A Forbidden Orange is a companion piece to Stanley Kubrick's adaptation of A Clockwork Orange and the crisis the movie causes, as depicted in the documentary, is an interesting tale itself. In a filmography like Stanley Kubrick's, ranking movies can be a bit of a futile endeavor. One person's worst film could be another's favorite, so lauded and effective is Kubrick. A Clockwork Orange, for instance, is an incredibly nuanced dystopian crime film that has inspired decades of media afterward but has also attracted a considerable amount of negative attention.

Based on Anthony Burgess' 1962 novel of the same name, A Clockwork Orange takes place in a criminal-infested, near-future Britain. There, Alex DeLarge (Malcolm McDowell) is a monstrous delinquent who leads a group of henchmen, The Droogs, who spend their time committing all sorts of horrific crimes. After he's arrested, Alex is subjected to an experimental psychological conditioning technique that keeps him docile.