New Blu-ray and DVD Releases: Oct. 18th
Rank the week of October 18th’s Blu-ray and DVD new releases against the best films of all-time:
NEW RELEASES
PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: ON STRANGER TIDES
(Blu-ray & DVD | PG13 | 2011)
Flickchart Ranking: #1487
Win Percentage: 47%
Times Ranked: 8433
Top-20 Rankings: 50
Directed By: Rob Marshall
Starring: Johnny Depp • Penélope Cruz • Ian McShane • Kevin McNally • Geoffrey Rush
Genres: Action • Adventure • Costume Adventure • Fantasy • Sea Adventure • Swashbuckler
BAD TEACHER
(Blu-ray & DVD | R | 2011)
Flickchart Ranking: #3281
Win Percentage: 42%
Times Ranked: 3361
Top-20 Rankings: 19
Directed By: Jake Kasdan
Starring: Cameron Diaz • Justin Timberlake • Jason Segel • Lucy Punch • Phyllis Smith
Genres: Comedy • Farce • Sex Comedy
RED STATE
(Blu-ray & DVD | NR | 2011)
Flickchart Ranking: #2738
Win Percentage: 53%
Times Ranked: 1781
Top-20 Rankings: 12
Directed By: Kevin Smith
Starring: Michael Parks • John Goodman • Melissa Leo • Kevin Pollak • Michael Angarano
Genres: Drama • Horror • Religious Drama • Thriller
BEATS, RHYMES & LIFE: THE TRAVELS OF A TRIBE CALLED QUEST
(Blu-ray & DVD | R | 2011)
Flickchart Ranking: #8997
Win Percentage: 67%
Times Ranked: 257
Top-20 Rankings: 1
Directed By: Michael Rapaport
Starring: Q-Tip • Phife Dawg • Ali Shaheed Muhammad • Jarobi White • Mos Def
Genres: Biography • Documentary • Music
MONTE CARLO
(Blu-ray & DVD | PG | 2011)
Flickchart Ranking: #6997
Win Percentage: 65%
Times Ranked: 240
Top-20 Rankings: 15
Directed By: Thomas Bezucha
Starring: Selena Gomez • Leighton Meester • Katie Cassidy • Cory Monteith
Genres: Adventure • Adventure Comedy • Comedy • Coming-of-Age • Romance • Romantic Comedy
KEVIN SMITH: TOO FAT FOR 40
(Blu-ray & DVD | NR | 2010)
Flickchart Ranking: #5872
Win Percentage: 41%
Times Ranked: 1008
Top-20 Rankings: 2
Directed By: Joey Figueroa, Zak Knutson
Starring: Kevin Smith
Genres: Comedy
A BETTER LIFE
(Blu-ray & DVD | PG13 | 2011)
Flickchart Ranking: #11924
Win Percentage: 49%
Times Ranked: 72
Top-20 Rankings: 2
Directed By: Chris Weitz
Starring: Demian Bichir • Eddie ‘Piolin’ Sotelo • Joaquin Cosio • Jose Julian • Nancy Lenehan
Genres: Drama • Family Drama • Social Problem Film
CLASSICS & RE-RELEASES
KURONEKO
(Criterion Blu-ray & DVD | NR | 1968)
Flickchart Ranking: #8906
Win Percentage: 59%
Times Ranked: 202
Top-20 Rankings: 1
Directed By: Kaneto Shindô
Starring: Kichiemon Nakamura • Kiwako Taichi • Kei Sato • Nobuko Otawa • Taiji Tonoyama
Genres: Costume Horror • Foreign Language Film • Horror • Revenge Film • Supernatural Horror
DARKNESS FALLS
(Blu-ray | PG13 | 2003)
Flickchart Ranking: #5188
Win Percentage: 19%
Times Ranked: 6480
Top-20 Rankings: 2
Directed By: Jonathan Liebesman
Starring: Emma Caulfield • Grant Piro • Steve Mouzakis • Peter Curtin • Kestie Morassi • Jenny Lovell • Peter Stanton • Angus Sampson • Joshua Anderson • Emily Browning
Genres: Horror • Monster Film
THE CROW
(Blu-ray | R | 1994)
Flickchart Ranking: #776
Win Percentage: 42%
Times Ranked: 146455
Top-20 Rankings: 623
Directed By: Alex Proyas
Starring: Brandon Lee • Ernie Hudson • Michael Wincott • Bill Raymond • Marco Rodriguez
Genres: Action • Action Thriller • Based-on-Comics • Comic-Book Superhero Film • Fantasy • Revenge Film • Thriller
CAPE FEAR
(Blu-ray | R | 1991)
Flickchart Ranking: #1091
Win Percentage: 36%
Times Ranked: 73958
Top-20 Rankings: 148
Directed By: Martin Scorsese
Starring: Robert De Niro • Nick Nolte • Jessica Lange • Juliette Lewis • Gregory Peck
Genres: Crime • Crime Thriller • Psychological Thriller • Revenge Film • Thriller
THE GOONIES
(Blu-ray | PG | 1985)
Flickchart Ranking: #220
Win Percentage: 54%
Times Ranked: 269732
Top-20 Rankings: 3361
Directed By: Richard Donner
Starring: Sean Astin • Josh Brolin • Jeff Cohen • Corey Feldman • Joe Pantoliano
Genres: Adventure • Adventure Comedy • Comedy • Family-Oriented Adventure • Family-Oriented Comedy • Family
THE HOUSE BY THE CEMETARY
(Blu-ray | NR | 1981)
Flickchart Ranking: #3175
Win Percentage: 44%
Times Ranked: 2778
Top-20 Rankings: 1
Directed By: Lucio Fulci
Starring: Catriona MacColl • Paolo Malco • Ania Pieroni • Giovanni Frezza • Silvia Collatina
Genres: Foreign Language Film • Ghost Film • Haunted House Film • Horror • Monster Film • Supernatural Horror • Zombie Film
ZOMBIE
(Blu-ray | R | 1979)
Flickchart Ranking: #2057
Win Percentage: 57%
Times Ranked: 4934
Top-20 Rankings: 5
Directed By: Lucio Fulci
Starring: Richard Johnson • Tisa Farrow • Ian McCullough • Al Cliver • Arnette Gay
Genres: Foreign Language Film • Horror • Monster Film • Shocksploitation • Zombie Film
THE GUNS OF NAVARONE
(Blu-ray | NR | 1961)
Flickchart Ranking: #1122
Win Percentage: 41%
Times Ranked: 7942
Top-20 Rankings: 8
Directed By: J. Lee Thompson
Starring: David Niven • Richard Harris • Bryan Forbes • Albert Lieven • Christopher Rhodes
Genres: Adventure • War • War Adventure
Kind of a sorry week for DVD releases. Nothing really stood out as a “must see” in either the new release category or the re-release category. But then again, not as big on the Goonies as everyone else seems to be.