Director
Stanley Kubrick
Stanley Kubrick directed 4 films on FilmAbouts, released between 1968 and 1987. Their work here circles power, violence, alienation.
Recurring themes
Ideas they keep returning to
Filmography
On FilmAbouts
2001: A Space Odyssey
1968 · Sci-Fi / Adventure / Mystery · Stanley Kubrick
“Humanity's journey from ape to star-child, interrupted by a black monolith and an artificial intelligence that refuses to die.”
A Clockwork Orange
1971 · Crime / Sci-Fi / Satire · Stanley Kubrick
“A charismatic young thug is 'cured' of violence by the state — and loses the one thing that made him human: the ability to choose.”
The Shining
1980 · Horror / Drama · Stanley Kubrick
“A haunted-house film in which the haunting is a family already broken before it arrives.”
Full Metal Jacket
1987 · War / Drama · Stanley Kubrick
“Marines are built in boot camp and tested in the ruins of Huế.”