1978 on 4K UHD

dir. John Landis

S-Tier 4K from Plaion Pictures. The toga party and late-70s college photography work well in HDR, and it goes on sale often enough that there is no reason to pay full price.

Plaion Pictures · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. George A. Romero

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. John Guillermin

As Hercule Poirot enjoys a luxurious cruise down the Nile, a newlywed heiress is found murdered on board and every elegant passenger becomes a prime suspect.

StudioCanal · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Frank Pierson

Zharko, leader of the Romanis in NYC, passes his position of leadership on to his unwilling grandson, Dave, leading to infighting between Dave and his father.

Vinegar Syndrome · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. George A. Romero

S-Tier Second Sight Films 4K. Romero's vampire film from 1978, and big news hit when the director's cut was found. Second Sight had a 4K already in the works, and collectors wanted them to delay the release to include the director's cut rather than force a double dip. The Dawn of the Dead treatment is what people are hoping for.

Second Sight Films · Limited Edition

dir. Walter Hill

The Driver specializes in driving getaway cars for robberies. His exceptional talent has prevented him from being caught yet. After another successful flight from the police a self-assured detective makes it his primary goal to catch the Driver. He promises pardons to a gang if they help to convict him in a set-up robbery. The Driver seeks help from The Player to mislead the detective.

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

dir. Sam Peckinpah

S-Tier StudioCanal 4K. Peckinpah's trucker film with Kris Kristofferson. StudioCanal's catalog releases are often Region B only, which frustrates US buyers who need to import.

StudioCanal · Steelbook (United Kingdom)

dir. Terrence Malick

S-Tier Criterion 4K. Terrence Malick and Nestor Almendros' magic hour photography is the reason to own this disc. The transfer preserves the golden light in the wheat fields without crushing the shadows.

Criterion Collection · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Richard Loncraine

S-Tier BFI 4K. Mia Farrow in a haunted house film from 1977. BFI's horror releases have been consistently good.

BFI · 4K + Blu-ray (United Kingdom)

dir. Philip Kaufman

The residents of San Francisco are becoming drone-like shadows of their former selves, and as the phenomenon spreads, two Department of Health workers uncover the horrifying truth.

Arrow Video · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Charles Burnett

S-Tier Criterion 4K. Charles Burnett's 1978 film school thesis that barely got distribution for decades. A 4K Criterion release is significant for a film that lived in 16mm classroom screenings for most of its life. Film school veterans remember seeing this projected on a wall somewhere, and now it's on a proper disc.

Criterion Collection · 4K + Blu-ray

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. Martin Rosen

When the warren belonging to a community of rabbits is threatened, a brave group led by Fiver, Bigwig, Blackberry and Hazel leave their homeland in a search of a safe new haven.

BFI · 4K + Blu-ray (United Kingdom)

dir. Blake Edwards

Chief Inspector Jacques Clouseau is dead. At least that is what the world—and Charles Dreyfus—believe when a dead body is discovered in Clouseau's car after being shot off the road. Naturally, Clouseau knows differently and, taking advantage of not being alive, sets out to discover why an attempt was made on his life.

dir. Jack Nicholson

Henry Moon is captured for a capital offense by a posse when his horse quits while trying to escape to Mexico. He finds that there is a post-Civil War law in the small town that any single or widowed woman can save him from the gallows by marrying him.

dir. Joe Dante

Scream Factory's Collector's Edition 4K is A-Tier on bestblurays, built on a new 4K restoration with Dolby Vision and HDR10 that finally sharpens the underwater piranha attacks in a way the old 2010 Blu-ray never could.

Shout Factory · Collector's Edition

dir. Richard Donner

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 (2025 Re-release)

dir. Martin Scorsese

Martin Scorsese's documentary intertwines footage from The Band's incredible farewell tour with probing backstage interviews and featured performances by Eric Clapton, Bob Dylan, Joni Mitchell, Van Morrison, and other rock legends.

Criterion Collection · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Robert Clouse

A-Tier Arrow Video 4K. Bruce Lee's unfinished film. Arrow packaged it with context about the production history.

Arrow Video · 4K + Blu-ray (United Kingdom)

dir. Jeannot Szwarc

Police chief Brody must protect the citizens of Amity after a second monstrous shark begins terrorizing the waters.

dir. Michael Cimino

Scream Factory's steelbook is the Region A option, and the StudioCanal digipak from the UK remains the definitive package. The 4K restoration scores a 4.5 on bestblurays, and Cimino's Pennsylvania steel town photography benefits enormously from the HDR pass.

StudioCanal · 40th Anniversary Edition

dir. Colin Higgins

A shy San Francisco librarian and a bumbling cop fall in love as they solve a crime involving albinos, dwarves, and the Catholic Church.

dir. Randal Kleiser

C-Tier Paramount 4K. John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John. The C-Tier is expected for a late-70s studio musical. The songs do the work here, not the transfer.

Paramount Pictures · 40th Anniversary Edition

dir. John Carpenter

Rob Zombie's reimagining, not the Carpenter original. Imprint limited edition steelbook announced at a price people called a great deal. A-Tier transfer from a film that's more divisive than the disc quality would suggest.

Shout! Studios · Collector's Edition

dir. Richard A. Colla, Alan J. Levi

After the destruction of the Twelve Colonies of Mankind, the last major fighter carrier leads a makeshift fugitive fleet in a desperate search for the legendary planet Earth.

dir. Meir Zarchi

A young, beautiful career woman rents a backwoods cabin to write her first novel. Attacked by a group of local lowlifes and left for dead, she devises a horrific plan to inflict revenge.

dir. Phillip Marshak

Seward Sanitarium has been plagued by strange events, all following the takeover of a nearby abbey by Transylvanian Count Dracula. Visiting professor, Van Helsing, believes it to be the work of vampires, and when patients and staff begin turning up dead, realizes that he must act quickly to save the others.

dir. Nagisa Ōshima

In a small Japanese village at the end of the 19th century, a rickshaw driver's wife takes on a much younger lover and the two conspire to murder him.

dir. John Alan Schwartz

What question has plagued mankind more than the mystery—and terror—of death? This forbidden pursuit has driven Dr. Frances B. Gröss to the brink of madness, but in his obsession, he has amassed a uniquely comprehensive collection of films that depict life in its final, grueling moments. From the savagery of cold-blooded murder to the perverse realities of war, tragic accidents, and the everyday lives of those who collect, dissect, and bury the dead, this descent into morbidity lays bare a truth that all of us will one day face.

Vinegar Syndrome · Pre-Order

dir. Anthony Spinelli

SexWorld is a luxury resort, advertised as the ultimate sex-themed getaway, where any and every fantasy, no matter how outrageous, can be brought to life. Following the arrival of a fresh bus load of guests, it becomes apparent that the attendees are in store for much more than a simple weekend of debauched and hedonistic pleasures.

dir. Sergio Martino

A woman and her brother fly to New Guinea to look for a lost expedition, led by her husband, which has vanished in the great jungle.

dir. Jean Rollin

Indicator's April Rollin double with The Living Dead Girl gives collectors a proper entry point into his weirder, more atmospheric work. Grapes of Death is the more accessible of the two, with real dread underneath all the eurohorror fog.

Indicator · Limited Edition

dir. Daryl Duke

Toronto, Canada. A few days before Christmas, Miles Cullen, a bored teller working at a bank branch located in a shopping mall, accidentally learns that the place is about to be robbed when he finds a disconcerting note on one of the counters.

Kino Lorber · 4K Ultra HD

dir. Andrew V. McLaglen

A British multinational company seeks to overthrow a vicious dictator in central Africa. It hires a band of (largely aged) mercenaries in London and sends them in to save the virtuous but imprisoned opposition leader who is also critically ill and due for execution. Just when the team has performed a perfect rescue, the multinational does a deal with the vicious dictator leaving the mercenary band to escape under their own steam and exact revenge.

dir. Sidney Lumet

Dorothy Gale, a shy kindergarten teacher, is swept away to the magic land of Oz where she embarks on a quest to return home.