This article compares and contrasts American Psycho and A Clockwork Orange by considering its scenes, characters, time-setting, and social satire. The writer argues that other than bum-killing, the movies are quite different. It points out that both are adaptations of satirical novels using psychopathic youth to make their point. Although both egotistical characters objectify and mistreat women, they come from a different time and different social class. A Clockwork Orange is set in the seventies and American Psycho is set in the late eighties.  The movies attack different objects. A Clockwork Orange attacks the United Kingdom’s rigid and blind institutions whereas American Psycho satirizes New York financial workers and their consumerism from. The writer then brings in examples of other writers from the eighties to flesh out his argument. He contrasts the New Romantic art crowd (think club going, colored hair, punk crowd) with the fastidious consumers of Wall Street. The writer then writes about other satirical eighties novels- Jay McInerney’s Bright Lights, Big City and Bret Ellis’ Less Than Zero (author of American Psycho) Both satirize well off youth who become involved with drugs and hedonism only to then fall. He suggests that these characters were envied rather than pitied by audiences. He writes about eighties success laden culture and the celebrity icons and movies of the time. The writer then goes back to the seventies to invoke British punk rock’s use of ridicule, irony and sarcasm to voice their “no future” mentality and discontent about becoming a drone for manufacturing industry. He writes of the similarity between punk music and the main character Alex from A Clockwork Orange. After considering what impact Kubrick’s film had on music and journalism, he contrasts the existence of authority in the two films. This article makes interesting comparisons between A Clockwork Orange and American Psycho.