Every week we dive into the cream of the crop when it comes to home releases, including Blu-ray and DVDs, as well as recommended deals of the week. Check out our rundown below and return every Tuesday for the best (or most interesting) films one can take home. Note that if you’re looking to support the site, every purchase you make through the links below helps us and is greatly appreciated.

Note: With Black Friday approaching and many deals already underway, this week’s column will be dedicated to the event as we highlight some of our favorite deals (see all of them here). Check out our rundown below, with updates as they arrive, and if you’re looking for new Blu-ray releases, there are four definite essential releases this week: Akira Kurosawa‘s Ikiru, D.A. Pennebaker‘s Dont Look Back, the excellent animation Shaun the Sheep, and The Quay Brothers: Collection.

Also arriving is Ricki and the Flash, American Ultra, No Escape, A Hard Day, Mr. Saturday Night, Ghost Story, The Hurricane, and A Child is Waiting.

Recommended Deals of the Week

(Note: new additions are in red)

Deal: Criterion’s 50% off sale is now underway at Barnes and Noble. See our top 10 recommendations.

Adaptation (Blu-ray) – $7.89

Akira (Blu-ray) – $9.99

Alfred Hitchcock: The Essentials Collection (Blu-ray) – $30.00

A Clockwork Orange (Blu-ray) – $9.65

A Most Violent Year (Blu-ray) – $9.00

A Separation (Blu-ray) – $7.65

A Serious Man (Blu-ray) – $9.99

The American (Blu-ray) – $8.48

Amelie (Blu-ray) – $8.99

Beginners (Blu-ray) – $7.00

Beyond the Lights (Blu-ray) – $9.99

Blackhat (Blu-ray) – $9.35

Black Swan (Blu-ray) – $6.50

The Bling Ring (Blu-ray) – $7.17

Breaking Bad: The Complete Series (Blu-ray) – $69.99

The Brothers Bloom (Blu-ray) – $8.21

The Cabin in the Woods (Blu-ray) – $7.64

Captain Phillips (Blu-ray) – $7.22

Casino (Blu-ray) – $9.49

Children of Men (Blu-ray) – $9.49

Cloverfield (Blu-ray) – $5.99

Collateral (Blu-ray) – $5.99

Drive (Blu-ray) – $5.99

Eastern Promises (Blu-ray) – $8.04

Edge of Tomorrow (Blu-ray) – $7.30

Enemy (Blu-ray) – $9.96

Ex Machina (Blu-ray) – $8.49

Gangs of New York (Blu-ray) – $6.75

Godzilla (Blu-ray) – $8.42

Gone Girl (Blu-ray) – $10.99

Goodfellas (Blu-ray) – $7.41

Good Will Hunting (Blu-ray) – $5.00

The Grand Budapest Hotel (Blu-ray) – $9.99

Harry Potter: Complete 8-Film Collection (Blu-ray) – $34.99

Harry Potter: 31-Disc Hogwarts Collection (Blu-ray) – $89.99

Herzog: The Collection (Blu-ray) – $90.15

A History of Violence (Blu-ray) – $9.69

Hot Fuzz (Blu-ray) – $8.45

The Illusionist (Blu-ray) – $8.57

Inglorious Basterds (Blu-ray) – $9.49

It Follows (Blu-ray) – $12.99

Jack Reacher (Blu-ray) – $9.96

Kingdom of Heaven 10th Anniversary (Blu-ray) – $8.68

Kiss Kiss Bang Bang (Blu-ray) – $9.69

The Knick: Season 1 (Blu-ray) – $14.96

The Lady From Shanghai (Blu-ray) – $7.49

Laura (Blu-ray) – $9.88

Lincoln (Blu-ray) – $10.40

Looper (Blu-ray) – $9.94

Lost In Translation (Blu-ray) – $9.49

Love & Mercy (Blu-ray) – $10.49

Mad Max: Fury Road (Blu-ray) – $11.49

Magic Mike (Blu-ray) – $6.69

Magic Mike XXL (Blu-ray) – $11.99

Magnolia (Blu-ray) – $9.69

Margaret (Blu-ray) – $9.24

Martha Marcy May Marlene (Blu-ray) – $5.08

The Master (Blu-ray) – $9.98

Michael Clayton (Blu-ray) – $9.65

Never Let Me Go (Blu-ray) – $7.75

Nightcrawler (Blu-ray) – $9.96

No Country For Old Men (Blu-ray) – $4.96

Observe & Report (Blu-ray) – $7.49

ParaNorman (Blu-ray) – $7.88

Pariah (Blu-ray) – $6.73

Persepolis (Blu-ray) – $6.49

Public Enemies (Blu-ray) – $8.49

Pulp Fiction (Blu-ray) – $5.00

Reality Bites (Blu-ray) – $9.63

Re-Animator (Blu-ray) – $8.23

Road to Perdition (Blu-ray) – $8.99

Seven (Blu-ray) – $7.50

Seven Psychopaths (Blu-ray) – $6.99

Short Term 12 (Blu-ray) – $9.89

Side Effects (Blu-ray) – $9.99

A Single Man (Blu-ray) – $6.14

Steven Spielberg Director’s Collection (Blu-ray) – $42.50

Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (Blu-ray) – $10.99

Synecdoche, NY (Blu-ray) – $5.64

There Will Be Blood (Blu-ray) – $8.27

The Tree of Life (Blu-ray) – $6.76

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (Blu-ray) – $8.99

Titanic (Blu-ray) – $7.00

Trick ‘r Treat (Blu-ray) – $9.65

The Truman Show (Blu-ray) – $7.84

True Grit (Blu-ray) – $9.99

This is the End (Blu-ray) – $7.99

Twin Peaks: The Entire Mystery (Blu-ray) – $81.14

Under the Skin (Blu-ray) – $9.99

We Own the Night (Blu-ray) – $6.89

What We Do in the Shadows (Blu-ray) – $12.74

Where the Wild Things Are (Blu-ray) – $7.99

While We’re Young (Blu-ray) – $7.65

The Wire: The Complete Series (Blu-ray) – $89.99

The Wolf of Wall Street (Blu-ray) – $11.06

The Wrestler (Blu-ray) – $6.74

Zero Dark Thirty (Blu-ray) – $8.49

See all Black Friday Blu-ray deals.

What are you picking up this week?