Top 40 must-have Blu-ray discs

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After a long wait, Billy Wilder's classic 'The Apartment' has hit Blu-ray along with 'Shakespeare in Love.'

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Another month, another set of new Blu-ray releases--and another update to our long-running list of must-have Blu-ray movies. This month's entries: "The Apartment" and "Shakespeare In Love."

Though my face is at the top of the column, the list was compiled with input from editors John Falcone, Matthew Moskovciak, and David Katzmaier, who look at a lot of video content in their day-to-day testing of products. We also keep an eye on AVS Forum's Blu-ray picture-quality and audio-quality threads and have always appreciated the site's tier rating system.

This list is not set in stone, and we'll be adding and removing discs as new ones come out. As always, feel free to make comments and suggest your own personal favorites. They may get added to the list in the future.

Also: If you're someone who likes demoing your system and skipping around between scenes, you'll want a fast Blu-ray player, which you can find among our best Blu-ray player picks.

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Updated February 1, 2012: We swapped in "The Apartment" and "Shakespeare in Love."

Updated November 21, 2011: We swapped in "Ben-Hur" and "Blue Velvet."