he always brought originality to his
arts pardon Lalo’s welcome to
watchmojo.com and today we’re counting
down our picks for Stanley Kubrick’s top
10 movies we are all by any practical
definition of the words foolproof and
incapable of error number 10
Lolita sunny garden a congenial
atmosphere my cherry pies while many of
Kubrick’s movies are book adaptations
Vladimir Nabokov’s Lolita is one
challenging story to bring from page to
screen cha-cha-cha
why that pesky little detail about the
middle-aged man falling for a young girl
and marrying her mother to get near her
but my darling mother finds out she’s
going to divorce you and strangle me by
increasing lolita’s age ever so slightly
and employing a storytelling technique
where in the end falls at the beginning
Kubrick attempted to lessen the
controversy and heighten the interest
hey let’s tell mother tell mother what
you know what no I didn’t think that was
very funny
number nine Eyes Wide Shut this was
Kubrick’s final film before his death
and he considered it his greatest
contribution to the art of cinema don’t
you want to go with a brain
now that depends where that is in this
erotic story of sex relationships and
the occult the director demonstrates his
perfectionism by taking control of each
of the film’s visual aspects from props
and wall color
– gorgeous masks
employing a shooting style that
underlines the bizarre storyline
Kubrick’s choices are purposeful intense
and stunning I have seen one or two
things in my life number eight paths of
glory
an example of Kubrick’s earlier work
this is one of the few war movies that
doesn’t glorify violence to honest short
and bleak it adapts the story of French
soldiers who were sacrificed to set an
example and assure the motivation of
their fellow officers a few things more
fundamentally encouraging and
stimulating than seeing someone else die
with hard-hitting sentiment trademark
visual beauty and realism this film also
features the emotionally raw
performances only Kubrick could elicit
from his actors I’m not telling you
sooner that you’re a degenerate sadistic
old man number 7
Spartacus captain the teeth you asked
him to open his mouth he doesn’t obey
his teeth is the best thing about him
yam strung a guard with him not more
than an hour ago I’m strung Oh
marvellous I wish I’d been here
Kubrick reteamed with Kirk Douglas to
create this award-winning historical
drama
though the director was unable to retain
the same level of creative control he
was accustomed to Spartacus still proved
a powerful film with spectacular acting
and action sequences you imbecile
also notable for its communist
connections and it’s parallels to the
American civil rights movement this epic
features a climax scene that’s been
copied and quoted on multiple occasions
number six Barry Lyndon henceforth
Redmond Barry assumes the style title
daddy Linda like most of his films this
Kubrick period piece broke cinematic
ground with new techniques in this case
he made the unprecedented move of using
only candles to light some scenes
labeled by Roger Ebert as one of the
most beautiful films ever made it
follows the story of a fictitious 18th
century Irish social climber a Kubrick
vehicle in every sense it’s detached
beautiful and a technical marvel I never
saw that more game in my life number 5
Full Metal Jacket produced directed and
co-written by Kubrick this film peppers
comedy in the midst of the Vietnam wars
drama and violence I wanted to be the
first kid on my block to get a confirmed
kill experimental and form its first
section follows Marine training and
traces the descent into madness of one
private because of a severe drill
instructor you can come over to my house
and my sister some say the film loses
stature by changing settings in the
second half however it’s just quirky and
beautiful enough to be a Kubrick
favorite
number four the shining while avid
Stephen King fans may have been left
unsatisfied this Kubrick adaptation is
now considered one of the great horror
films
with a spooky Jack Nicholson performance
as it’s anchored it tracks an alcoholic
writers downward spiral as he spends the
winter holed up in a haunted hotel I’m
just gonna bash your brains with shot
after beautifully composed shot
complemented by Kubrick’s iconic first
use of Steadicam The Shining ratchets up
the scares psychologically and to great
effect
number three dr. Strangelove now then
Demetri you know how we’ve always talked
about the possibility of something going
wrong with the bomb with lots of help
from Peter Sellers Kubrick highlights
the nuclear arms race in yet another
anti-war film however this one’s
considered one of the funniest political
satires of the 20th century I’m not
saying we wouldn’t get our hair mussed
but I do say no more than 10 to 20
million kill tops subtitled or how I
learned to stop worrying and love the
bomb this movie is elevated by stellar
performances which Kubrick inspired
using dubious methods sometimes angering
actors or saying a take was a rehearsal
number two a Clockwork Orange
bring on the ultraviolence this story of
Alex his drugs and their dystopian
future has become a true cult classic
thanks to Kubrick’s thoroughness and
nitpicking by shooting and reshooting
pivotal scenes playing with fast and
slow motion using a handheld camera for
most of the shoot and even dropping his
camera out the window
Kubrick brought viewers into this
violent world and garnered ample
controversy for his efforts it’s funny
how the colors of the real world only
seem really real when you biggie them on
a screen before we unveil our number one
pick here are a few honorable mentions
this be a mask if you don’t keep those
mitts up nobody’s gonna cry for me later
or cheer for me now I’m gonna count to
three and if you still don’t know I’m
gonna blow your brains out number 1 2001
a Space Odyssey open the pod bay doors
hell I’m sorry Dave I’m afraid I can’t
do that sometimes overlooked because of
its complexity this film explores
artificial intelligence evolution and
space travel through a contemplative
look at the human experience well it’s
exactly like being asleep you have
absolutely no sense of time calming
difference is that you don’t dream
initially it received mixed reviews from
critics and audiences however it later
won an Oscar for special effects and was
labeled his generations Big Bang by
Steven Spielberg
Kubrick’s groundbreaking efforts and
stunning cinematography eventually
inspired countless future
science-fiction films as the very
definition of awesome
do you agree with our list which do you
think is Stanley Kubrick’s best movie
see that cockroach tomorrow morning will
be done it’ll be alive
now you get the edge your end for more
top 10s published every day be sure to
subscribe to watchmojo.com
arts pardon Lalo’s welcome to
watchmojo.com and today we’re counting
down our picks for Stanley Kubrick’s top
10 movies we are all by any practical
definition of the words foolproof and
incapable of error number 10
Lolita sunny garden a congenial
atmosphere my cherry pies while many of
Kubrick’s movies are book adaptations
Vladimir Nabokov’s Lolita is one
challenging story to bring from page to
screen cha-cha-cha
why that pesky little detail about the
middle-aged man falling for a young girl
and marrying her mother to get near her
but my darling mother finds out she’s
going to divorce you and strangle me by
increasing lolita’s age ever so slightly
and employing a storytelling technique
where in the end falls at the beginning
Kubrick attempted to lessen the
controversy and heighten the interest
hey let’s tell mother tell mother what
you know what no I didn’t think that was
very funny
number nine Eyes Wide Shut this was
Kubrick’s final film before his death
and he considered it his greatest
contribution to the art of cinema don’t
you want to go with a brain
now that depends where that is in this
erotic story of sex relationships and
the occult the director demonstrates his
perfectionism by taking control of each
of the film’s visual aspects from props
and wall color
– gorgeous masks
employing a shooting style that
underlines the bizarre storyline
Kubrick’s choices are purposeful intense
and stunning I have seen one or two
things in my life number eight paths of
glory
an example of Kubrick’s earlier work
this is one of the few war movies that
doesn’t glorify violence to honest short
and bleak it adapts the story of French
soldiers who were sacrificed to set an
example and assure the motivation of
their fellow officers a few things more
fundamentally encouraging and
stimulating than seeing someone else die
with hard-hitting sentiment trademark
visual beauty and realism this film also
features the emotionally raw
performances only Kubrick could elicit
from his actors I’m not telling you
sooner that you’re a degenerate sadistic
old man number 7
Spartacus captain the teeth you asked
him to open his mouth he doesn’t obey
his teeth is the best thing about him
yam strung a guard with him not more
than an hour ago I’m strung Oh
marvellous I wish I’d been here
Kubrick reteamed with Kirk Douglas to
create this award-winning historical
drama
though the director was unable to retain
the same level of creative control he
was accustomed to Spartacus still proved
a powerful film with spectacular acting
and action sequences you imbecile
also notable for its communist
connections and it’s parallels to the
American civil rights movement this epic
features a climax scene that’s been
copied and quoted on multiple occasions
number six Barry Lyndon henceforth
Redmond Barry assumes the style title
daddy Linda like most of his films this
Kubrick period piece broke cinematic
ground with new techniques in this case
he made the unprecedented move of using
only candles to light some scenes
labeled by Roger Ebert as one of the
most beautiful films ever made it
follows the story of a fictitious 18th
century Irish social climber a Kubrick
vehicle in every sense it’s detached
beautiful and a technical marvel I never
saw that more game in my life number 5
Full Metal Jacket produced directed and
co-written by Kubrick this film peppers
comedy in the midst of the Vietnam wars
drama and violence I wanted to be the
first kid on my block to get a confirmed
kill experimental and form its first
section follows Marine training and
traces the descent into madness of one
private because of a severe drill
instructor you can come over to my house
and my sister some say the film loses
stature by changing settings in the
second half however it’s just quirky and
beautiful enough to be a Kubrick
favorite
number four the shining while avid
Stephen King fans may have been left
unsatisfied this Kubrick adaptation is
now considered one of the great horror
films
with a spooky Jack Nicholson performance
as it’s anchored it tracks an alcoholic
writers downward spiral as he spends the
winter holed up in a haunted hotel I’m
just gonna bash your brains with shot
after beautifully composed shot
complemented by Kubrick’s iconic first
use of Steadicam The Shining ratchets up
the scares psychologically and to great
effect
number three dr. Strangelove now then
Demetri you know how we’ve always talked
about the possibility of something going
wrong with the bomb with lots of help
from Peter Sellers Kubrick highlights
the nuclear arms race in yet another
anti-war film however this one’s
considered one of the funniest political
satires of the 20th century I’m not
saying we wouldn’t get our hair mussed
but I do say no more than 10 to 20
million kill tops subtitled or how I
learned to stop worrying and love the
bomb this movie is elevated by stellar
performances which Kubrick inspired
using dubious methods sometimes angering
actors or saying a take was a rehearsal
number two a Clockwork Orange
bring on the ultraviolence this story of
Alex his drugs and their dystopian
future has become a true cult classic
thanks to Kubrick’s thoroughness and
nitpicking by shooting and reshooting
pivotal scenes playing with fast and
slow motion using a handheld camera for
most of the shoot and even dropping his
camera out the window
Kubrick brought viewers into this
violent world and garnered ample
controversy for his efforts it’s funny
how the colors of the real world only
seem really real when you biggie them on
a screen before we unveil our number one
pick here are a few honorable mentions
this be a mask if you don’t keep those
mitts up nobody’s gonna cry for me later
or cheer for me now I’m gonna count to
three and if you still don’t know I’m
gonna blow your brains out number 1 2001
a Space Odyssey open the pod bay doors
hell I’m sorry Dave I’m afraid I can’t
do that sometimes overlooked because of
its complexity this film explores
artificial intelligence evolution and
space travel through a contemplative
look at the human experience well it’s
exactly like being asleep you have
absolutely no sense of time calming
difference is that you don’t dream
initially it received mixed reviews from
critics and audiences however it later
won an Oscar for special effects and was
labeled his generations Big Bang by
Steven Spielberg
Kubrick’s groundbreaking efforts and
stunning cinematography eventually
inspired countless future
science-fiction films as the very
definition of awesome
do you agree with our list which do you
think is Stanley Kubrick’s best movie
see that cockroach tomorrow morning will
be done it’ll be alive
now you get the edge your end for more
top 10s published every day be sure to
subscribe to watchmojo.com
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