2020 Holiday Gift Guide - Pandemic Edition
It's time to hunker in your bunker this holiday season and do your best to spread some holiday cheer - while you try not to spread anything else. The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic obviously has put a damper on the traditional holiday get-together where everyone travels from miles around to gorge themselves on an impressive spread.
While delivering a full turkey dinner complete with trimmings isn't feasible for everyone; if you're looking to send someone something special - or treat-yo-self for getting through an incredibly tough year, there are options. With most movie theaters across the country closed or only showing a scant few films, the big studios dug deep into their catalogs and pull out a lot of hits for new 4K UHD Blu-rays or give fan favorites their first outing on Blu-ray. And with that, let's dig into our list
High-Def Digest's 2020 Holiday Gift Guide
Pandemic Edition
4K UHD Blu-ray Box Sets
While 2020 may have been a bit of a challenge for movie theaters to get hot new titles, 4K UHD Blu-ray fans were treated to a number of in-demand fan-favorite franchises all conveniently packaged in deluxe box sets. If you have someone on your list needing the latest and greatest release of their favorite movies, here's a list of the essential 4K UHD box sets that came out in 2020:
Pre-Order The Lord of the Rings Motion Picture Trilogy 4K UHD Blu-ray
Pre-Order The Lord of the Rings Motion Picture Trilogy 4K UHD Blu-ray SteelBook
Pre-Order The Lord of the Rings Motion Picture Trilogy 4KUHD Blu-ray Gift Set
Pre-Order The Hobbit Motion Picture Trilogy 4K UHD Blu-ray
Pre-Order The Hobbit Motion Picture Trilogy 4K UHD Blu-ray SteelBook
Buy the Back to the Future: Ultimate Trilogy 4K UHD Blu-ray
Buy the Back to the Future: Ultimate Trilogy 4K UHD Blu-ray SteelBook
Buy the Alfred Hitchcock Classics Collection 4K UHD Blu-ray
Buy Game Of Thrones: The Complete Collection 4K UHD Blu-ray
Buy Game of Thrones: The Complete Collection 4K UHD Blu-ray SteelBook
Buy the Columbia Classics 4K UHD Blu-ray Collection: Volume 1
Buy the Resident Evil Collection 4K UHD Blu-ray
Buy the Rambo The Complete SteelBook Collection 4K UHD Blu-ray
Buy the Stanley Kubrick 3-Film 4K Collection
Pre-Order the Ip Man 4-Film Collection 4K UHD Blu-ray
Buy Star Wars The Skywalker Saga 4K UHD Blu-ray
4K UHD Blu-ray
With a lot of extra time spent in the home theater, 4K UHD Blu-ray fans have had a great year for catalog releases. While the franchise box sets were terrific, there were some amazing individual releases that 4K UHD adopters gobbled up and would make great gifts.
Buy Jaws 45th Anniversary 4K UHD Blu-ray
Buy Jaws 45th Anniversary 4K UHD Blu-ray SteelBook
Buy 1917 4K UHD Blu-ray
Buy the 1917 4K UHD Blu-ray SteelBook
Buy the Parasite 4K UHD Blu-ray
Buy Knives Out 4K UHD Blu-ray
Buy the Knives Out 4K UHD Blu-ray SteelBook
Buy the Spartacus 4K UHD Blu-ray
Buy Ford V. Ferrari 4K UHD Blu-ray
Buy Beetlejuice 4K UHD Blu-ray
Buy the Beetlejuice 4K UHD Blu-ray Gift Set
Buy the Beetlejuice 4K UHD Blu-ray SteelBook
Buy Top Gun 4K UHD Blu-ray
Pre-Order Top Gun 4K UHD Blu-ray SteelBook
Buy The Deer Hunter 4K UHD Blu-ray
Buy It's A Wonder Life 4K UHD Blu-ray SteelBook
Buy Ghost in the Shell 4K UHD Blu-ray
Buy Ghost in the Shell 4K UHD Blu-ray SteelBook
Buy Sonic The Hedgehog 4K UHD Blu-ray
Buy the Flash Gordon Limited Edition 4K UHD Blu-ray
Buy Home Alone 4K UHD Blu-ray
Buy the Home Alone 4K UHD Blu-ray SteelBook
Upcoming December 4K UHD Blu-ray Releases Now Available for Pre-order:
Tenet - 4K UHD Blu-ray
Blade - 4K UHD Blu-ray
Coming to America - 4K UHD Blu-ray
Akira - 4K UHD Blu-ray
Tremors - 4K UHD Blu-ray
Cinema Paradiso - 4K UHD Blu-ray
Possessor - 4K UHD Blu-ray
Vigilante - 4K UHD Blu-ray
Total Recall - 4K UHD Blu-ray
Collateral - 4K UHD Blu-ray
Beverly Hills Cop - 4K UHD Blu-ray
Chernobyl - 4K UHD Blu-ray
Léon The Professional - 4K UHD Blu-ray SteelBook
Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon - 4K UHD Blu-ray SteelBook
Bingeable Television and Movie Collections
Buy Mission: Impossible The Original TV Series
Buy the Friday the 13th: The Complete Collection Deluxe Edition
Buy Watchmen: An HBO Limited Series
Buy The Barbara Stanwyck Collection
Buy the Sergio Leone Westerns - Five Film Collection
Buy the Buck Rogers in the 25th Century Complete Collection
Buy the One Missed Call Trilogy
Buy The Good Place: The Complete Series
Buy The Outsider: The HBO Series
Buy the Warner Archive Film Noir 4-Film Collection
Buy the Warner Archive Horror Thrillers 4-Film Collection
Buy the Warner Archive Alfred Hitchcock 4-Film Collection
For The Criterion Collection Collector
Buy Fail Safe - Criterion Collection
Buy The War of the Worlds (1953) - Criterion Collection
Buy Moonstruck - Criterion Collection
Buy Bruce Lee: His Greatest Hits - Criterion Collection
Buy The Great Escape - Criterion Collection
Buy The Elephant Man - Criterion Collection
Buy The Grand Budapest Hotel - Criterion Collection
Buy Leave Her to Heaven - Criterion Collection
Buy Come and See - Criterion Collection
Buy Show Boat (1936) - Criterion Collection
For the Horror / Sci-Fi Fan
Buy The Invisible Man 4K UHD Blu-ray
Buy the V for Vendetta 4K UHD Blu-ray
Buy The New York Ripper 4K UHD Blu-ray
Buy The Day the Earth Caught Fire
Horror/Sci-fi Movies Also Worth Shopping For
Maniac 4K UHD Blu-ray
Pitch Black 4K UHD Blu-ray
Doctor Sleep 4K UHD Blu-ray
House by the Cemetary 4K UHD Blu-ray
The Nightingale
Graveyard Shift
Mystery of the Wax Museum
Shivers
Split Second
Horrors of Spider Island
Tales From The Darkside: The Movie
A Little Something For Everyone
Buy Play Misty For Me - Kino Lorber Studio Classics
Buy The Wizard Collector's Edition
Buy Pretty In Pink - Paramount Presents
Buy Airplane! 40th Anniversary SteelBook
Buy Kill Them All, And Come Back Alone
Ghost - Paramount Presents
Reflections in a Golden Eye
Sixteen Candles
The Hellbenders
Fatal Attraction - Paramount Presents
The Ten Commandments
Superman: Red Son
King Creole - Paramount Presents
Odds & Ends & Stocking Stuffers
SteelBooks make collecting Blu-rays and 4K UHD Blu-rays a lot of fun as they usually offer much more interesting custom artwork - but you have to take care of them! You don't want other titles rubbing alongside them or dinging into them. G2-size protective cases should fit just about every SteelBook - even ones with an extra plastic slipcover. Tell that collector you care about them and their collection.
Slipcovers not only look great, keep your movie's safe, but they can also increase in value if it's a rare title. Protective cases are essential for any collector.
If you have a movie fan in your home, chances are pretty good they know all about Mondo. On top of amazing limited edition custom posters, Mondo has been churning out high-end collectibles and action figures. The Creature is a recent addition to their shop. Also available in a full-color version. Other figures include Iron Giant, Kratos from God of War, Catwoman, Mr. Freeze, and Rick and Morty to name a few.
So this isn't on Blu-ray, sadly, but it's such a great show and with Netflix's overall video quality being so hit and miss lately - this Complete Series is a great set and a great gift for anyone with a spotty internet connection.
While an Amazon gift card isn't the world's greatest gift, but if you're stuck and you don't know what that movie collector on your list has or needs - this at least lets them get something they know they need on the collection shelf - or help them pre-order a new upcoming release scheduled for after the holidays.
Take care and be safe out there
Holidays are normally a great time to get together with family to celebrate, have a great time, and exchange some gifts while eating massive amounts of food and tasty treats. 2020 hasn't been a normal year - not by a long shot. Hopefully, everyone out there is able to have a safe and fun Holiday season - even if you have to celebrate with family virtually or within your closely-knit little pod.
The team here at High-Def Digest wants to wish you all the best and hope you're still able to enjoy yourselves. Thanks for reading and being an awesome group of folks to interact with and enjoy the love of movies and collecting. We hope this list helps make your holiday shopping a little easier - whether you're buying for someone on your list or snagging something fun for yourself.
Happy Holidays Everyone!
- High-Def Digest Team
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