Top 10 Films Yet To Be Released On Blu-Ray

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A couple of quick notes. I'm excluding ones that are confirmed for future release dates later this year (Bond, Indy, Jaws, ET) as well as recent theatrical releases awaiting a home video release. I'm also allowing for ties since some films will be on the list for similar reasons. Enough talk. Here we go:

10. It Happened One Night: The only "Big 5" Oscar winner to not be on Blu.
9. Hitchcock's other Universal classics (Rear Window, Vertigo): I'd include The Birds, but Amazon has it for pre-order.
8. Sunset Boulevard: An essential film noir classic.
7. Shane: Blu-Ray westerns have some of the best looking backgrounds.
6. True Lies: WAY overdue for another release, Blu Ray OR DVD. Still, I can see why Cameron shelved this action-comedy (thanks a lot, Osama)
5. Miyazaki's classics (Spirited, Mononoke, Howl, Kiki, Totoro): They're getting there, but they just take a long time.
4. Schindler's List: Spielberg's biggest film yet to make the jump. Still a difficult film to watch and HD won't make it easier, but it'd be nice to have an option.
3. Disney's animated vault (Aladdin, Little Mermaid, Peter Pan): See #5.
2. Lawrence Of Arabia: The one essential epic yet to appear on Blu. Since the film's 50th anniversary is this year, Columbia's making a mistake to not cash in.
1. The Abyss: Cameron's best film not to make the HD jump. With the aquatic scenery and early CGI effects, the possibilities are endless.

Anyway, this is just my opinion. Any other thoughts?

How about The Great Escape?

High Plains Drifter.

Well, scratch the Universal Hitchcock films. Amazon has a 15-disc set up for pre-order.

I second Lawrence of Arabia. I was looking for that on Blu the other day, in the store, after having my interest in the film re-ignited by 'Prometheus' (which included a scene from Lawrence). Where's the Blu Ray?

Re-Animator

Films are shot at 24 frames per second so none of them are HD.

I'm officially replacing Hitchcock on the list with Who Framed Roger Rabbit. As far as it's rank goes, I'd probably put it at #5 and move the others between 5 & 8 down a slot.

The Big Red One.

On The Waterfront

I'm happy that Criterion finally announced it will release a Blu-Ray of "In The Mood For Love"

I'm still waiting for "Wild Strawberries" "Rashoman" "La Strada" "Andri Rublev"

I could also use more Woody Allen films, in particular, "Crimes and Misdemeanors" "Husbands and Wives" and "Deconstructing Harry"

And what about some Marx Brothers films like "Duck Soup" or "A Night at the Opera"

Or "M. Hulot's Holiday" and "Mon Oncle"

More early Hitchcock wouldn't hurt. The original "Man Who Knew Too Much" is so much better than the re-make.

And for some more esoteric stuff, i'd really love to get "Songs From The Second Floor" in Blu-Ray.

And I wouldn't mind Milos Foreman's "Valmont" or the Coen Brother's "Barton Fink"

Or "The Decalogue" by Kristov Keislowski. And how about more Tarkovsky. "Stalker" for example.

Just read that Lawrence Of Arabia was getting a new transfer and a Blu-Ray release in November! I guess Columbia was a little smarter than I gave them credit for.

Well, since they never got around to releasing "Little Darlings" on DVD, maybe it's time to do that one...

I withdraw my last post in this thread as Re-Animator is coming to blu-ray:Re-animator blu ray
Also coming out in the UK date tba. Happy to add these to my collection.

I do wish Little Manhattan and The Lizzie McGuire Movie being released on Blu-Ray, since they haven't had a release like that.

The Pianist