Each month The A.V. Club does our part to keep you up to date on the best of what’s coming out on Blu-ray and 4K UHD, which is especially important as streaming services become less and less reliable homes for films worth watching. This month has a great selection of artsy films and bonecrunchers alike from Criterion and Arrow, as well as a surprising double feature from the Filth Elder himself, John Waters. June 2026’s Blu-ray and 4K releases include a set of early Jackie Chan flicks, a famous screen detective, and a truly notorious piece of J-horror. Read on and find films from Takeshi Miike, Bob Rafelson, Jafar Panahi, and more.
Five Easy Pieces 4K
Available June 2, 2026
A New Hollywood classic from BBS Productions, 1970’s Five Easy Pieces saw director Bob Rafelson solidify his filmmaking relationship with Jack Nicholson after Easy Rider. Here, Nicholson stars as a slumming oil rigger running away from his stiff and respectable upbringing, until he’s dragged back home (with an Oscar-nominated Karen Black in tow) to see his dying dad. Featuring a pair of documentaries about the film and BBS (which would go on to make The Last Picture Show and Nicholson’s directorial debut Drive, He Said), the Criterion disc also includes a commentary track from Rafelson talking about one of his best films.
Marlowe 4K
Available June 7, 2026
The only Philip Marlowe movie to feature Bruce Lee absolutely trashing the private investigator’s office, the 1969 version of Raymond Chandler’s character (played by James Garner) is getting the Arrow treatment this month. Less appreciated than some of the other Marlowe movies out there, Marlowe is a showcase for Garner’s performance: fittingly silly, shaggy, and thoroughly ’60s. Plus, Rita Moreno is there! This new restoration features a booklet stuffed full of criticism and a new video essay about the film.
Audition 4K
Available June 15, 2026
If you haven’t seen Audition or don’t know much about it, stop reading now and just go watch it. Don’t even click on the trailer, just go. Everyone else has already opened up the Arrow store and added this disc to their cart, on pins and needles for it to arrive. One of Takashi Miike’s most talked-about and thoroughly warped films, the tonal high-wire act this film walks is essential for a certain crowd—the stuff of “if you know, you know” genre film legend. With new interviews with Miike and actor Ryo Ishibashi, a couple commentaries, archival featurettes, and enough juicy writing to make you appreciate this nasty movie even more, the bonus features are just as big a draw as the upgraded disc.
Hairspray 4K
Available June 23, 2026
While I cannot recommend Criterion’s other John Waters addition this month, Desperate Living, to anyone but the true arthouse degenerates out there, Hairspray is easily the filmmaker’s most accessible gateway into his realm of tacky filth. It was turned into a Tony-winning musical! Despite its mainstream appeal (and success), Hairspray doesn’t compromise on the Waters of it all. It’s Baltimore through and through, still bitterly concerned with the lines between the socially acceptable and unacceptable residents of the area, and obsessed with all things artificial—not to mention the reality found inside these overt plastic facades. It’s also hilarious! The new disc offers a new Waters interview, a new talk with stars Ricki Lake and Colleen Fitzpatrick, and a few archival featurettes, like a behind-the-scenes documentary.
Jackie Chan’s Breakout Hits! 4K
Available June 29, 2026
If you only had a few words to rile up cinephiles, “10-disc Jackie Chan collection” would be hard to beat. This new package of restorations from Chan’s transition from Hong Kong king to crossover icon features Drunken Master II and Thunderbolt; two cuts each of Police Story 4: First Strike, Rumble In The Bronx, and Who Am I?; and three cuts of Mr. Nice Guy. Once you’ve meticulously compared and contrasted all these different international versions, you’ll have a series of stunt-focused featurettes to dig into, as well as tons of contextualizing interviews from Chan experts and colleagues alike.
One of last year’s best films is already hitting Criterion, with Jafar Panahi’s latest—a viciously funny thriller about former political prisoners taking revenge on who they think is their former imprisoner—coming home with a new interview between Panahi and Chop Shop filmmaker Ramin Bahrani. As personal as we’ve come to expect from the Iranian thorn in his government’s side, It Was Just An Accident was shot in secret, inspired by the lives of the director and those around him, and about as good as a comedy-revenge film gets.
Wake In Fright 4K
Available June 29, 2026
One of the first sucker punches thrown by the Australian New Wave, Wake In Fright is an Outback terror that’ll haunt you long after you’re freed from its clutches. Nothing scarier than a group of rowdy, untethered, drunken Aussie roughnecks out in the middle of nowhere, toxic masculinity curdling in the sun into something far more rotten. Ted Kotcheff’s film comes equipped with a bounty of older supplemental material, an unreleased interview with the sound team, and a nice chunky booklet.
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