4K Blu-ray Movies Around 2 Hours

dir. Stanley Kubrick • 2h 29m

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. Ron Howard • 2h 15m

S-Tier Universal 4K. Standard edition releasing in February 2026 at the lower $20 USD price point that Universal has been using lately.

Universal Pictures · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Stanley Kubrick • 2h 17m

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. Penny Marshall • 2h 8m

S-Tier Sony 4K. Strong extras package with audio commentary, deleted scenes, and TV series episodes.

Sony Pictures · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Sam Raimi • 2h 1m

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. Edward Berger • 2h 27m

S-Tier MPI Media 4K. The German Netflix film got a physical release internationally. A new Sony steelbook is coming in May through Gruv. The trench warfare photography translates aggressively to 4K and the sound design is punishing.

MPI Media · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Steven Zaillian • 2h 5m

S-Tier Sony 4K. Part of the Columbia Classics Collection Volume 5, same box set situation as A Man for All Seasons. The 1949 original, not the 2006 remake.

Sony Pictures · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Alan J. Pakula • 2h 18m

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.

Warner Bros. · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Michael Bay • 2h 16m

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. David O. Russell • 2h 18m

S-Tier Sony 4K. David O. Russell's 70s-set crime film. The period costumes and hair gain detail in 4K.

Sony Pictures · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Sean Baker • 2h 19m

S-Tier Criterion 4K. Sean Baker's Palme d'Or winner. Criterion had this out fast.

Criterion Collection · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Francis Ford Coppola • 2h 27m

S-Tier 4K. The 6-disc set with the Final Cut, Redux, and theatrical versions is the best home video release of this film. It was a Best Buy exclusive that went out of stock and has been trading at a premium on eBay. The Eagle Pictures Italian release is also well regarded.

Eagle Pictures · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. James L. Brooks • 2h 19m

S-Tier 4K. Jack Nicholson and Helen Hunt. Clean catalog transfer.

Sony Pictures · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Ron Howard • 2h 17m

Two feuding siblings carrying on a heroic family tradition as Chicago firefighters. But when a puzzling series of arson attacks is reported, they are forced to set aside their differences to solve the mystery surrounding these crimes.

dir. Len Wiseman • 2h 5m

S-Tier Lionsgate 4K. The John Wick spinoff. Pre-order went up with the expected steelbook treatment.

Lionsgate · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Mamoru Hosoda • 2h 1m

S-Tier All The Anime 4K. Mamoru Hosoda's animated film.

All The Anime · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Ridley Scott • 2h 25m

S-Tier Sony 4K. Ridley Scott's war film. Someone bought it and the case was empty, which is a recurring Amazon complaint across many titles.

Sony Pictures · Steelbook

dir. Spike Lee • 2h 16m

S-Tier Universal 4K. Spike Lee's KKK infiltration film. Someone made a fake Criterion-style cover for it.

Universal Pictures · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Luca Guadagnino • 2h 11m

S-Tier Shout Factory 4K. Luca Guadagnino's cannibal love story. The American road trip photography works well in HDR.

Shout! Factory · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Oliver Stone • 2h 25m

S-Tier Shout Factory 4K. Oliver Stone's Vietnam film. Shout Factory keeps picking up significant catalog titles.

Shout! Factory · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Ang Lee • 2h 14m

S-Tier Kino Lorber 4K. Ang Lee's film. Kino did a good job with this one.

Kino Lorber · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Joe Russo, Anthony Russo • 2h 27m

S-Tier Lionsgate 4K. The MCU film with the airport fight. Lionsgate has the 4K release.

Lionsgate · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Paul Greengrass • 2h 14m

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

Sony Pictures · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Brian De Palma • 2h 24m

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.

Arrow Video · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Ron Howard • 2h 24m

S-Tier Universal 4K. Russell Crowe boxing in HDR. Coming to 4K in September.

Universal Pictures · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Giuseppe Tornatore • 2h 4m

S-Tier Arrow Video 4K. Giuseppe Tornatore's nostalgia trip. Arrow gave this a beautiful release. The film itself is basically designed to make you cry about movie theaters.

Arrow Video · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. John Milius • 2h 10m

S-Tier Arrow Video 4K. Schwarzenegger swinging a sword. Arrow's release with multiple editions is what collectors are buying.

Arrow Video · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Edward Berger • 2h 0m

Universal S-Tier 4K. The 4K transfer pulls out the red robes and production design in a way the theatrical presentation couldn't. The Catholic pageantry gets a lot of screen time and HDR makes every cardinal's vestment land differently.

Universal Pictures · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Sam Peckinpah • 2h 12m

S-Tier ViaVision 4K. Sam Peckinpah's WWII film. ViaVision's Imprint label from Australia has been picking up interesting catalog titles.

ViaVision

dir. Todd Haynes • 2h 7m

S-Tier Arrow Video 4K. Todd Haynes' legal drama with Mark Ruffalo. Arrow's release.

Arrow Video · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. George A. Romero • 2h 7m

During an ever-growing epidemic of zombies that have risen from the dead, two Philadelphia SWAT team members, a traffic reporter, and his television-executive girlfriend seek refuge in a secluded shopping mall.

Second Sight Films · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Shawn Levy • 2h 8m

A listless Wade Wilson toils away in civilian life with his days as the morally flexible mercenary, Deadpool, behind him. But when his homeworld faces an existential threat, Wade must reluctantly suit-up again with an even more reluctant Wolverine.

dir. Kenneth Branagh • 2h 7m

S-Tier StudioCanal 4K. Branagh's Poirot on the Nile. StudioCanal's Christie franchise.

StudioCanal · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Park Chan-wook • 2h 19m

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 • 2h 7m

S-Tier Arrow Video 4K. Argento's giallo masterpiece. Arrow's transfer is the one to own.

Arrow Video · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. John McTiernan • 2h 12m

S-Tier 4K from 20th Century Studios. The steelbook and the Christmas movie debate come up every single time. The Zavvi steelbook in particular gets a lot of love.

20th Century Studios · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Kevin Smith • 2h 10m

S-Tier Umbrella Entertainment 4K. Kevin Smith's religious comedy. Umbrella has the 4K after it was hard to find on disc for years.

Umbrella Entertainment · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Ari Aster • 2h 28m

S-Tier Eagle Pictures 4K. Ari Aster's latest. Italian Eagle Pictures release.

Italy Eagle Pictures · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Peter Hyams • 2h 2m

S-Tier Shout Factory 4K. Schwarzenegger vs. the Devil at Y2K. Shout Factory picking up 90s action catalog.

Shout! Factory · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Steven Soderbergh • 2h 11m

S-Tier Universal 4K. Julia Roberts takes on a power company. Universal catalog.

Universal Pictures · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Daniel Scheinert, Daniel Kwan • 2h 20m

S-Tier Lionsgate 4K. The Daniels' multiverse film with Michelle Yeoh. The visual effects work well in HDR.

Lionsgate · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. John Boorman • 2h 21m

A VHS-to-4K comparison post made the rounds and the transfer quality gap is staggering. The comments turned into a meditation on how 4K is the last physical format and we lucked out that it's the best one.

Arrow Video · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. David Leitch • 2h 17m

Universal 4K. David Leitch directing the Fast & Furious spinoff with Statham and The Rock. S-Tier transfer. The film plays more as a buddy action comedy than a Fast film and collectors tend to own it separately from the main franchise set.

dir. Sergio Leone • 2h 12m

S-Tier Arrow Video 4K. Leone's sequel. Arrow's Dollars trilogy 4Ks are the versions to get.

Arrow Video · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. David Ayer • 2h 15m

S-Tier Sony 4K. Brad Pitt in a Sherman tank. The mud and rain in HDR look real.

Sony Pictures · Steelbook

dir. Ridley Scott • 2h 28m

S-Tier Paramount 4K. Ridley Scott's Colosseum sequel with Paul Mescal and Pedro Pascal.

Paramount Pictures · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Takashi Yamazaki • 2h 4m

S-Tier Toho 4K. The Japanese Godzilla that won the Oscar. Toho's own 4K release is the one collectors want.

Toho · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Mel Gibson • 2h 19m

S-Tier Lionsgate 4K. Mel Gibson's WWII film about the medic who refused to carry a gun. The battle sequences are intense in HDR.

Lionsgate · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Ridley Scott • 2h 11m

S-Tier Universal 4K. Hopkins as Lecter in Florence. Universal's catalog 4K.

Universal Pictures · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Todd Solondz • 2h 20m

S-Tier Criterion 4K. Todd Solondz. Not an easy watch. Criterion's disc.

Criterion Collection · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Howard Hughes • 2h 11m

S-Tier Criterion 4K. Howard Hughes' 1930 WWI aviation epic. The aerial photography was pioneering for its time.

Criterion Collection · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Akira Kurosawa • 2h 22m

S-Tier Criterion 4K. Kurosawa's procedural thriller. The split-screen compositions look great.

Criterion Collection · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. James Ivory • 2h 22m

S-Tier Cohen Media Group 4K. Merchant Ivory's best-known film with Anthony Hopkins and Emma Thompson. Cohen's transfer looks good, and people have been asking for more Merchant Ivory in the Criterion Collection.

Cohen Media Group · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Martin Scorsese • 2h 6m

S-Tier Arrow Video 4K, but buyer beware. This disc has a reputation for read errors and pixelation across multiple players, and Amazon has it flagged as "frequently returned." Some people fixed it with a thorough microfiber wipe, others had to swap copies. The film was shot in 3D and that's still the preferred way to watch it. The 3D disc included with the 4K is reportedly better than the previous 3D release.

Arrow Video · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Mikhail Kalatozov • 2h 21m

S-Tier Criterion 4K. Kalatozov's Cuban propaganda film with those impossible long takes that Scorsese says would have changed his career if he'd seen them earlier. Criterion licensed this from Milestone's fine-grain positive kept in the US, which matters because the Russian trade embargo means no more Mosfilm titles are coming for the foreseeable future.

Criterion Collection · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Denis Villeneuve • 2h 11m

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. Steven Spielberg • 2h 2m

S-Tier Paramount 4K. Crystal Skull is the Indy film nobody loves but everyone buys to complete the set. Paramount released individual steelbooks after the box set, leaving anyone who bought the collection feeling like they'd been double-dipped. The 4K set also had loose discs rattling around inside the case on arrival, which didn't help.

Paramount Pictures · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Steven Spielberg • 2h 7m

S-Tier Paramount 4K. The best Indy film by popular vote. The individual steelbook has been as low as $13 USD on Amazon and under $15 USD at Best Buy. Paramount has released and re-released these steelbooks enough times that early adopters are pretty tired of it.

Paramount Pictures · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Claude Berri • 2h 2m

S-Tier Criterion 4K. Collectors keep comparing it to There Will Be Blood and Killers of the Flower Moon. The two-part set with Manon of the Spring runs about 4.5 hours total. Pure misanthropy disguised as a period drama.

Criterion Collection · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Cameron Crowe • 2h 19m

S-Tier Sony 4K. Cameron Crowe's sports agent film with Tom Cruise. Sony's transfer is decent for a mid-90s studio comedy, though there isn't much collector energy around this title on its own.

Sony Pictures · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Chad Stahelski • 2h 2m

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.

Lionsgate · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Chad Stahelski • 2h 11m

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.

Lionsgate · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Todd Phillips • 2h 2m

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.

Warner Bros. · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Todd Phillips • 2h 18m

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.

Warner Bros. · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Shaka King • 2h 5m

S-Tier Warner Bros. 4K. Shaka King's film about Fred Hampton with Daniel Kaluuya's Oscar-winning performance. The opening uses footage from Agnes Varda's Black Panther documentary, which Criterion fans appreciated. Not a lot of 4K-specific collector activity around this one yet.

Warner Bros. · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Gareth Edwards • 2h 14m

S-Tier Universal 4K. Shot on film with strong cinematography, which makes the 4K disc look great even though the movie itself was pretty widely panned. People keep pointing out that a reference-quality disc doesn't help much if you never want to watch the film again. Gareth Edwards' signature dark, dim visual style is even more pronounced here than in Godzilla 2014.

Universal Pictures · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Kathryn Bigelow • 2h 18m

S-Tier Shout Factory 4K. Kathryn Bigelow's submarine thriller with Harrison Ford. Shout picked it up for 4K. Not much collector excitement, with one person calling it a sleep aid.

Shout! Factory

dir. Héctor Babenco • 2h 0m

S-Tier Criterion 4K. Spine #1299, and people immediately started speculating about what #1300 would be. William Hurt won the Oscar for this. It's a well-loved title in the collection, and the 4K announcement generated real excitement among Criterion collectors.

Criterion Collection · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Damien Chazelle • 2h 9m

S-Tier Eagle Pictures 4K. Chazelle's musical with Gosling and Stone. The Lionsgate steelbook originally released at $20 USD, which feels impossible now. It's become a grail for steelbook collectors, and there's also a Best Buy exclusive slipcase edition.

Eagle Pictures · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. John McTiernan • 2h 11m

A-Tier Sony Pictures 4K. Coppola's Dracula with Gary Oldman. A small horror collection staple.

Sony Pictures · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Bernardo Bertolucci • 2h 9m

S-Tier Vinegar Syndrome 4K. Bertolucci's controversial 1972 film with Brando. VS picked this up, and the slipcover sold out fast with an alternate version available through Melusine. The behind-the-scenes story is widely known and comes up every time this film is mentioned. Whether VS should have released it is debated, but it's been in print on physical media for decades.

Vinegar Syndrome · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Greta Gerwig • 2h 15m

S-Tier Sony 4K. Gerwig's Little Women, and it's only available inside the Columbia Classics Vol. 5 box set. People spent years asking for this on 4K and then got frustrated when Sony buried it in a collection instead of giving it a standalone release. Sellers have been splitting the set and selling individual discs, which tells you how much demand there is for this as a standalone.

Sony Pictures · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. John Sayles • 2h 15m

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. Richard Brooks • 2h 16m

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.

Vinegar Syndrome · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. David Lynch • 2h 14m

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. Jesús Franco • 2h 4m

S-Tier Blue Underground 4K. Jess Franco's 1969 Marquis de Sade adaptation. Blue Underground's second Franco 4K, and people are already asking if Salo could be next.

Blue Underground · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Kenneth Branagh • 2h 3m

S-Tier Arrow Video 4K. Kenneth Branagh's Frankenstein with De Niro as the creature. Arrow's 4K was $14.95 USD at Hamilton Book, and the Zavvi exclusive steelbook is a design standout. People project this one, which is a good sign for the transfer. Branagh going full operatic with the material divides viewers.

Arrow Video · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Wes Ball • 2h 23m

S-Tier Eureka Entertainment 4K. The Maze Runner conclusion. Eureka has the UK 4K.

Eureka Entertainment · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Robert Altman • 2h 0m

S-Tier Criterion 4K. Altman's anti-western with Warren Beatty and Julie Christie. The film is famous for looking and sounding terrible, which is intentional. Altman applied a muddy effect to the image and the audio is notoriously hard to hear. The Criterion 4K is actually the first time it's looked properly filmic in all its grimy glory. A popular comfort movie, weirdly enough, despite the murky sound.

Criterion Collection · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Bong Joon Ho • 2h 11m

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. Bong Joon Ho • 2h 17m

S-Tier Warner Bros. 4K. Bong Joon Ho's sci-fi comedy with Robert Pattinson. The 4K hit during a Target B2G1 sale, which was the trigger for a lot of people to pick it up alongside Kill Bill and Jackie Brown. Walmart's physical media section continues to shrink, and this title got caught in that larger frustration.

Warner Bros. · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Ari Aster • 2h 27m

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

dir. Jackie Chan • 2h 6m

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.

88 Films · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Christopher McQuarrie • 2h 27m

S-Tier Paramount 4K. The best MI film by most accounts. The 6-movie 4K set has been available for around USD per film, but a lot of people are holding out for the eventual 1-8 complete box. The individual steelbook re-releases in the matching silver and grey art came out in July, and the worry is that MI7 and MI8 won't match.

Paramount Pictures · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Brad Bird • 2h 13m

S-Tier Paramount 4K. Brad Bird's Mission Impossible entry with the Burj Khalifa sequence. The steelbook dropped to $14.89 USD on sale. People wish the IMAX aspect ratio expanded on the disc. Not a lot of dedicated discussion for this specific entry, though the MI franchise as a whole is well-collected.

Paramount Pictures · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Alan Parker • 2h 8m

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

dir. Dev Patel • 2h 2m

S-Tier Universal 4K. Dev Patel's action film, and Universal's UK release had three banners across the top of the cover, which looked terrible. One of the more creative recent action films on disc.

Universal Pictures · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Roland Emmerich • 2h 11m

S-Tier Lionsgate 4K. Roland Emmerich's movie about the moon falling. The Best Buy steelbook hit $5 USD at Walmart, which is about right. People acknowledged it was an awful movie while buying the steelbook for the shelf. Went to home video about two months after theatrical release, which says something about the box office.

Lionsgate · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Christian Rivers • 2h 8m

Many thousands of years in the future, Earth’s cities roam the globe on huge wheels, devouring each other in a struggle for ever diminishing resources. On one of these massive traction cities, the old London, Tom Natsworthy has an unexpected encounter with a mysterious young woman from the wastelands who will change the course of his life forever.

dir. Frank Capra • 2h 10m

S-Tier Sony 4K with Dolby Vision. Part of the Frank Capra at Columbia box set for the 100th anniversary, alongside It Happened One Night. The set is 20 films with 9 in 4K. People are waiting for 50% off sales but also feeling pressure to buy early to show demand for this kind of catalog deep dive from a major studio.

Sony Pictures · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. David Lynch • 2h 27m

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.

StudioCanal · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Sidney Lumet • 2h 8m

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

dir. Sidney Lumet • 2h 2m

Sold out during the Criterion 24-hour flash sale in March 2026. Sidney Lumet on 4K, and one of the sharper buys in the catalog at any price.

Criterion Collection · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Joel Coen, Ethan Coen • 2h 2m

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.

Criterion Collection · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Jordan Peele • 2h 10m

S-Tier Universal 4K. Jordan Peele's alien horror, shot on a mix of 65mm and IMAX 65mm film. The same cinematographer and format combo used on Dunkirk, Tenet, and Oppenheimer. The 4K disc scores a 4.5, and the setting really benefits from the format. The giant 4K Ultra HD logo on the case cover was widely mocked.

Universal Pictures · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Alfred Hitchcock • 2h 17m

S-Tier Warner Bros. 4K. Hitchcock's chase film with Cary Grant, scoring a perfect 5.0 overall. WB's protective steelbook packaging was praised as an industry standard others should follow. A World Cinema Library premium edition exists for the truly dedicated. To Catch a Thief is also coming to 4K, and people want Strangers on a Train and Dial M for Murder next.

Warner Bros. · 4K Ultra HD

dir. Robert Eggers • 2h 13m

S-Tier Universal 4K. Eggers' 2024 Nosferatu, and the BFI 4K release became a controversy when the transfer turned out to be heavily processed with DNR and possible AI smoothing. OrbitDVD's social media went viral telling customers to stop asking them for refunds on a disc they didn't make. The Universal US steelbook from GRUV was pre-ordered in droves after the BFI debacle, and a second steelbook with better artwork and debossing followed.

Universal Pictures · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Park Chan-wook • 2h 0m

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.

Arrow Video · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Miloš Forman • 2h 13m

S-Tier Warner Bros. 4K. The 50th anniversary steelbook is coming in November 2025. WB was already considering this alongside Gravity, Dirty Harry, and The Searchers. The steelbook artwork was criticized for being incongruent with the film.

Warner Bros. · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Steven Soderbergh • 2h 3m

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.

Kino Lorber · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Bong Joon Ho • 2h 13m

S-Tier Artificial Eye 4K. Bong Joon Ho's Palme d'Or winner, and the French debossed steelbook is gorgeous. The B&W version is included, and most people picked it up specifically for that. The "ass" in the middle of the steelbook text was pointed out and now nobody can unsee it.

Artificial Eye · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Wim Wenders • 2h 25m

S-Tier Curzon Film 4K. Wim Wenders' film about a man wandering out of a Texas desert. The Criterion 4K generated huge excitement just from people posting about seeing it in a theater. The Curzon encoding is slightly better than Criterion's, but both look great. People watched this for the first time and couldn't stop thinking about it for days. Breaking Bad fans keep spotting the influence.

Curzon Film · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Satyajit Ray • 2h 5m

S-Tier Criterion 4K. Satyajit Ray's Apu Trilogy opener, and the 4K set is considered gorgeous given how damaged the original negatives were. The films are regularly called some of the greatest ever made. The feminist reading keeps surprising first-time viewers who expect a straightforward coming-of-age story.

Criterion Collection · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Paul Thomas Anderson • 2h 10m

S-Tier Universal 4K. PTA's fashion drama with Daniel Day-Lewis. Available on GRUV in their 2-for-$22 USD sales. The Criterion sub debates whether it's a perfect date movie, and the consensus seems to be yes if you're into intense relationships. People keep waiting for more PTA on 4K, especially Boogie Nights, Magnolia, and There Will Be Blood.

Universal Pictures · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Jonathan Demme • 2h 6m

S-Tier Sony 4K. Demme's 1993 AIDS drama with Tom Hanks and Denzel Washington. Sony's 4K has a massive subtitle language list. Thin dedicated collector discussion around the 4K disc specifically, though the film regularly appears in collection photos.

Sony Pictures · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Kathryn Bigelow • 2h 2m

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.

ICON · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Mike Nichols • 2h 23m

S-Tier Shout Factory 4K. Mike Nichols' 1998 political satire with John Travolta. No relevant collector discussion around the 4K disc.

Shout! Factory · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Martin Scorsese • 2h 9m

Sold out during the Criterion 24-hour flash sale in March 2026. Scorsese on Criterion 4K, and apparently the community still had people who needed this one.

Imprint · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. René Clément • 2h 0m

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.

Plaion Pictures · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Doug Liman • 2h 1m

This is the original 1989 Swayze film, not the 2024 remake. Vinegar Syndrome's 4K from the original 35mm negative is the definitive version, and the BD-100 disc format means no compression compromises. Arrow also released their own version with different artwork that got criticism for being weaker than VS's cover. The VS edition runs $45 USD, which some people found steep for Road House, but the transfer quality is hard to argue with.

Arrow Video · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Kevin Reynolds • 2h 23m

Arrow's limited edition 4K with steelbook was a Zavvi exclusive that sold well internationally. The BBFC re-listing alongside True Romance and Last of the Mohicans got collectors excited about Arrow's expanding Warner catalog access. North American availability came later, which is the usual frustration with Zavvi-first releases.

Arrow Video · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Norman Jewison • 2h 5m

Shout Factory's S-Tier 4K of the original 1975 Rollerball. Thin collector discussion but the transfer quality speaks for itself. A good 70s dystopian sci-fi disc to have around.

Shout! Factory · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. John Frankenheimer • 2h 2m

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.

Capelight Pictures · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Wes Craven • 2h 0m

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.

Paramount Pictures · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Ang Lee • 2h 16m

Sony's S-Tier 4K of Ang Lee's Jane Austen adaptation. Extremely thin collector discussion. The kind of disc that exists quietly in collections without generating threads.

Sony Pictures

dir. Paul Verhoeven • 2h 11m

Vinegar Syndrome's director-approved 4K restoration from Verhoeven's own color grade. Las Vegas neon, casinos, and stage costumes were made for HDR. People who dismissed Showgirls for years have been coming around to it as legitimate Verhoeven, on par with RoboCop and Starship Troopers for his fans. The NC-17 version is the definitive cut. Vinegar Syndrome would never edit that stuff out.

Vinegar Syndrome · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Lawrence Kasdan • 2h 13m

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.

Sony Pictures · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Ryan Coogler • 2h 18m

Manta Lab steelbook alongside the standard Warner Bros. release. The S-Tier transfer pushed a lot of fence-sitters into buying and the OLED crowd keeps calling this one out as a format-seller.

Warner Bros. · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Parker Finn • 2h 7m

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.

Paramount Pictures · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Bong Joon Ho • 2h 7m

Lionsgate S-Tier 4K. Bong Joon-ho's train class warfare film got a lot of excitement when the 4K was announced, and the steelbook packaging landed well. The steelbook edition runs three discs deep with 4K, Blu-ray, and standard all in the case.

Lionsgate · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Billy Wilder • 2h 3m

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.

Criterion Collection · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Kemp Powers, Justin K. Thompson • 2h 20m

Sony S-Tier 4K. The animation style pushes the format hard and the 4K disc is a go-to showcase disc. The steelbook designs have varied by region, with the JB Hi-Fi Australia exclusive and the WeET Collection full slip both drawing collector interest.

Sony Pictures · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. James Hawes • 2h 3m

After his life is turned upside down when his wife is killed in a London terrorist attack, a brilliant but introverted CIA decoder takes matters into his own hands when his supervisors refuse to take action.

dir. Marc Webb • 2h 16m

Peter Parker is an outcast high schooler abandoned by his parents as a boy, leaving him to be raised by his Uncle Ben and Aunt May. Like most teenagers, Peter is trying to figure out who he is and how he got to be the person he is today. As Peter discovers a mysterious briefcase that belonged to his father, he begins a quest to understand his parents' disappearance – leading him directly to Oscorp and the lab of Dr. Curt Connors, his father's former partner. As Spider-Man is set on a collision course with Connors' alter ego, The Lizard, Peter will make life-altering choices to use his powers and shape his destiny to become a hero.

Sony Pictures · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Marc Webb • 2h 21m

For Peter Parker, life is busy. Between taking out the bad guys as Spider-Man and spending time with the person he loves, Gwen Stacy, high school graduation cannot come quickly enough.

Sony Pictures · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Billy Wilder • 2h 5m

Bud Baxter is a minor clerk in a huge New York insurance company, until he discovers a quick way to climb the corporate ladder. He lends out his apartment to the executives as a place to take their mistresses. Although he often has to deal with the aftermath of their visits, one night he's left with a major problem to solve.

Arrow Video · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Hayao Miyazaki • 2h 4m

While the Second World War rages, the teenage Mahito, haunted by his mother's tragic death, is relocated from Tokyo to the serene rural home of his new stepmother Natsuko, a woman who bears a striking resemblance to the boy's mother. As he tries to adjust, this strange new world grows even stranger following the appearance of a persistent gray heron, who perplexes and bedevils Mahito, dubbing him the "long-awaited one."

Shout! Factory · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. David Lynch • 2h 4m

StudioCanal S-Tier 4K. The Lynch/Hopkins black-and-white body horror character study got the StudioCanal restoration treatment, and it's one of the few Lynch films not on Criterion in 4K. Black-and-white grain structure is the main draw.

StudioCanal · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Takehiko Inoue • 2h 5m

Shohoku's “speedster” and point guard, Ryota Miyagi, always plays with brains and lightning speed, running circles around his opponents while feigning composure. In his second year of high school, Ryota plays with the Shohoku High School basketball team along with Sakuragi, Rukawa, Akagi, and Mitsui as they take the stage at the Inter-High School National Championship. And now, they are on the brink of challenging the reigning champions, Sannoh Kogyo High School.

Shout! Factory · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Terry Gilliam • 2h 18m

Criterion S-Tier 4K. Gilliam's most emotionally grounded film, and the Criterion transfer does it justice. The fantasy sequences in HDR really earn the tier rating.

Criterion Collection · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Andrew Davis • 2h 11m

Warner S-Tier 4K. The train crash sequence is a demo scene and the new master is a massive upgrade from the Blu-ray. One of those catalog releases where the jump from the old disc is obvious in the first five minutes.

Warner Bros. · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. David Lowery • 2h 10m

An epic fantasy adventure based on the timeless Arthurian legend, The Green Knight tells the story of Sir Gawain, King Arthur's reckless and headstrong nephew, who embarks on a daring quest to confront the eponymous Green Knight, a gigantic emerald-skinned stranger and tester of men.

Lionsgate · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Akira Kurosawa • 2h 19m

In feudal Japan, during a bloody war between clans, two cowardly and greedy peasants, soldiers of a defeated army, stumble upon a mysterious man who guides them to a fortress hidden in the mountains.

BFI · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Alexander Payne • 2h 13m

A curmudgeonly instructor at a New England prep school is forced to remain on campus during Christmas break to babysit the handful of students with nowhere to go. Eventually, he forms an unlikely bond with one of them — a damaged, brainy troublemaker — and with the school’s head cook, who has just lost a son in Vietnam.

Shout! Factory · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Kathryn Bigelow • 2h 11m

During the Iraq War, a Sergeant recently assigned to an army bomb squad is put at odds with his squad mates due to his maverick way of handling his work.

Lionsgate · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Leigh Whannell • 2h 4m

When Cecilia's abusive ex takes his own life and leaves her his fortune, she suspects his death was a hoax. As a series of coincidences turn lethal, Cecilia works to prove that she is being hunted by someone nobody can see.

Universal Pictures · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Harald Zwart • 2h 20m

Sony S-Tier 4K. Locked behind an expensive box set with the Karate Kid sequels and nobody is happy about it. Sony will probably release it separately eventually, but knowing Sony it'll be a limited edition steelbook.

Sony Pictures

dir. Yorgos Lanthimos • 2h 1m

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.

Kino Lorber · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Anthony Harvey • 2h 14m

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

dir. John Glen • 2h 10m

S-Tier Turbine 4K. Timothy Dalton's first Bond. The Turbine German release is the one collectors talk about.

Turbine · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Renny Harlin • 2h 1m

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.

Arrow Video · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. John Sturges • 2h 7m

An oppressed Mexican peasant village hires seven gunfighters to help defend their homes.

Shout! Factory · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Randall Wallace • 2h 12m

Years have passed since the Three Musketeers, Aramis, Athos and Porthos, have fought together with their friend, D'Artagnan. But with the tyrannical King Louis using his power to wreak havoc in the kingdom while his twin brother, Philippe, remains imprisoned, the Musketeers reunite to abduct Louis and replace him with Philippe.

Shout! Factory · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Nicolas Roeg • 2h 19m

Thomas Jerome Newton is an alien who has come to Earth in search of water to save his home planet. Aided by lawyer Oliver Farnsworth, Thomas uses his knowledge of advanced technology to create profitable inventions. While developing a method to transport water, Thomas meets Mary-Lou, a quiet hotel clerk, and begins to fall in love with her. Just as he is ready to leave Earth, Thomas is intercepted by the U.S. government, and his entire plan is threatened.

StudioCanal · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Alfred Hitchcock • 2h 0m

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.

Universal Pictures · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Frank Darabont • 2h 6m

After a violent storm, a dense cloud of mist envelops a small Maine town, trapping David Drayton and his five-year-old son in a local grocery store with other local residents. They soon discover that the mist conceals deadly horrors that threaten their lives, and worse, their sanity.

Lionsgate · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Stephen Sommers • 2h 4m

Dashing legionnaire Rick O'Connell stumbles upon the hidden ruins of Hamunaptra while in the midst of a battle to claim the area in 1920s Egypt. It has been over three thousand years since former High Priest Imhotep suffered a fate worse than death as a punishment for a forbidden love—along with a curse that guarantees eternal doom upon the world if he is ever awoken.

Universal Pictures · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Robert Eggers • 2h 17m

Universal S-Tier 4K. Eggers went full Viking saga and the transfer is reference quality. The night raid sequence in Dolby Vision is one of the most visually intense things in the format. People keep putting this in their top reference disc lists.

Universal Pictures · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Joel Schumacher • 2h 21m

S-Tier Universal 4K. Schumacher's 2004 Phantom adaptation. Thin collector discussion, with people mostly just asking where to buy the 4K since it's hard to find at retail.

Universal Pictures · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Jane Campion • 2h 0m

Sold out during the Criterion 24-hour flash sale in March 2026. Jane Campion's Palme d'Or winner on Criterion 4K.

Carlotta Films · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Jane Campion • 2h 7m

A domineering but charismatic rancher wages a war of intimidation on his brother's new wife and her teen son, until long-hidden secrets come to light.

Criterion Collection · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger • 2h 13m

A fledgling ballerina falls in love with a brilliant composer, but the jealous head of the ballet company plots to drive them apart.

Criterion Collection · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. James Ivory • 2h 14m

A rule-bound head butler's world of manners and decorum in the household he maintains is tested by the arrival of a housekeeper who falls in love with him in post-WWI Britain. The possibility of romance and his master's cultivation of ties with the Nazi cause challenge his carefully maintained veneer of servitude.

Sony Pictures · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Andrei Tarkovsky • 2h 29m

Alexander, a journalist, philosopher and retired actor, celebrates a birthday with friends and family when it is announced that nuclear war has begun.

Kino Lorber · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Stanley Kubrick • 2h 24m

The 4K transfer delivers what HDR was supposed to do for horror. Room 237 has this sickly green cast that was always in the film but only became visible at this resolution, and the hotel hallway tracking shots have depth the old Blu-ray flattened.

Warner Bros. · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Jacques Audiard • 2h 1m

Oregon, 1851. Hermann Kermit Warm, a chemist and aspiring gold prospector, keeps a profitable secret that the Commodore wants to know, so he sends the Sisters brothers, two notorious assassins, to capture him on his way to California.

Arrow Video · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. David Fincher • 2h 1m

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.

Sony Pictures · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Richard Rush • 2h 11m

S-Tier from Radiance's Transmission sublabel, new 4K scan of the original camera negative with Dolby Vision. A massive upgrade over the old Severin Blu-ray, which had gone out of print and was fetching inflated prices on eBay for years. People who held off on the Severin are feeling vindicated. Peter O'Toole is completely unhinged in this and the production history behind the film is almost as wild as the movie itself. Region-free UHD disc, region B locked Blu-ray. Includes the original mono track and Severin's 5.1 remix, plus two commentary tracks.

Transmission Films · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Coralie Fargeat • 2h 21m

A fading celebrity decides to use a black market drug, a cell-replicating substance that temporarily creates a younger, better version of herself.

Eagle Pictures · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. James Gunn • 2h 12m

Supervillains Harley Quinn, Bloodsport, Peacemaker and a collection of nutty cons at Belle Reve prison join the super-secret, super-shady Task Force X as they are dropped off at the remote, enemy-infused island of Corto Maltese.

Warner Bros. · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Roman Polanski • 2h 6m

A quiet and inconspicuous man rents an apartment in Paris where he finds himself drawn into a rabbit hole of dangerous paranoia.

Carlotta Films · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Ridley Scott • 2h 10m

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.

Capelight Pictures · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Robert Altman • 2h 3m

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

dir. Joseph Kosinski • 2h 11m

Paramount S-Tier 4K. The Maverick steelbook is one of the most-owned discs in the format and the transfer is reference quality. Runway takeoffs and cockpit shots are the demo moments.

Paramount Pictures · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Alfred Hitchcock • 2h 7m

During the Cold War, an American scientist appears to defect to East Germany as part of a cloak and dagger mission to find the formula for a resin solution—but the plan goes awry when his fiancee, unaware of his motivation, follows him across the border.

Universal Pictures · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Terry Gilliam • 2h 9m

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.

Arrow Video · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Lee Isaac Chung • 2h 3m

As storm season intensifies, the paths of former storm chaser Kate Carter and reckless social-media superstar Tyler Owens collide when terrifying phenomena never seen before are unleashed. The pair and their competing teams find themselves squarely in the paths of multiple storm systems converging over central Oklahoma in the fight of their lives.

Universal Pictures · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Josh Safdie, Benny Safdie • 2h 16m

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.

Criterion Collection · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Clint Eastwood • 2h 10m

Warner S-Tier 4K. The best-looking Eastwood western on disc and the one people agree earned its S-Tier. A reliable haul post staple.

Warner Bros. · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Alfred Hitchcock • 2h 8m

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.

Universal Pictures · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Pedro Almodóvar • 2h 1m

Three generations of women deal with family secrets while surviving the east wind, fire, insanity, superstition, lies and even death.

Sony Pictures · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Zach Cregger • 2h 9m

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.

Warner Bros. · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Béla Tarr • 2h 19m

A naive young man witnesses an escalation of violence in his small hometown following the arrival of a mysterious circus attraction.

Curzon Film · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Robert Zemeckis • 2h 10m

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. Wim Wenders • 2h 8m

Two angels, Damiel and Cassiel, glide through the streets of Berlin, observing the bustling population, providing invisible rays of hope to the distressed but never interacting with them. When Damiel falls in love with lonely trapeze artist Marion, the angel longs to experience life in the physical world, and finds — with some words of wisdom from actor Peter Falk — that it might be possible for him to take human form.

Curzon Film · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Michael Bay • 2h 24m

A-Tier Paramount 4K from 2019, upscaled from a 2K digital intermediate so the resolution bump is modest. The Dolby Vision HDR is good, especially during the compound attack at night where the gunfire and explosions have actual detail instead of blown-out white. Shot on a mix of film and digital. The Best Buy steelbook has been hard to find and goes in and out of stock. Don't expect extras, it's literally just a digital copy.

Paramount Pictures · 4K Ultra HD

dir. Robert De Niro • 2h 1m

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. Fred Zinnemann • 2h 0m

A-Tier Sony 4K. Part of the Columbia Classics Collection Volume 5, which frustrated collectors who wanted a standalone release. Buried alongside On the Waterfront, Tootsie, The Age of Innocence, and Little Women. The box set bundling means paying for films you might already own to get the ones you don't.

Sony Pictures · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Bradley Cooper • 2h 16m

A-Tier Warner Bros. 4K. A steelbook is coming in May from Rare Waves. The concert and performance scenes work well in HDR with the stage lighting.

Warner Bros. · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. James Gray • 2h 3m

A-Tier 4K. Pitt's quiet performance and dense space photography that deserved more attention than the film got on release. The Moon sequences in HDR have depth the theatrical release didn't show.

dir. Katsuhiro Otomo • 2h 4m

A-Tier 4K with the Japanese import being the best release. The big question for Western buyers is whether the Japanese disc includes English subtitles. Hand-drawn animation at this resolution shows every individual cel, which is the point.

Japanese Import · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Robert Rodriguez • 2h 2m

A-Tier 20th Century Studios 4K. The Best Buy steelbook is out of print and the design is one of the more thoughtful efforts in the format. CGI from 2019 still tracks and the HDR pass pulls extra detail out of the neon-lit Iron City streets. People are still waiting for a sequel announcement.

20th Century Studios · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Clint Eastwood • 2h 13m

A-Tier Warner Bros. 4K. Clint Eastwood's Iraq war film. The desert photography and the muted color palette work well in HDR.

Warner Bros. · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Ric Roman Waugh • 2h 2m

Lionsgate 4K with a Walmart-exclusive steelbook. The only film in the Has Fallen trilogy with a widely available North American 4K release. Freeman's role expanded to President in this one, which is the draw for his cast page.

dir. Jean-Pierre Melville • 2h 25m

Betrayed by an informant, Philippe Gerbier finds himself trapped in a torturous Nazi prison camp. Though Gerbier escapes to rejoin the Resistance in occupied Marseilles, France, and exacts his revenge on the informant, he must continue a quiet, seemingly endless battle against the Nazis in an atmosphere of tension, paranoia and distrust.

StudioCanal · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Bilall Fallah, Adil El Arbi • 2h 4m

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. Werner Herzog • 2h 2m

A-Tier Kino Lorber 4K. Werner Herzog and Nicolas Cage in New Orleans. Kino's been giving Herzog's catalog the 4K treatment.

Kino Lorber · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Paul Verhoeven • 2h 8m

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.

Lionsgate · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Joel Schumacher • 2h 1m

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. Tim Burton • 2h 6m

The monstrous Penguin, who dwells in the sewers beneath Gotham, joins up with corrupt mayoral candidate Max Shreck to topple the Batman once and for all. But when Shreck's timid assistant Selina Kyle finds out, and Shreck tries to kill her, she's transformed into the sexy Catwoman. She teams up with the Penguin and Shreck to destroy Batman, but sparks fly unexpectedly when she confronts the caped crusader.

dir. Paul Verhoeven • 2h 11m

A-Tier Capelight Pictures 4K. Verhoeven's nun film. Capelight has the German 4K release, and Zavvi stocked it for Canadian buyers.

Capelight Pictures

dir. Michael Gracey • 2h 15m

A-Tier Paramount 4K. Robbie Williams biopic with a CGI monkey. Paramount's latest catalog addition.

Paramount Pictures · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Ryan Coogler • 2h 15m

A-Tier Disney 4K. The MCU film. Gets mentioned in discussions about what looks good on a calibrated display.

Walt Disney Studios · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Cate Shortland • 2h 14m

Natasha Romanoff, also known as Black Widow, confronts the darker parts of her ledger when a dangerous conspiracy with ties to her past arises. Pursued by a force that will stop at nothing to bring her down, Natasha must deal with her history as a spy and the broken relationships left in her wake long before she became an Avenger.

dir. Michael Mann • 2h 13m

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. Ángel Manuel Soto • 2h 8m

Recent college grad Jaime Reyes returns home full of aspirations for his future, only to find that home is not quite as he left it. As he searches to find his purpose in the world, fate intervenes when Jaime unexpectedly finds himself in possession of an ancient relic of alien biotechnology: the Scarab.

dir. David Lynch • 2h 0m

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.

Criterion Collection · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Bryan Singer • 2h 15m

Singer Freddie Mercury, guitarist Brian May, drummer Roger Taylor and bass guitarist John Deacon take the music world by storm when they form the rock 'n' roll band Queen in 1970. Hit songs become instant classics. When Mercury's increasingly wild lifestyle starts to spiral out of control, Queen soon faces its greatest challenge yet – finding a way to keep the band together amid the success and excess.

dir. Francis Ford Coppola • 2h 8m

A-Tier Sony 4K. Coppola's Dracula with Gary Oldman. The Gothic production design and practical effects gain detail in 4K.

Sony Pictures · Steelbook

dir. Martin Scorsese • 2h 1m

A-Tier Paramount 4K. Scorsese's underseen ambulance film. Paramount announced the 4K and it was a surprise to most people.

Paramount Pictures · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Luca Guadagnino • 2h 12m

A-Tier Sony 4K. Luca Guadagnino's summer romance film.

Sony Pictures · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Joe Russo, Anthony Russo • 2h 16m

After the cataclysmic events in New York with The Avengers, Steve Rogers, aka Captain America is living quietly in Washington, D.C. and trying to adjust to the modern world. But when a S.H.I.E.L.D. colleague comes under attack, Steve becomes embroiled in a web of intrigue that threatens to put the world at risk. Joining forces with the Black Widow, Captain America struggles to expose the ever-widening conspiracy while fighting off professional assassins sent to silence him at every turn. When the full scope of the villainous plot is revealed, Captain America and the Black Widow enlist the help of a new ally, the Falcon. However, they soon find themselves up against an unexpected and formidable enemy—the Winter Soldier.

dir. Martin Campbell • 2h 24m

A-Tier MGM 4K. The first Daniel Craig Bond. Part of the Titans of Cult steelbook line.

MGM · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Danila Kozlovsky • 2h 16m

A-Tier Warner Bros. 4K. Russian disaster film about the Chernobyl divers.

Warner Bros. · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Roman Polanski • 2h 10m

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.

Paramount Pictures · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Steven Spielberg • 2h 17m

A-Tier Sony 4K. Spielberg's UFO film. The collectors edition with the different cuts is the better option. Multiple packaging options exist but the discs are the same.

Sony Pictures · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Michael Mann • 2h 0m

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 • 2h 7m

A-Tier Warner Bros. 4K. Paul Newman in Stuart Rosenberg's prison film.

Warner Bros. · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Jon M. Chu • 2h 1m

An American-born Chinese economics professor accompanies her boyfriend to Singapore for his best friend's wedding, only to get thrust into the lives of Asia's rich and famous.

dir. Ang Lee • 2h 0m

Sony A-Tier 4K. Ang Lee's wuxia film. The steelbook has been as low as $15 USD on Amazon with a coupon, which is steal pricing for a film this visually rich. Some collectors held off based on mixed forum opinions but found the transfer better than expected once they actually watched it. Pairs well with Hero and House of Flying Daggers if you're building a wuxia shelf.

Sony Pictures · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. John Schlesinger • 2h 8m

Diana, a beautiful but shallow and easily distracted model and failed actress, toys with the affections of several men while attempting to gain fame and fortune in Swinging London.

dir. Stephen Chbosky • 2h 17m

Evan Hansen, a high schooler with social anxiety, unintentionally gets caught up in a lie after the family of a classmate who committed suicide mistakes one of Hansen’s letters for their son’s suicide note.

dir. Guy Hamilton • 2h 0m

A-Tier Warner Bros. 4K. Connery's last official Bond. The 4K Bond catalog has been consistent.

Warner Bros. · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Spike Lee • 2h 0m

A-Tier Universal 4K. Spike Lee's Brooklyn film. The HDR helps the saturated summer photography.

Universal Pictures · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. John Francis Daley, Jonathan Goldstein • 2h 14m

A charming thief and a band of unlikely adventurers undertake an epic heist to retrieve a lost relic, but things go dangerously awry when they run afoul of the wrong people.

dir. John Woo • 2h 19m

A-Tier Kino Lorber 4K. Travolta and Cage swap faces. Kino got this from Paramount's catalog.

Kino Lorber · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Justin Lin • 2h 11m

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 • 2h 22m

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. Damien Chazelle • 2h 21m

A-Tier Universal 4K. Damien Chazelle's Neil Armstrong film. The IMAX moon landing sequence is a highlight.

Universal Pictures · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Robert Zemeckis • 2h 22m

A-Tier Paramount 4K. Tom Hanks on a bench. The transfer is clean and Paramount gave it standard packaging at a reasonable price.

Paramount Pictures · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. George Miller • 2h 29m

A-Tier Warner Bros. 4K. George Miller's Mad Max prequel with Anya Taylor-Joy. The desert photography and practical stunts look great.

Warner Bros. · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Jason Reitman • 2h 4m

When single mom Callie and her two kids Trevor and Phoebe arrive in a small Oklahoma town, they begin to discover their connection to the original Ghostbusters and the secret legacy their grandfather left behind.

Sony Pictures · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Michael Dougherty • 2h 12m

Follows the heroic efforts of the crypto-zoological agency Monarch as its members face off against a battery of god-sized monsters, including the mighty Godzilla, who collides with Mothra, Rodan, and his ultimate nemesis, the three-headed King Ghidorah. When these ancient super-species, thought to be mere myths, rise again, they all vie for supremacy, leaving humanity's very existence hanging in the balance.

dir. Martin Scorsese • 2h 25m

A-Tier Warner Bros. 4K. Scorsese's gangster film. The restaurant scene tracking shot benefits from every pixel.

Warner Bros. · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. James Gunn • 2h 1m

A-Tier Disney 4K. The MCU's space team. Disney's 4K releases.

Walt Disney Studios · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. John Woo • 2h 6m

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

dir. Guillermo del Toro • 2h 2m

A-Tier 4K. Del Toro's practical creature effects and Hellboy's red skin tone work well in HDR. Gets mentioned alongside Pacific Rim as a demo disc pick.

dir. Guillermo del Toro • 2h 0m

Hellboy, his pyrokinetic girlfriend, Liz, and aquatic empath, Abe Sapien, face their biggest battle when an underworld elven prince plans to reclaim Earth for his magical kindred. Tired of living in the shadow of humans, Prince Nuada tries to awaken an ancient force of killing machines, the all-powerful Golden Army, to clear the way for fantasy creatures to roam free. Only Hellboy can stop the dark prince and prevent humanity's annihilation.

dir. Ari Aster • 2h 8m

A-Tier Lionsgate 4K. Ari Aster's debut horror. The dark house interiors test your display.

Lionsgate · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Donovan Marsh • 2h 1m

A-Tier Lionsgate 4K. Standard late-Butler action fare with a steelbook that got mixed reviews. The underwater sequences use the extra resolution best.

dir. Wolfgang Petersen • 2h 8m

Veteran Secret Service agent Frank Horrigan is a man haunted by his failure to save President Kennedy while serving protection detail in Dallas. Thirty years later, a man calling himself "Booth" threatens the life of the current President, forcing Horrigan to come back to protection detail to confront the ghosts from his past.

dir. Christopher Nolan • 2h 28m

A-Tier Warner Bros. 4K. Nolan's dream heist from the first wave of 4K releases back in 2017. A collector's edition with new packaging was announced alongside Interstellar, which generated more excitement than the film itself at this point. The rotating hallway fight and the city-fold sequence are still strong demo material. If you own the original 4K, the disc inside the collector's edition is likely the same.

Warner Bros. · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Roland Emmerich • 2h 25m

A-Tier 20th Century Studios 4K. Will Smith blows up aliens on the Fourth of July. This was one of the earlier 4K releases back in 2016, so the scan shows its age compared to newer remasters. Steelbooks still move for decent money secondhand, which says something about the film's staying power with collectors.

20th Century Studios · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Jon Favreau • 2h 6m

A-Tier 4K. The MCU starter that everyone owns. The Mondo steelbook editions are coming for the whole line and people are bracing for the cost. The existing disc is perfectly fine.

dir. Jon Favreau • 2h 4m

A-Tier 4K. The Mondo steelbook #48 artwork reveal has MCU collectors tracking the whole Iron Man line. Best Buy had an earlier exclusive steelbook too.

dir. Shane Black • 2h 10m

A-Tier 4K. The most divisive Iron Man sequel but the Best Buy exclusive steelbook still gets collected alongside the others. Mondo art is reportedly coming.

dir. Frank Capra • 2h 11m

A-Tier Paramount 4K. The steelbook drops to $9.96 USD on Amazon pretty regularly, which makes it an easy December pickup. The 4K disc is black and white, and the included Blu-ray is the colorized version. Black and white films actually benefit a lot from HDR because you get more shades of gray and better contrast. The UK steelbook has two B&W discs while the US version splits color and B&W across formats.

Paramount Pictures · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Sam Mendes • 2h 3m

A-Tier Universal 4K. Sam Mendes' Gulf War film with Jake Gyllenhaal, and Roger Deakins shot it, so the HDR upgrade actually matters here. The 20th anniversary steelbook art is lazy. GRUV has also had trouble getting copies to people on time.

Universal Pictures · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Paul Greengrass • 2h 3m

A-Tier Arrow Video 4K. The fifth Bourne film and the weakest of the Matt Damon entries. The whole Bourne 4K set has a problem with the first film's transfer, which was pulled from an old HD master with heavy noise reduction and actually looks worse than the Blu-ray. The later films are fine. The set goes on GRUV's 2-for-$22 USD deals regularly.

Arrow Video · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Steven Spielberg • 2h 4m

A-Tier Universal 4K. Considered one of the best 4K remasters from the 70s, and the contrast to how badly the original Star Wars films have been treated is a favorite collector talking point. The ocean photography and Amity night scenes look fantastic on a modern display.

Universal Pictures · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Jake Kasdan • 2h 3m

As the gang return to Jumanji to rescue one of their own, they discover that nothing is as they expect. The players will have to brave parts unknown and unexplored in order to escape the world’s most dangerous game.

dir. Quentin Tarantino • 2h 16m

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.

Lionsgate · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Ridley Scott • 2h 24m

After his wife dies, a blacksmith named Balian is thrust into royalty, political intrigue and bloody holy wars during the Crusades.

dir. Wes Ball • 2h 25m

A-Tier Disney 4K. The latest Planet of the Apes, and Disney's pricing had people annoyed again. The steelbook jumped to $65 USD briefly before settling back down. A version with a raw cut exists for collectors who want extra footage. The 4K presentation is strong for a CGI-heavy film.

Walt Disney Studios · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Rian Johnson • 2h 11m

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.

Lionsgate · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Peter Yates • 2h 1m

A prince and a fellowship of companions set out to rescue his bride from a fortress of alien invaders who have arrived on their home planet.

dir. Jean-Pierre Melville • 2h 20m

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.

Criterion Collection · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Stephen Hopkins • 2h 10m

A-Tier Arrow Video 4K. The 1998 sci-fi film that people remember being bad but still love. Arrow gave it a proper restoration, and the artwork on the slip got compliments.

Arrow Video · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. George Miller • 2h 1m

A-Tier Warner Bros. 4K. Miller's Fury Road, and the disc people use to show off what 4K can do. The Black & Chrome version never got a 4K release, which is a persistent frustration since plenty of collectors consider it the definitive way to watch. The steelbook sold out instantly and scalper bots were blamed. Multiple steelbook editions exist across retailers and regions.

Warner Bros. · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. John Schlesinger • 2h 5m

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.

Kino Lorber · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Peter Weir • 2h 18m

A-Tier Disney 4K. This was THE most-requested 4K in the collector community, and the announcement generated massive excitement. The cannons on the DVD had legendary bass that the Blu-ray neutered with a 25Hz filter, so the 4K audio is being closely watched. Disney left out the 70-minute making-of documentary from the DVD, which frustrated people who wanted a definitive release.

Walt Disney Studios · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Martin Brest • 2h 6m

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.

Shout! Factory · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Roland Emmerich • 2h 18m

The story of the Battle of Midway, and the leaders and soldiers who used their instincts, fortitude and bravery to overcome massive odds.

dir. Steven Spielberg • 2h 25m

A-Tier Paramount 4K. Spielberg's sci-fi thriller, and the 4K announcement alongside Catch Me If You Can was one of the biggest Paramount reveals of the year. The Catch Me If You Can artwork was universally panned while Minority Report's was better received. The steelbook inner photo is oddly from a 2009 Empire magazine shoot, not the film itself.

Paramount Pictures · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Paul Schrader • 2h 1m

A-Tier Criterion 4K. Paul Schrader's film about Yukio Mishima, effectively banned in Japan for 40 years until 2025. The Philip Glass score and Eiko Ishioka's production design are the main draws on disc. First-time viewers tend to be surprised by how different it is from everything else Schrader has made.

Criterion Collection · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Christopher McQuarrie • 2h 11m

A-Tier Paramount 4K. McQuarrie's first MI entry. The Rogue Nation steelbook has been sitting at $5-6 USD for a while, which tells you where it sits in the franchise pecking order. Part of the matching steelbook set that collectors are building.

Paramount Pictures · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. J.J. Abrams • 2h 6m

A-Tier Paramount 4K. J.J. Abrams' MI entry with Philip Seymour Hoffman as the villain, and part of the matching 1-6 steelbook re-release set from July. People are building custom display cases for the MI steelbook collection. The series artwork consistency became a talking point when Fast & Furious was cited as the standard for keeping steelbook art matching across entries.

Paramount Pictures · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Brett Morgen • 2h 15m

A-Tier Criterion 4K. Brett Morgen's Bowie documentary, and the Criterion disc dropped to $15 USD on Amazon. Walmart had it under $20 USD during their Criterion price cuts. If you care about Bowie at all, this is an easy grab at those prices.

Criterion Collection · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Darren Aronofsky • 2h 1m

Criterion flash sale pickups are pushing this one back into conversations. The A-Tier Paramount disc benefits from HDR more than most because the lighting design carries most of the tension. Aronofsky's biblical allegory disguised as a home invasion film, and the 4K presentation makes both halves hit harder.

Paramount Pictures · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Marc Rocco • 2h 2m

A-Tier 4K. StudioCanal's Dolby Vision pass pulled more out of the film than anyone expected for a 90s catalog title.

dir. Steven Soderbergh • 2h 2m

A-Tier Warner Bros. 4K. The third Ocean's, and someone flagged the transfer for heavy DNR and overblown HDR highlights.

Warner Bros. · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Steven Soderbergh • 2h 5m

A-Tier Warner Bros. 4K. The least popular Ocean's film with no relevant collector discussion about the transfer.

Warner Bros. · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Wim Wenders • 2h 4m

A-Tier MUBI 4K. Wim Wenders' Tokyo film about a bathroom cleaner, and one of the most beloved releases of 2024. Someone watching it their first night in a new home became a heartwarming moment on the Criterion sub. The comparison to Jarmusch's Paterson is constant. A library was selling their copy for $2, which felt weirdly appropriate for the film's ethos.

MUBI · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Joachim Rønning, Espen Sandberg • 2h 9m

A-Tier Disney 4K. Fifth Pirates film with a 3.0 overall score, which is rough. No relevant collector discussion beyond a steelbook listing.

Walt Disney Studios · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Rob Marshall • 2h 16m

A-Tier Disney 4K. Fourth Pirates film. Minimal collector interest around the 4K.

Walt Disney Studios · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Andrzej Żuławski • 2h 4m

A-Tier Second Sight Films 4K. Zulawski's 1981 horror with Isabelle Adjani. The Second Sight limited edition sold out at OrbitDVD within hours. There are questions about the quality of different 4K transfers, since the French version had poor gamma and an extreme blue push. Second Sight's version and the Umbrella release are the ones collectors are weighing.

Second Sight Films · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Joe Wright • 2h 8m

A-Tier Universal 4K. Joe Wright's 2005 Austen adaptation with Keira Knightley. No relevant collector discussion around the 4K.

Universal Pictures · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Luca Guadagnino • 2h 18m

A-Tier MUBI 4K. Guadagnino's 2024 film with Daniel Craig. A24 initially released Blu-ray only, which annoyed people who wanted 4K. MUBI's 4K version has been praised as one of the best-looking discs in people's collections. The visual comparisons to The Dreamers are unavoidable.

MUBI · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Barry Levinson • 2h 14m

A-Tier MVD Entertainment 4K. Hoffman and Cruise on a road trip, with the $49.95 USD price having people wait for a sale. Viavision also has a limited edition of 2000 copies.

MVD Entertainment · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Steven Spielberg • 2h 20m

When the creator of a popular video game system dies, a virtual contest is created to compete for his fortune.

Warner Bros. · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Howard Hawks • 2h 21m

Warner's standalone 4K release confirmed after the Classics set, which was good news for collectors who already owned most of the 30-disc box. Multiple first-time viewers came away impressed, with Dean Martin's performance getting the most praise. Tarantino name-dropping it as a favorite adds collector cachet.

Warner Bros. · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Dexter Fletcher • 2h 1m

The story of Elton John's life, from his years as a prodigy at the Royal Academy of Music through his influential and enduring musical partnership with Bernie Taupin.

dir. John G. Avildsen • 2h 0m

Steelbook collection post brought out the Creed display crowd. People are kicking themselves for not grabbing the Creed steelbooks when they were available.

Warner Bros. · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Gareth Edwards • 2h 13m

The Rogue One 4K went through an OOP scare when Sony took over Disney's disc production. Prices spiked online before people realized it was a manufacturing transition, not a permanent discontinuation. Amazon had it back at $30 USD eventually. The disc itself includes Dolby Atmos and collectors consistently call it the best Star Wars film since the original trilogy. Disney's Star Wars 4K line lacks cohesive cover art, which bothers completionists.

Walt Disney Studios · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Ron Howard • 2h 3m

Shout Factory's 4K arrived early for some buyers and people had been waiting years for this release. The F1 racing film plays beautifully in 4K with the race sequences benefiting the most from HDR. Strong collector enthusiasm, with Gruv orders also fulfilling. Ron Howard's best film in years according to most of the discussion.

Shout! Factory · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Oliver Stone • 2h 11m

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.

Shout! Factory · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. David Fincher • 2h 7m

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. Destin Daniel Cretton • 2h 12m

Shang-Chi must confront the past he thought he left behind when he is drawn into the web of the mysterious Ten Rings organization.

dir. David F. Sandberg • 2h 12m

A boy is given the ability to become an adult superhero in times of need with a single magic word.

dir. Guy Ritchie • 2h 9m

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.

dir. Guy Ritchie • 2h 9m

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. Shinji Higuchi, Hideaki Anno • 2h 0m

The US 4K announcement was massive. People who had just imported the Japanese version without English subs immediately regretted it. The steelbook, standard, and deluxe collector's edition all sold well, with the deluxe being the only version that includes the black and white cut. People kept trying to get Criterion to release it, but the existing editions already cover every angle. Top 4 Godzilla films in 4K is now possible with this, Godzilla (1954), Godzilla Minus One, and the Legendary MonsterVerse entries.

Toho · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Antoine Fuqua • 2h 4m

Paramount released this as a 15th Anniversary 4K Steelbook in March 2022 and followed with a standard 4K edition in May 2023. The Steelbook is in the discount phase now, showing up on Amazon for $8 USD to $16 USD, though the $16 USD listing has a "frequently returned" warning so condition is hit or miss.

Paramount Pictures · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Martin Scorsese • 2h 18m

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 Pictures · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Denis Villeneuve • 2h 2m

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.

Lionsgate · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Stefano Sollima • 2h 2m

Agent Matt Graver teams up with operative Alejandro Gillick to prevent Mexican drug cartels from smuggling terrorists across the United States border.

dir. Sam Mendes • 2h 23m

Collector Instagram is full of this one right now. The 4K transfer was already well-regarded and the steelbook packaging turns up in almost every Bond collection photo.

MGM · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Phil Alden Robinson • 2h 5m

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.

Kino Lorber · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Oliver Stone • 2h 15m

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.

Shout! Factory · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Ron Howard • 2h 15m

Disney A-Tier 4K. Solo tends to get defended by the collectors who already own it. The transfer scored a 3.0, which is middle of the road for Star Wars, and the steelbook market around the full saga set keeps it in circulation for completionists.

Walt Disney Studios · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Darius Marder • 2h 1m

Criterion A-Tier 4K. The subtitle situation on this disc matters. The director intended SDH subtitles to run throughout, but some buyers have reported issues with sign language scenes not being subtitled properly unless specific tracks are enabled. The 4K presentation itself is clean and the film is worth owning.

Criterion Collection · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Antoine Fuqua • 2h 3m

Lionsgate A-Tier 4K. Jake Gyllenhaal's boxing film. The steelbook has been spotted as low as $6 USD on Gruv, which is practically clearance pricing and hard to pass up even if it's not high on the wishlist.

Lionsgate · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Sam Mendes • 2h 28m

A-Tier 4K Spectre disc with the usual Sony Bond treatment. The opening Day of the Dead tracking shot benefits from the extra resolution, though some people have run into playback issues on older machines.

dir. Sam Raimi • 2h 1m

Sony A-Tier 4K. The transfer is sharp enough to catch the twin towers reflected in Peter's eyes, a shot that survived the post-9/11 edit and still catches people off guard. Manta Lab's exclusive steelbook artwork got a mixed reaction for reusing Green Goblin art and just flipping it, which feels lazy for what they charge.

Sony Pictures · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Sam Raimi • 2h 7m

A-Tier on bestblurays. The conversation lately is about whether Sony will put as much effort into the physical packaging as they did the encode.

Sony Pictures · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Sam Raimi • 2h 19m

The worlds of Peter Parker and Spider-Man collide as New York's most powerful villain threatens everything Peter holds most dear.

Theatrical: Sony · Blu-ray

dir. Jon Watts • 2h 9m

Sony A-Tier 4K with a 3.0 score. The Holland MCU Spider-Man films are upscaled rather than native 4K, which puts them a step behind the Raimi trilogy and the Amazing films on a technical level. The steelbook market is active but the artwork hasn't won many fans.

Sony Pictures · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Jon Watts • 2h 13m

Sony A-Tier 4K. The Raimi trilogy and Amazing films are native 4K masters, while the Tom Holland films are upscaled. That gap shows, and collectors who've compared them side by side tend to prefer the older films on a purely visual level. The Legacy Collection steelbook set surfaces at used shops occasionally.

Sony Pictures · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Jon Watts • 2h 28m

Sony A-Tier 4K with a 5.0 score. The three Spider-Men crossover event was Sony's biggest physical media seller and the steelbook market around it stays active. The inside artwork disappointed collectors who wanted Tobey and Andrew on the interior panels, but the disc itself is excellent.

Sony Pictures

dir. Tom McCarthy • 2h 9m

Shout Factory A-Tier 4K. The Boston Globe journalism film that won Best Picture. Shout Factory picked this up and the signal is thin, which tracks for a drama that's more about the writing than the visuals. If you care about the film it's worth owning, but it's not a transfer that's going to sell anyone on the format.

Shout! Factory · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Robert Wise • 2h 11m

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 • 2h 16m

Disney A-Tier 4K. The Force Awakens was shot on film, which gives it a leg up over the prequels in 4K. Collectors have been hoping for Dolby Vision and IMAX enhanced versions, but so far it's HDR10 only. The Zavvi steelbook series across all nine episodes has been popular with completionists.

Walt Disney Studios · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. J.J. Abrams • 2h 22m

Disney A-Tier 4K. Rise of Skywalker has become the poster child for "bad movie, good steelbook." The Best Buy and Zavvi exclusives both looked sharp, and collectors who completed the saga set grabbed this regardless of feelings about the film. The disc itself is a competent Disney transfer.

Walt Disney Studios · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Matthew Vaughn • 2h 7m

Paramount A-Tier 4K. Neil Gaiman's fairy tale adventure has a devoted following and people were excited about the 4K announcement. The steelbook had some quality control issues with cases not closing properly, which is a recurring Paramount problem. The upgrade from Blu-ray is described as modest by owners who've compared them.

Paramount Pictures · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Paul Verhoeven • 2h 9m

Sony A-Tier 4K. Verhoeven's satirical military sci-fi gets a real workout in HDR, especially the bug battle sequences where the dust and plasma colors have space to breathe. The 25th anniversary DV steelbook was limited to the US, which frustrated international collectors. The film continues to get reappraised as satire rather than straight action.

Sony Pictures · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Richard Donner • 2h 24m

A-Tier Warner Bros. 4K. The steelbook sold fast in stores and most people had to go through Gruv. The 4K grain structure looks really natural on the flying sequences.

Warner Bros. · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Richard Lester • 2h 7m

Three Kryptonian criminals led by General Zod team up with Lex Luthor to conquer Earth, forcing a depowered Superman to regain his strength and stop them.

dir. Richard Lester • 2h 5m

Aiming to defeat the Man of Steel, wealthy executive Ross Webster hires bumbling but brilliant Gus Gorman to develop synthetic kryptonite, which yields some unexpected psychological effects. Between rekindling romance with his high school sweetheart and saving himself, Superman must contend with a powerful supercomputer.

dir. Charlie Kaufman • 2h 4m

A-Tier Sony 4K. People keep making fan Criterion covers for this one, hoping it'll happen eventually. The Sony disc looks good.

Sony Pictures · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Tim Miller • 2h 8m

Decades after Sarah Connor prevented Judgment Day, a lethal new Terminator is sent to eliminate the future leader of the resistance. In a fight to save mankind, battle-hardened Sarah Connor teams up with an unexpected ally and an enhanced super soldier to stop the deadliest Terminator yet.

dir. James L. Brooks • 2h 12m

Aurora, a finicky woman, is in search of true love while her daughter faces marital issues. Together, they help each other deal with problems and find reasons to live a joyful life.

Paramount Pictures · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Damien Leone • 2h 18m

A year after the Miles County massacre, Art the Clown is resurrected by a sinister entity and returns to hunt down teenage Sienna and her younger brother Jonathan on Halloween night.

dir. Damien Leone • 2h 5m

Five years after surviving Art the Clown's Halloween massacre, Sienna and Jonathan are still struggling to rebuild their lives. As the holiday season approaches, Art returns to turn their Christmas cheer into a new nightmare.

dir. Martin Scorsese • 2h 18m

In 19th century New York high society, a young lawyer falls in love with a woman separated from her husband, while he is engaged to the woman's cousin.

Sony Pictures · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Robert Wise • 2h 11m

When virtually all of the residents of Piedmont, New Mexico, are found dead after the return to Earth of a space satellite, the head of the US Air Force's Project Scoop declares an emergency. A group of eminent scientists led by Dr. Jeremy Stone scramble to a secure laboratory and try to first isolate the life form while determining why two people from Piedmont - an old alcoholic and a six-month-old baby - survived. The scientists methodically study the alien life form unaware that it has already mutated and presents a far greater danger in the lab, which is equipped with a nuclear self-destruct device designed to prevent the escape of dangerous biological agents.

dir. John Landis • 2h 13m

Jake Blues, just released from prison, puts his old band back together to save the Catholic home where he and his brother Elwood were raised.

Universal Pictures · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Andrew Adamson • 2h 23m

Siblings Lucy, Edmund, Susan and Peter step through a magical wardrobe and find the land of Narnia. There, they discover a charming, once peaceful kingdom that has been plunged into eternal winter by the evil White Witch, Jadis. Aided by the wise and magnificent lion, Aslan, the children lead Narnia into a spectacular, climactic battle to be free of the Witch's glacial powers forever.

Second Sight Films · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Taylor Hackford • 2h 24m

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. William Friedkin • 2h 2m

Friedkin's A-Tier 4K from Warner Bros. still lands in reference disc conversations alongside the usual suspects. The practical effects and Karlin's score benefit from the higher bitrate in ways you wouldn't predict for a 1973 film.

Warner Bros.

dir. Luc Besson • 2h 6m

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

dir. Kim Jee-woon • 2h 10m

The story of three Korean outlaws in 1930s Manchuria and their dealings with the Japanese army and Chinese and Russian bandits. The Good (a bounty hunter), the Bad (a hitman), and the Weird (a thief) battle the army and the bandits in a race to use a treasure map to uncover the riches of legend.

Arrow Video · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Peter Jackson • 2h 24m

Following Smaug's attack on Laketown, Bilbo and the dwarves try to defend Erebor's mountain of treasure from others who claim it: the men of the ruined Laketown and the elves of Mirkwood. Meanwhile an army of Orcs led by Azog the Defiler is marching on Erebor, fueled by the rise of the dark lord Sauron. Dwarves, elves and men must unite, and the hope for Middle-Earth falls into Bilbo's hands.

Warner Bros. · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Francis Lawrence • 2h 26m

A-Tier 4K. The big question is whether the IMAX sequences from Catching Fire will ever make it onto a 4K disc. The current release doesn't include them, and the arena reveal is one of the best uses of the IMAX format. A new box set with Dolby Vision across all films showed up on Amazon France.

dir. John McTiernan • 2h 15m

A new technologically-superior Soviet nuclear sub, the Red October, is heading for the U.S. coast under the command of Captain Marko Ramius. The American government thinks Ramius is planning to attack. Lone CIA analyst Jack Ryan has a different idea: he thinks Ramius is planning to defect, but he has only a few hours to find him and prove it - because the entire Russian naval and air commands are trying to find Ramius, too. The hunt is on!

Paramount Pictures · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Steven Spielberg • 2h 9m

Four years after Jurassic Park's genetically bred dinosaurs ran amok, multimillionaire John Hammond shocks chaos theorist Ian Malcolm by revealing that he has been breeding more beasties at a secret location. Malcolm, his paleontologist ladylove and a wildlife videographer join an expedition to document the lethal lizards' natural behavior in this action-packed thriller.

Universal Pictures · Steelbook

dir. Jonathan Demme • 2h 10m

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.

Kino Lorber · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Martin Campbell • 2h 16m

Sony A-Tier 4K. The steelbook is the version most people grabbed. Late-90s action cinematography that cleaned up nicely in the transfer, with Banderas in his prime and one of Catherine Zeta-Jones' first major roles.

Sony Pictures · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Lana Wachowski, Lilly Wachowski • 2h 16m

Warner's 2018 4K has been around since launch but the Matrix Trilogy 4K set drops to around $24 USD regularly, which makes it the obvious pick if you want all three. The Titans of Cult release uses the same disc as the standard, so you're paying purely for the packaging. The Animatrix still has no 4K release and probably never will.

Warner Bros. · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Lana Wachowski, Lilly Wachowski • 2h 18m

The Resistance builds in numbers as humans are freed from the Matrix and brought to the city of Zion. Neo discovers his superpowers, including the ability to see the code inside the Matrix. With machine sentinels digging to Zion in 72 hours, Neo, Morpheus and Trinity must find the Keymaker to ultimately reach the Source.

dir. Lana Wachowski • 2h 28m

Plagued by strange memories, Neo's life takes an unexpected turn when he finds himself back inside the Matrix.

dir. Lilly Wachowski, Lana Wachowski • 2h 9m

The human city of Zion defends itself against the massive invasion of the machines as Neo fights to end the war at another front while also opposing the rogue Agent Smith.

dir. Guy Ritchie • 2h 0m

Lionsgate's 4K steelbook with the pull-pin grenade slipcover is a better buy than the French import for most US collectors. The slip art is one of the few recent Lionsgate packaging designs people actually like, and the standard Lionsgate 4K audio/video quality is intact. The French import is only worth tracking down if the US steelbook goes OOP.

French Import · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Clint Eastwood • 2h 15m

Warner A-Tier 4K. Available individually or in the Eastwood set with Dirty Harry and Pale Rider. The steelbook art got mixed reactions and most collectors are grabbing the individual editions.

Warner Bros. · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Derek Cianfrance • 2h 20m

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

dir. Christopher Nolan • 2h 10m

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.

Walt Disney Studios · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Guillermo del Toro • 2h 3m

An other-worldly story, set against the backdrop of Cold War era America circa 1962, where a mute janitor working at a lab falls in love with an amphibious man being held captive there and devises a plan to help him escape.

Criterion Collection · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Frank Darabont • 2h 22m

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.

Warner Bros. · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. George Roy Hill • 2h 9m

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.

Universal Pictures · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. David Slade • 2h 4m

Bella once again finds herself surrounded by danger as Seattle is ravaged by a string of mysterious killings and a malicious vampire continues her quest for revenge. In the midst of it all, she is forced to choose between her love for Edward and her friendship with Jacob, knowing that her decision has the potential to ignite the ageless struggle between vampire and werewolf. With her graduation quickly approaching, Bella is confronted with the most important decision of her life.

Lionsgate · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Chris Weitz • 2h 11m

Forks, Washington resident Bella Swan is reeling from the departure of her vampire love, Edward Cullen, and finds comfort in her friendship with Jacob Black, a werewolf. But before she knows it, she's thrust into a centuries-old conflict, and her desire to be with Edward at any cost leads her to take greater and greater risks.

Lionsgate · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Gina Prince-Bythewood • 2h 15m

The story of the Agojie, the all-female unit of warriors who protected the African Kingdom of Dahomey in the 1800s with skills and a fierceness unlike anything the world has ever seen, and General Nanisca as she trains the next generation of recruits and readies them for battle against an enemy determined to destroy their way of life.

dir. Michael Mann • 2h 3m

Mann's neon-lit heist debut. The tangerine synth score and Caan's safecracking are why people buy this format.

Arrow Video · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Terence Young • 2h 10m

A criminal organization has obtained two nuclear bombs and are asking for a 100 million pound ransom in the form of diamonds in seven days or they will use the weapons. The secret service sends James Bond to the Bahamas to once again save the world.

Warner Bros. · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Jake Schreier • 2h 7m

After finding themselves ensnared in a death trap, seven disillusioned castoffs must embark on a dangerous mission that will force them to confront the darkest corners of their pasts.

dir. Tomas Alfredson • 2h 7m

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.

StudioCanal · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Robert Mulligan • 2h 9m

Scout Finch, 6, and her older brother Jem live in sleepy Maycomb, Alabama, spending much of their time with their friend Dill and spying on their reclusive and mysterious neighbor, Boo Radley. When Atticus, their widowed father and a respected lawyer, defends a black man named Tom Robinson against fabricated rape charges, the trial and tangent events expose the children to evils of racism and stereotyping.

Universal Pictures · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Antoine Fuqua • 2h 2m

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.

Warner Bros. · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Steven Caple Jr. • 2h 7m

When a new threat capable of destroying the entire planet emerges, Optimus Prime and the Autobots must team up with a powerful faction known as the Maximals. With the fate of humanity hanging in the balance, humans Noah and Elena will do whatever it takes to help the Transformers as they engage in the ultimate battle to save Earth.

dir. Ruben Östlund • 2h 27m

A celebrity model couple are invited on a luxury cruise for the uber-rich, helmed by an unhinged, alcoholic captain. What first appears Instagrammable ends catastrophically, leaving the survivors stranded on a desert island in a struggle of hierarchy.

Criterion Collection · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Joseph Kosinski • 2h 6m

Sam Flynn, the tech-savvy and daring son of Kevin Flynn, investigates his father's disappearance and is pulled into The Grid. With the help of a mysterious program named Quorra, Sam quests to stop evil dictator Clu from crossing into the real world.

Walt Disney Studios · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Tony Scott • 2h 1m

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.

Arrow Video · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Catherine Hardwicke • 2h 2m

When Bella Swan moves to a small town in the Pacific Northwest, she falls in love with Edward Cullen, a mysterious classmate who reveals himself to be a 108-year-old vampire. Despite Edward's repeated cautions, Bella can't stay away from him, a fatal move that endangers her own life.

Lionsgate · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Cheang Pou-Soi • 2h 6m

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. David Lynch • 2h 15m

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.

Criterion Collection · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. James McTeigue • 2h 12m

In a world in which Great Britain has become a fascist state, a masked vigilante known only as “V” conducts guerrilla warfare against the oppressive British government. When V rescues a young woman from the secret police, he finds in her an ally with whom he can continue his fight to free the people of Britain.

dir. Cameron Crowe • 2h 16m

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. Gavin O'Connor • 2h 20m

The youngest son of an alcoholic former boxer returns home, where he's trained by his father for competition in a mixed martial arts tournament – a path that puts the fighter on a collision course with his estranged, older brother.

Lionsgate · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Kevin Reynolds • 2h 15m

Arrow's 2019 Limited Edition is the English-language pick with the Ulysses Cut in 1080p and a 4.0 blu-ray.com tier. The Best Buy exclusive steelbook is a very limited run of 3 copies per store, so most people are finding it sold out on day one. Plaion's German Ulysses Cut on 4K is still the holy grail import for the full extended version in UHD.

Arrow Video · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Michael Curtiz • 2h 0m

Two talented song-and-dance men team up after the war to become one of the hottest acts in show business. In time they befriend and become romantically involved with the beautiful Haynes sisters who comprise a sister act.

Paramount Pictures · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Steve McQueen • 2h 9m

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. Ron Howard • 2h 6m

Disney A-Tier 4K steelbook with a December 10 street date. Warwick Davis still turns up at conventions and there's a real fanbase here, bigger than the cult-film label suggests.

Walt Disney Studios · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Patty Jenkins • 2h 21m

An Amazon princess comes to the world of Man in the grips of the First World War to confront the forces of evil and bring an end to human conflict.

Warner Bros. · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Guy Ritchie • 2h 7m

A kindhearted street urchin named Aladdin embarks on a magical adventure after finding a lamp that releases a wisecracking genie while a power-hungry Grand Vizier vies for the same lamp that has the power to make their deepest wishes come true.

dir. Peyton Reed • 2h 5m

Super-Hero partners Scott Lang and Hope van Dyne, along with with Hope's parents Janet van Dyne and Hank Pym, and Scott's daughter Cassie Lang, find themselves exploring the Quantum Realm, interacting with strange new creatures and embarking on an adventure that will push them beyond the limits of what they thought possible.

dir. Emir Kusturica • 2h 22m

An Inuit hunter races his sled home with a fresh-caught halibut. This fish pervades the entire film, in real and imaginary form. Meanwhile, Axel tags fish in New York as a naturalist's gofer. He's happy there, but a messenger arrives to bring him to Arizona for his uncle's wedding. It's a ruse to get Axel into the family business. In Arizona, Axel meets two odd women: vivacious, needy, and plagued by neuroses and familial discord. He gets romantically involved with one, while the other, rich but depressed, plays accordion tunes to a gaggle of pet turtles.

StudioCanal · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Drew Goddard • 2h 21m

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 • 2h 6m

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.

Warner Bros. · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Joe Johnston • 2h 4m

B-Tier 4K with a Best Buy exclusive steelbook. The color grading dulls some of the period detail and the transfer isn't among the MCU's strongest, but the steelbook has its fans.

dir. Mimi Leder • 2h 1m

B-Tier Paramount 4K. The other asteroid movie from 1998. The B-Tier is fair.

Paramount Pictures · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. David Yates • 2h 14m

Gellert Grindelwald has escaped imprisonment and has begun gathering followers to his cause—elevating wizards above all non-magical beings. The only one capable of putting a stop to him is the wizard he once called his closest friend, Albus Dumbledore. However, Dumbledore will need to seek help from the wizard who had thwarted Grindelwald once before, his former student Newt Scamander, who agrees to help, unaware of the dangers that lie ahead. Lines are drawn as love and loyalty are tested, even among the truest friends and family, in an increasingly divided wizarding world.

dir. M. Night Shyamalan • 2h 9m

Shyamalan's Unbreakable trilogy closer with a B-Tier transfer that's a step down from what the cinematography deserves. The film divides people but the disc sells steadily because Unbreakable and Split fans want the complete set.

dir. J. A. Bayona • 2h 9m

Three years after Jurassic World was destroyed, Isla Nublar now sits abandoned. When the island's dormant volcano begins roaring to life, Owen and Claire mount a campaign to rescue the remaining dinosaurs from this extinction-level event.

dir. Rob Marshall • 2h 11m

Mary Poppins returns to the Banks family and helps them evade grave dangers by taking them on magical, musical adventures.

dir. Clive Barker • 2h 1m

A troubled young man is drawn to a mythical place called Midian where a variety of friendly monsters are hiding from humanity. Meanwhile, a sadistic serial killer is looking for a patsy.

Arrow Video · Limited Edition

dir. David F. Sandberg • 2h 10m

Billy Batson and his foster siblings, who transform into superheroes by saying "Shazam!", are forced to get back into action and fight the Daughters of Atlas, who they must stop from using a weapon that could destroy the world.

dir. Terry Gilliam • 2h 6m

An account of Baron Munchausen's supposed travels and fantastical experiences with his band of misfits.

Criterion Collection · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Oliver Stone • 2h 20m

StudioCanal B-Tier 4K via Lionsgate Limited. Oliver Stone's Jim Morrison film has its fans and the soundtrack in lossless is worth the upgrade on its own.

StudioCanal · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Clint Eastwood • 2h 9m

Kino Lorber B-Tier 4K, part of their Eastwood run with Two Mules for Sister Sara and Play Misty for Me. The alpine mountain photography does most of the work for a film that was middling even in 1975.

dir. James Cameron • 2h 17m

C-Tier from 20th Century Studios, which is a sore spot for a film this good. The 4K exists and people buy it, but the conversation is always about when someone will do a proper restoration. Cameron in 4K should look better than this.

20th Century Studios · Blu-ray

dir. Christopher Nolan • 2h 20m

C-Tier Warner Bros. 4K. The weak link in the Nolan Batman trilogy on 4K. Dark Knight and Rises look much better.

Warner Bros. · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Stephen Hopkins • 2h 1m

C-Tier Kino Lorber 4K. Jeff Bridges and Tommy Lee Jones in a bomb disposal thriller. Kino has the 4K.

Kino Lorber

dir. Steven Spielberg • 2h 21m

C-Tier Paramount 4K. Spielberg and DiCaprio. Paramount announced this alongside Minority Report. The C-Tier might improve with a future rescan.

Paramount Pictures · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Renny Harlin • 2h 4m

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

StudioCanal

dir. Jerry Zucker • 2h 7m

C-Tier Paramount 4K. Swayze and Demi Moore with pottery. The C-Tier reflects a standard catalog transfer.

Paramount Pictures

dir. John Sturges • 2h 2m

C-Tier Kino Lorber 4K. Burt Lancaster and Kirk Douglas at the O.K. Corral.

Kino Lorber

dir. Andrey Zvyagintsev • 2h 21m

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 • 2h 10m

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 • 2h 4m

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.

Kino Lorber · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Roman Polanski • 2h 18m

Paramount's 4K got dragged for ugly cover artwork and the giant "FIRST TIME ON 4K ULTRA HD" banner. Polanski's name is conspicuously absent from the cover, which people noticed. The better deal is the Paramount Scares Volume 1 box set at roughly $10 USD per film. One thing to check before buying the standalone disc is whether it's the corrected version, because the original pressing had sync issues and a missing line of dialogue.

Paramount Pictures · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Alejandro Jodorowsky • 2h 2m

Severin's 4K lacks HDR by Jodorowsky's explicit request. He felt the color grade would not be truly director-approved with HDR applied, and Severin respected that. The disc delivers the color work at 4K resolution alone. Collectors are more excited about the packaging and the included CD soundtrack than the technical specs. The real demand in Jodorowsky circles is for Holy Mountain and El Topo in 4K.

Severin Films · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Sidney Lumet • 2h 10m

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.

Kino Lorber · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Billy Wilder • 2h 0m

Kino Lorber C-Tier 4K. Billy Wilder's POW comedy-drama is better than its tier suggests. The Kino release landed with a shrug from collectors who were hoping for Sunset Boulevard instead, and the C-Tier reflects limitations in the source material rather than a bad job by Kino.

Kino Lorber · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. George Lucas • 2h 16m

C-Tier 4K. The prequel trilogy's digital origins limit what 4K can do for these films, and the C-Tier reflects that. Disney had Sony handling physical media production and the Star Wars line has been going out of print, with restocks uncertain. If you want the prequels on disc, buy them when you see them.

dir. James Cameron • 2h 20m

A civilian oil rig crew is recruited to conduct a search and rescue effort when a nuclear submarine mysteriously sinks. One diver soon finds himself on a spectacular odyssey 25,000 feet below the ocean's surface where he confronts a mysterious force that has the power to change the world or destroy it.

Walt Disney Studios

dir. Irvin Kershner • 2h 4m

The epic saga continues as Luke Skywalker, in hopes of defeating the evil Galactic Empire, learns the ways of the Jedi from aging master Yoda. But Darth Vader is more determined than ever to capture Luke. Meanwhile, rebel leader Princess Leia, cocky Han Solo, Chewbacca, and droids C-3PO and R2-D2 are thrown into various stages of capture, betrayal and despair.

Walt Disney Studios · 4K Ultra HD

dir. Patrick Hughes • 2h 6m

Lionsgate 4K, the third in the Best Buy steelbook trilogy. Patrick Hughes directed. This one went PG-13 and the collector sentiment was less enthusiastic than the first two, though the steelbook matches the set.

dir. Sean Durkin • 2h 12m

The true story of the inseparable Von Erich brothers, who made history in the intensely competitive world of professional wrestling in the early 1980s. Through tragedy and triumph, under the shadow of their domineering father and coach, the brothers seek larger-than-life immortality on the biggest stage in sports.

Leonine · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. John Ford • 2h 3m

Questions arise when Senator Stoddard attends the funeral of a local man named Tom Doniphon in a small Western town. Flashing back, we learn Doniphon saved Stoddard, then a lawyer, when he was roughed up by a crew of outlaws terrorizing the town, led by Liberty Valance. As the territory's safety hung in the balance, Doniphon and Stoddard, two of the only people standing up to him, proved to be very important, but different, foes to Valance.

Paramount Pictures · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Mimi Leder • 2h 4m

Kino Lorber C-Tier 4K. A 90s Clooney/Kidman thriller that nobody was asking for in 4K, and the C-Tier rating confirms the transfer wasn't a priority. Hard to recommend to anyone outside the Clooney/Kidman fan base.

Kino Lorber

dir. Alejandro Amenábar • 2h 5m

While working on a thesis about audiovisual violence, film student Ángela finds a snuff video where a girl is tortured until death. Soon she discovers that she was a former student in her university, and that the authors of the video are not very far either.

Umbrella Entertainment

dir. Randall Wallace • 2h 18m

The story of the first major battle of the American phase of the Vietnam War and the soldiers on both sides that fought it.

Paramount Pictures

dir. James Mangold • 2h 2m

D-Tier Sony 4K. An early release from 2017 that hasn't aged well.

Sony Pictures · Blu-ray

dir. Edgar Wright • 2h 1m

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. Richard Curtis • 2h 15m

D-Tier Universal 4K. Richard Curtis' holiday ensemble film with no relevant collector discussion about the 4K. The D-Tier suggests a basic catalog transfer, and it probably moves in December.

Universal Pictures · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Joseph Kosinski • 2h 4m

D-Tier Universal Blu-ray. Kosinski's sci-fi with Tom Cruise and an M83 soundtrack. Multiple steelbook editions exist across retailers including a Zavvi exclusive and an EverythingBlu premium. People call it underrated. The D-Tier is because it's still on Blu-ray transfer for the 4K disc.

Universal Pictures · Blu-ray

dir. Gore Verbinski • 2h 23m

When wily pirate Captain Barbossa seizes Jack Sparrow’s beloved ship, the Black Pearl, and kidnaps the governor’s daughter, Elizabeth Swann, blacksmith Will Turner reluctantly teams up with the unpredictable pirate Jack to rescue her—only to uncover a terrifying curse that turns Barbossa’s crew into the undead.

dir. Oliver Stone • 2h 0m

D-Tier MGM 4K. The steelbook has been Walmart exclusive and comes up in restock threads regularly. Oliver Stone's Vietnam film needs a better transfer.

MGM · Blu-ray

dir. James Cameron • 2h 17m

D-Tier Lionsgate 4K and a famously bad transfer. The steelbook artwork is great and sells well, but the disc inside is one of the worst 4K presentations of a major film. People buy the steelbook planning to swap the disc if a better version ever comes out.

Lionsgate · Blu-ray

dir. James Cameron • 2h 21m

D-Tier 4K that caused a lot of frustration. Someone sold theirs for a dollar and the photo went kind of viral. A comparison with a Spanish Blu-ray showed the bootleg had more skin texture in several shots. There are defenders, but the consensus leans negative.

Resen · Blu-ray

dir. Emerald Fennell • 2h 16m

Tragedy strikes when Heathcliff falls in love with Catherine Earnshaw, a woman from a wealthy family in 18th-century England.

Warner Bros. · 4K Ultra HD

dir. Taylor Hackford • 2h 1m

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. Paul Feig • 2h 5m

Preorder is live on Gruv, timed to the 15th anniversary and the cast's Oscar appearance. 'In a 3 for $39 USD deal by Black Friday if not far earlier' is the honest community read. Easy skip unless you need it day one.

Universal Pictures · 4K Ultra HD

dir. John Woo • 2h 10m

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.

Arrow Video · Limited Edition

dir. David Leitch • 2h 6m

Unlucky assassin Ladybug is determined to do his job peacefully after one too many gigs gone off the rails. Fate, however, may have other plans, as Ladybug's latest mission puts him on a collision course with lethal adversaries from around the globe—all with connected, yet conflicting, objectives—on the world's fastest train.

dir. Luchino Visconti • 2h 1m

A retired professor of American origin lives a solitary life in a luxurious palazzo in Rome. He is confronted by a vulgar Italian marchesa and her lover, her daughter and her daughter's boyfriend, and forced to rent to them an apartment on the upper floor of his palazzo. From this point on his quiet routine is turned into chaos by his tenants' machinations, and everybody's life takes an unexpected but inevitable turn.

dir. Bart Layton • 2h 21m

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. Claude Miller • 2h 0m

A P.I. is obsessed with a cute woman, who seduces and kills rich men around W. Europe.

Radiance Films · Restored

dir. David Fincher • 2h 19m

Sony steelbook preorder is still generating conversation weeks after the announcement. Early transfer consensus is positive, and the existing disc was already solid. Collectors who own it are deciding whether the new packaging justifies a double dip.

Sony Pictures · Steelbook

dir. Robert Zemeckis • 2h 18m

Kino Lorber picking up the Zemeckis/Washington Oscar film for 4K. No release date yet and no tier rating, but Kino has been putting out solid transfers lately. The plane crash sequence should look incredible with HDR.

Kino Lorber · 4K Ultra HD

dir. Gore Verbinski • 2h 14m

A 'Man from the Future' arrives at an LA diner where he must recruit the precise combination of disgruntled patrons to join him on a one-night quest to save the world from the terminal threat of a rogue artificial intelligence.

Universal Pictures · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Chloé Zhao • 2h 6m

The powerful story of love and loss that inspired the creation of Shakespeare's timeless masterpiece, Hamlet.

Universal Pictures · 4K Ultra HD

dir. Mika Ninagawa • 2h 7m

Top model Lilico, having recently undergone multiple cosmetic surgeries, begins to experience troubling side effects. As she desperately tries to retain her perfect image, Lilico descends into a world of nightmares and makes those around her miserable.

88 Films · Limited Edition

dir. Spike Lee • 2h 13m

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. Joe Dante • 2h 0m

Test pilot Tuck Pendleton volunteers to test a special vessel for a miniaturization experiment. Accidentally injected into a neurotic hypochondriac, Jack Putter, Tuck must convince Jack to find his ex-girlfriend, Lydia Maxwell, to help him extract Tuck and his ship and re-enlarge them before his oxygen runs out.

Arrow Video · Limited Edition

dir. Colin Trevorrow • 2h 4m

Universal 4K with some DNR concerns. Initial print run sold through with no confirmation of a second pressing yet.

Universal Pictures · 4K Ultra HD

dir. Matthew Vaughn • 2h 9m

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.

dir. Gerard Johnstone • 2h 0m

After the underlying tech for M3GAN is stolen and misused by a powerful defense contractor to create a military-grade weapon known as Amelia, M3GAN's creator Gemma realizes that the only option is to resurrect M3GAN and give her a few upgrades, making her faster, stronger, and more lethal.

dir. François Truffaut • 2h 3m

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. Bennett Miller • 2h 14m

The story of Oakland Athletics general manager Billy Beane's successful attempt to put together a baseball team on a budget, by employing computer-generated analysis to draft his players.

Sony Pictures · 4K Ultra HD + Digital

dir. Park Chan-wook • 2h 19m

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. Antoine Fuqua • 2h 0m

The only 4K is a German trilogy boxset from Leonine Films, and the transfer lost the original Blu-ray's DTS:X audio in the upgrade. The Zavvi Blu-ray steelbook is OOP. Most collectors own this as part of the Has Fallen trilogy rather than on its own.

dir. Martina Radwan • 2h 3m

An inside look at the years of effort and craft that went into the final installment of the Duffer Brothers' generation-defining series.

dir. Wolfgang Petersen • 2h 9m

Shout Factory 4K on March 31, 2026. No tier rating yet. A mid-90s viral outbreak thriller that nobody was demanding, but Shout's catalog work has been consistent.

Shout! Factory · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Albert Lewin • 2h 4m

Pandora Reynolds is a woman who has never fallen in love – but one who men kill and die for. When she meets dashing and mysterious ship's captain Hendrik van der Zee, he pushes her to commit the ultimate act of love.

Cohen Media Group · 4K Ultra HD

dir. Ron Howard • 2h 4m

The story of the Buckman family and friends, attempting to bring up their children. They suffer/enjoy all the events that occur: estranged relatives, the 'black sheep' of the family, the eccentrics, the skeletons in the closet, and the rebellious teenagers.

Universal Pictures · 4K Ultra HD

dir. Olivier Assayas, Frédéric Auburtin • 2h 0m

Olivier Assayas, Gus Van Sant, Wes Craven and Alfonso Cuaron are among the 20 distinguished directors who contribute to this collection of 18 stories, each exploring a different aspect of Parisian life. The colourful characters in this drama include a pair of mimes, a husband trying to choose between his wife and his lover, and a married man who turns to a prostitute for advice.

Radiance Films · Restored

dir. Gary Ross • 2h 4m

The black-and-white to color transition is one of those visual gimmicks that was made for the 4K HDR format. The satire still works and the disc gives the color shifts more room to breathe than streaming ever could.

dir. Guy Hamilton • 2h 1m

Tough Brooklyn street cop Sam Makin is unwillingly recruited as an assassin for a secret United States organization known as CURE, who fake his death and give him a new identity: Remo Williams. With his appearance surgically altered, Williams is trained to be a human killing machine by his aged, derisive and impassive Korean martial arts master Chiun.

Kino Lorber · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. John Dahl • 2h 1m

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)

dir. Joachim Trier • 2h 13m

The Chris Ware packaging for Joachim Trier's film is still splitting the room. 'I've never loved a movie that I hated the packaging so much for.' 'I'm coming around to it.' 'The faces are a little derpy, but the house is cool.' People are buying it anyway.

Criterion Collection · 4K + Blu-ray Special Edition

dir. Barry Levinson • 2h 27m

Warner 4K preorder up at Gruv. Sleepers never got the disc treatment it deserved, and Warner finally committing to it is a positive sign.

Warner Bros. · Limited Edition Steelbook

dir. Craig Brewer • 2h 13m

Based on a true story, two down-on-their-luck musicians form a joyous Neil Diamond tribute band, proving it's never too late to find love and follow your dreams.

Universal Pictures · 4K Ultra HD

dir. Lana Wachowski, Lilly Wachowski • 2h 15m

WB 4K steelbook collector's edition artwork got a warm reception. People love this movie and will tell you it's underrated without being asked. A standard edition will probably follow eventually since WB always does.

Warner Bros. Home Entertainment · 4K Ultra HD

dir. Phil Joanou • 2h 15m

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. F. Gary Gray • 2h 27m

In 1987, five young men, using brutally honest rhymes and hardcore beats, put their frustration and anger about life in the most dangerous place in America into the most powerful weapon they had: their music. Taking us back to where it all began, Straight Outta Compton tells the true story of how these cultural rebels—armed only with their lyrics, swagger, bravado and raw talent—stood up to the authorities that meant to keep them down and formed the world’s most dangerous group, N.W.A. And as they spoke the truth that no one had before and exposed life in the hood, their voice ignited a social revolution that is still reverberating today.

dir. Akira Kurosawa • 2h 2m

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.

Criterion Collection · 4K + Blu-ray Special Edition

dir. Gen Sekiguchi • 2h 0m

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. Guillaume Canet • 2h 11m

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. Ron Howard • 2h 29m

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. John Schlesinger • 2h 25m

Hollywood, 1930s. Tod Hackett, a young painter who tries to make his way as an art director in the lurid world of film industry, gets infatuated with his neighbor Faye Greener, an aspiring actress who prefers the life that Homer Simpson, a lone accountant, can offer her.

Arrow Video · Limited Edition

dir. Menahem Golan • 2h 9m

A 707 aircraft jetliner, en route from Athens to Rome and then to New York City, is hijacked by Lebanese terrorists, who demand that the pilot take them to Beirut. What the terrorists don't realize is that an elite team of commandos have been called in to eliminate all terrorists on the jetliner.

Criterion Collection · 4K + Blu-ray Special Edition

dir. Scott Derrickson • 2h 2m

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. Gabriele Mainetti • 2h 18m

The son of an indebted restaurant owner joins a foreign girl in search of her sister. Together, they’ll have to fight side by side against the most ruthless members of the Roman criminal underworld.

Well Go USA · 4K Ultra HD

dir. Oliver Hermanus • 2h 8m

In 1917, two young music students attending the Boston Conservatory bond over a mutual love of folk music. They reconnect a few years later, embarking on a song-collecting trip in the backwaters of Maine.

Universal Pictures · 4K Ultra HD

dir. Bong Joon Ho • 2h 0m

A teenage girl is captured by a giant mutated squid-like creature that appears from Seoul's Han River after toxic waste was dumped in it, prompting her family into a frantic search for her.

dir. Paul Feig • 2h 11m

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

dir. John Ford • 2h 18m

The life story of a salt-of-the-earth Irish immigrant, who becomes an Army Noncommissioned Officer and spends his 50 year career at the United States Military Academy at West Point. This includes his job-related experiences as well as his family life and the relationships he develops with young cadets with whom he befriends. Based on the life of a real person.

Powerhouse Films · Restored

dir. Arthur Penn • 2h 6m

When vigilante land baron David Braxton hangs one of the best friends of cattle rustler Tom Logan, Logan's gang decides to get even by purchasing a small farm next to Braxton's ranch. From there the rustlers begin stealing horses, using the farm as a front for their operation. Determined to stop the thefts at any cost, Braxton retains the services of eccentric sharpshooter Robert E. Lee Clayton, who begins ruthlessly taking down Logan's gang.

Rimini Editions · 4K Ultra HD

dir. Jennifer Kent • 2h 16m

In 1825, Clare, a 21-year-old Irish convict, chases a British soldier through the rugged Tasmanian wilderness, bent on revenge for a terrible act of violence he committed against her family. She enlists the services of an Aboriginal tracker who is also marked by trauma from his own violence-filled past.

dir. Roman Polanski • 2h 13m

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.

Lionsgate · Steelbook

dir. Jérôme Salle • 2h 2m

The aquatic adventure of the highly influential and fearlessly ambitious pioneer, innovator, filmmaker, researcher, and conservationist, Jacques-Yves Cousteau, covers roughly thirty years of an inarguably rich in achievements life.

Universal Pictures · 4K Ultra HD

dir. Edgar Wright • 2h 13m

People are fighting about whether Edgar Wright actually cared about this release. The special features are boutique-level, which counts for something. Amazon pushed delivery dates to May 5th. People cancelled and went to Walmart. The UK already had it a week ago.

Paramount Pictures · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Robert Zemeckis • 2h 3m

The story of French high-wire artist Philippe Petit's attempt to cross the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center in 1974.

Sony Pictures · 4K Ultra HD + Digital

dir. James Ivory • 2h 15m

In 1930s Shanghai, 'The White Countess' is both Sofia, a fallen member of the exiled Russian aristocracy, and a nightclub created by a blind American diplomat who asks Sofia to be the centerpiece of the world he wants to create.

dir. Jackie Chan, Benny Chan Muk-Sing • 2h 0m

A group of covert CIA operatives trailing a potential new energy source are double-crossed by corrupt agent Morgan, who causes a helicopter crash in remote South Africa. The sole survivor, suffering severe amnesia, is nursed to recovery by a kindly native tribe who call him "Whoami" after the question he keeps asking. With the help of a mysterious reporter Christine, Whoami pieces together his past and tracks the turncoat agent and his criminal cohorts.

Arrow Video · 4K Ultra HD

dir. David Lynch • 2h 5m

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.