Criterion Finally Brings Killers of the Flower Moon to Physical Media Next Year

It finally happened: Martin Scorsese's Killers of the Flower Moon is getting a real-deal physical release, and yes, it's coming from Criterion. After years of the movie living only on Apple's streaming turf and whispers that Apple swatted away multiple Criterion offers, the disc gods have smiled. Scorsese shelves, prepare to be complete again.

So, when is it coming?

Criterion will release Killers of the Flower Moon on 4K Ultra HD, Blu-ray, and DVD on March 24, 2026. Long wait? Yup. Worth it for a definitive edition? Also yes.

What you get in the box

• Fresh 4K digital master overseen and approved by Martin Scorsese, with a Dolby Atmos mix
• One 4K UHD disc in Dolby Vision HDR, plus two Blu-rays housing the feature and all the extras
• A new documentary with Scorsese; Leonardo DiCaprio; Lily Gladstone; author David Grann; Osage Nation Principal Chief Geoffrey Standing Bear; Osage cultural consultant John Williams; editor Thelma Schoonmaker; and other cast and crew
• "WahZhaZhe": A Song for the Osage, a new doc zeroing in on the film's final shot, with Scorsese, Chief Standing Bear, and six members of the Osage Nation
• Archival interview excerpts with cinematographer Rodrigo Prieto
• Selections from the 2023 Cannes Film Festival press conference featuring Scorsese, DiCaprio, Gladstone, Chief Standing Bear, and Robert De Niro
• A short piece on Noah Kemohah's cover art
• The theatrical trailer
• English SDH subtitles and English descriptive audio
• Plus: Essays by critic Vinson Cunningham and film programmer Adam Piron

Why this took so long (and why collectors care)

The movie's been streaming on Apple's platform for a while, but physical media clearly wasn't a priority there. Industry chatter said Criterion tried more than once and got turned down. If true, that's wild. Regardless, this edition sounds like the one fans were hoping for from day one.

Quick refresher on the movie itself

Adapted from David Grann's nonfiction bestseller, Killers of the Flower Moon digs into the real murders of the Osage Nation in 1920s Oklahoma, after oil made the community incredibly wealthy. The deaths piled up, corruption bled into every corner, and the investigation ultimately pulled in the FBI. It's Scorsese doing sprawling American tragedy, with an emphasis on who gets to tell the story and how.

The runtime debate keeps going

Some people thought the film's three-and-a-half hours were a lot. Jodie Foster went the other direction, arguing the material could have stretched even further as a series.

"This is the beauty of having limited series. You can expand on a story. I was thinking of 'Killers of the Flower Moon' — extraordinary movie, three-and-a-half hours long. And I thought, 'I wonder why they didn't do it eight hours long' — to be able to explore all these other people, and give them another perspective. The great thing about limited series is you can have that novelistic idea of going off into tangents and tying them together."

Bottom line

Criterion stepping in here is a win. It would have been a shame to leave one of Scorsese's major works stranded on a single service forever, and the extras lean hard into the film's historical context and the Osage perspectives. You picking this up for your shelf when it lands?