 4K. Lars von Trier's stage play film.
Eagle Pictures · Blu-ray
dir. Peter Greenaway
C-Tier Severin Films 4K. Peter Greenaway. Severin picks up the arthouse titles.
Severin Films
dir. Andrey Zvyagintsev
C-Tier Kino Lorber 4K. The 1989 underwater monster movie, not the Zvyagintsev drama. Basically an underwater remake of The Thing with a Jerry Goldsmith score. Kino's 4K looks decent, especially the non-underwater scenes where the color has room to breathe.
Kino Lorber
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.
Paramount Pictures
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.
dir. Alan Clarke
88 Films' 4K of Alan Clarke's brutal borstal drama. People describe it as an important film they can only watch once. Some collectors sold their Indicator LE Blu-ray to fund the 4K upgrade, which says something about demand. The BFI set is worth having alongside this for the companion material that likely won't get a 4K upgrade.
dir. Sidney Lumet
Pacino disappearing into the role is the thing everyone mentions after watching. People who saw the 35mm print say the 4K captures that same quality. The C-Tier rating from Kino stings for a film this good. Collectors recommend pairing it with Prince of the City, same director, similar territory, arguably even better.
Shout Factory shipped this before some preorders even processed. The subtitle translation is worth reading up on before buying, since the Cantonese street slang doesn't translate neatly and different releases handle the dialogue differently. Arrow Video has a limited edition coming and most boutique collectors are holding out for it.
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 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. Charles Band
The 4K exists, but the consensus is rough. The Blu-ray actually rates higher than the 4K on bestblurays. Most of the problems are baked into the source material, a sub-500K production shot on film short ends with cheap equipment. 101 Films put out a UK limited edition with a solid extras package, same transfer though. People buy Trancers because the movie is genuinely great, not for the picture quality.
101 Films · Limited Edition
dir. J. Lee Thompson
Warren Stacy, an office equipment repairman, begins murdering women after they reject his advances. To minimize the evidence, Stacy always kills while naked, wearing nothing but gloves, and further evades the law with his strong alibis. Veteran detective Leo Kessler is convinced of Stacy's guilt and begins using questionable methods to catch him.
dir. Richard Berry
A retired mobster goes on a revenge spree after being left for dead with 22 bullets in his body by his former childhood friend.
dir. Takashi Nomura
A gang lord hires Kamimura, a hit man, to take out a rival boss who's gotten greedy.
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. Taylor Hackford
No tier rating yet. Phil Collins does the soundtrack, Bridges does the brooding, and the disc exists but nobody is really talking about it. Bridges fans will grab it, everyone else can skip.
dir. Michael Polish
Two married spies caught in the crosshairs of an international intelligence network will stop at nothing to obtain a critical asset. Joe and Lara are agents living off the grid whose quiet retreat at a winter resort is blown to shreds when members of the old guard suspect the two may have joined an elite team of rogue spies, known as Alarum.
Signature Entertainment · 4K Ultra HD
dir. Brian Trenchard-Smith
Teens P.J. and Goose get their thrills on BMX bikes, performing hair-raising tricks all across Sydney, Australia. Along with their new friend Judy, they discover a box of walkie-talkies -- and find out that a gang of criminals intends to use them to monitor police signals during a bank robbery. When the young trio snatches the devices, it propels them on a hair-raising adventure in which their pedaling skills might just save their necks.
Umbrella Entertainment · 4K Ultra HD
dir. Lawrence Kasdan
During an extreme heatwave, a beautiful Florida woman and a seedy lawyer engage in an affair while plotting the murder of her rich husband.
Criterion Collection · 4K + Blu-ray Special Edition
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.
After watching their respective partners die, a cop and a hitman form an alliance in order to bring down their common enemy.
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. 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.
dir. Bart Layton
When an elusive thief whose high-stakes heists unfold along the iconic 101 freeway in Los Angeles eyes the score of a lifetime, with hopes of this being his final job, his path collides with a disillusioned insurance broker who is facing her own crossroads. Determined to crack the case, a relentless detective closes in on the operation, raising the stakes even higher.
Amazon MGM Studios · 4K Ultra HD
dir. Mario Bava
International man of mystery Diabolik and his sensuous lover Eva Kant pull off heist after heist, all while European cops led by Inspector Ginko and envious mobsters led by Ralph Valmont are closing in on them.
Eureka Entertainment · Limited Edition
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. Grigori Kromanov
The police get a call-out to a lonely hotel in the Alps. When an officer gets to the hotel everything seems to be alright. Suddenly, an avalanche cuts them off from the rest of the world and strange things start happening.
Deaf Crocodile · Limited Edition
A P.I. is obsessed with a cute woman, who seduces and kills rich men around W. Europe.
Radiance Films · Restored
dir. John Waters
Criterion announced this for June and r/criterion lost it. 'DESPERATE LIVING! Holy shit, my favorite Waters movie is getting an actual release.' John Waters collectors have been waiting years for a proper physical release. Preorder is live at Criterion now.
dir. Chika Nagaoka
A message has arrived from Kid the Phantom Thief, that he will steal a Japanese sword belonging to wealthy Onoe Family in Hakodate, Hokkaido. Conan and Heiji Hattori, who happened to be in Hakodate, are on the case to capture Kid. Coincidentally the family lawyer of Onoe is found murdered in the warehouse district, apparently slaughtered by a Japanese sword. The suspect is an investor/arms dealer who is said to be after Onoe family’s hidden treasure. In the North among cherry blossoms, the exciting hunt for treasure begins!
Shout Factory 4K of the Coens' love letter to old Hollywood. Deakins cinematography is the reason to own this, and the HDR pass brings out the Technicolor-homage color work in the dance numbers. The B2G1 at Target is how most people picked this up.
Shout! Factory · 4K Ultra HD
Vietnam vet Jon Rubin returns to New York and rents a rundown flat in Greenwich Village. It is in this flat that he begins to film, 'Peeping Tom' style, the people in the apartment across the street. His obsession with making films leads him to fall in with a radical 'Black Power' group, which in turn leads him to carry out a bizarre act of urban terrorism.
Radiance Films · Limited Edition
A24 has the 4K and Blu-ray preorders live for Spike Lee's film. The boutiquebluray thread was active but not warm, with several people wishing another label had gotten it.
A24 · 4K + Blu-ray
dir. Franck Dubosc
Michel and Cathy, wed for longer than they can remember, lead a quiet but monotonous life in the mountains. When a bear bursts out in front of Michel’s car, accidentally killing two drug dealers and revealing a €2 million loot in the process, their life takes an unpredictable turn, especially when they decide to cover up the incident and keep the money! But their plan leads them to stumble upon an unexplained trail of dead bodies. More used to being honest than crooked, Michel and Cathy’s clumsy cover-up efforts soon put an interfering inspector hot on their trail.
StudioCanal · 4K Ultra HD
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.'
dir. Jafar Panahi
An unassuming mechanic is reminded of his time in an Iranian prison when he encounters a man he suspects to be his sadistic jailhouse captor.
Quentin Tarantino's complete cut combining Kill Bill: Vol. 1 and Vol. 2 follows The Bride, a former assassin who awakens from a four-year coma after being shot by her mentor and lover, Bill. She embarks on a vengeful quest to eliminate Bill and the Deadly Viper Assassination Squad who betrayed her.
Lionsgate · 4K Ultra HD
dir. Matthew Vaughn
The story of a super-secret spy organization that recruits an unrefined but promising street kid into the agency's ultra-competitive training program just as a global threat emerges from a twisted tech genius.
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. Paul Bogart
Mysterious Orfamay Quest hires Los Angeles private investigator Philip Marlowe to find her missing brother. Though the job seems simple enough, it leads Marlowe into the underbelly of the city, turning up leads who are murdered with ice picks, exotic dancers, blackmailed television stars and self-preserving gangsters. Soon, Marlowe's life is on the line right along with his case.
dir. François Truffaut
A tobacco planter on Réunion island in the Indian Ocean becomes engaged through correspondence to a French woman he does not know. The woman that arrives does not look like the picture he received, but he marries her anyway.
Radiance Films · 4K Ultra HD
dir. Neil Jordan
George is a small-time crook just out of prison who discovers his tough-guy image is out of date. Reduced to working as a minder/driver for high class call girl Simone, he has to agree when she asks him to find a young colleague from her King's Cross days. That's when George's troubles just start.
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. 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. Park Chan-wook
Park Chan-wook's new film has a limited deluxe edition at $70 USD and people are not happy about it. 'For $70 I really hope there IS another choice.' No HDR specs listed on the product page either. Neon Rated is releasing it.
dir. Ruben Fleischer
The original Four Horsemen reunite with a new generation of illusionists to take on powerful diamond heiress Veronika Vanderberg, who leads a criminal empire built on money laundering and trafficking. The new and old magicians must overcome their differences to work together on their most ambitious heist yet.
Lionsgate UK · Steelbook
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.
Lo Ka Yiu, a young ad designer who is sentenced to jail for manslaughter, has gotten himself in trouble with the corrupted wardens and fellow inmates of Triad background. Chung Tin Ching, a veteran inmate and Yiu's mentor, is forced to confront his comrade's enemies time and again, leading up to the final showdown with the head of security.
dir. Uwe Boll
Bill Williamson is back, alive and well and doing a recon mission around D.C. This time he wants to cause a major population disruption within the USA which result in devastating consequences reverberating throughout the world. His new mission this time to bring down The President of the United States and his Secret Service detail. Bill brings with him all the freak-in havoc and acidity of the previous 2 movies.
dir. Jack Sholder
While investigating police corruption in his department, undercover cop Buster McHenry is forced to participate in a heist, leading to innocent casualties and the theft of an ancient Lakota tribal spear. After McHenry ends up severely wounded, he is taken in by Native American Hank Storm, who is out to recover the spear and avenge the death of a loved one in the heist.
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. Kevin Williamson
Paramount limited edition steelbook announced. Lionsgate's Scream 4 4K is picking up attention at the same time, so the franchise is spread across multiple labels right now.
Paramount Pictures · Limited Edition Steelbook
dir. Ric Roman Waugh
A man living in self-imposed exile on a remote island rescues a young girl from a violent storm, setting off a chain of events that forces him out of seclusion to protect her from enemies tied to his past.
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.
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. Craig R. Baxley
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.
A bad day gets worse for young detective Murakami when a pickpocket steals his gun on a hot, crowded bus. Desperate to right the wrong, he goes undercover, scavenging Tokyo’s sweltering streets for the stray dog whose desperation has led him to a life of crime. With each step, cop and criminal’s lives become more intertwined and the investigation becomes an examination of Murakami’s own dark side.
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. David Blue Garcia
After nearly 50 years of hiding, Leatherface returns to terrorize a group of idealistic influencers who accidentally disrupt his carefully shielded world in a remote Texas town.
Vinegar Syndrome · Limited Edition
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.
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. 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. 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
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.
dir. James Glickenhaus
88 Films 4K. The American-produced Chan film where Hollywood hadn't figured out how to use him yet. Interesting as a curiosity, and the 88 Films disc is a solid presentation of a weird film.
88 Films · Limited Edition
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. Blake Edwards
Kino Lorber 4K. Early impressions are positive, though some shots remain grainy due to the source material. The Henry Mancini score in lossless is the draw for Pink Panther fans.
Kino Lorber · 4K Ultra HD
dir. Tomas Alfredson
Kino's announcement has a problem. The disc says 'new 4K master from the original 35mm camera negative' but the film was shot on Arri Alexa, digitally. The community caught it within hours. Whether that's a typo or something stranger, nobody's pre-ordering until there's clarification.
An investigator from the War Crimes Commission travels to Connecticut to find an infamous Nazi, who may be hiding out in a small town in the guise of a distinguished professor engaged to the Supreme Court Justice’s daughter.
dir. Corneliu Porumboiu
A Romanian police officer, determined to free from prison a crooked businessman who knows where a mobster's money is hidden, must learn the difficult ancestral whistling language (Silbo Gomero) used on the island of Gomera.
Black Bear · Limited Edition
dir. John Ford
Ordinary man-in-the-street Arthur Ferguson Jones leads a very straightforward life. He's never late for work and nothing interesting ever happens to him. One day everything changes: he oversleeps and is fired as an example, he's then mistaken for evil criminal killer Mannion and is arrested. The resemblance is so striking that the police give him a special pass to avoid a similar mistake. The real Mannion sees the opportunity to steal the pass and move around freely and chaos results.
Powerhouse Films · Restored
dir. Bo Arne Vibenius
Vinegar Syndrome's 4K of the 1973 Swedish revenge film that influenced Kill Bill. A 50-year-old Swedish exploitation film finding a new audience on disc through collector Instagram.
Vinegar Syndrome · 4K UHD + Blu-ray
dir. Danny DeVito
Kino Lorber 4K dropping April 28 with a new scan from the original camera negative, Dolby Vision, and a Barry Sonnenfeld interview as the headline extra. DeVito directed this and it's one of his best. The reaction to the announcement has been warm, with people praising Kino for their recent run of 80s comedies on 4K. No reviews yet since it hasn't shipped, but the Kino track record with catalog titles has been strong. Pre-orders up at Diabolik and Unobstructed View for Canadian buyers.
dir. Ernst Lubitsch
Thief Gaston Monescu and pickpocket Lily are partners in crime and love. Working for perfume company executive Mariette Colet, the two crooks decide to combine their criminal talents to rob their employer. Under the alias of Monsieur Laval, Gaston uses his position as Mariette's personal secretary to become closer to her. However, he takes things too far when he actually falls in love with Mariette, and has to choose between her and Lily.
dir. Arantxa Echevarría
Basque Country, Spain, late nineties. A young policewoman manages to infiltrate the ruthless terrorist gang ETA.
Lighthouse Home Entertainment · 4K Ultra HD
dir. Robert Bierman
Radiance Films 4K, UK only. The thread was excited until someone clarified the distribution. What it actually confirms is that the 4K license can be separate from the Blu-ray license, the same model Vinegar Syndrome uses.
dir. Jerome Robbins, Robert Wise
In Manhattan’s Upper West Side, rival gangs of Polish-Americans and newly arrived Puerto Ricans clash for control of the neighborhood, even as two young members from opposite sides fall dangerously in love.
Limited Edition
Cousins Thomas and David, owners of a mobile restaurant, team up with their friend Moby, a bumbling private detective, to save the beautiful Sylvia, a pickpocket.
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.
