 Alexander 2004  R, 175 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Oliver Stone
Cast: Colin Farrell, Angelina Jolie, Val Kilmer, Anthony Hopkins, Rosario Dawson, Jared Leto, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Christopher Plummer, David Bedella, Jessie Kamm, Brian Blessed, Connor Paolo
Alexander the Great (356-323 B.C.), King of Macedonia (Colin Farrell), conquered most of the world before he was 25 years of age. This epic covers his eight years of battles as he led his army against the mighty Persian Empire.
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Any Given Sunday 1999  R, 165 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Oliver Stone
Cast: Al Pacino, Dennis Quaid, Cameron Diaz, Jamie Foxx, James Woods, Lauren Holly, Charlton Heston, Ann - Margret, Matthew Modine, LL Cool J, Jim Brown, Lawrence Taylor, Bill Bellamy, Andrew Bryniarski, Lela Rochon
Professional football fills the screen in Oliver Stone's depiction of the sport's violent struggles brought on by the pressure of winning. Miami Sharks quarterback Cap Rooney (Dennis Quaid) is injured, and Coach Tony D'Amato (Al Pacino) pulls Willie Beamen (Jamie Foxx) off the bench to replace him. Willie excels and becomes a star player, which gives the new owner of the Sharks, Christina Pagniacci (Cameron Diaz), the incentive to place pressures on D'Amato to win at any cost.
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Born on the Fourth of July 1989  R, 144 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Oliver Stone
Cast: Tom Cruise, Raymond J. Barry, Caroline Kava, Kyra Sedgwick, Jerry Levine, Bryan Larkin, Frank Whaley, Stephen Baldwin, Tom Berenger, Dale Dye, Josh Evans, Jamie Talisman, Anne Bobby, Samantha Larkin, Richard Panebianco
Based on Vietnam Veteran Ron Kovic's best selling book, Tom Cruise plays the lead in this story that relates Kovic's experiences from all-American football hero to paraplegic, anti-war activist. Oliver Stone won the Best Director Academy Award, and nominations were received for Best Actor (Cruise) and Picture.
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 The Doors 1991  R, 138 min.
Genre: Drama / Musical
Director: Oliver Stone
Cast: Val Kilmer, Meg Ryan, Kevin Dillon, Kyle MacLachlan, Frank Whaley, Michael Madsen, Billy Idol, Kathleen Quinlan, Dennis Burkley, Josh Evans, Michael Wincott, John Densmore, Gretchen Becker, Jerry Sturm, Sean Stone
Val Kilmer stars in this Oliver Stone movie about the late rocker, The Doors' front man Jim Morrison. As is often the case, Stone's work is unique. It not only tells the story, almost documentary style, of a beach boy-poet who turns into a self-destructive, obnoxious rock star. It is a good example of how fame is often a two-edged sword.
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The Hand 1981  R, 104 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Oliver Stone
Cast: Michael Caine, Andrea Marcovicci, Annie McEnroe, Bruce McGill, Viveca Lindfors, Rosemary Murphy, Pat Corley, Charles Fleischer
This is Oliver Stone's first studio film; it stars Michael Caine as Jon Lansdale, a cartoonist, who loses his hand in a car accident. The "hand" subsequently develops a life of its own and murders people with whom Jon has problems.
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Heaven & Earth 1993 R, 140 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Oliver Stone
Cast: Hiep Thi Le, Joan Chen, Tommy Lee Jones, Haing S. Ngor, Debbie Reynolds, Robert John Burke, Tim Guinee, Timothy Carhart, Dale Dye, Conchata Ferrell
Here we go again! Oliver Stone presents the third of his Vietnam stories following "Platoon" and "Born on the Fourth of July." This time the story is about an Asian woman who falls in love with an American and tries to adjust to life in America.
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 JFK 1991 R, 189 min.
Genre: Drama / Mystery
Director: Oliver Stone
Cast: Kevin Costner, Sissy Spacek, Joe Pesci, Tommy Lee Jones, Gary Oldman, Jay O. Sanders, Michael Rooker, Laurie Metcalf, Kevin Bacon, Jack Lemmon, John Candy, Pruitt Taylor Vince, Walter Matthau, Sally Kirkland, Edward Asner
Oliver Stone received Oscar nominations for Best Picture and Director in presenting questions about the Warren Commission and its investigation of the murder of John F. Kennedy. The questions arise when New Orleans District Attorney Jim Garrison (Kevin Costner) has doubts about the FBI's official story concerning the murder and begins his own investigation. The movie achieved its aim of making citizens more politically aware. Two Academy Awards (Best Cinematography and Film Editing) and four other nominations were received.
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The Last Party 1993 N/R, 95 min.
Genre: Documentary
Director: Mark Benjamin
Cast: Robert Downey Jr., Sean Penn, Bill Clinton, Spike Lee, Oliver Stone, William Baldwin, Christian Slater, Mary Stuart Masterson, Robert Downey Sr., Arnold Schwarzenegger
This documentary examines the 1992 Presidential campaign and the politics of the current era. From Bill and Hillary Rodham Clinton to Spike Lee, from G. Gordon Liddy and Ollie North to Arnold Schwarzenegger–they're all here.
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 Natural Born Killers 1994 R, 120 min.
Genre: Action / Drama / Romance / Thriller
Director: Oliver Stone
Cast: Woody Harrelson, Juliette Lewis, Robert Downey Jr., Tommy Lee Jones, Rodney Dangerfield, Tom Sizemore, Edie McClurg, Balthazar Getty, Joe Grifasi, Russell Means, Everett Quinton, Jared Harris, Pruitt Taylor Vince, Lanny Flaherty, O-Lan Jones
Mickey Knox (Woody Harrelson) and his girlfriend Mallory Wilson (Juliette Lewis) embark on a killing spree. Abused as children, they begin the killings with the murder of Mallory's parents (Rodney Dangerfield and Edie McClurg) and continue as they travel across Route 666 just for the fun of it. Media reporter Wayne Gale (Robert Downey Jr.) covers their story, and they make sure they are credited for their long list of victims. When Mickey and Mallory are finally arrested, they have become folk heroes in this story satirizing television's tabloid journalism.
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Nixon 1995 R, 190 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Oliver Stone
Cast: Anthony Hopkins, Joan Allen, Paul Sorvino, James Woods, J.T. Walsh, Bob Hoskins, Powers Boothe, Ed Harris, David Paymer, Tony Goldwyn, Mary Steenburgen, E.G. Marshall, David Hyde Pierce, Brian Bedford, Kevin Dunn
This Oliver Stone film journeys from Richard Nixon's (Anthony Hopkins) law-school days, through his marriage to Pat (Joan Allen), to his Presidency, and then through his fateful fall from the highest office in the land. Academy Award nominations were received by Anthony Hopkins (Best Actor) and Joan Allen (Best Supporting Actress).
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 Platoon 1986  R, 120 min.
Genre: Action / Drama
Director: Oliver Stone
Cast: Charlie Sheen, Tom Berenger, Willem Dafoe, Forest Whitaker, Francesco Quinn, John C. McGinley, Richard Edson, Kevin Dillon, Johnny Depp, Keith David, Reggie Johnson, David Neidorf, Mark Moses, Tony Todd, Chris Pedersen
Vietnam veteran Oliver Stone shows the horrors of war in the jungles of Vietnam as seen through the eyes of young recruit Chris Taylor (Charlie Sheen) and his platoon. Sergeant Elias (Willem Dafoe) is calm in the face of danger, but Sergeant Barnes' (Tom Berenger) violence and corruption often rise to the fore. While Chris watches the conflicts between the two sergeants and other members of his platoon, he must decide where his own values lie. The film won four Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Director; four additional nominations were received, including Tom Berenger and Willem Dafoe for Best Supporting Actor. 1 User Review
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Salvador 1986 R, 123 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: Oliver Stone
Cast: James Woods, James Belushi, John Savage, Michael Murphy, Elpidia Carrillo, Tony Plana, Colby Chester, Cynthia Gibb, John Doe, Will MacMillan, Valerie Wildman, Jose Carlos Ruiz, Jorge Luke, Juan Fernandez, Salvador Sanchez
Richard Boyle (James Woods) is a down-on-his-luck photojournalist who joins his disc-jockey friend Dr. Rock (Jim Belushi) on a car trip to El Salvador in 1980 to cover the war. Boyle forms uneasy alliances with both the guerillas and the right-wing military and realizes that the U.S. press is not adequately reporting the situation. Meanwhile, Boyle falls in love with a Salvadorian, Maria (Elpidia Carrillo), and must find the means to get her out of the country alive. This is based on a true story and conveys the excitement of the time. Woods was nominated for an Oscar.
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Seizure 1974  PG, 93 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Oliver Stone
Cast: Jonathan Frid, Martine Beswick, Christina Pickles, Joseph Sirola, Herve Villechaize, Mary Woronov, Troy Donahue, Anne Meacham, Roger De Koven, Richard Cox
The Blackstones and their friends are forced to endure fatal party games when they fall into the hands of evil uninvited guests at the Blackstone manse.
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Talk Radio 1988 R, 110 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Oliver Stone
Cast: Eric Bogosian, Ellen Greene, Alec Baldwin, Leslie Hope, John C. McGinley, John Pankow, Michael Wincott, Zach Grenier, Anna Levine, Robert Trebor
Eric Bogosian takes on the role of a Dallas radio talk-show host. His flippant and belittling chatter with the misfits of society who call in to his show leads to events over which he no longer has control.
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U-Turn 1997 R, 125 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Oliver Stone
Cast: Sean Penn, Nick Nolte, Jennifer Lopez, Powers Boothe, Claire Danes, Joaquin Phoenix, Billy Bob Thornton, Jon Voight, Abraham Benrubi, Julie Hagerty
Bobby Cooper (Sean Penn) becomes involved in murder plots when his car breaks down in front of a house whose residents want each other killed.
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W. 2008 PG-13, 130 min.
Genre: Drama / Comedy
Director: Oliver Stone
Cast: Josh Brolin, James Cromwell, Elizabeth Banks, Richard Dreyfuss, Toby Jones, Jeffrey Wright, Scott Glenn, Thandie Newton, Stacy Keach, Ellen Burstyn, Sayed Badreya, Dennis Boutsikaris, Jessie Bradford, Jonathan Breck, Wes Chatham
The life of George W. Bush is documented in this film with Josh Brolin playing the title role. The story examines Dubya's somewhat checkered past–from his days as a student at Yale, to his early years involved with alcohol, his courtship of Laura (Elizabeth Banks), and then his new world of sobriety and Christianity. Director Oliver Stone presents his version of Bush's presidency as Dubya having psychological problems following his father George H.W. Bush's (James Cromwell) loss to Bill Clinton, and now, as President, Dubya seeking to regain the family honor.
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 Wall Street 1987 R, 126 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Oliver Stone
Cast: Michael Douglas, Charlie Sheen, Martin Sheen, Daryl Hannah, Terence Stamp, Sean Young, Sylvia Miles, James Spader, Hal Holbrook, Saul Rubinek, Tamara Tunie, Franklin Cover, Chuck Pfeiffer, John C. McGinley, James Karen
Ruthless financier Gordon Gekko (Michael Douglas) primes rookie stockbroker Bud Fox (Charlie Sheen) for an evil, backstabbing career in the world of high finance. Bud's life becomes high powered, and he moves into an upscale apartment and gets a beautiful girlfriend Darien (Daryl Hannah). All goes well–until Gekko instructs Bud to undermine Blue Star airlines where Bud's father Carl (Martin Sheen) is a union leader. The plan is to break down the company and steal retirement funds. This is too much for Bud to handle, and he ends up helping the authorities catch Gekko in illegal practices. Michael Douglas won an Academy Award for Best Actor.
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 World Trade Center 2006 PG-13, 128 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Oliver Stone
Cast: Nicolas Cage, Michael Pena, Maria Bello, Jay Hernandez, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Armando Riesco, Connor Paolo, Patti D'Arbanville, Brad William Henke, Lucia Brawley, Jon Bernthal, Frank Whaley, Donna Murphy
This story of courage and survival relates events during the rescue mission following the September 11, 2001 attack on the World Trade Center. Port Authority Police Department officers responded to the emergency and went into the building to rescue survivors. While they were inside, the tower collapsed, leaving only Will Jimeno (Michael Pena) and John McLoughlin (Nicolas Cage) alive in the rubble. For 12 hours, while awaiting their own rescue, Will and John talk about their lives and dreams while their wives (Maggie Gyllenhaal and Maria Bello) and families wait for news.
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| Oscars: Best Director for Platoon (1986), Best Director for Born on the Fourth of July (1989) |
1. Alexander (2004)
2. Any Given Sunday (1999)
3. Born on the Fourth of July (1989)
4. The Doors (1991)
5. The Hand (1981)
6. Heaven & Earth (1993)
7. JFK (1991)
8. The Last Party (1993)
9. Natural Born Killers (1994)
10. Nixon (1995)
11. Platoon (1986)
12. Salvador (1986)
13. Seizure (1974)
14. Talk Radio (1988)
15. U-Turn (1997)
16. W. (2008)
17. Wall Street (1987)
18. World Trade Center (2006)
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