Criterion’s ‘Wes Anderson Archive’ Tops 2026 Home Entertainment Media Play Awards

Media Play News

April 20, 2026

The Criterion Collection’s The Wes Anderson Archive: Ten Films, Twenty-Five Years won the top prize of Title of the Year at the annual Home Entertainment Media Play Awards. The 20-disc collection of 10 films spanning 25 years of director Wes Anderson’s career on both Blu-ray and 4K Ultra HD disc also won Best Boxed Set.

This year’s Home Entertainment Media Play Awards honor the best packaged-media, digital and streaming releases of 2025. Warner Bros. Discovery Home Entertainment was the top studio with 15 awards, which included HBO’s The Penguin: The Complete First Season winning TV on Disc of the Year and Best Drama, and Tom and Jerry: The Golden Era — 1940-1958 winning Blu-ray Disc of the Year, Fan-Favorite Title of the Year and Best Animation Release.

Best 4K Ultra HD Disc was given to Lionsgate Limited’s special edition of 2001’s Frailty, the psychological horror film directed by and starring Bill Paxton. It also won for Best Box Art.

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2026 Home Entertainment Media Play Awards Complete List of Winners:

Title of the Year
The Wes Anderson Archive: Ten Films, Twenty-Five Years
The Criterion Collection

TV on Disc of the Year
The Penguin: The Complete First Season
Warner Bros. Discovery Home Entertainment/HBO

Blu-ray Disc of the Year
Tom and Jerry: The Golden Era — 1940-1958
Warner Bros. Discovery Home Entertainment
Warner Archive Collection

Fan-Favorite Title of the Year
Tom and Jerry: The Golden Era — 1940-1958
Warner Bros. Discovery Home Entertainment
Warner Archive Collection

Packaged Media & Transactional Digital

Best New Movie Home Release
Sinners
Warner Bros. Discovery Home Entertainment

Best Catalog Movie on Disc
Jaws — 50th Anniversary Edition
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment

Best 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray Disc
Frailty
Lionsgate Limited

Best Upgrade
Cloud Atlas 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray Disc
Shout! Studios
Radial Entertainment

Best Extras/Bonus Material
The Beyond 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray Disc
Grindhouse Releasing

Best Box Art
Frailty 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray Disc
Lionsgate Limited

Best Packaging
Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End — Season 1 Part 2 Limited Edition
Crunchyroll

Best Steelbook
Dogma
Lionsgate Limited

Best Recent TV Season Disc/TVOD Release
Landman — Season 1
Paramount Home Entertainment

Best Vintage TV Series on Disc
The Huckleberry Hound Show
Warner Bros. Discovery Home Entertainment
Warner Archive Collection

Best Boxed Set
The Wes Anderson Archive: Ten Films, Twenty-Five Years
The Criterion Collection

Best Complete TV Series Set
Documentary Now! — The Complete Series
Mill Creek
Alliance Home Entertainment

Best Restoration
High Society 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray Disc
Warner Bros. Discovery Home Entertainment
Warner Archive Collection

Best Audio/Visual Quality
Dark City 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray Disc
Arrow Video

Best International Release
Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End — Season 1 Part 2 Limited Edition
Crunchyroll

Best Indie Studio Disc Release
Dogtooth
Kino Lorber

Best Premium Video on Demand Release
The Toxic Avenger (2025)
Cineverse

Best Double-Feature Disc Release
Gladiator 2-Movie Collection
Paramount Home Entertainment
Bond (Marketing)

Best New Animated Movie
Flow
The Criterion Collection

Best Anniversary Special Release
Shudder 10: A Decade of Fearless Horror
Shudder

Best Retailer Exclusive
Walmart-Exclusive A Minecraft Movie: Collector’s Crafting Table Edition
Warner Bros. Discovery Home Entertainment
Smurfit Westrock (Packaging)

Best Marketing Initiative
The Toxic Avenger (2025) — Undue Medical Debt Charitable Donation
Cineverse

Judges’ Award
Legends of the Highway
Maverick Entertainment Group

Genre

Best Action/Adventure Release
Mission: Impossible — The Final Reckoning
Paramount/Alliance Home Entertainment

Best Comedy Release
Spinal Tap II: The End Continues
Decal/Alliance Home Entertainment

Best Drama Release
The Penguin: The Complete First Season
Warner Bros. Discovery Home Entertainment/HBO

Best Sci-Fi/Fantasy Release
Superman (2025)
Warner Bros. Discovery Home Entertainment
DC Studios

Best Horror/Thriller Release
Sinners
Warner Bros. Discovery Home Entertainment

Best Release of a Musical
High Society 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray Disc
Warner Bros. Discovery Home Entertainment
Warner Archive Collection

Best Release of a Western
Cheyenne: The Complete Series
Warner Bros. Discovery Home Entertainment

Best Animation Release
Tom and Jerry: The Golden Era — 1940-1958
Warner Bros. Discovery Home Entertainment

Best Kidvid Release
Barbie Dreamhouse Adventures Collector’s Set
NCircle
Alliance Home Entertainment

Best Superhero Release
Superman (2025)
Warner Bros. Discovery Home Entertainment
DC Studios

Best Anime Release
Call of the Night: Season 1 Limited Edition
Sentai

Best Video Game Adaptation
Fallout: The Complete First Season
Warner Bros. Discovery Home Entertainment

Streaming

Best Niche Streaming Channel
Magnolia Selects

Best FAST Channel (Free Ad-Supported Streaming TV)
“Unsolved Mysteries”
Radial Entertainment

Best Ad-Supported Streaming Service
CineLife
Magnolia Pictures

Best Indie Streaming Scripted Series
“Scream and Cry Horror Movie Review”
Magnolia Pictures

Best Binge Series
“Prime Suspect”
Radial Entertainment

Best Nonfiction Streaming Movie or Series
The American Revolution: A Film by Ken Burns, Sarah Botstein & David Schmidt
PBS Distribution

Best Streaming Original Scripted Series (Major Service)
“Star Wars — Andor: Season 2”
Disney+

Best Original Streaming Movie
Frankenstein (2025)
Netflix

Best Major SVOD Streaming Service
Apple TV

Best International SVOD Streaming Service
Marquee TV