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.
When you are done reading take a listen to Apple’s #1 Screenwriting Podcast The Bulletproof Screenwriting Podcast, with guest like Oscar Winner Eric Roth, James V. Hart, David Chase, John August, Oliver Stone and more.
Watch Stanley Kubrick’s short film Day Of The Fight.
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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!