By: Erin
Posted: October 28th, 2024
Last Updated: February 7th, 2026
Introduction | 1- 20 | 21 – 40 | 41 – 60 | 61 – 70 | 71 – 90 | 91 – 110 | 111 – 130 | 131 – 150 | 151 – 163 | Extras | Conclusion
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The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya (2010)
I can’t believe that not only is this movie easy to find, still in print, and reasonably priced, it even includes both a Blu-Ray and DVD and an entire extra DVD full of extras! Another win for anime fans everywhere.
Difficulty: Easy
The Final Girls (2015)
A perfectly-decent Blu-Ray from Sony Pictures is still out there. If you want to break your heart with something beautiful and fun, it’ll only cost you $10! It even has the director’s shooting notes if you can find a computer BD-ROM drive to put it in!
Difficulty: Easy
The Fly (1986)
You’d think David Cronenberg’s most-famous movie would be easy to buy, right? It’s a classic! Well, sort of! You have to dig around on Amazon to find the right listing, and I can only assume it’s still in-print and not just a random seller listing their disc for $20. Barnes and Noble’s website has it, too. We ended up getting ours on eBay, and from what I understand this is an early Shout Factory release that despite the unimpressive packaging is full of features including an audaciously-strange fly-swatting minigame where you use your remote during random scenes in the movie to swat digital flies. I’m not sure this gels, tonally. I’m going to bump this to “medium” since I can’t tell if it’s actively in print or not.
Difficulty: Medium
The Girl Who Leapt Through Time (2006)
I’ll never forget how I felt when I suddenly found this movie in Best Buy over ten years ago. I originally watched it digitally and fell in love with it, but the only way you could get a physical copy was a UK import that was almost $99. Years later, there it was on the shelf! I almost started crying right there in the store. I still have that old Blu-Ray. That particular set has since gone out of print, but there was a license rescue and reissue that has…also gone out of print, but it’s cheap used. And it seems like there’s a 4K UHD release that also includes the Blu-Ray, but it’s Amazon Exclusive. So, easy, but there’s that caveat to keep in mind.
Difficulty: Easy
The Lost Boys (1987)
Warner Bros., for all its faults, is pretty good about keeping their big movies in print. Their 4K UHD and Blu-Ray combo release of this movie is the kind of thing other studios should strive for, with a gorgeous transfer on the 4K disc and a Blu-Ray loaded with extras. Something about Joel Schumacher movies, man, they’re almost all treated with serious love when it comes to the home release.
Difficulty: Easy
The Matrix (1999)
This used to be a harder call, because The Matrix movies used to infamously have a strong green tint that would vary from print-to-print of the films. However, the newest 4K edition of the movie was supervised by the Director of Photography and looks and sounds absolutely incredible. I’ll just link the Blu-Ray.com review for full thoughts, because they lay it out better than I can. And there are so many special features. Apparently, things get more dicey when you get to the sequels, and I’ll have some opinions on a certain forgotten sequel on a later page, but if all you want is this one, you’re in good hands.
Difficulty: Easy
The Mitchells vs. The Machines (2021)
I thought for sure this was going to be a difficult one to get, considering how this movie was shoved from studio to studio before being released by Netflix, of all companies. But no! This movie not only has a great Blu-Ray release, the Blu-Ray also has an adorable inner booklet with little doodles and in-character notes from the movie’s main character, and comments from the director as well! What a nice surprise.
Difficulty: Easy
The Muppet Movie (1979)
The Muppet Movie’s “Nearly 35th Anniversary Edition” can be yours for only $69.99! Yeah, I’m thinking Disney isn’t keeping this one in regular supply. I found our copy at a thrift store for cheap, but the price on this movie fluctuates, and it’s unknown whether it’ll get a reprint or a new release any time soon. I can only assume as such, but Disney is unpredictable and not exactly at the forefront of physical media these days.
Difficulty: Hard
The Night of the Hunter (1955)
In another “film rights are weird” story, this movie is being offered by two different boutique labels! Do you want the Blu-Ray from Criterion, or the 4K UHD from Kino Lorber? Both releases have unique special features, but the 4K UHD will give you the better transfer while the Criterion edition has significantly more supplemental material. This one depends on your goals, but considering the movie itself is easy to watch either way, I’m sticking with an “Easy” ranking here.
Difficulty: Easy
The Phantom of the Opera (2004)
This Blu-Ray is still in print in America, and it looks amazing, sounds amazing, and is full of special features. It even has one of the greatest special features I’ve ever seen, a supercut of various members of the cast and crew singing the title song! Interestingly, a 4K UHD version of this movie exists – in Japan! We covered the story behind that in the Phantom of the Opera episode of our podcast, with the help of a Japanese-speaking friend. C’mon, WB! Release it here, too!
Difficulty: Easy
The Producers (2005)
So, I still own my childhood DVD of this movie. I haven’t been able to find the Blu-Ray version in the wild. I know it exists, but oddly even Blu-Ray.com doesn’t have a review of it so I don’t know what special features that release has. Other reviews seem to praise it, and you can buy a Blu-Ray on Amazon pretty readily, I just haven’t gotten around to it.
Difficulty: Easy
The Return of the Living Dead (1985)
Time has been very kind to The Return Of The Living Dead, which means that much like Streets of Fire, there are so many ways to own this movie between the standard releases (like the great 4K UHD we own) and the various special editions. Looking into it, it looks like previous DVD releases of the movie had edited soundtracks, but thankfully that doesn’t seem to be the case with modern releases. Good thing, too, because the music is vitally important to this movie’s identity.
Difficulty: Easy
The Rise & Fall of ECW (2004)
Here’s one that won’t be on many lists, but considering it was my first taste of wrestling outside of the WWE system (even if is presented in a very corporate way), it stays on the list. I originally bought this on DVD in a two-pack with the PPV ECW One Night Stand 2005, and it blew my high school mind. Nowadays, you can only buy this DVD used, but it was a huge seller so it’s easy enough to find…but it’s still completely out-of-print, so it’s bumped to Hard.
Difficulty: Hard
The Shape of Water (2017)
Not only was this movie given a very nice UHD release, it then was also picked up by Criterion and given a release by them as well! Their release seems to pretty much be the same as the widely-available release, just with the Criterion presentation and branding and packaging, but it’s nice that multiple studios are keeping this wonderful movie in print.
Difficulty: Easy
The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974)
Blu-Ray.com describes this movie’s home media release history as “well-represented”, which is both very funny and very accurate. It’s not hard to get your hands on this movie. MPI released a great 4K UHD edition that we have a nice steelbook version of, though it doesn’t include a Blu-Ray copy. If you don’t have a 4K player, you can buy a regular Blu-Ray edition, also released by MPI, that is seemingly just-as-good.
Difficulty: Easy
The Warriors (1979)
Yet another movie saved by timing. Originally, all major ways to watch this movie only included the “Ultimate Director’s Cut”, a perfectly good cut of the movie that nevertheless added an introduction and comic book-style transitions that weren’t in the theatrical cut. However, Arrow recently released a 4K collection that includes both the theatrical edit and the Director’s Cut, and it’s a fantastic way to watch the film.
Difficulty: Easy
The World’s End (2013)
See: Hot Fuzz and Shaun of the Dead. Whether you want all three or this one’s your favorite, you’re set!
Difficulty: Easy
The Wrestler (2008)
The original Blu-Ray release of this movie is so old that it contains a second disc that allows you to put the movie on an iPod. It’s a good release when it comes to watching this movie otherwise, and it even has a handful of special features and interviews, so I suppose no one felt the need to go any further with it.
Difficulty: Easy
This Is Spinal Tap (1984)
Once again, I’m thankful that this article took over a year to write even if it makes some of these entries more complicated, because Criterion was able to get the rights to this movie again and get it out on 4K! I love that, because they originally had it on DVD and Laserdisc. It all comes full circle. It’s pretty much as definitive a release as you’re going to get. Beforehand, I had a Special Edition DVD I bought at a Blockbuster while it was going out of business.
Difficulty: Easy
Tokyo Godfathers (2003)
One of the greatest Christmas movies ever deserves a strong release, and thankfully Shout Factory is keeping it in print. However, I have a minor complaint, and it’s not really related to preservation: why doesn’t this have a steelbook release? Every other Satoshi Kon movie does! Paprika, Millennium Actress, Perfect Blue, and even the show Paranoia Agent, they all have steelbook editions! This is the odd one out! Ah well, what’s important is that this movie was done justice, and it looks and sounds amazing.
Difficulty: Easy