UStanley Kubrick uhlotshaniswa negama lobuchwepheshe, amafilimu akhe okuhlobene nokuhlakanipha nemifanekiso yezembozo zezingoma zakhe ezinekhono lokusungula lokho umqondisi wamafilimu ayefuna ukukuveza.
Amakhava amahlanu ama-albhamu we izingoma zangempela kwamafilimu amahlanu kaKubrick: 2001 A Space Odyssey, A Clockwork Orange, Barry Lyndon, The Shining, and The Metal Jacket. Imifanekiso emihlanu ekhombisa ukungahlaliseki okukhulu kwalowo mqondisi wamafilimu hhayi ngobuningi njengabanye ngenani, kepha yeqa ngokweqile kulawo mafilimu ashiwo.
2001, i-space odyssey, njengaleyo movie (ezinsukwini ezedlule besazi iqiniso elifuna ukwazi) lapho izinjongo ezilandelayo zomuntu zikhonjiswa lapho zifuna ukunqoba amanye amaplanethi futhi zimake ingxenye yobuchwepheshe esinabo namuhla. Abaningi bethu banethemba lokuthi ngolunye usuku singakwazi uxoxe ngokwemvelo nge-Hal 2000.
La Umfanekiso we-Clockwork Orange ukwazile ukugcwalisa omagazini namaphephandaba ngamaqhinga akhe ngomphikisi ophazamisayo ogqoke leso sigqoko sokuphosa kanye nalowo mmese osongelayo, kanye naleyo ndandatho enebhola leso elimakiwe. Noma uBarry Lyndon osisa kwenye inkathi nokuthi umfanekiso uphawula kahle ukunyathelwa kwembali ebomvana.
I-Shining, eyenziwe ngokubabazekayo nguJack Nicholson futhi wasihola ukwethuka okukhulu kwengqondo ngalolo phuzi oluchaza ezinye izici zeschizophrenia, ubuhlanya kanye ne-paranoia. Lokho kubukeka kukhombisa ingxenye yalokho ozokuthola lapho ukubuka. Ekugcineni, ibhantshi lensimbi, elinaleso sigqoko esivamile esivela empini yaseVietnam nalapho ungafunda khona ukuthi "Wazalelwa ukubulala" ngalolo phawu lokuthula ngokungafani.
Amanye amakhava amadiski wengoma asiyisa kumafilimu ayisi-5 abukekayo, njengomculo ngamunye wawo. UBeethoven omkhulu njengalowo omaka impilo nokuzwana kwalowo sebenzisa udlame ukuluvivinya futhi wamukelwe ngesilinganiso esifanayo; ilukuluku kangakanani incwadi iphela ngenye indlela, inikeze enye incazelo. Cha, angizukuyonakalisa, sekuyisikhathi sokufunda.