The Deer Hunter
starring Robert de Niro, Meryl Streep and Christopher Walken
The story of a band of best friends, who work, drink and hunt together. Stevie gets married, and then three of the core of the group head off to Vietnam to serve their country, and their lives are changed forever. Barely surviving their ordeals during the war, their three paths are divergent but interconnected. In particular, the Russian roulette scenes were incredibly intense.
A fantastic part of this film is that the themes are subtle and delicate, unlike so many modern films (see Crash, that somehow managed to win an Oscar, a travesty by my amateur reckoning). Of course the acting is top notch, but it was the writing that was the biggest feature for me.
9/10