Featuring shattering performances from two recipients of the AFI Life Achievement Award – Robert De Niro and Meryl Streep – director Michael Cimino’s THE DEER HUNTER (1978) charts an epic, tragic path from a steelworker community in western Pennsylvania to Vietnam – earning recognition from the American Film Institute among the greatest films of all...

Named by the American Film Institute among the art form’s greatest thrills and featuring one of cinema’s most memorable quotes – “Attica! Attica!” – Sidney Lumet’s DOG DAY AFTERNOON (1975) stars AFI Life Achievement Award honoree Al Pacino and was edited by AFI Honorary Degree recipient Dede Allen. The iconic film was written by the...

A masterpiece written, produced and directed by Francis Ford Coppola, THE CONVERSATION (1974) features AFI Life Achievement Award honoree Harrison Ford in an early role, as well as production design by AFI Honorary Degree recipient Dean Tavoularis. Visit the AFI Catalog to learn more about THE CONVERSATION. Have Get The Picture delivered to your inbox...

Directed by Francis Ford Coppola and starring AFI Life Achievement Award honorees Al Pacino, Robert De Niro and Diane Keaton, THE GODFATHER PART II (1974) also features impeccable art direction from AFI Honorary Degree recipient Dean Tavoularis. Deepening the story of the Corleone crime family, the iconic sequel appears on both the original and the...

AFI named THE DEER HUNTER one of the great films in cinematic history – including the film on both 100 YEARS…100 MOVIES lists, as well as on the list of the most thrilling movies of all time. AFI also has honored two of the film’s stars – Robert De Niro and Meryl Streep – with the AFI…