Film critics pick the 50 best movies of all time

From film critics Gail Kinn and Jim Piazza's new book 'The Greatest Movies Ever,' their picks for the 50 greatest films

45. 'The Deer Hunter'

"The [Russian roulette] scenes serve as a metaphor for the brutality of war," Kinn and Piazza write of the 1978 film directed by Michael Cimino. ""Anything less powerful might not have challenged the patriotic, buddy-buddy fervor with which the film's tight group of friends from a small steel-mill town enlist to prove their manhood and their deep love of country."

The five films "Deer" actor John Cazale appeared in were all nominated for the Best Picture Oscar.

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