Military Action movies available on 4K Blu-ray, ranked by transfer quality.
dir. Ridley Scott
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. Hironobu Sakaguchi
S-Tier Sony 4K. The 2001 video game adaptation. An early CGI curiosity on 4K.
Sony Pictures · 4K + Blu-ray
dir. Adam Wingard
A soldier introduces himself to the Peterson family, claiming to be a friend of their son who died in action. After the young man is welcomed into their home, a series of accidental deaths seem to be connected to his presence.
Second Sight Films · 4K + Blu-ray
dir. Joseph Kosinski
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. Roger Spottiswoode
A-Tier from StudioCanal in the UK, Lionsgate in the US. Mel Gibson and Robert Downey Jr. flying planes in Laos. A fun 90s action film that most people forgot had a 4K release.
Lionsgate · 4K + Blu-ray
dir. Clint Eastwood
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
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. Ted Kotcheff
A-Tier Eagle Pictures 4K. Stallone in the jungle. Eagle Pictures handled the transfer.
Eagle Pictures · 4K + Blu-ray
dir. Donovan Marsh
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. Peter MacDonald
A-Tier Eagle Pictures 4K. The third Rambo. No relevant collector discussion around the 4K.
Eagle Pictures
dir. George P. Cosmatos
A-Tier Eagle Pictures 4K. Stallone's second Rambo outing. The First Blood individual steelbook announcement was a bigger deal, with a Walmart exclusive remastered version. The Everythingblu premium set exists for serious collectors. Most of the Rambo collector energy is focused on First Blood.
dir. Paul Verhoeven
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.
dir. Sylvester Stallone
Lionsgate 4K with a Best Buy exclusive steelbook set covering all three original Expendables films. The steelbook sleeve design matches across the trilogy and collectors like the consistency. Stallone's directorial debut in the franchise.
dir. Simon West
Lionsgate 4K, part of the Best Buy steelbook trilogy set alongside the first and third films. Simon West directed this one and the action set pieces are the biggest in the series.
dir. Tony Scott
Paramount A-Tier 4K. The upgrade over the Blu-ray is noticeable in the flight scenes, and people keep running A/B comparison posts against Maverick.
dir. Lewis Gilbert
A mysterious spacecraft captures Russian and American space capsules and brings the two superpowers to the brink of war. James Bond investigates the case in Japan and comes face to face with his archenemy Blofeld.
dir. Patrick Hughes
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. Mimi Leder
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. Randall Wallace
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 Cameron
May 19 release confirmed with a steelbook and Blu-ray 3D, which is a real draw for the 3D holdout crowd that still maintains active setups. Most people are waiting for the collector's edition that came with the other two films.
Disney · 4K + Blu-ray
dir. Antoine Fuqua
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. Wolfgang Petersen
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. Clyde Bruckman, Buster Keaton
During America’s Civil War, Union spies steal engineer Johnny Gray's beloved locomotive, 'The General'—with Johnnie's lady love aboard an attached boxcar—and he single-handedly must do all in his power to both get The General back and to rescue Annabelle.
Eureka Entertainment · Limited Edition
