2001: A Space Odyssey

(1968)

★ 8.3 IMDb · 12,919 votes

Genres: Sci-Fi, Mystery, Adventure

Year: 1968

Runtime: 149 min

Country: United Kingdom, United States of America

Director: Стэнли Кубрик

Cast: Keir Dullea, Gary Lockwood, William Sylvester, Douglas Rain, Daniel Richter

Plot

Humanity finds a mysterious object buried beneath the lunar surface and sets off to find its origins with the help of HAL 9000, the world's most advanced super computer.

"2001" is a story of evolution. Sometime in the distant past, someone or something nudged evolution by placing a monolith on Earth (presumably elsewhere throughout the universe as well). Evolution then enabled humankind to reach the moon's surface, where yet another monolith is found, one that signals the monolith placers that humankind has evolved that far. Now mankind, assisted by artificial intelligence (such as HAL), must dare to encounter the monolith placers. If successful, the next step in evolution--whatever it is--will be achieved.