Eyes Wide Shut currently beats Paths of Glory 60–40
Who do you think should win?
The Verdict Director's Cut
This matchup has 10 votes. The picture may shift as more people weigh in.
Stanley Kubrick's filmography goes to war with itself. Eyes Wide Shut and Paths of Glory share a creator but compete for the same bracket slot. 10 votes later, Paths of Glory is still chasing. Eyes Wide Shut holds at 60% to 40%.
Both films come from Stanley Kubrick, which turns this into a debate about the best work in a single filmography. The question isn't which director is better but which version of the same director voters prefer.
1.4s — that's how fast voters choose. No deliberation, no agonizing. Eyes Wide Shut at 60% on pure instinct.
The Numbers
| Eyes Wide Shut | Paths of Glory | |
|---|---|---|
| Head-to-Head | 60% | 40% |
| Overall Win Rate | 49% | 36% |
| Championships | 4 | 1 |
Where This Matchup Sits
Paths of Glory sits at #9 in War among 11 on BingeBracket.
Looking at Stanley Kubrick's 8 films on BingeBracket, Eyes Wide Shut ranks #4 and Paths of Glory ranks #8.
When facing other films on the platform, Eyes Wide Shut handles Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb without much trouble — but Paths of Glory doesn't. That shared opponent is one of the clearest places where these two films diverge.
Eyes Wide Shut has the lower TMDB score (7.5 vs 8.3), but voters here keep picking it. There's a difference between a film people respect and a film people reach for.
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