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First of all, there will be many people who would disagree that this movie cab be classified as fantasy or horror or Sci/Fi. Well, perhaps it is not, but then again, that did not stop the postings of Fight Club, which is another excellent movie.

Regarded as an all-time film classic, A Clockwork Orange was regarded as one of the most controversial movies of all time when it was released in 1971. Certainly aiding to the film's notorious reputation was it's 'X' rating and the large numbers of 'copy-cat rape groups' that performed rapes as depicted in the movie, and subsequently were followed by many threats on Kubrick's life. On a side note, there isn't a Psychology major anywhere that has not learned about this movie in class.

Clockwork is essentially a movie that brings up the question of free will and humanity (which Kubrick revisited on his original A.I. project before abandoning it) as told through the eyes of Alex DeLarge, leader of his group of Droogs that rampage through London, beating drunken old men, stealing cars, assaulting other gangs, and performing rapes to unwilling women. Alex is betrayed by his Droogs after he asserts his authority over them, and is sentenced to jail after accidentally killing a woman with a large organ.
While in prison, with no genuine desire to reform, Alex agrees to undergo the Ludivego Treatment, which is still in it's experimental stages. Alex becomes aware of the brutal nature of the treatment-eyelids held open, tied up, while watching scenes of death, rape, and Nazis while drugs are being injected into his brain, which eventually makes any thought of sex or violence met in his mind with a sickness he is not able to fight.
Seemingly cured, he is then released into society again, but those that he hurt in the past are waiting for him with less then good intentions, and he without the ability to fight back.

Responsible for some of the most memorable moments and scenes in cinematic history, the main moral of the movie is 'Without the ability of choice, is someone still human?' A truely exceptional movie, which unfortunately might be hard to locate in some places. This is a movie that everyone needs to see at least once.

"Being the adventures of one whose principle interests are rape, drugs, ultra-violence, and Beethoven."