Masters of Cinema


Masters of Cinema is a line of DVD and Blu-ray releases published through Eureka Entertainment. Because of the world-renowned films released within this collection, the uniformly branded and spine-numbered packaging and the standard inclusion of booklets and analysis by recurring renowned film historians, the line is often perceived as the UK equivalent of The Criterion Collection.

History

The line takes its name from a film website by the same name that was launched in 2001 and covered the work of well-regarded film directors such as Andrei Tarkovsky, Akira Kurosawa, Carl Theodor Dreyer and Yasujirō Ozu. In 2004, the website began coordinating with Eureka Entertainment to offer a line of DVDs that focused on renowned filmmakers and films considered to be the best of their type. In 2008, the organization was sold to Eureka Entertainment and became a wholly owned label of the company.

Collaborations

In their effort to create definitive editions the line complements their releases with a collection of new or available scholarly material such as interviews, documentaries, essays, and commentary tracks. Filmmakers such as Guillermo del Toro, Martin Scorsese, Peter Watkins and Claude Lanzmann, scholars such as Tony Rayns, David Bordwell and David Kalat and critics such as Kent Jones, Phillip Lopate, Adrian Martin and Jonathan Rosenbaum have all created exclusive content that was used for releases in the line.

Releases

Masters of Cinema started releasing titles on DVD in 2004. In 2008, the company expanded the range to include Blu-ray and Dual Format releases. As of 2017, the company has released over 250 films under the line, including more than 160 films on Blu-ray.

DVD

The following is a list of films released or announced for future release by Masters of Cinema on DVD.
#TitleDirectorYearRelease DateNotes
001'1927Re-released 21 September 2009, reissued in Dual Format
002'1926Also includes The Wonderful, Horrible Life of Leni Riefenstahl
003Michael1924
004Tartuffe 1926
005Pitfall1962
006'1966
007Asphalt1929
008Metropolis1927Re-released 22 November 2010 on DVD as well as limited Dual Format edition.
009Spione1928
010Francesco, giullare di Dio 1950
011Humanity and Paper Balloons1937
012'1960Re-issued on Blu-ray
013Onibaba 1964Re-issued on Blu-ray
014Kuroneko1968Re-issued on Blu-ray
015Scandal1950
016'1951
017Vengeance Is Mine1979Reissued in Dual Format
018Twenty-Four Eyes1954
019Nightmare Alley1947
020Assassination1964
021Punishment Park1971Reissued in Dual Format
022'1936
023Der letzte Mann 1924
024Faust1926
025Vampyr1932
026'1959
027Abhijan1962
028Toni1934
029Kwaidan1965
030'Various1917-1923Includes the following 32 films
030'1917
030'1917
030His Wedding Night1917
030Oh Doctor!1917
030Coney Island1917
030Out West1918
030'1918
030Moonshine1918
030Good Night, Nurse!1918
030'1918
030Back Stage1919
030'1919
030'1920
030'Edward F. Cline, Buster Keaton1921
030One WeekEdward F. Cline, Buster Keaton1920
030Convict 13Edward F. Cline, Buster Keaton1920
030'Edward F. Cline, Buster Keaton1920
030NeighborsEdward F. Cline, Buster Keaton1920
030'Edward F. Cline, Buster Keaton1921
030Hard LuckEdward F. Cline, Buster Keaton1921
030'Buster Keaton, Malcolm St. Clair1921
030'Edward F. Cline, Buster Keaton1921
030'Edward F. Cline, Buster Keaton1921
030'Edward F. Cline, Buster Keaton1922
030CopsEdward F. Cline, Buster Keaton1922
030My Wife's RelationsEdward F. Cline, Buster Keaton1922
030'Buster Keaton, Malcolm St. Clair1922
030'Edward F. Cline, Buster Keaton1922
030DaydreamsEdward F. Cline, Buster Keaton1922
030'Edward F. Cline, Buster Keaton1922
030'Edward F. Cline, Buster Keaton1923
030'1923
031F for Fake1974
032Funeral Parade of RosesToshio Matsumoto1969
033ShoeshineVittorio De Sica1946
034La Planète sauvage René Laloux1973Reissued in Dual Format
035-037Naruse: Volume OneMikio Naruse1951-1956
035RepastMikio Naruse1951
036Sound of the MountainMikio Naruse1954
037FlowingMikio Naruse1956
038ShoahClaude Lanzmann1985
039Diary of a Lost GirlG. W. Pabst1929Reissued in Dual Format
040L'ArgentMarcel L'Herbier1928
041Frau im Mond1929Reissued in Dual Format
042SalesmanAlbert Maysles, David Maysles, Charlotte Zwerin1969
043Grey GardensEllen Hovde, Albert Maysles, David Maysles, Muffie Meyer1976
044SilenceMasahiro Shinoda1971
045'Barbet Schroeder1974
046Le Silence de la merJean-Pierre Melville1949Reissued in Dual Format
047BellissimaLuchino Visconti1951
048Rocco and His BrothersLuchino Visconti1960
049JudexGeorges Franju1963Released in 2-disc set with Nuits Rouges
050Nuits RougesGeorges Franju1974Released in 2-disc set with Judex
051Edvard MunchPeter Watkins1974
052Oyū-samaKenji Mizoguchi1951Released in 2-disc set with Ugetsu Monogatari. Re-issued in Dual Format
053Ugetsu monogatariKenji Mizoguchi1953Released in 2-disc set with Oyū-sama. Re-issued in Dual Format
054Gion bayashiKenji Mizoguchi1953Released in 2-disc set with Sanshō Dayū. Re-issued in Dual Format
055Sanshō-dayūKenji Mizoguchi1954Released in 2-disc set with Gion Bayashi. Re-issued in Dual Format
056Uwasa no onnaKenji Mizoguchi1954Released in 2-disc set with Chikamatsu Monogatari
057Chikamatsu monogatariKenji Mizoguchi1954Released in 2-disc set with Uwasu no Onna
058Yō-kihi Kenji Mizoguchi1955Released in 2-disc set with Akasen Chitai
059Akasen chitaiKenji Mizoguchi1956Released in 2-disc set with Yō-kihi
060La Vie de JésusBruno Dumont1997
061La NotteMichelangelo Antonioni1961
062Les Maîtres du tempsRené Laloux1982
063GandaharRené Laloux1988
064Nosferatu1922
065A Time to Love and a Time to DieDouglas Sirk1958
066TabuF. W. Murnau, Robert J. Flaherty1931Re-issued on Blu-ray
067KokoroKon Ichikawa1955
068Le Grand jeuJacques Feyder1934
069Alone Across the PacificKon Ichikawa1963
070'William Dieterle1941
071Mad DetectiveJohnnie To, Wai Ka-Fai2007Reissued in Dual Format
072L'Enfance-nue1968
073Nous ne vieillirons pas ensemble1972
074La Gueule ouverte1974
075Passe ton bac d'abord...1979
076À nos amours.1983
077Police1985
078Sous le soleil de Satan1987
079Muriel, ou le Temps d'un retourAlain Resnais1963
080Une femme mariéeJean-Luc Godard1964Reissued in Dual Format
081Tokyo SonataKiyoshi Kurosawa2008Reissued in Dual Format
082Il GridoMichelangelo Antonioni1957
083La Tête contre les mursGeorges Franju1959
084Phantom1922In a 2-disc set with Murnau's Die Finanzen des Großherzogs
085Die Finanzen des Großherzogs1924In a 2-disc set with Murnau's Phantom
086There's Always Tomorrow1956
087Soul Power2008Reissued in Dual Format
088For All Mankind1989Reissued in Dual Format
089-091'1918-1921Includes the following 3 films
089Dr. Mabuse, der Spieler.1922
090Das Testament des Dr. Mabuse1933Re-issued in Dual Format
091Die 1000 Augen des Dr. Mabuse1960
092M1931Reissued in Dual Format
093House 1977
094-099'1918–1921Includes the following 6 films
094Ich möchte kein Mann sein1918
095Die Puppe.1918
096Die Austernprinzessin.1919
097Sumurun1920
098Anna Boleyn1920
099Die Bergkatze1921
100La signora di tutti1934
101City Girl1930Reissued in Dual Format
102Profound Desires of the Gods1968Reissued in Dual Format
103The Burmese Harp1956Reissued in Dual Format
104Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?1957Reissued in Dual Format
105Make Way for Tomorrow1937Reissued in Dual Format
106Der Tiger von Eschnapur1959Released in 2-disc set with Das indische Grabmal
107Das indische Grabmal1959Released in 2-disc set with Der Tiger von Eschnapur
108Schloss Vogelöd 1921
109Uccellacci e uccellini1966
110Porcile1969
111Colossal Youth2006
112The Iron Horse1924
113A Man Vanishes1967Also part of the Shohei Imamura box-set
114Cleopatra1934Also available as a Dual Format BD+DVD and BD+DVD SteelBook
115Ro.Go.Pa.G.1963
116Oedipus Rex1967
117Gate of Hell1953
118Floating Weeds1959
119Park Row1952
1201924
121Trouble in Paradise1932
122The Complete Films of Sadao Yamanaka1935-1937includes The Million Ryo Pot, Kōchiyama Sōshun and Humanity and Paper Balloons
123La Poison1951
124The Murderer Lives at 211942
125The Passion of Joan of Arc1928
126Fear and Desire1953
127The Birth of a Nation1915
128City of Women 1980
129Le Beau Serge1958
130Les Cousins1959
131Bakumatsu taiyôden1957
132Le Pont du Nord1981
133Simon Killer2012
134Les Misérables1934
135Van Gogh1991
136-139Four Films After Shoah1997–2013Includes the following 4 films
136A Visitor from the Living1997
137Sobibór, October 14, 1943, 4 p.m.2001
138The Karski Report2010
139The Last of the Unjust2013

Blu-ray Disc

The following is a list of films released or announced for future release by Masters of Cinema on Blu-ray Disc.
#TitleDirectorYearRelease DateDVD #SteelBookDual
Format
Notes
001'1927001
002Mad Detective2007071
003Tokyo Sonata2008081
0041964080
005For All Mankind1989088
006 1973034
007Soul Power2009087
008City Girl1930101
009M1931092
010Profound Desires of the Gods1968102Also part of the Shohei Imamura box-set
011Vengeance Is Mine1979017Also part of the Shohei Imamura box-set
012Jia Zhangke2004
0131956103
014Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?1957104
015Make Way for Tomorrow1937105
016Metropolis1927008'Metropolis: 90th Anniversary' hard case set was released on 9 October 2017
0171953
0181955
019Cœur fidèle1923
020Harakiri 1962
021Pigs and Battleships1961Also includes Stolen Desire. Also part of the Shohei Imamura box-set
0221963Also includes Nishi Ginza Station. Also part of the Shohei Imamura box-set
023Silent Running1972
0241983Also part of the Shohei Imamura box-set
025Touch of Evil1958
026Two-Lane Blacktop1971
027Repo Man1984
0281949046
029Punishment Park1971021
030Lifeboat1944Also includes Bon voyage and Aventure malgache
031Accattone1961Also includes Comizi d'amore
032Island of Lost Souls1932
0331964Also includes Sopralluoghi in Palestina
034Cleopatra114
035Ruggles of Red Gap1935
036Ugetsu Monogatari1953052
053
Also includes Oyū-sama
Part of Late Mizoguchi: Eight Films, 1951-1956 box set
037Sansho Dayu1954054
055
Also includes Gion Bayashi
Part of Late Mizoguchi: Eight Films, 1951-1956 box set
038Ro.Go.Pa.G.1963115
039Oedipus Rex1967116
040Gate of Hell1953
041Floating Weeds1959
042Rumble Fish1983
043Das Testament des Dr. Mabuse1933090
044Double Indemnity1944
0451945
0461924120
0471961061
0481951123
0491930
0501928125
051Fear and Desire1953126
0521915127
0531980128
0541960012
055Onibaba1964013
056Kuroneko1968014
0571942124
0581958129
0591959130
060Bakumatsu Taiyo-den1957131
061Tabu: A Story of the South Seas1931066
0621981132
063Simon Killer2012133
0641957
0651957065
0661955
067Van Gogh1991135
068Red River1948
069Dr. Mabuse der Spieler1922089
070Nosferatu1922064
071Chikamatsu Monogatari1954056
057
Also includes Uwasa no onna
Part of Late Mizoguchi: Eight Films, 1951-1956 box set
072Akasen Chitai1956058
059
Also includes Yokihi
Part of Late Mizoguchi: Eight Films, 1951-1956 box set
073Dry Summer1964Part of Martin Scorsese Presents World Cinema Foundation Volume One box set
0741981Part of Martin Scorsese Presents World Cinema Foundation Volume One box set
075Revenge1989Part of Martin Scorsese Presents World Cinema Foundation Volume One box set
076Computer Chess2013
077Wings1927
078Faust1926024
079Serpico1973
080Nashville1975
081White Dog1982
082Ace in the Hole1951
083Harold and Maude1971
084If....1968
085Too Late Blues1962
086Roma1972
087Hands over the City1963
088Wake in Fright1971
089Boomerang!1947Also includes Elia Kazan Outsider
090Spione1928009
091Frau im Mond1929041
092The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari1920
093Madame Dubarry1919Also includes Als ich tot war
094The Gang's All Here1943
095I clowns1970
096Youth of the Beast1963
097Diary of a Lost Girl1929039
098The Thief of Bagdad: An Arabian Nights Fantasy1924
099Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages1916
100Shoah1985038Part of Shoah and Four Films After Shoah box set
101A Visitor from the Living1999136Part of Shoah and Four Films After Shoah box set
102Sobibor, Oct. 14, 1943, 4 p.m2001137Part of Shoah and Four Films After Shoah box set
103The Karski Report2010138Part of Shoah and Four Films After Shoah box set
104The Last of the Unjust2013139Part of Shoah and Four Films After Shoah box set
105Wooden Crosses1932
106Les misérables1934134
107Two for the Road1967
108Wild River1960
109Man of the West1958
110The Offence1973
111Pickup on South Street1953
112Fellini Satyricon1969
113Paper Moon1973
114A Letter to Three Wives1949
115Life of Riley2014
116Forty Guns1957
117Stalag 171953
118Cruel Story of Youth1960
119Listen Up Philip2014
120Medium Cool1969
121The Friends of Eddie Coyle1973
122Seconds1966
123Shane1953Limited Edition 2 x Blu-ray
Non-limited edition released 6 June 2016
124Day of the Outlaw1959
125The Quiet Man1952
126The Naked Prey1965
127Fixed Bayonets!1951
128Three Days of the Condor1975
129Dragon Inn1967
130A Touch of Zen1971Limited 3-disc O-card edition
131A New Leaf1971
132Eureka1983
133Rocco and His Brothers1960048
134Man with a Movie Camera1929Also includes Kino-Eye, Kino-Pravda, Enthusiasm: Symphony of the Donbass and Three Songs About Lenin
135Novecento1976
136Uccellacci e uccellini1966109Released in Double feature with Porcile
137Porcile1969110Released in Double feature with Uccellacci e uccellini
138Journey to the Shore2015
139Edvard Munch1974051
140Schloss Vogelöd 1921108Part of Early Murnau - Five Films, 1921-1925 box set
141Phantom1922084Part of Early Murnau - Five Films, 1921-1925 box set
142Der letzte Mann 1924023Part of Early Murnau - Five Films, 1921-1925 box set
143Die Finanzen des Großherzogs1924085Part of Early Murnau - Five Films, 1921-1925 box set
144'Tartuffe 1926004Part of Early Murnau - Five Films, 1921-1925 box set
145That Cold Day in the Park1969
146The Last Command1928
147Fedora1975
148Conversation Piece1974
149The Flight of the Phoenix1965
150The Complete Buster Keaton Short Films 1917-1923, Edward F. Cline, Buster Keaton, Malcolm St. Clair1917-192330Includes The Butcher Boy, The Rough House, His Wedding Night, Oh Doctor!, Coney Island, Out West, The Bell Boy, Moonshine, Good Night, Nurse!, The Cook, Back Stage, The Hayseed, The Garage, The High Sign, One Week, Convict 13, The Scarecrow, Neighbors, The Haunted House, Hard Luck, The Goat, The Playhouse, The Boat, The Paleface, Cops, My Wife's Relations, The Blacksmith, The Frozen North, Daydreams, The Electric House, The Balloonatic, The Love Nest
151Kes1969
152Twilight's Last Gleaming1977
153Sweet Bean2015
154Queen of Earth2015
155Paths of Glory1957
156The Man from Laramie1955
157Hard Times1975
158Two Rode Together1961
159Creepy2016
160Variety1925
161Der müde Tod1921
162Cover Girl1944
163A Man for All Seasons1966
164Harmonium2016-
165Daughter of the Nile1987-
166Drunken MasterYuen Woo-ping1978
167Death in the Garden1956
168The Saga of Anatahan1953
169The Mourning Forest2007
170Westfront 19181930
171Kameradschaft1931
172Sherlock Jr., Buster Keaton1924Part of Buster Keaton: 3 Films box set
173The General, Buster Keaton1926Part of Buster Keaton: 3 Films box set
174Steamboat Bill, Jr., Charles Reisner1928Part of Buster Keaton: 3 Films box set
175Ich möchte kein Mann sein1918094Part of Lubitsch in Berlin box set
176Die Puppe1918095Part of Lubitsch in Berlin box set
177Die Austernprinzessin1919096Part of Lubitsch in Berlin box set
178Sumurun1920097Part of Lubitsch in Berlin box set
179Anna Boleyn1920098Part of Lubitsch in Berlin box set
180Die Bergkatze1921099Part of Lubitsch in Berlin box set
181Cure1997Limited Edition O-Card
182The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes1970
183Michael1924003
184House1977093
185Legend of the Mountain1979Limited Edition O-Card
186The Barefoot Contessa1954
187The Old Dark House1932Limited Edition O-Card featuring artwork by Graham Humphreys
188Cute Girl1980Part of Early Hou Hsiao-Hsien: Three Films 1980-1983 box set
Limited Edition O-card
189The Green, Green Grass of Home1982Part of Early Hou Hsiao-Hsien: Three Films 1980-1983 box set
Limited Edition O-card
190The Boys from Fengkuei1983Part of Early Hou Hsiao-Hsien: Three Films 1980-1983 box set
Limited Edition O-card
191No Way Out1950
192King of Hearts1966Limited Edition O-Card
193Birdman of Alcatraz1962
194Witness for the Prosecution1957
195Salvador1986
196Laura1944
197Human Desire1954
198Irma la Douce1963
199One, Two, Three1961
200The Last Waltz1978Limited Edition Hardbound Case and a 100-page book
201Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte1964
202'2018140
203The White Reindeer1952
204The Woman in the Window1944
205Cloak and Dagger1946
206A Tree Grows in Brooklyn1945
207Rio Grande1950Limited Edition O-Card
208High Noon1952Limited Edition Hardbound Slipcase and 100-page book
Non-limited edition released 2 March 2020
209Come Back to the Five and Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean1982
210The Holy Mountain1926
211Coming Home1978
212The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith1978
213'1920Limited Edition O-card
214The Fate of Lee Khan1973Limited Edition O-card
215Raining in the Mountain1979Limited Edition O-card
216Hell and High Water1951Part of Fuller at Fox: Five Films box set
217House of Bamboo1951Part of Fuller at Fox: Five Films box set
218The African Queen1951Limited Edition Hardbound Case and a 60-page book
219A Fistful of Dynamite1971Limited Edition Hardbound Case and a 60-page book
Non-limited edition released 11 May 2020
220The Son of the Sheik1926
221The Navigator1924Part of Buster Keaton: Three Films 1924-1926 box set
Limited Edition Hardbound Slipcase and 60-page book
222Seven Chances1925Part of Buster Keaton: Three Films 1924-1926 box set
Limited Edition Hardbound Slipcase and 60-page book
223Battling Butler1926Part of Buster Keaton: Three Films 1924-1926 box set
Limited Edition Hardbound Slipcase and 60-page book
224Our Hospitality192324 August 2020Part of Buster Keaton: Three Films 1923-1926 box set
Limited Edition Hardbound Slipcase and 60-page book
225Go West192524 August 2020Part of Buster Keaton: Three Films 1923-1926 box set
Limited Edition Hardbound Slipcase and 60-page book
226College192624 August 2020Part of Buster Keaton: Three Films 1923-1926 box set
Limited Edition Hardbound Slipcase and 60-page book
227Long Day's Journey into Night1962
228Kwaidan1965029Limited Edition Hardbound Case and a 100-page book
229The Thousand Eyes of Dr. Mabuse1960091Limited Edition O-Card
230Throw Down2004Limited Edition O-Card
231Criss Cross1949
232A Foreign Affair1948
233Murders in the Rue Morgue1932Part of Three Edgar Allan Poe Adaptations Starring Bela Lugosi box set
234The Black Cat1934Part of Three Edgar Allan Poe Adaptations Starring Bela Lugosi box set
235The Raven1935Part of Three Edgar Allan Poe Adaptations Starring Bela Lugosi box set
236The Man Who Laughs1928Limited Edition O-Card
237Five Graves to Cairo1943

Reception

Releases under the line are often voted among the best home video releases, including in the best of the year lists by Sight and Sound. Little White Lies listed six releases from the line in their top twenty releases of 2015, and four in 2016.
The Guardian chose their release of Silent Running as the best reissue of that year.