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1987    1h 56mDrama, War
8.290%94%8.1
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A two-segment look at the effect of the military mindset and war itself on Vietnam era Marines. The first half follows a group of recruits in boot camp under the command of the punishing Gunnery Sergeant Hartman. The second half shows one of those recruits, Joker, covering the war as a correspondent for Stars and Stripes, focusing on the Tet offensive.
Directed by Stanley Kubrick
  • Matthew ModinePvt. Joker
  • Adam BaldwinAnimal Mother
  • Vincent D'OnofrioPvt. Pyle
  • R. Lee ErmeyGny. Sgt. Hartman
  • Dorian HarewoodEightball
  • Kevyn Major HowardRafterman
  • Arliss HowardPvt. Cowboy
  • Ed O'RossLt. Touchdown
  • John TerryLt. Lockhart
  • Kieron JecchinisCrazy Earl
  • Kirk TaylorPayback
  • Tim ColceriDoorgunner
  • Jon StaffordDoc Jay
  • Bruce BoaPoge Colonel
  • Ian TylerLt. Cleves
  • Sal LopezT.H.E. Rock
  • Gary Landon MillsDonlon
  • Papillon SooDa Nang Hooker
  • Peter EdmundSnowball
  • Ngoc LeV.C. Sniper
  • Mike HollandJune 23, 2026
    I think the boot camp and love you long time are amazing after that the movie just drags! The action scenes are just boring! The atmosphere is really good and there are some amazing shots . But most actions scenes where just kind of boring. Someone gets shot they fire 10000 rounds at a wall then stop and they repeat that same sequence.
  • Chris ViramontesJune 14, 2026
    It's one of the best war movies of all time! The boot camp scene is the highlight of this masterpiece.
  • hannahssongJune 7, 2026
    I found this disgusting, and the cursing so much, no scripts were needed
  • TomVaderApril 29, 2026
    I don't know if it's an accurate depiction of what went on at boot camp and in Vietnam, and I hate to say I "enjoyed" a film about war, but it's actually really funny in a dark sort of way.
  • runinhotJuly 8, 2025
    Me love this movie long time!!
  • ርልዪረFebruary 23, 2025
    It was AMAZING! It teaches me a lot about what they were like in war. I am actually learning about it right now in school and this movie helped me get an A+ on my science paper! Thank you so much to everyone who made this movie it really helped me out in school and in life. It was a great plot twist when the "fat guy" was getting punished in really terrible ways and then killed there captain and then killed himself wow I thought he would just be happy that he learned how to move his gun but I was wrong....... I am not gonna spoil anymore so if you see this before the movie........................................... GO WATCH IT IT'S SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO GOOD!
  • Jay Marie BaileyApril 27, 2026
    A very poinient pshycological look at war (I'm sure it was actually worse than portrayed). Good to see that war wasn't gloryfied in anyway
  • Katreina EdelweissApril 9, 2026
    It belongs in a museum.
  • sopulaFebruary 11, 2026
    two very chilling payoffs all of the boys remind you of real life people you may have met and especially the big boy prvt pile who somehow was perfectly portrayed as a realistic misunderstood potentially unstable man who really did not need what he got very good
  • vqciFebruary 4, 2026
    Average Stanley W
  • Michael GeeJanuary 31, 2026
    What can you say, from the master Stanley Kubrick. Has to be on the list of the best films of all time. A masterpiece.
  • darsanMay 26, 2025
    "the dead know only one thing: it's better to be alive." a great war film by stanley kubrick.
  • SgeurbDecember 21, 2025
    A masterpiece everyone should watch.
  • ReubenDecember 20, 2025
    Kubrick's best in my opinion.
  • Justafilmguy69December 4, 2025
    Masterpiece

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