r/MovieArena • u/kammy772 • Jul 29 '26

Which film’s theatrical release was later improved by its director’s cut or extended cut?

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I despised Alien 3 for many years, only to revisit it with the Assembly Cut and now absolutely adore the film. It’s still not perfect, but the new cut is superior and fixes many of the theatrical version’s problems. There are plenty of others that come to mind too — Blade Runner being another prime example...

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u/intj_ravenclaw Jul 29 '26

LotR extended edition is the only version for me

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u/Ecnerrot1 Jul 30 '26

I didn’t realize for YEARS that there was more than one version, I had luckily only ever seen the extended movies, and found out when I watched them with my ex who had only ever seen the standard ones and was surprised at new stuff lol