The 5 Best 4k TVs For Watching Movies - Summer 2021 Reviews

The best TV for movies with an OLED screen that we've tested is the Sony A90J OLED. It's a flagship TV with exceptional picture quality, especially if you're watching movies in a dark room. It has a sleek design that should look nice in most home theater setups, and the stand can be elevated so you can place a soundbar in front without blocking the screen.

OLEDs are known for their ability to turn off individual pixels, resulting in a near-infinite contrast ratio. This means that blacks are deep and inky when viewed in the dark and there's no blooming around bright objects either. It removes 24p judder from any source, which helps with the appearance of motion in movies. If you watch HDR movies, it supports HDR10 and Dolby Vision, but not HDR10+. It displays a wide color gamut, has excellent out-of-the-box accuracy, and has fantastic gradient handling with minimal banding. It also gets brighter in HDR than most OLEDs, so although it's not as bright as LED TVs, HDR content still looks amazing.

Unfortunately, because it has such a quick response time, lower-frame rate content may appear to stutter as each frame is held on longer. It has a motion interpolation feature if this bothers you. Also, OLEDs have the risk of permanent burn-in if exposed to the same static elements over a long period of time, but we don't expect this to be an issue for those who watch varied content like movies. All things considered, this is the best TV for movies.

If you're worried about the burn-in risk associated with OLEDs, then it's better to look for an LED TV, which appear to be immune to burn-in. The best TV with an LED panel that we've tested is the Samsung QN90A QLED. It's a flagship 4k TV that comes with Mini LED backlighting, allowing it to get extremely bright, and it has greater control over its full-array local dimming feature.

The VA panel has a high native contrast ratio, but it's worse than other TVs with VA panels because of Samsung's 'Ultra Viewing Angle' layer that improves the viewing angles at the cost of contrast. However, it still has a great local dimming feature to produce extremely deep blacks with minimal blooming around bright objects. There's some stutter due to the quick response time, but it can remove 24p judder from any source automatically, and there's a motion interpolation feature. Even if you want to watch movies in the day in a room with a few lights around, visibility shouldn't be an issue as it has fantastic reflection handling.

Unfortunately, the local dimming performs worse in Game Mode than outside of it as it raises the black levels and there's more blooming. So if you stream your favorite movies from your game console, you have to make sure you're not in Game Mode to maintain excellent picture quality. Thanks to its Mini LED backlighting, it has outstanding HDR brightness that really makes highlights pop how the creator intended. Overall, this is the best TV for movies in the LED category.

The Hisense U6G is the best TV for home theater setups if you're on a budget. Although you won't find the same features as higher-end, more expensive models, it still offers great overall picture quality, especially for watching movies. The built-in Android TV has a ton of apps available to download, but it can take some time to learn the interface.

It performs well both in dark and bright environments. In a dark room, it has a VA panel with excellent native contrast and outstanding black uniformity, and the decent full-array local dimming feature helps it display deep blacks. It has excellent reflection handling and great peak brightness if you want to use it in a bright room. Like the Hisense U8G, it supports both HDR10+ and Dolby Vision, and even though its HDR brightness is just okay, it still delivers a great HDR experience as it displays a very wide color gamut. It doesn't have any trouble upscaling lower-resolution content, so content looks good whether you're watching a DVD or Blu-ray.

Unfortunately, it doesn't have a motion interpolation feature and can only remove judder from 24p sources, not 60p/i sources, but that's expected from a 60Hz panel. This means that lower frame rate content may appear to stutter in slow or panning shots. It also has narrow viewing angles, but that's normal for a VA panel. The TV wobbles on the stand a bit, but overall it's well-built. Besides these small problems, it's the best TV for movies for those on a budget.