History of Algeria
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1. For Djamila (2011 TV Movie)
103 min | Drama, History
Djamila Boupacha ,who lives in Algiers in her parents house, has been arrested for act of terrorism and has been tortured by the soldiers in charge of her interrogatory.Gisèle Halimi will defend her.
Director: Caroline Huppert | Stars: Marina Hands, Hafsia Herzi, Dominique Reymond, Thomas Jouannet
Votes: 54
2. La baie d'Alger (2012 TV Movie)
Drama
The writer Louis Gardel remembers his youth in Algerie.In 1955 Louis is 15 years old and he lives with his grandmother Zoe.Zoe is friend with the president Steiger, leader of the French ... See full summary »
Director: Merzak Allouache | Stars: Catherine Jacob, Solal Forte, Anthony Sonigo, Margaux Chatelier
Votes: 51
3. The Betrayal (2005)
80 min | Drama, War
During the Algerian War of Independence, mistrust abounds between the drafted local Algerians and metropolitan French forming a French army platoon.
Director: Philippe Faucon | Stars: Vincent Martinez, Ahmed Berrhama, Cyril Troley, Walid Bouzham
Votes: 214
4. Caché (2005)
R | 117 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
A married couple is terrorized by a series of surveillance videotapes left on their front porch.
Director: Michael Haneke | Stars: Daniel Auteuil, Juliette Binoche, Maurice Bénichou, Annie Girardot
Votes: 85,276 | Gross: $3.63M
5. Cartouches gauloises (2007)
92 min | Drama
A pair of childhood friends spend a spring together before the summer Algeria's war of Independence.
Director: Mehdi Charef | Stars: Mohamed Faouzi Ali Cherif, Thomas Millet, Tolga Cayir, Julien Amate
Votes: 198
6. Avant l'oubli (2005)
100 min | Drama
Jeanne fled the Franco regime at the end of the 1930s. Married and mother of a little girl, she worked in a soap factory leading a peaceful life until the day she was asked to pass out leaflets in her factory. to Algerian workers.
Director: Augustin Burger | Stars: Sami Bouajila, Nieve de Medina, Frédéric Pierrot, Marie Vialle
Votes: 22
7. Fleur de lotus (1998)
Directors: Amar Laskri, Dac Tran | Stars: Abdelhak Benmarouf, Ali Bourezak, Abderrahmane Cheriti, An Chinh
8. Zabana! (2012)
107 min | Drama, History, War
Algeria's entry for a Best Foreign Language Film Oscar, "Zabana" chronicles the life of Ahmed Zabana, a man who fought for Algerian freedom in the Battle of Algiers. This film chronicles ... See full summary »
Director: Saïd Ould Khelifa | Stars: Imad Benchenni, Khaled Benaïssa, Abdelkader Djeriou, Nicolas Pignon
Votes: 61
9. Lotfi (2015)
170 min | Action, Biography, Drama
The film relates the career of Colonel Lotfi, whose real name is Benali Boudghene, since his beginnings as an activist in Tlemcen where, with his classmates from high school, he posted the ... See full summary »
Director: Ahmed Rachedi | Stars: Youcef Sehairi, Ahmed Rezzak, Hassan Kechache, Boulem Zeblah
Votes: 17
10. Twilight of Shadows (2014)
114 min | Drama
set in the Algerian War. A determined French commander, who believes Algeria belongs to France, must deal with a soldier who rebels when asked to execute an Algerian freedom fighter, The ... See full summary »
Director: Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina | Stars: Samir Boitard, Nicolas Bridet, Marwan Fares, Laurent Hennequin
Votes: 28
11. The Breitner Commando (2019)
109 min | Drama, War
While he is only the shadow of the warrior he was in Indochina, Colonel Paul Andreas Breitner is forced to cross a Algeria at war, in search of his former senior officer: Colonel Simon ... See full summary »
Director: Abdel Raouf Dafri | Stars: Johan Heldenbergh, Linh-Dan Pham, Lyna Khoudri, Steve Tientcheu
Votes: 425
12. Home Front (2020)
101 min | Drama, History, War
In a village where everyone knows everyone, four veterans of the Algerian War are haunted by their past.
Director: Lucas Belvaux | Stars: Gérard Depardieu, Catherine Frot, Jean-Pierre Darroussin, Yoann Zimmer
Votes: 446
13. Les Harkis (2022)
82 min | Drama, History, War
Salah, Kaddour and other Algerians join the French army as harkis at their head, Lieutenant Pascal. The fate of the harkis seems very uncertain. Pascal opposes his hierarchy to obtain the repatriation to France of all the men of his unit.
Director: Philippe Faucon | Stars: Théo Cholbi, Mohamed El Amine Mouffok, Pierre Lottin, Yannick Choirat
Votes: 133
14. L'arme au bleu (1981 TV Movie)
102 min
Director: Maurice Frydland | Stars: Pierre Arditi, Richard Anconina, Jean-Michel Dupuis, Gilles Laurent
15. Le petit blond de la casbah (2023)
126 min | Biography
Follows the childhood of the filmmaker Antoine Lisner. He travels to Algiers to present a feature-length film while being accompanied by his son, who was the same age as him when he left Algeria in 1962.
Director: Alexandre Arcady | Stars: Léo Campion, Marie Gillain, Françoise Fabian, Christian Berkel
Votes: 62
16. Nuit noire, 17 octobre 1961 (2005 TV Movie)
120 min | Drama, History
A string of events lead up to the bloody confrontation between a peaceful, 20,000 strong FLN-demonstration and a bloodthirsty police mob in the streets of Paris, on the night of October 17, 1961.
Director: Alain Tasma | Stars: Clotilde Courau, Florence Thomassin, Vahina Giocante, Ouassini Embarek
Votes: 176
17. C'était la guerre (1993 TV Movie)
War
Directors: Maurice Failevic, Ahmed Rachedi | Stars: Nicolas Abraham, Gérard Bournel, Vincent Colombe, Gérard Dauzat
18. Faithful (2020)
92 min | Biography, Drama, History
Algiers, 1956. Fernand Iveton is arrested in his factory, accused of having planted a bomb. His wife Hélène is now married to a "traitor", but she refuses to abandon Fernand to his fate.
Director: Hélier Cisterne | Stars: Vincent Lacoste, Vicky Krieps, Jules Langlade, Marc Brunet
Votes: 242
19. Harkis (2006 TV Movie)
Drama
The story of the so-called Harkis or Algerians who served in the French army during the Algerian War of Independence, only to be abandoned by France when the country withdrew.
Director: Alain Tasma | Stars: Smaïn, Leïla Bekhti, Frédéric Pierrot, Baya Belal
Votes: 59
20. L'adieu (2003– )
180 min | Drama, History, Romance
Stars: Thomas Jouannet, Mélanie Doutey, Catherine Jacob, Gilles Lellouche
Votes: 72
21. Nocturnes (2006)
79 min | Drama, War
Côte Vermeille, France, 1958. The life of a young boy changes as the colonial war breaks out in Algeria and his father is called up to go to war. The barracks become his new home and playground.
Director: Henry Colomer | Stars: Sarah Grappin, Miquel García Borda, Quentin Testas, Zacharie Olivet
Votes: 21
22. Le cri des hommes (1991)
100 min | Drama
1957, the town of Mostaganem, Algeria: the country is still under French occupation, and repression of the National Liberation Front is at its height. The authorities indulge in torture, intimidation and public executions.
Director: Okacha Touita | Stars: Pascal Aubier, Jean Benguigui, Roland Blanche, Chafia Boudraa
Votes: 7
23. Sous les pieds des femmes (1997)
85 min
Director: Rachida Krim | Stars: Eric Atlan, Mohammad Bakri, Assia Barge, Celame Barge
Votes: 85
24. Des feux mal éteints (1994)
98 min | Drama, War
1962, in Algeria. The journalist Jérome Cartier is called into the ranks of the French army, where he meets his friend François. The latter is the victim of an attack by the OAS. Jérome tracks the culprits.
Director: Serge Moati | Stars: Manuel Blanc, Maria de Medeiros, Hélène Vincent, Emmanuel Salinger
Votes: 21
25. Wild Reeds (1994)
Not Rated | 110 min | Drama
The fates of two partners are divided.
Director: André Téchiné | Stars: Élodie Bouchez, Gaël Morel, Stéphane Rideau, Frédéric Gorny
Votes: 6,648 | Gross: $0.92M
26. L'honneur de la tribu (1993)
90 min | Comedy, Drama, War
Vanished during the Algerian war, a young man returns to his village, much later, once independence has been acquired, as a representative of power and with this enigmatic formula: "You must know that the Revolution did not forget you".
Director: Mahmoud Zemmouri | Stars: Saïd Amadis, Magid Bouali, Marianne Caron, Djamel Dekkar
Votes: 34
27. Le vent de la Toussaint (1991)
112 min | Drama
A veteran of the Indochina war, a doctor emigrated to Kabylia. He is torn between his love for the sister of a rebel group and his duty as a patriot.
Director: Gilles Béhat | Stars: Etienne Chicot, Michel Albertini, Lydia Andrei, Patrick Bouchitey
Votes: 14
28. Cher frangin (1989)
90 min
A reluctant conscript discovers the horrors of Algeria war.
Director: Gérard Mordillat | Stars: Luc Thuillier, Marius Colucci, Julie Jézéquel, Yan Epstein
Votes: 15
29. The Crazy Years of the Twist (1983)
90 min | Comedy, Drama
A small town in Algeria, in the years 1960-1962. Two young idle boys and rock fans, Boualem and Salah, try to survive in the turmoil of war, taking great care not to get involved.
Director: Mahmoud Zemmouri | Stars: Mustapha El Anka, Malik Lakhdar-Hamina, Fawzi B. Saichi, Jacques Villeret
Votes: 41
30. Les sacrifiés (1983)
In 1955, Mahmoud was expelled from Algeria by the colonial authorities. At the age of 27, he landed in the Algerian shantytown of Nanterre in France.
Director: Okacha Touita | Stars: Miloud Khetib, Sid Ali Kouiret, Djamel Allam, Patrick Chesnais
Votes: 29
31. Liberté, la nuit (1984)
82 min | Drama, War
In the midst of the Algerian events, a man finds happiness beside a local woman.
Director: Philippe Garrel | Stars: Emmanuelle Riva, Maurice Garrel, Christine Boisson, László Szabó
Votes: 283
32. Certaines nouvelles (1980)
97 min | Comedy, Drama
Director: Jacques Davila | Stars: Micheline Presle, Bernadette Lafont, Gérard Lartigau, Caroline Cellier
Votes: 33
33. Le Crabe-Tambour (1977)
120 min | Adventure, Drama, War
A dying mariner, full of regret, is looking for his longtime colleague somewhere on the high seas.
Director: Pierre Schoendoerffer | Stars: Jean Rochefort, Claude Rich, Jacques Perrin, Aurore Clément
Votes: 928
34. In Hell (1976)
130 min | Drama
An actress of political torture movies made by her husband has to finish his latest film and arrange a screening for distributors while the husband, who is also secretly an anarchist revolutionary, is away for some resistance operation.
Director: Nikos Papatakis | Stars: Olga Karlatos, Roland Bertin, Philippe Adrien, Mehmet Ulusoy
Votes: 260
35. The Day of the Jackal (1973)
PG | 143 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
In the aftermath of France allowing Algeria's independence, a group of resentful military veterans hire a professional assassin codenamed "Jackal" to kill President Charles de Gaulle.
Director: Fred Zinnemann | Stars: Edward Fox, Terence Alexander, Michel Auclair, Alan Badel
Votes: 44,952 | Gross: $16.06M
36. R.A.S. (1973)
110 min | Drama, War
Three French conscripts with diverse political motives, are sent to a disciplinary battalion in the midst of the Algerian war. Major Lecoq is to build an elite unit with these wayward soldiers who are exposed to war, torture and death.
Director: Yves Boisset | Stars: Jacques Spiesser, Jacques Villeret, Jacques Weber, Claude Brosset
Votes: 217
37. Gourbi Palace (2006)
90 min | Comedy, Family
A poor man rescues a rich man from burglars. as a way for thanking him The rich guy invite him and his family to come and live in his luxurious hotel. The poor family's life turns upside down in their new home.
Director: Bachir Deraïs | Stars: Lakhder Boukhers, Sid Ahmed Agoumi, Fatima Hellilou, Nadia Samir
Votes: 11
38. Women's Expectations (2001)
82 min | Drama, Romance
In the 1920s, the Aurassienne country is one of the poorest regions of Algeria, often ravaged by long winters, famine and disease. Brahim a master craftsman, is one of the richest men in ... See full summary »
Director: Naguel Belouad | Stars: Doudja Achachi, Tounes Ait Ali, Abdallah Bouzida, Sonia Mekkiou
Votes: 17
39. Biribi (1971)
100 min | Drama
Infantryman Jean Froissard is sentenced to two years in Biribi Military Prison in North Africa. He seems to get along, but as incompetence, corruption and sadism of his superiors (which ... See full summary »
Director: Daniel Moosmann | Stars: Bruno Cremer, Georges Géret, Pierre Vaneck, Michel Tureau
Votes: 20
40. La question (1977)
112 min | Drama, War
1957. For several months, Henri Charlègue, the ex-director of the newspaper "Alger democratic", banned, has been living in hiding. Suspected of belonging to the FLN, he is actively sought by paratroopers.
Director: Laurent Heynemann | Stars: Jacques Denis, Nicole Garcia, Jean-Pierre Sentier, Françoise Thuries
Votes: 94
41. El Manara (2004)
90 min | Drama
El- Manara, is a brutally direct depiction of Algerian society during the rise of fundamentalist Islam, which was to give rise to civil war following the annulment of the 1991 elections, in... See full summary »
Director: Belkacem Hadjadj | Stars: Tarek Hadj Abdelhafid, Khaled Benaïssa, Farouk Boutadjine, Nacer Chenouf
Votes: 57
42. Morituri (2007)
116 min | Crime, Drama
In the civil war that tears apart Algeria in the 1990s, police chief Brahim Llob hunts down Islamists extremists on a daily basis. Having become the favorite target for them, it is with ... See full summary »
Director: Okacha Touita | Stars: Miloud Khetib, Azzedine Bouraghda, Boualem Benani, Ahmed Benaïssa
Votes: 28
43. CHoisir à vingt ans (2017)
100 min | Documentary, History, War
During the Algerian War between 1954-1962 few young Frenchmen defaulted on military service. These draft dodgers believed in non-violence. Some fled to Switzerland where they received help from Swiss citizens.
Director: Villi Hermann | Stars: Nils Andersson, Jacques Baynac, Anita Bernard, André Bernard
Votes: 15
44. Leïla et les autres (1977)
69 min | Drama
the story of Algerian women trying to live in 1970s Algeria where the society is between conservative values and progressive modern Algeria.
Director: Sid Ali Mazif | Stars: Nadia Samir, Aida, Chafia Boudraa, Doudja Abdoun
Votes: 13
45. The Shadow of the East (1924)
60 min | Drama
Barry Craven meets former sweetheart Gillian Locke, who is visiting India with her father. Craven's love for Gillian is revived, but he already has a wife, Lolaire, a native. In a jealous ... See full summary »
Director: George Archainbaud | Stars: Frank Mayo, Mildred Harris, Norman Kerry, Bertram Grassby
46. L'évasion de Hassan Terro (1976)
115 min | Comedy
Hassan Terro is released from the prison of the French forces to lead them to Algerian rebels, because the authorities see him as an important man responsible for the revolution. Indeed, he... See full summary »
Director: Mustapha Badie | Stars: Rouiched, Sid Ali Kouiret, Chafia Boudraa, Paul Mercey
Votes: 24
47. Prends 10000 balles et casse-toi (1981)
90 min
A family or Algerian origin comes back to Algeria after having lived in France for a long time. The children, born in France, have a hard time adapting to Algerian society, and the contrast... See full summary »
Director: Mahmoud Zemmouri | Stars: Yves Neff, Fatiha Fawzi, Hubert Deschamps, Mustapha El Anka
Votes: 33
48. Souvenirs souvenirs (1984)
124 min | Comedy, Drama, Music
A former singer, who was drafted and fought in the Algeria war, is demobilized and wants to make a come back, which is not easy when you've been gone for twenty-seven months; meanwhile, his... See full summary »
Director: Ariel Zeitoun | Stars: Christophe Malavoy, Gabrielle Lazure, Pierre-Loup Rajot, Philippe Noiret
Votes: 117
49. Bab El Oued City (1994)
93 min | Comedy, Drama
Follows the conflict between a young Algerian man and the local Islamic fundamentalists.
Director: Merzak Allouache | Stars: Nadia Kaci, Mohamed Ourdache, Hassan Abidou, Mabrouk Ait Amara
Votes: 222
50. Rayes Korso (2019– )
40 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama
The rise of Ottoman sailor Hasan Qorso in Ottoman-Algeria. He started his life as a slave and rose from piracy to commander to the highest rank in the Ottoman-Algerian navy.
Stars: Salah Aougrout, Adel Cheikh, Sid Ahmed Agoumi, Ali Charaf
Votes: 19
51. Beau Ideal (1931)
Passed | 79 min | Adventure, Romance, War
An American joins the French Foreign Legion in order to rescue a boyhood friend.
Director: Herbert Brenon | Stars: Frank McCormick, Ralph Forbes, Lester Vail, Otto Matieson
Votes: 247
52. Beau Geste (1926)
101 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Michael "Beau" Geste leaves England in disgrace and joins the infamous French Foreign Legion. He is reunited with his two brothers in North Africa, where they face greater danger from their... See full summary »
Director: Herbert Brenon | Stars: Ronald Colman, Neil Hamilton, Ralph Forbes, Alice Joyce
Votes: 470 | Gross: $1.71M
53. Krim Belkacem (2014)
180 min | Action, Biography, Drama
the story of the heroic path of Krim Belkacem, one of the leading figures of the Algerian revolution.
Director: Ahmed Rachedi | Stars: Sami Allem, Mustafa Laribi, Ahmed Rezzak, Bahia Rachedi
Votes: 14
54. Buamama (1985)
178 min | Biography, Drama, History
The story of the film revolves around the epic of Sheikh Bouamama, a leader of the national resistance in Algeria during the French colonial era. The events are taking place in southwestern... See full summary »
Director: Benamar Bakhti | Stars: Sid Ahmed Agoumi, Athmane Ariouet, Mahmoud Aziz, Robert Bazil
Votes: 93
55. Beau Geste (1939)
Passed | 112 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Three adopted English brothers join the French Foreign Legion in North Africa after one of them steals their adoptive family's famous heirloom sapphire.
Director: William A. Wellman | Stars: Gary Cooper, Ray Milland, Robert Preston, Brian Donlevy
Votes: 6,524
56. Le harem de Mme Osmane (2000)
100 min | Comedy, Drama
In Algiers in 1993, while the civil war is starting, Mrs Osmane's tenants have to endure her bad temper. Her husband left her and the fear to lose her respectability haunt her. The former ... See full summary »
Director: Nadir Moknèche | Stars: Biyouna, Carmen Maura, Djemel Barek, Andrée Damant
Votes: 135
57. Mostefa Ben Boulaid (2008)
163 min | Action, Biography, Drama
The film revolves around the life of the martyr Mustapha Ben Bouleid (1917-1956), who was a member of the Algerian National Movement, who worked with his comrades to explain the idea of the... See full summary »
Director: Ahmed Rachedi | Stars: Djamel Allam, Sami Allem, Fares Ben Hachani, Ahmed Benaïssa
Votes: 36
58. Let Them Come (2015)
95 min | Drama, War
Algeria, the late 80s. Idols of the past, such as socialism, are staggering. New idols rush in: capitalism made in IMF, islamism made in Saudi Arabia and Afghanistan. For Nouredine there is... See full summary »
Director: Salem Brahimi | Stars: Amazigh Kateb, Rachida Brakni, Farida Saboundji, Thoraya
Votes: 103
59. Djamilah (1958)
123 min | Biography, Drama, History
Egyptian historical film about one of the most important figures in the history of Algeria, Djamila Bouhired. This film is regarded as not only highlighting the story of an important female... See full summary »
Director: Youssef Chahine | Stars: Magda, Ahmad Mazhar, Salah Zulfikar, Rushdi Abazah
Votes: 305
60. The Wind and the Lion (1975)
PG | 119 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
A Berber chieftain triggers an international incident, drawing the involvement of Theodore Roosevelt, when he kidnaps an American widow and her children in 1900s Morocco.
Director: John Milius | Stars: Sean Connery, Candice Bergen, Brian Keith, John Huston
Votes: 10,153 | Gross: $0.75M
61. Abd El-Kader (2014)
93 min | Documentary
Abd-El-Kader, a 19th Century Algerian leader, was admired in his time by Abraham Lincoln and is celebrated to this day by the Red Cross as a great humanitarian. Mixing animation and live action this film explores his story and legacy.
Director: Salem Brahimi | Star: Abdelkader ibn Muhieddine
62. Flucht aus der Hölle (1960)
238 min | Crime, Thriller
Stars: Armin Mueller-Stahl, Gerd Biewer, Sylva Schüler, Siegfried Kilian
Votes: 10
63. The Little Soldier (1963)
Not Rated | 88 min | Drama, War
During the Algerian War, a man and woman from opposing sides fall in love with one another.
Director: Jean-Luc Godard | Stars: Anna Karina, Michel Subor, Henri-Jacques Huet, Paul Beauvais
Votes: 8,155 | Gross: $0.02M
64. Commando (1962)
101 min | Action, War
A French Foreign Legion commander is told to assemble a unit and capture an Algerian rebel leader. He gathers in his old unit, most of whom are no longer in top form. One is having ... See full summary »
Director: Frank Wisbar | Stars: Stewart Granger, Dorian Gray, Leo Anchóriz, Rafael Luis Calvo
Votes: 95
65. Escape from Sahara (1958)
101 min | Adventure
Deserters from French Foreign Legion and a teacher escaping from war in the Sahara...
Director: Wolfgang Staudte | Stars: Hildegard Knef, Bernhard Wicki, Hannes Messemer, Helmut Schmid
Votes: 66
66. Beau Geste (1966)
Approved | 103 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
In 1906, two American brothers join the French Foreign Legion and, led by a sadistic Sergeant-Major, they defend a fort against Berber and Tuareg attack.
Director: Douglas Heyes | Stars: Guy Stockwell, Doug McClure, Leslie Nielsen, Telly Savalas
Votes: 750
67. Harragas (2009)
95 min | Drama
Set in the northern Algerian port city of Mostaganem. The title refers to the hordes of refugees, the 'Harragas', who smuggle themselves out of the country via any means possible. Here we ... See full summary »
Director: Merzak Allouache | Stars: Lamia Boussekine, Nabil Asli, Samir El Hakim, Seddik Benyagoub
Votes: 156
68. A Captain's Honor (1982)
117 min | Drama, War
During a televised debate on the Algerian war in the early 1980s, Professor Paulet denounced the methods of Captain Caron, killed in action in 1957. The widow of the captain, Patricia, decided to file a defamation suit.
Director: Pierre Schoendoerffer | Stars: Jacques Perrin, Nicole Garcia, Charles Denner, Georges Wilson
Votes: 372
69. Peuple en marche (1963)
55 min | Documentary
Directors: Mustapha Bellil, Mohamed Bouamari, Sidi Boumedienne Dahmane, André Dumaître, Nasreddine Guenefi, Mohamed Guenez, Ahmed Rachedi, Héléna Sanchez, Nedjma Scialom, Taïbi, René Vautier, Allel Yahiaoui
Votes: 14
70. Les rebelles du foot (2012 TV Movie)
92 min | Documentary, History
Five stories that tell how a handful of football stars took the risk of losing everything and put their fate in the balance to make a difference by becoming the symbol of a fight.
Directors: Gilles Perez, Gilles Rof | Stars: Eric Cantona, Didier Drogba, Carlos Caszely, Rachid Mekhloufi
Votes: 133
71. Abou Leila (2019)
135 min | Drama, Thriller
Algeria, 1994. S. and Lotfi, two childhood friends, cross the desert in search of Abu Leila, a dangerous terrorist.
Director: Amin Sidi-Boumédiène | Stars: Slimane Benouari, Lyès Salem, Azouz Abdelkader, Fouad Megiraga
Votes: 350
72. King of the Wild (1931)
Passed | 248 min | Action, Adventure, Horror
American adventurer Richard Grant is falsely accused of murdering an Indian noble and escapes to Africa in search of diamond field and the real culprit.
Director: Richard Thorpe | Stars: Walter Miller, Nora Lane, Tom Santschi, Boris Karloff
Votes: 137
73. Là-bas... mon pays (2000)
114 min | Drama
Famous TV news anchorman Pierre Nivel left Algiers for France in 1962. That's been a secret; his Paris co-workers have never known that he was formerly an Algerian pied noir. An Algerian ... See full summary »
Director: Alexandre Arcady | Stars: Antoine de Caunes, Nozha Khouadra, Samy Naceri, Saïd Amadis
Votes: 125
74. Le coup de sirocco (1979)
102 min | Drama
Paul Narboni remembers his happy childhood in Algeria before leaving the country in 1954. With his family, he then arrives in Marseille before reaching Paris. His father Albert, a grocer, will have to adapt to this new country.
Director: Alexandre Arcady | Stars: Roger Hanin, Marthe Villalonga, Michel Auclair, Jacques Duby
Votes: 296
75. Lost Command (1966)
Approved | 129 min | Action, Drama, War
French Army Colonel Raspeguy leads his paratroopers in battle against the Communist Viet Minh in Indochina and against Algerian guerrilla during the Algerian War.
Director: Mark Robson | Stars: Anthony Quinn, Alain Delon, George Segal, Michèle Morgan
Votes: 2,279
76. Chronicle of the Years of Fire (1975)
177 min | Drama, History
A meticulous chronicle of the evolution of the Algerian liberation national movement. The film demonstrates that the Algerian War was a slow process of revolts and suffering, uninterrupted, from the start of colonization of Algeria in 1830
Director: Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina | Stars: Yorgo Voyagis, Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina, Leila Shenna, Cheikh Nourredine
Votes: 624
77. Mon colonel (2006)
110 min | Crime, Drama, History
A "Reformed Colonel" is found dead in Paris, a couple of decades after Algeria's struggle for independence was won from France. Lieutenant Galois is assigned the investigation of this ... See full summary »
Director: Laurent Herbiet | Stars: Olivier Gourmet, Robinson Stévenin, Cécile de France, Charles Aznavour
Votes: 553
78. Intimate Enemies (2007)
Not Rated | 111 min | Drama, History, War
A drama following a French platoon during Algeria's war of independence.
Director: Florent-Emilio Siri | Stars: Benoît Magimel, Albert Dupontel, Aurélien Recoing, Marc Barbé
Votes: 3,454
79. The Battle of Algiers (1966)
Not Rated | 121 min | Drama, War
In the 1950s, fear and violence escalate as the people of Algiers fight for independence from the French government.
Director: Gillo Pontecorvo | Stars: Brahim Hadjadj, Jean Martin, Yacef Saadi, Samia Kerbash
Votes: 65,703 | Gross: $0.06M
80. L'insoumis (1964)
115 min | Drama, Thriller
1961. Luxemburger Thomas Vlassenroot deserted the French Foreign Legion during the Algiers Putsch. His lieutenant, Fraser, initiated the desertion for the two of them, Fraser believing he ... See full summary »
Director: Alain Cavalier | Stars: Alain Delon, Lea Massari, Georges Géret, Maurice Garrel
Votes: 986
81. The Golden Mask (1953)
Approved | 88 min | Adventure, Crime, Drama
A British Museum archaeologist is searching for an ancient golden mask buried in a Roman tomb in Algeria but tomb robbers follow the academic in the hope of stealing the precious relic.
Director: Jack Lee | Stars: Van Heflin, Wanda Hendrix, Eric Portman, Charles Goldner
Votes: 289
82. Certifiée Halal (2014)
85 min | Comedy
In a remote farm in the Maghreb, Hajj Achour is about to give his daughter Sultana of the cadet Laroubi. Everything goes wonderful, except for one detail: the carburetor R12 family, part of... See full summary »
Director: Mahmoud Zemmouri | Stars: Hafsia Herzi, Smaïn, Mourade Zeguendi, Nadia Kounda
Votes: 61
83. Curiosa (2019)
18+ | 107 min | Biography, Drama, History
A passionate love story set against a backdrop of sexual freedom, loosely based on the relationship between 19th-century authors Pierre Louÿs and Marie de Régnier.
Director: Lou Jeunet | Stars: Noémie Merlant, Niels Schneider, Benjamin Lavernhe, Camélia Jordana
Votes: 3,575
84. Avoir 20 ans dans les Aurès (1972)
100 min | Drama, War
In 1961, Noël is a French soldier in the Algerian war. His comrades, formerly opposed to the war, now oppress civilians, kill and torture. To stay faithful to his pacifist values, he will do something radical.
Director: René Vautier | Stars: Alexandre Arcady, Hamid Djellouli, Philippe Léotard, Jacques Canselier
Votes: 219
85. Rih al awras (1966)
95 min | Drama, War
A story about the suffering of a mother (Kalthoum) from the Auras region whose husband died after aerial bombardment of the house by the French army during colonial days also the capture of... See full summary »
Director: Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina | Stars: Keltoum, Mohamed Chouikh, Hassan El-Hassani, Thania Timgad
Votes: 117
86. Les têtes brûlées (1967)
86 min | Adventure
In Libya, a group of international "misfits" are hired to take a convoy of truck from Tripoli to the a base in the desert. Soldiers are sent to intercept them as one of the trucks carries a large bomb.
Director: Willy Rozier | Stars: Lang Jeffries, Philippe Clay, Jacques Dufilho, Estella Blain
Votes: 27
87. Objective 500 Million (1966)
90 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Reichau, a former army captain, is back in France after serving three years in prison for belonging to the OAS(Secret Armed Organization), a dissident paramilitary group during the Algerian... See full summary »
Director: Pierre Schoendoerffer | Stars: Bruno Cremer, Marisa Mell, Jean-Claude Rolland, Etienne Bierry
Votes: 252
88. Al-Salam Al-Walid (1965)
100 min
The children of two orphanages face each other in a football match which, the result not being accepted by the protagonists, continues in the form of a game representing the war between the... See full summary »
Director: Jacques Charby | Stars: Tayeb Abou El Hassan, Mustapha Belaïd, Jacques Charby, Hassan El-Hassani
89. La belle vie (1963)
105 min | Drama, War
After twenty-seven long months spent in Algeria, Frédéric Simon, a young photographer is determined to forget this time of trouble. Now that the Army has finally discharged him he wants to ... See full summary »
Director: Robert Enrico | Stars: Frédéric de Pasquale, Josée Steiner, Odile Geoffroy, Françoise Giret
Votes: 52
90. The Olive Trees of Justice (1962)
81 min | Drama
A man returns to his native Algeria to visit his dying father there, at a time when the French colonial hold on that country is coming to its end.
Director: James Blue | Stars: Pierre Prothon, Jean Pélégri, Marie Decaître, Huguette Poggi
Votes: 85
91. Rachida (2002)
100 min | Drama
A look at terrorism in Algeria through the eyes of Rachida, a teacher in one of the school districts.
Director: Yamina Bachir | Stars: Ibtissem Djouadi, Bahia Rachedi, Rachida Messaoudène, Zaki Boulenafed
Votes: 404
92. Les hors-la-loi (1969)
107 min | Drama
Very very very very good movie. Excellent music from « Georges Moustaki» Takes place before the independence Algerian war. Shows how people restart to fight after a 100 year of colonization And after the end of «emir Abdelkader».
Director: Tewfik Fares | Stars: Sid Ahmed Agoumi, Cheikh Nourredine, Mohamed Chouikh, Malek Kateb
Votes: 20
93. Patrouille à l'Est (1971)
115 min | Action, Drama, History
A patrol of the National Liberation Army must convoy a French soldier taken prisoner to the Tunisian border.
Director: Amar Laskri | Stars: Hacène Benzerari, Mohamed Hadj Smaïn, Brahim Hadjadj, Mohamed Hamdi
Votes: 84
94. Les portes du soleil: Algérie pour toujours (2014)
90 min | Action
An Algerian secret agent has to destroy an undercover paramilitary organization that plans to strike against the country and its people.
Director: Jean-Marc Minéo | Stars: Zakaria Ramdane, Smaïn, Lorie Pester, Sofia Nouacer
Votes: 304
95. Muriel (1963)
Not Rated | 115 min | Drama
In the seaside town of Boulogne, no one seems to be able to cope with their past, least of all Hélène, an antique furniture saleswoman, her stepson Bernard, and her former lover Alphonse.
Director: Alain Resnais | Stars: Delphine Seyrig, Jean-Pierre Kérien, Nita Klein, Jean-Baptiste Thiérrée
Votes: 3,739
96. Le combat dans l'île (1962)
PG-13 | 104 min | Drama, Thriller
After an unsuccessful assassination, a terrorist and his wife hide on a remote island in the house of a friend who doesn't suspect anything.
Director: Alain Cavalier | Stars: Romy Schneider, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Henri Serre, Diane Lepvrier
Votes: 904 | Gross: $0.05M
97. Le puits (2015)
96 min | Drama
Set during the Algerian War of Independence. In the film, the French army surrounds a southern Algerian village where they believe an enemy is being hidden and force the inhabitants to either confront the issue or die of thirst.
Director: Lotfi Bouchouchi | Stars: Nadia Kaci, Laurent Maurel, Layla Metssitane, Ourais Achour
Votes: 438
98. Far from Men (2014)
PG-13 | 101 min | Drama, War
Algeria, 1954. Two very different men thrown together by a world in turmoil are forced to flee across the Atlas mountains. Daru, the reclusive teacher, has to escort Mohamed, a villager accused of murder.
Director: David Oelhoffen | Stars: Viggo Mortensen, Reda Kateb, Djemel Barek, Vincent Martin
Votes: 8,815
99. What the Day Owes the Night (2012)
162 min | Drama, Romance
Algeria in the 1930s. Nine-year-old Jonas was placed in the care of his uncle in Oran. He befriends the youth of Rio Salado. Emily is loved by all. The love that grows between Jonas and Emily is influenced by the country's conflicts.
Director: Alexandre Arcady | Stars: Nora Arnezeder, Fu'ad Aït Aattou, Anne Parillaud, Vincent Perez
Votes: 3,981
100. A Man's Past (1927)
60 min | Drama
A brilliant surgeon who is unjustly condemned to 10 years imprisonment.
Director: George Melford | Stars: Conrad Veidt, Barbara Bedford, Ian Keith, Arthur Edmund Carewe
Votes: 15
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