Photographer Tim Hetherington and journalist Sebastian Junger embedded themselves for 15 solid months with an infantry platoon on the front lines of the Afghanistan war. The resulting cinema vérité film, named for the outpost the soldiers were defending, is a powerful, gripping portrayal of modern warfare. The tension and heartbreak—even the boredom—is palpable. The unparalleled intimacy of this close proximity to life and death is both eye-opening and terrifying, making Restrepo one of the most visceral documentaries we've ever seen.