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Latest Comparison

• Four Flies on Grey Velvet
  (OAR English VHS copy vs. Luminous Film & Video Works VHS copy vs. Retrofilm DVD)

Currently Available

• Aladdin
  (R1 USA Platinum Edition vs. R2 UK Special Edition)
• All the Colors of the Dark/Die Farben der Nacht
  (R1 USA vs. R2 Germany)
• Amelie
  (R1 USA vs. R2 UK Special Edition)
• An American Werewolf in London
  (R1 USA HD DVD/DVD Combo vs. R2 UK Twenty-first Anniversary Special Edition)
• Angel: Season 4
  (R1 USA vs. R2 UK)
• Asterix Conquers America/Astérix et les Indiens/Asterix in America
  (French LaserDisc vs. R2 Germany)
• Asterix vs. Caesar/Asterix Sieg Über Cäsar/Astérix et la Surprise de César
  (R0 Australia vs. R2 Germany vs. R2 France)
• The Bird With the Crystal Plumage/L'Uccello Dalle Piume di Cristallo
  (R0 USA Special Edition vs. R2 Italy vs. R2 Japan)
• The Black Belly of the Tarantula/La Tarantola dal Ventre Nero
  (R0 Italy vs. R1 USA)
• Black Book (SD vs. HD)
  (R0 UK DVD vs. R0 UK Blu-ray)
• Black Sunday
  (R0 USA The Mario Bava Collection vs. R1 USA The Mario Bava Collection Volume 1)
• Blood and Black Lace/Blutige Seide
  (R0 USA Special Edition vs. R0 USA Unslashed Collectors' Edition vs. R0 Germany Limited Edition)
• The Card Player/Il Cartaio/Karetní Hrác
  (R1 USA vs. R2 Italy vs. R2 Czech Republic vs. R2 UK)
• Danny the Dog/Unleashed
  (R1 USA HD DVD/DVD Combo vs. R2 UK vs. R2 France Ultimate Edition)
• Dans Ma Peau/In My Skin
  (R1 USA vs. R0 UK)
• Death Carries a Cane/Die Nacht der Rollenden Köpfe
  (R1 Germany vs. R2 Austria special edition)
• Death Walks at Midnight/La Morte Accarezza a Mezzanotte
  (R0 UK vs. R0 USA vs. R2 Italy)
• Death Walks on High Heels/La Morte Cammina Con i Tacchi Alti
  (R0 USA vs. R2 Italy)
• The Devil's Rejects (SD vs. HD)
  (R1 USA Unrated DVD vs. RA USA Unrated Blu-ray)
• Do You Like Hitchcock?/Vous Aimez Hitchcock?
  (R0 Italy vs. R2 France)
• Enemy of the State
  (R1 USA Special Extended Edition vs. R2 UK Re-Mastered Edition)
• Four Flies on Grey Velvet
  (OAR English VHS copy vs. Luminous Film & Video Works VHS copy vs. Retrofilm DVD)
• Gangs of New York
  (R1 USA vs. R2 UK)
• The Girl Who Knew Too Much
  (R0 USA The Mario Bava Collection vs. R1 USA The Mario Bava Collection Volume 1)
• Hannibal
  (R2 UK 2-disc edition vs. R2 UK Superbit)
• Home Alone
  (R2 UK vs. R1 USA Family Fun Edition)
• House of Flying Daggers
  (R3 Hong Kong vs. R3 Hong Kong Limited Edition)
• Howl's Moving Castle/Hauru no Ugoku Shiro
  (R1 USA vs. R2 UK vs. R2 Japan Limited Edition)
• Inferno
  (R0 USA vs. R2 Italy)
• Lady and the Tramp
  (R1 USA Limited Issue vs. R1 USA Platinum Edition vs. R2 UK Special Edition)
• Lilo & Stitch
  (R1 USA vs. R2 Italy Edizione Speciale)
• A Lizard in a Woman's Skin/Una Lucertola con la Pelle di Donna
  (R1 USA vs. R2 Italy)
• Mulan
  (R1 USA Special Edition vs. R2 UK vs. R2 UK Special Edition vs. R2/4 Australia Special Edition)
• The New York Ripper/L'Éventreur de New York
  (R0 Australia vs. R0 Netherlands vs. R2 France Collector's Edition)
• The Night Evelyn Came out of the Grave/La Notte Che Evelyn Uscì Dalla Tomba
  (R0 USA vs. R2 Italy)
• Nightmare Before Christmas, The
  (R2/4 UK Special Edition vs. R2 Danish Special Edition)
• Non Ho Sonno/Sleepless
  (R0 UK Special Collector's Edition vs. R2 Italy)
• Occhi di Cristallo/Eyes of Crystal
  (R0 UK vs. R2 Italy)
• The Omen
  (R1 USA Special Edition vs. R1 USA Collector's Edition)
• Opera
  (R0 USA Limited Edition vs. R2 UK)
• Panic Room
  (R1/3/4 USA Special Edition vs. R2 UK vs. R2 UK Special Edition)
• Phenomena
  (R0 USA vs. R2 Italy vs. R2 UK vs. R2 Japan)
• Problem Child
  (R1 USA vs. R2 UK)
• The Red Queen Kills 7 Times/La Dama Rossa Uccide Sette Volte
  (R0 USA vs. R2 Italy)
• The Rock
  (R1 USA The Criterion Collection vs. R2 UK Collector's Edition)
• The Silence of the Lambs
  (R0 USA Criterion vs. R2 UK Special Edition MGM)
• Silent Hill (SD vs. HD)
  (R2 UK DVD vs. R0 Germany HD DVD)
• Spirited Away
  (R1 USA vs. R2 UK vs. R4 Australia)
• The Stendhal Syndrome/La Sindrome di Stendhal
  (R2 Netherlands vs. R2 Italy)
• The Strange Vice of Mrs. Wardh/Lo Strano Vizio della Signora Wardh
  (R1 USA vs. R2 Italy)
• Suspiria
  (R0 USA Limited Edition vs. R2 UK vs. R2 Italy)
• Tenebre/Tenebrae/Shadows
  (R0 USA vs. R2 UK vs. R2 Italy vs. R2 Japan vs. R2 Netherlands)
• Trauma
  (R1 USA Special Edition vs. R2 France Édition Prestige vs. R2 Italy vs. R2 UK)
• Underworld
  (R1 USA Special Edition vs. R1 USA Unrated Extended Cut)
• Underworld (SD vs. HD)
  (R1 USA Unrated Extended Cut DVD vs. R0 Germany HD DVD)
• Unleashed (SD vs. HD)
  (Region 0 HD DVD/Region 1 DVD combo [USA] - DVD side vs. HD DVD side)
• Watership Down
  (R1 USA vs. R2/4 Australia 25th Anniversary Edition)
• What Have You Done to Solange?/Cosa Avete Fatto a Solange?
  (R1 USA vs. R2 Japan vs. R0 Italy)

Planned/In the Works

• The Butterfly Effect
  (R1 USA Infinifilm vs. R2 UK)
• The Dawn of the Dead (SD vs. HD)
  (R1 USA Unrated Director's Cut DVD vs. R0 USA Unrated Director's Cut HD DVD)
• The Descent (SD vs. HD)
  (R2 UK Special Edition DVD vs. RA USA Unrated Director's Cut Blu-ray)
• The Fifth Element (SD vs. HD)
  (R1 USA Superbit DVD vs. R0 USA Remastered Blu-ray)
• Kingdom of Heaven (SD vs. HD)
  (R1 USA Director's Cut DVD vs. RA USA Director's Cut Blu-ray)
• Lost in Translation (SD vs. HD)
  (R2 UK DVD vs. R0 USA HD DVD)
• Mulholland Drive (SD vs. HD)
  (R2 UK DVD vs. R0 France HD DVD)
• Problem Child 2
  (R1 USA vs. R2 UK)
• The Rock (SD vs. HD)
  (R1 USA Criterion DVD vs. R0 France Blu-ray)
• Scream
  (R1 USA vs. R2 Japan vs. R4 Australia)
• Toy Story
  (R1 USA Ultimate Toy Box vs. R1 USA 10th Anniversary Edition)
• Toy Story 2
  (R1 USA Ultimate Toy Box vs. R1 USA Special Edition)

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