List of films that have better transfers on digital over disc

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List of films that have newer or better transfers on digital compared to the discs of the same film. This includes films that are available in 4K but not on disc, films with updated HD transfers, films that have a Dolby Vision layer on digital platforms and not on the 4K disc, and some films that have better compression on digital.

Please comment if you know of any others. This list is a good indicator of what might be released on disc in the future.

20th Century Fox
- Films available in 4K only on digital

[Show spoiler]500 Days of Summer (HDR10)
A Good Day to Die Hard
A Hidden Life (HDR10)
Aftermath, The (HDR10)
Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip
Art of Racing in the Rain, The (HDR10)
Battle of the Sexes
Big
Birth of a Nation, The (HDR10)
Book Thief, The
Book of Life, The (HDR10)
Booksmart (HDR10)
Brooklyn
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
Can You Ever Forgive Me?
Day the Earth Stood Still, The
Detroit (HDR10)
Die Hard 2: Die Harder (HDR10) (D+ has forced theatrical subs for the FM-1 scene, iTunes/Prime use device / language specific subs supposedly)
Die Hard with a Vengeance (HDR10)
Edward Scissorhands
Fault in Our Stars, The
Favourite, The
Free Solo (HDR10)
Gone Girl
Goodbye Christopher Robin
Isle of Dogs
Jackie
Jingle All The Way
Kingdom of Heaven, The (Theatrical Cut) (HDR10)
Let's Be Cops
Live Free or Die Hard (HDR10)
Longest Ride, The (HDR10)
Lucy in the Sky (Dolby Vision) (HDR10)
Me and Earl and the Dying Girl (HDR10)
Missing Link (Dolby Vision) (HDR10)
Moulin Rouge!
Mountain Between Us, The
Mrs. Doubtfire
Night at the Museum (Dolby Vision) (HDR10) (D+)
Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb (Dolby Vision) (HDR10) (D+)
November Man, The
Office Space
Old Man and the Gun
Omen, The (Original)
Omen, The (Remake)
Other Woman, The
Paper Towns
Patton (Dolby Vision) (HDR10)
Personal History of David Copperfield, The (Dolby Vision) (HDR10)
Poltergeist (Remake) (HDR10)
Poltergeist Extended Cut (Remake) (HDR10)
Ready or Not (HDR10)
Sandlot, The
Say Anything...
Spy (HDR10)
Spy Unrated
Super Troopers 2
Tolkien (HDR10)
Underwater (HDR10)
Victor Frankenstein (HDR10)
Wall Street
Wendy (Dolby Vision) (HDR10)
Where'd You Go, Bernadette (HDR10)
Wolverine, The

- Films with better digital HD transfers compared to the disc
Big Trouble in Little China (Newer 2K(?) transfer, unfortunately slightly stretched - the Midnight Factory / Koch Italian blu-ray includes this transfer)
Commando (R-Rated Theatrical Cut)
Edward Scissorhands (Blu-ray includes the 4K transfer on digital)
Jewel of the Nile, The
Romancing The Stone
Volcano (Japanese Fox/Disney blu and German blus also include this newer transfer)
Wall Street (Blu-ray includes the 4K transfer on digital)
- Films with better restorations on DCP (theatrical screenings) and are not available elsewhere -
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (same restoration as the 4K digital)
Fight Club (4K DCP, likely same restoration as blu-ray)
Poseidon Adventure, The (Original, recently restored)
Rebecca Of Sunnybrook Farm (recently restored)
Spellbound (recently restored)


Disney / Buena Vista
- Films available in 4K only on digital

[Show spoiler]10 Things I Hate About You (Dolby Vision) (HDR10)
Alice Through The Looking Glass (Dolby Vision) (HDR10)
Antlers (HDR10)
Banshees of Inisherin, The (Dolby Vision) (HDR10)
Barbarian (Dolby Vision) (HDR10)
Bears and I, The (Dolby Vision) (HDR10)
Black Cauldron, The (Dolby Vision) (HDR10)
Cat from Outer Space, The (Dolby Vision) (HDR10) (D+)
Chevalier (Dolby Vision) (HDR10)
Christopher Robin (Dolby Vision) (HDR10)
Downhill (HDR10)
Empire of Light (Dolby Vision) (HDR10)
Empty Man, The (Dolby Vision) (HDR10)
Eyes of Tammy Faye, The (Dolby Vision) (HDR10)
Ever After (Dolby Vision) (HDR10) (D+)
Hellraiser (2022) (Dolby Vision) (HDR10)
High Fidelity (Dolby Vision) (HDR10) (D+)
Home Alone 2 (Dolby Vision) (HDR10) (D+)
Honey I Shrunk The Kids (HDR10) (D+)
Ice Age (HDR10) (D+)
Ice Age: Collision Course (HDR10) (D+)
Ice Age: Continental Drift (HDR10) (D+)
Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs (HDR10) (D+)
Ice Age: The Meltdown (HDR10) (D+)
Menu, The (Dolby Vision) (HDR10)
Muppet Christmas Carol, The (Dolby Vision) (HDR10) (Theatrical Cut + Extended cut with deleted song)
Muppets Movie, The (Dolby Vision) (HDR10) (D+)
Napoleon Dynamite (Dolby Vision) (HDR10) (D+)
Napoleon Dynamite (screenings at Sundance, likely going to be D+ only)
National Treasure (Dolby Vision) (HDR10)
National Treasure 2: Book of Secrets (Dolby Vision) (HDR10)
Night House, The (Dolby Vision) (HDR10)
Nomadland (Dolby Vision) (HDR10)
Pretty Woman (Dolby Vision) (HDR10) (D+)
Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement (Dolby Vision) (HDR10)
Princess Diaries, The (Dolby Vision) (HDR10)
Remember the Titans (Dolby Vision) (HDR10)
Rushmore (Dolby Vision) (HDR10) (D+)
Santa Clause 2, The (Dolby Vision) (HDR10)
Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause, The (Dolby Vision) (HDR10)
Santa Clause, The (Dolby Vision) (HDR10)
See How They Run (Dolby Vision) (HDR10)
Summer of Soul
Sword in the Stone, The (Dolby Vision) (HDR10) (D+)
The Sixth Sense (Dolby Vision) (HDR10) (D+)
There's Something About Mary (Dolby Vision) (HDR10) (D+) (Theatrical Cut)
- Films available with Dolby Vision only on digital
- Films available in 4K/HD only on digital
Barbarian
Empty Man, The
Hellraiser (remake)

- Films with better HD transfers compared to the disc
Con Air (4K remaster in 1080p, even includes a line cut from the blu-ray due to UK censors)
Rock, The (Netflix afaik)
Color of Money, The (D+, supposedly gone)

Dreamworks
- Films available in 4K only on digital
Last Castle, The (HDR10)
Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted
Mouse Hunt (Dolby Vision) (HDR10)
Peacemaker, The (HDR10)
Road Trip (Dolby Vision) (HDR10)
Road Trip Unrated
Tuxedo, The (Dolby Vision) (HDR10)
- Films available with Dolby Vision only on digital
- Films available in HD only on digital

Lionsgate Films
- Films available in 4K only on digital

[Show spoiler]10 Minutes Gone (HDR10)
2 Minutes of Fame (Dolby Vision) (HDR10)
47 Meters Down: Uncaged (Dolby Vision) (HDR10)
A Gift From Bob
About My Father (Dolby Vision) (HDR10)
Ace and the Christmas Miracle
Adverse
Agent Game
Agent Toby Barks
Alice, Darling (Dolby Vision) (HDR10)
Alone
American Carnage
American Night
American Pastoral (Dolby Vision) (HDR10)
American Sicario
Amityville Harvest, The
Amityville Moon
Amityville Uprising
Amores Perros (HDR10)
Angel of Mine
Angry Neighbors
Apache Junction
Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret. (HDR10)
Ben Is Back
Blair Witch (Dolby Vision) (HDR10)
Blindspotting (Dolby Vision) (HDR10)
Bombshell (Dolby Vision) (HDR10)
Born a Champion
Bullet Proof
But I'm a Cheerleader Director's Cut (Dolby Vision) (HDR10)
Call Jane
Cannibal Cabin
Captors
Catch The Bullet
Centurion: The Dancing Stallion
Chappaquiddick (Dolby Vision) (HDR10)
Christmas In Paradise (HDR10)
Clown Fear
Colony, The
Confidential Informant
Cotton Club Encore, The
Courier, The 2020 (HDR10)
Courier, The
Crypto
Dangerous
Dark Web: Cicada 3301
Dead Man's Hand
Dementia 13 Director's Cut
Desperate Riders
Detective Knight: Independence (HDR10)
Detective Knight: Redemption (HDR10)
Detective Knight: Rogue
Devil You Know, The (HDR10)
Devil's Workshop
Devilreaux
Die in a Gunfight
Dig
Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot (HDR10)
Doorman, The (HDR10)
Dragged Across Concrete (Dolby Vision) (HDR10)
Early Man (Dolby Vision) (HDR10)
Endangered Species
Escape Plan 2: Hades (Dolby Vision) (HDR10)
Escape Plan: The Extractors (HDR10)
Escape The Field (HDR10)
Expired
Fallen
Family Camp
Fast Color (Dolby Vision) (HDR10)
Fear Of Rain
Finding You
Five Feet Apart (Dolby Vision) (HDR10)
Flood, The
Fool's Paradise
For The Love of Money
Force of Nature
Fortress
Fortress: Sniper's Eye
Gateway, The
Gigi & Nate
Glass Castle, The (Dolby Vision) (HDR10)
Glorias, The
God Bless the Broken Road
Good House, The (Dolby Vision) (HDR10)
Green Rush
Guest House
Habit
Hard Luck Love Song (HDR10)
Hell on the Border
Hero Dog: The Journey Home
Hex
Honeymoon, The
Hot Seat
House Next Door: Meet The Black 2, The (HDR10)
Hunter's Moon
I Still Believe (Dolby Vision) (HDR10)
I Still See You (HDR10)
Inherit the Viper
Initiation
Into The Deep
Intrigo: Dear Agnes
Intrigo: Death of an Author
Intrigo: Samaria
Invincible
Iron Mask
Jesus Revolution (Dolby Vision) (HDR10)
Jexi
Joy Ride
Judy (HDR10)
Juliet, Naked (HDR10)
Jurassic Tale
Lady of the Manor (Dolby Vision) (HDR10)
Lamborghini: The Man Behind The Legend
Last Shoot Out
Lockdown
Long Shot (Dolby Vision) (HDR10)
Lucky Day
Mack & Rita
Mid-Century
Midnight in the Switchgrass
Mindcage
Minute You Wake Up Dead, The
Miss Willoughby and the Haunted Bookshop
Moving On
My Happy Ending
Needle in a Timestack
Notorious Nick
Old Way, The
One Ranger
Paradise Highway
Penthouse, The
Pinocchio
Poison Rose, The
Pursuit
Quarry, The
R.A.D.A.R.: The Adventures of the Bionic Dog
Replicas (Dolby Vision) (HDR10)
Requin, The
Right One, The
Rogue
Saving Sloane
Semper Fi (Dolby Vision) (HDR10)
Send It
Silencing, The
Silk Road
Snow Falls
Somewhere in Queens
Sons of Summer
Spore, The
Survive the Game
Survive the Night
Swing of Things, The (HDR10)
Think Like a Dog (HDR10)
To the End
Transfusion
Trauma Center
Tucker: The Man and His Dream (Dolby Vision) (HDR10)
Turkey Bowl, The (HDR10)
Unhinged (Dolby Vision) (HDR10)
Vanquish
Virtuoso, The
WarHunt
We Only Know So Much (HDR10)
Weapon, The
Where the Scary Things Are
Who Is Christmas Eve? (HDR10)
Wire Room
Wolf Hound
You Were Never Really Here (HDR10)
Zero Contact
- Films available with Dolby Vision only on digital
Conan The Barbarian
Criminal
Deepwater Horizon
Divergent: Allegiant
Divergent: Insurgent
Ender's Game
Fatale
First Blood
Gamer
Gods of Egypt
Hunger Games, The
Hunger Games: Catching Fire, The
Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1, The
Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2, The
La La Land
Mechanic: Resurrection
Patriots Day
Rambo III
Rambo: First Blood Part II
The Lincoln Lawyer
Warrior

- Films available in HD only on digital

MGM
- Films available in 4K only on digital
A View To A Kill
Diamonds Are Forever
Die Another Day
Dr. No
For Your Eyes Only
From Russia With Love
Goldeneye
Goldfinger
Licence To Kill
Live And Let Die
Moonraker
Octopussy
On Her Majesty's Service
The Living Daylights
The Man With The Golden Gun
The Spy Who Loved Me
The World Is Not Enough
Thunderball
Tomorrow Never Dies
You Only Live Twice
- Films available with Dolby Vision only on digital
- Films available in HD only on digital

New Line Cinema
- Films available in 4K only on digital
- Films available with Dolby Vision only on digital
- Films available in HD only on digital

Paramount Pictures
- Films available in 4K only on digital
From Dusk Till Dawn (on digital in other countries)
Harold and Maude (Dolby Vision) (HDR10)
Nashville
Pretty In Pink
Revolutionary Road (Dolby Vision) (HDR10)
Thinner (Dolby Vision) (HDR10)
Top Secret! (Dolby Vision) (HDR10)
- Films available with Dolby Vision only on digital
- Films available in HD only on digital

Sony Pictures
- Films available in 4K only on digital
My Girl
Not Another Teen Movie
Little Women (2019) (Dolby Vision) (HDR10)
Hardcore
- Films available with Dolby Vision only on digital
- Films available in HD only on digital
- Films with better HD transfers compared to the disc
Crossroads
Saving Silverman
Sheena
The Freshman
The Interview (Blacks crushed on disc)

Universal Studios
- Films available in 4K only on digital
Knocked Up
Knocked Up Unrated
Cape Fear (Remake) (Amazon Prime in certain countries)
Born on the Fourth of July (supposedly getting a 4K in France soon)
- Films available with Dolby Vision only on digital
- Films available in HD only on digital

Warner Bros.
- Films available in 4K only on digital
Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery (International Cut) (Dolby Vision) (Amazon Prime in certain countries)
- Films available with Dolby Vision only on digital
- Films available in HD only on digital
- Films with better HD transfers compared to the disc
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (better compression than VC-1 BD25)