Which Kubrick film is set primarily in a hotel?

The Kubrick film set primarily in a hotel is The Shining. Stanley Kubrick’s 1980 adaptation follows Jack Torrance, who accepts a winter caretaker job at the isolated Overlook Hotel in Colorado and brings his wife Wendy and son Danny with him.

The hotel becomes the film’s central setting and antagonist-like force. Its history includes the earlier caretaker Charles Grady, who murdered his family, while Danny’s psychic ability—called “the shining”—allows him to sense the building’s disturbing past. Jack’s isolation, writer’s block, and growing instability intensify the supernatural threat.

The film was adapted from Stephen King’s 1977 novel, although Kubrick changed several details, including aspects of Jack’s character and the hotel’s room numbering. The Overlook’s memorable locations include the hedge maze, ballroom, grand lobby, and Room 237.

Barry Lyndon, Eyes Wide Shut, and 2001: A Space Odyssey are also Kubrick films, but they are not primarily hotel-set stories. The Shining is the clear answer because the Overlook dominates nearly the entire narrative.