[KeanosMagicHat]

*** READ THIS POST FIRST - IT'S A CONTINUALLY UPDATED LIST CONTAINING ALL RECOMMENDATIONS - HOPEFULLY YOU CAN CATCH REPEATS ***

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Thought I'd start a thread for people to post titles of films shown on Sky HD which in their opinion have supreme picture quality so that others may also get to see them (if repeated).

This is not meant to be a thread for review of the film itself but the fact that it looks one of the best examples of HD on Sky.


EDIT - Rather than thank people individually .... a big thank you to everyone that continues to post suggested titles on this thread. Could prove very useful.

EDIT 2 - Decided to make a list of contributor recommendations to make this thread a little more useful (will try to update periodically).

EDIT 3 - As this list is growing (which is great) I decided I'd embolden those titles that I've personally seen and can vouch for as superior in PQ. Those in Red are outstanding.

3:10 To Yuma
300
A Good Year
A Scanner Darkly
A Very Brady Sequel
The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl
Aeon Flux
Airport '77
All The King's Men
American Beauty
American Pie: Beta House
Amistad
The Ant Bully
Antz
Apollo 13
Are We There Yet?
Baby's Day Out
Bad Boys 2
Basic Instinct 2
Batman & Robin
Better Luck Tomorrow
Blade
Blade Runner: The Final Cut
Blood Diamond
Bobby
The Bourne Ultimatum
Braveheart
The Brothers Grimm
Cars
The Cave
Chasing Christmas
Children of Men
Christmas with the Kranks
The Chronicles of Narnia
Cleaner
Cloverfield
Con Air
The Constant Gardener
Contact
Crank
Cries In The Dark
Curious George
The Dark
Deck The Halls
Deja Vu
Die Hard
Die Hard 4.0
Disney's High School Musical II
Dr No
Epic Movie
Eragon
Fallen
The Family Stone
Fantastic Four
Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer
Fast Times At Ridgemont High
Fatal Attraction
Fearless
Ferris Bueller's Day Off
Flushed Away
The Fly (1958)
Force Of Impact
The Fountain
Freedomland
Freedom Writers
From Russia With Love
Funny Face
Ghostbusters 2
Ghost Rider
Goal II
Godzilla
Grease
The Guardian
Half Light
Happy Feet
Hard Candy
Hard Eight
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Harsh Times
Hidden
Hoodwinked!
The Host
Hot Fuzz
The Hunt for Red October
Ice Age 2
Idlewild
The Incredibles
Innerspace
The Italian Job
It's All Gone Pete Tong
Jarhead
Jaws 2
Jumper
Just My Luck
Karate Kid 2
Keeping Mum
King Kong
The Kingdom
Krull
The Lake House
Lawrence of Arabia
Lemming
Lemony Snicket
The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
Like Mike 2:Streetball
Little Man
Live And Let Die
Lord of the Rings - Return of the King
Lord of War
Lost in Space
Lucky Number Slevin
Madagascar
The Magic Roundabout
The Marine
Martha: Behind Bars
McLintock!
Memoirs of a Geisha
Monster House
Mr Bean's Holiday
Mr Magorium's Wonder Emporium
The Mummy
Munich
My Best Friend's Wedding
The Nativity Story
Next
Night at the Museum
The Number 23
Open Season
The Other Boleyn Girl
Outlaw Trail: The Treasure of Butch Cassidy
Over The Hedge
Oxford Murders
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
POTC - Dead Man's Chest
POTC - The Curse of the Black Pearl
The Prestige
Ratatouille
The Reef
Reeker
Renaissance
The Replacement Killers
The River Wild
Road House
Robots
The Rock
Rosemary's Baby
Run Fat Boy, Run
Running Scared
Rush Hour
Rush Hour 3
Sahara
Saving Private Ryan
Scary Movie 4
Serenity
Shadow Of A Doubt
The Shining
Shoot 'Em Up
Shooter
Shopgirl
Shrek 2
The Siege
The Simpsons Movie
Sin City
Sky High
Smokin' Aces
Soldier
Sphere
Spiderman 2
Star Trek VI
Star Wars Ep II - Attack of the Clones
Star Wars Ep III - Revenge of the Sith
Starship Troopers
Stay
Stir Crazy
Stomp The Yard
Stormbreaker
Stranger Than Fiction
Sunshine
Syriana
Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby
Transporter 2
Tell No One (Ne le dis à personne)
Texas Chainsaw Massacre - The Beginning
The 13th Warrior
TMNT
Top Gun [note - there is some grain and a few sparklies in this film but it surpassed the low expections I had prior to seeing it]
Transformers
Twister
Ultraviolet
Underworld Evolution
Unleashed
Valiant
Videodrome
War
The Weather Man
West Side Story
When A Stranger Calls
The Wicker Man
The Wild
Wild Hogs
X-Men: The Last Stand
xXx2: State of the Union
Youth Without Youth
Zodiac
Zoom
Zulu

[KeanosMagicHat]

To begin I'll offer up;

Crank - watch for the close up fast moving road scenes, you can almost feel every bump the texturing is sooooo good.

Lemony Snicket - consistently good throughout.

Lord of War - the opening credits sequence following a bullet from manufacture is outstanding.

[Sunshinewelly]

i thought serenity and children of men were just as good as my hd-dvd copies, so good in fact that i have now sold them.

braveheart which was shown on sky one hd was also very good (even better for me as i love the film and its not out yet on either blueray or hd-dvd)

[sukhy5]

I thought Grease on Sky One HD (broadcast a few months ago) looked great.

[lephoid]

Without doubt the best film I have seen in terms of picture quality is the Magic Roundabout - crystal clear and fantastic colour and depth!

[bigroguk]

star wars films look amazing........ magic roundabout looked great

[mkcurtis]

Magic Roundabout, so many colours all at once!
Lord of War, some outstanding dark/blacks such as when in his appartment with his wife
Star Wars, pretty good given its 30 years old and the work the've done to get it looking so good.
Ive recorded but yet to watch in full Crank but it too look great.
HD Test card with Mylenne Klass. :-)

[dudeonline]

It has to be King Kong, awesome quality, best so far IMO, also Memoirs of a Geisha... haven't seen crank or Children of Men yet so can't comment..

[asimm]

My contribution:

Valiant - which I keep as a demo film (to show off to guests).
Star Wars.
Starship Troopers.
King Kong.

[Reznor]

Blade looked great the other night.

Also Saving Private Ryan

[BrianPK]

Why hasn't Lawrence of Arabia been mentioned?..........We didn't even need a plot, just looking at Peter O' Toole strutting around in those white robes in HD is enough.Noel Coward stated memorably that "if he was any more beautiful, the film would have to be called Florence of Arabia"......But seriously, those wonderful desert scenes .This is what HD is all about.

[mark800]

My vote is for Magic Roundabout:

[WilliamTM]

The Family Stone
xXx2: State of the Union
Children of Men
Jarhead
Crank

[AndyH]

Hidden (French insanity)

[SibTiger33]

Originally Posted by mark800

My vote is for Magic Roundabout:

nice screenshot

i can actually see the quality from the screenshot!!

looks very impressive


not sure if its been on SKY HD yet but i watched monsters inc a while ago in HD (that looked fantastic)

[holty2503]

I thought Crank, King Kong and Children Of Men where all absolutely stunning.

Also Shrek2 is very good but after watching it about 70 time it get a bit to much, my two year old son needs to find a new favourite

[WilliamTM]

Originally Posted by holty2503

I thought Crank, King Kong and Children Of Men where all absolutely stunning.

Also Shrek2 is very good but after watching it about 70 time it get a bit to much, my two year old son needs to find a new favourite

Introduce him to Shrek 3.

[Kevo]

Lawrence of Arabia beats anything shown on Sky HD so far, movies or otherwise and it's a 40 year old film (ok it did have a big restoration in the 90s)!

It's permanantley on my Planner and is my nimber one HD demo material.

[Goooner]

You lot rub it in why don't you? Spare a thought for all of those of us that didn't get Children of Men on Anytime

[somerset]

Lawrence of Arabia was "wow!" stuff - quite stunning in places.

Collateral was a great example of "subtle" HD for me - it drew me right in and accentuated the whole atmosphere of the film.

[Paul_T]

Really enjoyed Serenity & The Rock, Transporter 2 was also very good (for PQ).

Also watched a few of the Star Wars films and for some reason I think the original trilogy has much better PQ than the newer films.

[Starburst]

Originally Posted by Paul_T

Also watched a few of the Star Wars films and for some reason I think the original trilogy has much better PQ than the newer films.

The differences between film and digital video will have an effect and while ep1 and ep2 were not wholly DV they were very CGI heavy. A lot of the problems with HD PQ that some people report seem to come down to the "look" of the HD video format compared to a primarily 35mm film production.

[Gae]

I was surprised just how good "Ghostbusters 2" looked the other night. The last time I saw this was probably in the cinema when it was first released. I remember disappointment at the time because my friends and I didn't think this sequel wasn as good as the first. Nearly 20 years on, the film has aged quite well, looks stunning in HD and was a fun watch!

Gae

[mearsy007]

The PQ on Crank is brilliant.

[clintyeastwood]

fantastic four
the fog - sound from subwoofer deafnin
valiant
the fly not fantastic but gory bits looked really good in hd

[mark800]

King Kong:

[crazzy kopite]

I think Chiden of Men is the best I have seen, it is proberbly better than anything I have on Bluray and HD too.
Crank was ok but dont think it was as good as Children of Men. Di Vinci Code is the worst imi.

[`BK]

Spidey 2, Revenge of the Sith, Blade (even with the EE/ringing).

Before they hit BD, Pirates 2 + X3 + Con Air were real purdy. Serenity too. The broadcast versions stand up fairly well to their disc counterparts.

[BSNismo]

underworld evolution is very impressive the best ive seen so far also king kong and i watched blade last week which was also impressive considering its 10 years old but underworld is the best so far for me.

[clintyeastwood]

speed 2 on hd 2
was very dissapointing
picure quality was not outstanding
sound quality was very poor with centre speaker at about 3/4 volume