2001: A Space Odyssey (2001)

With the release of Stanley Kubrick's enigmatic space spectacle in 1968, the science-fiction film finally came of age. Kubrick charts Man's ascent from ape to astronaut in a series of startling sequences, before focusing on a mission to Jupiter to contact an unseen supreme intelligence whose presence is symbolised by the appearance of imposing monoliths. But, to prove himself worthy, the only surviving astronaut (Keir Dullea) has to outwit the neurotic ship's computer, HAL, which intends to sabotage the mission.

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