Restrepo

One platoon, one valley, one year. Winner of the 2010 Sundance Grand Jury Prize, and heralded as one of the best war films ever made, Restrepo focuses on the deployment of a US platoon in Afghanistan's hos­tile Korengal Valley - considered one of the most dangerous postings of the war. Over the course of 15 months, the two filmmakers Tim Hetherington (killed in 2011 while filming conflict in Libya) and Sebastian Junger (author of ‘The Perfect Storm’) lived with the unit shadowing their every move, resulting in extraordinary footage. From spectacular combat and ambush scenes to difficult discussions with local village elders, civilian and military deaths, never before has such access been granted. Restrepo is as close as it gets to seeing what life as a soldier is really like. (Dogwoof Pictures)