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In addition to his Oscar success, Stone won Golden Globes for directing “Platoon,” “Born on the Fourth of July” and “JFK” and for writing “Midnight Express” and “Born on the Fourth of July,” earning additional bids for penning “Platoon” and “JFK” and for directing “Natural Born Killers” (1994). He earned his last nomination in Best Original Screenplay for “Nixon” (1995), a biographical drama of disgraced former President Richard Nixon ( Anthony Hopkins). Despite receiving criticism for its dubious handling of facts, the film still reaped Best Picture, Best Director and Best Adapted Screenplay bids for Stone. Stone returned to the Oscar race with “JFK” (1991), an ambitious and controversial examination of the conspiracy theories surrounding the Kennedy assassination.

He took home his second directing award just three years later for another Vietnam War drama, “Born on the Fourth of July” (1989), for which he also reaped bids in Best Picture and Best Adapted Screenplay.

He emerged as a an A-list director when he was 40 years old with a pair of acclaimed war dramas released in 1986: “Salvador” and “Platoon.” Both earned him Best Original Screenplay nominations, while “Platoon,” which was based on his own experiences as a soldier in Vietnam, earned him his first Best Director prize (it won three additional awards, including Best Picture). During this same period, he directed the low-budget horror films “Seizure” (1974) and “The Hand” (1981).

He first came to prominence as a screenwriter, winning an Oscar for penning “Midnight Express” (Best Original Screenplay in 1978) before writing “Conan the Barbarian” (1982), “Scarface” (1983) and “Year of the Dragon” (1985). But how many of his titles remain classics? In honor of his birthday, let’s take a look back at all 20 of his films, ranked worst to best.īorn in 1946, Stone served in the Vietnam War before enrolling in NYU film school. Three-time Oscar winner Oliver Stone has courted controversy with a series of technically ambitious, rabble rousing political dramas, chronicling the highs and lows of American history.