Eyes Wide Shut (1999) *****

Full Metal Jacket (1987) ****

A powerful anti-war movie about a group of US Marines who survive a harrowing training in South Carolina, only to find themselves fighting the Viet Cong during the Tet Offensive in 1968. The battle scenes in Hue are particularly memorable.

'The Shining (1980) ****

Barry Lyndon (1975) *****

A Clockwork Orange (1971) *****

2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) *****

A masterpiece of the science-fiction cinema.

Dr Strangelove (1964) *****

A savage satire lampooning military discipline, the arms race, Cold War, US leaders, Soviet leaders and former Nazi scientists. A masterpiece of black comedy from Stanley Kubrick.

Lolita (1962) *****

Superlative adaptation of the infamous novel by Vladimir Nabokov.

Spartacus (1960) ****

Paths Of Glory (1957) ****

Excellent drama set during World War I.

The Killing (1956) *****

Extraordinarily well-directed heist movie starring Sterling Hayden.

Killer's Kiss (1955) **

Lame film about a boxer. Stanley Kubrick's second film. A huge improvement over his first.

Fear And Desire (1953) *

Stanley Kubrick's first film is a pretentious, badly directed mess about a group of soldiers on a mission. Completely different, stylistically and otherwise, from all his other movies.