Crime Thriller movies available on 4K Blu-ray, ranked by transfer quality.
dir. David Cronenberg
Cronenberg and Mortensen at their best. This was the last movie ever released on VHS, which is the kind of trivia that makes a collector want to own every format it ever came on. Makes a great double feature with Eastern Promises.
dir. Sam Raimi
S-Tier Arrow Video 4K. Sam Raimi's best film according to a lot of collectors. A 90s crime thriller that flies under the radar.
Arrow Video · 4K + Blu-ray
dir. James Foley
S-Tier 4K. Sean Penn and Christopher Walken in an underseen 80s crime film.
Vinegar Syndrome Cinématographe · 4K + Blu-ray
dir. Brian De Palma
S-Tier Sony 4K. De Palma's erotic thriller. The transfer preserves the slow-zoom voyeuristic camerawork that makes the film work.
Sony Pictures · 4K + Blu-ray
dir. George P. Cosmatos
S-Tier Arrow Video 4K. Stallone's cop film. Arrow packaged it well.
dir. Kirk Wong Chi-Keung
S-Tier 88 Films 4K. Jackie Chan's Hong Kong crime film. 88 Films has been building a strong martial arts catalog.
88 Films · 4K + Blu-ray
dir. William Friedkin
S-Tier Arrow Video 4K. Friedkin's controversial leather bar thriller with Pacino. Arrow gave it the boutique treatment.
dir. Kiyoshi Kurosawa
A detective starts spiraling out of control when a wave of gruesome murders with seemingly similar bizarre circumstances is sweeping Tokyo.
Eureka Entertainment · 4K + Blu-ray
dir. Ivan Passer
Radiance Films S-Tier 4K. One of the best neo-noirs of the 80s and Radiance gave it an incredible presentation. If you like slow-burn character studies with gorgeous cinematography, you already know if you want this.
Radiance Films · 4K + Blu-ray
dir. Carl Franklin
S-Tier Criterion 4K. Denzel Washington as Easy Rawlins in Carl Franklin's LA noir. Criterion handled the transfer.
Criterion Collection · 4K + Blu-ray
dir. Billy Wilder
S-Tier Criterion 4K. Billy Wilder's noir. The black-and-white photography and shadow work look great at this resolution.
Criterion Collection · 4K Ultra HD
dir. John Carpenter
S-Tier from Shout Factory. There are multiple packaging options but the discs are identical across the standard edition, steelbook, and collector's edition. If you're new to this one and the black levels look crushed, that's normal. It was shot almost entirely at night on a low budget, and Carpenter himself has said that's just how it looks. The Eagle Pictures Italian release is a better-looking transfer for anyone willing to import. The steelbook art is a love-it-or-hate-it situation, some people think it looks more Mad Max than Snake Plissken.
Shout! Factory · 4K + Blu-ray
dir. Guy Hamilton
S-Tier StudioCanal 4K. Agatha Christie with Peter Ustinov as Poirot. StudioCanal's Christie releases have been consistently good.
StudioCanal · 4K + Blu-ray
dir. Joel Coen
S-Tier Shout Factory 4K. The Coens' Midwest crime film. Shout Factory's transfer has been praised.
dir. Bill Paxton
S-Tier Lionsgate 4K. Bill Paxton's directorial debut. Southern Gothic horror with a strong transfer.
Lionsgate
dir. Alfred Hitchcock
S-Tier Carlotta Films 4K. Argento's giallo. Carlotta's Italian horror releases on 4K have been strong.
Universal Pictures · 4K + Blu-ray
dir. Iain Softley
A teacher showed it to class in the late '90s and Angelina Jolie's nipple ended the experiment. Matthew Lillard not getting top billing. A 14.4 modem and 8 MB of RAM. Nobody is watching Hackers for the first time. They're buying it because it's their movie.
Capelight Pictures · 4K + Blu-ray
dir. John McNaughton
S-Tier Arrow Video 4K. John McNaughton's serial killer film. Arrow treats this with the same care as their horror classics.
dir. Ruggero Deodato
S-Tier 88 Films 4K. Severin had quality issues with this disc and quietly mailed out replacements with zero explanation. People were getting random Blu-rays in the mail and had no idea why. The replacement program also covered Hell of the Living Dead, which had a color problem where reds looked purple. If you're buying secondhand, make sure you're getting the corrected disc.
dir. Jim Gillespie
S-Tier Sony 4K. A new limited edition steelbook at $55 USD landed with serious pushback from collectors who don't think this is a $55 movie. The standard 4K has been available for a while and the discs are presumably identical. 88 Films also put out a UK trilogy box set if you want all three films together.
When a prominent art dealer is found murdered, the man's death leads to an intriguing investigation steeped in sex, corruption and crime. District Attorney David Corelli gets assigned to the case and discovers that a key suspect is his ex-lover Katrina Gavin, a beautiful psychologist who has settled down with his old friend and peer. As Corelli gets deeper into the case, he uncovers dark secrets with far-reaching implications.
dir. Chad Stahelski
S-Tier Lionsgate 4K. The one that started it all. Every John Wick film has a strong 4K transfer, and the set is a GRUV sale regular. The Continental club shootout is still one of the best neon-lit action sequences on disc. Individual steelbook versions exist for collectors who want matching artwork across the series.
Lionsgate · 4K + Blu-ray
S-Tier Lionsgate 4K. Chapter 2 is where the Wick world-building really kicks in. New York and Rome in neon-soaked HDR look incredible. The entire John Wick set keeps getting singled out as some of the best-looking discs in people's collections, and every chapter has competing steelbook exclusives from different retailers.
S-Tier Lionsgate 4K. Parabellum is the John Wick film people seem to own three copies of. Walmart's exclusive steelbook had people buying a third version of a movie they already owned twice. The knife fight sequence and the desert photography in HDR look great.
dir. Abel Ferrara
S-Tier Arrow Video 4K. Abel Ferrara's crime film with Walken. Lionsgate put out a re-release with a steelbook that collectors found ugly, and most people are happy sticking with their Arrow or StudioCanal versions. The 4-hour documentary included with the Arrow release is almost as good as the film itself.
dir. David Lynch
S-Tier StudioCanal 4K. Lynch's 1997 film, and the Criterion 4K with a Janus restoration has been confirmed. People immediately dropped their Kino Lorber carts when the news broke. The Mulholland Drive 4K from Criterion/StudioCanal was incredible, so expectations are high.
StudioCanal
dir. Rose Glass
S-Tier Plaion Pictures 4K. Rose Glass' crime romance with Kristen Stewart. A24 released the 4K after the Blu-ray had already shipped, which annoyed people who bought the Blu-ray a week earlier. One of the better A24 4K releases. The Rose Glass commentary is the draw for people who liked Saint Maud.
Plaion Pictures · 4K + Blu-ray
dir. Ti West
S-Tier Second Sight Films 4K. Ti West's third film in the X trilogy. People are holding out for either a steelbook or a trilogy box set. A German steelbook from Capelight exists with embossing. Second Sight has the limited edition for UK collectors. The X/Pearl/MaXXXine collector conversation is mostly about completing the set rather than this film individually.
Second Sight Films · 4K + Blu-ray
dir. Bong Joon Ho
S-Tier Curzon Film 4K. Bong Joon Ho's serial killer masterpiece. The 4K remaster has a reputation for being too dark and green compared to the original South Korean Blu-ray, which has the more natural color timing. Multiple versions exist across regions. The Curzon release is the one most English-speaking collectors are buying, though the import shipping is steep.
Curzon Film · 4K + Blu-ray
dir. Guillermo del Toro
S-Tier Criterion 4K. Del Toro's noir with Bradley Cooper. The Criterion release includes the director's extended cut completely remastered in black and white with Dolby Vision, which del Toro considers the definitive version. The B&W version is what makes this 4K special.
Trapped on her family’s isolated farm, Pearl must tend to her ailing father under the bitter and overbearing watch of her devout mother. Lusting for a glamorous life like she’s seen in the movies, Pearl’s ambitions, temptations, and repressions collide.
dir. Dario Argento
S-Tier Arrow Video 4K with a 4.0 score. Argento's insect-horror from 1985 with Jennifer Connelly. Arrow and Synapse both released a version, and the only real difference is the box art, with the Synapse cover being widely considered worse. Argento collectors are buying Arrow's to match their other Argento boxes.
S-Tier Universal 4K. Hitchcock's black-and-white photography has more detail at this resolution than the Blu-ray ever delivered, and the shower scene has never had this much information in it, for better or worse. The Bernard Herrmann score in lossless is half the reason the film still works as well as it does. Considered required viewing in any best-horror-discs discussion.
dir. Anthony Perkins
S-Tier Arrow Video 4K. The third Psycho, directed by Anthony Perkins himself. No relevant collector discussion around the 4K specifically.
dir. Mick Garris
S-Tier Arrow Video 4K. The made-for-TV Psycho prequel from Mick Garris. No relevant collector discussion.
dir. Nicolas Winding Refn
Magnolia Home Entertainment putting Refn's debut on 4K. Second Sight already has an S-Tier release, so this one needs to bring something new. Most people discover this film backwards after Drive, and the disc crowd has been asking for a US-friendly release.
dir. Lisa Joy
Nicolas Bannister, a rugged and solitary veteran living in a near-future Miami flooded by rising seas, is an expert in a dangerous occupation: he offers clients the chance to relive any memory they desire. His life changes when he meets a mysterious young woman named Mae. What begins as a simple matter of lost and found becomes a passionate love affair. But when a different client's memories implicate Mae in a series of violent crimes, Bannister must delve through the dark world of the past to uncover the truth about the woman he fell for.
dir. John Flynn
Shout Factory announced the 4K and multiple people joked they had just bought the Blu-ray. That's the Shout Factory cycle at this point. Tarantino named his production company after this film, which gives it perennial collector relevance. The revenge thriller pairs well with other Vietnam vet films if you're building that section of your shelf.
Part of the Hitchcock Classics Collection Volume 3, which has been discounted as low as $18 USD with coupons. Collectors consistently say the set is worth it for Rope and Frenzy alone. The biggest collector request is Dial M for Murder in 4K, followed by North By Northwest. The single-take technique makes this one interesting to revisit on a better display.
Part of Universal's 2022 Hitchcock 4K expansion alongside Saboteur and Rope. One of Hitchcock's best and consistently called underrated even by his own fans. The Wrong Man in 4K is the next Hitchcock request that keeps surfacing. Thin standalone discussion since most collectors buy it inside the Universal set.
dir. Tim Story
Criterion's push into Black cinema alongside Menace II Society and Do the Right Thing. Gordon Parks' 1971 original, not the 2019 sequel. The packaging came as a standard case rather than the expected digipak, which was a welcome surprise for shelf uniformity. Collectors noted the Criterion approach to Blaxploitation catalog titles is filling a real gap.
dir. Charles E. Sellier Jr.
Scream Factory's S-Tier 4K of the controversial Santa slasher. The Imprint Parts 1 + 2 special edition is a massive package that surprised buyers with its size. The Lionsgate steelbook at over $50 USD got pushback on pricing. A seasonal purchase that reliably sells every October and December.
Scream Factory · 4K + Blu-ray
dir. Mathieu Kassovitz
Two French policemen, one investigating a grisly murder at a remote mountain college, the other working on the desecration of a young girl's grave by skinheads, are brought together by the clues from their respective cases. Soon after they start working together, more murders are committed, and the pair begin to discover just what dark secrets are behind the killings.
dir. Christopher Nolan
The 4K is a real upgrade over the Blu-ray, which had noticeable sharpening and DNR issues. The IMAX sequences are some of the sharpest footage you'll see on the format, and the 35mm scenes are a solid improvement too. Batman Begins is the disappointing one on 4K, but Dark Knight and Rises both look great. The trilogy steelbook set has been through multiple exclusive editions and the artwork reveals always get a lot of attention.
Warner Bros. · 4K + Blu-ray
Warner S-Tier 4K. Available individually or as part of the Dark Knight Trilogy steelbook collection. The IMAX sequences are why people buy the set even though some prefer Batman Begins and The Dark Knight.
dir. Andrew Davis
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.
dir. Adam Wingard
A soldier introduces himself to the Peterson family, claiming to be a friend of their son who died in action. After the young man is welcomed into their home, a series of accidental deaths seem to be connected to his presence.
dir. Leigh Whannell
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.
dir. Joel Schumacher
When an unsuspecting town newcomer is drawn to local blood fiends, the Frog brothers and other unlikely heroes gear up to rescue him.
dir. Graham Moore
Leonard is an English tailor who used to craft suits on London’s world-famous Savile Row. After a personal tragedy, he’s ended up in Chicago, operating a small tailor shop in a rough part of town where he makes beautiful clothes for the only people around who can afford them: a family of vicious gangsters.
dir. Jonathan Demme
Arrow Video S-Tier 4K. The Arrow UK release is the definitive edition and the French steelbook went up for preorder around the same time. Hopkins' Lecter scenes get even more unsettling with the higher resolution.
dir. Bryan Bertino
After a 4 a.m. knock at the door and haunting voices, Kristen McKay and James Hoyt’s remote getaway becomes a psychological night of terror as three masked strangers invade. Now they must go far beyond what they thought themselves capable of if they hope to survive.
dir. Dennis Donnelly
A serial killer, plagued by the memory of a fatal car accident, uses various tools to murder female tenants of a Los Angeles apartment complex, then abducts a teenaged girl who lives there with her family. When the police express doubt that the murders are connected to the girl's disappearance, her brother sets out to search for her on his own.
Blue Underground · 4K + Blu-ray
dir. Rod Hardy
The descendant of Elizabeth Bathory is abducted by a cult of self-proclaimed supermen who achieve this state of superiority by drinking from the "blood cows" kept at the "dairy farm", and they try to get her to join them.
Indicator · 4K + Blu-ray
dir. Sergio Martino
A masked serial killer with psychosexual issues strangles female coeds with scarves before dismembering them. When a wealthy student identifies one of the scarves and thinks she has a lead on a suspect, she becomes the killer's next target, retreating to her family's remote cliffside villa with three of her girlfriends.
dir. David Ayer
MGM 4K from mid-2025. David Ayer and Statham again, this time adapting a novel by Chuck Dixon. One of the newer catalog entries without much collector discussion yet.
MGM · 4K + Blu-ray
dir. Bilall Fallah, Adil El Arbi
Marcus and Mike are forced to confront new threats, career changes, and midlife crises as they join the newly created elite team AMMO of the Miami police department to take down the ruthless Armando Armas, the vicious leader of a Miami drug cartel.
dir. Adil El Arbi, Bilall Fallah
After their late former Captain is framed, Lowrey and Burnett try to clear his name, only to end up on the run themselves.
dir. Scott Derrickson
Four years after defeating The Grabber, Finney Blake is struggling with life after captivity. When his younger sister Gwen begins receiving calls in her dreams from the Black Phone and seeing disturbing visions of three boys being stalked at a winter camp, the siblings become determined to solve the mystery and confront a killer who has grown more powerful in death and more significant to them than either could imagine.
A-Tier Criterion Collection 4K. David Lynch's small-town nightmare. One person's 4K disc was mislabeled as Trainspotting, which is either a quality control issue or the most Lynchian thing that's ever happened to a physical disc.
dir. Jonathan Mostow
A-Tier Turbine 4K. Kurt Russell thriller from the 90s. A deep-cut catalog title.
Turbine · 4K + Blu-ray
dir. Yorgos Lanthimos
A-Tier Universal European 4K. Yorgos Lanthimos film. Pre-order available.
Universal European · 4K + Blu-ray
dir. Renny Harlin
A-Tier Eagle Pictures 4K. Stallone hanging off a cliff. Eagle Pictures did the transfer.
Eagle Pictures · 4K + Blu-ray
dir. Eli Roth
A-Tier Kino Lorber 4K. The original Charles Bronson vigilante film. Kino has the 4K.
Kino Lorber · 4K + Blu-ray
A-Tier Warner Bros. 4K. Connery's last official Bond. The 4K Bond catalog has been consistent.
dir. Don Siegel
A-Tier Warner Bros. 4K. Clint Eastwood's first Dirty Harry. The San Francisco photography looks good on a modern display.
dir. Umberto Lenzi
A group of American tourists is traveling through Spain when two of them are murdered by a mysterious serial killer who removes an eyeball from every one of its victims. The tour presses on as the murders continue, with the travelers and the police trying to deduce which one of them is the killer.
dir. Jimmy Sangster
It took Peggy Heller a long time to recover from the trauma of a brutal physical assault, suffered in her youth. When she married Robert, he provided her with the love and reassurance she craved for and the two settled down in a pretty house in the grounds of the public school where Robert was a master. But the headmaster of the school is not what he seems and Peggy is convinced he means to harm her - is her fear a figment of her tortured imagination or are there forces at work that intend to manipulate her anxieties with fatal consequences?
StudioCanal · Collector's Edition
dir. Lo Wei
A-Tier Arrow Video 4K. Bruce Lee in the Shanghai setting. Arrow's martial arts catalog has been solid.
dir. Jeremy Saulnier
A punk rock band is forced to fight for survival after witnessing an act of violence at a skinhead bar.
Second Sight Films · Limited Edition
dir. Richard Stanley
Mark 13 is a government-built killing machine programmed with artificial intelligence, able to repair and recharge itself from any energy source. Through a series of coincidences, the cyborg's head ends up in the home of a sculptress as a bizarre Christmas present from her boyfriend. Once inside its new home, the cyborg promptly reconstructs the rest of its body using a variety of household utensils and proceeds to go on a murderous rampage.
dir. Ari Aster
A-Tier Lionsgate 4K. Ari Aster's debut horror. The dark house interiors test your display.
dir. Paul Greengrass
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.
dir. Adam Marcus
A-Tier Arrow Video 4K. The Friday the 13th entry nobody likes but everyone buys anyway. Arrow teased Jason X alongside this, and the assumption is Freddy vs. Jason is eventually coming too. The new cover art is taking some getting used to after decades of the VHS artwork burned into everyone's memory.
A-Tier Eagle Pictures 4K. Stallone's prison film from 1989. Eagle put out a basic 4K with no relevant collector discussion around it.
dir. Steven Spielberg
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. Christopher McQuarrie
A-Tier Paramount 4K. McQuarrie's MI7, and Paramount re-released it with "Part One" removed from the title after the planned two-parter structure changed. The US steelbook design didn't match the silver and grey style of entries 1-6, which bothered collectors going for a matching set. The UK Zavvi steelbook was better-looking but pricey at around CAD imported.
dir. J.J. Abrams
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.
dir. Lucio Fulci
The world of dance can be brutal. The rehearsals are grueling. The competition is fierce. At the Arts for Living Centre in New York City, the best of the best are dying for a part in a major production. But only a select few will be chosen. The selection process seems to be at the hands of mysterious killer who pierces women's bare breasts with a hatpin, puncturing their hearts. Ambition and jealousy appear to be the motive, which makes everybody a suspect!
88 Films · Limited Edition
dir. Anthony Waller
When a mute makeup/special effects artist working on a low-budget slasher film gets locked in a dilapidated Moscow movie studio late one night, she thinks she witnesses the making of a snuff film. Thus begins a night of terror.
dir. Dan Gilroy
A-Tier Shout Factory 4K. Dan Gilroy's LA crime thriller with Jake Gyllenhaal. The steelbook cover art was universally hated, which is frustrating for a film this good. It's a 2K digital intermediate upscale, but the Drive 4K upscale turned out well so there's hope.
dir. David Fincher
The 4K theatrical rerelease renewed attention right before the disc hit. The Zavvi "What's In The Box?" edition at $98 USD was roasted immediately, with one comment offering to put their DVD in a cardboard box with Walmart air fresheners instead. The standard 4K packaging also took heat for the case design, prompting custom case inserts. None of that matters because the A-Tier transfer on this film is exceptional. The dark interiors and rain-soaked exteriors test any display setup. Fincher's 30th anniversary restoration is the definitive home version.
Warner Bros. · 4K Ultra HD
dir. Denis Villeneuve
Consistently called reference quality. The Dolby Atmos sound design gets specific praise, with the border tunnel sequence being the demo moment everyone mentions. Every Villeneuve film in 4K is considered excellent, and Sicario might be the best example. The Best Buy steelbook vs. Target steelbook debate has been going for years, with opinions split roughly evenly. Often found for $5 USD in Walmart bins, which might be the best value in all of 4K collecting.
dir. M. Night Shyamalan
Universal A-Tier 4K. McAvoy's performance is the reason people own this. The 4K steelbook pairs nicely with Unbreakable and Glass for the trilogy shelf, and collectors who own all three tend to admit Glass is the weak link. The 3.5 score reflects an early Universal disc that's fine but not a showpiece.
Amazon MGM Studios 4K from April 2024. David Ayer directing Statham in a revenge thriller. UK collectors had trouble getting standard editions without importing, which became a recurring complaint about Amazon MGM's distribution.
An American writer living in Rome witnesses an attempted murder that is connected to an ongoing killing spree in the city and conducts his own investigation, despite he and his girlfriend being targeted by the killer.
dir. Justin Lin
In order to avoid a jail sentence, Sean Boswell heads to Tokyo to live with his military father. In a low-rent section of the city, Sean gets caught up in the underground world of drift racing
dir. John Huston
A private detective takes on a case that involves him with three eccentric criminals, a beautiful liar, and their quest for a priceless statuette.
dir. Charles Laughton
In Depression-era West Virginia, a serial-killing preacher hunts two young children who know the whereabouts of a stash of money.
A woman with psychic powers has a vision of a murder that took place in a house owned by her husband.
Severin Films · 4K + Blu-ray
dir. Joseph Sargent
In New York, armed men hijack a subway car and demand a ransom for the passengers. Even if it's paid, how could they get away?
A brutal mugging leaves Grey Trace paralyzed in the hospital and his beloved wife dead. A billionaire inventor offers a cure, an artificial intelligence implant called STEM that enhances his body. Now able to walk, Grey finds he also has superhuman strength and agility, skills he uses to seek revenge.
dir. Timur Bekmambetov
Lionsgate put out the 4K steelbook in early 2025 and the cover art split opinions immediately. The transfer handles Bekmambetov's fast-cut action well and the Dolby Atmos mix is aggressive.
Paramount A-Tier 4K. Fincher fans waited years for this and the October 2024 release delivered. The digital sheen translates to HDR in ways that catch you off guard for a 2007 film shot on early Viper cameras.
dir. Kim Jee-woon
Kim Sun-woo is an enforcer and manager for a hotel owned by a cold, calculative crime boss, Kang who assigns Sun-woo to a simple errand while he is away on a business trip; to shadow his young mistress, Hee-soo, for fear that she may be cheating on him with a younger man with the mandate that he must kill them both if he discovers their affair.
Freddy Krueger returns once again to terrorize the dreams of the remaining Dream Warriors, as well as those of a young woman who may be able to defeat him for good.
dir. Brian Taylor, Mark Neveldine
Lionsgate 4K with Dolby Vision and Atmos, released in 2019. The Best Buy exclusive steelbook got a strong reaction and sold well. This is the companion piece to Crank: High Voltage, which is S-Tier, and both are worth owning together.
dir. Louis Leterrier
Lionsgate 4K with an Amazon-exclusive steelbook that has a red sleeve and lenticular elements collectors liked. The standard 4K is also available and drops below $15 USD on sale regularly.
dir. William Brent Bell
After escaping from an Estonian psychiatric facility, Leena Klammer travels to America by impersonating Esther, the missing daughter of a wealthy family. But when her mask starts to slip, she is put against a mother who will protect her family from the murderous “child” at any cost.
After their car breaks down in an eerie small town, a young couple are forced to spend the night in a remote cabin. Panic ensues as they are terrorized by three masked strangers who strike with no mercy and seemingly no motives.
C-Tier Warner Bros. 4K. The weak link in the Nolan Batman trilogy on 4K. Dark Knight and Rises look much better.
C-Tier Criterion Collection 4K. The Coens' debut. If you're looking for gritty crime on 4K, this fits the bill. The C-Tier is likely a source material limitation from the low-budget 16mm blow-up.
Criterion Collection
dir. Stephen Hopkins
C-Tier Kino Lorber 4K. Jeff Bridges and Tommy Lee Jones in a bomb disposal thriller. Kino has the 4K.
Kino Lorber
dir. Jerry Zucker
C-Tier Paramount 4K. Swayze and Demi Moore with pottery. The C-Tier reflects a standard catalog transfer.
Paramount Pictures
dir. Brett Ratner
Most of the discussion around Red Dragon circles back to Manhunter instead. Collectors keep asking when Mann's version will get a proper 4K, and Red Dragon threads reliably turn into Manhunter appreciation posts. The Kino disc is competent but the C-Tier rating reflects Brett Ratner's direction more than the transfer itself.
dir. Alejandro Amenábar
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. Dan Trachtenberg
Paramount 4K steelbook preorder is live. The art drew immediate attention because the back panel spoils the ending, and the thread is split between loving the design and being baffled by that choice. People coming in for a first watch are being warned to avoid looking at the case.
Limited Edition Steelbook
dir. J. Lee Thompson
Warren Stacy, an office equipment repairman, begins murdering women after they reject his advances. To minimize the evidence, Stacy always kills while naked, wearing nothing but gloves, and further evades the law with his strong alibis. Veteran detective Leo Kessler is convinced of Stacy's guilt and begins using questionable methods to catch him.
dir. Richard Berry
A retired mobster goes on a revenge spree after being left for dead with 22 bullets in his body by his former childhood friend.
dir. Takashi Nomura
A gang lord hires Kamimura, a hit man, to take out a rival boss who's gotten greedy.
dir. Olivier Assayas
A beautiful woman, Sandra, seduces a wealthy businessman, Miles Rennburg. Little does he realise that she has been sent to kill him at the behest of her boyfriend/crime partner, Lester. Controlling all this is Sue, Lester's wife.
dir. Lawrence Kasdan
During an extreme heatwave, a beautiful Florida woman and a seedy lawyer engage in an affair while plotting the murder of her rich husband.
Criterion Collection · 4K + Blu-ray Special Edition
dir. Stanley Donen
Criterion June slate. '4K is massive' is the exact phrase being used. The Hepburn/Grant film has never had a proper 4K release, and some people apparently just bought the Blu-ray last month. That's how these announcements go.
dir. Andrew Dominik
The true and infamous story of Australia's notorious criminal Mark 'Chopper' Read and his years of crime, interest in violence, drugs and prostitutes.
dir. Patrick Brice
Second Sight limited edition announced. Found footage horror aimed at the kind of collector who buys everything Second Sight puts out.
dir. Claude Miller
A P.I. is obsessed with a cute woman, who seduces and kills rich men around W. Europe.
Radiance Films · Restored
dir. Peter Sykes
A physician discovers that two children are being kept virtually imprisoned in their house by their father. He investigates, and discovers a web of sex, incest and satanic possession.
dir. Heitor Dhalia
Jill Conway is trying to rebuild her life after escaping a terrifying kidnapping. Though she is having a difficult time, she takes small steps toward normalcy by starting a new job and inviting her sister, Molly, to move in with her. Returning home from work one morning, Jill discovers that Molly has vanished, and she is certain that the same man who previously abducted her has returned for revenge.
Dazzler · 4K Ultra HD
dir. Spike Lee
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. Erik Skjoldbjærg
Second Sight 4K of the 1997 Norwegian original, not the Nolan remake. The thread noticed immediately and several people pointed out this is the superior film. 'Second Sight be killing my import budget.'
dir. Robert Hall
A young girl wakes up in a casket with a head injury and no memory of her identity. She quickly realizes she was abducted by a serial killer and she must fight to survive.
Limited Edition
In the near future, a detective stands on trial accused of murdering his wife. He has ninety minutes to prove his innocence to the advanced AI Judge he once championed, before it determines his fate.
Amazon MGM Studios · 4K Ultra HD
dir. Tony Ching Siu-Tung
A mysterious woman, known as Madame M, kidnaps forty pre-teen girls and transports them to a remote island to train them as the most deadly assassins. CIA operative Jack Chen follows the case for 6 years with no leads, but when a series of assassinations begin to occur, Jack suspects that Madame M is back in business.
dir. Park Chan-wook
Park Chan-wook's new film has a limited deluxe edition at $70 USD and people are not happy about it. 'For $70 I really hope there IS another choice.' No HDR specs listed on the product page either. Neon Rated is releasing it.
dir. Ric Roman Waugh
A man living in self-imposed exile on a remote island rescues a young girl from a violent storm, setting off a chain of events that forces him out of seclusion to protect her from enemies tied to his past.
dir. Richard W. Haines
A sociology instructor finds her new teaching duties at a private college interrupted by the presence of a killer.
Refuse Films · Limited Edition
dir. Stacy Title
A group of idealistic but frustrated liberals succumb to the temptation of murdering right-wing pundits for their political beliefs.
dir. Tom Hammock
In the near future, society collapses and water becomes scarce. When a greedy water baron starts violently clearing out survivors, Kendal, a 17-year-old teenager, fights the baron's henchman to keep a well open.
Powerhouse Films · Limited Edition (Restored)
dir. Richard Shepard
The life of Danny Wright, a salesman forever on the road, veers into dangerous and surreal territory when he wanders into a Mexican bar and meets a mysterious stranger, Julian, who's very likely a hit man. Their meeting sets off a chain of events that will change their lives forever, as Wright is suddenly thrust into a far-from-mundane existence that he takes to surprisingly well … once he gets acclimated to it.
Radiance Films · Limited Edition
dir. Michael Winner
Prequel to the Henry James classic "Turn of the Screw" about the events leading up to the deaths of Peter Quint and Ms. Jessel, and the slow corruption of the children in their care.
StudioCanal · 4K Ultra HD
dir. Jennifer Kent
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. Prachya Pinkaew
A young fighter named Kham must go to Australia to retrieve his stolen elephant. With the help of a Thai-born Australian detective, Kham must take on all comers, including a gang led by an evil woman and her two deadly bodyguards.
