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By Ivana Redwine, About.com Guide to DVD

Life's too short to waste time watching another disappointing DVD. Read reviews of recommended DVDs, and explore lists of top DVD picks.

1. Reviews of Recommended DVDs
2. Lists of Recommended DVDs
3. DVDs With Worthwhile Extras
4. DVD Easter Eggs

Reviews of Recommended DVDs

Reviews of recommended DVDs not only give insight into a film's or TV series artistic quality, but they also offer information about bonus materials. They are another way of discovering your best DVD bets.

• 2 Days in Paris
• 3:10 to Yuma
• A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints
• American Gangster
• Away From Her
• Babel (Two-Disc Collector's Edition)
• Factotum
• In the Valley of Elah
• King of California
• Letters From Iwo Jima

• Little Children
• Michael Clayton
• No Country for Old Men
• Starting Out in the Evening
• The Assassination of Jesse James
• The Departed
• The Queen
• There Will Be Blood
• Juno
• More Reviews of Recommended DVDs

Lists of Recommended DVDs

Find DVD best bets you might have missed by exploring a variety of lists.

• Top Movies Released on DVD in 2007
• Action Movies
• Drama Movies
• Comedy Movies
• Horror Movies
• Romantic Movies

• Memorable Best Picture Oscar Winners
• Memorable Movie Dads
• Memorable Movie Moms
• Memorable Movies About Grads
• Summer Movies
• More Lists of DVD Recommendations

DVDs With Worthwhile Extras

Explore a variety of DVD editions with worthwhile special features.

• An Inconvenient Truth
• Apocalypse Now - The Complete Dossier
• Hamlet (1996)
• Letters From Iwo Jima
• Miami Vice (Unrated Director's Edition)
• Mr. Arkadin
• Pandora's Box

• Seven Samurai (Three-Disc Set)
• Taxi Driver (Two-Disc Collector's Edition)
• The 400 Blows
• The Lower Depths
• Yi Yi
• Zodiac (2-Disc Director's Cut)
• Explore More DVDs With Worthwhile Extras

DVD Easter Eggs

If you know how to find them, some DVD Easter eggs can be fun and informative. Hunt down Easter eggs on selected DVDs.

• Apocalypse Now - The Complete Dossier
• Cloverfield
• Collateral
• Shark Tale

• Star Wars III: Revenge of the Sith
• The Incredibles
• X-Men: The Last Stand
• Explore More DVD Easter Eggs