THE DEER HUNTER
Flix, 8:00 p.m. ET
This 1978 Oscar-winning war drama includes some scenes that are about as intense as cinema can get, and you have young Christopher Walken to thank for some of those. Robert de Niro, quickly building his stellar reputation, is amazing here as well, as are two co-stars whose backstage drama was just as potent. Meryl Streep was in love with John Cazale, who, they both knew, was dying of cancer. Cazale’s scenes were filmed first, and it was the last movie he made before he died.