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A Clockwork Orange
1971
· Movie
· 136 min
A
MEANRANK
83/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #293
- IMDb #127
- Google retired #1413
- Rotten Tomatoes #571
- Metacritic #403
- Letterboxd #407
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- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #1472
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #209
- Metacritic Critics #885
- Metacritic Audience #88
- Criticker #170
- Douban #237
- Kinopoisk #469
- AlloCiné #185
- Trakt #315
Every rating
71–93
out of 100
Mostly agreed
Lowest is Criticker on 71, highest is Rotten Tomatoes viewers on 93.
See the most agreed on films →In a near-future Britain, young Alexander DeLarge and his pals get their kicks beating and raping anyone they please. When not destroying the lives of others, Alex swoons to the music of Beethoven. The state, eager to crack down on juvenile crime, gives an incarcerated Alex the option to undergo an invasive procedure that'll rob him of all personal agency. In a time when conscience is a commodity, can Alex change his tune?
Details
- Director
- Stanley Kubrick
- Writer
- Stanley Kubrick
- Based on
- A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess
- Released
- 28 October 1971
- Country
- United Kingdom, United States
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 136 min
- Rated
- NC-17
- Budget
- $2.2M
- Box office
- $27.0M
- Awards
- 12 wins, 21 nominations
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
See all 33 →12 wins from 33 nominations across 19 ceremonies
| Academy Awards 1971 | Best Director | Stanley Kubrick | Nominee |
| Academy Awards 1971 | Best Screenplay – Based on Material from Another Medium | Stanley Kubrick | Nominee |
| Academy Awards 1971 | Best Film Editing | Bill Butler | Nominee |
| Academy Awards 1971 | Best Picture | Stanley Kubrick | Nominee |
| Directors Guild of America Awards 1971 | Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures | Stanley Kubrick | Nominee |
| Golden Globe Awards 1971 | Best Director – Motion Picture | Stanley Kubrick | Nominee |
| Golden Globe Awards 1971 | Best Motion Picture – Drama | Nominee | |
| Golden Globe Awards 1971 | Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama | Malcolm McDowell | Nominee |
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Academy Awards
4 nominations
| Best Director | Stanley Kubrick | Nominee |
| Best Film Editing | Bill Butler | Nominee |
| Best Picture | Stanley Kubrick | Nominee |
| Best Screenplay – Based on Material from Another Medium | Stanley Kubrick | Nominee |
Golden Globe Awards
3 nominations
| Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama | Malcolm McDowell | Nominee |
| Best Director – Motion Picture | Stanley Kubrick | Nominee |
| Best Motion Picture – Drama | Nominee |
Directors Guild of America Awards
1 nomination
| Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures | Stanley Kubrick | Nominee |
Writers Guild of America Awards
1 nomination
| Best Drama – Adapted from Another Medium | Stanley Kubrick | Nominee |
Evening Standard British Film Awards
2 nominations, 2 won
| Best Actor | Malcolm McDowell | Winner |
| Best Film | Winner |
New York Film Critics Circle Awards
2 nominations, 2 won
| Best Director | Stanley Kubrick | Winner |
| Best Film | Winner |
Hugo Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Dramatic Presentation | Stanley Kubrick and Anthony Burgess | Winner |
Kansas City Film Critics Circle Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Film | Winner |
Nastro d'Argento
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Foreign Director | Stanley Kubrick | Winner |
National Film Preservation Board
1 nomination, 1 won
| National Film Registry | Winner |
Online Film & Television Association Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Film Hall of Fame: Productions | Winner |
Rondo Hatton Classic Horror Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best DVD Commentary | Malcolm McDowell | Winner |
Saturn Awards (2012)
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best DVD Collection | A Clockwork Orange (as part of Stanley Kubrick: The Essential Collection ) | Winner |
Venice International Film Festival
1 nomination, 1 won
| Pasinetti Award (Best Foreign Film) | Stanley Kubrick | Winner |
British Academy Film Awards
7 nominations
| Best Cinematography | John Alcott | Nominee |
| Best Direction | Stanley Kubrick | Nominee |
| Best Editing | Bill Butler | Nominee |
| Best Film | Stanley Kubrick | Nominee |
| Best Production Design | John Barry | Nominee |
| Best Screenplay | Stanley Kubrick | Nominee |
| Best Sound | Brian Blamey, John Jordan, and Bill Rowe | Nominee |
National Society of Film Critics Awards
2 nominations
| Best Actor | Malcolm McDowell | Nominee |
| Best Director | Stanley Kubrick | Nominee |
Satellite Awards
1 nomination
| Best Classic DVD | Nominee |
Saturn Awards (2008)
1 nomination
| Best DVD Collection | A Clockwork Orange (as part of Stanley Kubrick: Warner Home Video Directors Series ) | Nominee |
Saturn Awards (2015)
1 nomination
| Best DVD or Blu-ray Collection | A Clockwork Orange (as part of Stanley Kubrick: The Masterpiece Collection ) | Nominee |