Pre-90s catalog on Blu - A comprehensive list

[Brandon Conway]

Added the following:

Bloodfight (1989) (MVD) - coming to Blu-ray 8/11/20
Hiroshima (1953) (Arrow) - coming to Blu-ray 7/14/20

 

[Brandon Conway]

Added the following:

Arabian Nights (1942) (Kino) - coming to Blu-ray 7/21/20
Atlantic City (1980) (Paramount) - NOTE: BD-R - coming to Blu-ray 5/26/20
Funeral in Berlin (1966) (Paramount) - NOTE: BD-R - coming to Blu-ray 5/26/20
Grunt! The Wrestling Movie (1985) (Scorpion) - coming to Blu-ray 7/7/20
Inside Daisy Clover (1965) (Warner) - coming to Blu-ray 5/12/20
The Mystery of the Wax Museum (1933) (Warner) - coming to Blu-ray 5/12/20
On a Clear Day You Can See Forever (1970) (Paramount) - NOTE: BD-R - coming to Blu-ray 5/26/20
The Reluctant Debutante (1958) (Warner) - coming to Blu-ray 5/26/20
Son of Ali Baba (1952) (Kino) - coming to Blu-ray 7/21/20
Sunday in New York (1963) (Warner) - coming to Blu-ray 5/19/20

 

[Brandon Conway]

Added the following:

Against All Flags (1952) (Kino) - coming to Blu-ray 7/21/20
Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves (1944) (Kino) - coming to Blu-ray 7/21/20
Buccaneer's Girl (1950) (Kino) - coming to Blu-ray 7/21/20
The World in His Arms (1952) (Kino) - coming to Blu-ray 7/21/20

Congratulations to Kino, the first distributor to announce/release 1000+ new-to-blu catalog titles of 1900-1989 vintage.

Criterion is 2nd with 627, and Shout Factory is 3rd at 519.

The top studio to release their own holdings themselves (and 4th overall) is Warner at 459.

 

[Mike Boone]

Added the following:

Against All Flags (1952) (Kino) - coming to Blu-ray 7/21/20
Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves (1944) (Kino) - coming to Blu-ray 7/21/20
Buccaneer's Girl (1950) (Kino) - coming to Blu-ray 7/21/20
The World in His Arms (1952) (Kino) - coming to Blu-ray 7/21/20

Congratulations to Kino, the first distributor to announce/release 1000+ new-to-blu catalog titles of 1900-1989 vintage.

Criterion is 2nd with 627, and Shout Factory is 3rd at 519.

The top studio to release their own holdings themselves (and 4th overall) is Warner at 459.

I think it's very impressive that a relatively small company, like Criterion, has managed to release 627 pre-1990 movies on BD. And, IMO, that achievement is particularly remarkable, since Criterion, to its credit, puts such an emphasis on the films contained on its Blu-rays having been transferred to Blu-ray with about the best picture & sound quality possible.

 

[Brandon Conway]

I think it's very impressive that a relatively small company, like Criterion, has managed to release 627 pre-1990 movies on BD. And, IMO, that achievement is particularly remarkable, since Criterion, to its credit, puts such an emphasis on the films contained on its Blu-rays having been transferred to Blu-ray with about the best picture & sound quality possible.

It very much is. And 627 is actually an under-reporting, since I don't count the several titles they've re-issued on Blu-ray that were first released by other companies. (I only add a note to that title's listing). Kino and Shout have also released more than reflected when one considers this. Then of course there are the films from 1990 on.

 

[Brandon Conway]

Added the following:

The Black Castle (1952) (Shout Factory) - NOTE: Available on Universal Horror Collection: Volume 6 - coming to Blu-ray 8/25/20
Black Rainbow (1989) (Arrow) - coming to Blu-ray 7/7/20
Bloodstone (1988) (Arrow) - coming to Blu-ray 7/21/20
Cult of the Cobra (1955) (Shout Factory) - NOTE: Available on Universal Horror Collection: Volume 6 - coming to Blu-ray 8/25/20
Hannibal Brooks (1969) (Kino) - coming to Blu-ray 7/28/20
Johnny Cool (1963) (Scorpion) - coming to Blu-ray 5/19/20
Knife of Ice (1972) (Severin) - NOTE: Available on The Complete Lenzi/Baker Gaillo Collection - coming to Blu-ray 6/30/20
Life Is a Long Quiet River (1988) (Arrow) - coming to Blu-ray 7/21/20
Love Hunter (1972) (Impulse) - coming to Blu-ray 7/28/20
Mr. No Legs (1978) (Massacre) - coming to Blu-ray 7/7/20
Orgasmo (aka Paranoia) (1969) (Severin) - NOTE: Available on The Complete Lenzi/Baker Gaillo Collection. Includes both Director's Cut and US X-Rated Theatrical Version - coming to Blu-ray 6/30/20
A Quiet Place to Kill (1970) (Severin) - NOTE: Available on The Complete Lenzi/Baker Gaillo Collection - coming to Blu-ray 6/30/20
Raggedy Man (1981) (Kino) - coming to Blu-ray 7/28/20
The River (1984) (Kino) - coming to Blu-ray 7/28/20
The Shadow of the Cat (1961) (Shout Factory) - NOTE: Available on Universal Horror Collection: Volume 6 - coming to Blu-ray 8/25/20
So Sweet... So Perverse (1969) (Severin) - NOTE: Available on The Complete Lenzi/Baker Gaillo Collection - coming to Blu-ray 6/30/20
The System (aka The Girl-Getters) (1964) (Kino) - coming to Blu-ray 7/28/20
The Thing That Couldn't Die (1958) (Shout Factory) - NOTE: Available on Universal Horror Collection: Volume 6 - coming to Blu-ray 8/25/20
Torment (1986) (Scorpion) - coming to Blu-ray 7/21/20

 

[Brandon Conway]

Added the following:

The Balcony (1963) (Kino) - coming to Blu-ray 8/25/20
Le bonheur (1965) (Criterion) - NOTE: Available on The Complete Films of Agnès Varda - coming to Blu-ray 8/11/20
Breezy (1973) (Kino) - coming to Blu-ray 8/25/20
Cléo from 5 to 7 (1962) (Criterion) - NOTE: Available on The Complete Films of Agnès Varda - coming to Blu-ray 8/11/20
Les créatures (1966) (Criterion) - NOTE: Available on The Complete Films of Agnès Varda - coming to Blu-ray 8/11/20
Daguerréotypes (1975) (Criterion) - NOTE: Available on The Complete Films of Agnès Varda - coming to Blu-ray 8/11/20
Documenteur (1981) (Criterion) - NOTE: Available on The Complete Films of Agnès Varda - coming to Blu-ray 8/11/20
Inferno of Torture (1969) (Arrow) - coming to Blu-ray 7/7/20
Lions Love (... and Lies) (1969) (Criterion) - NOTE: Available on The Complete Films of Agnès Varda - coming to Blu-ray 8/11/20
La Pointe Courte (1955) (Criterion) - NOTE: Available on The Complete Films of Agnès Varda - coming to Blu-ray 8/11/20
Mur murs (1981) (Criterion) - NOTE: Available on The Complete Films of Agnès Varda - coming to Blu-ray 8/11/20
The Shakedown (1929) (Kino) - coming to Blu-ray 7/28/20
Soldier Blue (1970) (Kino) - coming to Blu-ray 8/18/20
Straight Shooting (1917) (Kino) - coming to Blu-ray 7/14/20
Tender Mercies (1983) (Kino) - coming to Blu-ray 8/11/20
Trick Baby (1972) (Scorpion) - coming to Blu-ray 8/25/20
Ulysses (1954) (Kino) - coming to Blu-ray 8/25/20
Vagabond (1985) (Criterion) - NOTE: Available on The Complete Films of Agnès Varda - coming to Blu-ray 8/11/20

 

[Mike Boone]

Brandon, we really appreciate your update including mention that 1983's "Tender Mercies" will be a Kino BD release in August. Because just last week, my wife and I were remembering that strong drama, which also happens to be the movie containing Robert Duvall's fine Oscar winning performance. And in recalling that moving film, I said to the Mrs last week, that "Tender Mercies" is one movie that, to me, renders our movie collection somewhat incomplete, just by its omission.

So Brandon, thanks so much again, for all of the continual efforts, which you regularly put forward, toward keeping your fellow movie addicts, here on Home Theater Forum, well informed about upcoming BD releases of movies, that people may have high regard for, even as they wonder if such movies will ever materialize in Blu-ray form.

 

[Brandon Conway]

Added the following:

20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1916) (Kino) - coming to Blu-ray 7/28/20
A Bigger Splash (1973) (Kino) - coming to Blu-ray 7/28/20
Cecilia (1983) (Blue Underground) - coming to Blu-ray 8/25/20
César et Rosalie (1972) (Film Movement) - NOTE: Available on 2 Films by Claude Sautet Starring Romy Schneider - coming to Blu-ray 6/16/20
Les choses de la vie (1970) (Film Movement) - NOTE: Available on 2 Films by Claude Sautet Starring Romy Schneider - coming to Blu-ray 6/16/20
Colonel Redl (1985) (Kino) - coming to Blu-ray 7/21/20
Confidence (1980) (Kino) - coming to Blu-ray 7/21/20
Fast and Loose (1930) (Kino) - NOTE: Available on Carol Lombard Collection I - coming to Blu-ray 8/4/20
The Immortalizer (1989) (Vinegar Syndrome) - coming to Blu-ray 6/30/20
L'important c'est d'aimer (1975) (Film Movement) - coming to Blu-ray 6/16/20
The Italian Straw Hat (1928) (Grapevine) - NOTE: BD-R
The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum (1975) (Criterion) - coming to Blu-ray 8/4/20
Man of the World (1931) (Kino) - NOTE: Available on Carol Lombard Collection I - coming to Blu-ray 8/4/20
Mephisto (1981) (Kino) - coming to Blu-ray 7/21/20
Neurosis (aka Revenge in the House of Usher) (1983) (Redemption) - coming to Blu-ray 7/7/20
No Man of Her Own (1932) (Kino) - NOTE: Available on Carol Lombard Collection I - coming to Blu-ray 8/4/20
Patty Hearst (1988) (Vinegar Syndrome) - coming to Blu-ray 6/30/20
Saint Anthony of Padua (1931) (Grapevine) - NOTE: BD-R
Toni (1935) (Criterion) - coming to Blu-ray 8/25/20
Town Bloody Hall (1979) (Criterion) - coming to Blu-ray 8/18/20

 

[Brandon Conway]

Added the following:

40 Pounds of Trouble (1962) (Kino) - NOTE: Available on Tony Curtis Collection - coming to Blu-ray 8/4/20
Cannery Row (1982) (Warner) - coming to Blu-ray 6/9/20
Cry Freedom (1987) (Kino) - coming to Blu-ray 8/11/20
Date with an Angel (1987) (Kino) - coming to Blu-ray 8/11/20
A Different Story (1978) (Scorpion) - coming to Blu-ray 8/11/20
Diva (1981) (Kino) - coming to Blu-ray 8/11/20
The Duel at Silver Creek (1952) (Kino) - NOTE: Available on Audie Murphy Collection - coming to Blu-ray 8/4/20
The Great Impostor (1960) (Kino) - NOTE: Available on Tony Curtis Collection - coming to Blu-ray 8/4/20
No Name on the Bullet (1959) (Kino) - NOTE: Available on Audie Murphy Collection - coming to Blu-ray 8/4/20
Nurses for Sale (1971) (Severin) - NOTE: Available on Al Adamson: The Masterpiece Collection
The Perfect Furlough (1958) (Kino) - NOTE: Available on Tony Curtis Collection - coming to Blu-ray 8/4/20
Ride a Crooked Trail (1958) (Kino) - NOTE: Available on Audie Murphy Collection - coming to Blu-ray 8/4/20
Romance on the High Seas (1948) (Warner) - coming to Blu-ray 6/16/20
Strike Up the Band (1940) (Warner) - coming to Blu-ray 6/23/20

 

[Brandon Conway]

Added the following:

All I Desire (1953) (Kino) - coming to Blu-ray 8/25/20
Backlash (1956) (Kino) - coming to Blu-ray 8/18/20
The Eagle and the Hawk (1933) (Kino) - coming to Blu-ray 8/18/20
Raid on Rommel (1971) (Kino) - coming to Blu-ray 8/18/20
Red Ball Express (1952) (Kino) - coming to Blu-ray 8/18/20
The Sign of the Cross (1932) (Kino) - coming to Blu-ray 8/25/20
There's Always Tomorrow (1955) (Kino) - coming to Blu-ray 8/25/20
Wake Island (1942) (Kino) - coming to Blu-ray 8/18/20

 

[Brandon Conway]

Added the following:

The Black Report (aka The Black Statement Book) (1963) (Arrow) - NOTE: Bonus feature on The Black Test Car - coming to Blu-ray 8/25/20
The Black Test Car (1962) (Arrow) - coming to Blu-ray 8/25/20
The Comic (1985) (Arrow) - coming to Blu-ray 8/25/20

 

[Brandon Conway]

Added the following:

The City Without Jews (1924) (Flicker Alley) - coming to Blu-ray 7/14/20
Death Before Dishonor (1987) (Scorpion) - coming to Blu-ray 8/18/20
The Lady Kills (1971) (Mondo Macabro)
Victims of Hatred (1923) (Flicker Alley) - NOTE: Bonus feature on The City Without Jews - coming to Blu-ray 7/14/20

 

[Brandon Conway]

Added the following:

After the Curfew (1954) (Criterion) - NOTE: Available on Martin Scorsese’s World Cinema Project #3 - coming to Blu-ray 9/29/20
The Art of Love (1965) (Kino) - coming to Blu-ray 9/22/20
Britannia Hospital (1982) (Kino) - coming to Blu-ray 9/1/20
Bruce's Secret Kung Fu (1988) (Dark Force) - NOTE: Bonus feature on Chinese Hercules
Brute Force (1947) (Criterion) - coming to Blu-ray 9/8/20
Chinese Hercules (1973) (Dark Force)
Christ Stopped at Eboli (1979) (Criterion) - coming to Blu-ray 9/22/20
Conquest (1983) (Code Red)
Death on the Nile (1978) (Kino) - coming to Blu-ray 9/1/20
Death Rage (1976) (Code Red)
DEFCON-4 (1985) (Scorpion) - coming to Blu-ray 9/15/20
Dos monjes (1934) (Criterion) - NOTE: Available on Martin Scorsese’s World Cinema Project #3 - coming to Blu-ray 9/29/20
Downpour (1972) (Criterion) - NOTE: Available on Martin Scorsese’s World Cinema Project #3 - coming to Blu-ray 9/29/20
The Elephant Man (1980) (Criterion) - coming to Blu-ray 9/29/20
Evil Under the Sun (1982) (Kino) - coming to Blu-ray 9/1/20
Five Graves to Cairo (1943) (Kino) - coming to Blu-ray 9/29/20
The Ghost Breakers (1940) (Kino) - coming to Blu-ray 9/8/20
Gotcha! (1985) (Kino) - coming to Blu-ray 9/29/20
Hell Bent (1918) (Kino) - coming to Blu-ray 8/25/20
L'Innocente (1976) (Film Movement) - coming to Blu-ray 7/14/20
The Kiss Before the Mirror (1933) (Kino) - coming to Blu-ray 9/29/20
Lord Love a Duck (1966) (Kino) - coming to Blu-ray 9/22/20
Love Me Tonight (1932) (Kino) - coming to Blu-ray 9/29/20
Lucía (1968) (Criterion) - NOTE: Available on Martin Scorsese’s World Cinema Project #3 - coming to Blu-ray 9/29/20
The Mirror Crack'd (1980) (Kino) - coming to Blu-ray 9/1/20
The Naked City (1948) (Criterion) - coming to Blu-ray 9/8/20
Never Steal Anything Small (1959) (Kino) - coming to Blu-ray 9/22/20
Pixote (1981) (Criterion) - NOTE: Available on Martin Scorsese’s World Cinema Project #3 - coming to Blu-ray 9/29/20
The Raging Moon (aka Long Ago, Tomorrow) (1971) (Kino) - coming to Blu-ray 9/1/20
The Reckless Age (1924) (Kino) - NOTE: Available on Reginald Denny Collection - coming to Blu-ray 8/25/20
Skinner's Dress Suit (1926) (Kino) - NOTE: Available on Reginald Denny Collection - coming to Blu-ray 8/25/20
Soleil Ô (1970) (Criterion) - NOTE: Available on Martin Scorsese’s World Cinema Project #3 - coming to Blu-ray 9/29/20
Spawn of the North (1938) (Kino) - coming to Blu-ray 9/15/20
What Happened to Jones? (1926) (Kino) - NOTE: Available on Reginald Denny Collection - coming to Blu-ray 8/25/20

 

[Brandon Conway]

Added the following:

Big Brown Eyes (1936) (Kino) - NOTE: Available on Cary Grant Collection - coming to Blu-ray 9/8/20
The Cat and the Canary (1939) (Kino) - coming to Blu-ray 9/15/20
Clara's Heart (1988) (Warner) - coming to Blu-ray 8/18/20
The Devil's Sleep (1949) (Something Weird) - coming to Blu-ray 8/18/20
Girl Crazy (1943) (Warner) - coming to Blu-ray 7/21/20
The Grey Fox (1982) (Kino) - coming to Blu-ray 9/8/20
Ladies Should Listen (1934) (Kino) - NOTE: Available on Cary Grant Collection - coming to Blu-ray 9/8/20
Million Dollar Mermaid (1952) (Warner) - coming to Blu-ray 7/28/20
Old Dracula (aka Vampira) (1974) (Vinegar Syndrome) - coming to Blu-ray 6/30/20
Pat and Mike (1952) (Warner) - coming to Blu-ray 8/25/20
Pervertissima (1972) (Mondo Macabro) - NOTE: Bonus feature on The Lady Kills
Pride and Prejudice (1940) (Warner) - coming to Blu-ray 7/14/20
She Shoulda Said 'No'! (aka Wild Weed) (1949) (Something Weird) - coming to Blu-ray 8/18/20
Toy Soldiers (1984) (Code Red) - coming to Blu-ray 9/1/20
Wedding Present (1936) (Kino) - NOTE: Available on Cary Grant Collection - coming to Blu-ray 9/8/20
Without Love (1945) (Warner) - coming to Blu-ray 8/25/20

 

[Brandon Conway]

Added the following:

Jack and the Beanstalk (1952) (Blu-ray Only) - NOTE: BD-R. Subsequently released by Allied Vaughn BD-R and VCI BD-R 10/13/20
Popeye Original Classics In Technicolor (1934-1960) (Thunderbean) - NOTE: BD-R

 

[Brandon Conway]

Added the following:

Clockwise (1986) (Kino) - coming to Blu-ray 9/1/20
Crackers (1984) (Kino) - coming to Blu-ray 9/29/20
Curse of the Undead (1959) (Kino) - coming to Blu-ray 10/6/20
DeepStar Six (1989) (Kino) - coming to Blu-ray 10/13/20
Diary of a Mad Housewife (1970) (Kino) - coming to Blu-ray 10/13/20
Disputed Passage (1939) (Kino) - coming to Blu-ray 9/15/20
The Eleventh Commandment (1986) (Vinegar Syndrome) - coming to Blu-ray 7/28/20
The Face at the Window (1939) (Kino) - coming to Blu-ray 10/6/20
Fando y Lis (1968) (ABKCO Films) - NOTE: Available on The Alejandro Jodorowsky Collection - coming to Blu-ray 8/18/20
Fellini's Casanova (1976) (Kino) - coming to Blu-ray 9/22/20
Graveyard of Horror (1975) (Arrow) - NOTE: Available on Graveyards of Horror - coming to Blu-ray 9/8/20
The Groundstar Conspiracy (1972) (Kino) - coming to Blu-ray 10/6/20
The Ipcress File (1965) (Kino) - coming to Blu-ray 10/27/20
Ladybug Ladybug (1963) (Kino) - coming to Blu-ray 10/13/20
Little Monsters (1989) (Lionsgate) - coming to Blu-ray 9/15/20
The Milagro Beanfield War (1988) (Kino) - coming to Blu-ray 9/29/20
Newman's Law (1974) (Kino) - coming to Blu-ray 10/6/20
Perfect Strangers (1984) (Vinegar Syndrome) - coming to Blu-ray 7/28/20
Picture Mommy Dead (1966) (Kino) - coming to Blu-ray 10/20/20
P.J. (1968) (Kino) - coming to Blu-ray 10/6/20
The Secret of My Success (1987) (Kino) - coming to Blu-ray 10/6/20
The Secret Ways (1961) (Kino) - coming to Blu-ray 10/27/20
Seven Women for Satan (1975) (Mondo Macabro)
Sins of the Flesh (1974) (Mondo Macabro)
The Whistle Blower (1986) (Kino) - coming to Blu-ray 10/27/20

 

[Brandon Conway]

Added the following:

Jungle Holocaust (1977) (Code Red)