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Stanley Kubrick

Stanley Kubrick
Born on July 26, 1928, in New York City, Stanley Kubrick was one of film's most artistically powerful writer/directors in having done: 2001 - A Space Odyssey, A Clockwork Orange, The Shining and several other recognized film classics.

Stanley Kubrick died on March 7, 1999, while he was married to his third wife, Christiane Harlan. During Stanley's life he released 13 blockbuster films. He was working on two films at the time of his death, "One-Eyed Jack" and "A.I.: Artificial Intelligence" however A.I. was later completed by Steven Spielberg.

Kubrick was an influential American and British film-maker, screenwriter, producer and photographer.
His films are characterized by a formal visual style and meticulous attention to detail - often combining elements of surrealism and expressionism with and ironic pessimis.
In 1962 Kubrick moved to the UK to shoot 'Lolita' and he would live there for the rest of his life. His motivation to realize 'Lolita' was to make it in a country with laxer censorship laws. Afterwards he filmed 'Doctor Strangelove' and the film '2001: A Space Odyssey' that is, it was required the large capacity of the sound stages of Shepperton Studios which were not available in America, Kubrick decided to settle in Britain permanently.



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  • McDowell's regrets over Kubrick fall out - 14 July 2011
    -Actor Malcolm Mcdowell's biggest regret is not making peace with A Clockwork Orange director Stanley Kubrick before he died.-The legendary filmmaker hired McDowell to play young sociopath Alex DeLarge in his violent 1971 masterpiece, and the pair became close while work


  • Stanley Kubrick competition - 3 February 2009
    - -WIN! Five pairs of tickets to the Stanley Kubrick season at the BFI Southbank.- -Controversial, enigmatic, philosophical and unique are just some of the adjectives critics have used to describe Stanley Kubrick, the great director behind such films as 2001: A Spa


  • London gets Kubrick collection - 9 November 2005
    Director Stanley Kubrick's vast archive is to come to London to be housed in a purpose-built centre.-The hugely influential director of 2001: A Space Odyssey, A Clockwork Orange and The Shining amassed an archive that includes all aspects of the production of his films,

Stanley Kubrick - what members say


  • Full Metal Jacket
  • Full Metal Jacket review by from Lincolnshire
    Rated - 5.0 stars A breath of fresh air......... 18 March 2004
    ...war and one that doesn't show the americans as heros for a change! Thank you Stanley Kubrick - the master!...   Read customer review
  • Barry Lyndon
  • Barry Lyndon review by from Colchester, England
    Rated - 5.0 stars Another Kubrick Classic 8 December 2004
    ...Starting with 'The Killing' in 1956, every film made by Stanley Kubrick has been a classic (with the possible exception of his last film, Eyes Wide Shut, which is still open t...   Read customer review
  • Spartacus
  • Spartacus review by A customer from GLASGOW
    Rated - 4.0 stars TOP MOVIE !!! 31 August 2005
    ...n). Anthony Mann was the original director of Spartacus, eventually replaced by Stanley Kubrick, who'd previously guided Douglas through Paths of Glory. The film received 4 Ac...   Read customer review

Stanley Kubrick - filmography


  • Stanley Kubrick A Life in Pictures (2001)
    Starring: Stanley Kubrick
    Director: Jan Harlan
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    Director Stanley Kubrick's career comes into sharp focus in this compelling and revealing documentary narrated by Tom Cruise. A detailed picture of the cinematic legend emerges via fascinating footage of Kubrick in his early years, at work on film sets and at home and via candid commentary from ..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 74% from 267 members
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  • Eyes Wide Shut on DVD (1999)
    Starring: Tom Cruise,  Nicole Kidman,  Madison Eginton
    Director: Stanley Kubrick
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
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    Stanley Kubrick's final film is a mature, highly intelligent, thrilling masterpiece of sexual obsession and marital (in)fidelity. Tom Cruise stars as Bill Harford, a doctor who becomes obsessed with a sexual fantasy that his wife, Alice (Nicole Kidman), confesses to him. Although the fantasy (..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 55% from 14,758 members
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  • Eyes Wide Shut - HD (1999)
    Starring: Tom Cruise,  Nicole Kidman,  Madison Eginton
    Director: Stanley Kubrick
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
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    Stanley Kubrick's final film is a mature, highly intelligent, thrilling masterpiece of sexual obsession and marital (in)fidelity. Tom Cruise stars as Bill Harford, a doctor who becomes obsessed with a sexual fantasy that his wife, Alice (Nicole Kidman), confesses to him. Although the fantasy (..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 57% from 214 members
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  • Eyes Wide Shut - Blu-ray (1999)
    Starring: Tom Cruise,  Nicole Kidman,  Madison Eginton
    Director: Stanley Kubrick
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
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    Stanley Kubrick's final film is a mature, highly intelligent, thrilling masterpiece of sexual obsession and marital (in)fidelity. Tom Cruise stars as Bill Harford, a doctor who becomes obsessed with a sexual fantasy that his wife, Alice (Nicole Kidman), confesses to him. Although the fantasy (..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 61% from 1,530 member
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  • Full Metal Jacket - HD (1987)
    Starring: Matthew Modine,  Adam Baldwin,  Vincent D'Onofrio
    Director: Stanley Kubrick
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
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    In this riveting look at military life during the Vietnam conflict, Stanley Kubrick, who made the powerful antiwar classics PATHS OF GLORY (WWI) and DR. STRANGELOVE (the cold war), once again explores the behavior of men in battle. FULL METAL JACKET, adapted from Gustav Hasford's novel THE SHORT ..read more »
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  • Full Metal Jacket on DVD (1987)
    Starring: Vincent D'Onofrio,  Kevyn Major Howard,  Matthew Modine
    Director: Stanley Kubrick
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
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    In this riveting look at military life during the Vietnam conflict, Stanley Kubrick, who made the powerful antiwar classics PATHS OF GLORY (WWI) and DR. STRANGELOVE (the cold war), once again explores the behavior of men in battle. FULL METAL JACKET, adapted from Gustav Hasford's novel THE SHORT ..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 77% from 35,598 members
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  • The Shining - HD (1980)
    Starring: Jack Nicholson,  Shelley Duvall,  Danny Lloyd
    Director: Stanley Kubrick
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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    Opening with spectacular aerial shots of a beautiful, mountainous landscape, Stanley Kubrick's horror classic THE SHINING, based on Stephen King's best-selling novel, sucks the viewer into his frightening tale with quiet, relaxing visuals - but the ominous soundtrack warns that all is not right at ..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 83% from 336 members
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  • The Shining - Blu-ray (1980)
    Starring: Jack Nicholson,  Shelley Duvall,  Danny Lloyd
    Director: Stanley Kubrick
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Watch now: £2.49
    Opening with spectacular aerial shots of a beautiful, mountainous landscape, Stanley Kubrick's horror classic THE SHINING, based on Stephen King's best-selling novel, sucks the viewer into his frightening tale with quiet, relaxing visuals - but the ominous soundtrack warns that all is not right at ..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 81% from 2,608 members
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  • The Shining on DVD (1980)
    Starring: Jack Nicholson,  Shelley Duvall,  Danny Lloyd
    Director: Stanley Kubrick
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Watch now: £2.49
    Opening with spectacular aerial shots of a beautiful, mountainous landscape, Stanley Kubrick's horror classic THE SHINING, based on Stephen King's best-selling novel, sucks the viewer into his frightening tale with quiet, relaxing visuals - but the ominous soundtrack warns that all is not right at ..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 76% from 56,545 members
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  • Barry Lyndon on DVD (1975)
    Starring: Ryan O'Neal,  Marisa Berenson,  Hardy Kruger
    Director: Stanley Kubrick
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    With ornate imagery reminiscent of paintings from the story's 18th century period, Stanley Kubrick's adaptation of William Makepeace Thackeray's novel depicts the rise and fall of a sensitive rogue in the British aristocracy. Young Irishman Redmond Barry (Ryan O'Neal) leaves home to seek his ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 68% from 5,483 members
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  • A Clockwork Orange - HD (1971)
    Starring: Malcolm McDowell,  Patrick Magee,  Michael Bates
    Director: Stanley Kubrick
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
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    From its opening shot of Malcolm McDowell staring with evil intent directly into the camera (which pulls back to reveal him drinking a glass of milk), Stanley Kubrick's brilliant CLOCKWORK ORANGE announces itself as a completely new kind of viewing experience. Banned in Britain for decades, the ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 73% from 178 members
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  • A Clockwork Orange on DVD (1971)
    Starring: John Savident,  Malcolm McDowell,  Patrick Magee
    Director: Stanley Kubrick
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
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    From its opening shot of Malcolm McDowell staring with evil intent directly into the camera (which pulls back to reveal him drinking a glass of milk), Stanley Kubrick's brilliant CLOCKWORK ORANGE announces itself as a completely new kind of viewing experience. Banned in Britain for decades, the ..read more »
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  • 2001 - A Space Odyssey - Blu-ray (1968)
    Starring: Keir Dullea,  Gary Lockwood,  William Sylvester
    Director: Stanley Kubrick
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
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    A four-million-year-old black monolith is discovered on the moon, and the government sends a team of scientists on a fact-finding mission while hiding the truth from the public. Later, another team is sent to Jupiter in a ship controlled by the perfect HAL 9000 computer to further investigate the ..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 75% from 2,502 members
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  • 2001 - A Space Odyssey on DVD (1968)
    Starring: Keir Dullea,  Gary Lockwood,  William Sylvester
    Director: Stanley Kubrick
    Certificate: Certificate: U
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    A four-million-year-old black monolith is discovered on the moon, and the government sends a team of scientists on a fact-finding mission while hiding the truth from the public. Later, another team is sent to Jupiter in a ship controlled by the perfect HAL 9000 computer to further investigate the ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 69% from 32,939 members
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  • 2001 - A Space Odyssey - HD (1968)
    Starring: Keir Dullea,  Gary Lockwood,  William Sylvester
    Director: Stanley Kubrick
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
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    A four-million-year-old black monolith is discovered on the moon, and the government sends a team of scientists on a fact-finding mission while hiding the truth from the public. Later, another team is sent to Jupiter in a ship controlled by the perfect HAL 9000 computer to further investigate the ..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 78% from 282 members
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  • Dr. Strangelove - Blu-ray (1964)
    Starring: George C. Scott,  Peter Sellers,  Sterling Hayden
    Director: Stanley Kubrick
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
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    DR. STRANGELOVE is Stanley Kubrick's Cold War masterpiece. Based on the novel RED ALERT by Peter George, the film is set at the height of the tensions between Russia and the United States, when all it would take to destroy the world was one push of a button. And General Jack D. Ripper (Sterling ..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 80% from 732 members
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  • Dr. Strangelove on DVD (1963)
    Starring: George C. Scott,  Peter Sellers,  Sterling Hayden
    Director: Stanley Kubrick
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
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    DR. STRANGELOVE OR: HOW I LEARNED TO STOP WORRYING AND LOVE THE BOMB is the cold war masterpiece by Stanley Kubrick. Based on the novel RED ALERT by Peter George, the film is set at the height of the tensions between Russia and the United States, when all it would take to destroy the world was one ..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 74% from 27,680 members
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  • Lolita on DVD (1962)
    Starring: James Mason,  Shelley Winters,  Sue Lyon
    Director: Stanley Kubrick
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    How did they make a movie out of Lolita? teased the print ads of this Stanley Kubrick production. The answer: by adding three years to the title character's age. The original Vladimir Nabokov novel caused no end of scandal by detailing the romance between a middle-aged intellectual and a 12-year-..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 67% from 4,948 members
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  • Spartacus - Blu-ray (1960)
    Starring: Kirk Douglas,  Laurence Olivier,  Jean Simmons
    Director: Stanley Kubrick
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    SPARTACUS, based on Howard Fast's popular novel, is Stanley Kubrick's glorious masterpiece about a slave uprising in Rome in 70 BC. Kirk Douglas, who also served as executive producer, stars as the title character, a man born of a slave woman and a slave master who has known nothing but chains for ..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 78% from 52 members
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  • Spartacus (1960)
    Starring: Kirk Douglas,  Laurence Olivier,  Jean Simmons
    Director: Stanley Kubrick
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Spartacus (Kirk Douglas) is a rebellious slave purchased by Lentulus Batiatus (Peter Ustinov), owner of a school for gladiators. For the entertainment of corrupt Roman senator Marcus Licinius Crassus (Laurence Olivier), Batiatus' gladiators are to stage a fight to the death. On the night before the ..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 75% from 7,670 members
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  • Spartacus - HD (1960)
    Starring: Kirk Douglas,  Laurence Olivier,  Jean Simmons
    Director: Stanley Kubrick
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    SPARTACUS, based on Howard Fast's popular novel, is Stanley Kubrick's glorious masterpiece about a slave uprising in Rome in 70 BC. Kirk Douglas, who also served as executive producer, stars as the title character, a man born of a slave woman and a slave master who has known nothing but chains for ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 74% from 238 members
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  • Paths Of Glory on DVD (1957)
    Starring: Kirk Douglas,  Adolphe Menjou,  George Macready
    Director: Stanley Kubrick
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    PATHS OF GLORY is among the most powerful antiwar films ever made. The story takes place in 1916 France, as the French command orders an exhausted unit to wrest control of an anthill from the Germans--expecting a casualty rate of 60 percent. The battle--during which the Germans are never seen, ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 73% from 5,348 members
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  • The Killing on DVD (1956)
    Starring: Coleen Gray,  Sterling Hayden,  Marie Windsor
    Director: Stanley Kubrick
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Sterling Hayden stars in Stanley Kubrick's crime noir classic, THE KILLING, based on crime Lionel White's novel CLEAN BREAK. Hayden plays Johnny Clay, an ex-con with a plan to steal $2 million from a San Francisco racetrack. He assembles an odd collection of tough guys and moles to participate in ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 69% from 2,895 members
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  • Killer's Kiss on DVD (1955)
    Starring: Frank Silvera,  Irene Kane,  Mike Dana
    Director: Stanley Kubrick
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Stanley Kubrick's second feature film, Killer's Kiss was made on a budget of $40,000, all raised by Kubrick's relatives. The black-and-white drama was shot principally at night in a variety of seedy Manhattan locations. The plot, told in an extended flashback, covers two days in the life of boxer ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 60% from 903 members
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Stanley Kubrick facts

5 most recent films

Stanley Kubrick A Life in Pictures - 4.0 stars
Eyes Wide Shut - 3.0 stars
Eyes Wide Shut - HD - 3.0 stars
Eyes Wide Shut - Blu-ray - 3.0 stars
Full Metal Jacket - Blu-ray - 4.0 stars

5 highest-rated films

The Shining - HD - 4.0 stars
The Shining - Blu-ray - 4.0 stars
Full Metal Jacket - Blu-ray - 4.0 stars
Dr. Strangelove - Blu-ray - 4.0 stars
Spartacus - Blu-ray - 4.0 stars

5 lowest-rated films

Fear and Desire - 2.5 stars
Eyes Wide Shut - 3.0 stars
Eyes Wide Shut - HD - 3.0 stars
Killer's Kiss - 3.0 stars
Eyes Wide Shut - Blu-ray - 3.0 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Patrick Magee - 5 times - show films
Leonard Rossiter - 5 times - show films
William Sylvester - 4 times - show films
John Savident - 4 times - show films
Kirk Douglas - 4 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Jan Harlan - 1 times - show films