Every Best Picture Oscar Winner Ranked Worst To Best

Embracing his own past to bring this sorrowful Vietnam War classic to life, Oliver Stone's deeply personal and horribly gritty Platoon follows a troubled soldier whose allegiances are torn between his two vastly different superiors.

One of the greatest war movies of the 20th century, Platoon's biggest strength comes from its confrontational execution. This isn't just a psychological drama, it's also relentlessly violent and in-your-face, unflinching in its depiction of the physical and emotional cost of combat.

Dripping with dread, you can feel Stone exorcising his demons with Platoon's story, which is made all the more distressing by the brilliantly conflicting performances of Willem Dafoe, Tom Berenger, and Charlie Sheen.