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Oliver Stone has 26 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 1970s through the 2010s. 1 sits in the Top 1% of all titles we track — including Scarface.
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Why We Fight
2005
Documentary · History

O.J.: Made in America
2016
Documentary · Crime

13th
2016
Documentary

Zero Days
2016
Documentary

The Armstrong Lie
2013
Documentary

Zeitgeist: Moving Forward
2011
Documentary

Night and Fog
1956
Documentary · History

One Nation, One King
2018
Drama · History

Platoon
1986 · Movie · Director · Writer
Top 4%Prime Video · Included

The Doors
1991 · Movie · Director · Writer
Top 36%Pluto TV · Free w/ ads

Salvador
1986 · Movie · Director · Writer
Top 37%Prime Video · Included

Nixon
1995 · Movie · Director · Writer
Top 47%Prime Video · Included

U Turn
1997 · Movie · Director
Top 56%The Roku Channel · Free w/ ads

Savages
2012 · Movie · Director · Writer
Top 75%Netflix · Included
After getting a green card in exchange for assassinating a Cuban government official, Tony Montana stakes a claim on the drug trade in Miami. Viciously murdering anyone who stands in his way, Tony eventually becomes the biggest drug lord in the state, controlling nearly all the cocaine that comes through Miami. But increased pressure from the police, wars with Colombian drug cartels and his own drug-fueled paranoia serve to fuel the flames of his eventual downfall.
Dir. Brian De Palma · With Al Pacino, Steven Bauer, Michelle Pfeiffer

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.
Dir. Oliver Stone · With Charlie Sheen, Willem Dafoe, Tom Berenger

Follows the investigation into the assassination of President John F. Kennedy led by New Orleans district attorney Jim Garrison.
Dir. Oliver Stone · With Kevin Costner, Tommy Lee Jones, Gary Oldman

Oliver Stone charts the history of the United States from the Second World War to the present.
Dir. Oliver Stone · With Oliver Stone, Vasili Arkhipov, Franklin D. Roosevelt

Billy Hayes is caught attempting to smuggle drugs out of a country. The courts decide to make an example of him, sentencing him to more than 30 years in prison. Hayes has two opportunities for release: the appeals made by his lawyer, his family, and the American government, or the "Midnight Express".
Dir. Alan Parker · With Brad Davis, Irene Miracle, Bo Hopkins

A young and impatient stockbroker is willing to do anything to get to the top, including trading on illegal inside information taken through a ruthless and greedy corporate raider, whom takes the youth under his wing.
Dir. Oliver Stone · With Michael Douglas, Charlie Sheen, Martin Sheen

In New York, racist Capt. Stanley White becomes obsessed with destroying a Chinese-American drug ring run by Joey Tai, an up-and-coming young gangster as ambitious as he is ruthless. While pursuing an unauthorized investigation, White grows increasingly willing to violate police protocol, resorting to progressively violent measures -- even as his concerned wife, Connie, and his superiors beg him to consider the consequences of his actions.
Dir. Michael Cimino · With Mickey Rourke, John Lone, Ariane

Two victims of traumatized childhoods become lovers and serial murderers irresponsibly glorified by the mass media.
Dir. Oliver Stone · With Woody Harrelson, Juliette Lewis, Robert Downey Jr.

CIA employee Edward Snowden leaks thousands of classified documents to the press.
Dir. Oliver Stone · With Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Shailene Woodley, Melissa Leo

A horde of rampaging warriors massacre the parents of young Conan and enslave the young child for years on The Wheel of Pain. As the sole survivor of the childhood massacre, Conan is released from slavery and taught the ancient arts of fighting. Transforming himself into a killing machine, Conan travels into the wilderness to seek vengeance on Thulsa Doom, the man responsible for killing his family. In the wilderness, Conan takes up with the thieves Valeria and Subotai. The group comes upon King Osric, who wants the trio of warriors to help rescue his daughter who has joined Doom in the hills.
Dir. John Milius · With Arnold Schwarzenegger, James Earl Jones, Max von Sydow

Paralyzed in the Vietnam war, Ron Kovic becomes an anti-war and pro-human rights political activist after feeling betrayed by the country he fought for.
Dir. Oliver Stone · With Tom Cruise, Raymond J. Barry, Caroline Kava

The story of the famous and influential 1960s rock band and its lead singer and composer, Jim Morrison.
Dir. Oliver Stone · With Val Kilmer, Meg Ryan, Kyle MacLachlan

In 1980, an American journalist covering the Salvadoran Civil War becomes entangled with both the leftist guerrilla groups and the right-wing military dictatorship while trying to rescue his girlfriend and her children.
Dir. Oliver Stone · With James Woods, Jim Belushi, Michael Murphy

A rude, contemptuous talk show host becomes overwhelmed by the hatred that surrounds his program just before it goes national.
Dir. Oliver Stone · With Eric Bogosian, Ellen Greene, Leslie Hope

A look at President Richard M. Nixon—a man carrying the fate of the world on his shoulders while battling the self-destructive demands from within—spanning his troubled boyhood in California to the shocking Watergate scandal that would end his Presidency.
Dir. Oliver Stone · With Anthony Hopkins, Joan Allen, Powers Boothe

A star quarterback gets knocked out of the game and an unknown third stringer is called in to replace him. The unknown gives a stunning performance and forces the aging coach to reevaluate his game plans and life. A new co-owner/president adds to the pressure of winning. The new owner must prove herself in a male dominated world.
Dir. Oliver Stone · With Al Pacino, Cameron Diaz, Dennis Quaid
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.
Dir. Oliver Stone · With Michael Caine, Andrea Marcovicci, Annie McEnroe

When a desperate man’s car breaks down in a bizarre desert town while evading vengeful bookies, he becomes entangled in a dangerous love triangle. Caught between a married couple, he’s faced with deadly contracts to kill them both.
Dir. Oliver Stone · With Sean Penn, Nick Nolte, Jennifer Lopez

In a small Vietnamese village torn apart by war, a young woman faces unimaginable horrors before deciding to escape to the city. There, she encounters a compassionate Marine who offers her hope and a chance at a new life, igniting the possibility of a future together.
Dir. Oliver Stone · With Hiep Thi Le, Tommy Lee Jones, Joan Chen

Pot growers Ben and Chon face off against the Mexican drug cartel that kidnapped their shared girlfriend.
Dir. Oliver Stone · With Taylor Kitsch, Blake Lively, Aaron Taylor-Johnson
Scudder is a detective with the Sheriff's Department who is forced to shoot a violent suspect during a narcotics raid. The ensuing psychological aftermath of this shooting worsens his drinking problem and this alcoholism causes him to lose his job, as well as his marriage.
Dir. Hal Ashby · With Jeff Bridges, Rosanna Arquette, Randy Brooks
The story of the eventful life of George W. Bush—his struggles and triumphs, how he found both his wife and his faith—and the critical days leading up to his decision to invade Iraq.
Dir. Oliver Stone · With Josh Brolin, Colin Hanks, Toby Jones
The hit musical based on the life of Evita Duarte, an Argentinian actress who eventually became the wife of Argentinian president Juan Perón, and the most beloved and hated woman in Argentina.
Dir. Alan Parker · With Madonna, Antonio Banderas, Jonathan Pryce

Two police officers struggle to survive when they become trapped beneath the rubble of the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001.
Dir. Oliver Stone · With Nicolas Cage, Maria Bello, Connor Paolo

As the global economy teeters on the brink of disaster, a young Wall Street trader partners with disgraced former Wall Street corporate raider Gordon Gekko on a two tiered mission: To alert the financial community to the coming doom, and to find out who was responsible for the death of the young trader's mentor.
Dir. Oliver Stone · With Michael Douglas, Shia LaBeouf, Josh Brolin

Alexander, the King of Macedonia, leads his legions against the giant Persian Empire. After defeating the Persians, he leads his army across the then known world, venturing farther than any westerner had ever gone, all the way to India.
Dir. Oliver Stone · With Colin Farrell, Angelina Jolie, Val Kilmer
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