How do this week’s Blu-ray and DVD releases rank against the best movies of all-time?

Predators (DVD and Blu-ray | R | 2010)

How would you rank it amongst the best monster movies of all time? Flickchart Ranking: #3724 Times Ranked: 5616 Win Percentage: 53% How Many Top-20′s: 3 Users

Happy to see this has been well-received by the Flickchart community. The first two (yes, both) are classics and it’s nice to see the series return to being bad-ass. Check out Flickchart user johnmason’s review.

Dolph Lundgren is… The Killing Machine (DVD | R | 2010)

How would you rank it amongst the best thrillers of all time? Flickchart Ranking: #11744 Times Ranked: 70 Win Percentage: 77% How Many Top-20′s: 0 Users

If you are in any way a Dolph Lundgren fan, you should definitely give this a shot. It’s pretty fantastic.

Agora (DVD | R | 2009)

How would you rank it amongst the best thrillers of all time? Flickchart Ranking: #9557 Times Ranked: 306 Win Percentage: 56% How Many Top-20′s: 0 Users

Director Alejandro Amenabar’s tale of Christianity during the Roman Empire. Rachel Weisz stars.

And that’s about it. Everything else is essentially just DTV that doesn’t feature Dolph Lundgren and smaller, but in most cases interesting, movies. Here’s a quick list:

• Mirrors 2 – DTV sequel starring Nick Stahl
• Night of the Demons – DTV horror starring Edward Furlong and Shannon Elizabeth
• Giallo – Director Dario Argento’s latest, featuring Adrien Brody
• Six Wives of Henry Lefay – Tim Allen and a bunch of attractive women like Paz Vega and Elisha Cuthbert.
• Please Give – Catherine Keener and Oliver Platt in a movie about a rich Manhattan family.
• Assault Girls – Rinko Kikuchi (of Babel fame) in a flick about 3 ladies sent into a virtual world.
• Vampire Girl vs Frankenstein Girl – The title says it all, doesn’t it?
• Shoot the Hero – DTV featuring Jason Mewes and Danny Trejo

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