Platoon

Platoon comes in at #83 on the AFI list. Made in 1986, the same year that gave us Children of a Lesser God, Aliens, and The Color of Money.

Actors you'll recognize: Tom Berenger, Willem Defoe, Charlie Sheen, Forest Whitaker, Kevin Dillon, Johnny Depp.

Actors you may recognize but not know: Keith David, Oliver Stone (cameo).

It's very well-acted, well-written, and well-made through and through. It's also really depressing. I don't see myself tuning in again anytime soon. Charlie Sheen is good, though it's tough to watch him now 20 years later and not think about the celebrity instead of the actor. Berenger and Defoe are pretty good, and it makes me wonder what else he's done really well in that I'm missing. "Entourage" fans will be happy to see Kevin Dillon, who plays a thoroughly unlikable Bunny in the movie. Now he's playing a slacker brother on HBO.

I'd recommend it if you're into Vietnam movies or if you're an Oliver Stone or anti-war fan. Other than that, you just have to like to be depressed.