Jeff T. Dick

Upcoming DVD and Blu-rays to watch include an adaptation of Isabel Wilkerson’s Caste, River Phoenix with a prank turned bittersweet, and the story of fearless flight attendants. 

This month’s top foreign and indie picks include an animated depiction of visionary Leonardo da Vinci, stories dramatizing Cuba’s pro-Castro movement, and Barbara Stanwyck as a laid-off newspaper reporter who spawns a social movement. 

Forthcoming DVDs and Blu-rays to watch include Nicole Kidman as a TV weather forecaster, a documentary about activist Nan Goldin, and a tribute to Ukrainian heroes. 

Can’t-miss movies for your queue feature a biopic of Enzo Ferrari, anti-Nazi activist Sophie Scholl, and an homage to classic picture houses.

These films to add to your queue include 1970s boarding school scenes, World War I as experienced by Scottish villagers, Éric Rohmer’s tangy trio, and a late-life romance amid Irish scenery.

Upcoming DVD and Blu-ray releases to relish include a planetary documentary, an actioner starring Michelle Yeoh, and Bogie and Cagney living the bootlegger life in The Roaring Twenties. 

Film is a deeply satisfying medium, supplying a myriad of delights for those who prefer their stories and learning in visual form. Our list of the best feature films released on DVD/Blu-ray in 2023 ranges from this year’s Oscars contenders to older movies getting fresh editions and attention.

Lots to look forward to with these forthcoming DVDs and Blu-rays, including the gritty classic noir that inspired Dragnet and legendary Australian criminal Mark “Chopper” Read’s outsized autobiography. 

An 1800s Icelandic mission, class resentments and crime, and a hit man in Mussolini’s Italy feature in this month’s can’t-miss foreign and indie films.