Criterion's The Complete Kubrick: 30 Discs, Every Film Restored in 4K, and 25+ Hours of Extras
By Lio Renwick
The Criterion Collection is releasing The Complete Kubrick (2026) on 4K UHD and Blu-ray this October, a 30-disc Special Edition Collector's Set that brings together every film Stanley Kubrick directed. All thirteen features and three shorts have been newly restored in 4K, and this marks the first time his complete body of work has been collected in a single box.
The set runs across Kubrick's career, from Paths of Glory through Eyes Wide Shut, and traces his path from independent maverick to Hollywood rebel to transnational auteur. Along the way it gathers the work that defined him: Dr. Strangelove, 2001: A Space Odyssey, A Clockwork Orange, and The Shining. The 4K restorations cover all sixteen titles, with their original soundtracks presented alongside the 5.1 mixes, each restored and remastered.
Criterion has built the package around Kubrick's own archive. The deluxe presentation is illustrated with rare photographs, artwork, and documents annotated by the director himself, and everything is housed in a singular box inspired by his legendary archive. The cover comes from Drusilla Adeline of Sister Hyde Design.
The supplements run to more than twenty-five hours of interviews, documentaries, and behind-the-scenes material. Among the highlights is Kubrick's international version of The Shining, joined by a new 4K restoration of Vivian Kubrick's behind-the-scenes documentary Making "The Shining". Two newly recorded commentary tracks are included as well, one featuring filmmaker Lee Unkrich, editor of the book Stanley Kubrick's "The Shining", and another featuring author Michael Benson, who wrote Space Odyssey: Stanley Kubrick, Arthur C. Clarke, and the Making of a Masterpiece.
The set also includes rare films from Graphic Films and computer-animation pioneer John Whitney that inspired the special effects in 2001: A Space Odyssey, along with unseen Lolita screen tests with actors James Mason and Sue Lyon and rare Full Metal Jacket behind-the-scenes footage. A newly recorded conversation between novelist Jonathan Lethem and film historian Kevin Wynter examines Kubrick and authorship, and an essay by author and critic Nathaniel Rich appears in the package, with more material beyond what Criterion has detailed so far.
The Complete Kubrick releases October 20, 2026.
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