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Oliver Stone

Best rated: Platoon (8.0)

Films
25
Avg rating
6.81
Peak run
1986’89
Oscar wins
2 of 3
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Every film, by IMDb rating

The career

Oliver Stone, directing career by IMDb rating5-film averagePeak eraLongest 7+ run
Peak 1986 to 1989, 7.404567819801990200020102020Platoon 8.0The Hand 5.5Career avg 6.81

Dot size shows IMDb votes. Films with fewer than 1,000 votes sit on the baseline.

Oliver Stone's career barcodecoolhot
197425 films2024
Current formLast 5: 6.92 vs career 6.81 (+0.11)
  1. LWall Street: Money Never Sleeps2010 · 6.2−0.6
  2. LSavages2012 · 6.4−0.4
  3. WSnowden2016 · 7.3+0.5
  4. WJFK Revisited: Through the Looking Glass2021 · 7.5+0.7
  5. WNuclear Now2022 · 7.2+0.4
As a director, films with 1,000+ votes

Oliver by the numbers

Average
6.81
24 rated films
Vote weighted
6.84
bigger films count more
Median
7.0
half are better
Consistency
±0.78
rating spread
Career
51y
1974 to 2024
Total votes
2.4M
across every film
Best
8.0
Platoon
Worst
5.5
The Hand
Newest first

Filmography

Acting filmography
2025RFK: Legacy··127
2012Greystone ParkOliver3.21,832
Better together?

Oliver Stone's regulars

The number on the right is the lift: their average together minus the average of their two careers.

Takes

On Oliver Stone

11 nominations, 3 wins

Awards record

  • Best Original Screenplay · Academy Awards 1996
    Stephen J. Rivele, Christopher Wilkinson, Oliver Stone
    Nominated
  • Best Adapted Screenplay · Academy Awards 1992
    Oliver Stone, Zachary Sklar
    Nominated
  • Best Picture · Academy Awards 1992
    A. Kitman Ho and Oliver Stone, Producers
    Nominated
  • Best Director · Academy Awards 1992
    Oliver Stone
    Nominated
  • Best Adapted Screenplay · Academy Awards 1990
    Oliver Stone, Ron Kovic
    Nominated
  • Best Picture · Academy Awards 1990
    A. Kitman Ho and Oliver Stone, Producers
    Nominated
  • Best Director · Academy Awards 1990
    Oliver Stone
    Won
  • Best Director · Academy Awards 1987
    Oliver Stone
    Won
  • Best Original Screenplay · Academy Awards 1987
    Oliver Stone
    Nominated
  • Best Original Screenplay · Academy Awards 1987
    Oliver Stone, Richard Boyle
    Nominated
  • Best Adapted Screenplay · Academy Awards 1979
    Oliver Stone
    Won

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