Any point in waiting for these to be released?

[kinko]

Hey all, this is my first post so please be nice.
I'm totally sold on BluRay and have decided to list my favorite 50 movies of all time and buy them one by one on what I figure will be the last physical format for video, this is quite a watershed as I never bought DVD's (or VHS for that matter).
My problem though is that there's quite a number of titles that are either region locked (I reside in region 2) or show no sign of being released at all.
Can anyone here have a look at the titles below coloured in RED and BLUE and let me know if think I'm wasting my time waiting for their release?
Many thanks:


AVAILABLE PURCHASED IMPORT ONLY STILL NOT ON BD


Kill Bill – Quentin Tarrentino

Death Proof – Quentin Tarrentino

Saving Private Ryan – Steven Spielberg

There Will Be Blood - Paul Thomas Anderson

12 Monkeys – Terry Gilliam

Evil Dead II – Sam Raimi

Memento – Christopher Nolan (Waiting for the re-issue)

Die Hard - John McTiernan

Predator - John McTiernan

Collateral – Michael Mann

Slumdog Millionaire – Danny Boyle

American Beauty – Sam Mendes

Back to the Future – Robert Zemeckis

Aliens – James Cameron


Akira - Katsuhiro Ôtomo

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind - Michel Gondry

Pulp Fiction – Quentin Tarrentino

Dune - David Lynch

Spider-Man 2 – Sam Raimi (Don't want the box set)

Mad Max – George Miller (Region Locked)

The Princess Bride - Rob Reiner (Region Locked)

Dawn of the Dead (Remake) – Zack Snyder

Groundhog Day – Harold Ramis

Gattaca – Andrew Niccol

South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut – Trey Parker


Schindlers List – Steven Spielberg

Raiders of the Lost Ark – Steven Spielberg

Punch-Drunk Love - Paul Thomas Anderson

Monty Python and the Holy Grail – Terry Gilliam/Terry Jones

Dancer in the Dark – Lars Von Trier

Dogville – Lars Von Trier

Finding Nemo – Andrew Stanton

Before Sunrise/Before Sunset – Richard Linklater

High Fidelity – Stephen Frears

Airplane! - David Zucker

Star Wars (New Hope/Empire) - George Lucas (now has a release date)

Annie Hall – Woody Allen


The Bourne Identity – Doug Liman

Stranger Than Fiction – Marc Forster

National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation – Jeremiah S. Chechik

Austin Powers – Jay Roach

The Thing - John Carpenter

Mulholland Drive - David Lynch

The Dark Knight – Christopher Nolan

2001: A Space Odyssey – Stanley Kubrick

The Shining – Stanley Kubrick

Heat – Michael Mann

Children of Men – Alfonso Cuaron

Big Fish – Tim Burton

Shawshank Redemption – Frank Darabont

The Matrix - Wachowski Brothers