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2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)

G ★ 8.1/10 149 min Science Fiction, Mystery, Adventure United Kingdom, United States English
Director: Stanley Kubrick
Screenplay by: Stanley Kubrick, Arthur C. Clarke
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An epic drama of adventure and exploration.

Description

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.

Trailer

Top Cast

Keir Dullea
Keir Dullea Dr. David Bowman
Gary Lockwood
Gary Lockwood Dr. Frank Poole
William Sylvester
William Sylvester Dr. Heywood Floyd
Douglas Rain
Douglas Rain HAL 9000 (voice)
Daniel Richter
Daniel Richter Moonwatcher
Leonard Rossiter
Leonard Rossiter Dr. Andrei Smyslov
Margaret Tyzack
Margaret Tyzack Elena
Robert Beatty
Robert Beatty Dr. Ralph Halvorsen

2001: A Space Odyssey Appears on 71 Curated Movie Lists

Canon Institutions

1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die (2024)
1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die #520
AFI’S 100 YEARS…100 MOVIES — 10TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION
American Film Institute #15
Academy Museum Of Motion Pictures
Academy Museum of Motion Pictures #293
IMDb Top 250
IMDb #98
Metacritic Must-See Movies of All-Time (Metascore: 81+/100) Redux
Metacritic #1132
National Board Of Review's Yearly Top 10
National Board of Review #586
National Film Registry
National Film Registry #04
Russian Culture Ministry’s 100 Recommended Films
Russian Culture Ministry #96
Sight and Sound’s Greatest Films of All Time 2022
Sight & Sound #06
The Vatican's 45 Great Films
The Vatican #44
UNESCO ‘Memory of the World’
UNESCO #664

Critic Curated

50 Greatest Films Of All Time By Vanity Fair
Vanity Fair #46
BBC Culture: 100 Greatest American Films
BBC #04
Buzzfeed: 47 Incredible Movies You Need To Watch If You Want To Be A Film Buff
Buzzfeed #06
Collider’s 100 Essential Movies Any Serious Film Fan Should See
Collider #03
Entertainment Weekly's Top 100 Movies as of 2013
Entertainment Weekly #24
Esquire’s 100 Best Sci-Fi Movies of All Time
Esquire #100
Paste Magazines Best Movies Of The 1960s
Paste Magazine #01
Roger Eberts Great Movies
Roger Ebert #02
Rolling Stone - The 150 Greatest Science Fiction Movies
Rolling Stone #01
Slashfilms Top 100 Movies Of All Time
SlashFilm #02
The Guardian: The Greatest Films of All Time
The Guardian #27
The Observers Top 100 Film Moments 2
The Observer #04
The Telegraph - 100 Greatest Films Of All Time
The Telegraph #43
The Telegraphs 500 Must See Films
The Telegraph #456
Yahoo Movies 100 Movies To See Before You
Yahoo Movies #02

Filmmaker Curation

16 Movies James Cameron Recommends
IndieWire #04
Alfonso Cuarón's Favorite Movies
Various #33
Ang Lee's Favorite Movies
Various #01
Barry Jenkins's Favorite Movies
IndieWire #17
Baz Luhrmann's Favorite Movies
Letterboxd #23
Christopher Nolan's Favorite Movies
IndieWire #01
Danny Boyle's Favorite Movies
Letterboxd #19
Denis Villeneuve's Favorite Movies
IndieWire #03
Edgar Wright's 1000 Favorite Movies
Letterboxd #356
James Gray's 50 Favorite Films
LaCinetek #29
John Woo's 50 Favorite Films
LaCinetek #15
Martin Scorsese's Favorite Movies
IndieWire #50
Martin Scorsese's List Of 50 Formative Films
LaCinetek #12
Martin Scorsese's Top Ten Widescreen Films
Letterboxd #01
Robert Eggers Favorite Movies
Various #16
Steven Spielberg's Favorite Movies
Far Out Magazine #08
The Films That Inspired David Bowie
British Film Institute #10
Todd Haynes 50 Favorite Films
LaCinetek #34
William Friedkin's 50 Favorite Films
LaCinetek #27

Fun Lists

"All Movies Referenced In Every 'Treehouse of Horror' by The Simpsons"
Letterboxd #49
American Film Institutes 50 Greatest Villains
American Film Institute #13
The Most Perfect Films On Letterboxd
Letterboxd #431
Top Of The Lists Most Quoted Films Ranked
LaCinetek #11

Genre Curation

100 Cult Films by BFI
British Film Institute #21

Letterboxd Lists

Letterboxd 120 Highest Rated 1960-1969 Films
Letterboxd #28
Letterboxd Top 100 Movies Rated G Or PG
Letterboxd #14
Movies Where A 5 Star Rating Is Most Common
Letterboxd #109
Showdown A Quiet Place
Letterboxd Showdown #02
Showdown Androids
Letterboxd Showdown #09
Showdown Calling The Shots
Letterboxd Showdown #02
Showdown Contact
Letterboxd Showdown #08
Showdown Design For Living
Letterboxd Showdown #01
Showdown Electric Dreams
Letterboxd Showdown #01
Showdown Endgame
Letterboxd Showdown #04
Showdown Frame Up
Letterboxd Showdown #02
Showdown Grand Illusion
Letterboxd Showdown #03
Showdown Monkey Business
Letterboxd Showdown #03
Showdown Moonstruck
Letterboxd Showdown #03
Showdown Outer Space
Letterboxd Showdown #02
Showdown Real Genius
Letterboxd Showdown #13
Showdown Resident Evil
Letterboxd Showdown #11
Showdown Spirited Away
Letterboxd Showdown #01
Showdown The Invisible Hand
Letterboxd Showdown #02

Movements

New Hollywood
Letterboxd #02

Temporal Era Sets

100 Maverick Movies in the Last 100 Years by Rolling Stone Magazine
FilmSite.org #03

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