| VIETNAMWAR | Conflict featured in the films Platoon and Forrest Gump |
| OLIVERSTONE | Director of the films Platoon and Nixon (6,5) |
| SHEEN | Charlie _, star of the films Platoon and Hot Shots! (5) |
| CIVILWAR | Conflict featured in Gettysburg and Lincoln: 2 wds. |
| SUBMARINE | Type of vessel featured in the films Crimson Tide and Das Boot |
| ITHADTOBEYOU | 1924 song which featured in the films Casablanca and Annie Hall (2,3,2,2,3) |
| STONE | Surname of the director of the films Platoon, JFK, and Natural Born Killers (5) |
| LAMBSHANKS | Often-braised meat dish --> *On the ___ (fleeing) + Actor in "Big" and "Forrest Gump" |
| TOMHANKS | He won the Best Actor Oscar for Philadelphia and Forrest Gump (3,5) |
| FIELDINHITS | Review headline for 'Norma Rae' and 'Forrest Gump'? |
| HANKS | Star of "Philadelphia" and "Forrest Gump" |
| TOM | He won consecutive Oscars for Philadelphia and Forrest Gump (3,5) |
| DAFOE | Willem ___ of the film "Platoon" |
| BERENGER | Tom, actor who was a Best Supporting Actor nominee for the film Platoon (8) |
| WILLEMDAFOE | American actor whose films include Platoon and The Last Temptation of Christ |
| HOUNDDOG | Song that Mrs. Gump and Forrest hear being sung on the TV at Benson's Furniture & Appliance Store |
| ELIAS | Sergeant in the 1986 film Platoon, played by Willem Dafoe (5) |
| VIETNAM | ____ War, conflict that was the subject matter of 1987 film Platoon (7) |
| OLIVER | _ Stone, director whose films include Platoon and Savages (6) |
| ADAGIO | - for Strings; composition by Samuel Barber that formed part of the soundtrack in Oliver Stone's 1986 film Platoon (6) |
