Name 10 Titles That Would Complete Your Blu-ray Collection

[Member-222782]

If you were asked to pick 10 films to add to your collection, and were told that would be it for physical media, which titles would you choose?
*The films you pick don't necessarily have to be unreleased or MIA titles. They could be upgrades from previous releases

My picks:

1) The Claim (1999)
2) Florida Straits (1986)
3) Neon City (1991)
4) The Abyss (1989)
5) Narrow Margin (1990)
6) April Fool's Day (1986)
7) Cemetery Man (new 4K restoration)
8) True Lies (1994)
9) Midnight (1981)
10) Breakdown (1997)

[bonehica]

A Place in the Sun (1951)
Happiness (1998)
Affliction (1997)
Written on the Wind (1956)
The Big Red One: The Reconstruction (1980/2004)
Crash (1996)
The Abyss (1989)
True Lies (1994)
Bringing Up Baby (1938)
Open Range (2003)

Honorable Mention: Tombstone: Directors Cut (1993)

[douglasrafael]

01. Lawn Dogs (1997)
02. Mickybo and Me (2005)
03. Turtles Can Fly (Lakposhtha Parvaz Mikonand, 2004)
04. Shout (1994)
05. Los Amantes del Circulo Polar (1998)
06. A Time for Drunken Horses (Zamani Barayé Masti Asbha, 2000)
07. Bastard Out of Carolina (1991)
08. Lou (2010)
09. Buddha Collapsed out of Shame (Buda as Sharm Foru Rikht, 2007)
10. O Auto da Compadecida (2000) (brazilian movie)

Unfortunately, none of them have been released.

[Cremildo]

01 The Village (2004)
02 The Passion of Anna (1969)
03 After the Rehearsal (1984)
04 Yellow Earth (1984)
05 Antonio das Mortes (1969)
06 Red Sorghum (1987)
07 Dersu Uzala (1975)
08 Pixote (1980)
09 Diary of a Chambermaid (1964)
10 Ordinary People (1980)

[Ggould1975]

1. Bon Voyage Charlie Brown 1980
2. Race For Your Life Charlie Brown 1977
3. Career Opportunities 1991
4. George Of The Jungle 1997
5. What About Bob? 1991
6. Midnight Madness 1980
7. Three Men And A Baby films 1987 and 1990
8. 101 Dalmations 1996
9. Big Top Pee Wee 1988
10. Rat Race 2001

[Sinbad75]

Darby O'Gill and the Little People
Dragonslayer
Young Sherlock Holmes
Make Mine Music
Melody Time
Victory Through Air Power
55 Days at Peking
War of the Worlds
The Complete Tex Avery MGM Cartoons
The Disney Treasures

That's really not all folks, but it would do!

[BurningAstronaut]

In no particular order:

a. Some Kind of Wonderful
b. The Abyss (Theatrical/Director's Cut)
c. Bully
d. The Devils (Ken Russell)
e. Until the End of the World (Director's Cut)
f. Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair
g. The Tenant (Polanski)
h. Chungking Express (4K Remaster)
i. The Dreamlife of Angels
j. Hello Mary Lou: Prom Night II

[GRD43L]

1. War and Peace (Bondarchuk's version)
2. Okami No Monshou
3. Ivan's Childhood
4. Story of Floating Weeds
5. The Lighthouse (2019)
6. Satantango
7. House that Jack Built (2018)
8. Secret Sunshine
9. Wild Pear Tree
10. Parasite (2019)

[Member-222782]

Some interesting choices. I guess that means most of everyone's wishlist titles have already been released so that leaves little, personal movies from everyone's childhood. Am I right? My own wishlist contains mostly B movies that have little to no chance of being released but also big "tentpole" stuff still MIA like The Abyss. Press on, guys.

[buck135]

Only 10 is tough, but here goes.

2 Days in the Valley (Paramount) 1996
The Best of Times (Lionsgate) 1986
Crazy People (Paramount) 1990
Johnny Dangerously (Fox) 1984
Only the Lonely (Fox) 1991
Pacific Heights (Warner?) 1990
Something Wicked This Way Comes (Disney) 1983
The Stepford Wives (Paramount) 1975
The Survivors (Sony) 1983
The Weather Man (Paramount) 2005

[Lope de Aguirre]

01. Gummo
02. Carnivale
03. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (remastered)
04. Babylon 5 (remastered)
05. Don't Come Knocking
06. Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (Extended Edition)
07. Star Wars (unaltered)
08. The Return of the Jedi (unaltered)
09. Lebenszeichen (Signs of Life - official release, not only a BD-R from Werner Herzog's site)
10. The Wild Blue Yonder (official release, not only a BD-R from Werner Herzog's site)

[Thomas Veil]

1. Cloak & Dagger
2. Local Hero
3. My Favorite Year
4. The Milagro Beanfield War
5. The Stalking Moon
6. Mackenna's Gold
7. Deadly Friend
8. Kolchak TV series
9. Heavy Metal 2000
10. Firecracker

[Bugg]

- Dogfight ('91) Warner Archive
- A Little Princess ('95) Warner Archive
- Wise Guys ('86) Warner Archive
- Eve's Bayou ('97) Lions Gate?
- The Out of Towners ('70) Paramount?
- Show Me Love ('98) dvd was Strand Releasing so no idea who would have BD
- Limbo ('99) Sony
- Nothing But a Man ('64) ???
- Cold Comfort Farm ('95) Universal
- Sister My Sister ('94) dvd was A-PIX Image so... Vinegar Syndrome?

[ABaglivi]

Wuthering Heights 1939
Centennial Summer 1946
The Tales of Hoffmann 1951 (still not issued complete)
The War of the Worlds 1953
The Story of Gilbert and Sullivan 1953
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea 1954
The Naked Jungle 1954
Land of the Pharaohs 1955
The Court Jester 1956
The Pajama Game 1957

[LT.Schaffer]

Movies:
1.Donovan's Reef
2.Guadalcanal Diary
3.Arsenic And Old Lace
4.High Sierra
5.They Drive By Night
6.The High And The Mighty
7.Island In The Sky
8.Old Man And The Sea
9.Destination Tokyo
10.Bringing Up Baby


TV:
1.Perry Mason Series
2.Columbo[US Release]
3.Deep Space Nine[Remastered]
4.Mchale's Navy
5.Thriller
6.Night Gallery
7.I Love Lucy[rest of series]
8.Midsomer Murders[Rest Of Series]
9.Bones[Rest Of Series]

[LMFAObros]

Sg-1
True Lies
The abyss
Another 48hrs
Addams family values
Roman Holiday
Bringing out the dead
War of the worlds 53
Mommie Dearest
Pretty in pink
(As you can tell just paramount shovelling out their catalog)

[CinemaScope]

Oh, I can't resist a list, so here's ten that would get a big, whoopee from me.

Scaramouche (1952)
Land Of The Pharaohs (1956)
Danger Within (1959) - (US title, Breakout)
What a Carve Up! (1961) - (US title, No Place Like Homicide)
She (1965)
The President's Analyst (1967)
Mackenna's Gold (1969)
Start The Revolution Without Me (1970)
Catch-22 (1970)
Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid (1973)

[joeys1313]

In no order and off the top of my head:

Death to Smoochy
Cemetery Man
Eyes of Fire
My Bloody Valentine (original)
License to Drive
Suicide Club
Martin
The Midnight Hour
Dead & Breakfast
Evil Dead Trap

[stvn1974]

Star Wars
The Empire Strikes Back
Return Of The Jedi
THX-1138
The Elephant Man
The Straight Story
INLAND EMPIRE
True Lies
The Abyss
Raw Deal

[Uptight]

Originally Posted by douglasrafael

10. O Auto da Compadecida (2000) (brazilian movie)

Unfortunately, none of them have been released.

I had the 4:3 DVD back then, this is also known as "A Dog's Will" in the U.S. It has no subtitles.

It's a classic here from Brazil. Due to colloquialisms, it's likely "lost in translation" for others.

The miniseries length is 157 minutes - the movie, 104 (it's a shortnened version).

The company that produced it ("Globo") put it in their streaming service "Globoplay" in 1080p (HD), both versions. But there are two differences that I discovered:

1) It's in 16:9. It cuts the top and bottom of the image. It was never displayed that way before. 4:3 seems to be open matte, and 16:9 shows more of the sides. 16:9 looks a bit zoomed, but I guess that's how it is. I took the same picture from DVD vs. streaming:

[Show spoiler]

O Auto da Compadecida Globoplay vs DVD - YouTube

2) In 2019 they remastered it, however it's not the original version from TV broadcasts/DVD anymore.

Wikipedia says they added a few more extra scenes and changed camera angles. Probably filler. Besides that, the worst alterations were made in the "trial" scenes, they modified the backgrounds (what was showed in the green screens) from heaven/hell. The director considered the former effects "outdated".

So if this gets a Blu-ray release one day, it will probably be the modified version.