A Clockwork Orange (film) A Clockwork Orange (film) A Clockwork Orange is a 1971 dystopian crime film adapted, produced, and directed by Stanley Kubrick, based on Anthony Burgess's 1962 novel of the same name. It employs disturbing, violent images to comment on psychiatry, juvenile delinquency, youth gangs, and other social, political, and economic subjects in a dystopian near-future Britain. Alex (Malcolm McDowell), the central character, is a charismatic, antisocial delinquent whose interests include classical music (including Beethoven), committing rape, and what is termed "ultra-violence". He leads a small gang of thugs, Pete (Michael Tarn), Georgie (James Marcus), and Dim (Warren Clarke), whom he calls
A Clockwork Orange (film) in the directors' poll and 235th in the critics' poll. In 2010, "Time" magazine placed it 9th on their list of the Top 10 Ridiculously Violent Movies. In 2008, "Empire" ranked it 37th on their list of "The 500 Greatest Movies of All Time", and in 2013, "Empire" ranked it 11th on their list of "The 100 Best British Films Ever". The Spanish director Luis Buñuel praised the film highly. He once said: ""A Clockwork Orange" is my current favourite. I was predisposed against the film. After seeing it, I realised it is only a movie about what the modern