 The film was released on Blu-ray on October 23, 2007, in the US and other countries.Warner Home Video released the 25th anniversary edition on Blu-ray on August 7, 2012.

Review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes retrospectively collected reviews to give the film a score of 91% based on reviews from 79 critics and an average rating of 8.31/10.The summary states, "Intense, tightly constructed, and darkly comic at times, Stanley Kubrick's "Full Metal Jacket" may not boast the most original of themes, but it is exceedingly effective at communicating them."