List IW Movies that are in the wrong Aspect Ratio

I wanted to start a thread listing which movies up on IW are in the incorrect Aspect Ratio. I've updated this post with a list of all the movies people throughout the discussion have found:

Dirty Harry (1971)
Dead Ringers (1988)
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966)
Pale Rider (1985)
An Evening With Kevin Smith II (2006)
Aguirre: The Wrath of God (1972)
Ben-Hur (1959)
The Searchers (1956)
Electra Glide in Blue
Legend of the Chupacabra (2000)
Alien: Collector's Edition (1979)
The Avengers (1998)
Beverly Hills Ninja (1997)
Clash of the Titans (1981)
Empire Records: Remix! Special Fan Edition (1995)
Enter the Dragon: Special Edition (1973)
The Eye (2002)
Godspell (1973)
Great Expectations (1974)
Hellraiser (1987)
Home Fries (1998)
Jack the Giant Killer (1962)
The Karate Kid (1984) (parts 2 and 3 are correct widescreen ratio)
Little Shepherd (2002)
The Marsh (2006)
The Mean Season (1985)
The Mechanic (1972)
My Giant (1998)
The NeverEnding Story 2: The Next Chapter (1989)
The Next Karate Kid (1989)
Once Upon a Time in China (1991)
Once Upon a Time in China 2 (1992)
Point of No Return (1993)
Police Academy 7: Mission to Moscow (1994)
Red Dawn (1984)
Risky Business (1983)
Sphere (1998)
Stephen King's Cat's Eye (1985)
Strange Brew (1983)
Superman: The Movie (1978)
Superman III (1983)
Superman Doomsday (2007)
U.S. Marshals (1998)
The Marsh (2006)
2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
2010: The Year We Make Contact (1984)
Ladyhawke (1985)
Little Shop of Horrors (1986)
Mad City (1997)
Logan's Run (1976)
Soylent Green (1973)
Above the Law (1988)
Out for Justice (1991)
Executive Decision (1996)
Jacob's Ladder: Vol. 2: Naomi, Ruth and Boaz [2nd part] (2005)
Curly Sue (1991)
The Mission: Special Edition (1986)
Hell in the Pacific (1968)
Man of the West (1958)
Falling Down (1993)
Southland Tales (2008)
The Terminator

I'll keep adding any titles as I find them, and I'd suggest you do the same. I don't know about you, but the difference between correct and incorrect aspect ratios is the difference between watching and not watching for me. Hopefully we can get this info to Netflix somehow.

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Permalink Reply by Nate on February 17, 2009 at 7:44pm: Hi, I'd like to add some more titles that have this issue as of 2-17-09.

The Mission: Special Edition (1986)
Hell in the Pacific (1968)

'Hell in the Pacific' starts in widescreen for the titles, then seems to go to a 'less-wide screen' that I believe is cropped but still shows narrow letterboxing.

I'd like to add my frustrations to the thread. I'm amazed that this persists with everything else that works so well with the Roku device and WI in general. I especially hate that I might put five minutes into a film before it suddenly jumps down to fullscreen after the titles, and I have decide to start a new movie or watch it cropped. Last year I started watching some seafaring movie (forgotten now) that won an Oscar for cinematography. During the glorious title sequence I was told it was filmed in 'Superduperscope' or something like that. Now I'm excited. Then the titles end and I'm zoomed in on somebody's pores. No thanks!; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Nate on March 25, 2009 at 6:32pm: As of 3-25-09: Man of the West (1958) It isn't available on DVD at all, but it's got widescreen titles, then pan-and-scan starts in the first scene.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Pihk on March 25, 2009 at 6:56pm: Nate: I totally sympathize with you about all the full screen on IW. Just so you know; for older movies like this one it was common practice for the titles to be presented in widescreen before they switch over to full screen for the movie. The butchers who made the full screen version would otherwise have the problem of titles and credits being unreadable. So this kind of cheat is common practice when ful screen versions are made, unfortunately.

That's not Netflix's fault, however. They just take what version they have and encode it. I just wish they were more diligent about making sure they have tried to find the movie in its correct aspect ratio before settling for the full screen, but hopefully in time they will improve. Keep listing what you find in this thread!; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Alex Ricciardi on April 7, 2009 at 9:16am: Just sat down to watch my first instant watch title in a while, Falling Down (1993) and, lo and behold: it's pan and scan. I'll keep posting as I find them.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Alex Ricciardi on April 7, 2009 at 9:19am: Oh, hey, Southland Tales (2008) is also pan and scan.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Pihk on April 7, 2009 at 9:23am: Apparently, The Terminator is also P&S. :(; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Brandon on April 9, 2009 at 11:04pm: Aways
Barton Fink
A very long engagemnt
All the Kubrick movies; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Xeno on April 10, 2009 at 3:25pm: Krull

...and most of the Starz content.

Would rather Netflix not release 4:3 at all, unless original aspect.

Go to Netflix 'report a problem' of viewing activity and tell them you are completely unsatisfied with 4:3 movies.

https://www.netflix.com/WiViewingActivity; ▶ Reply to This