Remastered ‘The Searchers’ Finds Success at 2025 Home Entertainment Media Play Awards
April 21, 2025
The Warner Archive Collection’s remastered 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray edition of director John Ford’s 1956 Western classic The Searchers starring John Wayne won in five categories at the annual Home Entertainment Media Play Awards, taking the top prize of Title of the Year, as well as Blu-ray Disc of the Year, Best Restoration, Best Audio/Visual Quality, and Best Release of a Western.
The Home Entertainment Media Play Awards honor the best home packaged-media, digital and streaming releases of 2024.
The Searchers was part of a dominant haul of 12 awards for Warner Bros. Discovery Home Entertainment, which also saw Friends: The Complete Series 4K Ultra HD take TV on Disc of the Year and Best TV Series Boxed Set, and Dune: Part Two earn Best New Movie Home Release and Best Sci-Fi/Fantasy Release.
Shout! Studios’ DVD of The Whitest Kids U’Know: The Complete Series won Best Vintage TV Disc Release and Fan-Favorite Title of the Year. The sketch comedy series originally ran from 2007 to 2011.
Best 4K Ultra HD Disc was given to Arrow Video’s special edition of 1982’s Conan the Barbarian.
Shout! Studios was the runner up in the studio tally with eight trophies.
In the streaming categories, Best FAST Channel (Free Ad-Supported Streaming Television) went to Pluto TV Trending Now, while Best AVOD Channel went to FilmRise Free Movies & TV. Best Connected TV Platform went to Vizio OS.
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2025 Home Entertainment Media Play Awards Complete List of Winners:
Title of the Year
The Searchers
Warner Archive Collection
Warner Bros. Discovery Home Entertainment
TV on Disc of the Year
Friends: The Complete Series 4K Ultra HD
Warner Bros. Discovery Home Entertainment
Blu-ray Disc of the Year
The Searchers
Warner Archive Collection
Warner Bros. Discovery Home Entertainment
Fan-Favorite Title of the Year
The Whitest Kids U’Know: The Complete Series
Shout! Studios
Packaged Media & Transactional Digital
Best New Movie Home Release
Dune: Part Two
Warner Bros. Discovery Home Entertainment
Best Catalog Movie on Disc
Cutting Class
MVD Entertainment Group
Best Recent-Season Disc
Release
Arcane: League of Legends — Season 1
Shout! Studios
GKIDS
Best Vintage TV Disc Release
The Whitest Kids U’Know: The Complete Series
Shout! Studios
Best Movie Boxed Set
Frank Capra at Columbia Collection
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Best TV Series Boxed Set
Friends: The Complete Series 4K Ultra HD
Warner Bros. Discovery Home Entertainment
Best 4K Ultra HD Disc
Conan the Barbarian (1982) Special Edition
Arrow Video
Best Audio/Visual Quality
The Searchers
Warner Archive Collection
Warner Bros. Discovery Home Entertainment
Best Extras/Bonus Material
Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes
Disney/20th Century Studios
Best Extended Cut/Alternate Version
Hush — The Shush Cut
Shout! Studios
Best Disc Upgrade
Trick ‘r Treat 4K Limited Edition
Arrow Video
Best Home Release From an Indie Studio
All the Haunts Be Ours: A Compendium of Folk Horror Vol. 2
Severin Films
Best International Release
Sleep
Magnolia Pictures
Best Restoration
The Searchers
Warner Archive Collection
Warner Bros. Discovery Home Entertainment
Best Box Art
Ultraman Blazar Complete Series + Movie
Mill Creek Entertainment
Best Packaging
Labyrinth Limited-Edition Collector’s Set
Shout! Studios
Best Steelbook
John Wick: Titans of Cult 10th Anniversary Edition
Lionsgate
Best Premium-Video-On-Demand Release
Wicked
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Best Digital-Sellthrough Release
Yellowstone: Season 5, Part 2
Paramount Home Entertainment
Best Retail Exclusive
Labyrinth Walmart 4K Steelbook
Shout! Studios
Genre
Best Action/Adventure Release
Twisters
Universal
Best Animation Release
The Boy and the Heron
Shout! Studios
Studio Ghibli
GKIDS
Best Comedy Release
Thelma
Magnolia Pictures
Best Documentary Release
Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story
Warner Bros. Discovery Home Entertainment
Best Drama Release
True Detective: Night Country
Warner Bros. Discovery Home Entertainment
Best Faith-Based Release
Disciples in the Moonlight
Mill Creek Entertainment
Best Horror/Thriller Release
Terrifier 3
Cineverse
Best Kidvid Release
Dexter’s Laboratory: The Complete Series
Warner Bros. Discovery Home Entertainment
Best Sci-Fi/Fantasy Release
Dune: Part Two
Warner Bros. Discovery Home Entertainment
Best Superhero Disc
Deadpool & Wolverine
Disney
Marvel Studios
Best Release of a Western
The Searchers
Warner Archive Collection
Warner Bros. Discovery Home Entertainment
Best Release of a Musical
Wicked
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Best Reality TV Series
RuPaul’s Drag Race: Season 16
Paramount Home Entertainment
Composite
Best Marketing Initiative
Columbia Pictures 100th Anniversary
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Judges’ Award
Allswell in New York
Freestyle Digital Media
Streaming
Best FAST Channel (Free Ad-Supported Streaming Television)
Pluto TV Trending Now
Best AVOD Channel
FilmRise Free Movies & TV
Best Niche Streaming Channel
Screambox
Cineverse
Best Retro Channel
FilmRise Classic TV
Best Non-Fiction Channel
Untold Stories of the ER
FilmRise
Best Comedy Channel
The Carol Burnett Show
Shout! TV
Best Sci-Fi Channel
Z Nation
FilmRise
Best Nonfiction Streaming Series or Movie
Leonardo da Vinci — A Film by Ken Burns, Sarah Burns and David McMahon
PBS Documentaries Prime Video Channel
Best Binge Series
“The Dick Van Dyke Show”
FilmRise
Best Connected TV Platform
Vizio OS
Best Scripted Streaming Series
The Boys: Season 4
Amazon Prime Video
Best Streaming Movie
Music by John Williams
Disney+
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