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  • Bellucci and Stone feted at Taormina Film Festival - 13 June 2011
    -Italian actress Monica Bellucci and filmmaker Oliver Stone were handed the top prizes at Italy's Taormina Film Festival at the weekend (11-12Jun11).-Bellucci picked up the Taormina Art Award, the festival's top honour for achievement in the cinema industry, at a spec


  • Stone and Franco honoured in Colorado - 22 February 2011
    -Oscar-winning director Oliver Stone was honoured at the Boulder International Film Festival in Colorado on Sunday (20Feb11) when he was handed the Master of Cinema award.- -The Wall Street moviemaker's projects have landed an astounding 31 Academy Award nominations t


  • Stone eyes LaBeouf for Pinkville reboot - 4 January 2011
    -Director Oliver Stone wants Shia Labeouf to head to the battlefield and lead the cast of his previously shelved Vietnam War drama Pinkville.- -The filmmaker's project was due to begin production in December 2007 with Channing Tatum as the male lead, but it was put on

Oliver Stone - what members say


  • JFK
  • JFK review by from Durham
    Rated - 5.0 stars a must see film 21 July 2004
    ...Director Oliver Stone has made many brilliant films throughout his career but as far as im concerned JFK remains his masterpiece. A compelling and gripping account of th...   Read customer review
  • Born On The Fourth Of July
  • Born On The Fourth Of July review by from Totteridge, London
    Rated - 4.0 stars A Stone's Throw From Greatness 17 April 2004
    ...0's, who lived with the fear of fighting a war they didn't want to fight. In Oliver Stone's Born On The Fourth Of July, Tom Cruise is one such youth. Your a-typical patr...   Read customer review
  • Platoon
  • Platoon review by A customer from Cornwall
    Rated - 5.0 stars Welcome to the 'Nam 20 September 2003
    ...Bull'), but 'Platoon' is easily in the top five of that decade. Writer-director Oliver Stone's experiences in Vietnam were the catalysts for this amazing masterpiece, which...   Read customer review

Oliver Stone - filmography


  • Graystone - Blu-ray (2012)
    Starring: Oliver Stone,  Alexander Wraith,  Sean Stone
    Director: Sean Stone
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    In October 2009, the filmmakers went into an abandoned psychiatric hospital to explore the 'haunted' institution, famous for its radical treatment of patients with mental illness. Electroshock, insulin therapy, and lobotomies were commonplace. Once inside, the filmmakers quickly discovered that ..read more »
    1 star out of 5 20% from 1 member
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  • Graystone (2012)
    Starring: Oliver Stone,  Alexander Wraith,  Sean Stone
    Director: Sean Stone
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    In October 2009, the filmmakers went into an abandoned psychiatric hospital to explore the 'haunted' institution, famous for its radical treatment of patients with mental illness. Electroshock, insulin therapy, and lobotomies were commonplace. Once inside, the filmmakers quickly discovered that ..read more »
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  • South of the Border on DVD (2009)
    Starring: Tariq Ali,  Raúl Castro,  Hugo Chávez
    Director: Oliver Stone
    Certificate: Certificate: Ex
    There’s a revolution underway in South America, but most of the world doesn’t know it. Oliver Stone sets out on a road trip across five countries to explore the social and political movements as well as the mainstream media’s misperception of South America while interviewing seven of its elected ..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 78% from 1,045 member
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  • W. - Blu-ray (2008)
    Starring: Josh Brolin,  James Cromwell,  Ellen Burstyn
    Director: Oliver Stone
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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    Whether you love him or hate him, there is no question that George W. Bush is one of the most controversial public figures in recent memory. In an unprecedented undertaking, acclaimed director Oliver Stone is bringing the life of our 43rd president to the big screen as only he can. W takes viewers ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 58% from 3,247 members
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  • W. on DVD (2008)
    Starring: Josh Brolin,  James Cromwell,  Ellen Burstyn
    Director: Oliver Stone
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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    Whether you love him or hate him, there is no question that George W. Bush is one of the most controversial public figures in recent memory. In an unprecedented undertaking, acclaimed director Oliver Stone is bringing the life of our 43rd president to the big screen as only he can. W takes viewers ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 57% from 17,306 members
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  • World Trade Center on DVD (2006)
    Starring: Maria Bello,  Nicolas Cage,  Maggie Gyllenhaal
    Director: Oliver Stone
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    The events of September 11 left an indelible mark on most Americans, and certainly on those in the New York City area. Yet as fresh as the images seem, it's easy to forget the actual grit, sacrifice, and uncertainty of that day. Director Oliver Stone captures the essence of 9/11 by focusing on the ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 60% from 31,083 members
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  • World Trade Center - HD (2006)
    Starring: Maria Bello,  Nicolas Cage,  Maggie Gyllenhaal
    Director: Oliver Stone
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    The events of September 11 left an indelible mark on most Americans, and certainly on those in the New York City area. Yet as fresh as the images seem, it's easy to forget the actual grit, sacrifice, and uncertainty of that day. Director Oliver Stone captures the essence of 9/11 by focusing on the ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 58% from 521 members
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  • Looking for Fidel (2004)
    Starring: Jimmy Carter,  James Cason,  Fidel Castro
    Director: Oliver Stone
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    Oliver Stone's second documentary on/interview with Fidel Castro specifically addresses his country's recent crackdown on Cuban dissidents; namely, the execution of three men who hijacked a ferry to the United States.
    3.5 stars out of 5 70% from 17 members
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  • Any Given Sunday - Blu-ray (1999)
    Starring: Ann-Margret,  Al Pacino,  Cameron Diaz
    Director: Oliver Stone
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Watch now: Unavailable
    Oliver Stone's hard-hitting look at the adrenaline-fueled world of pro football stars Al Pacino as Miami Sharks coach Tony D'Amato. Having just lost his star quarterback, Jack Rooney (Dennis Quaid), he's forced to use the erratic Willie Beamen (Jamie Foxx) off the bench, hoping he can resuscitate ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 70% from 1,388 member
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  • Any Given Sunday on DVD (1999)
    Starring: Ann-Margret,  Al Pacino,  Cameron Diaz
    Director: Oliver Stone
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Watch now: Unavailable
    Oliver Stone's hard-hitting look at the adrenaline-fueled world of pro football stars Al Pacino as Miami Sharks coach Tony D'Amato. Having just lost his star quarterback, Jack Rooney (Dennis Quaid), he's forced to use the erratic Willie Beamen (Jamie Foxx) off the bench, hoping he can resuscitate ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 65% from 8,181 members
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  • U-Turn on DVD (1997)
    Starring: Sean Penn,  Jennifer Lopez,  Nick Nolte
    Director: Oliver Stone
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Oliver Stone shelved his social conscience while making this vicious nest-of-vipers noir. Sean Penn stars as Bobby Cooper, a gambler on the run who is forced to lay up in a desolate Arizona whistlestop with car trouble. Desperate and broke, he receives an offer from the middle-aged Jake McKenna (..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 60% from 3,566 members
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  • Nixon on DVD (1995)
    Starring: Anthony Hopkins,  Joan Allen,  James Woods
    Director: Oliver Stone
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    A surprisingly sympathetic account of the life of Richard Nixon from Oliver Stone, NIXON stars Anthony Hopkins as the former American president. Told out of chronological order, the film traces Nixon's life from his strict Quaker upbringing, through his rise in the Republican party, to his wounding ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 61% from 3,542 members
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  • Natural Born Killers on DVD (1994)
    Starring: Woody Harrelson,  Juliette Lewis,  Robert Downey Jr.
    Director: Oliver Stone
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    A frenetic, bloody look at mass murder and the mass media, director Oliver Stone's extremely controversial film divided critics and audiences with its mixture of over-the-top violence and bitter cultural satire. At the center of the film, written by Stone and Quentin Tarantino, among others, are ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 65% from 13,349 members
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  • Heaven And Earth on DVD (1993)
    Starring: Tommy Lee Jones,  Joan Chen,  Debbie Reynolds
    Director: Oliver Stone
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    The true story of Le Ly, a young girl living in Central Vietnam in the early 1950s. Raped by the Viet Cong and tortured by the South Vietnamese, she is eventually courted by a battle-scarred Marine and returns with him to America as his bride, anxious to put the past behind her.
    3 stars out of 5 63% from 827 members
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  • JFK (1991)
    Starring: Kevin Costner,  Tommy Lee Jones,  John Candy
    Director: Oliver Stone
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Oliver Stone's self-proclaimed 'countermyth', JFK mocks the doubtful veracity of the Warren Commission's findings on the Kennedy assassination and summarizes some of the myriad theories that have been proposed in its stead. Focusing on the investigation by New Orleans district attorney Jim Garrison ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 69% from 14,944 members
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  • The Doors on DVD (1990)
    Starring: Val Kilmer,  Meg Ryan,  Kyle MacLachlan
    Director: Oliver Stone
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Oliver Stone might have considered his film a tribute to the enduring power of the Doors' music, but he seems to have also intended it as a cautionary tale on the perils of both celebrity and substance abuse. Starring Val Kilmer as Jim Morrison, the film focuses on the Lizard King from his days as ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 67% from 4,947 members
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  • The Doors - Blu-ray (1990)
    Starring: Val Kilmer,  Meg Ryan,  Kyle MacLachlan
    Director: Oliver Stone
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Oliver Stone might have considered his film a tribute to the enduring power of the Doors' music, but he seems to have also intended it as a cautionary tale on the perils of both celebrity and substance abuse. Starring Val Kilmer as Jim Morrison, the film focuses on the Lizard King from his days as ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 72% from 218 members
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  • Born On The Fourth Of July - Blu-ray (1989)
    Starring: Tom Cruise,  Willem Dafoe,  Kyra Sedgwick
    Director: Oliver Stone
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Oliver Stone returned to the subject of Vietnam with this wrenching true account of the experiences of Ron Kovic, played by Tom Cruise. A patriotic kid from a small town, he volunteers eagerly to serve in Vietnam. After being disillusioned by the duplicity of military bureaucracy, he's paralyzed ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 70% from 26 members
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  • Born On The Fourth Of July - HD (1989)
    Starring: Tom Cruise,  Willem Dafoe,  Kyra Sedgwick
    Director: Oliver Stone
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Oliver Stone returned to the subject of Vietnam with this wrenching true account of the experiences of Ron Kovic, played by Tom Cruise. A patriotic kid from a small town, he volunteers eagerly to serve in Vietnam. After being disillusioned by the duplicity of military bureaucracy, he's paralyzed ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 68% from 244 members
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  • Wall Street - Blu-ray (1987)
    Starring: Michael Douglas,  Charlie Sheen,  Martin Sheen
    Director: Oliver Stone
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Oliver Stone opened fire on the greed decade of the 1980s with this morality tale set on Wall Street. The film stars Charlie Sheen as Bud Fox, an ambitious rookie stockbroker from a blue-collar background who is magnetised by Gordon Gekko (Michael Douglas), a Mephistophelean superbroker who ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 72% from 2,649 members
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  • Wall Street (1987)
    Starring: Michael Douglas,  Charlie Sheen,  Martin Sheen
    Director: Oliver Stone
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Oliver Stone opened fire on the greed decade of the 1980s with this morality tale set on Wall Street. The film stars Charlie Sheen as Bud Fox, an ambitious rookie stockbroker from a blue-collar background who is magnetised by Gordon Gekko (Michael Douglas), a Mephistophelean superbroker who ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 68% from 8,136 members
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  • Platoon - Blu-ray (1986)
    Starring: Charlie Sheen,  Willem Dafoe,  Tom Berenger
    Director: Oliver Stone
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    In PLATOON, Oliver Stone uses his experience as an infantryman in Vietnam to convey the immediacy of guerrilla warfare: the brutal heat of the jungle, the brushes with such wildlife as snakes and leeches, and, most powerfully, the presence of the unseen enemy. Charlie Sheen stars as Chris, a raw ..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 80% from 134 members
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  • Platoon on DVD (1986)
    Starring: Charlie Sheen,  Willem Dafoe,  Tom Berenger
    Director: Oliver Stone
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    In PLATOON, Oliver Stone uses his experience as an infantryman in Vietnam to convey the immediacy of guerrilla warfare: the brutal heat of the jungle, the brushes with such wildlife as snakes and leeches, and, most powerfully, the presence of the unseen enemy. Charlie Sheen stars as Chris, a raw ..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 74% from 34,897 members
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  • Salvador on DVD (1985)
    Starring: James Woods,  James Belushi,  John Savage
    Director: Oliver Stone
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Oliver Stone's first overtly political film, SALVADOR is a passionate protest against the savagery unleashed by fascist thugs in El Salvador during the early 1980s with the complicity of the U.S. government. It stars James Woods as combat photojournalist Richard Boyle, an erratic, cynical character ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 68% from 3,241 members
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  • The Hand (1981)
    Starring: Michael Caine,  Annie McEnroe
    Director: Oliver Stone
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    Jon Lansdale is a comic book artist who loses his right hand in a car accident. The hand was not found at the scene of the accident, but it soon returns by itself to follow Jon around, and murder those who anger him.
    2.5 stars out of 5 49% from 48 members
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  • Seizure (1974)
    Starring: Jonathan Frid,  Martine Beswick,  Joe Sirola
    Director: Oliver Stone
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    After being plagued by recurring dreams where three strange creatures play havoc with his mind, a novelist pulls an overnighter during which his mind-spun creatures become a reality and horror happens.~ All Movie Guide
    3 stars out of 5 60% from 1 member
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Oliver Stone facts

5 most recent films

Graystone - Blu-ray - 1.0 stars
Graystone - 3 stars
Wall Street - Money Never Sleeps - Blu-ray - 3.0 stars
Wall Street - Money Never Sleeps - 3.0 stars
South of the Border - 4.0 stars

5 highest-rated films

Platoon - Blu-ray - 4.0 stars
South of the Border - 4.0 stars
Platoon - 4.0 stars
The Doors - Blu-ray - 3.5 stars
Wall Street - Blu-ray - 3.5 stars

5 lowest-rated films

Graystone - 3 stars
Graystone - Blu-ray - 1.0 stars
Ultimate 80s Collection - Vol. 2 - 2.0 stars
Seizure - 3.0 stars
Oliver Stone's America - 3.0 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Frank Whaley - 12 times - show films
Willem Dafoe - 8 times - show films
Maria Bello - 7 times - show films
Nicolas Cage - 7 times - show films
Maggie Gyllenhaal - 7 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Sean Stone - 2 times - show films
Martin Scorsese - 1 times - show films
Robert De Niro - 1 times - show films
Charles Kiselyak - 1 times - show films