Starring: Malcolm McDowell, Michael Bates, Warren Clarke, Patrick Magee

Darkly humorous, quasi musical, satirical, and controversial upon its release over four decades ago, Stanley Kubrick’s future-shock vision of Anthony Burgess’ 1962 novel continues to retain its power. Set in a dystopic England in the not-so-distant future, we’re shown a society where the line between good versus bad is, at best, blurry. Alex (Malcolm McDowell) and his “Droogs” spend their nights getting high and embarking on “a little of the old ultraviolence” until, one day, he’s jailed for murder. While in prison, Alex is subjected to intense governmental behavior modification that turn him from amoral punk to brainwashed proper citizen. His eventual return to society sees how this therapy doesn’t really solve the rampant crime problem.