When I say the name Stanley Kubrick, I'm guessing the first images that spring to your mind are Jack Nicholson in The Shining, HAL from 2001: A Space Odyssey, and Vincent D’Onofrio sitting on the toilet in Full Metal Jacket. And, all of those are great! However, one movie that I feel not enough Kubrick fans talk about is 1975's Barry Lyndon, which I think is secretly the director's hidden gem.
In fact, when I ranked Kubrick's best movies, I actually put Barry Lyndon above The Shining and Full Metal Jacket (though, not above 2001, as how can I rank anything above the greatest sci-fi movie of all time?) That’s because Barry Lyndon is totally unique in Kubrick's filmography.
