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The Best DVD and Blu-Ray Releases Of 2012

Including Drive, Tyrannosaur, The Conformist, Moneyball, La Grande Illusion, Shame, The Story of Film, The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie and Lawrence of Arabia

Best DVD Blu of 2012

JANUARY

Project Nim (Icon Home Entertainment)Ā [Read our full review] [Buy it on DVD]
In a Better WorldĀ (Axiom)Ā [Buy it onĀ DVDĀ orĀ Blu-ray]
Boardwalk Empire ā€“ Season 1Ā (Warner Home Video/HBO)Ā [Buy onĀ DVDĀ orĀ Blu-ray]
MelancholiaĀ (Artificial Eye)Ā [Read our full review] [Buy it onĀ Blu-rayĀ orĀ DVD]
Roger DodgerĀ (StudioCanal)Ā [Buy it onĀ Blu-rayĀ orĀ DVD]
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, SpyĀ (StudioCanal)Ā Ā [Read our full review] [Buy it on Blu-rayĀ orĀ DVD]
DriveĀ (Icon Home Entertainment)Ā [Read our full review] [Buy it onĀ Blu-rayĀ orĀ DVD]
The Tin DrumĀ (Arrow)Ā [Buy the dual format Blu-ray and DVD edition]

FEBRUARY

TyrannosaurĀ (Studiocanal)Ā [Buy onĀ DVDĀ orĀ Blu-ray] [Read our original review]
TabloidĀ (Dogwoof)Ā [Buy on DVD] [Read our original review]
All Quiet On the Western FrontĀ (Universal Pictures)Ā [Buy it on Blu-ray]
To Kill a MockingbirdĀ (Universal Pictures)Ā [Buy it on Blu-ray]
Repo ManĀ (Eureka/Masters of Cinema)Ā [Buy the Blu-ray from Amazon UK]
The ConformistĀ (Arrow Video)Ā [Buy the Dual Format DVD/Blu-ray from Amazon UK]
We Need to Talk About KevinĀ (Artificial Eye)Ā [Buy theĀ Blu-rayĀ orĀ DVDĀ from Amazon UK] [Read our full review]
The Mizoguchi CollectionĀ (Artificial Eye)Ā [Buy it onĀ Blu-rayĀ orĀ DVD box set]

MARCH

The Ides of MarchĀ (Entertainment One)Ā [Read our full review here]Ā [Buy on Blu-rayĀ orĀ DVDĀ from Amazon UK]
ContagionĀ (Warner Home Video)Ā [Buy on Blu-rayĀ orĀ DVDĀ from Amazon UK]
AnonymousĀ (Sony Pictures Home Entertainment)Ā [Read our full review here]Ā [Buy on Blu-rayĀ orĀ DVDĀ from Amazon UK]
Jane EyreĀ (Universal Pictures)Ā [Buy it on Blu-ray + DVD & Digital Copy] [Read our full review here]
Rabbit Proof FenceĀ (Optimum Home Enterainment)Ā [Buy theĀ Blu-rayĀ orĀ DVDĀ from Amazon UK]
Monty Python and the Holy GrailĀ (Sony Pictures Home Entertainment)Ā [Buy theĀ Blu-rayĀ orĀ DVDĀ from Amazon UK]
NaqoyqatsiĀ (Miramax)Ā [Buy onĀ DVDĀ orĀ Blu-rayĀ from Amazon UK]
MoneyballĀ (Sony Pictures Home Ent.)Ā [Available onĀ Blu-rayĀ orĀ DVDĀ from Amazon] [Read our full review here]
Take ShelterĀ (Universal Pictures)

APRIL

The Girl With the Dragon TattooĀ (Sony Pictures Home Ent.)
DraculaĀ (Universal)Ā [Buy theĀ Blu-ray]
HugoĀ (EIV)Ā [Read our full review] [Buy it onĀ DVDĀ orĀ Blu-ray]
La Grande Illusion
Ā (StudioCanal)Ā [Buy theĀ DVDĀ orĀ Blu-ray]
Bad LieutenantĀ (Fabulous Films)Ā [Buy onĀ DVDĀ orĀ Blu-rayĀ from Amazon UK]

MAY

The Story of Film (Network) [Buy at Amazon]
Falstaff: Chimes at Midnight (Mr. Bongo)Ā [Buy at Amazon]
Into the Abyss (Revolver)
The Jazz Baroness (3DD)
Treme: Season 2 (Warner Bros.)
Shame (Momentum)Ā [Buy at Amazon]
Martha Marcy May Marlene (Fox)
The Artist (EV)Ā [Buy at Amazon]

JUNE

Blue Velvet (Universal)Ā [Buy at Amazon]
Lost Highway (Universal)Ā [Buy at Amazon]
Odd Man Out (Network)Ā [Buy at Amazon]

JULY

Chariots of Fire (Fox)
The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (StudioCanal)Ā [Buy at Amazon]
Total Recall (Optimum Home Entertainment)
A Fish Called Wanda (MGM Home Entertainment) [Buy at Amazon]

AUGUST

Le Harve (Artificial Eye)Ā [Buy at Amazon]
The Descendants (Fox)Ā [Buy at Amazon]
Marley (Universal)Ā [Buy at Amazon]
Rumble Fish (Eureka)

SEPTEMBER

Jaws (Universal)Ā [Buy at Amazon]
Les Enfants Du Paradis (Second Sight) [Buy at Amazon]
All Quiet On The Western Front (Universal) [Buy at Amazon]
James Bond: Bond 50 (Fox)Ā [Buy at Amazon]
To Catch a Thief (Paramount) [Buy at Amazon]
That Obscure Object of Desire (StudioCanal)Ā [Buy at Amazon]
The Trial (StudioCanal)Ā [Buy at Amazon]
The Turin Horse (Artificial Eye)

OCTOBER

Lawrence of Arabia (Sony) [Buy at Amazon]
Walkabout (Universal) [Buy at Amazon]
Dracula (Universal) [Buy at Amazon]
Frankenstein (Universal)Ā [Buy at Amazon]
The Wolf Man (Universal)Ā [Buy at Amazon]
Ai Weiwei – Never Sorry (Artificial Eye)
Indiana Jones: The Complete Collection (Paramount) [Buy at Amazon]
Shut Up and Play the Hits (Pulse Films) [Buy at Amazon]
The Curse of Frankenstein (Lionsgate UK)Ā [Buy at Amazon]
Woody Allen: A Documentary (Soda Pictures) [Buy at Amazon]
ET – The Extra Terrestrial (Universal) [Buy at Amazon]
Glengarry Glen Ross (ITV DVD)
Nostalgia for the Light (New Wave Films)Ā [Buy at Amazon]
The Company of Wolves (ITV DVD)Ā [Buy at Amazon]
The Shawshank Redemption (ITV DVD) [Buy at Amazon]
Homeland: Season 1 (Fox)Ā [Buy at Amazon]

NOVEMBER

Citizen Kane (Universal) [Buy at Amazon]
Groundhog Day (Sony) [Buy at Amazon]
Alfred Hitchcock: The Masterpiece Collection (Universal)Ā [Buy at Amazon]
Margin Call (Paramount) [Buy at Amazon]
The Man in the White Suit (Studiocanal) [Buy at Amazon]
Singin’ in the Rain (Warner Home Video)Ā [Buy at Amazon]

DECEMBER

Following (Criterion) [Buy Region 1 Blu-ray]
Searching For Sugar Man (Studiocanal) [Buy on DVDĀ orĀ Blu-ray]

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