Release Schedule
United States: April 2, 1968 (Washington, D.C., premiere)
United States: April 3, 1968 (New York City, New York, premiere)
United States: April 3, 1968 (limited)
United States: April 4, 1968 (Los Angeles, California, premiere)
Japan: April 11, 1968
South Africa: April 11, 1968 (Johannesburg, premiere)
Argentina: April 18, 1968
Australia: May 1, 1968 (Sydney, premiere)
Australia: May 2, 1968
United Kingdom: May 10, 1968 (London, premiere)
United Kingdom: May 12, 1968
Brazil: July 4, 1968
Italy: July 10, 1968 (Trieste Sci-fi Film Festival)
Ireland: July 26, 1968
Sweden: August 27, 1968
Belgium: September 5, 1968 (Brussels)
West Germany: September 11, 1968
Finland: September 20, 1968
France: September 27, 1968
Portugal: October 1, 1968
Netherlands: October 3, 1968
Spain: October 17, 1968
Iran: October 24, 1968
Mexico: October 31, 1968
Portugal: November 19, 1968 (Porto)
Greece: December 11, 1968
Italy: December 11, 1968 (Milan, premiere)
Italy: December 11, 1968 (Rome, premiere)
Italy: December 12, 1968
Peru: December 19, 1968
Norway: February 28, 1969
Hong Kong: March 1, 1969
Burkina Faso: March 14, 1969
Colombia: May 29, 1969
Uruguay: July 16, 1969
Denmark: August 4, 1969
Portugal: August 7, 1969 (Porto, re-release)
Netherlands: October 1969 (Filmweek Arnhem)
Serbia: January 11, 1971 (Belgrade Film Festival)
Iceland: October 14, 1972
Portugal: October 14, 1973 (Porto, Cineclube do Porto)
Turkey: November 19, 1973
United States: December 15, 1973 (Filmex Festival)
Poland: January 1974
United States: January 1, 1974 (re-release)
Italy: March 5, 1974 (re-release)
Spain: August 26, 1974 (re-release)
France: July 28, 1976 (re-release)
United States: July 1, 1977 (re-release)
West Germany: April 21, 1978 (re-release)
Finland: May 5, 1978 (re-release)
Japan: October 21, 1978 (re-release)
Hungary: March 22, 1979
Hong Kong: January 19, 1980 (re-release)
United States: February 8, 1980 (re-release)
France: June 10, 1981 (re-release)
Australia: September 10, 1981 (re-release)
Italy: July 15, 1982 (re-release)
Australia: August 23, 1984 (re-release)
France: July 1, 1985 (re-release)
United States: January 1992 (Sundance Film Festival)
Japan: February 11, 1995 (re-release)
Spain: December 29, 1995 (Filmoteca Española, re-release)
Germany: February 22, 2001 (limited, re-release)
France: March 7, 2001 (re-release)
Italy: March 7, 2001 (re-release)
Australia: March 8, 2001 (re-release)
United Kingdom: March 30, 2001 (re-release)
Japan: April 7, 2001 (re-release)
Switzerland: May 23, 2001 (French speaking region, re-release)
Greece: August 23, 2001 (DVD premiere)
France: September 2001 (Deauville Film Festival)
United States: October 5, 2001 (re-release, limited)
Argentina: October 11, 2001 (re-release)
Iceland: November 9, 2001 (re-release, Reykjavik Film Festival)
United States: July 5, 2003 (Moonlit Matines Film Festival)
Norway: August 27, 2004 (70mm Film Festival)
Germany: February 2005 (Berlin International Film Festival)
Finland: June 17, 2006 (70mm version, Midnight Sun Film Festival)
Hong Kong: January 6, 2007 (limited, re-release)
United Kingdom: February 24, 2008 (London Stanley Kubrick 2008: A Film Odyssey)
United States: April 27, 2008 (Tribeca Film Festival)
Japan: June 28, 2008 (Tokyo, re-release)
South Korea: September 14, 2008 (Chungmuro International Film Festival)
Spain: October 3, 2008 (Sitges Film Festival)
Finland: January 24, 2009 (DocPoint Film Festival)
Canada: February 5, 2010 (Digital Film Festival)
Hong Kong: March 11, 2010 (re-release, limited)
United States: April 23, 2010 (TCM Classic Film Festival)
United Arab Emirates: October 31, 2011 (TV premiere)
United States: April 14, 2012 (RiverRun International Film Festival)
United States: December 21, 2012 (Film Society of Lincoln Center, restored 70mm version)
Portugal: November 21, 2013 (re-release)
Philippines: December 13, 2013 (internet)
Denmark: April 26, 2014 (Aalborg, 70mm film event)
United Kingdom: October 18, 2014 (Leeds International Film Festival)
Poland: November 14, 2014 (re-release)
Ireland: November 16, 2014 (Cork International Film Festival)
United Kingdom: November 28, 2014 (re-release, limited)
Ireland: November 28, 2014 (re-release)
Spain: December 25, 2014 (Barcelona, re-release)
Hungary: March 12, 2015 (re-release)
Spain: April 16, 2015 (re-release, limited, subtitled version)
Spain: June 10, 2015 (Barcelona, re-release, 70mm)
China: April 22, 2016 (Beijing International Film Festival)
Greece: July 30, 2016 (Syros International Film Festival)
Argentina: May 20, 2017 (re-release)
Sweden: September 12, 2017 (re-release, limited)
India: October 4, 2017
Macao: December 12, 2017 (International Film Festival & Awards Macao)
France: May 13, 2018 (Cannes Film Festival)
United States: May 18, 2018 (re-release)
Netherlands: May 31, 2018 (re-release)
Spain: June 1, 2018 (re-release, subtitled version)
France: June 13, 2018 (re-release, restored version)
Taiwan: June 22, 2018 (re-release)
Ukraine: July 17, 2018 (Odesa International Film Festival)
United States: August 24, 2018 (IMAX version)
Russia: August 30, 2018
Denmark: September 27, 2018 (IMAX version)
Singapore: September 27, 2018 (IMAX re-release)
France: October 16, 2018 (70mm, Grand Lyon Film Festival)
Indonesia: October 29, 2018 (Blu-ray premiere)
Italy: November 1, 2018 (4K restored version, Trieste Science+Fiction Festival)
Israel: November 8, 2018 (Blu-ray release)
Hong Kong: March 23, 2019 (restored version, Hong Kong International Film Festival)
China: April 6, 2019 (IMAX version, Beijing International Film Festival)
Georgia: September 20, 2019 (Stanley Kubrick Marathon)
Lithuania: March 3, 2020 (re-release)
Mexico: August 6, 2020 (re-release)
Ukraine: October 28, 2020 (Kyiv Critics Week)
Egypt: April 5, 2021 (DVD premiere)
Portugal: September 1, 2021 (IndieLisboa International Film Festival)
Ecuador: September 23, 2021 (Blu-Ray release)
China: April 20, 2023 (IMAX version, Beijing International Film Festival)
South Korea: April 26, 2023 (limited)
Poland: August 12, 2023 (Octopus Film Festival)
Sweden: February 4, 2024 (Göteborg Film Festival)
Portugal: October 11, 2025 (Porto, Batalha Centro de Cinema)
Awards
Winner | 1969 | Cinema Writers Circle Awards, Spain | CEC Award | Best Foreign Film (Mejor Película Extranjera) | 2001: A Space Odyssey | UK/USA.
Winner | 1968 | Kansas City Film Critics Circle Awards | KCFCC Award | Best Film | 2001: A Space Odyssey
Winner | 1968 | Kansas City Film Critics Circle Awards | KCFCC Award | Best Director | Stanley Kubrick, 2001: A Space Odyssey
Nominee | 1969 | Academy Awards, USA | Oscar | Best Director | Stanley Kubrick, 2001: A Space Odyssey
Nominee | 1969 | Academy Awards, USA | Oscar | Best Writing, Story and Screenplay - Written Directly for the Screen | Stanley Kubrick, Arthur C. Clarke, 2001: A Space Odyssey
Nominee | 1969 | Academy Awards, USA | Oscar | Best Art Direction-Set Decoration | Anthony Masters, Harry Lange, Ernest Archer, 2001: A Space Odyssey
Winner | 1969 | Academy Awards, USA | Oscar | Best Effects, Special Visual Effects | Stanley Kubrick, 2001: A Space Odyssey | Stanley Kubrick was not present at the awards ceremony. Presenters Diahann Carroll and Burt Lancaster accepted the award on his behalf.
Nominee | 1969 | Directors Guild of America, USA | DGA Award | Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures | Stanley Kubrick, 2001: A Space Odyssey
Winner | 1969 | David di Donatello Awards | David | Best Foreign Production (Migliore Produzione Straniera) | Stanley Kubrick, 2001: A Space Odyssey
Winner | 1969 | BAFTA Awards | BAFTA Film Award | Best Art Direction | Anthony Masters, Harry Lange, Ernest Archer, 2001: A Space Odyssey
Winner | 1969 | BAFTA Awards | BAFTA Film Award | Best Cinematography | Geoffrey Unsworth, 2001: A Space Odyssey
Nominee | 1969 | BAFTA Awards | BAFTA Film Award | Best Film | Stanley Kubrick, 2001: A Space Odyssey
Winner | 1969 | BAFTA Awards | BAFTA Film Award | Best Sound Track | Winston Ryder, 2001: A Space Odyssey
Nominee | 1969 | BAFTA Awards | UN Award | Stanley Kubrick, 2001: A Space Odyssey
Winner | 1968 | Laurel Awards | Golden Laurel | Road Show | 2001: A Space Odyssey
Winner | 1991 | National Film Preservation Board, USA | National Film Registry | 2001: A Space Odyssey
Winner | 1969 | National Board of Review, USA | NBR Award | Top Ten Films | 2001: A Space Odyssey
Winner | 2012 | Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA | Saturn Award | Best DVD Collection | Spartacus, Lolita, Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb, 2001: A Space Odyssey, A Clockwork Orange, Barry Lyndon, The Shining, Full Metal Jacket, Eyes Wide Shut, Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures | As part of "Stanley Kubrick: The Essential Collection".
Winner | 1969 | Hugo Awards | Hugo | Best Dramatic Presentation | Stanley Kubrick, Arthur C. Clarke, 2001: A Space Odyssey
Nominee | 1969 | National Society of Film Critics Awards, USA | NSFC Award | Best Cinematography | Geoffrey Unsworth, 2001: A Space Odyssey
Winner | 1997 | Online Film & Television Association | OFTA Film Hall of Fame | Motion Picture | 2001: A Space Odyssey
Nominee | 1969 | Moscow International Film Festival | Golden Prize | Best Feature Film | Stanley Kubrick, 2001: A Space Odyssey
Nominee | 2008 | Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA | Saturn Award | Best DVD Collection | 2001: A Space Odyssey, A Clockwork Orange, The Shining, Full Metal Jacket, Eyes Wide Shut | As part of "Stanley Kubrick: Warner Home Video Directors Series".
Nominee | 2015 | Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA | Saturn Award | Best DVD/Blu-Ray Collection | Lolita, Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb, 2001: A Space Odyssey, A Clockwork Orange, Barry Lyndon, The Shining, Full Metal Jacket, Eyes Wide Shut | As part of "Stanley Kubrick: The Masterpiece Collection".
Winner | 2008 | Jules Verne Awards | Jules Verne Légendaire Award | Stanley Kubrick, 2001: A Space Odyssey
Winner | 2019 | Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA | Saturn Award | Best DVD/Blu-Ray Classic Film Release | 2001: A Space Odyssey
Nominee | 1974 | Turkish Film Critics Association (SIYAD) Awards | SIYAD Award | Best Foreign Film | 2001: A Space Odyssey | 8th Place
Nominee | 1969 | Writers' Guild of Great Britain | Writers' Guild of Great Britain Award | Best British Original Screenplay | Stanley Kubrick, Arthur C. Clarke, 2001: A Space Odyssey
Winner | 2022 | Online Film & Television Association | OFTA Film Hall of Fame | Score | Aram Khachaturyan, György Ligeti, Johann Strauss, Richard Strauss, 2001: A Space Odyssey
Nominee | 1969 | Kinema Junpo Awards | Kinema Junpo Award | Best Foreign Language Film | Stanley Kubrick, 2001: A Space Odyssey | Fifth place
Nominee | 2024 | Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA | Saturn Award | Best Film Home Media Collection Release | King Kong, The Maltese Falcon, Children of the Damned, 2001: A Space Odyssey, A Clockwork Orange, The Exorcist, All the President's Men, The Shining, Blade Runner, A Nightmare on Elm Street | Warner Bros. 100th Anniversary 25-Film Collection: Volume Four (Thrillers, Sci-Fi & Horror); additional titles are Full Metal Jacket (1987), GoodFellas (1990), the director's cut of Natural Born Killers (1994), The Shawshank Redemption (1994), Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles (1994), Seven (1995), The Matrix (1999), The Green Mile (1999), Inception (2010), The Conjuring (2013), Gravity (2013), Her (2013), Annabelle (2014), It (2017) & Dune: Part One (2021)
Winner | 2024 | Online Film & Television Association | OFTA Film Hall of Fame | Character | Douglas Rain, 2001: A Space Odyssey