Stanley Kubrick's 10 Favorite Movies

[@arthurawilson]

10. Hells'angels 1930 9.Roxie hart 1942 8 The bank dick 1940 7.la notte 1961 6.Henry v 1944 5.City lights 1931 4.The treasure of the Sierra madre 1948 3.Citizen kane 1941 2.Sumltronstallet1957 1 I vitelloni 1953

[@carlabernethy2607]

Thanks. That saves me having to listen to Ludo for another 5 long minutes, x

[@saigade1236]

In his later life, Kubrick said, to his brother-in-law and frequent producer Jan Harlan, that he much preferred Kenneth Branagh's Henry V (1988), which he considered far superior to Olivier's 1944 adaptation.

[@peaceandlove544]

Actually His two favorite directora where Chaplin and that Uber famous Russian director

[@2visiondigital]

A good list. A few new films to watch and some are already liked.

[@darnoc7460]

Smultronstället/Wild strawberries is truly a cinematic masterpiece. It made me reflect on my whole life. Kubrick even sent a personal letter to Bergman in which he stated how it affected him deeply.

[@m1lst3r89]

And Henry V

[@bertroost1675]

It is truly a great film and it is a shame most people will never even see it. Same with The Passion of Joan of Arc.

[@jeromepudwill]

I agree - it's hard to watch Wild Strawberries and not do some life reassessment of your own. And that's what makes it truly great.

[@johnjim6793]

The Seventh Seal is also pure magic, a unique masterpiece. It is so incomparable to anything that has ever been done that one doesn't even know what genre to put it in.

[@ernestoyounes2946]

He also loves eraserhead i think which is a film based off surrealism of david lynch's mind

[@TeamSlenderFamily]

it's his favourite I think

[@johnkrieger185]

Yes, and "The Earrings of Madame de...", which has been said to be his favorite film, is also missing.

[@stevemcnary7963]

The Treasure Of The Sierra Madre should be on everyone's Top 10.

[@craigdesjardins3764]

The background music ruins this video.

[@samkitty5894]

Treasure of Sierra Madre....best film ever made. It has everything.

[@gmseed]

What's with the music? We can't hear the original sound tracks. I lasted less than 15 secs.

[@RodWilliams-m7r]

Wrong call.

[@37view37]

I don’t know, I really enjoyed hearing music so associated with Kubrick - Beethoven’s 9th Symphony from A Clockwork Orange - keeping us in mind that these films were his favorites. It is so much better than hearing a narrator overlay. Kubrick was such a practitioner of holding the visual over against the verbal that the choice of this louder music makes perfectly good sense. All to say that I quite enjoyed it. In fact all the visual choices of this essayist were stellar: the very cool opening identifying animation and the introduction of the numbers into the picture were very impressive. I really enjoy this video.

[@michaeldavidson8971]

That’s awesome that Kubrick liked Wild Strawberries, I love almost all of Ingmar Bergman’s films.

[@pocoapoco2]

For me, the opening scene in that film is the best and most unsettling in all of cinema.

[@jeromepudwill]

Though not quite in my top ten of all time, it surely could be. Hard to say which I prefer more - The Seventh Seal or Wild Strawberries. Both brilliant. For a good laugh (and some wincingly honest moments), check out Woody Allen's version of Wild Strawberries - Deconstructing Harry.

[@davidminnesota4050]

I saw it in college and didn't appreciate it, at the time it was considered special. My bad, it's on my list now....hopefull after 50 years I can see it with new eyes. I'm looking forward to it and many of the others on this list.

[@randyburrill2340]

0-:40 Holy crap... Barry Lyndon opener!

[@mirazusta2002]

I saw recently an interview to James Cameron, in which the Titanic director tells how Kubrick phoned him once to congratulate him on his movie "True Lies." Kubrick, according to Cameron, was particularly intrigued by the Harrier Jet scene, asking Cameron how had he managed to shoot that sequence with such artistry. In any case, one would assume that a list of Kubrick's all time favourite movies would include some more titles, other than these 10 great ones in this post. As an example, Kubrick mentioned movies such as Max Ophüls' "Letter from an unknown woman," Victor Erice's "The Spirit of the Beehive," Jonathan Demme's "The Silence of the Lambs," or Julio Medem's "The Red Squirrel," to name but a few, as some movies he particularly loved. Lastly, it was well known his fondness of John Huston's "The Treasure of the Sierra Madre."

[@elizabethcsicsery-ronay1633]

He left out Charles Laughton's Night of the Hunter which many consider the 2nd greatest film after Citizen Kane.

[@mirazusta2002]

@@elizabethcsicsery-ronay1633 Agree, most likely another favorite of Kubrick.

[@zaziou711]

He particularly liked La bonne année by Claude Lelouch, a film that he liked to show to his actors before a shoot, as he did before Eyes wide shut for example. A masterpiece in directing and acting according to him.

[@mirazusta2002]

@@zaziou711 Interesting! Thank you for reaching out!

[@historybuff66]

@@mirazusta2002 Most likely Kubrick read B. Traven’s 1927 novel, one of the three finest I’ve ever read, if for no other reason to see how the director translated the work, given that noir writer Jim Thompson was tasked doing same for Kubrick’s first film, “The Killing” (based on Lionel White’s “Clean Break”).

[@michaelfontanelli2450]

I think it’s awesome that Chaplin and W.C. Fields are both on the list! 😊❤️❤️❤️

[@jedgould5531]

Are we supposed to hear all dialogue? And nothing about why they were his faves. You took a list, pulled clips, and dumped music over mystifying transitions.

[@guaporeturns9472]

Treasure of the Sierra Madre is so good

[@raystaar]

Interesting video. What the hell was the point of that bombastic music?

[@leoinsf]

Beethoven is the answer!!

[@clivebroadhead4857]

Always good to see the treasure of the sierra madre feature Great books make great films when the stars align. How "gold changes a man's soul."

[@MrOkgrillo]

"The Ship of the Dead" by Traven is a masterpiece and yet the film is only so-so

[@clivebroadhead4857]

@@MrOkgrillo I assume we talking of the German Das Totenschiff not the Alvin Rakoff masterpiece. The stars I refer to include John Huston who weaved similar magic with the man who would be king giving the Kipling short story a modern airing.

[@MrOkgrillo]

@@clivebroadhead4857 Indeed!!!!!!

[@jeffreyg4626]

The music is annoying and loud

[@minkrobeII]

Wow Hells Angeles totally inspired scenes in Barry Lyndon

[@mumblesbadly7708]

Don’t you mean Henry V?

[@cirquedude123]

Eraserhead.... Forgot David Lynch

[@HansonZhang-ri2lj]

This list is the only list that we know for sure was created by Kubrick himself, and it was created back in 1963. Eraserhead hasn't even been made, but yes, Eraserhead was one of Kubrick's favorite films.

[@angelthman1659]

Why is the obnoxiously loud music needed?

[@harmanx.]

It's great music, and Kubrick thought so too -- but maybe it would nice to have a version of this video without the music, if the vid's creator feels up to doing another version.

[@howardwaxman2514]

Very obnoxious- should be the music associated with these films!

[@chrudolf]

Beethoven, 9th symphony, but I agree, this music wasn't necessary

[@bogdanpopescu1401]

to make you hate the movies :)

[@oobrocks]

I double the motion on the amazing Treasure/ Serria Madre 🎉

[@jeromepudwill]

It's about as perfect a movie as possible. Like a fine watch - every piece fits perfectly and builds and builds and builds with impeccable pacing. In my top 10 as well.

[@oobrocks]

Wisely said

[@historybuff66]

When you have a perfect novel, as B. Traven’s clearly was, all one need do is basically film it chapter for chapter.

[@oobrocks]

@@historybuff66 excellent point

[@jeromepudwill]

@@historybuff66 Roger that! I was astounded at how faithful the movie was to the book - both in content and over all tone.

[@morningsidedrive]

Why the distracting soundtrack? Maybe take it out.

[@RodWilliams-m7r]

Wrong call.

[@retsehcmaharg]

Playing Beethoven puts great cinema on the level with great music.

[@IvanRodriguez-hl4pg]

Didn't you ever see A Clockwork Orange? If you did, then maybe you'll understand why Beethoven was used as the background track.

[@sartainja]

Amen.

[@johnkrieger185]

Where is "The Earrings of Madame de...", which some have claimed was Kubrick's favorite film?

[@binkytube]

Thank you so much for including the release dates.

[@Tyrell_Corp2019]

Interesting compilation. Some are surprising, some aren't. Pretty sure this list changed throughout the years. In his later years, there is a story of a few Warner Brother's executives at his place in England: He invited them to see his "favorite movie" in his personal theater. He played David Lynch's Eraser Head.

[@bernhardplatzdasch408]

When and where did Kubrick make that list?

[@calql8er]

Could the music be any more distracting? Thanks for nothing.

[@industrialathlete6096]

DITTO

[@mikepaleocrassas3250]

No wonder he's so good...

[@juanaltredo2974]

always found I vitelloni the best fellini, even after watching 8 1/2, which I consider a masterpíece, and perhaps the best short movie of all time, toby dammit, I still hold I vitelloni as my favorite fellini film, and certainly the one I think about most often

[@zapillofilms]

The background music was unnecessary

[@frankrusk6172]

yep, but maybe it was from a silent version / cut of Hells Angels.naw

[@howard5992]

and overly loud

[@debbiesroommate]

It was the only good thing about the video

[@bobholtzmann]

I'm surprised Grand Hotel isn't in there. The revolving door moving to Strauss's Blue Danube has a strong hint of the space station in 2001.

[@jamshiddindoust4293]

All beautiful films. Thanks 💗

[@MadeleineTakam_Info_on_Profile]

I really like Symphony No. 9 in D Minor. I know it was used in Stanley Kubrick’s “Clockwork Orange” But it is a bit overpowering. Did you use it, so people would comment?

[@ecyranot]

Not sure if Kubrick actually made this list. Interesting that they're all, I believe, in black and white.

[@baronvaldez8127]

Why this loud music ????

[@heartofcinema3454]

He also liked The Vanishing. How do we know this is his final favourite list? This list is from 1963, so his mind may have changed when he saw new films from Kurosawa, Bergman, Bresson etc.

[@koen8185]

If you mean The Vanishing from '93 , I'd suggest you look up the original , Spoorloos , Dutch movie from '88 and for me the best dutch movie ever.... 👌

[@heartofcinema3454]

@@koen8185 I meant "Spoorloos", from 80's.

[@jeromepudwill]

@@koen8185 The Dutch version (by the same director) easily out aces the American remake. Truly haunting and disturbing.

[@KeithGreenan-e7d]

He picks movies like this instead of movies like jaws.taxi driver or any speiberg movies

[@ustuppy]

He loved “The Summer of ‘42” as well. Excerpts showed up in The Shining.

[@mbear1639]

For Bergman, I would have picked The 7th Seal. For Antonioni, Blow up. For Fellini, 81/2

[@probablyasloth2404]

mbear1 so their biggest films?

[@jeromepudwill]

I'd go L'Avventura over Blow Up or La Notte.

[@jgwalton]

I agree totally with your choices, all three are masterpieces and stand the test of time.Todays audience are film illiterate.

[@joanndavis1450]

I too love Hells Angels and knew what a great role it played when Leo played Howard.

[@marczijp4025]

Wrong choice to take this part of the movie=> I Viteloni-1953. Can’t say more, but that’s not the way to pick a scene. Indeed a good one by Fellini btw. (and the music is annoying, but everyone agrees with that)

[@DavidDillon101]

It’s a revealing😮 list, but it’s a shame when the amped-up Beethoven drowns out the majestic verse of Shakespeare.

[@soppdrake]

Good thing I didn't need subtitles for Smultronstället 😊 "Jag äger en god hushållerska" Awesome movie, sublime

[@jamespuleo3269]

Thanks for posting !! Some will argue that it should have been a 20 list, ~~~ but so what? I enjoyed your approach: no narration, one good piece of music to suffice for end-to-end. First of your posts I have seen. Well done ~~~ (2024)

[@myMovieClipsArchive]

0:01 which movies are these shots from?

[@myMovieClipsArchive]

I seem to only recognize the 5th one which should be The 400 blows by truffaut

[@SpaghettiGringo]

The 3rd is Ivan's Childhood by Tarkosky.

[@myMovieClipsArchive]

@@SpaghettiGringo ty. do you know the other four?

[@SpaghettiGringo]

@@myMovieClipsArchive No, unfortunately

[@pauloarisi1908]

Great List of omasterpices. The end sequência of The Viteloni ( Os BOAS Vidas) is The best end of cinema Histoty. Goodyear by tô all friends sleeping...

[@nelespina8431]

And the last words from Moraldo to Guido (8:00) are directly dubbed by Federico Fellini himself.

[@helvete_ingres4717]

he said All That Jazz was the best film he'd ever seen, that came out after all of these films

[@philbarber9738]

Two Fellini's, I Vitelloni, the lesser known, #1. Interesting choice, given his visual detached palette.

[@joelmaisano8481]

What was the other Fellini? I noted an Antonioni (La Notte) but not another Fellini.

[@philbarber9738]

@@joelmaisano8481 for some reason I thought Amarcord was on the list, my mistake.

[@Deepurplerain]

No Eraserhead ?!!, better watch his 100 favorite movies then

[@danhurst9048]

I've never heard of half of these

[@nigelhard1519]

Nothing by WC Boggs?

[@georgevalley1319]

City Lights is the best movie on this list, but Wild Strawberries is a contender.

[@chickenflavor9880]

Citezen kane

[@jeromepudwill]

City Lights is on my top ten list as well. The ending is the clincher - you're not human if it doesn't affect you. Without it, it'd be a tough call between Modern Times, this, and The Gold Rush - all simply brilliant.

[@princejohn6560]

I was expecting to see Top Gun and Terminator 2 on this list.

[@hd-xc2lz]

Hilarious that Kubrick practically made Beethoven's 9th his own. At least for late 20thC ears.

[@graterdeddly9527]

I’m pretty sure Die Hard did that for Americans in the late 20th century.

[@historybuff66]

And “Also Sprach Zarathustra”-the opening in “2001: A Space Odyssey”.

[@CliffBronson1212]

All excellent 😎

[@spinin1251]

Something to see the shots in Hell's Angels. There's some visual inspiration for Barry Lyndon and even in general. This is an outdated list though. The master list would have been better to use and make a video about. Even though some of the movies in that list are movies Kubrick mentioned he liked, but it's not obvious how much he liked. Perhaps there might be a big gap between his 5 or 10 favorites and some of the other titles in the list, but it is more interesting for sure.

[@jordan34023]

Yeah #1 should be Eraserhead!

[@kirksworks]

Only one color film! Bravo!

[@benmcgrath1925]

He really liked White Men Cant Jump also

[@TurnerZypsy]

He also loved One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest and The Texas Chainsaw Massacre

[@howard5992]

also My Cousin Vinnie

[@Thespeedrap]

Every movie lover and filmmaker should like Citizen Kane it was ahead of it's time.

[@crosslink1493]

Maybe it was ahead of its time, but I never saw Citizen Kane as more than a very good movie, not one of the best ever made.

[@sober041978]

Agree with comment below. How could a movie lover use such DREADFUL music?

[@carlabernethy2607]

Was the CONSTANT Beethoven Absolutely necessary? Jesus! I lasted 3 minutes.

[@marvinacklin792]

The music was too much

[@AazzeVwkfn]

Not surprisingly, most of Stanley's favorite films were in black and white.

[@stevenpsmitty]

don't really need that music - do we

[@aprigio64]

Um dos grandes mestres do cinema, apesar da tirania no set de filmagens com os atores.

[@midnightrider7648]

how does that loud, obnoxious music enhance this video? I turned this off.

[@nigelswindles1129]

The Moon landing was pretty good

[@perlman7376]

No more pot for you!

[@ProfessorEchoMedia]

No Hitchcock? No Billy Wilder?

[@perlman7376]

Stanley Kubrick's 10 Favorite Movies. Duh!

[@xxmartinfrielxx4158]

This list is so different to others

[@weldonanderson5124]

Especially when a featured movie actually has a music soundtrack and the beethoven clashes and overwhelms it. Please learn not to do this again.

[@Neb2117]

Please always capitalize Beethoven.

[@leoinsf]

My number 1 is Fellini's "La Dolce Vita!" Sitting through this movie is a total "religious experience." In my book it is the most spiritual movie ever made! At the end - the "vision" of the young girl and Mastroianni walking away "blows me away!!!" The angels of heaven took over Fellini's direction while he was making it! Throw the bible out and make religious people see this movie ever year! Modern revelation from God Himself!!!

[@wyatt5069]

The Vanishing 1988

[@paulascholz600]

The music ruins this.

[@ranganmajumder2200]

That's what Lynch is getting

[@Jesusandbible]

Well was that his number one tho?

[@Danieru-San]

You forgot The Jerk

[@huw3851]

the music is very intrusive and unnecessary

[@tharunvasudev1928]

The treasure of the Sierra Madre Citizen Kane

[@ernestocun7212]

Beethoven 9 sinfonie, II movement

[@tharunvasudev1928]

Roxie hart

[@123rebelguy]

Wild strawberries is top for me and 8 and a half.

[@nacidodeosiris6740]

Hell' angeles scene , Mike kill Werner Zigler

[@IvanRodriguez-hl4pg]

I'm a movie JUNKIE. I can't name 10 of my favorites but for years, 'A Clockwork Orange' was my number one fave.

[@8333JD]

& still is mine

[@tharunvasudev1928]

Hell's angels

[@tharunvasudev1928]

Smultronstallet

[@peterhall5070]

If this is supposed to be about Kubrick's 10 favorite film's, why are we listening to Beethoven's ninth symphony? I love this symphony but in THIS case, it is utterly annoying as it makes concentration on the film clips impossible. Why not just show the clips? The music isn't needed. I stopped watching at three minutes.

[@danhurst9048]

I think that it was in a clockwork orange

[@davidmichael4002]

Wrong music . What a mess.

[@Thespeedrap]

I hope The Godfather on this list.

[@xxmartinfrielxx4158]

Godfather is not a Stanley Kubrick

[@Thespeedrap]

@@xxmartinfrielxx4158 But he liked it though.

[@xxmartinfrielxx4158]

I thought it was top 10 kubrick movies the ones he made

[@Thespeedrap]

@@xxmartinfrielxx4158 No it's movies he liked.

[@Thespeedrap]

@@xxmartinfrielxx4158 No it's movies he liked.

[@sclogse1]

Sometimes your favorites aren't about the greatest films.. although these are all fabulous, to turn on people to others, I pick The Tenth Victim, The Coc Cola Kid, The Good Thief, Cosmopolis, Night World, and just about any pre-code movie.

[@m1lst3r89]

Why pre-code?

[@tharunvasudev1928]

I vitelloni

[@JohnMoore-qv4vn]

Someone needs to remove your beethoven privileges!!!

[@billcarson482]

Number 11: Pedo Surprise. Home movie.

[@oppothumbs1]

It's easy to see why Kubrick is overrated as heck. Good director, not great, made many just OK movies that are analyzed and praised but often boring.

[@Patrickduffy143]

It’s quite obvious that you should be banned from KZbin……