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StudioCanal · 4K + Blu-ray (United Kingdom)

34 StudioCanal 4K + Blu-ray (United Kingdom) films on 4K Blu-ray, ranked S to D by transfer quality. 16 S-Tier picks including The Ladykillers, The Straight Story, Evil Under the Sun.

Peeping Tom

Peeping Tom(1960)

7.4/10

dir. Michael Powell

S-Tier

S-Tier StudioCanal 4K. Michael Powell's 1960 horror that ended his career. The new 4K restoration played in art house theaters and the reception was strong. The old Blu-ray was never that good, so this is a meaningful upgrade. People love to point out this is better than Psycho, which came out the same year. Scorsese helped revive the film's reputation decades later.

StudioCanal · 4K + Blu-ray (United Kingdom)
The Conversation

The Conversation(1974)

7.5/10

dir. Francis Ford Coppola

S-Tier

A paranoid, secretive surveillance expert has a crisis of conscience when he suspects that the couple he is spying on will be murdered.

StudioCanal · 4K + Blu-ray (United Kingdom)
The Driver

The Driver(1978)

7.2/10

dir. Walter Hill

S-Tier

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.

StudioCanal · 4K + Blu-ray (United Kingdom)
The Ladykillers

The Ladykillers(2004)

6.1/10

dir. Ethan Coen, Joel Coen

S-Tier

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

StudioCanal · 4K + Blu-ray (United Kingdom)
The Straight Story

The Straight Story(1999)

7.7/10

dir. David Lynch

S-Tier

StudioCanal UK released the 4K in 2025 with English subs and more extras than the 2024 French and German discs, all using the same Fidelity in Motion encode collectors rate as reference. Disney holds US rights so a Criterion is unlikely soon. The Blu-ray in the set is region B locked.

StudioCanal · 4K + Blu-ray (United Kingdom)
Evil Under the Sun

Evil Under the Sun(1982)

6.9/10

dir. Guy Hamilton

S-Tier

S-Tier StudioCanal 4K. Agatha Christie with Peter Ustinov as Poirot. StudioCanal's Christie releases have been consistently good.

StudioCanal · 4K + Blu-ray (United Kingdom)
Kind Hearts and Coronets

Kind Hearts and Coronets(1949)

7.6/10

dir. Robert Hamer

S-Tier

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.

StudioCanal · 4K + Blu-ray (United Kingdom)
Murder on the Orient Express

Murder on the Orient Express(1974)

7.1/10

dir. Sidney Lumet

S-Tier

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.

StudioCanal · 4K + Blu-ray (United Kingdom)
The African Queen

The African Queen(1952)

7.4/10

dir. John Huston

S-Tier

At the start of the First World War, in the middle of Africa’s nowhere, a gin soaked riverboat captain is persuaded by a strong-willed missionary to go down river and face-off a German warship.

StudioCanal · 4K + Blu-ray (United Kingdom)
The Lavender Hill Mob

The Lavender Hill Mob(1951)

7.2/10

dir. Charles Crichton

S-Tier

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.

StudioCanal · 4K + Blu-ray (United Kingdom)
The Lion in Winter

The Lion in Winter(1968)

7.4/10

dir. Anthony Harvey

S-Tier

StudioCanal S-Tier 4K. O'Toole and Hepburn chewing scenery in medieval England. The announcement caught people off guard because nobody expected this one to get the 4K treatment, and the transfer delivered.

StudioCanal · 4K + Blu-ray (United Kingdom)
The Mirror Crack'd

The Mirror Crack'd(1980)

6.1/10

dir. Guy Hamilton

S-Tier

Jane Marple solves the mystery when a local woman is poisoned and a visiting movie star seems to have been the intended victim.

StudioCanal · 4K + Blu-ray (United Kingdom)
The Others

The Others(2001)

7.6/10

dir. Alejandro Amenábar

S-Tier

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

StudioCanal · 4K + Blu-ray (United Kingdom)
The Servant

The Servant(1963)

7.6/10

dir. Joseph Losey

S-Tier

Indolent aristocrat Tony employs competent Barrett as his manservant and all seems to be going well until Barrett persuades Tony to hire his sister as a live-in maid.

StudioCanal · 4K + Blu-ray (United Kingdom)
The Three Musketeers

The Three Musketeers(2011)

5.8/10

dir. Paul W. S. Anderson

S-Tier

The hot-headed young D'Artagnan along with three former legendary but now down on their luck Musketeers must unite and defeat a beautiful double agent and her villainous employer from seizing the French throne and engulfing Europe in war.

StudioCanal · 4K + Blu-ray (United Kingdom)
Universal Soldier

Universal Soldier(1992)

6.3/10

dir. Roland Emmerich

S-Tier

An American soldier who had been killed during the Vietnam War is revived 25 years later by the military as a semi-android, UniSols, a high-tech soldier of the future. After the failure of the initiative to erase all the soldier's memories, he begins to experience flashbacks that are forcing him to recall his past.

StudioCanal · 4K + Blu-ray (United Kingdom)
Contempt

Contempt(1963)

7.4/10

dir. Jean-Luc Godard

A-Tier

A-Tier StudioCanal 4K. Godard's adaptation of an Alberto Moravia novel. Fritz Lang plays himself.

StudioCanal · 4K + Blu-ray (United Kingdom)
Red Sun

Red Sun(1971)

6.8/10

dir. Terence Young

A-Tier

Arrow's North American 4K Limited Edition ships July 14, 2026 with a native 4K Dolby Vision transfer, a slipcover with reversible Robert Sammelin art, and a booklet with new writing on the Bronson and Mifune intercontinental cast. Replaces the StudioCanal UK 2024 disc as best release. The samurai western has been waiting for a proper 4K honor for fifty years.

StudioCanal · 4K + Blu-ray (United Kingdom)
The Fifth Element

The Fifth Element(1997)

7.6/10

dir. Luc Besson

A-Tier

A-Tier but there are two different versions floating around and people mix them up constantly. The Sony US release and the StudioCanal UK release are different masters, and the StudioCanal disc looks better. Both the standard and steelbook StudioCanal editions use the same disc, so the packaging doesn't matter for picture quality. If you're buying this, get the UK StudioCanal version.

StudioCanal · 4K + Blu-ray (United Kingdom)
Air America

Air America(1990)

5.8/10

dir. Roger Spottiswoode

A-Tier

A-Tier from StudioCanal in the UK, Lionsgate in the US. Mel Gibson and Robert Downey Jr. flying planes in Laos. A fun 90s action film that most people forgot had a 4K release.

StudioCanal · 4K + Blu-ray (United Kingdom)
Paddington 2

Paddington 2(2017)

7.5/10

dir. Paul King

A-Tier

A-Tier StudioCanal 4K. Paddington 2, which some people consider a nearly perfect film. The Paddington 2 steelbook became a weird grail because it was hard to find. Available in the 3-film collection now. Germany got the first film on 4K before the UK did.

StudioCanal · 4K + Blu-ray (United Kingdom)
Paddington in Peru

Paddington in Peru(2024)

6.8/10

dir. Dougal Wilson

A-Tier

A-Tier StudioCanal 4K. Paddington 3, and the US distribution is split across three different companies (Weinstein for 1, Warner for 2, Sony for 3), which means a US trilogy box set may never happen. The UK StudioCanal import trilogy is around $57 USD on Amazon and covers all three.

StudioCanal · 4K + Blu-ray (United Kingdom)
Ran

Ran(1985)

8.2/10

dir. Akira Kurosawa

A-Tier

StudioCanal's A-Tier 4K has people asking when Criterion or someone else will do the definitive release. The 35mm theatrical screenings keep fueling demand for Kurosawa in the best possible presentation.

StudioCanal · 4K + Blu-ray (United Kingdom)
Raw Deal

Raw Deal(1986)

5.8/10

dir. John Irvin

A-Tier

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.

StudioCanal · 4K + Blu-ray (United Kingdom)
Red Heat

Red Heat(1988)

6.2/10

dir. Walter Hill

A-Tier

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.

StudioCanal · 4K + Blu-ray (United Kingdom)
The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie

The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie(1972)

7.4/10

dir. Luis Buñuel

A-Tier

In Luis Buñuel’s deliciously satiric masterpiece, an upper-class sextet sits down to dinner but never eats, their attempts continually thwarted by a vaudevillian mixture of events both actual and imagined.

StudioCanal · 4K + Blu-ray (United Kingdom)
The Graduate

The Graduate(1967)

7.6/10

dir. Mike Nichols

A-Tier

S-Tier Sony 4K. Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn's final film together. Part of the Columbia Classics program.

StudioCanal · 4K + Blu-ray (United Kingdom)
The Third Man

The Third Man(1949)

7.9/10

dir. Carol Reed

A-Tier

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.

StudioCanal · 4K + Blu-ray (United Kingdom)
The Virgin Suicides

The Virgin Suicides(2000)

7.1/10

dir. Sofia Coppola

A-Tier

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

StudioCanal · 4K + Blu-ray (United Kingdom)
King Kong

King Kong(1976)

6.0/10

dir. John Guillermin

C-Tier

Paramount's 50th Anniversary Edition arrives June 30, 2026 in an Amaray keepcase with slipcover, repackaging the 2024 Steelbook disc. Same encode, same Dolby Vision, same DTS-HD MA 5.1 mix on the UHD side. The StudioCanal UK 2022 4K still has the better encode according to bestblurays, while the US Paramount disc has stronger color timing. Either way, the supplements are still light: theatrical trailer plus the Extended TV Version on the BD.

StudioCanal · 4K + Blu-ray (United Kingdom)
Cat's Eye

Cat's Eye(1985)

6.3/10

dir. Lewis Teague

C-Tier

C-Tier StudioCanal 4K. Stephen King anthology with a young Drew Barrymore. The source is what it is.

StudioCanal · 4K + Blu-ray (United Kingdom)
Cutthroat Island

Cutthroat Island(1995)

5.8/10

dir. Renny Harlin

C-Tier

C-Tier StudioCanal 4K. Geena Davis as a pirate. The C-Tier reflects the film's reputation more than the transfer.

StudioCanal · 4K + Blu-ray (United Kingdom)
Diva

Diva(1981)

6.7/10

dir. Jean-Jacques Beineix

C-Tier

C-Tier StudioCanal 4K. Jean-Jacques Beineix's French thriller. A cult film with a devoted following.

StudioCanal · 4K + Blu-ray (United Kingdom)
Red Sonja

Red Sonja(1985)

5.4/10

dir. Richard Fleischer

C-Tier

Arrow's 4K fixes the teal push that plagued the StudioCanal version. Color comparisons from collectors show a clear difference, though opinions split roughly 50/50 on whether Arrow's slightly darker grade is better or just different. C-Tier is fair for the film itself, but the Arrow disc is at least the right version to own.

StudioCanal · 4K + Blu-ray (United Kingdom)