Full Metal Jacket

1987 · directed by Stanley Kubrick

Rating

83/100

Hit

yes

A pragmatic U.S. Marine observes the dehumanizing effects the U.S.-Vietnam War has on his fellow recruits from their brutal boot camp training to the bloody street fighting in Hue.

Full Metal Jacket (1987), directed by Stanley Kubrick, rates 83/100 — a hit. See how its director, cast and crew rate across their careers.

Cast

• Matthew Modine
• Adam Baldwin
• Vincent D'Onofrio
• R. Lee Ermey
• Dorian Harewood
• Kevyn Major Howard
• Arliss Howard
• Ed O'Ross
• John Terry
• Kieron Jecchinis

Crew

• Douglas Milsome — Director of Photography
• Martin Hunter — Editor
• Vivian Kubrick — Original Music Composer
• Gustav Hasford — Screenplay
• Michael Herr — Screenplay
• Stanley Kubrick — Screenplay

More from Stanley Kubrick

1. Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964) — 99/100 · hit
2. 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) — 95/100 · hit
3. Spartacus (1960) — 94/100 · hit
4. A Clockwork Orange (1971) — 93/100 · hit
5. Barry Lyndon (1975) — 93/100 · hit
6. Paths of Glory (1957) — 91/100 · hit

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