2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)

An ape expert breaks down the iconic opening scene from Stanley Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey. Written by Kubrick and ...

“Pretty Accurate & Plausible”: Stanley Kubrick’s 2001 Opening Scene Assessed & Explained By Early Man Expert

“Pretty Accurate & Plausible”: Stanley Kubrick’s 2001 Opening Scene Assessed & Explained By Early Man Expert

The iconic opening sequence to Stanley Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey is broken down by an early human expert. Before ...

The 100 Best American Films According to Critics Worldwide

The 100 Best American Films According to Critics Worldwide

Here at Screen Rant, we like making lists. We’ve got lists about the best action movies, about movie sidekicks, about ...

How Sci-Fi Movies Have Changed In Each Decade (& Why)

How Sci-Fi Movies Have Changed In Each Decade (& Why)

Science fiction was one of the first genres to emerge in film history, and it has changed dramatically in the 100+ years ...

2001: A Space Odyssey: 10 Pieces Of Sci-Fi Tech From The Movie We Have Today

2001: A Space Odyssey: 10 Pieces Of Sci-Fi Tech From The Movie We Have Today

Stanley Kubrick stands as one of the greatest filmmakers to ever walk this planet. One of his most celebrated and ...

10 Movies You Need To Watch Twice To Understand

10 Movies You Need To Watch Twice To Understand

Ever walked away from a film feeling completely discombobulated by your viewing experience? We all enjoy linear movies, but every ...

The 10 Most Confusing Movies Ever Made, According To Ranker

The 10 Most Confusing Movies Ever Made, According To Ranker

Men is the most recent release from Alex Garland, a creator who typically opts for a fairly confusing narrative to discuss ...

10 Great Atmospheric Sci-Fi To Watch If You Liked 2001: A Space Odyssey

10 Great Atmospheric Sci-Fi To Watch If You Liked 2001: A Space Odyssey

Amongst the populated genre of sci-fi and space fantasy, there exist a select few films which truly stand out. Epics like Star ...

The Greatest Sci-Fi Authors Of All Time, According To Ranker

The Greatest Sci-Fi Authors Of All Time, According To Ranker

In many ways, sci-fi is one of the most difficult genres to write, as one must walk a delicate balancing ...

2001: A Space Odyssey – How The Sci-Fi Movie’s Effects Were Done Without CGI

2001: A Space Odyssey – How The Sci-Fi Movie’s Effects Were Done Without CGI

The special effects in 2001: A Space Odyssey didn’t involve CGI — director Stanley Kubrick accomplished the impressive illusion of weightlessness and space ...

Our 10 Favorite Killer A.I.’s in Movies

Our 10 Favorite Killer A.I.’s in Movies

There was a time when the notion of a computer capable of not just running programs, but modeling human intelligence ...

10 Movies That Stole Their Props From Other Films

10 Movies That Stole Their Props From Other Films

As the saying goes: if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it – and the same goes for movie props. With ...

10 Sci-Fi Movies That Got the Future Really Wrong

Science fiction movies love setting themselves in the future, and it’s easy to see why. People are fascinated by the ...

2001: A Space Odyssey: 5 Ways It’s Kubrick’s Best Movie (& 5 Alternatives)

2001: A Space Odyssey: 5 Ways It’s Kubrick’s Best Movie (& 5 Alternatives)

Martin Scorsese once said that one of Stanley Kubrick’s films is equal to 10 of somebody else’s, because Kubrick packed ...

Douglas Rain, the Voice of HAL in 2001: A Space Odyssey, Dies at 90

Douglas Rain, the Voice of HAL in 2001: A Space Odyssey, Dies at 90

Douglas Rain, who voiced HAL 9000 in Stanley Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey, has passed away at the age of 90. Traditionally ...

Stanley Kubrick: 5 Reasons 2001 Is His Best Sci-Fi Movie (& 5 Why A Clockwork Orange Is A Close Second)

Stanley Kubrick: 5 Reasons 2001 Is His Best Sci-Fi Movie (& 5 Why A Clockwork Orange Is A Close Second)

The genius of Stanley Kubrick is such that, whenever he decided to try his hand at a popular, well-worn genre, ...

Lemire & Sorrentino’s Primordial is “2001: A Space Odyssey Meets We3”

Lemire & Sorrentino’s Primordial is “2001: A Space Odyssey Meets We3”

Writer Jeff Lemire and artist Andrea Sorrentino are teaming up once again to create an alternate history about the first animals ...

10 Of The Best Space Travel Movies Of All Time, Ranked

10 Of The Best Space Travel Movies Of All Time, Ranked

There is a corner of the Science Fiction genre devoted to the actual event that dazzles plenty of us – ...

2001: A Space Odyssey’s 10 Most Breathtaking Moments

2001: A Space Odyssey’s 10 Most Breathtaking Moments

Stanley Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey is one of the most beautifully crafted, artistically challenging, and technically groundbreaking movies ever ...

How Another Classic Sci-Fi Movie Made Creating Alien More Complicated

How Another Classic Sci-Fi Movie Made Creating Alien More Complicated

Ridley Scott’s dark and gritty Alien might not seem too similar to Stanley Kubrick’s arid and aesthetic 2001: A Space ...