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Oliver Stone

American film director, screenwriter, and producer (born 1946)

8.88body-of-work score · ranked #103 of 2631 directors · 8 films in our library

A director's score is the sum of their films' composite canon scores — methodology.

Born
September 15, 1946 · New York City
Nationality
United States, France
Work
film director, screenwriter, actor, film producer
Reference
Wikipedia · Wikidata
Portrait of Oliver Stone
Gage Skidmore · CC BY-SA 3.0

Films in our library, ranked

Ranked by composite canon score across 20+ authoritative lists, awards and polls — our ordering, with every placement citing its evidence on the film's page.

  1. 1
    PlatoonMust-See #54

    1986 · United States / Philippines · war, drama, action

    Oscar Best Picture winner 1986 · Kinema Junpo Best Ten (International) 1987 #2 · Ebert's annual top 10 1986 #1

    4.0910 citations
  2. 2
    JFKMust-See #441

    1991 · United States · drama, crime, mystery

    Ebert's annual top 10 1991 #1 · Oscar Best Picture nominee 1991 · Kinema Junpo Best Ten (International) 1992 #9

    1.867 citations
  3. 3
    Born on the Fourth of July

    1989 · United States · war, drama, biography

    Oscar Best Picture nominee 1989 · Ebert's annual top 10 1989 #4 · Sarris's annual top 10 1989 #5

    1.376 citations
  4. 4
    Nixon

    1995 · United States · biography, drama

    Siskel's annual top 10 1995 #3 · Ebert's annual top 10 1995 #4

    0.472 citations
  5. 5
    Salvador

    1986 · United States / Mexico / United Kingdom · drama, biography, war

    Kinema Junpo Best Ten (International) 1987 #8 · Hoberman's annual top 10 1986 #null

    0.462 citations
  6. 6
    Natural Born Killers

    1994 · United States · crime, mystery, drama

    Empire 500 (2008) #364 · Ebert's annual top 10 1994 #8

    0.332 citations
  7. 7
    Talk Radio

    1988 · United States · drama

    Hoberman's annual top 10 1988 #7

    0.171 citation
  8. 8
    W.

    2008 · United States · biography, comedy, drama

    Ebert's annual top 10 2008 #null

    0.141 citation

Complete filmography

All 30 directorial credits recorded on Wikidata, in chronological order; films in our library link to their canon-score page.

  • 1974Seizure
  • 1981The Hand
  • 1986Platoon
  • 1986Salvador
  • 1987Wall Street
  • 1988Talk Radio
  • 1989Born on the Fourth of July
  • 1991JFK
  • 1991Jfk: Director's Cut; Beyond Jfk: The Question Of The Conspiracy (S)
  • 1991The Doors
  • 1993Heaven & Earth
  • 1994Natural Born Killers
  • 1995Nixon
  • 1997U Turn
  • 1999Any Given Sunday
  • 2003Comandante
  • 2003Persona Non Grata
  • 2004Alexander
  • 2004Looking for Fidel
  • 2006World Trade Center
  • 2008W.
  • 2009South of the Border
  • 2010Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps
  • 2012Savages
  • 2014Mi amigo Hugo
  • 2016Snowden
  • 2021JFK Revisited: Through the Looking Glass
  • 2022Nuclear Now
  • —"Oliver Stone - Die Geschichte Amerikas" Prologue: Chapter B - 1920-1940, Franklin D.Roosevelt, Adolf Hitler and Joseph Stalin (Fernsehepisode 2013)
  • —White Lies