Stanley Kubrick is, without question, one of the titans of cinema. His style, unique approach, and genre-jumping abilities are legendary. Known as mostly a director and producer, Kubrick wrote or co-wrote most of his masterpieces. When reading his screenplays you get a small window into the man himself. I love reading one of his scripts, then watching the film right away to see how it all panned out.
Before you jump into reading Stanley Kubrick’s Screenplays, take a listen to this rare interview of a 37-year-old Kubrick.
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KILLER’S KISS (1955)
Screenplay by Stanley Kubrick and Howard Sackler – Read the screenplay!
THE KILLING (1956)
Screenplay by Stanley Kubrick and Jim Thompson – Read the screenplay!
PATHS OF GLORY (1957)
Screenplay by Stanley Kubrick, Humphrey Cobb, Jim Thompson, and Calder Willingham – Read the screenplay!
SPARTACUS (1960)
Screenplay by Stanley Kubrick, Dalton Trumbo, Peter Ustinov, Calder Willingham – Read the screenplay!
LOLITA (1962)
Screenplay by Stanley Kubrick, Vladimir Nabokov and James B. Harris – Read the screenplay!
DR. STRANGELOVE OR HOW I LEARNED TO STOP WORRYING & LOVE THE BOMB (1964)
Screenplay by Stanley Kubrick, Peter George and Terry Southern – Read the screenplay!
2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY (1968)
Screenplay by Stanley Kubrick and Arthur C. Clark- Read the screenplay!
A CLOCKWORK ORANGE (1971)
Screenplay by Stanley Kubrick – Read the screenplay!
BARRY LYNDON (1975)
Screenplay by Stanley Kubrick – Read the screenplay!
THE SHINING (1980)
Screenplay by Stanley Kubrick and Diane Johnson – Read the screenplay!
FULL METAL JACKET (1987)
Screenplay by Stanley Kubrick, Michael Herr and Gustav Hasford – Read the screenplay!
EYES WIDE SHUT (1999)
Screenplay by Stanley Kubrick & Frederic Raphael – Read the screenplay!
NAPOLEON (Never Produced)
Screenplay by Stanley Kubrick – Read the screenplay!
THE GERMAN LIEUTENANT (Never Produced)
Screenplay by Stanley Kubrick – Read the screenplay!
A.I: ARTIFICAL INTELLEGENCE (1987)
Story by Stanley Kubrick – Screenplay by Ian Watson & Brian Aldiss Read the screenplay!
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