LIST OF OPEN MATTE AND VARIABLE ASPECT RATIO MOVIES
Updated 2018-01-24 - 3092 entries!
At the moment, there are
almost more than 3000 entries, and, even leaving only titles and few data, the list will still be cut in a quarter, maybe, if posted here, due to space constrain; so, I've decided to not post titles here anymore, but leave them all in the master list:
http://blog.sporv.com/open-matte-master-list
Hope you would appreciate all the hard work behind compiling and maintaining the list updated; as usual, additions and corrections are welcome.
Have fun!
There's an open matte for Live Free or Die Hard (2007) 1:78:1 HDTV
Correction:
Terminator (1984) - DE PAL DVD Open Matte (1.66:1) - FSK 18 - slightly censored
Terminator (1984) - DE SD PAL TV Broadcast by Tele 5 Open Matte (1.33:1) - heavy censored
Terminator 2: Judgement Day (1991) - RUS PAL DVD Open Matte (1.33:1) - Theatrical Cut
RED DAWN - US NTSC DVD Full Screen - p&s (1.33:1)
ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK - US NTSC DVD Full Screen - p&s (1.33:1)
FIRST BLOOD - US NTSC DVD Full Screen - p&s (1.33:1)
FIRST BLOOD PART II - US NTSC DVD Full Screen - p&s (1.33:1)
RAMBO 3 - US NTSC DVD Full Screen - p&s (1.33:1)
A Nightmare on Elm Street 1 - US NTSC DVD Open Matte (1.33:1)
A Nightmare on Elm Street 2 - US NTSC DVD Open Matte (1.33:1)
A Nightmare on Elm Street 3 - US NTSC DVD Open Matte (1.33:1)
A Nightmare on Elm Street 4 - US NTSC DVD Open Matte (1.33:1)
A Nightmare on Elm Street 5 - US NTSC DVD Open Matte (1.33:1)
Freddy's Dead - The Final Nightmare - US NTSC DVD Open Matte (1.33:1)
Wes Craven's New Nightmare - US NTSC DVD Open Matte (1.33:1)
Freddy vs. Jason - US NTSC DVD Open Matte (1.33:1)
Dawn of the Dead (1978) - Argento Cut - IT BD Open Matte (1.78:1) (complete open matte with lense matting in some scenes)
Dawn of The Dead (1978) - Argento Cut - JP NTSC DVD Open Matte (1.33:1)
Dawn of The Dead (1978) - Argento Cut - NL PAL DVD Open Matte (1.33:1)
Day of the Dead - FR PAL DVD Open Matte (1.33:1)
Harry Potter and the Sorcerers Stone - US NTSC DVD Open Matte (1.33:1)
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets - US NTSC DVD Open Matte (1.33:1)
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire - US NTSC DVD Open Matte (1.33:1)
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix - US NTSC DVD Open Matte (1.33:1)
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince - US NTSC DVD Open Matte (1.33:1)
FROM DUSK TILL DAWN - DE PAL VHS Full Screen (1.33:1)
Desperado - DE PAL VHS Open Matte (1.33:1)
Now there are few Pan&Scan titles listed; should I remove them, or leave them so someone would know the avalable full screen is not open matte? That's not a bad idea, but if I should add every P&S released movie, even on VHS, the list will end to contain more than ten thousand titles...
Maybe a seperate List for Pan & Scan on DVD, so someone looking for a 1.33:1 DVD, thinking it is open matted, he can check, if it indeed p&s.
I won't have bought the Escape from New York, Red Dawn and Rambo's if I would have known that they are not open matted.
If you only list the open matted, and the list is indeed incomplete, someone might think a release on DVD could be open matted.
If someone would provide a consistent list of P&S releases (DVD, VHS, LD) I would start another thread with it!
I agree with you; I made this list as reference; hoping it will grow during the next months!
With the "code" tag, you could start the p&s warning list in this thread, and split it, as soon as the p&s list grows to a certain length.
Strange... I thought you had corrected the Terminator entries... But now with Jacky Brown and the others inserted the Terminator entries are incorrect/uncompleted again.