1985 on 4K UHD

dir. Martin Scorsese

S-Tier Criterion 4K. Scorsese's underrated New York comedy finally on 4K.

Criterion Collection · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Tobe Hooper

Imprint Films announced a new 4K at about $85 USD with a book-style package. Arrow already put out an S-Tier disc so collectors are weighing whether the extras justify owning two copies of the same Tobe Hooper vampire movie.

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

dir. George Miller, George Ogilvie

S-Tier Warner Bros. 4K. The 2022 standard release is the only 4K transfer on the market, and it's what Warner used in the Mad Max Anthology and the Zavvi Exclusive UK steelbook. Best Buy steelbook pre-orders from 2021 show up at scalper prices on the aftermarket but the transfer is the same.

Warner Bros. · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Tim Burton

Sold out during the Criterion 24-hour flash sale in March 2026. Tim Burton before he was Tim Burton, and the first thing on a lot of people's Criterion wishlists.

Criterion Collection · 4K + Blu-ray

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.

Arrow Video · Limited Edition

dir. Richard Donner

The 4K transfer jumps off the screen according to people watching it this week. A comfort pick that lands in haul posts year after year for the right reasons.

Warner Home Video · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Terry Gilliam

Criterion's 4K covers all three cuts in one set. The 142-minute European version, the 132-minute US theatrical, and the 94-minute studio 'Love Conquers All' butchery, all from new restorations. The transfer recovers detail on the prosthetics and the dystopian set design that the older Blu-ray crushed flat.

Criterion Collection · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Mamoru Oshii

S-Tier from Umbrella Entertainment. Mamoru Oshii's 1985 animated film that collectors have wanted on a quality physical release for years.

Umbrella Entertainment · 4K + Blu-ray (Australia)

dir. Jonathan Lynn

S-Tier Shout Factory 4K. Tim Curry in a board game adaptation. The fact that this film has a cult following strong enough to warrant an S-Tier 4K from Shout Factory says everything about where physical media is right now.

Shout! Studios · Collector's Edition

dir. Lamberto Bava

Synapse's 2021 Limited Edition packages both Demons and Demons 2 on 4K from new 35mm OCN restorations with Dolby Vision. The set was limited to 6,000 copies and is OOP, so resellers are the only way in now. Three versions of the film are included (International English, Italian, US English), plus the movie ticket repro collectors still talk about.

Synapse Films · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Héctor Babenco

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. Stuart Gordon

S-Tier Ignite Films 4K. Stuart Gordon's 1985 horror comedy, and it's had two competing 4K releases. Ignite's deluxe edition was expensive, and when Second Sight announced their own version, people who held off felt vindicated. The Second Sight limited edition is now OOP. The Arrow Blu-ray was the previous go-to.

Ignite Films · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Martha Coolidge

Sony's 4K got praise for a clean, natural transfer with good color. One of those mid-80s comedies that never stopped being quotable, and the disc does right by it. William Atherton doing his signature thing is enough reason to own it.

Sony Pictures · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Lawrence Kasdan

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 · Steelbook (4K + Blu-ray)

dir. John Hughes

Five high school students from different walks of life endure a Saturday detention under a power-hungry principal. The disparate group includes rebel John, princess Claire, outcast Allison, brainy Brian and Andrew, the jock. Each has a chance to tell his or her story, making the others see them a little differently -- and when the day ends, they question whether school will ever be the same.

Criterion Collection · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Dan O'Bannon

When two bumbling employees at a medical supply warehouse accidentally release a deadly gas into the air, the vapors cause the dead to rise again as zombies.

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

dir. John Hughes

Two unpopular teenagers, Gary and Wyatt, fail at all attempts to be accepted by their peers. Their desperation to be liked leads them to "create" a woman via their computer. Their living and breathing creation is a gorgeous woman, Lisa, whose purpose is to boost their confidence level by putting them into situations which require Gary and Wyatt to act like men.

Arrow Video · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Jeannot Szwarc

In ancient times, a man named Claus, who delivers toys in his small village, fulfils his destiny to become Santa Claus after meeting an expert toy-making elf, Patch, in the North Pole. In the present day, Santa Claus has become overwhelmed by his workload, and the disgruntled Patch flees the workshop to New York City. There, Patch unknowingly threatens the fate of Christmas by taking a job at a failing toy company run by a scheming businessman.

dir. Luc Besson

Fred, a raffish safe blower, takes refuge in the Paris Metro after being chased by the henchmen of a shady businessman from whom he has just stolen some documents. While hiding out in the back rooms and conduits of the Metro, Fred encounters a subterranean society of eccentric characters and petty criminals.

dir. Robert Zemeckis

A-Tier Universal 4K. The trilogy box set exists in about five different packaging configurations at this point. The disc is the same across all of them. A-Tier is right for this, it's a clean catalog transfer.

Universal Pictures · Limited Edition Steelbook

dir. Sydney Pollack

A-Tier Universal 4K. Sydney Pollack's Oscar winner with Streep and Redford. The African landscape photography is the main draw, and the John Barry score is preserved in lossless.

Universal Pictures · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Clint Eastwood

A-Tier Warner Bros. 4K. Eastwood's western, released alongside Dirty Harry and The Outlaw Josey Wales in a 4K wave. The scenery is going to benefit from the upgrade. Steelbook art across all three was praised, and Amazon had them at $27.99 USD before raising the price.

Warner Bros. · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Jackie Chan

A-Tier Eureka 4K. Jackie Chan's 1985 action classic, and the Eureka trilogy set was on sale for £23.99, shipping to the US for about $30 USD total. Eureka and Arrow both have releases. People wonder if the transfer is better than Criterion's scan of the first two films. The cars going down the hill in the first one still blows minds.

Eureka Entertainment · 4K Box Set (The Police Story Trilogy)

dir. Sylvester Stallone

The steelbook includes both the theatrical cut and the Rocky vs. Drago Director's Cut on the same 4K disc, which is a nice touch. Opinions on the Director's Cut are split. Some prefer the additional Apollo scenes, but the theatrical version has its defenders. The Gruv sale had the full Rocky collection at a good price. A-Tier transfer, and the training montage in 4K HDR is exactly what you'd hope for.

MGM

dir. Andrei Konchalovsky

A hardened convict and a younger prisoner escape from a brutal prison in the middle of winter only to find themselves on an out-of-control train with a female railway worker while being pursued by the vengeful head of security.

dir. Dan Attias

The small city of Tarker's Mills is startled by a series of sadistic murders. The population fears the work of a maniac, but sightings of a mysterious, hairy creature soon spread. People lock themselves up at night, but there's one boy who's still outside…

dir. Steven Spielberg

An epic tale spanning forty years in the life of Celie, an African-American woman living in the South who survives incredible abuse and bigotry. After Celie's abusive father marries her off to the equally debasing 'Mister' Albert Johnson, things go from bad to worse, leaving Celie to find companionship anywhere she can. She perseveres, holding on to her dream of one day being reunited with her sister in Africa.

Warner Bros. · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Larry Cohen

Amalgamated Dairies hires David Rutherford, an FBI man turned industrial saboteur, to investigate a popular new product called “the Stuff,” a new dessert product that is blowing ice cream sales out of the water. Nobody knows how it’s made or what’s in it, but people are lining up to buy it. It's got a delicious flavor to die for!

Arrow Video · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Peter Weir

Arrow's 4K of Witness gave Peter Weir's Amish country thriller the A-Tier treatment it needed. Harrison Ford completists already have it, but it also works as an entry point for anyone curious about Weir before Truman Show territory.

Arrow Video · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Jean-François Laguionie

Deaf Crocodile gave Jean-François Laguionie's 1985 animated debut a Dolby Vision 4K from a new restoration. It's a surreal 67-minute post-apocalyptic desert odyssey about a girl and a nomad elder searching for a missing boy in a world scattered with giant consumer objects. Arthouse animation no other label was going to touch.

Deaf Crocodile · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Joseph Zito

A-Tier Vinegar Syndrome 4K. Chuck Norris drives through a house. That is the movie. Vinegar Syndrome loaded it with extras, which is more than this film probably deserves and exactly what VS collectors want.

Vinegar Syndrome · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Paul Schrader

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. 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.

Eagle Pictures

dir. Akira Kurosawa

StudioCanal's A-Tier 4K has people asking when Criterion or someone else will do the definitive release. The 35mm theatrical screenings keep fueling demand for Kurosawa in the best possible presentation.

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

dir. Joel Schumacher

Sony A-Tier 4K. The Brat Pack after college. No relevant collector signal on this one, which puts it squarely in the "it exists if you want it" category of the Sony catalog.

Sony Pictures · 40th Anniversary Edition

dir. William Friedkin

When his longtime partner on the force is killed, reckless U.S. Secret Service agent Richard Chance vows revenge, setting out to nab dangerous counterfeit artist Eric Masters.

Kino Lorber · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Shinji Sōmai

Offering a caustic immersion into the lives of disaffected junior high students on the cusp of adulthood, the film takes place over the 5-day period before, during, and after a ferocious, seemingly liberating typhoon, which six of the students endure while marooned in their school.

The Cinema Guild · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Jack Sholder

Available on 4K only via Warner's 7 Film Collection boxset from September 2025. The remaster is a clear visual upgrade over the Blu-ray, with the original theatrical mix included alongside a new Atmos pass that adds unfamiliar sound effects. No new commentary or deleted scenes despite the director helping with the remaster.

Warner Bros. · 4K Box Set (7 Film Collection)

dir. Joel Coen

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 · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Lewis Teague

C-Tier StudioCanal 4K. Stephen King anthology with a young Drew Barrymore. The source is what it is.

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

dir. Richard Fleischer

Arrow's 4K fixes the teal push that plagued the StudioCanal version. Color comparisons from collectors show a clear difference, though opinions split roughly 50/50 on whether Arrow's slightly darker grade is better or just different. C-Tier is fair for the film itself, but the Arrow disc is at least the right version to own.

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

dir. Claude Miller

Charlotte Castang is a working-class 13-year-old girl, who lives in a drab, run-down neighbourhood, and is ready to become an adult. Her mother died giving birth to her, and she lives with her crass brother and a father whose attention is elsewhere. Her only friend is Lulu, a sick 10-year-old she regards as a pest. Charlotte is antisocial, bored and dreams of a better life. Her life improves when she meets Clara Bauman, a pianist prodigy.

dir. Savage Steve Holland

High school student Lane Meyer sinks into suicidal depression when his girlfriend dumps him for jock Roy Stalin, the high school ski racing champion. Meanwhile, he has to deal with his eccentric family, a tenacious paperboy and an obnoxious neighbor whose mother is hosting a beautiful French exchange student named Monique.

dir. Simon Wincer

Daryl is a normal 10-year-old boy in many ways. However, unbeknown to his foster parents and friends, Daryl is actually a government-created robot with superhuman reflexes and mental abilities. Even his name has a hidden meaning -- it's actually an acronym for Data Analyzing Robot Youth Life-form. When the organization that created him deems the "super soldier" experiment a failure and schedules Daryl to be disassembled, it is up to a few rogue scientists to help him escape.

dir. George A. Romero

Scream Factory 4K plus Blu-ray on June 16. Romero's third Dead film has been waiting for a proper 4K release and this is it.

Scream Factory · 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray

dir. Alfredo Gurrola

Mario Balbuena, a honest cop, becomes the victim of an ambush by drug dealers and dirty cops, after that, he recruits a group of sleazy criminals in order to strike his revenge.

dir. Michael Winner

Architect/vigilante Paul Kersey arrives back in New York City and is forcibly recruited by a crooked police chief to fight street crime caused by a large gang terrorizing the neighborhoods.

dir. Joe Dante

The first 4K of Joe Dante's 1985 cult favorite, with Ethan Hawke and River Phoenix in their first roles. Vinegar Syndrome's Limited Edition runs 8,000 numbered copies with a magnet box, slipcover, and 40-page book. Direct-from-VS only, no major retailers carrying it. Both the theatrical and home-video cuts get the new 4K scan from the 35mm OCN, plus an exclusive 77-minute Elijah Drenner documentary with Dante, Eric Luke, Mike Finnell, and ILM. Flash pre-order at $41.99 USD reverts to $69.98 USD by Monday night.

Vinegar Syndrome · Limited Edition

dir. Luca Bercovici

A young man and his girlfriend move into the man's old mansion home, where he becomes possessed by a need to control ancient demons.

MVD Visual · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Sammo Hung Kam-Bo

A policeman forsakes his dream of world travel to care for a mentally impaired brother, who is later kidnapped by gangsters.

dir. Philippe Mora

When a young journalist dies in violent circumstances, her brother soon learns, by way of the mysterious Stefan Crosscoe, that his sister has succumbed to the werewolf curse.

dir. Antonio Margheriti

Margheriti's most-distributed adventure film and the hardest to see in clean form. US video was heavily cropped, UK and German releases were significantly censored, and what's been streaming for years sits in the wrong aspect ratio. The new scan restores the scope framing and the toy-car train chase that Bruno Mattei famously recycled in 1988's Cop Game.

Severin Films · Antonio Margheriti & The Jungles of Doom: His '80s Adventure Films

dir. Andy Sidaris

In this erotic spy tale private eye Cody Abilene teams up with the Contessa Luciana and policewoman Beverly McAfee to infiltrate a mansion and discover who is sending computer secrets to the Russians.

Severin Films · 4K Ultra HD

dir. Sammo Hung Kam-Bo

Two Hong Kong cops are sent to Tokyo to catch an ex-cop who stole a large amount of money in diamonds. After one is captured by the Ninja-gang protecting the rogue cop, the other one gets his old Orphanage gang, dubbed the "Five Lucky Stars," to help him. They don't like this much, but they do it.

Arrow Video · 4K Ultra HD

dir. Guy Hamilton

Kino Lorber released this today with a new 4K restoration from the original camera negative and Dolby Vision HDR, plus two commentaries including one with the producers. It's a cult pick with a real Fred Ward performance and a Joel Grey casting choice that hasn't aged well, but the disc is classic Kino catalog work.

Kino Lorber · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Michael Schultz

A young man searches for the "master" to obtain the final level of martial arts mastery known as the glow. Along the way he must fight an evil martial arts expert and rescue a beautiful singer from an obsessed music promoter.

dir. James Glickenhaus

88 Films 4K. The American-produced Chan film where Hollywood hadn't figured out how to use him yet. Interesting as a curiosity, and the 88 Films disc is a solid presentation of a weird film.

88 Films · Limited Edition

dir. George Pavlou

When high class hooker Nicole is kidnapped from her brothel, Rich businessman Hugo Motherskille hires her ex love Roy Bain to find her. Investigating the disappearance, he eventually finds traces that lead to Dr. Savary, who has produced a strange white powder that's coveted by a race of deformed human beings who live in the underworld in the sewers below the city.

dir. Sammo Hung Kam-Bo

The third installment in the Lucky Stars series, following Winners and Sinners and My Lucky Stars. The team are released from prison to play detective in order to stop a ruthless gang from ruining their reputations, taking their lives, and that of a key witness in an upcoming trial. They must battle their way through and with the help of Muscles, take down the bad guys.

Arrow Video · 4K Ultra HD