Mystery movies available on 4K Blu-ray, ranked by transfer quality.
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. Stanley Kubrick
S-Tier Warner Bros. 4K. Kubrick supervised the original 4K scan before he died. The Stargate sequence in HDR is wild on an OLED. Part of the Stanley Kubrick Collection box set, which is the best way to buy it if you don't already own the other Kubrick 4Ks.
Warner Bros. · 4K + Blu-ray
dir. Lamberto Bava
S-Tier 88 Films 4K. A Lamberto Bava giallo that showed up on a comprehensive "giallo on 4K" list alongside Argento and the elder Bava. The 88 Films release is region free. Vinegar Syndrome also released a version and collectors are split on which transfer they prefer.
88 Films · 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. Alan J. Pakula
S-Tier Warner Bros. 4K. The 70s paranoia thriller alongside Three Days of the Condor and The Parallax View. It wasn't on the leaked WB release list so it caught people off guard.
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.
Arrow Video · 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.
Sony Pictures · 4K + Blu-ray
dir. Alan Parker
S-Tier 4K. Mickey Rourke in Alan Parker's New Orleans noir.
dir. Mamoru Oshii
S-Tier from Umbrella Entertainment. Mamoru Oshii's 1985 animated film that collectors have wanted on a quality physical release for years.
Umbrella Entertainment · 4K + Blu-ray
dir. Steven Soderbergh
S-Tier Universal 4K. Steven Soderbergh's latest. Walmart steelbook shipping complaints are a recurring theme.
Universal Pictures · 4K + Blu-ray
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. Mario Bava
S-Tier Arrow Video 4K. Mario Bava invented the giallo template with this one in 1964, and the Arrow limited edition is the way to own it. The bold color lighting and set design are the whole appeal on disc. Copies have turned up at Disc Replay for around $39.99 USD, which is a good price for an Arrow LE. If you like Argento, this is the film he was ripping off.
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
dir. Jeff Lieberman
S-Tier Synapse Films 4K. A 70s psychedelic horror film about a bad batch of acid. Synapse put this out and collectors who grabbed it during summer sales have been happy with it.
Synapse Films · 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. George A. Romero
S-Tier Indicator 4K. George Romero directed this one. Indicator did a good job with it.
Indicator · 4K + Blu-ray
dir. Orson Welles
S-Tier Warner Bros. 4K. Someone made a custom Criterion-style cover for it and the post blew up. Toland's deep focus photography finally has the resolution to show what he was actually doing with depth of field.
dir. William Friedkin
S-Tier Arrow Video 4K. Friedkin's controversial leather bar thriller with Pacino. Arrow gave it the boutique treatment.
dir. Ivan Passer
Radiance Films S-Tier 4K. One of the best neo-noirs of the 80s and Radiance gave it an incredible presentation. If you like slow-burn character studies with gorgeous cinematography, you already know if you want this.
Radiance Films · 4K + Blu-ray
dir. Alex Proyas
S-Tier Arrow Video 4K. Alex Proyas' sci-fi noir. Arrow's release is loaded with extras and the dark cityscapes work well in HDR.
dir. Gary Sherman
S-Tier Blue Underground 4K. An underseen 1981 horror film. Blue Underground has been giving these deep cuts proper 4K treatment.
Blue Underground · 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. Park Chan-wook
S-Tier Plaion Pictures 4K. Park Chan-wook's romantic thriller. The Plaion German release is the 4K to get.
Plaion Pictures · 4K + Blu-ray
dir. Dario Argento
S-Tier Arrow Video 4K. Argento's giallo masterpiece. Arrow's transfer is the one to own.
dir. Carl Franklin
S-Tier Criterion 4K. Denzel Washington as Easy Rawlins in Carl Franklin's LA noir. Criterion handled the transfer.
S-Tier Arrow Video 4K. De Palma's split-screen thriller. Arrow's transfer is well regarded.
dir. Richard Stanley
S-Tier Umbrella Entertainment 4K. Richard Stanley's cult horror. Umbrella has been doing interesting Australian releases.
dir. Guy Hamilton
S-Tier StudioCanal 4K. Agatha Christie with Peter Ustinov as Poirot. StudioCanal's Christie releases have been consistently good.
Criterion put this on 4K in November 2025 and it landed as a new standard for the format. Rare Waves has a UK Limited Edition Steelbook for 2026 using the same Warner transfer, which is the pickup for non-US collectors.
Criterion Collection · 4K Ultra HD
dir. Michael Schaack
S-Tier Deaf Crocodile 4K. German animated noir about a cat solving murders. One of the more unexpected 4K releases.
Deaf Crocodile · 4K + Blu-ray
dir. Adam B. Stein, Zach Lipovsky
S-Tier Warner Bros. 4K. The latest Final Destination. Warner's horror franchise.
S-Tier Carlotta Films 4K. Argento's giallo. Carlotta's Italian horror catalog is strong.
Carlotta Films · 4K + Blu-ray
dir. Richard Loncraine
S-Tier BFI 4K. Mia Farrow in a haunted house film from 1977. BFI's horror releases have been consistently good.
BFI · 4K + Blu-ray
dir. Andrew Niccol
S-Tier Sony 4K. Ethan Hawke in a near-future genetic discrimination story. The sterile production design works with the 4K transfer.
dir. Clint Eastwood
S-Tier Kino Lorber 4K. Clint Eastwood's revisionist western. The desert photography looks good with the HDR grade.
Kino Lorber · 4K + Blu-ray
dir. Jim Gillespie
S-Tier Sony 4K. A new limited edition steelbook at $55 USD landed with serious pushback from collectors who don't think this is a $55 movie. The standard 4K has been available for a while and the discs are presumably identical. 88 Films also put out a UK trilogy box set if you want all three films together.
dir. Jacques Tourneur
S-Tier Criterion 4K. Val Lewton and Jacques Tourneur's voodoo horror from 1943. The shadow work and suggestion are the whole point of this film, and the 4K brings that out better than any previous release.
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. John Carpenter
S-Tier Arrow Video 4K. Carpenter's Lovecraftian horror, and the Arrow limited edition sold out fast. People who buy direct from Arrow have had fulfillment issues, so the recommendation is to order from OrbitDVD or Diabolik instead. Alan Wake 2 players keep drawing parallels to the Sutter Cane storyline.
dir. Denis Villeneuve
S-Tier 101 Films 4K. Early Villeneuve that collectors started tracking down after Dune made him a household name. The disc is region free, which matters because 101 Films is a UK label and North American collectors don't want to deal with region locks.
101 Films · 4K + Blu-ray
dir. David Robert Mitchell
S-Tier Second Sight Films 4K. David Robert Mitchell's horror film where the threat just walks toward you, slowly, forever. Second Sight's limited edition is the one to get over the Lionsgate release, with stronger packaging and better extras.
dir. Adrian Lyne
S-Tier Lionsgate 4K. Adrian Lyne's nightmare horror with Tim Robbins. There's a persistent Criterion wish-list energy around this title, and someone insists there used to be a laserdisc edition. The steelbook artwork is really nice. If Studiocanal ever separates from their Lionsgate deal, a boutique edition could happen. For now the Lionsgate 4K is it.
When a prominent art dealer is found murdered, the man's death leads to an intriguing investigation steeped in sex, corruption and crime. District Attorney David Corelli gets assigned to the case and discovers that a key suspect is his ex-lover Katrina Gavin, a beautiful psychologist who has settled down with his old friend and peer. As Corelli gets deeper into the case, he uncovers dark secrets with far-reaching implications.
dir. Edgar Wright
S-Tier Universal 4K. Edgar Wright's 60s London thriller. The disc regularly comes up in "reference quality films nobody mentions" conversations alongside Sicario and No Country for Old Men. Zavvi had an exclusive steelbook with artwork that people found a bit basic compared to the film's actual visual style.
dir. John D. Hancock
S-Tier Vinegar Syndrome 4K. The 1971 atmospheric horror that VS gave the full treatment. Someone at the VS Toronto shop said they were immensely proud of the work on this disc.
Vinegar Syndrome · 4K + Blu-ray
dir. John Sayles
S-Tier Criterion 4K. John Sayles' Texas border mystery. One of the best Criterion releases of 2024 by audience vote, with people calling it Sayles' masterpiece. Works as a crime film, a history lesson, and a folk tale all at once.
Criterion Collection
dir. David Lynch
S-Tier StudioCanal 4K. Lynch's 1997 film, and the Criterion 4K with a Janus restoration has been confirmed. People immediately dropped their Kino Lorber carts when the news broke. The Mulholland Drive 4K from Criterion/StudioCanal was incredible, so expectations are high.
StudioCanal
dir. William Lustig
S-Tier Blue Underground 4K. William Lustig's sequel with some insane chase sequences that clearly didn't have permits. Blue Underground priced both Maniac Cop 4Ks at $30 USD each, which people found fair compared to what Shout Factory charges for a single standard Blu-ray.
dir. Alan Smithee, William Lustig
S-Tier Blue Underground 4K. The third Maniac Cop, directed under the Alan Smithee pseudonym. No relevant collector discussion beyond existing as part of the Blue Underground Maniac Cop set.
dir. Ari Aster
S-Tier German Import 4K. Ari Aster's folk horror. A24's US release is a $50 USD clothbound book with a 62-page booklet, but no bonus features on the disc itself. The Japan exclusive steelbook was $130 USD and became an instant grail. A German import is the current best release label. People keep designing custom steelbooks for this film because none of the official ones quite get it right.
German Import · 4K + Blu-ray
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.
Capelight Pictures · 4K + Blu-ray
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.
dir. Sidney Lumet
S-Tier StudioCanal 4K. Lumet's 1974 Agatha Christie all-star mystery, with Kino Lorber handling the US release. The 4K scores a 4.5 overall, and people were excited about more Lumet on the format. The US version was out of print and going for inflated prices before the new release.
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. Franck Khalfoun
When an unsuspecting woman stops at a remote gas station in the dead of night, she's made the plaything of a sociopath sniper with a secret vendetta. To survive, she must not only dodge his bullets and fight for her life, but also figure out who wants her dead and why.
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.
S-Tier Plaion Pictures 4K. Argento's opera house horror from 1987. Thin collector discussion on the 4K specifically, though it appears in haul posts.
dir. Alfred Hitchcock
S-Tier Universal 4K. Hitchcock's black-and-white photography has more detail at this resolution than the Blu-ray ever delivered, and the shower scene has never had this much information in it, for better or worse. The Bernard Herrmann score in lossless is half the reason the film still works as well as it does. Considered required viewing in any best-horror-discs discussion.
dir. Richard Franklin
S-Tier Arrow Video 4K. The Psycho sequel that's actually good. Arrow's release is the consensus pick over the Scream Factory and Universal versions. People looking for the best transfer are pointed to Arrow.
dir. Anthony Perkins
S-Tier Arrow Video 4K. The third Psycho, directed by Anthony Perkins himself. No relevant collector discussion around the 4K specifically.
dir. Mick Garris
S-Tier Arrow Video 4K. The made-for-TV Psycho prequel from Mick Garris. No relevant collector discussion.
Reference quality transfer that people keep calling a system showcase. The courtyard detail jumps in 4K, and longtime fans say it feels like meeting old neighbors for the first time. Universal's Hitchcock 4K set is the way most people get it, and Gruv regularly discounts it to around $45 USD. Comments consistently call this one worth $50 USD on its own.
dir. Lisa Joy
Nicolas Bannister, a rugged and solitary veteran living in a near-future Miami flooded by rising seas, is an expert in a dangerous occupation: he offers clients the chance to relive any memory they desire. His life changes when he meets a mysterious young woman named Mae. What begins as a simple matter of lost and found becomes a passionate love affair. But when a different client's memories implicate Mae in a series of violent crimes, Bannister must delve through the dark world of the past to uncover the truth about the woman he fell for.
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. 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. Kevin Greutert
Between the events of Saw and Saw II, a desperate John Kramer travels to Mexico for an experimental medical procedure, only to discover the entire operation is a scam — and turns the tables on the con artists in his signature way.
dir. Wes Craven
S-Tier transfer buzzing across four platforms this week. The franchise is split between Paramount and Lionsgate right now with Scream 7 and Scream 4 both announced, so collectors are budgeting for multiple labels.
Paramount Pictures · 4K + Blu-ray
Paramount's steelbook matched the style of the first film's release, which collectors appreciated. The franchise set is one of those collections where people buy all of them or none of them. S-Tier transfer and the steelbook design with Ghostface on the back connecting to Scream 1 is a nice touch.
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.
Part of Universal's 2022 Hitchcock 4K expansion alongside Saboteur and Rope. One of Hitchcock's best and consistently called underrated even by his own fans. The Wrong Man in 4K is the next Hitchcock request that keeps surfacing. Thin standalone discussion since most collectors buy it inside the Universal set.
dir. Aldo Lado
Two competing 4K editions from Celluloid Dreams and 88 Films. The 88 Films Italian Collection has built a strong reputation for giallo and horror titles, and their version is comparable to the Celluloid Dreams release. Both have strong extras packages. A niche giallo that rewards collectors who dig into Italian genre cinema.
Celluloid Dreams · 4K Ultra HD
dir. Parker Finn
Paramount S-Tier 4K. The Atmos track on the Smile 2 disc is the reason to own this physically. Naomi Scott carries the sequel and most people think it's a step up from the first, though opinions split.
dir. Darren Lynn Bousman
Lionsgate S-Tier 4K. The Saw franchise entry with Chris Rock. The steelbook was part of a Lionsgate restock wave that sold through quickly, and the Saw crowd tends to grab these as a set. The 4.5 score and S-Tier rating suggest the disc itself is stronger than the film's reputation.
dir. David Koepp
Lionsgate S-Tier 4K. Kevin Bacon's 1999 haunted house film that got unfairly overshadowed by The Sixth Sense releasing the same year. The Lionsgate steelbook with lenticular slipcover is an Amazon exclusive that has restocked a few times through Please Rewind. Collectors who own it tend to recommend it enthusiastically.
A razor-wielding serial killer is on the loose, murdering those around Peter Neal, an American mystery author in Italy to promote his newest novel.
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.
A newsman works with a blind puzzle-solver to uncover a deadly conspiracy linked to a genetic research facility.
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.
Curzon Film · 4K + Blu-ray
dir. Peter Greenaway
R. Neville, a brash young draftsman, is hired to make a dozen landscape illustrations at the estate of Mr Herbert and his wife Virginia. Aside from monetary compensation, the arrangement includes a sexual liaison offered to Neville by Virginia while her estranged husband is away. But when the murdered body of Mr Herbert is discovered at the estate, mysterious clues found in Neville's drawings point to the identity of the killer.
Le Chat Qui Fume · 4K + Blu-ray
dir. Joel Edgerton
Simon and Robyn are a young married couple whose life is going as planned until a chance run-in with Simon's high school acquaintance sends their world into a tailspin.
dir. Adam Wingard
A soldier introduces himself to the Peterson family, claiming to be a friend of their son who died in action. After the young man is welcomed into their home, a series of accidental deaths seem to be connected to his presence.
Second Sight Films · 4K + Blu-ray
dir. Oriol Paulo
Barcelona, Spain. Adrián Doria, a young and successful businessman accused of murder, meets one night with Virginia Goodman, an expert interrogation lawyer, in order to devise a defense strategy.
dir. Yorgos Lanthimos
Kino Lorber S-Tier 4K. Lanthimos at his most unsettling, and the clinical cinematography benefits from the higher resolution in ways that make the dinner scenes even more unbearable.
A romantic drifter gets caught between a corrupt tycoon and his voluptuous wife.
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.
An American doctor and his wife, a former singing star, witness a murder while vacationing in Morocco, and are drawn into a twisting plot of international intrigue when their young son is kidnapped.
Jane Marple solves the mystery when a local woman is poisoned and a visiting movie star seems to have been the intended victim.
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.
dir. Francesco Barilli
Sylvia, an industrial scientist, is troubled by strange hallucinations related to the tragic suicide of her mother.
dir. Mark Robson
After young Mary Gibson discovers that her older sister Jacqueline has disappeared, she leaves her boarding school and heads to New York City to track down her sibling. But Mary gets drawn deeper into the mystery.
dir. M. Night Shyamalan
Following an unexpected tragedy, child psychologist Malcolm Crowe meets a nine year old boy named Cole Sear, who is hiding a dark secret.
Walt Disney Studios · 4K + Blu-ray
dir. Roman Polanski
A quiet and inconspicuous man rents an apartment in Paris where he finds himself drawn into a rabbit hole of dangerous paranoia.
dir. Dennis Donnelly
A serial killer, plagued by the memory of a fatal car accident, uses various tools to murder female tenants of a Los Angeles apartment complex, then abducts a teenaged girl who lives there with her family. When the police express doubt that the murders are connected to the girl's disappearance, her brother sets out to search for her on his own.
The trouble with Harry is that he’s dead. In a quiet Vermont village, a corpse creates unexpected chaos as several townspeople each believe they may be to blame.
dir. Krzysztof Kieślowski
Part-time model Valentine unexpectedly befriends a retired judge after she runs over his dog. At first, the grumpy man shows no concern about the dog, and Valentine decides to keep it. But the two form a bond when she returns to his house and catches him listening to his neighbors’ phone calls.
Polish immigrant Karol Karol finds himself out of a marriage, a job and a country when his French wife, Dominique, divorces him after six months due to his impotence. Forced to leave France after losing the business they jointly owned, Karol enlists fellow Polish expatriate Mikołaj to smuggle him back to their homeland.
dir. Sergio Martino
A masked serial killer with psychosexual issues strangles female coeds with scarves before dismembering them. When a wealthy student identifies one of the scarves and thinks she has a lead on a suspect, she becomes the killer's next target, retreating to her family's remote cliffside villa with three of her girlfriends.
dir. Terry Gilliam
In the year 2035, convict James Cole reluctantly volunteers to be sent back in time to discover the origin of a deadly virus that wiped out nearly all of the earth's population and forced the survivors into underground communities. But when Cole is mistakenly sent to 1990 instead of 1996, he's arrested and locked up in a mental hospital. There he meets psychiatrist Dr. Kathryn Railly and the son of a famous virus expert who may hold the key to the Army of the 12 Monkeys; thought to be responsible for unleashing the killer disease.
dir. Jordan Peele
Husband and wife Gabe and Adelaide Wilson take their kids to their beach house expecting to unplug and unwind with friends. But as night descends, their serenity turns to tension and chaos when some shocking visitors arrive uninvited.
VistaVision source material gives this a level of detail that pre-1960s films rarely reach on disc. Colors are incredible and the shoulder stitching on Kim Novak's wardrobe is visible in scenes where it used to be a smear. A standard pick in any top 3 reference disc conversation alongside Dune and Lawrence of Arabia.
dir. David Cronenberg
As the president of a trashy TV channel, Max Renn is desperate for new programming to attract viewers. When he happens upon "Videodrome," a TV show dedicated to gratuitous torture and punishment, Max sees a potential hit and broadcasts the show on his channel. However, after his girlfriend auditions for the show and never returns, Max investigates the truth behind Videodrome and discovers that the graphic violence may not be as fake as he thought.
dir. Zach Cregger
Zach Cregger's follow-up to Barbarian already has an S-Tier transfer with bestblurays and hidef-digest reviews out. Manta Lab is doing a steelbook edition. Moved fast from theatrical to disc.
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. John McNaughton
When teen-socialite Kelly Van Ryan and troubled bad girl Suzie Toller accuse guidance counselor Sam Lombardo of rape, he's suspended by the school, rejected by the town, and fighting to get his life back. One cop suspects conspiracy, but nothing is what it seems...
dir. Paul Feig
Stephanie, a dedicated mother and popular vlogger, befriends Emily, a mysterious upper-class woman whose son Nicky attends the same school as Miles, Stephanie's son. When Emily asks her to pick Nicky up from school and then disappears, Stephanie undertakes an investigation that will dive deep into Emily's cloudy past.
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. Jean-Luc Godard
A-Tier from an international release. Godard's sci-fi noir. The black-and-white photography was always the point and the 4K scan does it well.
A-Tier Paramount 4K. Denis Villeneuve's sci-fi film. The muted color palette and the alien language sequences look great on this disc. Often recommended alongside Blade Runner 2049.
dir. Paul Verhoeven
A-Tier Lionsgate 4K. Over 200 4K releases watched and this one's transfer stood out. Verhoeven's erotic thriller looks better than expected for early 90s.
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.
dir. Jonathan Mostow
A-Tier Turbine 4K. Kurt Russell thriller from the 90s. A deep-cut catalog title.
Turbine · 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.
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. Guillermo del Toro
A-Tier Arrow Video 4K. Del Toro's Gothic romance with Jessica Chastain. Arrow loaded it with extras.
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.
dir. Sidney Gilliat
A-Tier StudioCanal 4K. Agatha Christie adaptation with Hayley Mills.
dir. Paul W. S. Anderson
A-Tier Paramount 4K. Paul Anderson's space horror. The production design in HDR is the reason to buy this disc.
dir. Umberto Lenzi
A group of American tourists is traveling through Spain when two of them are murdered by a mysterious serial killer who removes an eyeball from every one of its victims. The tour presses on as the murders continue, with the travelers and the police trying to deduce which one of them is the killer.
dir. Jimmy Sangster
It took Peggy Heller a long time to recover from the trauma of a brutal physical assault, suffered in her youth. When she married Robert, he provided her with the love and reassurance she craved for and the two settled down in a pretty house in the grounds of the public school where Robert was a master. But the headmaster of the school is not what he seems and Peggy is convinced he means to harm her - is her fear a figment of her tortured imagination or are there forces at work that intend to manipulate her anxieties with fatal consequences?
StudioCanal · Collector's Edition
A-Tier Lionsgate 4K. Ari Aster's debut horror. The dark house interiors test your display.
dir. Michael Spierig, Peter Spierig
A-Tier Lionsgate 4K. The Saw franchise revival entry. Mostly appears in Saw completionist collections and in Walmart steelbook stock lists. Not a title people seek out individually, but franchise collectors keep it in rotation around Halloween.
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.
While vacationing at a remote cabin, a young girl and her two fathers are taken hostage by four armed strangers who demand that the family make an unthinkable choice to avert the apocalypse. With limited access to the outside world, the family must decide what they believe before all is lost.
dir. Woody Allen
A-Tier Kino Lorber 4K. Woody Allen's 1993 comedy mystery with Diane Keaton. Thin collector discussion. Gets quietly recommended in murder mystery threads without the dedicated 4K buzz.
dir. Lucio Fulci
The world of dance can be brutal. The rehearsals are grueling. The competition is fierce. At the Arts for Living Centre in New York City, the best of the best are dying for a part in a major production. But only a select few will be chosen. The selection process seems to be at the hands of mysterious killer who pierces women's bare breasts with a hatpin, puncturing their hearts. Ambition and jealousy appear to be the motive, which makes everybody a suspect!
88 Films · Limited Edition
dir. Peter Weir
Sold out during the Criterion 24-hour flash sale in March 2026. Peter Weir's 4K on Criterion, and still one of the better transfers in the boutique catalog.
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. David Fincher
The 4K theatrical rerelease renewed attention right before the disc hit. The Zavvi "What's In The Box?" edition at $98 USD was roasted immediately, with one comment offering to put their DVD in a cardboard box with Walmart air fresheners instead. The standard 4K packaging also took heat for the case design, prompting custom case inserts. None of that matters because the A-Tier transfer on this film is exceptional. The dark interiors and rain-soaked exteriors test any display setup. Fincher's 30th anniversary restoration is the definitive home version.
Warner Bros. · 4K Ultra HD
dir. 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. Martin Scorsese
Paramount's A-Tier 4K is frequently one of the first discs new OLED owners buy. The $10.99 Paramount combo releases in DVD-sized cases generated heated debate because they strip special features and feel cheap, but at that price people grabbed them anyway. Scorsese citing I Walked with a Zombie as a major influence on this film is the kind of deep-cut connection that Criterion collectors appreciate. The steelbook is a frequent haul photo staple.
Paramount's 4K for Smile looks solid, with the HDR doing good work in the darker scenes. The steelbook has been as low as $20 USD at Best Buy.
All bets are off when shady homicide cop Rick Santoro witnesses a murder during a boxing match. Determined to solve the crime, he quickly learns that his search for answers will only uncover yet more questions in an ever-widening web of conspiracy, intrigue, and danger.
dir. Duncan Jones
When decorated soldier Captain Colter Stevens wakes up in the body of an unknown man, he discovers he's part of a mission to find the bomber of a Chicago commuter train.
dir. Robert Wise
When an unidentified alien destroys three powerful Klingon cruisers, Captain James T. Kirk returns to the newly transformed U.S.S. Enterprise to take command.
dir. J.J. Abrams
In late 1970s Ohio, a group of friends filming a homemade zombie movie witness a devastating train derailment. Soon after, their quiet town is gripped by unexplained disappearances, strange phenomena, and a growing sense of fear, as they uncover that something terrifying has been set loose.
dir. Luca Guadagnino
Shameless Films has a Collector's Edition 4K out March 30. Argento supervised the color timing, Dolby Vision, six hours of extras, serial numbered. Already sold out at Rare Waves. The problem is that Synapse had the cinematographer supervise their transfer and Argento has a different idea of what his film should look like. Worth waiting for comparison shots before buying it twice.
Imprint · 4K + Blu-ray
An American writer living in Rome witnesses an attempted murder that is connected to an ongoing killing spree in the city and conducts his own investigation, despite he and his girlfriend being targeted by the killer.
dir. Breck Eisner
Four friends find themselves trapped in their small hometown after they discover their friends and neighbors going quickly and horrifically insane.
dir. Taylor Hackford
Shout! Factory put this out and it's making rounds again. Keanu, Pacino, Charlize Theron. The 4K is there for anyone who wants it.
Shout! Factory
dir. Sydney Pollack
Mitch McDeere is a young man with a promising future in Law. About to sit his Bar exam, he is approached by 'The Firm' and made an offer he doesn't refuse. Seduced by the money and gifts showered on him, he is totally oblivious to the more sinister side of his company. Then, two Associates are murdered. The FBI contact him, asking him for information and suddenly his life is ruined. He has a choice - work with the FBI, or stay with the Firm. Either way he will lose his life as he knows it. Mitch figures the only way out is to follow his own plan...
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.
After a doctor kills his mistress and himself while researching the mysterious previous owner of his Boston home, his colleague, Dr. Norman Boyle, takes over his studies and moves his family into the Boston mansion. Soon after, Boyle's young son Bob becomes plagued by visions of a young girl, who warns him of the danger within the house.
dir. Pupi Avati
Stefano, a young restorer, is commissioned to save a controversial mural located in the church of a small, isolated village.
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. 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.
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.
A woman with psychic powers has a vision of a murder that took place in a house owned by her husband.
Severin Films · 4K + Blu-ray
Carpenter's practical effects hold up better than most modern CGI and the Universal 4K is A-Tier, though the missing Dolby Vision is the one complaint collectors have. Signed copies from convention appearances are circulating and the Titans of Cult edition has been restocking through Books-a-Million.
dir. Carol Reed
In postwar Vienna, Austria, Holly Martins, a writer of pulp Westerns, arrives penniless as a guest of his childhood chum Harry Lime, only to learn he has died. Martins develops a conspiracy theory after learning of a "third man" present at the time of Harry's death, running into interference from British officer Major Calloway, and falling head-over-heels for Harry's grief-stricken lover, Anna.
dir. Tomas Alfredson
StudioCanal A-Tier 4K via Kino Lorber. Oldman's understated Smiley is the performance everyone remembers and the muted 70s color palette translates well to HDR.
In the questionable town of Deer Meadow, Washington, FBI Agent Desmond inexplicably disappears while hunting for the man who murdered a teen girl. The killer is never apprehended, and, after experiencing dark visions and supernatural encounters, Agent Dale Cooper chillingly predicts that the culprit will claim another life. Meanwhile, in the more cozy town of Twin Peaks, hedonistic beauty Laura Palmer hangs with lowlifes and seems destined for a grisly fate.
dir. Kenji Mizoguchi
In 16th century Japan, peasants Genjuro and Tobei sell their earthenware pots to a group of soldiers in a nearby village, in defiance of a local sage's warning against seeking to profit from warfare. Genjuro's pursuit of both riches and the mysterious Lady Wakasa, as well as Tobei's desire to become a samurai, run the risk of destroying both themselves and their wives, Miyagi and Ohama.
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. 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.
When the Davison family comes under attack during their wedding anniversary getaway, the gang of mysterious killers soon learns that one of their victims harbors a secret talent for fighting back.
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. Samuel Bayer
Teenagers Nancy, Quentin, Kris, Jesse and Dean are all neighborhood friends who begin having the same dream of a horribly disfigured man who wears a tattered sweater and a glove made of knives.
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.
Kino Lorber 4K from a new scan of the original negative with Dolby Vision. The DV grade is considered more faithful than the earlier StudioCanal European release. Two commentaries, a 60-minute Sydney Pollack documentary, and a 25-minute Redford conversation make this one of the better extras packages in the Kino catalog. The slipcover goes in and out of stock so grab it during a Kino sale if you care about that. One of the essential 70s paranoia thrillers alongside The Parallax View and All the President's Men.
A demonic force has chosen Freddy Krueger as its portal to the real world. Can Heather Langenkamp play the part of Nancy one last time and trap the evil trying to enter our world?
C-Tier Criterion 4K. Val Lewton's horror classic. The transfer is middling for a Criterion release.
Criterion Collection · Blu-ray
dir. Tommy Lee Wallace
S-Tier Sony Pictures 4K. John Carpenter's Plymouth Fury. The steelbook is a love-it-or-hate-it design.
dir. Neil LaBute
C-Tier Severin Films 4K. Dennis Hopper's 1982 punk drama, not the Neil LaBute film. Severin did a 4K restoration, and there was an upgrade program for people who bought the Blu-ray. People initially got excited thinking it was a Blue Velvet announcement when they saw "Dennis Hopper" and "Blue" together.
dir. Gregory Hoblit
C-Tier Paramount 4K. Edward Norton's debut, and people feel he should have won the Oscar over Cuba Gooding Jr. for Jerry Maguire. People are still waiting on Paramount to do Chinatown in 4K.
dir. Oliver Hirschbiegel
C-Tier. The Nicole Kidman Body Snatchers remake from 2007. Almost no collector discussion around this title in the 4K space.
When a string of jewel robberies hits the French Riviera, suspicion falls on retired thief John “The Cat” Robie. To clear his name, he sets out to trap the copycat himself—entangling a wealthy widow and her beguiling daughter in a seductive game of pursuit, deception, and desire.
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. 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.
A mysterious stranger inserts himself into a troubled family's life, blurring the lines between good and evil as he cares for their disabled daughter.
British label Screenbound Pictures · 4K Ultra HD
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. Stanley Donen
Criterion June slate. '4K is massive' is the exact phrase being used. The Hepburn/Grant film has never had a proper 4K release, and some people apparently just bought the Blu-ray last month. That's how these announcements go.
Criterion Collection · 4K + Blu-ray Special Edition
Scream Factory 4K plus Blu-ray on June 16. Romero's third Dead film has been waiting for a proper 4K release and this is it.
dir. Claude Miller
A P.I. is obsessed with a cute woman, who seduces and kills rich men around W. Europe.
Radiance Films · Restored
dir. Alvin Rakoff
Survivors of a tragic shipping collision are rescued by a mysterious black ship which appears out of the fog. Little do they realise that the ship is actually a Nazi torture ship which has sailed the seas for years, luring unsuspecting sailors aboard and killing them off one by one.
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!
dir. Chuck Russell
30th anniversary 4K steelbook pre-order is live on Gruv at $33 USD. The comments are not about the film at all, they're about the steel and the price. The anniversary hook is doing all the work here.
Warner Bros. · Steelbook
dir. Heitor Dhalia
Jill Conway is trying to rebuild her life after escaping a terrifying kidnapping. Though she is having a difficult time, she takes small steps toward normalcy by starting a new job and inviting her sister, Molly, to move in with her. Returning home from work one morning, Jill discovers that Molly has vanished, and she is certain that the same man who previously abducted her has returned for revenge.
Dazzler · 4K Ultra HD
dir. Jung Bum-shik
The crew of a horror web series travels to an abandoned asylum for a live broadcast, but they encounter much more than expected as they move deeper inside the nightmarish old building.
Second Sight Films · Limited Edition
dir. Babak Anvari
Two parents enter a race against time when they receive a distressing late-night phone call from their daughter after she caused a tragic car accident.
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. Jérôme Dassier
Alone in the mountains of Switzerland, Anne discovers that her isolated chalet is on surveillance and has been bugged. Caught up by her former life as an intelligence secret agent and an affair with her handler, Anne can only count on herself to get out alive.
dir. Rob York
After NASA picks up a trio of mysterious signals from within our own solar system, astronaut Roger Nelson is dispatched on a multi-year solo mission aboard the Magellan spacecraft to investigate the sources.
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.
Arrow Video · Limited Edition
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.
dir. Phil Lord, Christopher Miller
Amazon MGM still has not put up a 4K preorder and collectors are getting loud about it. French tracker 4k-ultra-hd.fr is showing a Q3 2026 window and hinting at a steelbook, which lines up with community speculation of a summer release, but nothing is confirmed yet. Blu-ray.com's 4K product shell is still empty.
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. Christophe Gans
Umbrella Entertainment 4K on June 3. The first film had a rough go on disc and people are cautiously optimistic that this one gets better treatment.
Umbrella Entertainment · 4K Ultra HD
Lionsgate 4K announced. Coming alongside Scream 7 from Paramount, so both are competing for the same wallets this summer.
Lionsgate · 4K Ultra HD
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. 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. 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. Richard W. Haines
A sociology instructor finds her new teaching duties at a private college interrupted by the presence of a killer.
Refuse Films · Limited Edition
dir. The Duffer Brothers
Arrow Video deluxe edition box set coming July 28. Arrow handling a Netflix property is unusual and people are curious what the extras look like. No 4K disc confirmation yet, which matters for a show shot and mastered in 4K.
Arrow Video · Deluxe Edition
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. Paolo Cavara
Celluloid Dreams 4K releasing May 12. One of the better gialli in the format and collectors who bought their Bloody Iris release already know the label does solid work. Pricing runs high for Celluloid Dreams but the giallo crowd doesn't flinch.
dir. Daniel Myrick, Eduardo Sánchez
In October of 1994 three student filmmakers disappeared in the woods near Burkittsville, Maryland, while shooting a documentary. A year later their footage was found.
dir. 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. Peter Duffell
A Scotland Yard investigator looks into four mysterious cases involving an unoccupied house.
Trying to escape her past, Millie Calloway accepts a job as a live-in housemaid for the wealthy Nina and Andrew Winchester. But what begins as a dream job quickly unravels into something far more dangerous—a sexy, seductive game of secrets, scandal, and power.
Lionsgate UK · Steelbook
Imprint Films Limited Edition 4K. Polanski collectors are debating whether to double-dip since Lionsgate already has a release out. The bonus features on this one are strong enough that some people are buying both.
dir. Kimo Stamboel
Revisiting the orphanage where they grew up, three men and their families discover a horrific supernatural presence lingering in their former home.
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
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.
dir. Higuchinsky
The inhabitants of a small Japanese town become increasingly obsessed with and tormented by spirals.
dir. Renato De Maria
A father, immersed in a difficult divorce process, embarks on a dangerous mission when his children disappear from their isolated country house.
High Fliers · 4K Ultra HD
Wealthy businessman Giorgio Mainardi has died of a stomach hemorrhage, but his ghost is not so sure that it was a random misfortune and wants to know the truth. Unfortunately, almost everyone around him is happy to see him gone. Everyone, that is, except for his daughter Rosy, who still feels affection for her father even though they have drifted apart. With her medical student boyfriend, Johnathan, Rosy will try to get to the bottom of her father's death.
dir. Corin Hardy
A misfit group of unwitting high school students stumble upon a cursed object, an ancient Aztec Death Whistle. They discover that blowing the whistle and the terrifying sound it emits will summon their future deaths to hunt them down.
