Criterion Announces The Complete Kubrick Collection
Criterion Collection has been teasing this for a long time and now we finally have an answer. They’ve announced The Complete Kubrick. The new box set features all thirteen of his films throughout his entire career. This is the first time in history that his entire works have been collected on home video. The unprecedented box set brings together his entire directorial output for the first time ever.
It features 4K restorations of thirteen features and three shorts, including The Killing, Paths of Glory, Spartacus, Lolita, Dr. Strangelove, 2001: A Space Odyssey, A Clockwork Orange, Barry Lyndon, The Shining, Full Metal Jacket, and Eyes Wide Shut.
The Complete Kubrick is a thirty-disc 4K UHD + Blu-ray collector’s set housed in a unique, display-worthy box inspired by Kubrick’s legendary archive. For audiophiles, each film includes includes Kubrick’s original soundtracks alongside the 5.1 mixes, restored and remastered; over twenty-five hours of interviews, documentaries, and behind-the-scenes materials; deluxe packaging illustrated with rare photographs, artwork, and documents annotated by Kubrick himself; and much more.
A Box Set To End All Box Sets
For a box set that brings together a filmmaker like Stanley Kubrick’s entire filmography, it should have extras and special features that match that excellence. This set does. Here’s the list of special features included with the set.
- 4K restorations of Kubrick’s thirteen features and three shorts, with their original soundtracks alongside the 5.1 mixes, restored and remastered
- Over twenty-five hours of interviews, documentaries, and behind-the-scenes materials
- Kubrick’s international version of The Shining
- A new 4K restoration of Vivian Kubrick’s behind-the-scenes documentary Making “The Shining”
- Newly recorded commentary tracks featuring filmmaker Lee Unkrich (editor of the book Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining”) and author Michael Benson (Space Odyssey: Stanley Kubrick, Arthur C. Clarke, and the Making of a Masterpiece)
- Rare films from Graphic Films and computer-animation pioneer John Whitney that inspired the special effects in 2001: A Space Odyssey
- Unseen Lolita screen tests with actors James Mason and Sue Lyon and rare Full Metal Jacket behind-the-scenes footage
- A newly recorded conversation with novelist Jonathan Lethem and film historian Kevin Wynter on Kubrick and authorship
- An essay by author and critic Nathaniel Rich
- Deluxe packaging illustrated with rare photographs, artwork, and documents annotated by Kubrick himself, all housed in a singular box inspired by the director’s legendary archive
- And much more . . .
The THS Take – A Steep Price But Worthy For Collectors
Quite frankly, its a pain to get all of Kubrick’s films together in one place. Between releases that have been region locked or out of print or hard to find, this box set answers all of that. it does that, even before we saw the special features, transfers, or packaging. So that’s a plus for fans of his movies. Outside of that, this is obviously a niche collector’s item for physical media fans. You really have to love Kubrick and his movies to drop $479 on a box set.
Doing the math on it, that’s $37 per movie, which, while steep, is around the normal price for a 4K release, especially a boutique label like Criterion Collection. So, for the next step, we’ll have to see how the transfers are and all the rest of the package with The Complete Kubrick.
You can pre-order The Complete Kubrick from Criterion Collection right now. It releases on October 20th, 2026.
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