For my money, there is no greater movie about war than Francis Ford Coppola’s Apocalypse Now. It captures the massive violence, senseless death, and psychological toll of war better than any film in the genre. Adapted from Joseph Conrad’s Heart of Darkness, it details the mission of Captain Willard, a burnt out Special Forces Op pegged to venture into Cambodia to assassinate the renegade Colonel Kurtz, who has gone completely insane. The further down river Willard travels, the more uncivilized he and his surroundings become. Madness seeps in, and the hell of war seizes control.

In this scene, Willard and his crew reach Do Long Bridge, where a never-ending battle wages without any presence of organized leadership. A subdued chaos strangles the night air as Willard futilely searches for the commanding officer. Here is an eerie and potent scene from Apocalypse Now: