Actually I wouldn't recommend the French releases for those movies. Many more extras are available, but transfers don't look so good to me. They live : French R2 disc is heavily cropped : see comparison here. Vampires : French R2 disc's color palette looks off to me : see comparison here...
I wonder what aspect ratio it will be... The R2 UK disc was in 1.78:1 but looked overmatted to me. I hope it will be "true" anamorphic 1.66:1. Here's a comparison I made from existing discs.
My votes so far : The woman in the window While the city sleeps Beyond a reasonable doubt Man hunt The mortal storm Greed HE who gets slapped The scarlet letter The wind The magnificent Ambersons Ace in the hole Westward the women City of hope I walk the line 52 pick-up Run of...
Different version required : The Alamo (full length version) Anamorphic re-release required : The Dirty Dozen (but NOT over-matted like R2 release) The Killer Elite Suture The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3 Thief OAR issue : The Big Knife (current release is presented fullscreen but the...
About the Vampires comparison, I don't agree at all with Nicholas Sheffo.
I've seen the movie in theater, when it came out in France, and it looked exactly as the R1 releases.
As far as I know, the use of color filters was intentional and was discussed a lot when the movie came out in 1998.