Spy/Resistance movies available on 4K Blu-ray, ranked by transfer quality.
dir. David Lean
The classic story of English POWs in Burma forced to build a bridge to aid the war effort of their Japanese captors. British and American intelligence officers conspire to blow up the structure, but Col. Nicholson, the commander who supervised the bridge's construction, has acquired a sense of pride in his creation and tries to foil their plans.
Sony Pictures · 4K + Blu-ray
dir. Jean-Pierre Melville
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. Guillermo del Toro
C-Tier Warner Bros. 4K, but the Criterion Blu-ray is widely considered the better transfer because del Toro approved a new color grade for it. The 4K Warner release went back to an older color grade similar to the original Blu-ray. At $10 USD on sale at Best Buy, it's cheap enough to try both and decide for yourself.
Warner Bros.
dir. Billy Wilder
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. Roman Polanski
The true story of pianist Władysław Szpilman's experiences in Warsaw during the Nazi occupation. When the Jews of the city find themselves forced into a ghetto, Szpilman finds work playing in a café; and when his family is deported in 1942, he stays behind, works for a while as a laborer, and eventually goes into hiding in the ruins of the war-torn city.
