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1. The Class (2008)
PG-13 | 128 min | Drama
Teacher and novelist François Bégaudeau plays a version of himself as he negotiates a year with his racially mixed students from a tough Parisian neighborhood.
Director: Laurent Cantet | Stars: François Bégaudeau, Agame Malembo-Emene, Angélica Sancio, Arthur Fogel
Votes: 36,474 | Gross: $3.77M
2. 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: 8,833
3. DNA (2020)
TV-MA | 90 min | Drama
After the loss of her grandfather, Maïwenn explores her heritage and her Algerian roots.
Director: Maïwenn | Stars: Fanny Ardant, Louis Garrel, Dylan Robert, Marine Vacth
Votes: 1,371
4. Deserter (2002)
90 min | Drama, War
Unlikely friends in a melting pot of confusion. Simon Murray fights for the French Foreign Legion. Pascal Dupont fights for himself. War torn men question honour, hope, morality...because you can desert everything...except yourself.
Director: Martin Huberty | Stars: Paul Fox, Tom Hardy, Kate Maberly, Aitor Merino
Votes: 1,396
5. Three Dancing Slaves (2004)
Unrated | 86 min | Drama, Romance
Three Algerian brothers struggle with violence, temptations, and finding purpose after their mother's death, as one seeks revenge, another tries keeping a job, and the youngest may be falling for a capoeira dancer. Can they be a family?
Director: Gaël Morel | Stars: Nicolas Cazalé, Stéphane Rideau, Thomas Dumerchez, Salim Kechiouche
Votes: 1,812 | Gross: $0.02M
6. The Names of Love (2010)
R | 100 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A young, extroverted left-wing activist who sleeps with her political opponents to convert them to her cause is successful until she meets her match.
Director: Michel Leclerc | Stars: Sara Forestier, Jacques Gamblin, Zinedine Soualem, Carole Franck
Votes: 8,230 | Gross: $0.51M
7. Skirt Day (2008)
Not Rated | 87 min | Drama
'Skirt Day' is a fascinating psychological study, a socio-critical investigation - and Isabelle Adjani's first film in five years.
Director: Jean-Paul Lilienfeld | Stars: Isabelle Adjani, Denis Podalydès, Khalid Berkouz, Yann Ebongé
Votes: 2,713
8. Outside the Law (2010)
R | 138 min | Crime, Drama, War
A drama about the Algerian struggle for independence from France after WWII.
Director: Rachid Bouchareb | Stars: Jamel Debbouze, Roschdy Zem, Sami Bouajila, Chafia Boudraa
Votes: 4,125
9. Chaos (2001)
109 min | Comedy, Drama, Crime
One night by accident, a young prostitute barges into the lives of a bourgeois, modern-but-conventional couple. Hounded down, beaten up, threatened, she will continue to struggle, with the ... See full summary »
Director: Coline Serreau | Stars: Vincent Lindon, Catherine Frot, Rachida Brakni, Line Renaud
Votes: 2,490 | Gross: $0.21M
10. A View of Love (2010)
107 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance
Happily married with a daughter, Marc is a successful real estate agent in Aix-en-Provence. One day, he has an appointment with a woman to view a traditional country house. A few hours ... See full summary »
Director: Nicole Garcia | Stars: Jean Dujardin, Marie-Josée Croze, Toni Servillo, Sandrine Kiberlain
Votes: 1,782
11. Diamond Girl (1998 TV Movie)
G | 91 min | Drama, Romance
To save the family wine estate, Regan Montana asks Claire, a dowdy paralegal, to lure his brother Denny away from his manipulative girlfriend.
Director: Timothy Bond | Stars: Jonathan Cake, Joely Collins, Kevin Otto, Royston Stoffels
Votes: 876
12. Zidane, un portrait du 21e siècle (2006)
90 min | Documentary, Biography, Sport
Football match Real Madrid vs. Villareal, April 23, 2005, from the perspective of soccer superstar Zinedine Zidane.
Directors: Douglas Gordon, Philippe Parreno | Stars: David Beckham, Zinédine Zidane
Votes: 3,101
13. Full Speed (1996)
85 min | Drama, Romance
A brief extract of four kids' lives somewhere in France. Quentin, who won a writers contest and now pays more attention to his career as an author than to his friends, beautiful Julie, his ... See full summary »
Director: Gaël Morel | Stars: Élodie Bouchez, Stéphane Rideau, Pascal Cervo, Meziane Bardadi
Votes: 883
14. Inch'Allah dimanche (2001)
Not Rated | 98 min | Biography, Drama
Zouina is a woman who is torn from her home in Algeria. With her 3 children and her mother-in-law, she rejoins her husband in a foreign, unaccommodating land.
Director: Yamina Benguigui | Stars: Fejria Deliba, Rabia Mokeddem, Amina Annabi, Anass Behri
Votes: 582
15. De l'huile sur le feu (2011)
100 min | Comedy
In Belleville, two restaurants were facing each other: the Berber King of the Chouffry family and the Empire of the Dragon of the Zi family. Everything was going well, until Samir accused Mr. Zi of eating his dog.
Director: Nicolas Benamou | Stars: Nader Boussandel, Vincent Lacoste, Tien Shue, Benamara Azeddine
Votes: 224
16. Qu'un seul tienne et les autres suivront (2009)
120 min | Drama
A tale of crossed destinies in a prison visiting room.
Director: Léa Fehner | Stars: Farida Rahouadj, Reda Kateb, Pauline Etienne, Marc Barbé
Votes: 319
17. 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: 297
18. L'autre monde (2001)
95 min | Crime, Drama, War
A young French-Algerian woman travels to Algeria in search for her fiance. Determined to find his whereabouts, she is facing political and religious obstacles in a country that is struggling with the aftermath of a civil war.
Director: Merzak Allouache | Stars: Marie Brahimi, Karim Bouaiche, Nazim Boudjenah, Michèle Moretti
Votes: 70
19. Beur blanc rouge (2006)
88 min | Comedy
Brahim attends the French/Algeria football game,and it's a disaster.
Director: Mahmoud Zemmouri | Stars: Yasmine Belmadi, Karim Belkhadra, Julien Courbey, Nozha Khouadra
Votes: 115
20. Living in Paradise (1998)
105 min | Drama, History, War
Set in France in 1961-1962 during the Algerian War, Living In Paradise is a thought-provoking examination of the lives of North African immigrants trying to find a place in the social system of Western Europe.
Director: Bourlem Guerdjou | Stars: Roschdy Zem, Fadila Belkebla, Omar Bekhaled, Farida Rahouadj
Votes: 155
21. Wesh, Wesh, What's Happening? (2001)
83 min | Crime, Drama
Kamel, a young man from the french ghetto, near Paris, is coming back to France. He was arrested for dealing drugs, he spent five years in jail and was banned from France for two years. He ... See full summary »
Director: Rabah Ameur-Zaïmeche | Stars: Rabah Ameur-Zaïmeche, Ahmed Hammoudi, Brahim Ameur-Zaïmeche, Farida Mouffok
Votes: 358
22. Imposztorok (1969)
104 min | Drama, History
Director: Félix Máriássy | Stars: Nándor Tomanek, Péter Huszti, István Iglódi, Margit Bara
Votes: 27
23. The Book-Bag Boy (2003 TV Movie)
95 min | Drama
Director: Caroline Huppert | Stars: Alika Del Sol, Hammou Graïa, Yannis Belal, Pablo Valero
Votes: 32
24. Albert Camus: An Icon of Revolt (2020 TV Movie)
55 min | Documentary, Biography, History
A biographical documentary about Albert Camus and his relevance today.
Directors: Fabrice Gardel, Mathieu Weschler | Stars: Albert Camus, Abd Al Malik, Marylin Maeso, Jacques Ferrandez
Votes: 19
25. Naissance de mille villages (1960)
18 min | Documentary, Short
This documentary short from the time of the French war in Algeria is unusually explicit in showing the destruction wrought by colonialist oppression and the disruption of life for the subjected peoples.
Director: Carlos Vilardebó