Voting Is Open for the 2023 Home Entertainment Media Play Awards

March 6, 2023

Consumer voting has begun for the 2023 Home Entertainment Media Play Awards. This is the 13th year of the annual home entertainment industry honors, and the sixth year they have been presented by Media Play News.

Through March 31, film and TV fans and home entertainment enthusiasts can visit MediaPlayNews.com/awards/ballot to select their favorite home entertainment releases of 2022, as nominated by studios, distributors and home entertainment industry professionals.

The awards cover a wide array of home entertainment options, including streaming, from SVOD to AVOD and FAST; DVD, Blu-ray Disc and 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray; premium video-on-demand (PVOD) and digital sellthrough. 

The results of the consumer vote will be combined with ballots submitted by a panel of expert judges.

“Best of show” winners are then selected from among all eligible submissions for Packaged-Media Title of the Year, TV Disc Release of the Year and Best Blu-ray Disc. A “Fan-Favorite” trophy also will be awarded for the single title receiving the most consumer votes. Judges may also present awards based on special merit.

Winners will be announced April 17.

Last year’s Home Entertainment Media Play Awards saw Warner Bros. Home Entertainment’s Middle-Earth Ultimate Collector’s Edition earn the top prize, voted Title of the Year.

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Home Entertainment Media Play Awards Ballot 2023

Please vote for what you think should win in these categories. Voting ends March 31. Consumer preferences will be combined with the judges scores to determine the winners, which will be announced April 17. Nominations are based on submissions by the studios. If you disagree with the choices you may write in your own, but these will be collected only for survey purposes and may not influence the outcome of the voting. Additional categories that did not have sufficient entries to advance to the ballot stage will also have winners announced.

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2023 Home Entertainment Media Play Award Nominees

PACKAGED MEDIA

 

Best New Movie Home Release       

The Batman (Warner)

Belle (Shout! Factory/GKIDS)

Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (Disney/Marvel)

Elvis (Warner)

Encanto (Disney)

Top Gun: Maverick (Paramount)

 

Best Catalog Movie on Disc  

E.T. — The Extra-Terrestrial 4K (Universal)

Ferngully: The Last Rainforest — 30th Anniversary Edition (Shout! Factory)

The Godfather 4K (Paramount)

 

Best Recent-Season Disc Release     

1883: A Yellowstone Origin Story (Paramount)

Better Call Saul: Season 6 (Sony Pictures)

House of the Dragon: Season 1 (Warner)

           

Best Movie Boxed Set

All the Haunts Be Ours: A Compendium of Folk Horror (MVD/Severin)

Belle: Collector’s Edition (Shout! Factory/GKIDS)

The Godfather Trilogy 50 Years Collector’s Edition (Paramount)

Halloween 4K Collection 1995-2002 (Shout! Factory)

The Hunger Games: The Ultimate Steelbook Collection (Lionsgate)

Sony Pictures Classics 30th Anniversary 4K Ultra HD Collection (Sony Pictures)

 

Best Complete-Series Set

Better Call Saul (Sony Pictures)

Dragon Ball Super: Series Complete Edition (Crunchyroll)

Magnum P.I. Blu-ray (Mill Creek)

seaQuest DSV Blu-ray (Mill Creek)

Yellowstone Dutton Legacy Collection (Paramount)

 

Best 4K Ultra HD Disc

Belle: Collector’s Edition (Shout! Factory/GKIDS)

The Burning Sea (Magnolia)

Coraline 4K Steelbook (Shout! Factory)

Everything Everywhere All at Once (Lionsgate)

Heat (Disney/20th Century)

Poltergeist (Warner)

Top Gun: Maverick (Paramount)

           

Best Audio/Visual Quality    

Coraline 4K (Shout! Factory)

Top Gun: Maverick 4K (Paramount)

 

Best Extras/Bonus Material  

Clerks III (Lionsgate)

Everything Everywhere All at Once (Lionsgate)

Planes, Trains and Automobiles 4K (Paramount)

Top Gun: Maverick (Paramount)

           

Best Box Art

The Cabin in the Woods Steelbook (Lionsgate)

Coraline Steelbook (Shout! Factory)

Dragon Ball Super: Series Complete Edition (Crunchyroll)

The Godfather Steelbook (Paramount)

Hell or High Water Steelbook (Lionsgate)

The Hurt Locker Steelbook (Lionsgate)

La La Land Steelbook (Lionsgate)

ParaNorman Steelbook (Shout! Factory)

Reservoir Dogs Steelbook (Lionsgate)

The Untouchables Steelbook (Paramount)

           

Best Packaging          

All the Haunts Be Ours: A Compendium of Folk Horror (MVD/Severin)

The Beatles: Get Back (Disney)

Belle: Collector’s Edition (Shout! Factory/GKIDS)

Dragon Ball Super: Series Complete Edition (Crunchyroll)

The Godfather Trilogy 50 Years Collector’s Edition (Paramount)

Sony Pictures Classics 30th Anniversary 4K Ultra HD Collection (Sony Pictures)

Top Gun 2-Movie 4K Steelbook Superfan Collection (Paramount)

Veni Vidi Depraviti: Caligsploitation Classics (Severin Films)

 

Best Extended Cut/Alternate Cut     

Jurassic World Dominion (Universal)

Star Trek: The Motion Picture — The Director’s Edition (Paramount)

           

Best Disc Upgrade

Coraline 4K Steelbook (Shout! Factory)

Ferngully: The Last Rainforest — 30th Anniversary Edition (Shout! Factory)

The Limey 4K Steelbook (Lionsgate)

The Paper (Retro VHS Blu-ray) (Mill Creek)

Pulp Fiction 4K (Paramount)

Reservoir Dogs 4K (Lionsgate)

 

Best Home Release From An Indie Studio   

Blood for Dracula (MVD/Severin)

The Changeling (MVD/Severin)

Frank & Penelope (Mill Creek)

 

Best International Release    

Alienoid (Korean) (Well Go USA)

The Last Romantic Lover (French) (MVD/Cult Epics)

Three Wishes for Cinderella (Norwegian) (Shout! Factory)

 

Best Restoration

Blood for Dracula (MVD/Severin)

Casablanca (Warner)

The Godfather (Paramount)

Singin’ in the Rain (Warner)

 

 

Best Steelbook          

The Cabin in the Woods (Lionsgate)

Clerks III (Lionsgate)

Coraline (Shout! Factory)

Dragon Ball Super: Series Complete Edition (Crunchyroll)

The Godfather (Paramount)

Halo: Season One (Paramount)

Hell or High Water (Lionsgate)

House of the Dragon: Season 1 (Warner)

The Hunger Games: The Ultimate Steelbook Collection (Lionsgate)

The Hurt Locker (Lionsgate)

La La Land (Lionsgate)

The Limey (Lionsgate)

ParaNorman (Shout! Factory)

Reservoir Dogs (Lionsgate)

Top Gun 2-Movie 4K Steelbook Superfan Collection (Paramount)

The Untouchables (Paramount)

 

 

GENRE

 

Best Action/Adventure Release       

The Batman (Warner)

Dragon Ball Super: Series Complete Edition (Crunchyroll)

Top Gun: Maverick (Paramount)

Uncharted (Sony Pictures)

 

Best Animation Release        

Aqua Teen Forever: Plantasm (Warner)

Batman and Superman: Battle of the Super Sons (Warner)

Belle: Collector’s Edition (Shout! Factory/GKIDS)

Coraline 4K Steelbook (Shout! Factory)

The Deer King (Shout! Factory/GKIDS)

Dragon Ball Super: Series Complete Edition (Crunchyroll)

Encanto (Disney)

Ferngully: The Last Rainforest — 30th Anniversary Edition (Shout! Factory)

The Last Kids on Earth: Book One (NCircle)

Minions: The Rise of Gru (Universal)

Sonic the Hedgehog 2: Sonic Drone Home (Paramount)

 

Best Comedy Release

Clerks III (Lionsgate)

I Love My Dad (Magnolia)

The Lost City (Paramount)

           

Best Documentary Release   

Harry Potter: 20th Anniversary Return to Hogwarts (Warner)

JFK Revisited: The Complete Collection (Shout! Factory)

Last Flight Home (Paramount)

           

Best Drama Release  

1883: A Yellowstone Origin Story (Paramount)

Better Call Saul (Sony Pictures)

           

Best Horror/Thriller Release 

13 Fanboy (Mill Creek)

Alligator: Collector’s Edition (Shout! Factory)

Smile (Paramount)

You Are Not My Mother (Magnolia)

           

Best Kidvid Release   

Ainbo: Spirit of the Amazon (Shout! Factory)

Sesame Street: Potty Time Plus! Getting Ready With Elmo (Shout! Factory)

Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (Paramount)

           

Best Sci-Fi/Fantasy Release  

Halo: Season One (Paramount)

House of the Dragon: Season 1 (Warner)

Jurassic World Dominion (Universal)

seaQuest DSV: The Complete Series (Mill Creek)

           

Best Superhero Disc  

Batman and Superman: Battle of the Super Sons (Warner)

The Batman (Warner)

Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (Disney/Marvel)

Thor: Love and Thunder (Disney/Marvel)

 

DIGITAL & STREAMING

 

Best Premium-Video-on-Demand Release  

The Contractor (Paramount)

Orphan: First Kill (Paramount)

 

Best Fast Channel (Free Ad-Supported Streaming Channel)           

Alf (Shout! Factory TV)

Antiques Roadshow (Roku, Xumo, Plex) (PBS Distribution)

Chicken Soup for the Soul (Chicken Soup for the Soul)

CineLife (Magnolia)

Farscape (Shout! Factory TV)

FilmRise Black TV (FilmRise)

FilmRise Forensic Files (FilmRise)

FilmRise Heartland (FilmRise)

FilmRise True Crime (FilmRise)

Mystery Science Theater 3000 (Shout! Factory TV)

Shout! Factory TV (Shout! Factory)

TokuSHOUTsu (Shout! Factory TV)

 

Best Niche Streaming Channel         

Chicken Soup for the Soul (Chicken Soup for the Soul)

Magnolia Selects (Magnolia)

PBS Kids Prime Video Channel (PBS Distribution)

Shout! Factory TV (Shout! Factory TV)

 

Best Major SVOD Original Series

1923: Season 1 (Paramount+)

The Afterparty: Season 1 (Apple TV+)

Bel-Air: Season 1 (Peacock)

Cobra Kai: Season 5 (Netflix)

For All Mankind: Season 3 (Apple TV+)

The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power — Season 1 (Prime Video)

Murderville (Netflix)

The Offer (Paramount+)

The Orville: New Horizons (Hulu)

Pam & Tommy (Hulu)

Peacemaker: Season 1 (HBO Max)

Star Trek: Lower Decks — Season 3 (Paramount+)

Star Trek: Strange New Worlds — Season 1 (Paramount+)

Star Wars: Andor — Season 1 (Disney+)

Star Wars: Obi-Wan Kenobi (Disney+)

Stranger Things 4 (Netflix)

Wednesday: Season 1 (Netflix)

 

Best Niche-Channel Scripted Series 

All Creatures Great and Small: Season 2 (PBS Masterpiece Prime Video Channel)

Hotel Portofino: Season 1 (PBS Masterpiece Prime Video Channel)

 

Best Nonfiction Streaming Series or Movie 

Going From Broke: Season 3 (Crackle)

The U.S. and the Holocaust: A Film by Ken Burns, Lynn Novick and Sarah Botstein (PBS Documentaries Prime Video Channel)

           

Best Binge Series       

Sanditon (PBS Masterpiece Prime Video Channel)

Sherlock (Crackle)

           

 

 

 

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