One of the most important and powerful films of all time!
Three steelworkers enlist in the army and are sent to Vietnam, one leaving behind a rushed marriage, the others a shared love. What they encounter during the war changes their lives forever.
- Suicide or self-harm
- Animal harm
- Bleak ending
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Character
Earnest, overwhelming, grave and contemplative.
- earnestironic
- cooloverwhelming
- gravecomic
- contemplativerelentless
- rawmeticulous
Who loves it, who doesn't
43 profiled raters. Loved most by The Prestige Hunters; disliked most by The Comfort Seekers.
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Cast
- Robert De NiroMichael Vronsky
- Christopher WalkenNikanor "Nick" Chevotarevich
- John CazaleStan
- John SavageSteven Pushkov
- Meryl StreepLinda
- George DzundzaJohn
- Rutanya AldaAngela
- Pierre SeguiJulien
- Amy WrightBridesmaid
- Richard KussLinda's Father
Crew
- Michael CiminoDirector
- Deric WashburnScreenplay
- Vilmos ZsigmondDirector of Photography
- Stanley MyersOriginal Music Composer
- Peter ZinnerEditor
- Barry SpikingsProducer
- John PeverallProducer
- Michael CiminoProducer
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Pairings
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Similar in taste
Closest on the same fourteen dimensions, from everything scored on Curator Co. Other media included when they land close.
Frankenstein 202582% alikeBoth earnest, grave, overwhelming.
There Will Be Blood 200780% alikeBoth earnest, grave, contemplative.
Judgment at Nuremberg 196179% alikeBoth earnest, grave, overwhelming.
Hamlet 194879% alikeBoth earnest, grave, overwhelming.
Sophie's Choice 198278% alikeBoth earnest, overwhelming, grave.
Taxi Driver 197677% alikeBoth grave, earnest, overwhelming.
Das Boot 198176% alikeBoth earnest, grave, overwhelming.
Raging Bull 198076% alikeBoth earnest, grave, overwhelming.
Series · Both earnest, grave, contemplative.
I Know This Much Is True 202080% alikeSeries · Both earnest, grave, overwhelming.
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