11 best blueray movies

Blu-ray movies are a high-definition optical disc format used for the distribution of movies and other video content. They are an evolution of the earlier DVD format and offer significantly higher video and audio quality. Here's what you need to know about Blu-ray movies:

  1. High Definition (HD) Quality: Blu-ray discs provide a much higher video resolution (up to 1080p and even 4K in some cases) compared to DVDs, resulting in sharper and more detailed images.

  2. Superior Audio: Blu-ray movies often feature advanced audio formats like Dolby TrueHD and DTS-HD Master Audio, delivering immersive, high-quality sound that enhances the viewing experience.

  3. Large Storage Capacity: Blu-ray discs have a much larger storage capacity than DVDs. A single-layer Blu-ray disc can store up to 25 GB of data, while a dual-layer disc can store up to 50 GB. This ample storage space allows for high-definition video and audio content, as well as bonus features.

  4. Interactive Features: Blu-ray discs often include interactive menus, behind-the-scenes documentaries, director's commentaries, deleted scenes, and other bonus features that enhance the viewer's understanding and enjoyment of the movie.

  5. Region Codes: Like DVDs, Blu-ray discs are often encoded with region codes, which restrict their playback to specific regions. It's important to ensure that your Blu-ray player is compatible with the region code of the disc you want to watch.

  6. Compatibility: Blu-ray players are backward-compatible with DVDs, so you can play both formats on most modern Blu-ray players. However, DVD players cannot play Blu-ray discs due to the differences in laser technology and disc structure.

  7. 3D Blu-ray: Some Blu-ray discs are available in 3D formats, providing an immersive 3D viewing experience when used with compatible 3D TVs and glasses.

  8. Collectibility: Blu-ray movies are often released as special editions, steelbooks, or collector's editions, making them attractive to movie enthusiasts and collectors.

  9. Digital Copies: Many Blu-ray movies include digital copies that allow you to download or stream the movie on various devices like smartphones, tablets, and computers.

  10. Streaming vs. Physical: With the rise of streaming services, digital movie downloads, and online streaming platforms, the popularity of physical media like Blu-ray discs has declined somewhat. However, Blu-rays are still favored by cinephiles and those who value the highest video and audio quality.

In summary, Blu-ray movies offer a significant leap in video and audio quality compared to DVDs, making them an excellent choice for movie enthusiasts who want to enjoy a superior cinematic experience at home. They also come with bonus features and additional content that can enhance your understanding and appreciation of the films.While physical media faces competition from digital streaming, Blu-ray remains a popular choice for those who prioritize quality and collectibility.

Below you can find our editor's choice of the best blueray movies on the market
  

Greenland [Blu-ray]

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Product description

A family fights for survival as a planet-killing comet races to Earth. John Garrity (Gerard Butler), his estranged wife Allison (Morena Baccarin), and young son Nathan make a perilous journey to their only hope for sanctuary. Amid terrifying news accounts of cities around the world being leveled by the comet's fragments, the Garritys experience the best and worst in humanity while they battle the increasing panic and lawlessness surrounding them. As the countdown to global apocalypse approaches zero, their incredible trek culminates in a desperate and last-minute flight to a possible safe haven.



Bonus Content:

  • Digital Copy of Greenland (Digital Copy redemption code subject to expiration. See product insert for details.)
  • Deleted Scenes with Intros by Director Ric Roman Waugh
  • Humanity
  • Feature Commentary with Director Ric Roman Waugh and Producer Basil Iwanyk

    The Croods: A New Age [Blu-ray]

    Based on 30 reviews Check latest price

    Product description

    The first prehistoric family is ready for another rocking adventure! The Croods have survived fanged beasts, natural disasters, and even young love, but now they must face their biggest challenge yet: another family! In search of a new home, the Croods discover a walled-in paradise created by the sophisticated Betterman family (emphasis on the "better"). As they try to coexist, the differences between the two families escalate into a full-blown feud, but when a new threat forces both families to embark on an epic adventure, they must all learn to work together…or they'll all go extinct! Nicolas Cage, Emma Stone, Ryan Reynolds, and Peter Dinklage star in this hilarious animated comedy for the whole family!



    Bonus Content:

  • Includes Blu-ray, DVD and a digital copy of The Croods: A New Age (Subject to expiration. Go to NBCUCodes.com for details.)
  • Dear Diary: World's First Pranks
  • Family Movie Night: Little Red Bronana Bread
  • Gag Reel
  • To: Gerard
  • Deleted Scenes
  • The Croods' Family Album
  • The Evolution Of...
  • How to Draw: Caveman Style
  • Famileaf Album
  • Stone Age Snack Attack
  • Feature Commentary with Director Joel Crawford, Producer Mark Swift, Head of Story Januel Mercado and Editor Jim Ryan

    Product features

    EEP

    Strong, fearless and independent, Eep is the typical teenage daughter who is experiencing her first love with a boy named Guy. But Eep's confidence in her relationship with Guy is shaken when Guy suddenly reconnects with his past.

    GUY

    Guy is the lovesick boyfriend of Eep and an honorary member of the Croods pack. While Guy is in love with Eep, he's not in love with the Croods' way of life. But when he unexpectedly reconnects with his past, he starts to question his future.

    DAWN

    Dawn is the only child of the Bettermans. Sheltered by her strict overprotective parents, she's never been allowed to venture beyond the safety of their protective wall. As the awkward home-schooled girl, Dawn is overjoyed to meet fellow teenagers for the first time. Through Eep's encouragement and a journey with the Croods, Dawn embraces her wild side and finally finds her voice and the courage to be herself.

    GRUG

    Grug is the stubborn provider and overprotective father of the Croods family. Beneath the hard caveman exterior lies a big-hearted, over-emotional father who wants nothing more than to keep his pack together. Grug's fears and insecurities are exposed when the Croods encounter a more advanced family, the Bettermans (emphasis on the "better").

    UGGA

    Ugga is the calm to Grug's storm and the heart of the Croods family. Ugga is open-minded and accepting, but when another family threatens to break up her pack, she quickly transforms into the ultimate raging cave mom.

    THUNK

    Thunk is his dad's biggest fan. What Thunk lacks in intelligence, he makes up for in enthusiasm. He enjoys the simple things in life - playing with his dog, eating food, and not being food.

    SANDY

    Part child, part feral animal, Sandy is the baby of the Croods family. Don't let her adorably sweet smile fool you, she bites.

    GRAN

    Gran is the sassy, spitfire mother-in-law who loves a good family scuffle, but when the Croods and Bettermans start feuding, she must step up to unite them by revealing her ancient wisdom and rock hard abs.

    PHIL BETTERMAN

    Phil Betterman (emphasis on the "better") is a man of high intellect, an even higher man-bun, and the father of a modern family. Due to their many innovations, the Bettermans live a life of comfort behind a giant protective wall. Phil considers himself the next rung on the evolutionary ladder and is convinced that cavemen like Grug are a thing of the past.

    HOPE

    Hope is as tightly wound as the massive braids on her head. As the mother of the Bettermans family, Hope prides herself on knowing everything - most importantly what's best for her daughter. But Hope's journey into the wild with the Croods shows her that the walls she built to protect her family from the outside world also closed them off from each other.

    SASH

    Sash is Dawn's pet sloth and trusted companion. Given to Dawn by her mom to keep her safe, Sash becomes distracted and remiss in her duties when she meets the handsome new sloth named Belt.

    BELT

    Belt is a three-toed sloth who is Guy's sidekick and constant companion, that is until he becomes distracted by the allure of a new female counterpart, named Sash...

    1917 [Blu-ray]

    UNI DIST CORP MCA

    Based on 72 reviews Check latest price

    Product description

    Sam Mendes, the Oscar-winning director of Skyfall, Spectre and American Beauty, brings his singular vision to this World War I epic. At the height of the First World War, two young British soldiers, Schofield (Captain Fantastic's George MacKay) and Blake (Game of Thrones' Dean-Charles Chapman), are given a seemingly impossible mission. In a race against time, they must cross enemy territory and deliver a message that will stop a deadly attack on hundreds of soldiers—Blake's own brother among them.



    Bonus Content:

  • Includes 4K UHD, Blu-ray and a digital copy of 1917 (Subject to expiration. Go to NBCUCodes.com for details.)
  • Features Dolby Vision and HDR10+ for Brighter, Deeper, More Lifelike Color
  • The Weight of the World: Sam Mendes
  • Allied Forces: Making 1917
  • The Score of 1917
  • In the Trenches
  • Recreating History
  • Feature Commentary with Director/Co-Writer Sam Mendes
  • Feature Commentary with Director of Photography Roger Deakins

    Product features

    Lance Corporal Schofield

    George MacKay

    Schofield, in his early 20s, is slightly more experienced than his friend and comrade Lance Corporal Blake, who asks him to accompany him on a seemingly impossible mission.

    Lance Corporal Blake

    Dean Charles-Chapman

    Only 19, Blake is quite good with maps and eager to volunteer for any assignment that would take him back up the line. He is selected to pick a fellow member of 8th Battalion and give a vital message to the 2nd Devons, he has no concept of what he is signing them both up for.

    General Erinmore

    Colin Firth

    With the weight of the war on his shoulders, General Erinmore tasks Blake and Schofield to make the impossible journey across No Man's Land and find the 2nd Devons - who are on the verge of advancing to occupied territory.

    Captain Smith

    Mark Strong

    When Captain Smith's men happen upon Blake and Schofield at an abandoned farm, the Captain is exhausted and reeling. Wise, insightful and kind, he gives Schofield strategic advice regarding the prickly Colonel Mackenzie.

    Lieutenant Leslie

    Andrew Scott

    The war-weary commander of the Yorks holding the line at No Man's Land, Leslie tells our heroes they are foolish to believe that the Germans have gone.

    Lieutenant Blake

    Richard Madden

    Lance Corporal Tom Blake's brother, Lieutenant Blake is a proud officer in the 2nd Devons and has followed Colonel Mackenzie to the brink of the Hindenburg Line.

    Colonel Mackenzie

    Benedict Cumberbatch

    Commander of 2nd Battalion, who is convinced they have the Germans retreating and is determined to finish the job.

    Let Him Go [Blu-ray]

    UNI DIST CORP MCA

    Based on 15 reviews Check latest price

    Product description

    Following the loss of their son, retired sheriff George Blackledge (Kevin Costner) and his wife Margaret (Diane Lane) leave their Montana ranch to rescue their young grandson from a dangerous family living off the grid. They soon discover that the Weboy family has no intention of letting the child go, forcing George and Margaret to fight for their family.



    Bonus Content:

  • Includes Blu-ray, DVD and a digital copy of Let Him Go (Subject to expiration. Go to NBCUCodes.com for details.)
  • The Making of Let Him Go
  • The Blackledges: Kevin Costner & Diane Lane
  • Lighting the Way: Thomas Bezucha

    Tenet (4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + Digital)

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    Werewolves on Wheels [Blu-ray]

    Based on 72 reviews Check latest price

    Product description

    The Devil's Advocates an outlaw gang of Harley-riding hellions led by Adam (Stephen Oliver, The Naked Zoo, Motorpsycho!) and his old lady Helen (Donna Anders, Count Yorga, Vampire) troll the dusty highways of the American Southwest in search of the next great kick, whether it be sex, drugs, or violence. After dispatching a pair of rednecks unfriendly to their lifestyle, the Advocates run roughshod over a gas station before taking to the road again, where they encounter a cloistered sect of Satanic Monks led by high priest One (Severn Darden, Battle for the Planet of the Apes). A mass-drugging, a ritual sacrifice, a topless snake-dance, and a scene-clearing fistfight ensue but it's too late; the spell has been cast, and the two shall become... Werewolves on Wheels! Equal parts road movie biker pic and black magic monster flick, this cross-genre film marked the directorial debut of Michael Levesque (Sweet Sugar), art designer on Russ Myers films Beneath the Valley of the Ultra-Vixens and Up! Also starring Billy Gray (TV's Father Knows Best) and pop singer Barry McGuire (Eve of Destruction), Werewolves on Wheels defies classification. Is it art? Is it exploitation? The answer is a resounding yes. Now see this cult classic for the first time in HD!



    Special Features:

    -Brand New HD Master

    -Theatrical Trailer

    The Divergent Series 3-Film Collection [Blu-ray]

    LIONSGATE

    Based on 4 reviews Check latest price

    Product description

    Join the spectacular adventure as Tris (Shailene Woodley) - a Divergent who will never fit in a future world divided by factions - unites with the mysterious Four (Theo James) to unlock the truth about the past, fighting to protect her loved ones and save her city in the first three action-packed movies from THE DIVERGENT SERIES.

    Product features

    The Divergent Series 3-Film Collection

    Directors: Robert Schwentke, Neil Burger

    Writers: Veronica Roth, Evan Daugherty, Noah Oppenheim, Brian Duffield, Vanessa Taylor, Adam Cooper

    Starring: Shailene Woodley, Theo James, Ashley Judd, Ray Stevenson, Zoë Kravitz, Miles Teller

    Producers: Pouya Shahbazian, Douglas Wick, Lucy Fisher, Todd Lieberman, David Hoberman, Barry H. Waldman

    Arctic [Blu-ray]

    Universal Studios

    Based on 284 reviews Check latest price

    Product description

    Mads Mikkelsen (Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, Doctor Strange) delivers an engrossing tour de force performance as Overgård, a resourceful yet increasingly desperate man stranded in a remote, snow-covered wilderness. After a plane crash in an icy wasteland, Overgård must live by his wits as he waits for help to arrive. But when a long-awaited rescue effort fails, he faces a life-or-death decision: remain in the relative safety of his camp and hope to be found, or embark on an arduous trek that may be the only hope for both him and a critically injured stranger. Critics are calling this captivating, white knuckle film "chilling and thrilling, heart-wrenching and heart-lifting" (Los Angeles Times).



    Bonus Content:

  • Includes a digital copy of Arctic (Subject to expiration. Go to NBCUCodes.com for details.)
  • Deleted Scenes
  • The Story Behind Arctic
  • Mads Mikkelsen Featurette

    Begin Again (Blu-ray + Digital HD)

    TCFHE/ANCHOR BAY/STARZ

    Based on 3 reviews Check latest price

    Product description

    British songwriter Gretta (Keira Knightley) is adrift in Manhattan after getting dumped by her philandering rock star boyfriend (Adam Levine). While playing at an open mic night at a local bar, she is discovered by struggling music producer Dan (Mark Ruffalo). Sensing her songwriting potential, Dan pushes Gretta to sign with him and record an ambitious outdoors album all across the city.

    Nightbeast [Blu-ray]

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    Product description

    An alien with an appetite for blood & disembowelment is set loose on a small town when its spacecraft crashes. Sheriff Jack Cinder & local militia arrive on scene, a violent battle ensues, leaving only Jack, his deputy & a wild-eyed redneck as survivors. With a corrupt mayor unwilling to stand up against the Nightbeast's reign of carnage, it's up to Jack to evacuate the townsfolk & save the day!

    The Trouble with Harry [Blu-ray]

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    Product description

    Set against a picturesque New England backdrop, Alfred Hitchcock's The Trouble With Harry is a dark comedy starring Edmund Gwenn, John Forsythe, Shirley MacLaine and Jerry Mathers. The trouble with Harry is that he is dead and, while no one really minds, everyone feels responsible. After Harry's body is discovered in the woods, several of the local residents must determine not only how and why he was killed but what to do with the body. Featuring romance, humor…and several unearthings of the corpse, this quirky romp showcases a decidedly different type of story from the Master of Suspense.



    Bonus Content:

  • The Trouble With Harry Isn’t Over
  • Production Photographs
  • Theatrical Trailer
  • My Scenes

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