"Lolita" is a controversial and thought-provoking film directed by Stanley Kubrick, based on the novel of the same name by Vladimir Nabokov. Released in 1962, the film tells the story of a middle-aged literature professor named Humbert Humbert (played by James Mason) who becomes infatuated with a teenage girl named Dolores Haze, also known as Lolita (played by Sue Lyon).