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post #1 of 44
5/24/05 at 7:07am
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DIRECTOR FILMOGRAPHY - The Films of OLIVER STONE

Rank ‘em, rate ‘em, review ‘em or whatever.

OLIVER STONE

Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps (2010)

South of the Border (2009)

W. (2008)
World Trade Center (2006)
Alexander (2004)
Looking for Fidel (2004) (TV)
Persona Non Grata (2003)
Comandante (2003)
Any Given Sunday (1999)
U Turn (1997)
Nixon (1995)
Natural Born Killers (1994)
Heaven & Earth (1993)
JFK (1991)
The Doors (1991)
Born on the Fourth of July (1989)
Talk Radio (1988)
Wall Street (1987)
Platoon (1986)
Salvador (1986)
The Hand (1981)
Mad Man of Martinique (1979)
Seizure (1974)
Last Year in Viet Nam (1971)


Edited by Jim_K - 12/8/10 at 4:43am
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post #2 of 44
5/24/05 at 7:09am
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Ratings out of
Seen 18

OLIVER STONE (1946 -     )

 

Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps (2010)

South of the Border (2009)

W. (2008)
World Trade Center (2006)
Alexander (2004)
Comandante (2003)
Any Given Sunday (1999)
U Turn (1997)
Nixon (1995)
Natural Born Killers (1994)
Heaven & Earth (1993)
JFK (1991)
The Doors (1991)
Born on the Fourth of July (1989)
Talk Radio (1988)
Wall Street (1987)
Platoon (1986)
Salvador (1986)
The Hand (1981)
Mad Man of Martinique (1979)
Seizure (1974)
Last Year in Viet Nam (1971)

 


Edited by Jim_K - 6/23/11 at 4:34am
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post #3 of 44
5/24/05 at 8:03am
World Trade Center (2006)
Alexander (2004)
Any Given Sunday (1999)
U Turn (1997)
Nixon (1995)
Natural Born Killers (1994)
JFK (1991)
The Doors (1991)
Born on the Fourth of July (1989)
Wall Street (1987)
Platoon (1986)
Salvador (1986)
The Hand (1981)

Ranked

1)Platoon (my 2nd favorite Vietnam film)
2)JFK
3)Natural Born Killers
4)Born on the Fourth of July
5)Salvador
6)Wall Street
7)Nixon
8)The Doors
9)Alexander
10) World Trade Center

All Ratings out of 5.
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post #4 of 44
5/24/05 at 10:08am
OLIVER STONE

Seen: 6
Like: 0
Own: 0

Rank order:

Platoon (1986)
Born on the Fourth of July (1989)
The Doors (1991)
JFK (1991)
Any Given Sunday (1999)
Wall Street (1987)
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post #5 of 44
5/24/05 at 10:10am

Ranking:


1. JFK
2. Platoon
3. Wall Street
4. Born on the Fourth of July
5. Nixon
6. Any Given Sunday
7. Heaven and Earth

8. Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps
9. World Trade Center
10. Natural Born Killers
11. W.
12. Alexander
13. Talk Radio


Edited by Kirk Tsai - 9/29/10 at 12:53am
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post #6 of 44
5/24/05 at 11:23am

*1. JFK - A
2. The Doors - A-
3. Heaven & Earth - A-
4. Born On The 4th Of July - A-
5. Wall Street - B+
6. Nixon - B+
7. Salvador - B+
8. World Trade Center - B
9. Natural Born Killers - B
10. Platoon - B
11. W. - B

12. Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps - B-
13. Any Given Sunday - C+

Own - 1

There was a time in the early 90's before I knew any better (Bill's taste based on breadth of experience theorem) when Stone was one of my favorite, if not THE favorite director. His films (along with Lynch's Twin Peaks) were the first to make me thing about editing and become more interested in the technical aspects of filmmaking.


Edited by Brook K - 2/4/11 at 4:00pm
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post #7 of 44
5/24/05 at 11:27am
U Turn (1997) - C+
Natural Born Killers (1994) - A
JFK (1991) - A-
Born on the Fourth of July (1989) - C
The Hand (1981) - C

The one I most want to see is Nixon.
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post #8 of 44
5/24/05 at 2:07pm
Alexander (2004)
Looking for Fidel (2004) (TV)
Persona Non Grata (2003)
Comandante (2003)
Any Given Sunday (1999)
U Turn (1997)
Nixon (1995)
Natural Born Killers (1994)
Heaven & Earth (1993)
JFK (1991)
The Doors (1991)
Born on the Fourth of July (1989)
Talk Radio (1988)
Wall Street (1987)
Platoon (1986)
Salvador (1986)
The Hand (1981)
Mad Man of Martinique (1979)
Seizure (1974)
Last Year in Viet Nam (1971)

Bolded films I've seen.
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post #9 of 44
5/24/05 at 2:13pm
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post #10 of 44
5/24/05 at 2:53pm

Oliver Stone
Sept 15, 1946 -
Ratings from to

 

Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps (2010) star.gifstar.gifstar.gif

South of the Border (2009) 

W. (2008)
World Trade Center (2006)
Alexander (2004)
Looking for Fidel (2004) (TV)
Persona Non Grata (2003)
Comandante (2003)
Any Given Sunday (1999)
U Turn (1997)
Nixon (1995)
Natural Born Killers (1994) (Own the Blu)
Heaven & Earth (1993)
JFK (1991) (Own the DVD)
The Doors (1991)
Born on the Fourth of July (1989) (Used to own the LD)
Talk Radio (1988)
Wall Street (1987)
Platoon (1986)
Salvador (1986)
The Hand (1981)
Mad Man of Martinique (1979)
Seizure (1974)
Last Year in Viet Nam (1971)

Seen 17
Own 2

I didn't think that you had seen Twin Peaks, Brook.


Edited by Bill McA - 6/16/11 at 7:03pm
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post #11 of 44
5/25/05 at 7:58am
I've never seen Fire Walk With Me, but I watched the series when it originally aired. At least Season 1 anyway, I missed a lot of season 2. I think S1 aired my junior year of high school when I didn't play any sports. IIRC, Twin Peaks showed on Friday nights. My senior year I played basketball and we had games every Friday night so I ended up missing a bunch of episodes, and then quit watching a lot of the final Bob stuff because I was completely lost. (why I didn't tape the shows, I have no idea. I used to tape other stuff like Dr. Who since it came on at midnight or 1am where I lived).

By the time Fire Walk With Me came out I was in college and just didn't see many movies at the theater and then it was usually at the "$1.00" theater which only had 2 or 3 screens and just played the most popular mainstream stuff.
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post #12 of 44
5/25/05 at 8:54am
Out of 4 s

Alexander (2004)
Any Given Sunday (1999)
U Turn (1997)
Nixon (1995)
Natural Born Killers (1994)
Heaven & Earth (1993) 1/2
JFK (1991)
The Doors (1991) 1/2
Born on the Fourth of July (1989)
Talk Radio (1988) 1/2
Wall Street (1987)
Platoon (1986)
Salvador (1986)
The Hand (1981) 1/2
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post #13 of 44
6/3/05 at 10:56am
Natural Born Killers (1994) -
Born on the Fourth of July (1989) - 1/2
Talk Radio (1988) seen ages ago
Wall Street (1987) - 1/2
Platoon (1986) - 1/2
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post #14 of 44
6/11/05 at 4:22pm
Platoon
Wall Street
Born on the Fourth of July
Doors
JFK
Natural Born Killers
Nixon
U-Turn
Any Given Sunday
Alexander Director's Cut
World Trade Center
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post #15 of 44
6/11/05 at 6:40pm
Any Given Sunday (1999)
U Turn (1997)
Nixon (1995)
Natural Born Killers (1994)
Heaven & Earth (1993)
JFK (1991)
The Doors (1991)
Born on the Fourth of July (1989)
Wall Street (1987)
Platoon (1986)

I guess I'd put JFK at #1 followed by NATURAL BORN KILLERS, which I actually hated the first time I saw it. U-TURN is certainly his most underrated. Penn is great as is the rest of the cast. This certainly isn't a "deep" movie but I don't think it's try to be. Just a wild cast in a wild, fun movie.
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post #16 of 44
6/11/05 at 10:48pm
In order of merit:

1.JFK (1991) ***1/2
2.Platoon (1986) ***1/2
3.Born on the Fourth of July (1989) ***1/2
4.Nixon (1995) ***1/2
5.The Doors (1991) ***
6.Alexander (2004) **1/2
7.Natural Born Killers (1994) **


I've missed out on quite a few of his films, but then I can't say that Stone is a director I would go out of my way to pursue - I do have SALVADOR (1986), WALL STREET (1987) and U-TURN (1997) on VHS, however...
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post #17 of 44
6/12/05 at 4:10am
Born on the Fourth of July (1989) ***
Natural Born Killers (1994) **

I'd like to try KILLERS again, as I think I can appreciate more what Stone was trying to say now than I did when it first came out.

Having seen a very good documentary of the JFK assasination recently, and having heard interviews with important people who know what they're talking about, in addition to computer re-enactments and so forth, and having seen some film clips of Stone's film, I perceive the movie JFK to be inaccurate and I have no "desire" to see the movie.
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post #18 of 44
6/24/05 at 11:47am
1. The Doors

2. Platoon

3. Natural Born Killers

4. JFK

5. Any Given Sunday

6. U Turn

7. Wall Street

8. Talk Radio

9. The Hand

One of the all-time greats...
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post #19 of 44
8/7/05 at 7:07am
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Updated Master list...............................
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post #20 of 44
8/7/05 at 11:28am
Out of

Alexander (2004)
Looking for Fidel (2004) (TV)
Persona Non Grata (2003)
Comandante (2003)
Any Given Sunday (1999) - And I'm a football fan.
U Turn (1997) 1/2
Nixon (1995)
Natural Born Killers (1994)
Heaven & Earth (1993)
JFK (1991)
The Doors (1991) 1/2
Born on the Fourth of July (1989) 1/2
Talk Radio (1988) - The best Stone movie, probably because it is the least "Stone" movie. It's really Eric Bogosian's vehicle. Own the DVD
Wall Street (1987) 1/2 - Own the DVD
Platoon (1986) 1/2 - Hasn't held up for me.
Salvador (1986) 1/2
The Hand (1981)
Mad Man of Martinique (1979)
Seizure (1974)
Last Year in Viet Nam (1971)
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post #21 of 44
1/16/06 at 2:31am
Ratings on a scale of * to *****:

1: Nixon (1995) ***½
2: Born on the Fourth of July (1989) ***
3: Platoon (1986) **
4: Talk Radio (1988) **
5: Any Given Sunday (1999) *½
6: Alexander (2004) *

Own 0
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post #22 of 44
8/12/06 at 11:11pm

Re: THE GREAT DIRECTOR’S CHECKLIST SERIES - Volume #38 - The Films of OLIVER STONE

Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps (2010)

South of the Border (2010)

W. (2008)
World Trade Center (2006)
Alexander (2004)
Looking for Fidel (2004) (TV)
Persona Non Grata (2003)
Comandante (2003)
Any Given Sunday (1999)
U Turn (1997)
Nixon (1995)
Natural Born Killers (1994)
Heaven & Earth (1993)
JFK (1991)
The Doors (1991)
Born on the Fourth of July (1989)
Talk Radio (1988)
Wall Street (1987)
Platoon (1986)
Salvador (1986)
The Hand (1981)
Mad Man of Martinique (1979)
Seizure (1974)
Last Year in Viet Nam (1971)


Edited by Michael Elliott - 11/29/10 at 12:52pm
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post #23 of 44
8/26/06 at 9:22am

Re: THE GREAT DIRECTOR’S CHECKLIST SERIES - Volume #38 - The Films of OLIVER STONE

UPDATED:

World Trade Center (2006)

Seen 14
Own 2
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post #24 of 44
8/27/06 at 5:18am

Re: THE GREAT DIRECTOR’S CHECKLIST SERIES - Volume #38 - The Films of OLIVER STONE

World Trade Center (2006)
Alexander (2004) 5/10 (theatrical cut) 3/10 (director's cut)
Looking for Fidel (2004) (TV)
Persona Non Grata (2003)
Comandante (2003)
Any Given Sunday (1999)
U Turn (1997)
Nixon (1995) 6/10
Natural Born Killers (1994)
Heaven & Earth (1993)
JFK (1991) 7/10
The Doors (1991) 1/10
Born on the Fourth of July (1989) 9/10
Talk Radio (1988) 6/10
Wall Street (1987) 3/10
Platoon (1986) 5/10
Salvador (1986) 7/10
The Hand (1981)
Mad Man of Martinique (1979)
Seizure (1974)
Last Year in Viet Nam (1971)

Not my favorite director in the world by any stretch of the imagination; his films began as opulent extravaganzas and their self-importance only increases as he continues. My favorite of his films is Born on the Fourth of July, with Salvador as a close second. I'll have to give Platoon another chance sometime soon.
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post #25 of 44
11/29/06 at 12:58pm

Re: THE GREAT DIRECTOR’S CHECKLIST SERIES - Volume #38 - The Films of OLIVER STONE

Natural Born Killers (1994) - 5/10
JFK (1991) - 7/10
The Doors (1991) - 6/10
Talk Radio (1988) - 6/10
Platoon (1986) - 7/10

Want to see Wall Street, but other than that, not too interested.
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post #26 of 44
12/1/06 at 5:49pm

Re: THE GREAT DIRECTOR’S CHECKLIST SERIES - Volume #38 - The Films of OLIVER STONE

Updated with World Trade Center (2006)
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post #27 of 44
12/16/06 at 6:48am
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Re: THE GREAT DIRECTOR’S CHECKLIST SERIES - Volume #38 - The Films of OLIVER STONE

Updated Master list...............................
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post #28 of 44
12/17/06 at 4:37am

Re: THE GREAT DIRECTOR’S CHECKLIST SERIES - Volume #38 - The Films of OLIVER STONE


ALL RATINGS OUT OF (FIVE) STARS

W. (2008)
World Trade Center (2006)
Alexander (2004)
Looking for Fidel (2004) (TV)
Persona Non Grata (2003)
Comandante (2003)
Any Given Sunday (1999)
U Turn (1997)
Nixon (1995)
Natural Born Killers (1994)
Heaven & Earth (1993)
JFK (1991)
The Doors (1991)
Born on the Fourth of July (1989)
Talk Radio (1988)
Wall Street (1987)
Platoon (1986)
Salvador (1986)
The Hand (1981)
Mad Man of Martinique (1979)
Seizure (1974)
Last Year in Vietnam (1971)
Edited by Brian.L - 12/4/09 at 9:25pm
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post #29 of 44
1/8/07 at 7:10pm

Re: THE GREAT DIRECTOR’S CHECKLIST SERIES - Volume #38 - The Films of OLIVER STONE

Update: World Trade Center (2006)

Yuck...and some people like this better than United 93?
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post #30 of 44
3/9/07 at 10:21pm

Re: THE GREAT DIRECTOR’S CHECKLIST SERIES - Volume #38 - The Films of OLIVER STONE

Updated:

World Trade Center - B
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