As a die-hard movie buff, these are the five 4K Blu-rays I'm eyeing off this Prime Day

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Amazon's Prime Day sale event isn't just about gadgets — the world's biggest online retailer has slashed prices across every one of its categories, and the one I'm probably going to spend the most money on is the Movies category.

Take one look at my author bio and you'll see that I'm obsessed with physical media. Currently my collection of Blu-rays and 4K Ultra HD Blu-rays sits at around the 2,200 mark — and that isn't even counting the thousand or so DVDs I've got tucked away in storage.

In other words, while I may extensively cover streaming content as part of my job, physical media is king, so you can pry my disc collection from my cold dead hands.

Ahem, anyways, Amazon has some excellent movie deals on offer during this year's Prime Day sale, and there are several that I've got my eye on. Being the man of culture that I am, here are the top five 4K Blu-ray deals I can recommend to fellow cinephiles.

One thing you should know: While 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray discs are region-free by design, the accompanying standard Blu-ray discs included in these sets (which often hold the bulk of a film's special features) may be region locked.

To Live and Die in L.A. (4K UHD Blu-ray) | AU$45.33 AU$28.71 (save AU$16.62)

Given recent world events, this story of a secret service agent who at one point foils a presidential assassination attempt is feeling more timely than ever. Of course, the real meat of William Friedkin's 1985 masterpiece involves that same agent (William Peterson) and his mission to take down the money counterfeiter (Willem Dafoe) who killed his partner. A white-knuckle ride with a harrowing car chase and a truly shocking ending.

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Stephen Lambrechts is the Managing Editor of Tom's Guide AU and has written professionally across the categories of tech, film, television and gaming for the last 15 years. Before Tom's Guide, he spent several years as a Senior Journalist at TechRadar, had a brief stint as Editor in Chief at Official Xbox Magazine Australia, and has written for such publications as APC, TechLife Australia, T3, FilmInk, AskMen, Daily Telegraph and IGN. He's an expert when it comes to smartphones, TVs, gaming and streaming. In his spare time, he enjoys watching obscure horror movies on physical media, keeping an eye on the latest retro sneaker releases and listening to vinyl. Occasionally, he also indulges in other non-hipster stuff, like hiking.