Of all the coming home films, including Coming Home, Michael Cimino’s The Deer Hunter is the one. Legendary for all the right reasons.

THE DEER HUNTER

Michael Cimino

1978

Robert De Niro, Christopher Walken, John Savage, John Cazale, Meryl Streep

Screenplay by Deric Washburn; story by Michael Cimino, Deric Washburn, Louis Garfinkle and Quinn K. Redeker

Title: THE DEER HUNTER

Year: 1978

Director: Michael Cimino

Cast: Robert De Niro, Christopher Walken, John Savage, John Cazale, Meryl Streep

Writing: Screenplay by Deric Washburn; story by Michael Cimino, Deric Washburn, Louis Garfinkle and Quinn K. Redeker

Genre tags: WAR, DRAMA