Thank you for subscribing to my KZfaq channel in 2020! Let me know some of your favourite 4Ks of the year in the comments below :)

I need Master and Commander completely restored and with Dolby Atmos on 4K. Is that asking too much? Lol

I need Minority Report on 4K

For me it was The Shining. This and 2001 Space Odyssey restoration are just mindblown, I can't to see Barry Lyndon in 4K!

Great list! I’ve only started collecting physical media this year, so I still have to get most of what you have in this video. I love that this list is of films that you enjoy and are genuinely great films, in comparison to other channels just listing films by video quality alone.

Ran into your channel this month and I just wanted to say you have the most flush boutique collection I’ve seen. Love your channel, keep making videos.

I too am surprised that Spartacus hasn't been on the other list I've seen so far. I was blown away by this 4K presentation. It was the 1st time I was seeing this movie (I think, unless I saw it when I was really young on tv which doesn't count) and I just couldn't believe how well it looks and cinematography level for it's age. As someone who has just embarked on my physical media collection this year, it was an important discovery. I'm now much more open to looking at older movies and not underestimate what their quality might be. Great list. Now a new subscriber.

Elliot! It’s Mac!! This is a great list of movies on 4K! These are some great titles and I love them! 1917, Spartacus, etc are some of my favorites! Also, happy new year and am hoping your 2021 will be better!! 🎥🙌

I play your videos on my phone often before bed for your soothing voice. Thanks for all you do!

Amazing list and a few I need to pick up at some point! Your number 1 pick hasn't even been on my radar, so was surprised to see it clinch the title. May 2021 bring us 4K discs of some of our favourite films 🤞 Happy New Year pal!

Hello Elliot. I've been enjoying your reviews this past year. I very much like your insightful and knowledgeable comments on all things Blu-ray AND 4k's! I was pleasantly surprised by you #1 pick. I own a good laserdisc (yes!) copy of that film. If I were to buy the 4k, that you so highly recommended, I would be skipping over 2 iterations of the film: DVD and Blu-ray. Ha!

Outstanding list and beautifully presented. I’d love to see your wishlist for 2021. You’re not alone. Spartacus is my no.2 behind Vertigo. All the best for the upcoming year.

Excellent list Elliot! I finally recieved a 4K player for Christmas and am very happy to have a definitive list of some titles to look forward to getting. Cheers and happy New Year's, my friend!

Hi Elliot. Great 4K picks. War of the Worlds is one of my favorite Spielberg films also. 2020 was a challenging year but I must say that I added more physical media to my collection than any other year. My favorite 4Ks of the year or at least those that I picked up are Jaws, Apocalypse Now, Spectre, Full Metal Jacket, Total Recall and Spartacus. Happy New Year! 🎊

Love this channel bro! Keep up the good work - I'm glad I found you and your channel.. just subbed!!

Spartacus blew me away as well. Its never looked this good.

Pretty Spot ON list. Good job Elliot. Looking forward to more of the Best Blu-ray reviews on the tube.

Hey guy! Just stumbled across your channel and I'm a fan. I wondered, what is your (basic, or not) setup advice to get the best possible quality out of a 4K display? Do you leave the settings as is or do you tweak them? The only setting I've made adjusted to on mine is changing the colour temperature from Warm2 to Normal (Panasonic), but I wondered if you had any other advice to help get the most out of the capabilities of a 4K display.

Great list! Most of my favourite 4K releases this year are included. My favourite 4K release this year has to be Vertigo. It is just perfect. Will definitely take your word for it and get Spartacus. Im a big Stanley Kubrick fan myself. Was planning to wait and see if they release a 4K Kubrick collection, but I guess it will take some time. A question for you. Do you think that Spartacus is a better 4K relase than 2001 A Space Odyssey, in terms of restoration quality? For me 2001 is overall the best 4K Title available, so Im curious if Spartacus tops it from your point of view?

Thanks mate, just picked up a Panasonic OLED 65” with 4K player and Atmos sound bar with all the bells and whistles late 2020 and about to purchase a few discs to really enjoy all that 4K tech. Was thinking of picking up Blade Runner 2049, have you got this in your collection ? Any Sci Fi classics that you could recommend particularly with space scenes would really help me out. Cheers

This is so wonderful as far as the overall need to know high quality 4K movies. Thank you

Tenet is literally the only move I saw in 2020 in theatet. Me and 4 other strangers appreciated this movie all just as confused leaving the theater as we entered it. Thank you for all the suggestions! I have many added to my list now. Subscribed.

I don't think I've seen anybody on KZfaq be this technical about Blu Ray releases. Your insights are always useful

I already know what would be the Number 1 of 2021, A Clockwork Orange

Requiem For A Dream 20th Anniversary Edition. Yeah, I know it's not a movie that everyone would watch many times....but still. I always liked the cinematography, the split screen choice and other convulsive editing tricks used by Darren Aronofsky. And in 4K it's like watching the movie for the first time. A very great solid 10/10 4K release anyone who's a fan of the movie should definitely pick it up.

I agree with you about Tenet. It is incredible and the audio mix wasn't an issue for me personally. I think the idea of not being able to hear some of the dialogue makes it a bit more immersive as the characters can't hear either. Great video!

I had no problems hearing dialogue in tenet. I think people are constantly looking for ways to tear nolan down. I’m not a nolan fan by any means, but I would say this is one of his best, and the 4k visual and sound is amazing.

Very nice list Elliot! Tremors, Vertigo and 1917 really do look fantastic! I was wondering if you could do a video about your TV setup? So what tv, speakers and Blu-Ray/4K player you use?

Thanks....some great recommendations! Also very well presented.

I believe Gemini Man was actually shot at 120fps. At least, it was screened - in a few limited venues - with that framerate (plus 3D in some screenings).

Thank You for introducing and reporting those great 4K discs to us.🎁🚀

Nice list, always interesting to see what other people liked this year. People are sleeping on how good Parasite was in 4K

I really like your list! I watched Beetlejuice yesterday and was shocked at how clear it is!

Wow 12k views already. Great list. Gonna do my top releases this year also

Hi Elliot. Very good list and very informative. A 4k that I got this year that I like very much is Apocalypse Now. It's an amazing movie and the update to 4k is great.

Wonderful video, beautifully presented as ever

Great video. You've got yourself a new sub. 👏🏼👏🏼

If I buy a movie 4K UHD on Amazon or fandango using my smart Tv is it the same quality as me buying the disc?

Just a small tip: Get a polarising filter for your camera. It will remove glare and such in your glasses and from the discs on your shelf.

Great choices in there. Spartacus absolutely blew me away when I saw it. I had to pick my jaw up from the floor!! And it's 60 years old. Wow!!!

No one mentions king of New York. That was an amazing job by arrow.

Cool list. I ordered several and thanks for the mention of the blues brothers, one of my all time faves! Why don’t UK disc come with digital codes? All of the ones I ordered from your list come with codes in the US. Best.

I like that you didn't go for only the most obvious choices. Spartacus and The Ladykillers are definitely worthy to be on anyone's Top 10 of the year!

Enjoyed watching this...really happy with 'Tremors' finally after a rough time in HD! Might go for the Hitchcock collection once they fix that track on new sets. Honourable mentions for me are 'King of New York' 4K and Top Gun 4K (apart from the invert shot...giving the bird! That looked daft).

My top 4k movies are: - The Bourne Movie collection - James Bond - Maleficent (starring Angelina Jolie) - Maleficent: Mistress of Evil (starring Angelina Jolie) - Marvel series (Avengers, Ironman, etc.) - Disney - Fantastic Four series (with live Actors) - Disney - XMEN series - Aquaman (starring Jason Momoa) - Transformers series - Van Helsing - Lawrence of Arabia - Fury - Midway - The Magnificent Seven (with Denzel Washington) - Bumblebee - Hacksaw Ridge - Ford v Ferrari - Justice League - Shang-Chi - Old - Ready Player One My top 4k musicals are: - Mamma Mia 2 Here we go again - The Greatest Showman - BEAUTY AND THE BEAST (with Emma Watson) - CINDERELLA (with Cate Blanchett, Lily James) - Lion King, The Feature - Sound of Music - Grease

Does anyone know how to submit something for the corrected disc for psycho? I didn't know they were sending out replacements.

Great review. Did the French classic thriller 'Le cercle rouge' go under your radar? This masterpiece has been remastered in 4K .

Great top 10! Only thing I don’t agree with is Rear window - the blu ray looks a lot more natural. The 4k looked over saturated to me. Great content love all your videos.

Thank you for this list, I'm adding a few titles to my Amazon wishlist as i slowly build up my 4k collection. Does anyone else use an Xbox for 4k viewing? I'm torn if it's worth buying a stand alone player for Dolby Vision/HDR 10+ to for the few films i have that support it.

Good job in summarizing some of the best 4K releases of the year. For me, it was just as good of a year for Boxsets - Blu-Ray or 4K - as it was for the rise in popularity of the 4K format. My Top 10 4K Releases of 2020: 1. Dawn of the Dead - Second Sight 2. Lawrence of Arabia - Sony/Columbia 3. Vertigo - Universal 4. Breathless - Studio Canal UK Limited Collector's Edition 5. Crash - Arrow UK 6. Elephant Man - Studio Canal UK 7. King of New York - Arrow UK 8. Spartacus (Steelbook) - Universal 9. Psycho - Universal 10. Jaws - Universal Top Boxsets of 2020: 1. Columbia Classics 4K UHD Volume 1 - Sony/Columbia 2. Dawn of the Dead (4K) - Second Sight 3. The Cinema of Conflict: 4 Films by Krzyzstof Kieslowski (Blu-Ray) - Arrow UK 4. Alejandro Jodorowsky (Blu-Ray) - Arrow UK 5. Essential Fellini (Blu-Ray) - Criterion 6. Complete Agnes Varda (Blu-Ray) - Criterion 7. The Alfred Hitchcock Collection (4K) - Universal 8. Bruce Lee: His Greatest Hits (Blu-Ray) - Criterion 9. Solid Metal Nightmares: The Films of Tsukamoto (Blu-Ray) - Arrow UK 10. Columbia Film Noir Volume 1 (Blu-Ray) - Indicator UK 11. John Ford at Columbia (Blu-Ray) - Indicator UK 12. Martin Scorsese's World Cinema Project: Volume 3 (Blu-Ray) - Criterion 13. Eric Rohmer: Six Moral Tales (Blu-Ray) - Criterion 14. Survivor Ballads: 3 Films by Shohei Imamura (Blu-Ray) - Criterion 15. Three Fantastic Journeys by Karel Zeman (Blu-Ray) - Criterion 16. Lord of the Rings Trilogy (4K) - Warner Bros. 17. Game of Thrones: Complete Series (4K) - Warner Bros. Doesn't even include the Back to the Future 4K Set, The Ladykillers (4K) from Studio Canal UK, Flash Gordon (4K) from Arrow UK, and the bevy of boxsets issued by Kino Lorber devoted to Hollywood's Golden Age of actors. And, lest we forget, the massive Friday the 13th set issued by Shout Factory, for horror aficionados! Great times to be a movie collector!

Great list elliot! Yeah how bout Apocalypto on 4k? Its an all outdoor movie, colors galore, and talk about a movie that may well have invented in-home surround sound. Yeah Mel Gibson's Apocalypto needs a 4k release. Also No Country, Sunshine, and the Thing.

Great list - I’d held off on the Hitchcock collection but this pushes it over the top for me.

Hello, I live in New York, please where can I buy physical digital media movies mixed in Auro 3D? Thanks

I got the Game of Thrones complete boxset for my birthday from my family :) The episode "The Long Night", which is really dark and hence terribly messed up by compression when streaming, looks so much better on disc. Besides that, I ordered 1917 a month ago but because it was the mediabook version, which seems to be sold out, they are still trying to find it somewhere. I really hope they will succeed

I’ve finally upgraded to 4K and I’m glad you included War of the worlds. I thought it was an excellent release, especially regarding the audio. I definitely need to get 1917, seems like it’s on a lot of top 10 lists.

Ha! The first two you mentioned - Jaws and Tremors - I just ordered!

Elliot as soon as you have some spare cash do yourself a favour and get the Columbia Classics 4K set and watch it in preparation for the inevitable volume 2. The set is amazing and you won't regret! Don't get me wrong I'm not the world's biggest fan of Jerry Maguire or A League of Their Own. I would have preferred another 2 films from the 50s, 60s or 70s. However they are still good films and look absolutely fantastic in 4K. But regardless of those 2 films the other 4 bona fide classics make the set worth owning anyway. Agree with you on The Blues Brothers too. That's a guilty pleasure film from my childhood and I picked up that exact same release and am very very happy with it. Looks and sounds better than I've ever seen/heard it!

Hi Elliot,what about 4 k The Shining, 4k Full Metal Jacket and 4k Goodfellas. Have a great 2021!

"Tremendous" list Eliott! 😉👍

My two favorites were Dawn of the Dead and Crash. Probably because I've waited so damn long for decent copies of both.

Crash is my favorite movie. The Arrow release is almost perfect, but the omission of Cronenberg's audio commentary pulls it down a notch. The Criterion release has it, and no doubt hold the license on it. It's also worth noting, the transfer and mastering is available on German releases - I think they did the mastering in 4K, and then licensed it out to various labels.

So just coming out of Christmas holiday I am wondering where are the holiday classics on 4K... A Christmas Story; Christmas Vacation; Elf... really need to get these done for 2021 i hope

I bought 4K tenet and 1917 now I jus need 4K tv lool

Very nice reviews.

The Ladykillers is a dream come true. I first saw the picture back in 1977 and fell in love with it but most North American home video releases have been mediocre to fair at best, at least to my eyes and ears. Thank you for the review and looking forward to this purchase👍

How do I get that Dawn of the dead in the US?

funny i also bought crash on 4k having never seen it , waiting to receive mine , glad the quality is superb with no digital interference !

I agree, War of the Worlds is very under-rated and is one of my favorite Spielberg films, too. The 4K makes it even better. Even on my 5.1 system, the sound blew me away more than any prior releases.

Got quite a few on this list but yet to see. Ladykillers only arrived December 30th from Zavvi UK. Watched the Psycho individual steelbook and Flash Gordon. Will probably treat myself to Crash (never seen it either).

Spartacus is simply amazing as a 4K disc. Jaw dropping restoration.

Hello Elliot and thanks for this list. Just one suggestion...and it's not to do with individual films. It's about HDR. In the UK, the BRD does not tell us whether the HDR is '10' or 'DV'. In your summation of each disc, you just waxed lyrical about the quality of the HDR without telling us whether it was 10 or DV. I have the Sony x700 which unhappily does not automatically select the type of HDR present. (Panny does, I believe). So please remember this small but important detail on any other future reviews. Very many thanks.

I’m surprised Joker is not on this list! Such a great showing in Dolby Vision.

Does anyone here know of how I can order an Arrow video from the UK? I've tried ordering directly from their website but apparently they won't ship to the US. I am specifically trying to order Crash 4K - so far to no avail..

I agree War of the Worlds is under-rated in the Spielberg cannon. I bought and saw the 4k disc before the Criterion release of the original. I grew up loving the original and still do but now having seen them both again this year I have to say I like Spielberg's version better.

Australia released the studiocanal Flash Gordon in its standard edition, which I bought and loved - then nearly 2 or 3 months later they decided to release the limited edition version with the poster, art cards, booklet, Life After Flash doc etc. So I caved and bought it again for that.. however it did not come in that glorious hard box you got in the UK, instead its this cheap cardboard box that opens up like a cereal box... a bit annoyed about that, but love the movie none the less.

My favorite 4K blu ray discs are: 1. Joker 2. Parasite 3. The Dark Knight 4. The Magnificent Seven (2016) 5. The Lord of the Rings Trilogy

Are all 4K discs region free?

I applaud Nolan/ Tenet for going all out with the IMAX scenes. MI Fallout was the clearest disk I had ever seen and Tenet has overtaken it! Sound levels were not that bad for me either! It was just annoying that as a viewer I had no idea which volume level to use at the start then the gunshot in scene one scared the crap out of me!

Lord of the Rings was a huge disappointment, especially for the price. The noise reduction is horrendous, especially for slow scenic pans- it just wipes out detail. It's clearly upscaled from a lower resolution as well. I really hope Tremors gets a regular slipcover release at some point.

I haven't watched it yet but I picked up Gemini Man strictly because of it being 60fps/4K. I'll watch it just for the spectacle. Even though I know it's controversial, I wish they would given the same treatment to the Hobbit Trilogy. I'm not a big war guy but I may have to give 1917 a try.

they need to restore the movie TROY to 4k hd-ultra and I would buy this one.

Hitchcook Rear Window and Vertigo was amazing.

So ive seen Crash, years ago, and its a great watch. And i was ready to buy it on 4K, due to you mentioning it in this vid, But pulling up the 4k version on amazon it goes from $50-$100 (usd)?! Just buy the blueray version on amazon for like $28. Great video overall though, i just bought war of the worlds. cant wait to see it in 4k.

I recently bought Flash Gordon and it is light years better than when I saw it in the theater waaaaay back in 1980. Phenomenal!

I just upgraded to a 55’ TV with a 4K UHD player and even on a reference disk like Bladerunner 2049 up close I’ve noticed that each pixel from the disk is way bigger than 1 pixel from my TV which would indicate that these “4K” disk aren’t actually native 4K? For example viewing written text on my PS4 menu seems to provide the native 4K sharpness I was expecting from this new format. Is this because a 4K disc can only provide 100gb of information which isn’t actually enough space to provide a native 4K image for the entirety of a film? LOTR 4K was an absolute mixed bag with regards to image quality and I can understand and respect that older films will come up short but even in shots without visual effects I was less than impressed. Is this where 35mm falls short of 4K detail? Any answers are appreciated 🙏🏻

Your Top 10 4k list is so much better than Jeff at “Films at Home” Top 7 list🍻👍 Your night & day compared to Jeff on 4k picture & audio quality 🍾💪🏼

OMG! you sound exactly like jackfrags!

What about Bugsy (1991) in 4K? In FULL HD maybe??

Why nobody put in their tops full metal jacket? , i think it was very clear the images at a close level of the shining and 2001

I have most of the 4Ks on this list.

Genuinely curious, with movies like Gemini Man, if its in 60 fps AND you max out motion settings, how would this affect the overall look?

My favourite 4K release of the year was the Hitchcock box. It was so much fun to watch them and marvel at the detail and clarity of the films. I have always thought the Birds looked kinda bad but they pulled off some magic and made it look great. The film itself is the worst in the set in my opinion. Vertigo and Psycho are top notch.

Holy shit dude is that your video collection on all those book cases. Damn I had one Ben hole unit full not 6. Jesus Christ. I ripped discs to hard drives and dumped them all. Then I went back to buying 4K and getting the digital copies

Elliot, Do you have Best of 2021? BTW, 1917 4K is great!

I want Inglorious Basterds and Django 4K

Question: can you turn HDR off?

Tenet is absolutely gorgeous and is visually perfect, I did have to put the audio up and down a lot though, like there's making a choice in the mix and then there's cutting from scenes that are extremely loud at the volume you've set it at and then not being able to hear any dialogue in scenes that are quite long and are just dialogue scenes because it's too quiet and as an artistic choice I think that's baffling because people couldn't even understand the plot and once you are straining to hear what people are saying and make it out you realise it's not complicated it's more or less a standard James Bond sort of plot but is really engaging because it's a bit inventive with its concept so it sets it apart a bit from those films.

Nice list. Funnily enough I was watching Spartacus on 4K a few days ago. The transfer is amazing. Its probably my least favourite Kubrick film. To me the Kubrick release of the year was Full Metal Jacket (which had a very nice but under-rated transfer). The Jaws, Tremors and Flash Gordon 4k's were very nice to see, especially Flash Gordon, which has had a lot of bad luck with transfers in the past. I am one of the other people with a soft spot for Gemini Man. The 4K of this and Lee's earlier film Billy Lynn's Halftime walk were very interesting.

The Shinning & The Joker are very high quality.

You sound almost exactly like JackFrags...