STANLEY KUBRICK | UK, USA | 1964 | 95 MIN | PG | ENGLISH, RUSSIAN | 4K 

Though many have tried, no filmmaker has captured the bureaucratic absurdity of a world on the edge of destruction and the eclectic buffoons that hold humanity’s future in their bumbling grips than this grade A masterpiece from Stanley Kubrick.

Cast: Peter Sellers, George C. Scott, Sterling Hayden, Keenan Wynn

Part of the Philadelphia Film Society's FILM ESSENTIALS series.

With Film Essentials at the Philadelphia Film Center, PFS is giving audiences the chance to experience some of cinema’s greatest treasures as they were meant to be seen: on the biggest screen in Center City!

PFS Member 49 | #49

PFS Members were asked to select their top 5 films not included in the Sight and Sound 100 series. These are those films.

After an unforgettable year showcasing the greatest films of all time in our Sight and Sound 100 series, we asked PFS Members to chime in with their own picks for top five films not included in the countdown. Throughout 2024 we will reveal and screen PFS Members’ picks across our monthly programs and limited series.