As a young and naive recruit in Vietnam, Chris Taylor faces a moral crisis when confronted with the horrors of war and the duality of man.
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Movie1986·120 min
Platoon
Directed by Oliver Stone
An Academy Award-winning drama war film directed by Oliver Stone. Winner of 3 Academy Awards, with 3 additional nominations.
◈ CrunchScore
Top 4%
of all movies · weighted by audience size & source agreement
★ TMDB Audience Rating
7.8/10
5K ratings
About Platoon
- Pacing
- Measured (4 of 9)
- Tone
- Dark (2 of 9)
- Intensity
- Harrowing (9 of 9)
- Complexity
- Layered (6 of 9)
- Humor
- Serious (1 of 9)
- Scale
- Personal (4 of 9)
- Spirit
- Earnest (5 of 9)
- Texture
- Gritty, Unsettling
- Story Tags
- grief and loss, trauma recovery, faith existentialism, late 20th century, action combat, warzone, wilderness, group found family, battlefield combat, everyman, anti hero, survival, tragedy arc