While scrolling through the information listed below, it's worth baring in mind that awards schemes are subjects to certain anomalies, for instance Time magazine did not compile a "10 best list" from 1962 through to 1968, so we don't know how they would have rated Lolita, Dr Strangelove or 2001.
Researching Kubrick's awards statistics reveals a few surprises, for instance Barry Lyndon, assumed by many critics to have been 'misunderstood and neglected' at the time of it's release, garnered the most awards of any Kubrick film.
Awards given for Kubrick films
(1957) Paths of Glory
Time Magazine
Appeared on Annual 10 Best List.
(1960) Spartacus
Oscars
Winner
Best Supporting actor
(Peter Ustinov)
Winner
Best Cinematography (colour)
(Russell Metty)
Nominated
Best Art Direction (Colour)
(Eric Orbom, Russell A. Gausman, Julia Heron)
Golden Globes
Winner
Best Motion Picture Drama
Time Magazine
Appeared on Annual 10 Best List.
(1962) Lolita
Oscars
Nominated
Best Screenplay based on material from another medium
(Vladimir Nabakov)
Golden Globes
Nominated
Most promising newcomer female
(Sue Lyon)
(1964) Dr Strangelove
Oscars
Nominated
Best Picture
Nominated
Best Director
(Stanley Kubrick)
Nominated
Best Actor
(Peter Sellers)
Nominated
Best Screenplay based on material from another medium
(Stanley Kubrick, Peter George, Terry Southern)
New York Film Critics
Winner
Best Director
(Stanley Kubrick)
Writers Guild Of America
Winner
Best Written Comedy
(Stanley Kubrick, Peter George, Terry Southern)
British Film Academy Awards
Winner
Best Film
Winner
Best British film
Winner
United nations award
Winner
Best Art direction British film (black & white)
(Ken Adam)
The New York Times
Annual 10 Best List
International Film Guide
Top 5 Directors of the year (1965).
Hugo Award
Best Science-Fiction movie.
(1968) 2001: A Space Odyssey
Oscars
Winner
Special Visual Effects
(Stanley Kubrick collected on behalf of Wally Veevers, Tom Howard Con Pederson & Douglas Trumbull)
Nominated
Best Director
(Stanley Kubrick)
Nominated
Best Story and screenplay written directly for the screen
(Stanley Kubrick and Arthur C Clarke)
National Board Of Review Awards
One of years ten best US films
British Film Academy Awards
Winner
Best Cinematography
(Geoffrey Unsworth)
Winner
Best Art Direction
(Tony Masters, Harry Lange, Ernie Archer)
Winner
Best Sound Track
(Wilson Ryder)
Italian Motion Picture Industry
Di Donatello Golden Statue
The best film from the West
National Catholic Office For Motion Pictures
Winner
Best film of Educational value
American film institute Survey (1977)
2001 was ranked amoung the top ten greatest American films.
Hugo Award
Winner
Best Science-Fiction movie.
(1971) A Clockwork Orange
Oscars
Nominated
Best Picture
Nominated
Best Director
Nominated
Best Screenplay based on material from another medium
(Stanley Kubrick)
New York Film Critics
Winner
Best Picture
Winner
Best Director
(Stanley Kubrick)
The New York Times
Annual 10 Best List
Time Magazine
Appeared on Annual 10 Best List.
Italian Motion Picture Industry
Di Donatello Golden Statue
The best film from the West
German Spotlight Award
Best Film
Hugo Award
Winner
Best Science-Fiction movie.
(1975) Barry Lyndon
Oscars
Winner
Best Cinematography
(John Alcott)
Winner
Best Art Direction
(Ken Adam, Roy Walker, Vernon Dixon)
Winner
Costume Design
(Ulla-Britt Soderlund, Milena Canonero)
Winner
Original Score & Adaptation
(Leonard Rosemann)
Nominated
Best Picture
Nominated
Best Director
(Stanley Kubrick)
Nominated
Best Screenplay based on material from another medium
(Stanley Kubrick)
National Society Of Film Critics Awards
Winner
Best Cinematography
(John Alcott)
National Board Of Review Awards
Winner
Best English language picture
(Joint winner with Nashville)
Winner
Best Director
(Stanley Kubrick, joint winner with Robert Altman)
Winner
Best art direction
(Joint winner with Nashville)
One the ten best English language films of the year
(Listed joint first with Nashville)
British Film Academy Awards
Winner
Best Director
(Stanley Kubrick)
Winner
Best Cinematography
(John Alcott)
Time Magazine
Appeared on Annual 10 Best List at number 1.
(1980) The Shining
Saturn
Winner
Best horror film
Winner
Best Supporting Actor
(Scatman Crothers)
(1987) Full Metal Jacket
Oscars
Nominated
Best Screenplay based on material from another medium
(Gustav Hasford, Michael Herr and Stanley Kubrick)
Golden Globes
Nominated
Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting
Role
(R. Lee Emery)
British Film Academy Awards
Nominated
Best Special Effects
(John Evans)
Sources
1/ "Reel Facts" Cobbett Steinberg
2/ Michel Ciment Interview with SK on A Clockwork Orange
3/ Internet Movie Database
4/ The Making of 2001 by Jerome Agel
5/ Encyclopaedia of Science Fiction (for Hugo Awards)
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