The greatest film of all time: A Clockwork Orange

A Clockwork Orange

A Clockwork Orange

Cast: Malcolm McDowell, Patrick Magee, Michael Bates, Warren Clarke, John Clive

Based on Anthony Burgess's disturbing novel about England in the totalitarian future, Malcolm McDowell portrays Alex, a Beethoven-loving, head-bashing punk who leads his gang of "droogs" on ultra-violent assaults--until he is captured by authorities and subjected to nasty behavior-modification therapy.