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I'll go with some less obvious choices:
1. Strange Days. Underrated cyberpunk movie, never had an anamorphic transfer.
2. Until the End of the World (all versions). Another underrated cyberpunk movie from the 90's. I've owned the theatrical cut LD, extended Jap LD, and Italian DC dvd. I no longer own any of those discs anymore, and I would no longer be able to play them if I did. Either this will be released on blu-ray, or I'll never see it again.
3. Grosse Pointe Blank. The non-anamorphic dvd is now unwatchable. I saw this at midnight movie recently and it held up really well.
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I'd love to see Strange Days and Until the End of the World on Blu-ray. Nice choices.
Just thinking about Until... makes me want to spin up my LD (theatrical cut is the only copy I have) this weekend.
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I should put "Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe" on here because my sister and my husband both want this so much. Yeah, that'll happen.
I saw "Great Chefs" listed for sale on the Warner Archive, if that's any consolation. There is an HD master that aired on MOJO and HDNet Movies, and this film was supposed to be remade but apparently that's been scrapped. It's a fun comedy/mystery, and there should be a DVD/BD.
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The remaining James Bond films
Rosemary's Baby
Une Femme est une Femme
Honorable mentions should go to Strange Days, the remaining seasons of The Sopranos and the Death Wish series.
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Jurassic Park Trilogy
Star Wars (all 6 movies)
Back to the Future Trilogy
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Luisito34 
Fat chance of getting Dellamore on Blu-ray (its also one of my most-wanted) since its owned by Fox, and you know how they feel about stuff like this. Anchor Bay did a decent job with their DVD although for a film like this I expected a somewhere more lavish package.
Not sure what "stuff like this" means (mid-90s horror? Rupert Everett films?) or how Fox feels about it, but the only DVD I've watched was put out by Anchor Bay.
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Luisito34
Quirky, cult-ish, obscure, you name it. Fox gave Anchor Bay license to release a handful of movies and this was one of 'em. One of those situations where a major Hollywood studio buys the rights to a movie they have no business buying the right to because the film doesn't fit the studio mold - Miramax does this often. The rights to Dellamore have reverted back to Fox. I doubt we'll see a Blu of this anytime this century
Well, can't say as I agree. Fox has released Blu-rays of
28 Days Later,
Boondock Saints,
Donnie Darko, Firefly,
Juno, Little Miss Sunshine, Napoleon Dynamite, Office Space, The Secret Life of Bees, Sideways, and
Two Girls and a Guy, amongst others, and a lot of them are definitely quirky, cult-ish, and in some cases even obscure. I wouldn't count it out. In any case, Amazon still show the rights belong to Anchor Bay, as does the
official link. Seems to me they wouldn't be able to sell them new if they didn't have the rights anymore. And Anchor Bay thrives on quirky, etc.
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Luisito34 Think of Dellamorte Dellamore on the same level as a Joe D'Amato film, a Fulci, something like Zombi Holocaust, that's what I meant Jesse. Fox wouldn't be caught dead putting out something like that - that's why they let Anchor Bay do it. Amazon is probably trying to sell off remaining stock of the movie but Anchor Bay no longer has the rights to these movies if they wanted to put out new Blu-ray SE's of them now.
If they didn't want to be "caught dead" releasing it, then that of course begs the question of why they would buy back the rights. It doesn't make sense,
especially since Anchor Bay and others like Blue Underground and Severin have been releasing cult/exploitation/etc films by Fulci et al (sometimes licensed from majors) on Blu-ray for a while now. And there are foreign distros that could release it, too.
Anyway, I sent a request to Anchor Bay asking if they still had the rights, and if so, are they planning a BD release. We'll see if they respond.
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