North Africa, World War II. British soldiers on the brink of collapse push beyond endurance to struggle up a brutal incline. It's not a military objective. It's The Hill, a manmade instrument of torture, a tower of sand seared by a white-hot sun. And the troops' tormentors are not the enemy, but their own comrades-at-arms.

Raid on Rommel
1971
5.9/10

The Big Red One
1980
6.7/10

Breaker Morant
1980
7.1/10

Khartoum
1966
6.3/10

Bitter Victory
1957
6.3/10

The Great Escape
1963
7.9/10

Exodus
1960
6.7/10

The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas
2008
7.8/10

Lion of the Desert
1981
7.4/10

The Bunker
1981
6.3/10

The Four Feathers
1939
7.1/10

King and Country
1964
7.2/10

Overlord
1975
6.8/10

The Zone of Interest
2023
7.0/10

Red Dust
2004
5.8/10

Prisoner of War
2025
7.1/10

The Six Triple Eight
2024
7.5/10

The Young Lions
1958
6.8/10

The Longest Day
1962
7.6/10

Shepherd: The Story of a Jewish Dog
2020
6.8/10
Tears of the Sun
2003
6.89/10