Stanley Kubrick (1928–1999) directed thirteen feature films and three short documentaries over the course of his career. His work as a director, spanning diverse genres, is widely regarded as extremely influential.

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. The anti-war allegory's themes reappeared in his later films. His next works were the film noir pictures Killer's Kiss (1955) and The Killing (1956). Critic Roger Ebert praised The Killing and retrospectively called it Kubrick's "first mature feature". Kubrick then directed two Hollywood films starring Kirk Douglas: Paths of Glory (1957) and Spartacus (1960). The latter won the Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Drama. His next film was Lolita (1962), an adaptation of Vladimir Nabokov's novel of the same name. It was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay. His 1964 film, the Cold War satire Dr. Strangelove featuring Peter Sellers and George C. Scott, received the BAFTA Award for Best Film. 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, 2001 garnered Kubrick his only personal Academy Award for his work as director of special effects. His next project, the dystopian A Clockwork Orange (1971), was an initially X-rated adaptation of Anthony Burgess' 1962 novella. After reports of crimes inspired by the film's depiction of "ultra-violence", Kubrick had it withdrawn from distribution in the United Kingdom. Kubrick then directed the period piece Barry Lyndon (1975), in a departure from his two previous futuristic films. It did not perform well commercially and received mixed reviews, but won four Oscars at the 48th Academy Awards. In 1980, Kubrick adapted a Stephen King novel into The Shining, starring Jack Nicholson and Shelley Duvall. Although Kubrick was nominated for a Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Director, The Shining is now widely regarded as one of the greatest horror films ever made. Seven years later, he released the Vietnam War film Full Metal Jacket. 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. His final film, the erotic thriller Eyes Wide Shut starring Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman, was released posthumously in 1999. An unfinished project that Kubrick referred to as Pinocchio was completed by Spielberg as A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001).

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. In 1999, the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) presented Kubrick with a Britannia Award. After his death, BAFTA renamed the award in his honor: "The Stanley Kubrick Britannia Award for Excellence in Film". He was posthumously awarded a BAFTA Fellowship in 2000.

Film

Table featuring films directed by Stanley Kubrick

Year	Title	Director	Writer	Producer	Notes	Ref(s).
1952	Fear and Desire	Yes	No	Yes	Also editor and cinematographer
1955	Killer's Kiss	Yes	Story	Yes
1956	The Killing	Yes	Yes	No
1957	Paths of Glory	Yes	Yes	Yes
1960	Spartacus	Yes	No	No
1962	Lolita	Yes	Uncredited	No
1964	Dr. Strangelove	Yes	Yes	Yes
1968	2001: A Space Odyssey	Yes	Yes	Yes	Also director and designer of special photographic effects
1971	A Clockwork Orange	Yes	Yes	Yes
1975	Barry Lyndon	Yes	Yes	Yes
1980	The Shining	Yes	Yes	Yes
1987	Full Metal Jacket	Yes	Yes	Yes
1999	Eyes Wide Shut	Yes	Yes	Yes	Posthumous release

Documentary short

Table featuring films directed by Stanley Kubrick

Year	Title	Director	Writer	Producer	Ref(s).
1951	Day of the Fight	Yes	Yes	Yes
	Flying Padre	Yes	Yes	No
1952	World Assembly of Youth	Yes?	No	No
1953	The Seafarers	Yes	No	Yes

Other

Table featuring films with miscellaneous work by Stanley Kubrick

Year	Title	Role	Ref(s).
1977	The Spy Who Loved Me	Uncredited lighting design

Television

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

Critical response

Table featuring the critical reception of films directed by Stanley Kubrick

Year	Title	Rotten Tomatoes	Metacritic
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

• A.I. Artificial Intelligence is dedicated to Kubrick, who originally intended to direct the film.
• Stanley Kubrick bibliography
• Stanley Kubrick's unrealized projects
• List of accolades received by Stanley Kubrick
• List of recurring cast members in Stanley Kubrick films