DIRECTOR FILMOGRAPHY - The Films of STANLEY KUBRICK

Seen 'em all except for the pre-1955 films.

STANLEY KUBRICK

Seen: 11
Like: 6
Own: 5*

Rank order:

Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)
2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
Spartacus (1960)
The Killing (1956)
Eyes Wide Shut (1999)
A Clockwork Orange (1971)
The Shining (1980)
Paths of Glory (1957)
Full Metal Jacket (1987)
Lolita (1962)
Barry Lyndon (1975)


* - I won't be buying Eyes Wide Shut until and unless it becomes available uncut and without PAL speedup.

Eyes Wide Shut (1999)
Full Metal Jacket (1987)
The Shining (1980)
Barry Lyndon (1975)
A Clockwork Orange (1971)
2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
Dr. Strangelove:
Lolita (1962)
Spartacus (1960)
Paths of Glory (1957)


Ranked

1)2001: A Space Odyssey
2)Spartacus
3)Dr.Strangelove
4)A Clockwork Orange
5)The Shining
6)Full Metal Jacket
7)Paths of Glory


* - I will never buy Eyes Wide Shut even if it becomes available uncut and in "count the lines" NTSC.

eyes wide shut
full metal jacket
the shining
a clockwork orange
2001: a space odyssey
dr. strangelove
spartacus

CJ

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STANLEY KUBRICK

Argh! I knew this was coming and have been dreading trying to choose between these fantastic films. I've liked every Kubrick movie I've seen except one. I even enjoyed Lolita although I was only able to see half of it due to some delamination on the DVD that I didn't notice until the movie stopped playing. So I enjoyed half of Lolita. I'll leave it off my list until I see the whole thing.

2001 has got to be my number one. It's the first Kubrick film I ever saw (my Dad being an SF buff, showed it to me early in life) and it's the one I've seen the most. The others are great too, and I generally rank whichever one I've seen most recently highest.

Today's ranking:

2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)
Full Metal Jacket (1987)
The Shining (1980)
Eyes Wide Shut (1999)
The Killing (1956)
Paths of Glory (1957)
A Clockwork Orange (1971)
Barry Lyndon (1975)
Spartacus (1960)

Easy to rate but hard to rank

*1. 2001 A Space Odyssey - A (seen on 70mm)
*2. Dr. Strangelove - A (once in theater)
*3. A Clockwork Orange - A
*4. Barry Lyndon - A
*5. The Shining - A (once in a theater)
*6. Eyes Wide Shut - A (twice in theater)
*7. Paths Of Glory - A
*8. Lolita - A
*9. Full Metal Jacket - A
*10. The Killing - A
*11. Spartacus - A-
*12. Killer's Kiss - B+
13. Day of the Fight - B-
14. Flying Padre - C

I would say that 4-9 are virtual ties that I could order completely differently on any given day.

Own: 12

Eyes Wide Shut (1999) A-
Full Metal Jacket (1987) B-
The Shining (1980) A
Barry Lyndon (1975) C
A Clockwork Orange (1971) A
2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) A
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964) A
Lolita (1962) B
Spartacus (1960) B-
The Killing (1956) B+

1. Paths of Glory
2. Dr. Strangelove
3. The Killing
4. Spartacus
5. 2001: A Space Odyssey
6. Eyes Wide Shut
7. Lolita
8. Barry Lyndon
9. A Clockwork Orange
10. Full Metal Jacket

Rated from to
Titles in RED are theatrical screenings

Stanley Kubrick
Jul 26, 1928 - Mar 7, 1999
Eyes Wide Shut (1999) (Own the Blu)
Full Metal Jacket (1987) (Own the Blu)
The Shining (1980) (Own the Blu)
Barry Lyndon (1975) (Own the Blu)
A Clockwork Orange (1971) (Own the Blu)
2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) (Own the Blu)
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and LOVE the Bomb (1964) (Own the Blu)
Lolita (1962) (Own the Blu)
Spartacus (1960) (Own the Blu)
Paths of Glory (1957) (Own the Blu)
The Killing (1956) (Own the DVD)
Killer's Kiss (1955) (Own the DVD)
The Seafarers (1953)
Fear and Desire (1953)
Day of the Fight (1951)
Flying Padre (1951)

Seen 12
Own 12

This should have been Volume 1

Edited by Bill McA - 6/16/11 at 5:28pm

Full Metal Jacket (1987) - - really need to watch again...
The Shining (1980) - 1/2 - enjoyed it a lot but doesn't work so well in a semi-bright room on a computer on a summer day.
A Clockwork Orange (1971) - 1/2 - really really need to watch again
2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) - - 35mm film finally convinced me.
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964) - - filmmaking perfection, I just don't have enough room in my top ten or fifteen!
Spartacus (1960) - - seems underrated here, but I loved the heck out of the first kubrick I saw.
Paths of Glory (1957) - - This blew my mind when I was fourteen and it hasn't lost any of its power since then.


Ranking:

1. Dr. Strangelove, Or:...
2. Paths of Glory
3. Spartacus
4. 2001: A Space Odyssey
5. A Clockwork Orange
6. Full Metal Jacket
7. The Shining

Agreed!

In the last 6 months a theater here has shown A Clockwork Orange and The Shining and both dates happened to be weekends I was out of town.

I have seen Dr. Strangelove once in a theater and 2001 in glorious 70mm.

FYI, Fear and Desire is the most primitive of this filmmaker's features. I saw it twice at a school screening in 1975. For fans of Mr. Kubrick, it fascinates; one can see the emergence of his style. Further emerged in Killer's Kiss, but still crude. But by his third feature film, The Killing, he was already a major, major talent.

Haven't seen:

Killer's Kiss (1955)
The Seafarers (1953)
Fear and Desire (1953)
Day of the Fight (1951)
Flying Padre (1951)

Rough ranking:

A Clockwork Orange (1971)
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)
2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
Eyes Wide Shut (1999)
The Shining (1980)
Full Metal Jacket (1987)
Barry Lyndon (1975)
Spartacus (1960)
Lolita (1962)
Paths of Glory (1957)
The Killing (1956)

In my collection.....
Out of 4s

Eyes Wide Shut (1999) 1/2
Full Metal Jacket (1987) 1/2
The Shining (1980) 1/2
Barry Lyndon (1975) 1/2
A Clockwork Orange (1971)
2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) (The greatest film ever made IMHO)
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)
Paths of Glory (1957)

1. A Clockwork Orange

2. Full Metal Jacket

3. Dr. Strangelove Or, How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love The Bomb

4. The Shining

5. 2001: A Space Odyssey

6. Eyes Wide Shut

7. Lolita

8. Paths Of Glory

Easily the Greatest Of All Time IMO

1. Barry Lyndon
2. Dr. Strangelove
3. Eyes Wide Shut
4. Paths of Glory
5. A Clockwork Orange
6. 2001
7. The Shining
8. Full Metal Jacket
9. Lolita
10. Spartacus
11. The Killing

~T

Eyes Wide Shut (1999)
Full Metal Jacket (1987)
The Shining (1980)
Barry Lyndon (1975)
A Clockwork Orange (1971)
2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)
Lolita (1962)
Spartacus (1960)
Paths of Glory (1957)
The Killing (1956)
Killer's Kiss (1955)
The Seafarers (1953)
Fear and Desire (1953)
Day of the Fight (1951)
Flying Padre (1951)


Own all the titles here and will gladly rebuy all of them. I've also been lucky enough to see the majority of them in a theater, which is lucky considering I wasn't born until 1980. Saw EYES WIDE SHUT three time within 24 hours on its opening day and paid a clerk $75 to sell it to me a week early when it came out on DVD.

As for the shorts, they really aren't anything special and they really don't show anything that would be future Kubrick. FEAR AND DESIRE has some great camerawork, which fans should find interesting when compared to later films.

I know DR. STRANGELOVE is considered his great "black comedy" but I'd give my vote to LOLITA for that.

In order of merit:


1.Paths of Glory (1957) ****
2.Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964) ****
3.2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) ****
4.A Clockwork Orange (1971) ***1/2
5.The Killing (1956) ***1/2
6.Spartacus (1960) ***1/2
7.Barry Lyndon (1975) ***
8.Eyes Wide Shut (1999) ***
9.The Shining (1980) ***
10.Lolita (1962) ***
11.Full Metal Jacket (1987) ***
12.Killer's Kiss (1955) **1/2


The first 3 are practically interchangable but I've given the edge to PATHS due to its amazing performances and because it's one of the most scathing and moving indictments of war whereas, say, 2001 is more of a cold, perhaps even hollow technological exercise. STRANGELOVE, then, is my favorite among his films and, witnessing George C. Scott's jaw-dropping comedic turn always has me scratching my head as to why he didn't try that more often in subsequent years (although I know that Kubrick pulled that performance out of him through devious ways)!


P.S. I don't know if it's actually true or not but I once read in an Italian film magazine that A CLOCKWORK ORANGE was Bunuel's favorite film. In that same magazine (which probably was a special Kubrick issue published after his death), Kubrick's favorite films were listed as well - and there were some surprising choices to be sure. I'll try to remember them and post them later on...

A Clockwork Orange (1971) ****
2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) ****
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964) **1/2
Spartacus (1960) ***
The Killing (1956) ***
Paths of Glory (1957) ****

STANLEY KUBRICK

***Eyes Wide Shut (1999)
*****Full Metal Jacket (1987)
***The Shining (1980)
****Barry Lyndon (1975)
****A Clockwork Orange (1971)
*****2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
*****Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)
****Lolita (1962)
***Spartacus (1960)
****Paths of Glory (1957)
****The Killing (1956)

One of the most consistent, thoughful and attentive filmmakers of our time - I was never disappointed by his films. Over time I've gotten more out of some than others - to me, '2001,' 'Dr. Strangelove' and 'Full Metal Jacket' (with 'Barry Lyndon' close behind) have great and complex revelations in them, whereas my fondness for 'Clockwork' and 'Shining' is more technical, than philosophical. 'The Killing' - meanwhile - I find notable for it's technical skill (which is dazzling) and in how it presages a good chunk of his later career.

Killing
Paths of Glory
Spartacus
Dr Strangelove
2001
Clockwork Orange
Shining
Full Metal Jacket
Eyes Wide Shut

Ranks and ratings on a scale of * to *****:

1: Paths of Glory (1957) *****
2: The Shining (1980) *****
3: Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964) *****
4: Lolita (1962) *****
5: Spartacus (1960) *****
6: 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) *****
7: The Killing (1956) ****
8: Full Metal Jacket (1987) ****
9: Barry Lyndon (1975) ***½
10: Killer's Kiss (1955) **
11: A Clockwork Orange (1971) **

Seen 11
Own 9

Updated with The Killing (1956).

Updated with Killer's Kiss (1955).

Updated with

Paths of Glory (1957) ****