Top Gun: Maverick soars in 4K and Pearl mesmerizes Martin Scorsese: November’s best Blu-ray and 4K UHD releases

While streaming services continue to remove titles from their libraries and generally devalue legacy content (read: any movie released before 2000), physical media increasingly becomes a reliable source for people to watch what they want, when they want. As collectors ourselves, The A.V. Club is committed to providing a monthly look at the best new home video releases—from the biggest blockbusters to must-see obscurities—as companies from Warner Bros. and Sony Pictures to Vinegar Syndrome and Criterion Collection keep cinephiles’ shelves full of DVD, Blu-ray, and UHD discs.

What’s spinning in November, you ask? Highlights include the disc debut of Top Gun: Maverick, the freaky and visually stunning X prequel Pearl, a Spider-Man eight-movie collection, plus the 4K UHD debuts of Casablanca, Reservoir Dogs, Blue Hawaii, and more.

Top Gun: Maverick (2022)

Available November 1This long-awaited sequel to 1986's Top Gun demolished the box office with a global tally of over $1.48 billion (with a “b”), becoming the biggest hit of Tom Cruise’s long career. The thrilling sequel about Maverick (Cruise) leading a team of Top Gun graduates into the danger zone for a risky mission has been available for digital purchase on sites such as Vudu and Amazon Prime for a while, but is now available on Blu-ray and 4K UHD. In addition to a Dolby Vision presentation of the movie, extras include several behind-the-scenes/making-of featurettes as well as the music video for Lady Gaga’s “Hold My Hand.” is also available in a with the original Top Gun.