Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)

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Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb

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Directed By Stanley Kubrick Stanley Kubrick Starring George C. Scott George C. Scott  •  Sterling Hayden Sterling Hayden  •  Peter Sellers Peter Sellers  •  Keenan Wynn Keenan Wynn  •  Slim Pickens Slim Pickens Genres Anti-War Film  •  Apocalyptic Film  •  Based-on-20th-Century-Literature  •  Black Comedy  •  Comedy  •  Military Comedy  •  Political Satire  •  Satire Studios &
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Academy Award Nominated  •  The Criterion Collection  •  National Film Registry  •  AFI's 100 Years...100 Laughs  •  Academy Award Best Picture Nominated  •  They Shoot Pictures, Don't They?  •  1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die  •  Roger Ebert's Great Movies  •  Sight & Sound's Greatest Films of All Time Poll  •  AFI's 100 Years...100 Movies 10th Anniversary Edition  •  Spike Lee's Essential Film List  •  BAFTA Award for Best Film Winning  •  BAFTA Award for Best British Film Winning  •  BAFTA Award for Best Film Nominated  •  BAFTA Award for Best British Film Nominated  •  Alamo Drafthouse 100  •  Time Out: London's 100 Best Comedy Movies  •  BBC's 100 Greatest American Films  •  Writers Guild of America's 101 Funniest Screenplays  •  Writers Guild of America's 101 Greatest Screenplays  •  Belgian Film Critics Association Grand Prix Winning
Release Info 1964-01-29T00:00:00Z January 29, 1964
B&W  •  93 minutes NR Rated NR
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Comments (11)

 
Area_hulk

Area_hulk on 8/2/2014 Reply  · 

This movie is the bomb

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saddler16

saddler16 on 8/17/2014 Reply  · 

I see what you did there.

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Arthouse

Arthouse on 9/23/2014 Reply  · 

Most probably Kubrick's best if not 2001

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Danny237

Danny237 on 3/5/2015 Reply  · 

Kubrick's best
1. Dr Strangelove
2. The Shining
3. A Clockwork Orange
4. Full Metal Jacket
5. 2001 - A Space Odyssey
6. Paths of Glory
(All in my 35 first)

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AverageMovieBuff

AverageMovieBuff on 4/20/2015 Reply  · 

Kubrick was a genius and changed the face if cinema forever...

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AverageMovieBuff

AverageMovieBuff on 4/20/2015 Reply  · 

*of

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Crapbaskets123

Crapbaskets123 on 8/15/2022 Reply  · 

I personally have 2001 at the top of his list, then Strangelove, The Shining, and then ACO.

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Eagleskywalker87

Eagleskywalker87 on 10/22/2017 Reply  · 

Kubrick's best
1. 2001: A Space Odyssey
2. The Shining
3. Eyes Wide Shut
4. Dr Strangelove (All in my top 30)

Very good Kubrick
5. Paths Of Glory
6. A Clockwork Orange

Decent Kubrick
7. Barry Lyndon

Left to see: Spartacus, Full Metal Jacket, The Killing

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Crapbaskets123

Crapbaskets123 on 8/15/2022 Reply  · 

I don't see how you could possibly put Eyes Wide Shut above A Clockwork Orange.

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Godfella1994

Godfella1994 on 3/16/2023 Reply  · 

1. 2001
2. The Shining
3. A Clockwork Orange
4. Eyes Wide Shut
5. Paths of Glory
6. Dr Strangelove (needs a rewatch)
7. Full Metal Jacket
8. The Killing

Need to see
Barry Lyndon
Spartacus
Fear and Desire
Killers Kiss

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