A brief summary of Stanley Kubrick's Films :
1. Sparatcus (1960)
Nominated for 6 Academy awards, winner of 4.
96% on Rotten tomatoes
2. Lolita (1962)
4 Golden Globe award nominations
1 BAFTA award nomination
1 Academy award nomination
95% on rotten tomatoes
3. Dr. Strangelove (1964)
99% on Rotten tomatoes
4 Academy award nominations
7 BAFTA award nomibations (4 wins)
4. 2001 A space Odyssey (1968)
96% on rotten tomatoes
made more than 190 million dollars
3 academy award nominations (1 win)
5. A clockwork Orange (1971)
89% on rotten tomatoes
6. Barry London (1975)
96% on Rotten tomatoes
7. The Shining (1980)
Made 44 million against a budget of 19 million
92% on Rotten Tomatoes
8. Full metal Jacket(1987)
Made 46 million
94% on rotten tomatoes
9. Eyes wide Shut (1999)
74% on Rotten tomatoes
made 55 million dollars
Nominated for several awards.
Additional points :
On a personal level(since the question is also slightly subjective), I have watched The Shining & Full Metal Jacket, and they are among my favorite films ever.
Kubrick often picked very controversial & complex stories which others found too difficult to make a movie on. eg. - Lolita & Clock work orange.
Check AFI's 100 years 100 films/thrills/..., Kubrick's films are all over these.
Now you've got to admit, there was something about this guy.