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Where to start with Stanley Kubrick
Every Stanley Kubrick film is a different genre, and each one feels like the last word on it. Cold, precise and endlessly rewatchable.
Full filmography1Start here
The Shining1980 · Stanley Kubrick · 144 minA haunted hotel and a family coming apart. The most fun place to begin.2Then
2001: A Space Odyssey1968 · Stanley Kubrick · 149 minWatch it on the biggest screen you can find. Cinema as pure experience.
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb1964 · Stanley Kubrick · 95 minThe funniest film ever made about nuclear war.
Full Metal Jacket1987 · Stanley Kubrick · 117 minBoot camp, then Vietnam: two films in one, both brutal.3Go deeper
A Clockwork Orange1971 · Stanley Kubrick · 137 minViolent, stylish and still provocative. Not for every mood.
Barry Lyndon1975 · Stanley Kubrick · 188 minLit by candlelight, it looks like a painting that learned to move.
Paths of Glory1957 · Stanley Kubrick · 88 minA short, furious anti-war film from his early years.
Eyes Wide Shut1999 · Stanley Kubrick · 159 minHis last film: a strange, hypnotic night in New York.