{"id":7286,"date":"2009-12-14T17:56:16","date_gmt":"2009-12-14T17:56:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/?p=7286"},"modified":"2010-11-08T04:13:19","modified_gmt":"2010-11-08T04:13:19","slug":"the-best-dvd-blu-ray-releases-of-2009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/2009\/12\/14\/the-best-dvd-blu-ray-releases-of-2009\/","title":{"rendered":"The Best DVD & Blu-ray Releases of 2009"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Best<\/p>\n

DVD and Blu-ray releases have effectively gone on holiday until the last week of the month so here is my list of the best UK releases of 2009.<\/p>\n

*N.B. Some of these titles were already available on DVD but got a Blu-ray release this year *<\/p>\n

JANUARY<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"DVD<\/p>\n

Standard Operating Procedure<\/strong> (Sony) [Buy on DVD<\/a> or Blu-ray]
\nRecount<\/strong> (HBO) [Buy on DVD<\/a>]
\n Ashes of Time Redux<\/strong> (Artificial Eye) [Buy on DVD<\/a> or Blu-ray<\/a>]
\n The Fall<\/strong> (Momentum) [Buy on DVD<\/a> or Blu-ray<\/a>]
\n The Wong Kar-wai Collection<\/strong> (Artificial Eye) [Buy on DVD<\/a>]<\/p>\n

FEBRUARY<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"DVD<\/strong><\/p>\n

Gomorrah<\/strong> (Optimum) [Buy on DVD<\/a> or Blu-ray<\/a>]
\n I’ve Loved You So Long<\/strong> (Lionsgate) [Buy on DVD<\/a> or Blu-ray<\/a>]
\n 7-49UP<\/strong> (Network) [Buy on DVD<\/a>]
\n Amadeus – Director’s Cut<\/strong> (Warner) [Buy on DVD<\/a> or Blu-ray<\/a>]
\n One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest<\/strong> (Warner) [Buy on DVD<\/a> or Blu-ray<\/a>]
\n Being There<\/strong> (Warner) [Buy on DVD<\/a> or Blu-ray<\/a>]
\nHunger (Pathe) [Buy on DVD<\/a> or Blu-ray Import<\/a>]<\/span>
\nThe Visitor<\/strong> (Unanimous Pictures) [Buy on DVD<\/a>]<\/p>\n

MARCH<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"DVD<\/p>\n

A History of Violence<\/strong> (EIV) [Buy on DVD<\/a> or Blu-ray<\/a>]
\n L.A. Confidential – Special Edition<\/strong> (Warner) [Buy on DVD<\/a> or Blu-ray<\/a>]
\n Not Quite Hollywood<\/strong> (Optimum) [Buy on DVD<\/a>]
\n Waltz with Bashir<\/strong> (Artificial Eye) [Buy on DVD<\/a> or Blu-ray<\/a>]<\/p>\n

APRIL<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"DVD<\/p>\n

The Bela Tarr Collection<\/strong> (Artificial Eye) [Buy on DVD<\/a>]
\n The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada<\/strong> (Optimum) [Buy on DVD<\/a> or Blu-ray<\/a>]
\n The Red Riding Trilogy<\/strong> (Optimum) [Buy on DVD<\/a>]
\n Dean Spanley<\/strong> (Icon) [Buy on DVD<\/a>]<\/p>\n

MAY<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"DVD<\/p>\n

Fargo <\/strong>(MGM) [Buy on DVD<\/a> or Blu-ray<\/a>]
\n Silence of the Lambs<\/strong> (MGM) [Buy on DVD<\/a> or Blu-ray<\/a>]
\n Mad Men Season 1<\/strong> (Lionsgate) [Buy on DVD<\/a> or Blu-ray<\/a>]
\n Frost\/Nixon<\/strong> (Universal) [Buy on DVD<\/a> or Blu-ray<\/a>]
\n<\/strong><\/p>\n

JUNE<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"DVD<\/p>\n

Slumdog Millionaire<\/strong> (Pathe) [Buy on DVD<\/a> or Blu-ray<\/a>]
\n A Christmas Tale<\/strong> (New Wave Films) [Buy on DVD<\/a> or Blu-ray Import<\/a>]
\n Milk<\/strong> (Momentum) [Buy on DVD<\/a> or Blu-ray<\/a>]
\n The Curious Case of Benjamin Button<\/strong> (Warner) [Buy on DVD<\/a> or Blu-ray<\/a>]
\n Anvil! The Story of Anvil<\/strong> (Universal) [Buy on DVD<\/a> or Blu-ray<\/a>]
\n Blackadder Remastered \u2013 Ultimate Edition<\/strong> (2 Entertain) [Buy on DVD<\/a>]
\n Bolt<\/strong> (Disney) [Buy on DVD<\/a> or Blu-ray<\/a>]
\n The Class<\/strong> (Artificial Eye) [Buy on DVD<\/a> or Blu-ray Import<\/a>]
\n Woodstock 3 Days of Peace & Music <\/strong>(Warner Bros) [Buy on DVD<\/a> or Blu-ray<\/a>]
\nChe<\/strong> (Optimum) [Buy on DVD<\/a> or\u00a0Blu-ray<\/a>]
\nGran Torino<\/strong> (Warner) [Buy on DVD<\/a> or\u00a0Blu-ray<\/a>]<\/p>\n

JULY<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"DVD<\/p>\n

Mad Men Season 2<\/strong> (Lionsgate) [Buy on DVD<\/a> or Blu-ray<\/a>]
\nReligulous<\/strong> (Momentum) [Buy on DVD<\/a>]
\n Brick<\/strong> (Optimum) [Buy on DVD<\/a> or Blu-ray<\/a>]
\n Elephant<\/strong> (Optimum) [Buy on DVD<\/a> or Blu-ray<\/a>]
\n The Pianist<\/strong> (Optimum) [Buy on DVD<\/a> or Blu-ray<\/a>]
\n Il Divo<\/strong> (Artificial Eye) [Buy on DVD<\/a> or Blu-ray Import<\/a>]<\/p>\n

AUGUST<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"DVD<\/p>\n

Children of Men<\/strong> (Universal) [Buy on DVD<\/a> or Blu-ray<\/a>]
\n Winstanley<\/strong> (BFI) [Buy on DVD<\/a> or Blu-ray<\/a>]
\n Two Lovers<\/strong> (Lionsgate) [Buy on DVD<\/a> or Blu-ray<\/a>]
\n La Haine<\/strong> (Optimum) [Buy on DVD<\/a> or Blu-ray<\/a>]
\nIn The Loop<\/strong> (Optimum) [Buy on DVD<\/a> or Blu-ray<\/a>]
\n Encounters at the End of the World<\/strong> (Revolver) [Buy on DVD<\/a> or Blu-ray<\/a>]
\n The Battle of Algiers – Special Edition<\/strong> (Argent Films) [Buy on DVD<\/a>]<\/p>\n

SEPTEMBER<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"DVD<\/p>\n

This Is Spinal Tap – Up To 11 Edition<\/strong> (Optimum) [Buy on DVD<\/a> or Blu-ray<\/a>]
\n Beyond the Clouds<\/strong> (Second Sight) [Buy on DVD<\/a>]
\nIn This World<\/strong> (ICA) [Buy on DVD<\/a>]
\n An American Werewolf in London<\/strong> (Universal) [Buy on DVD<\/a> or Blu-ray<\/a>]
\n Belle De Jour<\/strong> (Optimum) [Buy on DVD<\/a> or Blu-ray<\/a>]
\n Ran <\/strong>(Optimum) [Buy on DVD<\/a> or Blu-ray<\/a>]
\nSunrise<\/strong> (Eureka!) [Buy on DVD<\/a> or Blu-ray<\/a>]
\n The Deer Hunter<\/strong> (Optimum) [Buy on DVD<\/a> or Blu-ray<\/a>]
\n The Elephant Man<\/strong> (Optimum) [Buy on DVD<\/a> or Blu-ray<\/a>]
\n The New World – Extended Cut<\/strong> (EIV) [Buy on DVD<\/a> or Blu-ray<\/a>]
\n The Prisoner: The Complete Series<\/strong> (Network) [Buy on DVD<\/a> or Blu-ray<\/a>]<\/p>\n

OCTOBER<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"DVD<\/p>\n

Synecdoche, New York<\/strong> (Revolver)\u00a0[Buy on DVD<\/a> or Blu-ray<\/a>]
\n Dawn of the Dead<\/strong> (Arrow) [Buy on DVD<\/a> or Blu-ray<\/a>]
\n Frozen River<\/strong> (Axiom Films) [Buy on DVD<\/a> or Blu-ray Import<\/a>]
\nThe Complete Friz Lang Mabuse Boxset<\/strong> (Eureka!) [Buy on DVD<\/a>]
\nThe Essential Michael Haneke<\/strong> (Artificial Eye) [Buy on DVD<\/a>]
\nWallace & Gromit: The Complete Collection<\/strong> (2 Entertain) [Buy on DVD<\/a> or Blu-ray<\/a>]<\/p>\n

NOVEMBER<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"DVD<\/p>\n

Gone with the Wind – 70th Anniversary Edition<\/strong> (Warner) [Buy on DVD<\/a> or Blu-ray<\/a>]
\n Heat<\/strong> (Warner) [Buy on DVD<\/a> or Blu-ray<\/a>]
\n Fanny and Alexander<\/strong> (Palisades Tartan) [Buy on DVD<\/a>]
\n For All Mankind<\/strong> (Eureka\/Masters of Cinema) [Buy on DVD<\/a> or Blu-ray<\/a>]
\n Moon<\/strong> (Sony) [Buy on DVD<\/a> or Blu-ray<\/a>]
\n North by Northwest – 50th Anniversary Edition<\/strong> (Warner) [Buy on Blu-ray<\/a>]
\n The Terence Davies Collection<\/strong> (BFI) [Buy on DVD<\/a>]
\n Fight Club – 10th Anniversary Edition<\/strong> (Fox) [Buy on Blu-ray<\/a>]
\n The Wizard of Oz – 70th Anniversary Edition<\/strong> (Warner) [Buy on DVD<\/a> or Blu-ray<\/a>]
\n The Jacques Tati Collection<\/strong> (BFI) [Buy on DVD<\/a>]<\/p>\n

DECEMBER<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"DVD<\/p>\n

Inglourious Basterds<\/strong> (Universal) [Buy on DVD<\/a> or Blu-ray<\/a>]
\n Mid-August Lunch<\/strong> (Artificial Eye) [Buy on DVD<\/a>]
\n The Hangover<\/strong> (Warner) [Buy on DVD<\/a> or Blu-ray<\/a>]
\n 1941<\/strong> (Universal) [Buy on DVD<\/a>]
\n District 9<\/strong> (Sony) [Buy on DVD<\/a> or Blu-ray<\/a>]
\n The Hurt Locker<\/strong> (Optimum) [Buy on DVD<\/a> or Blu-ray<\/a>]<\/p>\n

[ad]<\/p>\n

N.B. As I\u2019m based in the UK, all of these DVDs are UK titles but if you live in a different region of the world check out Play.com<\/a> or your local Amazon site and they should have an equivalent version of the film.<\/p>\n

> Browse more DVD Releases at Amazon UK<\/a> and Play
\n<\/a>> The Bestselling DVDs of 2009 at Amazon UK<\/a>
\n> Check the latest DVD prices at DVD Price Check<\/a>
\n> Browse all the Cinema releases of 2009<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Including Standard Operating Procedure, Recount, Gomorrah, Being There, Hunger, Waltz With Bashir, The Red Riding Trilogy, Mad Men, A Christmas Tale, The Class, Woodstock, The Pianist, Il Divo, Children of Men, Winstanley, In the Loop, Encounters at the End of the World, This is Spinal Tap, Ran, Belle De Jour, The New World, Frozen River, The Michael Haneke Collection, Gone With The Wind, Fanny and Alexander, For All Mankind, The Wizard of Oz, Inglourious Basterds, Mid-August Lunch and The Hurt Locker<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[519,4,17],"tags":[2821,2788,632],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7286"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7286"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7286\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7286"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7286"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7286"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}