# A Clockwork Orange (1971)

> A flamboyant delinquent confronts the terrifying price of being cured of his capacity for violence.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/movie/151

## Facts

- Runtime: 137 min
- Genres: Science Fiction, Crime
- Director: Stanley Kubrick
- Cast: Malcolm McDowell, Patrick Magee, Carl Duering, Michael Bates, Warren Clarke, James Marcus, Michael Tarn, Miriam Karlin
- TMDB rating: 8.2/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0066921/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: brisk
- Intensity: extreme
- Complexity: layered
- Violence: graphic
- Mood: provocative, sardonic, disturbing, cult film night, kubrick retrospective

## Synopsis

A dystopian vision of the future where violence is both a thrill and a curse.

## Movies like A Clockwork Orange

- [Brazil (1985)](https://ember.film/movie/41)
- [Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)](https://ember.film/movie/778)
- [Planet of the Apes (1968)](https://ember.film/movie/716)
- [Fahrenheit 451 (1966)](https://ember.film/movie/1145)
- [Made in Britain (1983)](https://ember.film/movie/19976)
- [if.... (1968)](https://ember.film/movie/8798)
- [Scanners (1981)](https://ember.film/movie/4716)
- [Alphaville (1965)](https://ember.film/movie/3950)
- [Zardoz (1974)](https://ember.film/movie/2809)
- [Nineteen Eighty-Four (1984)](https://ember.film/movie/4514)

---

Site overview: https://ember.film/llms.txt