Editing Platoon (film) (section)

==Awards and nominations==
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! Award
! Category
! Subject
! Result
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|rowspan=8|[[59th Academy Awards|Academy Awards]]
|[[Academy Award for Best Picture|Best Picture]]
|[[Arnold Kopelson]]
|{{won}}
|-
|[[Academy Award for Best Director|Best Director]]
|[[Oliver Stone]]
|{{won}}
|-
|rowspan=2|[[Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor|Best Supporting Actor]]
|[[Tom Berenger]]
|{{nom}}
|-
|[[Willem Dafoe]]
|{{nom}}
|-
|[[Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay|Best Original Screenplay]]
|Oliver Stone
|{{nom}}
|-
|[[Academy Award for Best Cinematography|Best Cinematography]]
|[[Robert Richardson (cinematographer)|Robert Richardson]]
|{{nom}}
|-
|[[Academy Award for Best Film Editing|Best Film Editing]]
|[[Claire Simpson]]
|{{won}}
|-
|[[Academy Award for Best Sound|Best Sound]]
|[[John Wilkinson (sound engineer)|John K. Wilkinson]], [[Richard Rogers (sound engineer)|Richard Rogers]], [[Charles Grenzbach|Charles "Bud" Grenzbach]], [[Simon Kaye]]
|{{won}}
|-
|rowspan=3|[[British Academy Film Awards|BAFTA Award]]
|[[BAFTA Award for Best Editing|Best Editing]]
|Claire Simpson
|{{won}}
|-
|[[BAFTA Award for Best Cinematography|Best Cinematography]]
|[[Robert Richardson (cinematographer)|Robert Richardson]]
|{{nom}}
|-
|[[BAFTA Award for Best Direction|Best Direction]]
|rowspan=4|[[Oliver Stone]]
|{{won}}
|-
|[[Directors Guild of America Award]]
|[[Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing – Feature Film|Outstanding Directing – Feature Film]]
|{{won}}
|-
|rowspan=4|[[Golden Globe Award]]
|[[Golden Globe Award for Best Director|Best Director]]
|{{won}}
|-
|[[Golden Globe Award for Best Screenplay|Best Screenplay]]
|{{nom}}
|-
|[[Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Drama|Best Motion Picture – Drama]]
|[[Arnold Kopelson]]
|{{won}}
|-
|[[Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture|Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture]]
|[[Tom Berenger]]
|{{won}}
|-
|[[Berlin International Film Festival|Silver Bear]]
|[[Silver Bear for Best Director|Best Director]]
|rowspan=3|[[Oliver Stone]]
|{{won}}
|-
|rowspan=5|[[Independent Spirit Award]]
|[[Independent Spirit Award for Best Director|Best Director]]
|{{won}}
|-
|[[Independent Spirit Award for Best Screenplay|Best Screenplay]]
|{{won}}
|-
|[[Independent Spirit Award for Best Film|Best Film]]
|[[Arnold Kopelson]]
|{{won}}
|-
|[[Independent Spirit Award for Best Male Lead|Best Male Lead]]
|[[Willem Dafoe]]
|{{nom}}
|-
|[[Independent Spirit Award for Best Cinematography|Best Cinematography]]
|[[Robert Richardson (cinematographer)|Robert Richardson]]
|{{won}}
|-
|[[Writers Guild of America Award]]
|[[Writers Guild of America Award for Best Original Screenplay|Best Original Screenplay]]
|[[Oliver Stone]]
|{{nom}}
|-
|}

===Other honors===
[[American Film Institute]] lists:
* [[AFI's 100 Years...100 Movies]]: #83
* [[AFI's 100 Years...100 Thrills]]: #72
* [[AFI's 100 Years...100 Movies (10th Anniversary Edition)]]: #86
* [[AFI's 100 Years...100 Heroes & Villains]]:  Sgt. Bob Barnes - Nominated Villain
In 2011, British television channel [[Channel 4]] voted ''Platoon'' as the 6th greatest war film ever made, behind ''[[Full Metal Jacket]]'' and ahead of ''[[A Bridge Too Far (film)|A Bridge Too Far]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Channel 4's 100 Greatest War Movies of All Time |url=http://www.thependragon.co.uk/Channel4WarFilms.htm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110930175058/http://www.thependragon.co.uk/Channel4WarFilms.htm |archive-date=September 30, 2011 |access-date=August 13, 2011}}</ref>