10 Most Visually Stunning War Films Of All Time

10. Son Of Saul (Mátyás Erdély)

Utterly harrowing despite never setting foot on a conventional battlefield, Son of Saul dug deep into life inside the Holocaust for the Sonderkommando - Jewish prisoners who were made to clear the gas chambers, among other things, at concentration camps under Nazi rule during WWII - to deliver one of the most powerful war films in recent memory.

The Oscar-winning effort from László Nemes would already be a frightening endeavour even before cinematographer Mátyás Erdély gets to work - but his compositions convey such an utter sense of horrified claustrophobia that it is hard to avoid feeling almost physically choked by his work on-screen.

Following prisoner Saul Ausländer as he attempts to give a proper burial to a fellow prisoner who he believes to be his son, it's an utterly devastating piece of cinema that sticks in the memory long after its titular character makes his fateful decisions in the final reel.