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Platoon
1986
· Movie
· 120 min
A
MEANRANK
83/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #258
- IMDb #311
- Google retired #768
- Rotten Tomatoes #431
- Metacritic #146
- Letterboxd #621
+9 more
- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #1133
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #221
- Metacritic Critics #136
- Metacritic Audience #405
- Criticker #330
- Douban #499
- Kinopoisk #298
- AlloCiné #216
- Trakt #449
Every rating
67–93
out of 100
Mostly agreed
Lowest is Criticker on 67, highest is Rotten Tomatoes viewers on 93.
See the most agreed on films →A young, naive American soldier arrives in Vietnam and is assigned to a platoon of weary, battle-hardened men. He is caught in the moral and physical struggle between two sergeants: one ethical and idealistic, the other cynical and brutal. The war forces him to confront the chaos and loss of his own innocence.
Details
- Director
- Oliver Stone
- Writer
- Oliver Stone
- Released
- 19 December 1986
- Country
- United Kingdom, United States
- Language
- English, Vietnamese
- Runtime
- 120 min
- Rated
- R
- Budget
- $6.0M
- Box office
- $138.5M
- Awards
- 15 wins, 8 nominations
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
See all 23 →14 major awards won · 15 wins from 23 nominations across 7 ceremonies
| Academy Awards 1986 | Best Picture | Arnold Kopelson | Winner |
| Academy Awards 1986 | Best Director | Oliver Stone | Winner |
| Academy Awards 1986 | Best Film Editing | Claire Simpson | Winner |
| Academy Awards 1986 | Best Sound | John K. Wilkinson, Richard Rogers, Charles "Bud" Grenzbach, Simon Kaye | Winner |
| BAFTA Award 1986 | Best Editing | Claire Simpson | Winner |
| BAFTA Award 1986 | Best Direction | Oliver Stone | Winner |
| Directors Guild of America Award 1986 | Outstanding Directing – Feature Film | Oliver Stone | Winner |
| Golden Globe Award 1986 | Best Director | Oliver Stone | Winner |
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Academy Awards
8 nominations, 4 won
| Best Director | Oliver Stone | Winner |
| Best Film Editing | Claire Simpson | Winner |
| Best Picture | Arnold Kopelson | Winner |
| Best Sound | John K. Wilkinson, Richard Rogers, Charles "Bud" Grenzbach, Simon Kaye | Winner |
| Best Cinematography | Robert Richardson | Nominee |
| Best Original Screenplay | Oliver Stone | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actor | Tom Berenger | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actor | Willem Dafoe | Nominee |
Independent Spirit Award
5 nominations, 4 won
| Best Cinematography | Robert Richardson | Winner |
| Best Director | Oliver Stone | Winner |
| Best Film | Arnold Kopelson | Winner |
| Best Screenplay | Oliver Stone | Winner |
| Best Male Lead | Willem Dafoe | Nominee |
Golden Globe Award
4 nominations, 3 won
| Best Director | Oliver Stone | Winner |
| Best Motion Picture – Drama | Arnold Kopelson | Winner |
| Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture | Tom Berenger | Winner |
| Best Screenplay | Oliver Stone | Nominee |
BAFTA Award
3 nominations, 2 won
| Best Direction | Oliver Stone | Winner |
| Best Editing | Claire Simpson | Winner |
| Best Cinematography | Robert Richardson | Nominee |
Directors Guild of America Award
1 nomination, 1 won
| Outstanding Directing – Feature Film | Oliver Stone | Winner |
Writers Guild of America Award
1 nomination
| Best Original Screenplay | Oliver Stone | Nominee |
Silver Bear
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Director | Oliver Stone | Winner |