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Stanley Kubrick filmography

A black and white photograph of Kubrick above a camera while filming Barry Lyndon in 1975
Kubrick filming Barry Lyndon in 1975

Stanley Kubrick (1928–1999)[1] directed thirteen feature films and three short documentaries over the course of his career. His work as a director, spanning diverse genres,[2] is regarded as highly influential.[3][4][5]

Kubrick made his directorial debut in 1951 with the documentary short Day of the Fight, followed by Flying Padre later that year. In 1953, he directed his first feature film, Fear and Desire.[6] The anti-war allegory's themes reappeared in his later films.[7][8] His next works were the film noir pictures Killer's Kiss (1955) and The Killing (1956).[9][10] Critic Roger Ebert praised The Killing and retrospectively called it Kubrick's "first mature feature".[9] Kubrick then directed two Hollywood films starring Kirk Douglas: Paths of Glory (1957) and Spartacus (1960).[11][12] The latter won the Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Drama.[13] His next film was Lolita (1962), an adaptation of Vladimir Nabokov's novel of the same name.[14] It was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay.[15] His 1964 film, the Cold War satire Dr. Strangelove featuring Peter Sellers and George C. Scott,[16] received the BAFTA Award for Best Film.[17] Along with The Killing, it remains the highest rated film directed by Kubrick according to Rotten Tomatoes.

In 1968, Kubrick directed the space epic 2001: A Space Odyssey. Now widely regarded as among the most influential films ever made,[18] 2001 garnered Kubrick his only personal Academy Award for his work as director of special effects.[19] His next project, the dystopian A Clockwork Orange (1971), was an initially X-rated adaptation of Anthony Burgess' 1962 novella.[20][21][22] After reports of crimes inspired by the film's depiction of "ultra-violence", Kubrick had it withdrawn from distribution in the United Kingdom.[21] Kubrick then directed the period piece Barry Lyndon (1975), in a departure from his two previous futuristic films.[23] It did not perform well commercially and received mixed reviews, but won four Oscars at the 48th Academy Awards.[24][25] In 1980, Kubrick adapted a Stephen King novel into The Shining, starring Jack Nicholson and Shelley Duvall.[26] Although Kubrick was nominated for a Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Director,[27] The Shining is now widely regarded as one of the greatest horror films of all time.[26][28][29] Seven years later, he released the Vietnam War film Full Metal Jacket.[30] It remains the highest rated of Kubrick's later films according to Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic. In the early 1990s, Kubrick abandoned his plans to direct a Holocaust film titled The Aryan Papers. He was hesitant to compete with Steven Spielberg's Schindler's List and had become "profoundly depressed" after working extensively on the project.[2][31] His final film, the erotic thriller Eyes Wide Shut starring Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman, was released posthumously in 1999.[32] An unfinished project that Kubrick referred to as Pinocchio was completed by Spielberg as A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001).[33][34]

In 1997, the Venice Film Festival awarded Kubrick the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement. That same year, he received a Directors Guild of America Lifetime Achievement Award, then called the D.W. Griffith Award.[35][36] In 1999, the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) presented Kubrick with a Britannia Award.[37] After his death, BAFTA renamed the award in his honor: "The Stanley Kubrick Britannia Award for Excellence in Film".[38] He was posthumously awarded a BAFTA Fellowship in 2000.[39]

Film

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Poster for Paths of Glory featuring Kirk Douglas as a soldier
Poster for Paths of Glory (1957)
Film poster featuring young girl wearing sunglasses and sucking on a lollipop
Poster for Lolita (1962)
Poster displaying youth aiming arrow and text: "Stanley Kubrick's A Clockwork Orange"
Poster for A Clockwork Orange (1971)
Table featuring films directed by Stanley Kubrick
Year Title Director Writer Producer Notes Ref(s).
1952 Fear and Desire Yes No Yes Also cinematographer and editor [7][40]
1955 Killer's Kiss Yes Story Yes [41]
1956 The Killing Yes Yes No Based on Clean Break by Lionel White [10]
1957 Paths of Glory Yes Yes Yes Based on the 1935 novel by Humphrey Cobb; Co-adapted with Calder Willingham and Jim Thompson [42][43]
1960 Spartacus Yes No No Based on the 1951 novel by Howard Fast [44]
1962 Lolita Yes No No Based on the 1955 novel by Vladimir Nabokov [45][46]
1964 Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb Yes Yes Yes Based on Red Alert by Peter George; Co-adapted with Terry Southern and Peter George [47]
1968 2001: A Space Odyssey Yes Yes Yes Co-written with Arthur C. Clarke; Also director and designer of special photographic effects [19][48]
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1971 A Clockwork Orange Yes Yes Yes Based on the 1962 novel by Anthony Burgess [21][51]
1975 Barry Lyndon Yes Yes Yes Based on The Luck of Barry Lyndon by William Makepeace Thackeray [52][53]
1980 The Shining Yes Yes Yes Based on the 1977 novel by Stephen King; Co-adapted with Diane Johnson [54]
1987 Full Metal Jacket Yes Yes Yes Based on The Short-Timers by Gustav Hasford; Co-adapted with Michael Herr and Gustav Hasford [30]
1999 Eyes Wide Shut Yes Yes Yes Based on Dream Story by Arthur Schnitzler; Co-adapted Frederic Raphael; Posthumous release [55][56]

Documentary short

Table featuring films directed by Stanley Kubrick
Year Title Director Writer Producer Cinematographer Editor Ref(s).
1951 Day of the Fight Yes Yes Yes Yes Uncredited [57][58]
Flying Padre Yes Yes No Yes No [59][60]
1952 World Assembly of Youth Yes? No No No No [61][62]
1953 The Seafarers Yes No Yes Yes Yes [63]

Other

Table featuring films with miscellaneous work by Stanley Kubrick
Year Title Role Ref(s).
1977 The Spy Who Loved Me Uncredited lighting design [64]

Television

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In 1952, sounds, effects, and music brought the production of Fear and Desire over budget to around $53,000,[65] and Kubrick had to be bailed out by producer Richard de Rochemont, on condition that he work as a second unit director[66][67] on de Rochemont's production of a James Agee-written Norman Lloyd-co-directed[68][69] five-part biographic series about Abraham Lincoln for the educational TV series Omnibus, filmed on location in Hodgenville, Kentucky,[70][71] starring Royal Dano and Joanne Woodward.[62][72][70]

Critical response

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Table featuring the critical reception of films directed by Stanley Kubrick
Year Title Rotten Tomatoes[73] Metacritic[74]
1953 Fear and Desire 75% (16 reviews) —
1955 Killer's Kiss 86% (21 reviews) —
1956 The Killing 98% (41 reviews) 91 (15 reviews)
1957 Paths of Glory 95% (60 reviews) 90 (18 reviews)
1960 Spartacus 93% (61 reviews) 87 (17 reviews)
1962 Lolita 91% (43 reviews) 79 (14 reviews)
1964 Dr. Strangelove 98% (91 reviews) 97 (32 reviews)
1968 2001: A Space Odyssey 92% (113 reviews) 84 (25 reviews)
1971 A Clockwork Orange 86% (71 reviews) 77 (21 reviews)
1975 Barry Lyndon 91% (74 reviews) 89 (21 reviews)
1980 The Shining 84% (95 reviews) 66 (26 reviews)
1987 Full Metal Jacket 92% (83 reviews) 76 (19 reviews)
1999 Eyes Wide Shut 75% (158 reviews) 68 (34 reviews)

See also

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