Sound off with your picks! THE LIST, in alphabetical order, features the very best in 4K viewing from a physical disc. The criteria required the source to be mastered in 4K or higher and nothing less. No upconversion from 2K to 4K on this list. Continuing from last year, most of the top 4K discs were originally captured on 35mm film stock. When we post the final list, over 100 HDR screenshots will be included with mini-reviews of the Top 10 picks.

4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR SCREENSHOTS In what director Tim Burton, who made his feature debut with “Pee-wee’s Big Adventure,” calls the sports sequence, our hero leaves a posse of racers in his dust. (Click an image to scroll the larger versions) 4K screenshots courtesy of The Criterion Collection/Warner Bros. - Click the jacket for an Amazon purchase “PEE-WEE’S BIG ADVENTURE: THE CRITERION COLLECTION”
   4K Ultra HD & Blu-ray, 1985, PG for rude humor   

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4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR SCREENSHOTS Jim Carrey became a Hollywood superstar in 1994 through his roles in “The Mask,” “Ace Ventura: Pet Detective,” and “Dumb and Dumber.” Here, he plays nerdy bank clerk Stanley Ipkiss, who finds a mysterious wooden mask that changes his life! (Click an image to scroll the larger versions) 4K screenshots courtesy of Arrow Video and New Line Cinema - Click for an Amazon purchase “THE MASK” 4K Ultra HD; 1994; PG-13 for stylized violence Best ext

4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR SCREENSHOTS 2:17 A.M., and 17 third-graders from the same Maybrook Elementary classroom mysteriously run from their homes. (2) Amy Madigan plays the creepy Aunt Gladys, as 3rd-grade teacher Justine (Julia Garner) is attacked by her ex, Paul Morgan (Alden Ehrenreich), who’s under a witchcraft spell. (Click an image to scroll the larger versions) 4K screenshots courtesy of Warner Bros Discovery Entertainment via Filmmaker Mode - Click for an Amazon pur

4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR SCREENSHOTS Carolyn Perron (Lili Taylor), mother of five daughters, is overcome by demonic forces in their...

4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR SCREENSHOTS Left, Josh Lucas plays professional gambler Dylan Johns, who tries to save architect Richard...

4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR SCREENSHOTS (1) Denzel Washington stars as the aging Kern County Deputy Joe Deacon, a former Los Angeles Sheriff...

4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR SCREENSHOTS College student Stefani Reyes (Kaitlyn Santa Juana) has been plagued by a recurring nightmare of her...

4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR SCREENSHOTS Michael B. Jordan gives a remarkable performance as Smoke, center, and Stack, left, twins who return...

4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR SCREENSHOTS 2025 Restoration vs. 2010 Lowry Digital Top: 4K/HDR - Filmmakers Mode (2025, MGM/Amazon/Warner...

4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR SCREENSHOTS 2025 Restoration vs. 2010 Lowry Digital Top: 4K/HDR - Filmmakers Mode (2025, MGM/Amazon) master....

4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR SCREENSHOTS Clint Eastwood stars on both sides of the camera in “The Outlaw Josey Wales,” one of his finest...

4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR SCREENSHOTS “Uh uh. I know what you’re thinking. ‘Did he fire six shots or only five?’ Well to tell you the...

4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR SCREENSHOTS (1) The staff at the Aquatica shark research facility are under attack from a trio of intelligent...

TRUE 4K MASTERING / HDR SCREENSHOTS THE LIST of movies is the very best in 4K viewing from a physical disc. The criteria required...

4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR SCREENSHOTS Detective David Mills (Brad Pitt) and soon-to-be-retiring Detective William Somerset (Morgan...

4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR SCREENSHOTS Cary Grant stars as New York a dvertising executive Roger Thornhill, who finds himself being chased...

4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR SCREENSHOTS (1) Kevin Costner spent nearly 35 years trying to get the story of “Horizon: An American Saga –...

4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR SCREENSHOTS James Coburn is Pat Garrett, the outlaw-turned-sheriff hired by New Mexico cattle barons to hunt...

4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR SCREENSHOTS Sylvester Stallone credits George Foreman’s comeback in the ring as inspiration for Rocky’s final...