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Go to your local library. Many have a great selection on blu-ray and dvds. Having to select something from a shelf is way more enjoyable than the endless scroll of junk streaming services give you. I am now actually purposefully selecting movies and shows to watch and making time and effort to finish them instead of just streaming random stuff.
Plus you get commentaries and bonus features.
Sometimes a kind soul has sprinkled Criterion releases on the shelf too!
I donated my DVD collection (200ish titles) to my local library last year. Warmed my heart a bit to read this.
I only get Criterion blu rays. They consistently go on sale from $12-20 on Amazon
Can also just do that by having a backlog of good films. Something like ‘Roger Ebert's list of great movies’, for starters. As a bonus, the list has many films from outside Hollywood.
Also, films on dvds tend to have a reddish tint for some reason. Maybe color grading for CRTs was like that, idk. Releases on bluray typically have a more neutral palette, though some lean a bit too much into blue shades.
Sure, but libraries are literally free
That dilemma is also solved for me.
The Library of Congress's National Film Registry, my beloved