The Best Oliver Stone Movies Ranked And Where to Watch them
If you're looking for the best Oliver Stone movies of all time then here is a definitive list. We rank every movie directed by Oliver Stone based on their popularity score from IMDB from best to worst. Click on the ‘see more’ button to find out where to watch them in Australia covering all streaming services. In May 2025 there are 19 films in this list.
List of the Best Movies Directed by Oliver Stone In Order of Popularity
- Platoon
- JFK
- JFK Revisited: Through the Looking Glass
- Salvador
- Natural Born Killers
- Snowden
- Wall Street
- Born on the Fourth of July
- The Doors
- Nixon
- Any Given Sunday
- Heaven & Earth
- U Turn
- Savages
- W.
- Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps
- World Trade Center
- Alexander
- The Hand
Stream the top 19 Movies directed by Oliver Stone
Rated: R
8.1/10
As a young and naive recruit in Vietnam, Chris Taylor faces a moral crisis when confronted with the horrors of war and the duality of man.
Rated: R
8.0/10
Follows the investigation into the assassination of President John F. Kennedy led by New Orleans district attorney Jim Garrison.
3. JFK Revisited: Through the Looking Glass
Rated: TV-14
7.5/10
Thirty years after his film JFK, filmmaker Oliver Stone takes viewers on a journey though recently declassified evidence in the assassination of President Kennedy - the most consequential American murder mystery of the twentieth century. Joined by Oscar-winning narrators Whoopi Goldberg and Donald Sutherland, as well as a distinguished team of forensics, medical and ballistics experts, historians, and witnesses, Stone presents compelling evidence that in the Kennedy case “conspiracy theory” is now “conspiracy fact.”
Rated: R
7.4/10
A second-rate journalist from the US tries his luck in El Salvador during the military dictatorship in the 1980s.
Rated: MA15+
7.3/10
Two young lovers embark on a blood-drenched killing spree that quickly propels them to celebrity status. When the killers start to live up to their publicity, the town is outraged.
Rated: R
7.3/10
CIA employee Edward Snowden leaks thousands of classified documents to the press.
Rated: R
7.3/10
A young and impatient stockbroker is willing to do anything to get to the top, including trading on illegal inside information taken through a ruthless and greedy corporate raider whom takes the youth under his wing.
Rated: R
7.2/10
The biography of Ron Kovic. Paralyzed in the Vietnam war, he becomes an anti-war and pro-human rights political activist after feeling betrayed by the country he fought for.
Rated: R
7.2/10
The story of the famous and influential 1960s rock band and its lead singer and composer, Jim Morrison.
Rated: R
7.1/10
A look at President Richard M. Nixon—a man carrying the fate of the world on his shoulders while battling the self-destructive demands from within—spanning his troubled boyhood in California to the shocking Watergate scandal that would end his Presidency.
Rated: R
6.9/10
A star quarterback gets knocked out of the game and an unknown third stringer is called in to replace him. The unknown gives a stunning performance and forces the ageing coach to reevaluate his game plans and life. A new co-owner/president adds to the pressure of winning. The new owner must prove herself in a male dominated world.
Rated: R
6.8/10
Le Ly lives in a small Vietnamese village whose serenity is shattered when war breaks out. Caught between the Viet Cong and the South Vietnamese army, the village is all but destroyed. After being both brutalized and raped, Le Ly resolves to flee. She leaves for the city, surviving desperate situations, but surviving nonetheless. Eventually she meets a U.S. Marine named Steve Butler who treats her kindly and tells her he would like to be married -- maybe to her.
Rated: R
6.7/10
When Bobby's car breaks down in the desert while on the run from some of the bookies who have already taken two of his fingers, he becomes trapped in the nearby small town where the people are stranger than anyone he's encountered. After becoming involved with a young married woman, her husband hires Bobby to kill her. Later, she hires Bobby to kill the husband.
Rated: R
6.4/10
Pot growers Ben and Chon face off against the Mexican drug cartel who kidnapped their shared girlfriend.
Rated: PG-13
6.3/10
The story of the eventful life of George W. Bush—his struggles and triumphs, how he found both his wife and his faith—and the critical days leading up to his decision to invade Iraq.
16. Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps
Rated: PG-13
6.2/10
As the global economy teeters on the brink of disaster, a young Wall Street trader partners with disgraced former Wall Street corporate raider Gordon Gekko on a two tiered mission: To alert the financial community to the coming doom, and to find out who was responsible for the death of the young trader's mentor.
Rated: PG-13
6/10
Two police officers struggle to survive when they become trapped beneath the rubble of the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001.
Rated: R
5.6/10
Alexander, the King of Macedonia, leads his legions against the giant Persian Empire. After defeating the Persians, he leads his army across the then known world, venturing farther than any westerner had ever gone, all the way to India.
Rated: R
5.5/10
Jon Lansdale is a comic book artist who loses his right hand in a car accident. The hand was not found at the scene of the accident, but it soon returns by itself to follow Jon around, and murder those who anger him.