The 11 best Blu-rays and 4K UHD releases of May 2023

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Prepare to be patient. The calendar contains a treasure chest of physical media gems, they just happen to be buried at the end of the month. Our first pick doesn’t hit stores until May 16, and the bulk of our list drops on May 30th. But dear reader, patience is rewarded with updated Blu-rays and 4K discs for the cult film of the ‘90s, a proto-video game movie, and one of the most underrated masterpieces of the 1950s –referenced by some of our favorite modern filmmakers, from Spike Lee to Martin Scorsese.

Here’s how our monthly Blu-ray and 4K curation works: Each month, in an effort to help you find your next favorite discs, we curate a list of our most anticipated releases. We haven’t had the opportunity to try these discs just yet, but if you want the formal thumbs up, no worries — in the coming months we will begin our rolling list of the best Blu-rays and 4K UHD discs of the year. But each of these releases has potential and comes from a label we’ve enjoyed in the past.

Showgirls (4K UHD + Blu-ray) — End of May

This past weekend I went to a new movie in theaters and watched a demon possess a mother and slowly torture her children and younger sister. At one point, I saw a person choke on another human’s recently detached eyeball. In another instance, a cheese grater removed the flesh off a woman’s leg. This film was rated R by the MPAA. I mention this, because Paul Verhoeven’s erotic thriller Showgirls caused a months-long culture shitstorm in 1995 when the MPAA issued a rare NC-17 – making it the first and only film with the “adults only” label to get a major release across North America.

The film had a mediocre run at the box office, but blew up (no surprise) on home video, where adults could watch it in the