1996 on 4K UHD

dir. Wes Anderson

Box-set-only in the Wes Anderson Archive from Criterion. Early owner reports note the grain structure is intact and the color timing is warm, with a few minor specs and blemishes showing up briefly. Along with Rushmore and The Life Aquatic, this is one of the three Wes Anderson films collectors most want as a standalone 4K.

Criterion Collection · 4K Box Set (The Wes Anderson Archive)

dir. Lana Wachowski, Lilly Wachowski

Corky, a tough female ex-convict working on an apartment renovation in a Chicago building, meets a couple living next door, Caesar, a paranoid mobster, and Violet, his seductive girlfriend, who is immediately attracted to her.

Criterion Collection · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Rob Cohen

A group of armed robbers fleeing the police head for the New Jersey Tunnel and run right into trucks transporting toxic waste. The spectacular explosion that follows results in both ends of the tunnel collapsing and the handful of people who survived the explosion are now in peril. Kit Latura is the only man with the skill and knowledge to lead the band of survivors out of the tunnel before the structure collapses.

Turbine · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Arturo Ripstein

Driven by desire and desperate for self-love, Coral and Nicolás will abandon their past lives in a journey surrounded by murder.

Criterion Collection · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Joel Coen

S-Tier Shout Factory 4K. The Coens' Midwest crime film. Shout Factory's transfer has been praised.

Shout! Studios · 4K + Blu-ray Combo Pack Collector's Edition

dir. Brian De Palma

When Ethan Hunt, the leader of a crack espionage team whose perilous operation has gone awry with no explanation, discovers that a mole has penetrated the CIA, he's surprised to learn that he's the prime suspect. To clear his name, Hunt now must ferret out the real double agent and, in the process, even the score.

Paramount Pictures · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Albert Brooks

A neurotic, twice-divorced sci-fi writer moves back in with his mother to solve his personal problems.

Criterion Collection · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Wes Craven

S-Tier transfer buzzing across four platforms this week. The franchise is split between Paramount and Lionsgate right now with Scream 7 and Scream 4 both announced, so collectors are budgeting for multiple labels.

Paramount Pictures · 25th Anniversary Edition

dir. Penelope Spheeris

Kino Lorber gave a Chris Farley vehicle the full 4K treatment in 2025, scanned from the OCN with Dolby Vision. Hidef-digest scored it 5/5 video and 5/5 audio, razor sharp with film grain intact. Companion release to their Tommy Boy 4K. The Walmart-exclusive steelbook has new artwork, not a reissue of the old Blu-ray steel.

Kino Lorber · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Rob Cohen

S-Tier Shout Factory 4K. Dennis Quaid and Sean Connery with a dragon. The practical effects plus early CGI are an interesting HDR test.

Shout! Studios · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Alan Smithee, Kevin Yagher

S-Tier Arrow Video 4K. The fourth Hellraiser, in space. Arrow has the whole franchise covered.

Arrow Video · Tetralogy

dir. David R. Ellis

S-Tier Criterion 4K. A family sequel that somehow ended up in the Criterion Collection discussion. Physical media collectors want everything on disc.

Criterion Collection · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Cameron Crowe

S-Tier Sony 4K. Cameron Crowe's sports agent film with Tom Cruise. Sony's transfer is decent for a mid-90s studio comedy, though there isn't much collector energy around this title on its own.

Sony Pictures · 4K + Blu-ray (France)

dir. John Sayles

S-Tier Criterion 4K. John Sayles' Texas border mystery. One of the best Criterion releases of 2024 by audience vote, with people calling it Sayles' masterpiece. Works as a crime film, a history lesson, and a folk tale all at once.

Criterion Collection · 4K + Blu-ray

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.

Second Sight Films · 4K Box Set (Pusher Trilogy)

dir. Scott Hicks

Geoffrey Rush's Oscar-winning pianist performance. Capelight's German 4K release is the only way to get it in high resolution. Extremely thin English-language collector discussion. The kind of prestige title that exists in 4K catalogs mostly by virtue of a European distributor filling the gap.

Capelight · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Peter Jackson

Once an architect, Frank Bannister now passes himself off as an exorcist of evil spirits. To bolster his facade, he claims his "special" gift is the result of a car accident that killed his wife. But what he does not count on is more people dying in the small town where he lives. As he tries to piece together the supernatural mystery of these killings, he falls in love with the wife of one of the victims and deals with a crazy FBI agent.

Turbine · Ultimate Edition

dir. Renny Harlin

Samantha Caine is a small-town schoolteacher and mom with no memory of her life before washing up on a beach eight years ago. After a car accident and a violent home invasion trigger flashes of her past, she discovers she used to be a deadly CIA assassin. Teaming up with a wisecracking private investigator, Samantha must return to her old ways to take down the people who tried to erase her.

Arrow Video · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. S.S. Wilson

Earl Bassett's celebrity after defeating the Graboid attack against the town of Perfection has proved short-lived, until he's recruited by a Mexican oil company whose workers have found more than they bargained for under the soil.

Arrow Video · Limited Edition

dir. Matthew Bright

Following the arrest of her mother, Ramona, young Vanessa Lutz decides to go in search of her estranged grandmother. On the way, she is given a ride by school counselor Bob Wolverton. During the journey, Lutz begins to realize that Bob is the notorious I-5 Killer and manages to escape by shooting him several times. Wounded but still very much alive, Bob pursues Lutz across the state in this modern retelling of Little Red Riding Hood.

dir. Bobby Farrelly, Peter Farrelly

After bowler Roy Munson swindles the wrong crowd and is left with a hook for a hand, he settles into impoverished obscurity. That is, until he uncovers the next big thing: an Amish kid named Ishmael. So, the corrupt and the hopelessly naive hit the circuit intent on settling an old score with Big Ern.

dir. Martin Walz

In New York City, detective Luigi Mackeroni investigates a string of mysterious penile mutilations at the Hotel Quickie. After Mackeroni attempts to have a tryst with a gigolo he meets in the lobby, a carniverous condom bites off his right testicle and flees, which sets the detective off on a quest to stop the predatory prophylactic once and for all.

dir. Jan de Bont

An unprecedented series of violent tornadoes is sweeping across Oklahoma. Tornado chasers, headed by Dr. Jo Harding, attempt to release a groundbreaking device that will allow them to track them and create a more advanced warning system. They are joined by Jo's soon to be ex-husband Bill, a former tornado chaser himself, and his girlfriend Melissa.

dir. Reb Braddock

A death-obsessed cleaning woman uncovers a clue identifying a Florida bartender for a series of socialite murders.

dir. John Carpenter

Paramount 30th anniversary 4K steelbook is up for preorder. People who already own the 4K are split on the art, comparing it unfavorably to the Escape from New York steelbook. Fresh buyers are more enthusiastic.

Paramount Pictures · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Roland Emmerich

A-Tier 20th Century Studios 4K. Will Smith blows up aliens on the Fourth of July. This was one of the earlier 4K releases back in 2016, so the scan shows its age compared to newer remasters. Steelbooks still move for decent money secondhand, which says something about the film's staying power with collectors.

20th Century Studios · 20th Anniversary Edition

dir. Robert Mandel

When an inner-city Miami schoolteacher gets her knee broken after standing up to the school's gang leader, her mercenary combat specialist boyfriend goes undercover as a substitute teacher to take down the punk. Soon he discovers a conspiracy of criminals at work, and must reassemble his team from his last jungle raid to stop them.

Lionsgate · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Julian Schnabel

A-Tier Criterion 4K. The color version had some issues that people noticed. Criterion's black-and-white films tend to fare better than their color transfers.

Criterion Collection · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Lars von Trier

A-Tier Curzon Film 4K. Lars von Trier. A film that hits hard.

Curzon Film · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. David Cronenberg

Arrow Video 4K with Turbine Media releasing a separate European edition. The packaging got praise for quality supplements and the transfer earned an A-Tier rating. One of those Cronenberg films where people call it their most shameless self-indulgent purchase, which is exactly the right energy for a film about car crash fetishism.

Arrow Video · Limited Edition

dir. Jonathan Frakes

The Borg, a relentless race of cyborgs, are on a direct course for Earth. Violating orders to stay away from the battle, Captain Picard and the crew of the newly-commissioned USS Enterprise E pursue the Borg back in time to prevent the invaders from changing Federation history and assimilating the galaxy.

dir. Rob Epstein, Jeffrey Friedman

Exuberant, eye-opening movie that serves up a dazzling hundred-year history of the role of gay men and lesbians have had on the silver screen. Film contains fabulous footage from 120 films showing the changing face of cinema sexuality, from cruel stereotypes to covert love to the activist triumphs of the 1990s.

Sony Pictures · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Dario Argento

Vinegar Syndrome 4K Limited Edition from January 2026, restored from the original camera negative in Dolby Vision. Limited to 8,000 units with a 40-page book and slipcase. Asia Argento stars in her father's psychological thriller about a detective who hallucinates when viewing art, and the transfer brings out the Renaissance painting details that are central to the plot.

Vinegar Syndrome · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Danny Boyle

Heroin addict Mark Renton stumbles through bad ideas and sobriety attempts with his unreliable friends --Sick Boy, Begbie, Spud and Tommy. He also has an underage girlfriend, Diane, along for the ride. After cleaning up and moving from Edinburgh to London, Mark finds he can't escape the life he left behind as Begbie and Sick Boy come knocking.

Criterion Collection · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Joe Pytka

With their freedom on the line, the Looney Tunes seek the help of NBA superstar Michael Jordan to win a basketball game against a team of moronic aliens.

dir. William Lustig

It's Fourth of July Weekend, and the recently discovered corpse of Sgt. Sam Harper rises from the dead to punish the unpatriotic.

dir. David Hogan

C-Tier Turbine 4K. Pamela Anderson sci-fi. Kino Lorber also has a release. The C-Tier is expected.

Turbine

dir. Dennis Dugan

C-Tier Kino Lorber 4K. Adam Sandler at the golf course. Kino's been going after the 90s comedy catalog.

Kino Lorber · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Gregory Hoblit

C-Tier Paramount 4K. Edward Norton's debut, and people feel he should have won the Oscar over Cuba Gooding Jr. for Jerry Maguire. People are still waiting on Paramount to do Chinatown in 4K.

Paramount Pictures · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Andrew Fleming

A Catholic school newcomer falls in with a clique of teen witches who wield their powers against all who dare to cross them -- be they teachers, rivals or meddlesome parents.

Scream Factory · Collector's Edition

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 · 4K + Blu-ray (Australia)

dir. Geoffrey Sax

The Seventh Doctor becomes the Eighth. And on the streets of San Francisco – alongside new ally Grace Holloway - he battles the Master.

BBC Studios · Steelbook

dir. Herman Yau

A violent fugitive on the run from the law makes his way from Hong Kong to South Africa, where he discovers that he's immune to the Ebola virus, and later returns home to spread the deadly disease.

dir. Chuck Russell

30th anniversary 4K steelbook pre-order is live on Gruv at $33 USD. The comments are not about the film at all, they're about the steel and the price. The anniversary hook is doing all the work here.

Warner Bros. · Steelbook

dir. Takashi Miike

In order to settle a business dispute, a mob leader murders one of his own teenage sons. The surviving son vows to avenge his brother's death, and organizes his own gang of teenage killers to destroy his father's organization.

dir. Tim Burton

Warner's Limited Edition Steelbook is up for pre-order at Gruv US, Gruv Canada, and Orbit DVD, with the street date still TBA. Burton's 1996 alien-invasion satire was a famous underperformer in its theatrical release and has since become the kind of catalogue title people pay Steelbook prices for.

Warner Bros. · Limited Edition Steelbook

dir. Danny DeVito

Matilda Wormwood is an brilliant and intelligent little girl. Unfortunately, her parents, Harry and Zinnia, fail to see that fact. As time passes, she finally starts school and has a kind teacher, loyal friends, and a terrifying, sadistic headmistress. As she becomes fed up with the constant cruelty, she discovers she has a special gift that she just might be able to use to outwit the unruly adults around her.

dir. Stanley Tong Gwai-Lai

Arrow Video 4K. The most accessible of the Police Story sequels and the one that feels most like a Bond film. Arrow's presentation is clean.

Arrow Video · 4K Ultra HD

dir. Barry Levinson

Warner 4K preorder up at Gruv. Sleepers never got the disc treatment it deserved, and Warner finally committing to it is a positive sign.

Warner Bros. · Limited Edition Steelbook

dir. Anthony Minghella

In the 1930s, Count Almásy is a Hungarian map maker employed by the Royal Geographical Society to chart the vast expanses of the Sahara Desert along with several other prominent explorers. As World War II unfolds, Almásy enters into a world of love, betrayal, and politics.

Criterion Collection · 4K Ultra HD

dir. Simon Wincer

The 21st successor to the role of Bengalla's resident superhero must travel to New York to prevent a villainous syndicate from obtaining three magic skulls.

Kino Lorber · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Lloyd Kaufman

All the body-piercing, kinky sex, and car crashes that Shakespeare wanted but never had! Join Tromeo and Juliet as they travel through Manhattan's underground in search of climactic love, violence and the American Way.