Lawrence of Arabia
Apolcaylpse Now
Seven

I agree on Gladiator. However, some titles I would like to see in HD are:

Mean Girls & Bring It On

Gladiator
Titanic
The Lord Of The Rings
Star Wars
Pulp Fiction
Jackie Brown
Alien (1979)
The Godfather Trilogy

oh and . . . Showgirls [runs and hides]

Leon: The Professional
The New World
Gladiator
Collateral
The Lord of the Rings
Lawrence of Arabia
Taxi Driver
Road to Perdition
Barry Lyndon
Hero

just LOTR.

HD DVD titles i would like to see,my short list:

Titanic
Gladiator
Back to The Future Trilogy
Jurassic Park Trilogy
Indiana Jones Trilogy
Star Wars Trilogy
Se7en
Contact
True Lies
The Abyss
Termiantor 1 & 2
Predator
Eraser
The Outlaw Josey Whales
Saving Private Ryan
War Of The Worlds
Conan The Barbarian
Aliens
Forrest Gump
Heat
Starship Troopers
Cannonball Run
Jaws
Beverly Hills Cop 1 & 2
Total Recall
Robocop
Halloween
Platoon
James Bond Trilogy
Rocky Trilogy
Cliffhanger
Men In Black
Bad Boys 2
Armageddon
The Rock
Crimson Tide
Con Air
Man On Fire
Pink Panther Trilogy
Dirty Harry Trilogy
Rambo Trilogy
Major League
Blade Trilogy
The Mask
Air Force One
Payback (Theatrical version)
Superman 2 (Theatrical version)
Braveheart
Signs
Unbreakable
Die Hard Trilogy
The Sixth Day
Road House

LotR
Star Wars
Star Trek movies
Indiana Jones
Braveheart
Titanic
Abyss
Aliens
Gladiator
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Brotherhood of the Wolf (a decent transfer with Eng subs)
Hero
Dark City
Chronicles of Narnia
X-Men 1 and 2
Final Fantasy Advent Children
The Island (US release would be nice)
Equilibrium (US release would be nice)
X-Files: Fight the Future
Armageddon
War of the Worlds
A.I.
E.T.
Jurassic Park trilogy
Amelie
Sky High (Ryuhei Kitamura film, not the US Kurt Russell pic)
Versus

LOTR and Dangerous Liaisons (1988). I figure LOTR is inevitable but DL is a complete question mark. The current SD version is barely above VHS quality.

1. Groundhog Day,
2. The Family Man,
3. Signs,
4. The Great Outdoors,
5. Cube,
7. Planes, Trains, & Automobiles,
8. Jurassic Park,
9. The Village,
11. The Truman Show,
12. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest,
16. The Sixth Sense,
17. K-PAX,



These lucky movies already made it to HD from my favorite list:
6. V For Vendetta,
10. 28 Days Later,
14. The Guardian,
15. The Game,
18. Shaun of the Dead
19. GOAL!

Comedies such as Planes and Groundhog, The Great Outdoors - what 'benefit' would you get from HD on these ?? why not upscale the exisiting DVDs (surprised that you didnt have THE JERK on HD).

The studios with these titles will have a hard day trying to sell to the marketplace HD versions - unless they sold for the same price as their current DVD ones.

In no particular order:

The Right Stuff
Glory
Lawrence of Arabia
Contact
L A Confidential
Wo hu cang long (Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon)
Wo de fu qin mu qin (The Road Home)
Yi ge dou bu neng shao (Not One Less)
Ying xiong (Hero) (done properly with English subtitles)
Xiao cheng zhi chun (Springtime In A Small Town)
The Abyss
Patton
Cidade de Deus (City of God)
He ni zai yi qi (Together)
Love Actually
Mars Attacks
Pleasantville
Armageddon
Bad Boys
Das Boot
Bride & Prejudice
Bridge on the River Kwai
Buena Vista Social Club
Chocolat
Da hong deng long gao gao gua (Raise The Red Lantern)
Ice Age
Snow Falling On Cedars
Shichinin no samurai (The Seven Samurai)

Well actually everything by Akira Kurosawa and Yimou Zhang would satisfy.

Dark City
Dark City: Director's Cut
City of Lost Children
Delicatessen
Amelie
A Very Long Engagement
Mulholland Drive (w/o the pitch issues and a good transfer)
Minority Report
Survive Style 5+
Battle Royale
Akira
Ninja Scroll (dunno why, just do)
Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair
Beetlejuice
Fight Club
Spirited Away
Shaolin Soccer
Audition
A Tale of Two Sisters
The Ring
I think we've done this thread before but oh well
Spaced (Series)
The Godfather
Star Wars 4/5
Indiana Jones
The Lord of the Rings Trilogy
Dead Alive
Gladiator
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
American Beauty
Sunshine ( on HD DVD ;) )

The Royal Tenenbaums
Rushmore

It seems trivial, but after seeing a slew of HD transfers of movies that didn't seem to need it, such as Trading Places, Blazing Saddles, and even Happy Gilmore, it is really, really difficult to go back. Just having them look vastly more modern and current than even the DVDs works wonders.

On a similar topics, some movies that I never would have imagined needing it look so much better that it actually elevates the atmosphere in the movie thanks to more precise lighting and detail in the darker scenes, such is the case with Out of Sight, which is still one of the best catalog titles in terms of video quality.

ABSOLUTELY X2

Off the top of my head:

HD-DVD:
Hitchcock Movies
Star Trek II, III, IV & VI
Braveheart
Ferris Bueller's Day Off
The Godfather I & II
Fletch

Blu-ray:
Unbreakable
Manhunter
The Insider
True Lies
Abre Los Ojos
James Bond Series
Alien
Aliens
The Princess Bride
The Graduate

Neutral:
The Lord of the Rings Trilogy
Austin Powers
L.A. Confidential
Heat
The Player

HD DVD
The Godfather I/II
Jaws (long shot, I know)
Jurassic Park (ditto)
Back to the Future (see above)
Braveheart
Once Upon a Time in the West
Team America: World Police
Chinatown
Star Trek II/IV/VI
Indiana Jones trilogy
Mulholland Dr. (domestic release)
Collateral
Cape Fear (1991)
The Blues Brothers
They Live
Forrest Gump
Gladiator
Apocalypse Now
Rumble Fish
American Beauty
The Elephant Man (domestic)

Blu-ray
Taxi Driver
Ghostbusters
Alien
Aliens
Predator
Men in Black
Sin City
The Abyss
Fight Club
Pulp Fiction
Re-Animator
Commando
MASH
Rambo: First Blood Part II
Terminator 2 (with all the features dammit!)
The Evil Dead
Romeo + Juliet
Phantasm
Raging Bull
Near Dark
RoboCop (done frickin' right)
The Professional
True Lies
Blue Velvet
Escape from New York
Big Trouble in Little China
Heathers
The Doors


Neutral
Batman (1989)
Batman Returns
True Romance
Heat
Se7en
Boogie Nights
The Lost Boys
JFK
Beetlejuice
Pee-wee's Big Adventure
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Once Upon a Time in America
Falling Down
The Shawshank Redemption
The Last Boy Scout
The Long Kiss Goodnight
Austin Powers
Last Man Standing
Domino
The Matrix (without buying the sequels)
Big Wednesday
Malcolm X
Heat

I thought the topic of this thread was about what movies I want to see come out in HD. So I listed the movies I want to see come out in HD. Does it really matter what genre of movie it is? I want all my favorite movies in HD regardless of what genre it is. I would think that better picture and sound quality would "benefit" all types of movies, not just movies that tonyjg think would sell well on the marketplace.

I just bought The Jerk on HD. I just didn't mention it in my post because it is not one of my 19 favorite movies of all time.

Black Narcissus and The Red Shoes. Also Meet Me in St. Louis and every other technicolor film. Why the hell not?

Braveheart

Pushing Daises. I've decided I will not buy an SD release.

so everyone's that's listing the Lord of the Rings Trilogy - theatrical cut or extended - personally I'd prefer the latter.

My List of requests

- Braveheart (HD-DVD)
- Moulin Rouge! (BluRay)
- Pasolini's Trilogy of Life films: The Decameron/Canterbury Tales/Arabian Nights (BluRay)
- The Last Emperor (in OAR)
- Prospero's Books
- West Side Story (BluRay)
- My Fair Lady (BluRay)
- Indiana Jones Trilogy (HD-DVD)
- Kenneth Branagh's Hamlet (HD-DVD)
- Hero (HD-DVD)

I wish WB had gone ahead and released Barry Lyndon and Lolita. My collection feels incomplete right now!

I agree, considering this DID air in HiDef on HDNet Movies.

Yeah it just makes it worse when these studios dont put out something that makes sense like Hamlet and Braveheart from your list. I can be patient with everything else, but when they completely ignore an obvious HDM release, I just have to shake my head.

I would have loved to have been a fly on the wall at the studio/video department head meeting of the December HD-DVD releases and hear why 'Braveheart' was not released as such.

'We feel it is in the best judgement of all HD-DVD owners not to release this film with the standard DVD release this December'

silence ...

"hit that boy" (Hector - from 'History Boys')

I like to think Paramount/Dreamworks plan on attacking HD-DVD next year with titles like Braveheart, Gladiator, The Godfather, Indiana Jones, American Beauty, Apocalypse Now, and others. Whomever paid them off has to be putting pressure on them.

from what I've read regarding The Godfather trilogy is Zoetrope is doing a massive 4K restoration of the films (that of course puts shivers down my spine since they screwed up "Bram Stoker's Dracula") - we shall see

I did specify "Extended Editions" in my post, but I'll elaborate: if the Theatrical Editions are released on HD DVD or BD, I won't buy them. With apologies to Peter Jackson, I have no interest in watching the Theatrical Editions again, having seen the Extended Editions.

Top 5 Movies You Want on Blu-ray
 

List your Top 5 from #5 down to #1 (most wanted). I'm talking about titles that have not yet been announced. The only other stipulation is that the home video distribution rights must be held by a studio that currently supports Blu-ray (sorry, no Jaws, Titanic, Indiana Jones, etc). Since this is only a top 5, you can count titles that would likely be released as a box set as one choice.

5. Starship Troopers
4. Star Wars: The Original Trilogy
3. The Wizard of Oz
2. Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory
1. The Lord of the Rings (Trilogy): Extended Edition

starship troopers is already on blu-ray, what are you talking about.

Superman The Ultimate Collection
A.I.
Gone With The Wind
The Sound Of Music
Amadeus

In no particular order:

Fight Club
Boogie Nights
Brazil
Pink Floyd The Wall
Re-Animator

Obviously this depends on what shakes out with Paramount. Right now the only two movies I would buy the second they come out are:

1. True Lies
2. Star Trek: First Contact

Other than that, I can't think of anything that's a must have for me. Sure, the LoTR and Star Wars stuff would get me to buy them, but I'm not like clamoring for them or anything.

The New World
Lord of the Rings Trilogy Extended
Leon: The Professional
The Wizard of Oz
City of God

The Shawshank Redemption
True Lies
Pulp Fiction
Fight Club
Little Children (BD with special features)

-- Also, if Dreamworks went Blu, I would DEFINITELY love to have Sam Mendes' films in BD.

5. Moulin Rouge
4. Planet Terror
3. King Kong '06: Extended Edition
2. Fight Club
1. The Lord of the Rings (Trilogy): Extended Edition

I know some of them aren't supported but I'd sure fucking want them on Blu-ray!

The Indiana Jones films were directed by Speilberg, and his films were specifically excluded from the Paramount/Dreamworks deal with HD DVD, therefore those titles should be fair game, so here is my list:

5. (tie) Clerks/Chasing Amy (just because then I'd have all six Kevin Smith "Jersey Saga" flicks in high def...I've already pre-ordered Dogma)

4. Indiana Jones series boxset (how about this fall with all four?)

3. Alien Quadrilogy set (even just a port of the previously released set, I don't care if you just keep them in standard def, come on Fox, stop losing the extras!)

2. Lord Of The Rings trilogy boxset (with choice of theatrical or extended editions through seemless branching)

1. Star Wars saga boxset (all six now please!)

**IF Paramount goes Blu later this year, then #3 becomes "The Star Trek motion picture collection (1-10)" and everything else moves down a notch***

1. Three Colors Trilogy
2. 8 1/2
3. La Reine Margot
4. La Dolce Vita
5. Belle de Jour

Pro-B

In the US?

Pesonally I want to upgrade my Speilberg collection to BD. I doubt many would object if they start with Jaws, ET, and Saving Private Ryan.

Anybody hoping for the Tintin animated collection on HD?
 

I know Spielberg is trying to get American audiences aware of Tintin for the movies he and Peter Jackson are directing, so as a result, a release of the animated programs would be helpful towards that aim.

The only problem is the niche market (The subset of HD owners and Tintin fans is probably not too large), and the fact that the shows will be too similar in content to the films themselves. Hopefully Spielberg can tap into the former, and marketing can take care of the latter. They might want to stagger the release after the movie itself comes out (if they even have the rights, and if they decide to release them at all).

Edit: Thanks mods, didn't see this thread!