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Director: Oliver Stone

Oliver Stone won Best Director for Platoon and Born on the Fourth of July and made JFK, Wall Street and Natural Born Killers. He served in Vietnam and was wounded twice, and his films have generated more political argument than almost any American director’s.

Colin Farrell as Alexander the Great in battle armor, likely from a scene in Oliver Stone's 2004 film.Oliver Stone

Alexander (2004) Review

Alexander (2004) rates 5 out of 10 on the rewatch scale. Oliver Stone spent a hundred and fifty-five million dollars on a life that has no shape, released it, and then recut it three separate times across ten years trying…

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Woody Harrelson and Juliette Lewis as Mickey and Mallory Knox in a scene from the 1994 film. TITLE: Natural Born KillersOliver Stone

Natural Born Killers (1994) Review

Natural Born Killers (1994) rates 6 out of 10 on the rewatch scale. Oliver Stone made a satire about media appetite for violence that is itself a two-hour delivery system for violence. Tarantino wrote the story, disowned it, and asked…

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JFK (1991) film posterOliver Stone

JFK (1991)

1991 Oliver Stone conspiracy drama with Kevin Costner as New Orleans DA Jim Garrison prosecuting Clay Shaw for the Kennedy assassination. JFK is Oliver Stone's 1991 American historical drama.

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