Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "algeria"

51. Abbott and Costello in the Foreign Legion (1950)

Passed | 80 min | Adventure, Comedy

Two Brooklyn wrestling promoters go to French Algeria in search of a famous Algerian wrestler but accidentally end-up in the French Foreign Legion.

Director: Charles Lamont | Stars: Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Patricia Medina, Walter Slezak

Votes: 3,126

52. Stranded (2010)

103 min | Horror, Mystery

A platoon of French soldiers on a rescue mission in North Africa confront invisible evil creatures.

Directors: Hugues Martin, Sandra Martin | Stars: Grégoire Leprince-Ringuet, Thierry Frémont, Saïd Taghmaoui, Aurélien Wiik

Votes: 1,003

53. The Algerian (2014)

99 min | Action, Romance, Thriller

A sleeper cell terrorist travels to America and hides in plain sight as an engineering student. As he waits for the rest of his terrorist cell to join him for a deadly mission, he falls in love which jeopardizes his beliefs and the mission

Director: Giovanni Zelko | Stars: Ben Youcef, Candice Coke, Harry Lennix, Tara Holt

Votes: 243 | Gross: $0.07M

54. Mediterranea (2015)

Unrated | 107 min | Drama

Two men make the dangerous journey from Africa to Italy for a better life, but then face hostility and violence in this shocking look at the life-and-death struggle of refugees.

Director: Jonas Carpignano | Stars: Alassane Sy, Koudous Seihon, Adam Gnegne, Mary Elizabeth Innocence

Votes: 1,793 | Gross: $0.01M

55. Fort Algiers (1953)

Approved | 78 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

In northwest Africa, a tribal leader tries to stir up a rebellion against the ruling powers.

Director: Lesley Selander | Stars: Yvonne De Carlo, Carlos Thompson, Raymond Burr, Leif Erickson

Votes: 251

56. The Man from Cairo (1953)

Approved | 81 min | Crime, Drama

An American tourist, who served in Algeria during WW2, is mistaken for an American agent hired by the French government to recover its gold reserves that went missing in the Algerian desert during the war.

Directors: Ray Enright, Edoardo Anton | Stars: George Raft, Gianna Maria Canale, Massimo Serato, Guido Celano

Votes: 200

57. Hollywood Mouth 2 (2014)

84 min | Drama

A film buff discovers strange goings-on at a movie museum and elsewhere in Hollywood.

Director: Jordan Mohr | Stars: Sam Bologna, Alexander Des Combes, Ronald Duthweiler, Matthew Glaser

Votes: 698

58. Soula (2021)

92 min | Drama

Soula, a young single mother, is rejected by her family. She finds herself caught up in a spiral of violence. Along the roads and through unfortunate encounters in a stunning journey, she heads towards her inevitable destiny.

Director: Issaad Salah | Stars: Soula Bahri, Idir Benaibouche, Franck Yvrai, Amina Belabed

Votes: 57

59. Beyond the Rocks (1922)

Passed | 80 min | Drama, Romance

A young woman marries an older millionaire and then falls in love with a handsome nobleman on her honeymoon.

Director: Sam Wood | Stars: Gloria Swanson, Rudolph Valentino, Edythe Chapman, Alec B. Francis

Votes: 2,404 | Gross: $0.27M

60. Soleil (1997)

104 min | Drama

Algiers, 1940. MAMAN TITINE has lived alone with her five children ever since her husband JOSEPH, a Jewish post office employee, set off for Paris with forged papers to find work. Maman ... See full summary »

Director: Roger Hanin | Stars: Sophia Loren, Philippe Noiret, Marianne Sägebrecht, Roger Hanin

Votes: 189

61. L'opium et le bâton (1969)

135 min | Action, Drama, War

An Algerian doctor decides to leave the troubles in Algiers and goes back to his hometown, a small village lost in the mountains. There, however, the situation is explosive as well, as the ... See full summary »

Director: Ahmed Rachedi | Stars: Mustapha Kateb, Rouiched, Mahieddine Bachtarzi, Sid Ali Kouiret

Votes: 123

62. 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

63. The Divine Woman (1928)

80 min | Drama, Romance

Lucian, a soldier in Paris, is to ship out for Algiers at 9 that evening. He stops by for a last meal with his love, Marianne. He may be worried that when he leaves she will find another ... See full summary »

Director: Victor Sjöström | Stars: Greta Garbo, Lars Hanson, Lowell Sherman, Polly Moran

Votes: 483 | Gross: $0.54M

64. El taaib (2012)

87 min | Crime, Drama

Thanks to the "civilian agreement" law, an Islamist is pardoned and reinstalled in society. He soon understands law doesn't erase the crimes he committed.

Director: Merzak Allouache | Stars: Nabil Asli, Adila Bendimerad, Khaled Benaïssa, Rokia Abdelali

Votes: 191

65. 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: 351

66. 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

67. 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: 555

68. 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: 290

69. Flesh and the Woman (1954)

100 min | Adventure, Drama, Romance

Bankrupt and disbarred, Parisian lawyer Pierre Martel heads for Algiers where he's supposed to rejoin his high-maintenance Italian girlfriend Sylvia but when she fails to show-up a heart-broken Pierre joins the French Foreign Legion.

Director: Robert Siodmak | Stars: Gina Lollobrigida, Jean-Claude Pascal, Raymond Pellegrin, Peter van Eyck

Votes: 155

70. 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

71. Terror's Advocate (2007)

Unrated | 135 min | Documentary, Biography, History

A documentary on Jacques Vergès, the controversial lawyer and former Free French Forces guerrilla who has defending unpopular figures such as Nazi war criminal Klaus Barbie and Holocaust denier Roger Garaudy.

Director: Barbet Schroeder | Stars: Jacques Vergès, Klaus Barbie, Barbet Schroeder, Bassam Abu Sharif

Votes: 1,702 | Gross: $0.04M

72. Hangman's House (1928)

Passed | 71 min | Drama, Romance, Thriller

"Citizen" Hogan, an exile Irish patriot, risks his life by returning to Ireland and helping a young couple.

Director: John Ford | Stars: June Collyer, Larry Kent, Victor McLaglen, Earle Foxe

Votes: 558

73. Until the Birds Return (2017)

Not Rated | 113 min | Drama

Algeria today. Past and present collide in the lives of a newly wealthy property developer, a young woman torn between the path of reason and sentiment and an ambitious neurologist impeded by wartime wrongdoings.

Director: Karim Moussaoui | Stars: Mohamed Djouhri, Hania Amar, Hassan Kechache, Mehdi Ramdani

Votes: 380

74. 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

75. 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

76. Les vacances de l'inspecteur Tahar (1972)

110 min | Comedy

Inspector Tahar and his apprentice are invited by Mama Traki, a popular Tunisian heroine, to spend their vacation in Tunis. Before leaving Algiers, they stop at a tourist complex where a ... See full summary »

Director: Moussa Haddad | Stars: Hadj Abderrahmane, Yahia Benmabrouk, Hattab Bel Ali, Salah El Mahdi

Votes: 168

77. 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

78. 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: 138

79. Sahara with Michael Palin (2002– )

50 min | Documentary

Michael Palin travels across Sahara desert region, the largest in the world.

Star: Michael Palin

Votes: 880

80. The Undeclared War (1992)

247 min | Documentary, History, War

Documentary on the French-Algerian conflict 1954-1962 which was never officially called a "war", including interviews with some of the survivors.

Director: Bertrand Tavernier | Stars: Patrick Rotman, Bertrand Tavernier

Votes: 122

81. Argu (2021)

97 min | Drama

Koukou is called crazy for his different behavior. The village elders committee and his father decide to put him in a mental asylum.

Director: Omar Belkacemi | Stars: Latifa Aissat, Ali Damiche, Mohamed Lefkir, Koukou Mahfoud

82. The Lumière Brothers' First Films (1996)

Unrated | 61 min | Documentary, History

A collection of short films made by the Lumiere brothers, a team of pioneering filmmakers in turn-of-the-century France.

Stars: Mrs. Auguste Lumiere, Antoine Lumière, Auguste Lumière, Bertrand Tavernier

Votes: 417

83. Gerboise bleue (2009)

90 min | Documentary

A documentary about the controversial and secret French nuclear testings in Algeria.

Director: Djamel Ouahab

Votes: 7

84. Mascarades (2008)

Not Rated | 94 min | Comedy

Mounir Mekbek lives with his family in a small village in the heart of the Algerian countryside. Very proud and sure of himself, he has only one dream- to finally be appreciated by his ... See full summary »

Director: Lyès Salem | Stars: Lyès Salem, Sarah Reguieg, Rym Takoucht, Merouane Zmirli

Votes: 423

85. 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: 104

86. 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: 37

87. 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: 134

88. 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

89. The Citadel (1988)

96 min | Drama

In a small village in rural Algeria, the "village idiot" is madly in love with a married woman. His voyeurism and antics bring shame on his father, who guarantees that his son will be ... See full summary »

Director: Mohamed Chouikh | Stars: Djillali Ain-Tedeles, Yamina Bachir, Mohamed Baki, Khaled Barkat

Votes: 83

90. Délice Paloma (2007)

134 min | Comedy, Drama

When it comes to surviving in today's Algeria, no scam is too daunting for the woman who has adopted her country's name. If they're pretty and lacking in principles, her recruits can make a... See full summary »

Director: Nadir Moknèche | Stars: Biyouna, Nadia Kaci, Manel Touati, Aylin Prandi

Votes: 305

91. L'inspecteur Tahar Marque le But (1977)

117 min | Comedy, Crime, Sport

A simple case of a car accident in the city of Oran turns into a real criminal investigation led by Inspector Tahar and his sidekick apprentice.

Director: Kaddour Brahim Zakaria | Stars: Hadj Abderrahmane, Yahia Benmabrouk, Zoubida Ben Bahi, Boumedienne Sirat

Votes: 29

92. Khawatir (2005–2015)

TV-14 | 25 min | Family, Reality-TV, Sci-Fi

A TV show devoted to help young people to be mature in their faith, work, and knowledge.

Star: Ahmad Al Shugairi

Votes: 4,459

93. The Algerian War, 1954-1962 (1984)

280 min | Documentary, History, War

The Algerian War was a momentous struggle for independence from France by Algerian nationalists between 1954 and 1962. This eight-year conflict caused the fall of six French Prime Ministers... See full summary »

Star: Jim Norton

Votes: 17

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. 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: 85

96. Liberty belle (1983)

112 min | Drama

Julien is a left-leaning student whose politics and love interest end up clashing as the young man makes a long, epic journey through his years at a private school in Paris when Algeria is ... See full summary »

Director: Pascal Kané | Stars: Jérôme Zucca, Dominique Laffin, André Dussollier, Philippe Caroit

Votes: 112

97. 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

98. Festival panafricain d'Alger (1969)

110 min | Documentary, Musical

This is a documentary film which explores both the politics and music of the First PanAfrican Cultural Festival. Third World solidarity was much in fashion in 1969, when the festival was ... See full summary »

Director: William Klein | Stars: Nina Simone, Archie Shepp, Miriam Makeba, Marion Williams

Votes: 55

99. Missing Husbands (1921)

Not Rated | 172 min | Adventure, Fantasy, Mystery

Two men, lost in the desert, meet Queen Antinea, ruler of Atlantis.

Director: Jacques Feyder | Stars: Jean Angelo, Georges Melchior, Marie-Louise Iribe, Stacia Napierkowska

Votes: 429

100. 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