Top 10 Blu-rays For 2013

[WeeBey]

What are the top 10 movies you hope to see on Blu-ray in 2013?

By tracking our most wanted movies, this may be an interesting way to track the progress of Blu-ray over the year. Something to come back to this time next year and see where we stand.

This was my list for 2012:

01. Vertigo (1958) / ALFRED HITCHCOCK
02. Singin’ in the Rain (1952) / STANLEY DONEN & GENE KELLY
03. Tokyo Story (1953) / YASUJIRO OZU
04. Lawrence of Arabia (1962) / DAVID LEAN
05. Bicycle Thieves (1948) / VITTORIO DE SICA
06. Rashomon (1950) / AKIRA KUROSAWA
07. Passion of Joan of Arc, The (1928) / CARL DREYER
08. Touch of Evil (1958) / ORSON WELLES
09. La Dolce vita (1960) / FEDERICO FELLINI
10. La Grande illusion (1939) / JEAN RENOIR

Honorable Mention: Unaltered Star Wars OT


I actually acquired a region-free Blu-ray payer this year so a lot of these movies were suddenly released for me even though they may have been out for a while.

Vertigo was released as part of the Masterpiece Collection on the October 30.

Singin' in the Rain was released on July 17.

Tokyo Story was released by BFI back in 2010.

Lawrence of Arabia was released November 13.

Bicycle Thieves was released by Arrow back in 2011.

Rashomon was released by Criterion on November 6.

The Passion of Joan of Arc was released by Eureka on November 26.

Touch of Evil was released by Eureka back in 2011.

La Grande Illusion was released on July 31.


Pretty decent, really. Only one carry-over (and, of course, Star Wars).

Anyways, on to 2013:

01. La Dolce vita (1960) / FEDERICO FELLINI
02. Spirited Away (2001) / HAYAO MIYAZAKI
03. Ordet (1955) / CARL DREYER
04. Talk To Her (2002) / PEDRO ALMODOVAR
05. L'Avventura (1960) / MICHELANGELO ANTONIONI
06. Before Sunset (2004) / RICHARD LINKLATER
07. Andrei Rublev (1966) / ANDREI TARKOVSKY
08. Punch-Drunk Love (2002) / PAUL THOMAS ANDERSON
09. Persona (1966) / INGMAR BERGMAN
10. 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days (2007) / CRISTIAN MUNGIU

Honorable Mention: Unaltered Star Wars OT


I think I might go 10 for 10 this year. Maybe even Star Wars.

[nichart]

My top 10 for US release in 2013 in no particular order...

01. Slither
02. Howl's Moving Castle
03. Spirited Away
04. Bubba Ho-Tep
05. Team America: World Police
06. Mr. Holland's Opus
07. The Emperor's New Groove
08. Kung Pow! Enter the Fist
09. Willard
10. The Little Mermaid

Originally, Willow and Who Framed Roger Rabbit would have made this list, but since they already have a release date, I figured I'd leave them off.

[retablo]

La Belle Noiseuse
Bergman's Faith Trilogy (Through A Glass Darkly, Winter Light, The Silence)
The Dekalog
Jean de Florette/Manon of the Spring
Forbidden Games
L'Aavventura
Before Sunrise/Before Sunset
Aguirre: The Wrath of God
Snow Falling on Cedars
Anything from john Sayles

[Belloche]

Off the top of my head

Sorcerer
Nashville
Nights of Cabiria
Tender Mercies
The Last Detail
The Long Goodbye
The Umbrellas of Cherbourg
Phantasm
Le Samourai
Junior Bonner

If I could get one or two of these I would be happy.

[Belloche]

Originally Posted by retablo

La Belle Noiseuse
Bergman's Faith Trilogy (Through A Glass Darkly, Winter Light, The Silence)
The Dekalog
Jean de Florette/Manon of the Spring
Forbidden Games
L'Aavventura
Before Sunrise/Before Sunset
Aguirre: The Wrath of God
Snow Falling on Cedars
Anything from john Sayles

I should have put Aguirre: The Wrath of God on my list.

[knicks999]

1. Vanilla Sky
2. Great Expectations
3. Spirited Away
4. Six Feet Under complete series
5. Sopranos complete series
6. Vegas Vacation
7. Mallrats
8. John Carpenters Vampires
9. The Beach
10. Cube

[lim.davidd]

1. Schindler's List
2. The Great Escape
3. Great Expectations [1946]
4. Bang Rajan
5. A Matter of Life and Death
6. Vertigo-single
7. Rear Window-single
8. La Dolce Vita
9. Song of the South
10. Andrei Rublev
11. Alexander Nevsky
12. Ivan The Terrible

[Visco.]

I just hope that Rust and Bone gets released on blu in the US.

[iScottie]

I want Vanilla Sky, Waitress, Thirteen, One Hour Photo, and Death Wish off the top of my head.

Hopefully 2013 will be generous with us

[Nailwraps]

1. Cats Don't Dance
2. Phantasm
3. Bad Taste
4. Meet The Feebles
5. Puppet Master 4
6. Monty Python's The Meaning Of Life
7. Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie FIlm For Theaters
8. Child's Play 2
9. Race For Your Life, Charlie Brown
10. Phantasm III: Lord Of The Dead

[Sinbad75]

1. The Time Machine - 1960
2. Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea
3. The Vikings
4. First Men in the Moon
5. Golden Voyage of Sinbad
6. Pit and the Pendulum
7. Any of the Disney "package" animation features of the 1940s
8. SOMETHING from Bob Hope! (preferably the "Road" pictures)
9. Darby O'Gill and the Little People
10. Disney Treasures

[EricAD]

#1. Twin Peaks: The Complete Saga (Both TV Series & Fire Walk With Me)
#2.Mulholland Drive
#3.Hedwig and the Angry Inch
#4.The Hunger
#5.The Addams Family movies
#6.The Virgin Suicides
#7.Mommie Dearest
#8.Welcome to the Dollhouse
#9.Wild at Heart
#10.Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Season One
(I know this is a long shot, as the show would have to be reconstructed Star Trek: TNG style, but I can hope)

[DjMethod]

My Top 10 Blu-ray Wishlist (US Releases/Non-Criterion/Non-Animated):

1. Talk to Her
2. Mulholland Dr.
3. Mr. Nobody
4. L'appartement
5. Departures
6. Children of Heaven
7. The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
8. Persona
9. Thirst
10. Elite Squad
    

Criterion:

1. Hiroshima Mon Amour
2. City Lights
3. Viridiana
4. Ikiru
5. The Bicycle Thief
6. The Passion of Joan of Arc
7. The Exterminating Angel
8. Elevator to the Gallows
9. Woman in the Dunes
10. Pandora's Box

Animated:

1. Princess Mononoke
2. Spirited Away
3. Street Fighter II: The Animated Movie
4. Perfect Blue
5. Kiki's Delivery Service
6. Oliver & Company
7. Aladdin
8. A Goofy Movie
9. Flushed Away
10. 101 Dalmatians

Re-release Hopes:

1. Babel with HD Audio
2. Ponyo with HD Japanese Audio
3. The Fox and the Hound (single release)

Most anticipated/Already announced:

1. The Devil's Backbone
2. Band of Outsiders
3. Howl's Moving Castle
4. My Neighbor Totoro
5. Jurassic Park

[MifuneFan]

Wishlist:

1.) The Hidden Fortress (Criterion)
2.) Le Samourai (Criterion)
3.) Tokyo Story (Criterion) or any other Ozu movie
3.) Rurouni Kenshin Live-action movie US release
4.) Spirited Away in Japan
5.) Munich
6.) Jaws II
7.) Individual release for Vertigo, and others from the Universal Hitchcock collection
8.) Slimmed down version of the HP Wizards collection
9.) Titus (1999)
10.) More Fritz Lang

[Archedamian]

Pandora's Box
Fitzcarraldo
Aguirre: The Wrath of God
Kiki's Delivery Service
Sorcerer
Thief

[Hawkguy]

Originally Posted by DjMethod

[*]Mr. Nobody

You can already buy the Region A release from Canada...it's perfectly fine .

[First Blood]

Hoping for Carpenter's Prince of Darkness this year. And for Dolph's Punisher to make its US debut.

[CoolRanch]

Spirited Away
What About Bob?
Tarzan
101 Dalmatians

[DjMethod]

Originally Posted by CoopFilm

You can already buy the Region A release from Canada...it's perfectly fine .

Thanks! I was waiting for a US release but I think I'll bite.

[Bruce Morrison]

Short Cuts (Altman)
McCabe And Mrs Miller (Altman)
Working Girl (Nichols)
Ace In The Hole (Wilder)
The Private Life Of Sherlock Holmes (Wilder)
Vertigo (Hitchcock) (separate release)
Klute (Pakula)
The Parallax View (Pakula)
Bugsy (Levinson)
The Wind And The Lion (Milius)