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The Deer Hunter
1978
· Movie
· 183 min
A
MEANRANK
84/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #168
- IMDb #221
- Google retired #1787
- Rotten Tomatoes #714
- Metacritic #159
- Letterboxd #201
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- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #1460
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #419
- Metacritic Critics #199
- Metacritic Audience #329
- Douban #436
- Kinopoisk #522
- AlloCiné #60
- Trakt #471
Every rating
78–91
out of 100
Mostly agreed
Lowest is Kinopoisk on 78, highest is Rotten Tomatoes viewers on 91.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →The lives of a close-knit group of friends from a small Pennsylvania steelworking town are forever changed when they are drafted to serve in the Vietnam War. The story follows their experiences before, during, and after the war, exploring how the extreme trauma of combat and captivity tests their bonds of friendship and fractures their sense of reality, leaving them profoundly altered upon their return home.
Details
- Director
- Michael Cimino
- Studio
- Universal Pictures, EMI Films
- Released
- 8 December 1978
- Country
- United Kingdom, United States
- Language
- English, Vietnamese, French, Russian, Cantonese
- Runtime
- 183 min
- Rated
- R
- Budget
- $15.0M
- Box office
- $49.0M
- Awards
- 22 wins, 23 nominations
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Awards & nominations
See all 45 →7 major awards won · 22 wins from 45 nominations across 16 ceremonies
| Academy Awards 1978 | Best Sound | Richard Portman, William McCaughey, Aaron Rochin and Darin Knight | Winner |
| Academy Awards 1978 | Best Director | Michael Cimino | Winner |
| Academy Awards 1978 | Best Supporting Actor | Christopher Walken | Winner |
| Academy Awards 1978 | Best Picture | Barry Spikings, Michael Deeley, Michael Cimino and John Peverall | Winner |
| Academy Awards 1978 | Best Film Editing | Peter Zinner | Winner |
| Directors Guild of America Awards 1978 | Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures | Michael Cimino | Winner |
| Golden Globe Awards 1978 | Best Director – Motion Picture | Michael Cimino | Winner |
| Academy Awards 1978 | Best Actor | Robert De Niro | Nominee |
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Academy Awards
9 nominations, 5 won
| Best Director | Michael Cimino | Winner |
| Best Film Editing | Peter Zinner | Winner |
| Best Picture | Barry Spikings, Michael Deeley, Michael Cimino and John Peverall | Winner |
| Best Sound | Richard Portman, William McCaughey, Aaron Rochin and Darin Knight | Winner |
| Best Supporting Actor | Christopher Walken | Winner |
| Best Actor | Robert De Niro | Nominee |
| Best Cinematography | Vilmos Zsigmond | Nominee |
| Best Screenplay – Written Directly for the Screen | Deric Washburn, Michael Cimino, Louis A. Garfinkle and Quinn K. Redeker | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actress | Meryl Streep | Nominee |
Golden Globe Awards
6 nominations, 1 won
| Best Director – Motion Picture | Michael Cimino | Winner |
| Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama | Robert De Niro | Nominee |
| Best Motion Picture – Drama | Nominee | |
| Best Screenplay – Motion Picture | Deric Washburn | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture | Christopher Walken | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture | Meryl Streep | Nominee |
Directors Guild of America Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures | Michael Cimino | Winner |
Writers Guild of America Awards
1 nomination
| Best Drama Written Directly for the Screen | Deric Washburn, Michael Cimino, Louis Garfinkle and Quinn K. Redeker | Nominee |
British Academy Film Awards
9 nominations, 2 won
| Best Cinematography | Vilmos Zsigmond | Winner |
| Best Editing | Peter Zinner | Winner |
| Best Actor in a Leading Role | Robert De Niro | Nominee |
| Best Actor in a Supporting Role | Christopher Walken | Nominee |
| Best Actress in a Leading Role | Meryl Streep | Nominee |
| Best Direction | Michael Cimino | Nominee |
| Best Film | Michael Cimino | Nominee |
| Best Screenplay | Deric Washburn | Nominee |
| Best Sound | Darin Knight, Jim Klinger and Richard Portman | Nominee |
American Movie Awards
5 nominations, 2 won
| Best Director | Michael Cimino | Winner |
| Best Supporting Actress | Meryl Streep | Winner |
| Best Actor | Robert De Niro | Nominee |
| Best Film | Nominee | |
| Best Supporting Actor | Christopher Walken | Nominee |
New York Film Critics Circle Awards
2 nominations, 2 won
| Best Film | The Deer Hunter | Winner |
| Best Supporting Actor | Christopher Walken | Winner |
Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards
4 nominations, 1 won
| Best Director | Michael Cimino | Winner |
| Best Actor | Robert De Niro | Nominee |
| Best Film | Nominee | |
| Best Supporting Actor | Christopher Walken | Nominee |
American Cinema Editors Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Edited Feature Film | Peter Zinner | Winner |
Blue Ribbon Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Foreign Language Film | Michael Cimino | Winner |
Hochi Film Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best International Picture | Michael Cimino | Winner |
Japan Academy Film Prize
1 nomination, 1 won
| Outstanding Foreign Language Film | Winner |
Kinema Junpo Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Foreign Director | Michael Cimino | Winner |
National Film Preservation Board
1 nomination, 1 won
| National Film Registry | The Deer Hunter | Winner |
National Society of Film Critics Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Supporting Actress | Meryl Streep | Winner |
Online Film & Television Association Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Hall of Fame – Motion Picture | Winner |