Paths of Glory

Stanley Kubrick film from 1957 stars Kirk Douglas as a French officer and lawyer who defends soldiers who are accused of cowardice after a badly planned World War One battle.

Looks at the futility of war, what constitutes bravery, and tears apart the justice system.

Dynamic social commentary with great acting.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0050825/

Clockwork Orange

Masterful film from a master movie maker. Stanley Kubrick adapted the William Burroughs novel for the screen. Amazing how both of them had a vision of the future that is remarkably accurate in retrospect....gangs, drugs, street violence, alienation, youth culture.

Street thug ( Malcolm McDowell) is arrested and put into a rehabilitation program geared toward turning him away from violence. It is so strange and disturbing that by the end of the film we are actually hoping our anti-hero goes back to his old ways.

Fascinating, disturbing, violent, and surprisingly funny at times.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0066921/