16 Stanley Kubrick Movies, Ranked Best to Worst

Based on Stephen King’s novel, this psychological horror movie has Jack Torrance moving into a secluded hotel, with a violent past, as an off-season caretaker along with his wife, Wendy and psychic son, Danny. While the supernatural influences gradually turn Jack into a more violent person, the safety of his family is threatened.

Undoubtedly one of the greatest dark comedies of all time, Dr. Strangelove, is a Stanley Kubrick masterpiece. A Cold War satire, the movie depicts what would happen if an unhinged powerful figure like Brigadier General Jack D. Ripper unleashes nuclear holocaust on the world. 

Two glory seeking French generals –Broulard and Mireau - decide to attack a well-protected German post despite objections from the commanding officer, Colonel Dax who sees its futility. After the failure of the first attack, the soldiers refuse to leave their trenches. To save himself, Mireau picks up three men for a court martial. Colonel Dax, also a lawyer, comes forward to defend these men.

Savage convict Alex DeLange volunteers for an experimental trial, to change his conduct, but the experiment doesn't exactly turn out the way it was planned. Based in future Britain, A Clockwork Orange highlights issues like youth gangs, psychiatry, and more, through disturbing visuals and violence.

The protagonist, J.T. Davis, mocked as 'Joker' by ruthless drill instructor Hartman, goes through demanding recruit training in the Marine Corps, where the entire platoon is punished for the mistakes of a dim-witted recruit. He later witnesses the brutality of war during the Tet Offensive while serving as a war correspondent in South Vietnam for 'Stars and Stripes'.

A black alien monolith caused the dawn of man four million years ago, and after another is dug out from the moon's surface, a mission is organized onboard spacecraft Discovery One carrying five astronauts and the AI Hal towards Jupiter. However, the AI's knowledge about classified mission objective puts the survival of the astronauts at risk.

Based on the novel The Luck of Barry Lyndon, the movie follows the journey of young Irishman, Barry, who turns from a likable man to a manipulative con-artist. After gambling his way around Europe, he ends up marrying the wealthy Countess of Lyndon. But his rogue ways will have more devastating consequences for himself.

Johnny Clay, a veteran criminal, plans one big final theft before marrying his girlfriend Fay, and going straight. He assembles a five men team for a $2million robbery at Lansdowne Racetrack, and instructs them not to tell even their beloveds. But one of them, a ticket-clerk at the racetrack, reveals this to impress his shrewish wife. Can this affect the well-hatched plot? 

Arrogant Thracian slave Spartacus, who is trained in a gladiatorial school, rises in arms against his captors following repeated humiliations and incites a violent revolt involving thousands of slaves. As the group travels south to board ships to other lands, two opposing senators attempt to use the slave revolt to seize control of the decadent Roman Republic.

After his wife confesses to having sexual fantasies about a stranger, reputable physician Bill Hartford strolls through the streets of night desperately searching for random sexual encounters, and eventually sneaks into an invite-only masked party full of temptations. Despite his disguise, he is recognized and confronted for the misadventure, which puts his entire family in danger.

European professor, Humbert Humbert, moves to Beardsley, Ohio, on work assignment. When he rents a room in widow Charlotte Haze’s house, he gets obsessed with her alluring teenage daughter, Lolita, and marries Charlotte just to be near Lolita. After Charlotte’s accidental death, he is sure of having his own way, but has not taken into account Lolita’s interest in other males.

Davey Gordon is an aging boxer in New York City. He meets Gloria Price, a dancer and they find themselves attracted to each other. They soon begin dating, but Gloria’s boss Vincent has other plans since he wants her for himself. Davey and Gloria decide to leave the town, but before they are able to, Gloria is kidnapped by Vincent’s thugs.

Fear and Desire is a war drama thriller film which takes us to a war between two unnamed countries. An airplane carrying four soldiers crashes six miles behind enemy lines. In order to reach their battalion, they build a raft which they can use. They are soon approached by a young peasant girl, but they are forced to apprehend her. Unfortunately, when she tries to run away, they are forced to shoot her dead.

After his wife confesses to having sexual fantasies about a stranger, reputable physician Bill Hartford strolls through the streets of night desperately searching for random sexual encounters, and eventually sneaks into an invite-only masked party full of temptations. Despite his disguise, he is recognized and confronted for the misadventure, which puts his entire family in danger.

The protagonist, J.T. Davis, mocked as 'Joker' by ruthless drill instructor Hartman, goes through demanding recruit training in the Marine Corps, where the entire platoon is punished for the mistakes of a dim-witted recruit. He later witnesses the brutality of war during the Tet Offensive while serving as a war correspondent in South Vietnam for 'Stars and Stripes'.

European professor, Humbert Humbert, moves to Beardsley, Ohio, on work assignment. When he rents a room in widow Charlotte Haze’s house, he gets obsessed with her alluring teenage daughter, Lolita, and marries Charlotte just to be near Lolita. After Charlotte’s accidental death, he is sure of having his own way, but has not taken into account Lolita’s interest in other males.