Directed by Michael Cimino, The Deer Hunter is an Academy Award winning Vietnam War drama starring Robert De Niro, Christopher Walken, and Meryl Streep. The film won the Oscar for Best Picture and Best Director, with Christopher Walken receiving the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. Widely regarded as one of the defining anti-war films of the 1970s, it explores friendship, trauma, and the lasting psychological impact of war on those who return home. Från IMDB: The lives of a group of friends are forever changed by the Vietnam War.