2001: A Space Odyssey

1968 · directed by Stanley Kubrick

Rating

95/100

Hit

yes

Prestige lists

AFI 100, BFI Top 100, TSPDT 250, NFR

Humanity finds a mysterious object buried beneath the lunar surface and sets off to find its origins with the help of HAL 9000, the world's most advanced super computer.

2001: A Space Odyssey (1968), directed by Stanley Kubrick, rates 95/100 — a hit. See how its director, cast and crew rate across their careers.

Cast

• Keir Dullea
• Gary Lockwood
• William Sylvester
• Douglas Rain
• Daniel Richter
• Leonard Rossiter
• Margaret Tyzack
• Robert Beatty
• Sean Sullivan
• Frank W. Miller

Crew

• Geoffrey Unsworth — Director of Photography
• Ray Lovejoy — Editor
• Arthur C. Clarke — Screenplay
• Stanley Kubrick — Screenplay

More from Stanley Kubrick

1. Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964) — 99/100 · hit
2. Spartacus (1960) — 94/100 · hit
3. A Clockwork Orange (1971) — 93/100 · hit
4. Barry Lyndon (1975) — 93/100 · hit
5. Paths of Glory (1957) — 91/100 · hit
6. The Shining (1980) — 90/100 · hit

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