The true story of the superhuman efforts of Allied POWs, who amid inhuman conditions were forced build a bridge to aid the Japanese war effort. When a plan is hatched to destroy the bridge, the POWs are faced with a dilemma - save the bridge that cost so many lives to build, or defend Allied interests buy demolishing it. It's the ironic complexity of the story, together with David Lean's trademark epic visual style that places this among the best British war films.

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Based on the infamous Battle of Mogadishu in 1993, Ridley Scott's vivid, visceral war drama tracks an elite American force who stir up a hornets' nest of murderous resistance on the streets of the city when their operaton misfires. Scott sets out to depict - with unprecedented detail and intensity - one long day of street warfare. Just imagine the opening 30 minutes of Saving Private Ryan extended to an entire film. The result is both horrific and exhausting.

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"Zulus, sir. Thousands of them..." Well, 4,000 to be precise, and all of them heading towards a character-actor-packed stockade at Rourke's Drift, with their spear-points glinting in the sun. Anxiously awaiting them is small regiment of Wales' finest, keeping the British imperial end up in south African back-country, in 1879. Stanley Baker is the dignified officer, Michael Caine (in his first starring role), his sour lieutenant. The Zulus play themselves. And they're good.

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Innumerable stars from Britain, the US and beyond gather for this Second World War epic. Directed by Richard Attenborough and scripted by William Goldman, A Bridge Too Far is a remarkable, star-studded attempt to commit to celluloid General Montgomery's ill-fated Operation Market Garden, in which thousands of troops were parachuted into Arnhem, behind enemy lines, to hold key strategic positions (notably bridges) until the main force arrived to push into German territory.

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Oliver Stone's finest moment, Platoon pounds through the jungles of Vietnam churning up increasingly shocking images of unmitigated horror. Charlie Sheen is the naive volunteer caught up in the massacre, experiencing and witnessing acts of 'bravery' motivated by fear and 'kill or be killed' mentality. Intense, humane and compelling viewing.

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