2014 is the 75th anniversary of films released in 1939, often cited as the greatest year in the history of the movies. It is also the 50th anniversary of films released in 1964 and the 25th anniversary of films released in 1989. Will we see very many anniversary edition DVDs and Blu-rays this year? At the moment we can only speculate as none are planned

Warner Bros. did give an early 75th anniversary edition of The Wizard of Oz and Disney an early 50th anniversary edition of Mary Poppins but this year gives the studios more opportunity than any other for celebrating its past glories. Will they do so, or will they concentrate on streaming and trying to sell collectors on storing their already owned copies of films in the cloud where they can stop supporting access at will? Only time and a fickle public’s habits will tell.

For our purposes, let us suppose that they will be releasing Blu-ray upgrades in celebration of these special anniversaries later this year. What are the most likely suspects beyond Gone With the Wind which seems to get an “ultimate collector’s edition” every five years or so?

From 1939 only the Victor Fleming directed Gone With the Wind and The Wizard of Oz; Jean Renoir’s The Rules of the Game; John Ford’s Stagecoach; Zoltan Korda’s The Four Feathers; Hnery King’s Jesse James; John Ford’s Drums Along the Mohawk and the animated Gulliver’s Travels have had Blu-ray releases., Drums Along the Mohawk in a limited edition.

William Wyler’s film of Emily Bronte’s Wuthering Heights has been out of print for years and most likely will see a Blu-ray and standard DVD upgrade this year, but will it be bare bones or a spiffy special edition? Given the film’s pedigree it certainly should. After all, this is the film that won the New York Film Critics Award as the best film of a very competitive year.

Frank Capra’s Mr. Smith Goes to Washington; Sam Wood’s Goodbye, Mr. Chips; Ernst Lubitsch’s Ninotchka; George Cukor’s The Women; and William Dieterle’s The Hunchback of Notre Dame have seen several releases over the years, but none of them have been re-mastered since their initial DVD releases. Leo McCarey’s Love Affair has only been available in horrid public domain editions. Perhaps one of the boutique labels could rescue it.

What about Ford’s Young Mr. Lincoln; George Marshall’s Destry Rides Again; Howard Hawks’ Only Angels Have Wings; George Stevens’ Gunga Din; William A. Wellman’s Beau Geste; Lewis Milestone’s Of Mice and Men and Mitchell Leisen’s Midnight? Surely there would interest in upgraded versions of all of these.

1964 films that have seen Blu-ray releases in addition to Mary Poppins include Cukor’s My Fair Lady; Peter Glenville’s Becket; Stanley Kubrick’s Dr. Strangelove; Terence Young’s From Russia With Love; Guy Hamilton’s Goldfinger and a limited release editions of Michael Cacoyannis’ Zorba the Greek n Richard Lester’s A Hard Day’s Night. Of these My Fair Lady is most in need of a do-over.

Among the 1964 films that would benefit from a 50th anniversary Blu-ray upgrade are Hiroshi Teshigahara’s Woman in the Dunes; Charles Walters’ The Unsinkable Molly Brown; John Frankenheimer’s Seven Days in May; John Huston’s The Night of the Iguana; George Roy Hill’s The World of Henry Orient; Jules Dassin’s ; Topkapi and two that have never had a proper DVD release, Franklin J. Scaffner’s The Best Man and Ronald Neame’s The Chalk Garden.

There is less incentive for 25th anniversary upgrades as many of the films of 1989 have already had Blu-ray upgrades. Among them are Oliver Stone’s Born on the Fourth of July; Bruce Beresford’s Driving Miss Daisy;Peter Weir’s Dead Poets Society; Phil Alden Robinson’s Field of Dreams; Spike Lee’s Do the Right Thing; Edward Zwick’s Glory; Rob Reiner’s When Harry Met Sally…; Steven Soderbergh’s Sex. Lies, and Videotape and Disney’s The Little Mermaid. Woody Allen’s Crimes and Misdemeanors is being given a limited edition release next month. Still there is some room for more.

Daniel-Day Lewis’ first Oscar winner, Jim Sheridan’s My Left Foot was released on Blu-ray in the U.K., but not the U.S. Kenneth Branagh’s Henry V; Gus Van Sant’s Drugstore Cowboy; Steve Kloves’ The Fabulous Baker Boys and Paul Mazurksy’s Enemies, a Love Story would also benefit from a Blu-ray upgrade.

Let’s see how many of these suggestions come to fruition in the next twelve months.

This week’s new releases include Thanks for Sharing and I’m So Excited.