BRs Unreleased in the U.S. (That are available Elsewhere)

[albabe]

I couldn't find a Thread like this...

I'm sure this sounds pretty ignorant and silly to some, but I'm just recently finding out that there are Blu-Rays released in the UK and Elsewhere that are not, and maybe will never be, released in the U.S.. I searched but I couldn't find a thread informing folks of these Films. If anyone knows of another Thread or has a better Name for this one, please feel free...

As an example: I just picked up a few of my Fave Movies on BR from the UK that don't seem to exist in the U.S.:

Bagdad Cafe
Cocoon (I can't help it. I just love the Performances by the Older actors!)
Georgie Girl

One of my very fave Films,The Milagro Beanfield War, seems to be available in HD from Amazon Prime but doesn't seem to be available as a BR anywhere. Same with Murphy's Romance.

[Moonlight Shadow]

There are hundreds if not thousands of movies available on Blu-ray only outside the US. Honestly I wouldn't even know where to start to list them.

[StingingVelvet]

Originally Posted by Moonlight Shadow

There are hundreds if not thousands of movies available on Blu-ray only outside the US. Honestly I wouldn't even know where to start to list them.

If we kept it to a list of region-free and relatively "big" movies with no US release it would be manageable. I'm surprised there isn't a thread for that already.

Beverly Hills Cop 2 and 3, the Police Academy movies, Beastmaster, The Punisher, and No Escape are some big ones off the top of my head.

[tylerdurden10]

I'm fairly certain there was a thread by HD Goofnut that listed a HUGE amount of titles that didn't have U.S. releases, although that wasn't the main focus of his thread. It was mainly pointing out titles that had better releases elsewhere (but in doing so also pointed out unreleased U.S. titles).

Not sure if the thread still exists, I haven't noticed it in quite some time.

Edit: And of course literally right after typing this, I noticed his thread just a few spots down from this one! TC you may want to look a little deeper next time.

[rdodolak]

Originally Posted by tylerdurden10

I'm fairly certain there was a thread by HD Goofnut that listed a HUGE amount of titles that didn't have U.S. releases, although that wasn't the main focus of his thread. It was mainly pointing out titles that had better releases elsewhere (but in doing so also pointed out unreleased U.S. titles).

Not sure if the thread still exists, I haven't noticed it in quite some time.

Edit: And of course literally right after typing this, I noticed his thread just a few spots down from this one! TC you may want to look a little deeper next time.

I think you're referring to this one although that isn't the main focus, but it does list titles that don't (or at that time didn't) have a US release. Those have the US listed as N/A.

https://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread.php?t=252156

[AmishParadise]

Below is the list of DVD's that I own which are available on Blu-ray. None have seen a US release yet that I'm aware of. It's been a while since I've looked over the list though. If any of these did get a US release let me know. Thanks in advance!

Title | Release Date
Alone in the Dark: Director's Cut 9/6/2007
Chiedi alla polvere (Ask the Dust) 3/19/2008
Astronaut Farmer 9/11/2008
The Beastmaster 12/4/2013
Bend it Like Beckham 10/11/2010
Beyond Borders - Amore Senza Confini
Beyond the Sea 2/1/2012
Bird on a Wire 4/10/2017
Boogeyman - L'uomo nero 2/12/2005
Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan 11/9/2009
Bottle Shock 8/27/2009
Breach 5/4/2011
Broken Flowers 10/28/2011
Bug: Special Edition 12/6/2007
Cate McCall - Il confine della verità (The Trials of Cate McCall) 1/15/2015
The Cave 2/21/2007
3 Engel für Charlie: Volle Power (Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle) 4/22/2013
The Core 9/17/2012
Creation 1/18/2010
The Cry of the Owl 10/27/2009
The Crying Game 9/19/2016
The Dead Zone 1/27/2015
Dreamer: la strada per la vittoria (Dreamer: Inspired by a True Story) 11/23/2011
The Dreamers 4/9/2014
Conspiracy - Wem kannst du trauen? (Conspiracy: Who Can You Trust?) 9/25/2014
Fahrenheit 451 3/18/2015
The Fan 1/27/2017
Flirteando con el desastre (Flirting with Disaster) 11/30/2011
The Fly 2: Special Edition 10/4/2017
Le Quattro Piume (The Four Feathers)
The Getaway (La huida) 12/12/2016
The Gift 10/1/2010
Godsend 1/28/2011
Good Bye Lenin!: X Edition 9/6/2013
The Grudge 2 3/14/2013
En la tiniebla (In the Darkness) 10/31/2008
Gioco di Donna (Head in the Clouds) 8/1/2011
Hollywoodland 2/20/2012
Hot Shots! 7/8/2013
The Hours 12/7/2011
Reine Chefsache (In Good Company) 9/30/2011
In Her Shoes 2/2/2015
The Jacket 8/20/2013
Verdades ocultas (A Little Trip to Heaven)
The Maiden Heist 11/2/2010
Maria Full of Grace 2/16/2009
Match Point 12/6/2012
Nine Lives 1/9/2012
Der bunte Schleier (The Painted Veil) 2/19/2009
Couchgeflüster (Prime) 9/10/2010
The Prince & Me 9/7/2010
The Quiet American 9/19/2011
Romper Stomper 12/7/2012
Rules of Engagement 9/28/2015
Scoop 1/25/2013
Shattered Gioco Mortale (Shattered)
Shine 1/20/2011
Stephen King's Sleepwalkers 8/5/2015
Sliding Doors 8/28/2012
Submerged 11/20/2009
The Substitute 3/3/2010
Tenderness - Auf der Spur des Killers (Tenderness: On the Trail of a Killer) 2/18/2010
Timeline - Ai confini del tempo 11/5/2008
Train 6/22/2010
Uomini & Donne (Trust the Man)
Two For The Money 1/24/2011
An Deiner Schulter (The Upside of Anger) 9/30/2011
What Women Want 12/8/2008
While You Were Sleeping 11/21/2012
The Whole Ten Yards 9/8/2009
Wimbledon 11/5/2012
Wolf Creek 11/19/2007
El leñador (The Woodsman) 12/7/2011
El año que vivimos peligrosamente (The Year of Living Dangerously) 10/22/2014
You Kill Me 11/21/2008
Deine, Meine & Unsere (Yours, Mine & Ours) 5/27/2016

[hanshotfirst1138]

What I’d give for a proper release in another region of Leone’s films, particularly GBU.

[DawnShadow]

Originally Posted by AmishParadise

Starsky & Hutch 11/7/2011

https://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread.php?t=314143

[StingingVelvet]

Originally Posted by AmishParadise

Below is the list of DVD's that I own which are available on Blu-ray. None have seen a US release yet that I'm aware of. It's been a while since I've looked over the list though. If any of these did get a US release let me know. Thanks in advance!

Beastmaster, Dead Zone and The Fly 2 all have region-free releases sold in the US from overseas. I'm guess you don't want those for some reason, but in case you didn't know about them... now ya do.

[AmishParadise]

Originally Posted by StingingVelvet

Beastmaster, Dead Zone and The Fly 2 all have region-free releases sold in the US from overseas. I'm guess you don't want those for some reason, but in case you didn't know about them... now ya do.

Thanks. Yes, I'm aware of those. I was just posting the list of DVD's I own which haven't seen an actual US release, irrespective of any region coding or where they can be purchased from.

[CinemaScope]

Ridley Scott's A Good Year 2006 (Russell Crowe being both boyish & charming!), multi-region disc from Germany, & apart from the cover (Ein gutes Jahr) it's an all American disc, English titles, & defaults to English language, & it's only 9 euros.


In fact Fox are releasing a few sold-out TT titles in Germany over the next few months, & they all look to be multi-region: Those Magnificent Men In Their Flying Machines (1965), Journey To The Centre Of The Earth (1959) & Hombre (1967), plus Morituri (1965), I don't think that's had a release yet.

…Oh, & the sold-out TT release, The Blue Max is available from France (Le Crépuscule des aigles), I have it & it looks great, the same transfer as the TT release & only 11.37 euros & Amazon states that it's all regions (don't buy the German release as it's an old transfer).

[kirkman1987]

Slaughterhouse Five

A lot of the non-Godzilla Toho Kaiju films. I want them all but consider Mysterians, Rodan, and Mothra are the big ones. Rodan seems to be coming from Criterion as part of their acquisition of classic media titles but Mothra and Mysterians are MIA.

Mothra is with Sony...Mysterians may have reverted back to Toho at this point.

[oilers73]

Strange Days and The Crying Game. Both titles are the reason I went region-free.

[AmishParadise]

I import titles all the time. I'm not limited to Region A titles. I just haven't gotten around to upgrading all my DVD's to Blu-ray yet. The list I posted are just the DVD's I haven't upgraded to Blu-ray yet which I'd have to import.

[albabe]

Thanx for the feedback!

I wasn't actually expecting a definitive list of any sort... just a discussion of Fave Films available places other than the U.S.

I just watched Bagdad Cafe and it looks great. The credits say it was a 4K Scan... so, very cool.

Cocoon looked pretty good too!

Georgie girl looked pretty bland, but I'm assuming the Source Material wasn't great!