Sony Pictures · Steelbook (4K + Blu-ray)

14 Sony Pictures Steelbook (4K + Blu-ray) films on 4K Blu-ray, ranked S to D by transfer quality. 12 S-Tier picks including Captain Phillips, Fright Night, The Social Network.

Body Double(1984)

6.8/10

dir. Brian De Palma

S-Tier

S-Tier Sony 4K. De Palma's erotic thriller. The transfer preserves the slow-zoom voyeuristic camerawork that makes the film work.

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Starman(1984)

7.0/10

dir. John Carpenter

S-Tier

Sony S-Tier 4K. One of the more under-appreciated John Carpenter films, with Jeff Bridges playing an alien on a road trip across America. The Columbia Classics box set originally included this, and Sony releasing a standalone steelbook is good news for people who didn't want to buy the whole set. Target's buy 2 get 1 free deal has brought the price down to around $30 USD.

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Taxi Driver(1976)

8.2/10

dir. Martin Scorsese

S-Tier

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.

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Anaconda(1997)

5.3/10

dir. Luis Llosa

S-Tier

S-Tier Paramount 4K. A 90s creature feature on 4K for people who grew up watching it on cable.

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Captain Phillips(2013)

7.5/10

dir. Paul Greengrass

S-Tier

S-Tier Sony 4K. Tom Hanks and a cargo ship. Sony announced the 4K release.

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Fright Night(2011)

6.2/10

dir. Craig Gillespie

S-Tier

S-Tier Sony 4K. The 2011 vampire remake with Colin Farrell and David Tennant.

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Gandhi(1982)

8.0/10

dir. Richard Attenborough

S-Tier

S-Tier Sony 4K. Attenborough's epic biopic. The scale of the production benefits from 4K.

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Men in Black(1997)

7.2/10

dir. Barry Sonnenfeld

S-Tier

S-Tier Sony 4K. Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones in the alien buddy comedy. Sony's steelbook got a 25th anniversary reprint, and PleasRewind had a restock that sold out fast. The disc stacking inside multi-film sets has been a complaint, with MIB being one of the titles affected.

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Panic Room(2002)

6.8/10

dir. David Fincher

S-Tier

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.

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Silverado(1985)

6.9/10

dir. Lawrence Kasdan

S-Tier

Sony's S-Tier 4K steelbook generated instant pre-orders. Collectors describe it as a cocaine-fueled western, which is both a compliment and an accurate description of the energy. Kevin Costner's breakout role before Dances with Wolves. The original poster art on the steelbook was a smart choice. Great year for westerns on 4K overall.

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Stripes(1981)

6.6/10

dir. Ivan Reitman

S-Tier

Sony S-Tier 4K. Bill Murray joins the Army. The standalone steelbook is the first 4K release outside the Columbia Classics box set, and Sony's steelbooks in this tier tend to drop to around $21 USD within six months. If you can wait, the price will come down.

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The Social Network(2010)

7.4/10

dir. David Fincher

S-Tier

S-Tier Sony 4K. Fincher's Facebook film finally got a standalone 4K steelbook after being buried in the Columbia Classics Vol. 4 box set. The steelbook art was called bad, and the $46 USD Walmart price caused widespread pushback. People bought it anyway because it's Fincher. PleasRewind and pop.market had it for around $27-32 USD on sale. People are now asking for Gone Girl and Girl with the Dragon Tattoo.

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Nikita(1990)

7.1/10

dir. Luc Besson

A-Tier

A-Tier Sony 4K. Luc Besson's assassin film with Anne Parillaud. Sony and StudioCanal both have steelbook versions, and the consensus is that StudioCanal's is the better package if you're region-free. The Sony version dropped the Spanish subtitles and audio track that StudioCanal kept.

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Paprika(2006)

7.8/10

dir. Satoshi Kon

C-Tier

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

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