Stanley Kubrick fans can save big on Criterion’s 4K UHD remaster of Barry Lyndon, one of the iconic director’s best films, ahead of Prime Day 2025. The 4K restoration of the historical drama doesn’t release until this Tuesday, July 8, but a limited-time deal at Amazon drops the price from $50 to $25. Barry Lyndon is one of many Criterion Collection 4K Blu-rays featured in the ongoing 50% off movie sale. While the annual sale often includes new and recently released films, preorders aren’t always eligible for the discount.
Unsurprisingly, Barry Lyndon has vaulted up Amazon’s bestseller charts. At the time of writing, the retailer estimates orders placed now won’t arrive until July 22. With a two-week wait time and the current order volume, it wouldn’t be surprising if Amazon stopped taking preorders soon. If you’re interested in adding Barry Lyndon to your collection at this price, it’d be wise to secure a copy prior to launch.
$25 (was $50) | Releases July 8
Barry Lyndon’s 4K Criterion Collection edition is a three-disc set with one 4K UHD disc and two 1080p Blu-ray discs. Criterion’s digital restoration lets Kubrick fans watch the 1975 film in native 4K resolution with support for Dolby Vision HDR10. For the audio, you can choose between an uncompressed monaural soundtrack or 5.1 surround sound via DTS-HD Master Audio.
The second disc is the 1080p Blu-ray edition of the movie that Criterion released back in 2017. Notably, it was also made from Criterion’s 4K digital restoration, so it looked better than the average Blu-ray despite technically being limited to 1080p resolution. Barry Lyndon’s Blu-ray release earned superb reviews from. fans and critics alike, so it’s exciting that Criterion’s superb restoration will be presented without any compromises and with HDR10 thanks to the 4K release.
The final disc is loaded with special. features, including interviews and archival footage. It also comes with three written pieces about the film. Here’s the full list of features:
Barry Lyndon: The Criterion Collection Features & Bonus Content
- Disc 1: 4K UHD Blu-ray
- Based on 4K digital restoration
- Dolby Vision HDR10
- Uncompressed monaural soundtrack
- DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 surround sound
- Disc 2: Blu-ray
- Based on 4K digital restoration
- Uncompressed monaural soundtrack
- DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 surround sound
- Disc 3: Special Features (Blu-ray)
- Interviews with cast and crew
- Archival audio featuring Stanley Kubrick
- Interview with historian Christopher Frayling on production designer Ken Adam
- Interview with film critic Michel Ciment
- Interview with actor Leon Vitali on the surround sound audio. Vitali played Lord Bullingdon in the movie and co-supervised the audio enhancement process.
- Interview with curator Adam Eaker on the film’s fine art influences
- Trailers
- Extras:
- Essay by film critic Geoffrey O’Brien
- Two pieces from American Cinematographer magazine (March 1976)
Barry Lyndon is based on William Makepeace Thackeray’s 1844 novel titled The Luck of Barry Lyndon. The film and the book follows a conman who pursues an aristocratic life by marrying a wealthy widow. Kubrick’s adaptation is just over three hours and could aptly be described as a slow burn. If you like historical dramas, though, Barry Lyndon is filled with compelling characters and excellent cinematography–it won the Academy Award for Best Cinematography as well as three other categories.
Several other Stanley Kubrick films are in The Criterion Collection, but Barry Lyndon is the first to get a 4K Blu-ray release. You can save 50% on standard Blu-ray editions of classic Kubrick films, including Dr. Strangelove and The Killing. The original Blu-ray release of Barry Lyndon is also 50% off on its own and is part of last year’s CC40 40-Film Box Set.
Stanley Kubrick: The Criterion Collection
More Stanley Kubrick Movies on 4K Blu-ray
Criterion has a few of Kubrick’s most critically acclaimed movies in its catalog, but it doesn’t have the ones most people probably think of first: The Shining, 2001: A Space Odyssey, Full Metal Jacket, and A Clockwork Orange. Additionally, several of the movies above have 4K editions from other distributors. Here’s a list of non-Criterion Collection 4K and 1080p Blu-ray editions.
The Shining on 4K Blu-ray is a must-watch edition for any fan of the director’s iconic adaptation of the Stephen King horror novel. iconic Stephen King adaptation. If you’re interested in a deep dive on the horror classic, you should check out the new two-volume compendium from premium art and design book publisher Taschen. Written by former Lucasfilm executive editor J. W. Rinzler and edited by Toy Story 3 director Lee Unkrich, the nearly 1,400-page hardcover set offers an unprecedented behind-the-scenes look at The Shining.
