New Blu-ray and DVD Releases: Sept. 13
Rank the week of September 13th’s Blu-ray and DVD new releases against the best films of all-time:
NEW RELEASES
THOR
(Blu-ray & DVD | PG13 | 2011)
Flickchart Ranking: #227
Win Percentage: 58%
Times Ranked: 18033
Top-20 Rankings: 90
Directed By: Kenneth Branagh
Starring: Chris Hemsworth • Natalie Portman • Anthony Hopkins • Jeremy Renner • Kat Dennings
Genres: Action • Adventure • Based-on-Comics • Comic-Book Superhero Film • Fantasy • Fantasy Adventure
CONAN O’BRIEN CAN’T STOP
(Blu-ray & DVD | NR | 2011)
Flickchart Ranking: #5260
Win Percentage: 54%
Times Ranked: 719
Top-20 Rankings: 5
Directed By: Rodman Flender
Starring: Conan O’Brien
Genres: Comedy • Documentary
INCENDIES
(Blu-ray & DVD | NR | 2010)
Flickchart Ranking: #4296
Win Percentage: 51%
Times Ranked: 947
Top-20 Rankings: 8
Directed By: Denis Villeneuve
Starring: Lubna Azabal • Mélissa Désormeaux-Poulin • Maxim Gaudette • Rémy Girard • Abdelghafour Elaaziz
Genres: Drama • Foreign Language Film
THE TEMPEST
(Blu-ray & DVD | PG13 | 2010)
Flickchart Ranking: #7784
Win Percentage: 37%
Times Ranked: 385
Top-20 Rankings: 2
Directed By: Julie Taymor
Starring: Helen Mirren • Djimon Hounsou • Alfred Molina • Alan Cumming • David Strathairn
Genres: Based-on-Shakespeare • Based-on-Theatre • Comedy Drama • Drama • Fantasy • Romance
HESHER
(Blu-ray & DVD | R | 2010)
Flickchart Ranking: #6923
Win Percentage: 49%
Times Ranked: 430
Top-20 Rankings: 2
Directed By: Spencer Susser
Starring: Joseph Gordon-Levitt • Natalie Portman • Rainn Wilson • Piper Laurie • John Carroll Lynch
Genres: Coming-of-Age • Drama • Family Drama
MEEK’S CUTOFF
(Blu-ray & DVD | NR | 2010)
Flickchart Ranking: #4534
Win Percentage: 55%
Times Ranked: 1006
Top-20 Rankings: 3
Directed By: Kelly Reichardt
Starring: Paul Dano • Bruce Greenwood • Michelle Williams • Shirley Henderson • Will Patton
Genres: Adventure Drama • Drama • Feminist Film • Period Film • Western
TRUE LEGEND
(Blu-ray & DVD | NR | 2010)
Flickchart Ranking: #8364
Win Percentage: 49%
Times Ranked: 270
Top-20 Rankings: 1
Directed By: Woo-ping Yuen
Starring: Man Cheuk Chiu • Xun Zhou • Michelle Yeoh • Xiaogang Feng • David Carradine
Genres: Action • Drama • Foreign Language Film • Martial Arts • Period Film
WISHFUL DRINKING
(DVD | NR | 2010)
Flickchart Ranking: #10821
Win Percentage: 36%
Times Ranked: 250
Top-20 Rankings: 1
Directed By: Fenton Bailey, Randy Barbato
Starring: Carrie Fisher
Genres: Biography • Concert Film • Documentary
CLASSICS & RE-RELEASES
MY LIFE AS A DOG
(Criterion Blu-ray & DVD | NR | 1987)
Flickchart Ranking: #1576
Win Percentage: 50%
Times Ranked: 3384
Top-20 Rankings: 3
Directed By: Lasse Hallström
Starring: Anton Glanzelius • Tomas von Bromssen • Kicki Rundgren • Christina Carlwind • Vivi Johansson
Genres: Childhood Drama • Comedy Drama • Coming-of-Age • Drama • Foreign Language Film
3 WOMEN
(Criterion Blu-ray & DVD | PG | 1977)
Flickchart Ranking: #1423
Win Percentage: 59%
Times Ranked: 3644
Top-20 Rankings: 12
Directed By: Robert Altman
Starring: Sissy Spacek • Robert Fortier • John Cromwell • Sierra Pecheur • Maisie Hoy
Genres: Drama • Feminist Film • Psychological Drama
THE COUNT OF MONTE CRISTO
(Blu-ray & DVD | PG13 | 2002)
Flickchart Ranking: #1247
Win Percentage: 35%
Times Ranked: 49775
Top-20 Rankings: 170
Directed By: Kevin Reynolds
Starring: James Caviezel • Guy Pearce • Dagmara Dominczyk • Richard Harris • Albie Woodington
Genres: Adventure • Based-on-19th-Century-Literature • Costume Adventure • Escape Film • Period Film • Revenge Film
DON’T SAY A WORD
(Blu-ray & DVD | R | 2001)
Flickchart Ranking: #3727
Win Percentage: 17%
Times Ranked: 9669
Top-20 Rankings: 2
Directed By: Gary Fleder
Starring: Sean Bean • Skye McCole Bartusiak • Conrad Goode • Paul Schulze • Famke Janssen
Genres: Psychological Thriller • Thriller
O BROTHER, WHERE ART THOU?
(Blu-ray & DVD | PG13 | 2000)
Flickchart Ranking: #118
Win Percentage: 56%
Times Ranked: 362550
Top-20 Rankings: 5474
Directed By: Ethan & Joel Coen
Starring: George Clooney • John Turturro • Tim Blake Nelson • Michael Badalucco • Stephen Root
Genres: Americana • Buddy Film • Comedy • Crime • Crime Comedy • Road Movie
TRAINSPOTTING
(Blu-ray & DVD | NR | 1996)
Flickchart Ranking: #112
Win Percentage: 57%
Times Ranked:
293440
Top-20 Rankings: 4616
Directed By: Danny Boyle
Starring: Ewan McGregor • Ewen Bremner • Kevin McKidd • Robert Carlyle • Keith Allen
Genres: Addiction Drama • Buddy Film • Comedy Drama • Drama • Urban Drama
THE FRIGHTENERS
(Blu-ray & DVD | R | 1996)
Flickchart Ranking: #751
Win Percentage: 39%
Times Ranked: 33302
Top-20 Rankings: 35
Directed By: Peter Jackson
Starring: Michael J. Fox • Trini Alvarado • Peter Dobson • John Astin • Jeffrey Combs
Genres: Comedy • Fantasy • Fantasy Comedy • Horror • Horror Comedy • Supernatural Horror
BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER
(Blu-ray & DVD | R | 1992)
Flickchart Ranking: #2235
Win Percentage: 29%
Times Ranked: 22194
Top-20 Rankings: 12
Directed By: Fran Rubel Kuzui
Starring: Donald Sutherland • Luke Perry • Paris Vaughan • Randall Batinkoff • Candy Clark • Andrew Lowery • Stephen Root • Terry Jackson • Thomas Jane • Michael Kopelow
Genres: Horror • Comedy • Horror Comedy • Vampire Film • Monster Film
MANHUNTER
(Blu-ray & DVD | R | 1986)
Flickchart Ranking: #653
Win Percentage: 40%
Times Ranked: 16946
Top-20 Rankings: 19
Directed By: Michael Mann
Starring: William L. Petersen • Kim Greist • Brian Cox • Dennis Farina • Tom Noonan
Genres: Crime • Crime Thriller • Detective Film • Post-Noir • Psychological Thriller • Serial Killer Film • Thriller
POLTERGEIST II: THE OTHER SIDE
(Blu-ray & DVD | PG13 | 1986)
Flickchart Ranking: #2708
Win Percentage: 33%
Times Ranked: 5843
Top-20 Rankings: 6
Directed By: Brian Gibson
Starring: Craig T. Nelson • Oliver Robins • Zelda Rubinstein • Will Sampson • Julian Beck • John P. Whitecloud • David Beaman • Helen Boll • Nobel Craig • Robert Lesser
Genres: Horror • Haunted House Film
HALLOWEEN II
(Blu-ray & DVD | NR | 1981)
Flickchart Ranking: #1640
Win Percentage: 32%
Times Ranked: 17368
Top-20 Rankings: 21
Directed By: Rick Rosenthal
Starring: Donald Pleasence • Jeffrey Kramer • Lance Guest • Pamela Shoop • Hunter Von Leer • Robin Coleman • Howard Culver • Cliff Emmich • Roger Hampton • Pamela McMyler
Genres: Horror • Slasher Film • Teen Movie
THE 10TH VICTIM
(Blu-ray & DVD | NR | 1965)
Flickchart Ranking: #11216
Win Percentage: 48%
Times Ranked: 314
Top-20 Rankings: 0
Directed By: Elio Petri
Starring: Marcello Mastroianni • Ursula Andress • Elsa Martinelli • Salvo Randone • Massimo Serato
Genres: Action • Action Thriller • Chase Movie • Comedy • Dystopian Film • Foreign Language Film • Girls-with-Guns • Media Satire • Science Fiction • Sci-Fi Comedy
CITIZEN KANE
(Blu-ray & DVD | NR | 1941)
Flickchart Ranking: #89
Win Percentage: 49%
Times Ranked: 291901
Top-20 Rankings: 3983
Directed By: Orson Welles
Starring: Orson Welles • Ray Collins • George Coulouris • Paul Stewart • Agnes Moorehead
Genres: Drama • Period Film
Haven’t seen The Frighteners in FOREVER. I need to rectify this!