The Shining

1980 · directed by Stanley Kubrick

Rating

90/100

Hit

yes

Prestige lists

BFI Top 100, TSPDT 250, NFR

Jack Torrance accepts a caretaker job at the Overlook Hotel, where he, along with his wife Wendy and their son Danny, must live isolated from the rest of the world for the winter. But they aren't prepared for the madness that lurks within.

The Shining (1980), directed by Stanley Kubrick, rates 90/100 — a hit. See how its director, cast and crew rate across their careers.

Cast

• Jack Nicholson
• Shelley Duvall
• Danny Lloyd
• Scatman Crothers
• Barry Nelson
• Philip Stone
• Joe Turkel
• Anne Jackson
• Tony Burton
• Lia Beldam

Crew

• John Alcott — Director of Photography
• Ray Lovejoy — Editor
• Rachel Elkind — Original Music Composer
• Wendy Carlos — Original Music Composer
• Diane Johnson — 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. 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) — 95/100 · hit
3. Spartacus (1960) — 94/100 · hit
4. A Clockwork Orange (1971) — 93/100 · hit
5. Barry Lyndon (1975) — 93/100 · hit
6. Paths of Glory (1957) — 91/100 · hit

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