The Criterion Collection is bringing all 13 Stanley Kubrick films together in “The Complete Kubrick,” a 4K set arriving October 20, 2026. Restored in 4K with original soundtracks, 5.1 mixes, and 25 hours of interviews and documentaries, the box set also includ
When Stanley Kubrick fans go shopping for their next obsession, they won’t have to split the haul across years—or across formats. The Criterion Collection is preparing “The Complete Kubrick,” a box set built to bring all 13 of the director’s features together in one place, restored in 4K.
Set to hit shelves on October 20. 2026. the collection arrives as Criterion has done with other major auteurs like Wes Anderson and Ingmar Bergman: a curated. no-apologies deep dive aimed at people who never really stopped watching Kubrick. The set includes the films “Day of the Fight” (1951. in both original and RKO versions); “Flying Padre” (1952); “Fear and Desire” (1952); “The Seafarers” (1953); “Killer’s Kiss” (1955); “The Killing” (1956); “Paths of Glory” (1957); “Spartacus” (1960); “Lolita” (1962); “Dr. Strangelove. or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb” (1962); “2001: A Space Odyssey” (1968); “A Clockwork Orange” (1971); “Barry Lyndon” (1975); “The Shining” (1980. in both theatrical and international versions); “Full Metal Jacket” (1987); and “Eyes Wide Shut” (1999).
Kubrick’s “The Shining” is where the set quietly turns the dial for many collectors. The international cut is described as rarely available on home video or widely seen in North America. It’s also shorter than the theatrical version by about 20 minutes. removing several pieces of exposition to create “an even more ambiguous (as if!) suffocating atmosphere of dread.”.
The announcement frames “The Complete Kubrick” as a long-running labor of care rather than a quick packaging exercise. Michael Chaiken. Criterion producer. said in a press statement. “’The Complete Kubrick’ took two years to achieve. but as Kubrick fans know. one’s relationship with his films never truly ends.” He added that it was “an honor to be asked to produce this set and an enormous responsibility. ” naming the fans. the Kubrick estate. and “ultimately to Kubrick himself. ” whose commitment to how his work was presented “remained constant throughout his life.”.
Criterion says it consulted Kubrick’s closest collaborators. archival experts. and the studios that have stewarded his films across generations—aiming to ensure the movies “look and sound better than they ever have on home video.” Chaiken also pointed to the set’s interviews and documentaries. describing “behind Kubrick’s darkly comic vision” a “world of family. friends. and enduring creative relationships that speak to the humanist center of this singular body of work.”.
All 13 films and three shorts are restored in 4K. paired with Kubrick’s original soundtracks alongside the 5.1 mixes. restored and remastered. The package is built like a box of artifacts: it includes 25 hours of interviews. documentaries. and behind-the-scenes materials. deluxe packaging featuring rare photographs and new illustrations. and artwork and documents annotated by Kubrick himself. In total, the set includes 30 discs on 4K UHD and Blu-ray. The box design, Criterion says, also takes cues from Kubrick’s own meticulous physical archives.
For fans who like to go hunting for the small, human details, the extras expand beyond restorations. The highlights include a 4K restoration of Vivan Kubrick’s classic behind-the-scenes documentary “Making ‘The Shining. ‘” along with new recorded commentary tracks with Kubrick historians Lee Unkrich and Michael Benson. The set also promises unseen “Lolita” screen tests, and “much more.”.
The teaser for “The Complete Kubrick” is already out online, with the full set still waiting for its October 20, 2026 arrival—right when many collectors will be ready to revisit Kubrick not just as a legend, but as a universe they can finally hold all at once.
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