War in Algeria
by antonivakin | created - 19 Oct 2016 | updated - 05 Feb 2018 | PublicWar for independence of Algeria in 1954-1962 and it's background: rebel in 1945, OAS, FLN, protests and terrorism in France.
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1. 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: 65,632 | Gross: $0.06M
2. Sartre, Years of Passion (2006– )
165 min | Biography
Biographical film about French writer Jean-Paul Sartre, concentrating on his passionate affairs with women.
Stars: Denis Podalydès, Anne Alvaro, Maya Sansa, Frédéric Gorny
Votes: 141
3. Douai 1962 (2015)
16 min | Short, Crime, History
February 1962 in Douai, a town located in the north of France. A police squad burts at dawn into the Ducateaus house to search around. François Ducateau, the father, is suspected of a ... See full synopsis »
Director: Anaïs Venturi | Stars: Alexandre Picot, Isabelle Vitari, Nicolas Buchoux, Geoffroy Boutan
4. 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: 13
5. 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
6. A Perfect Man (2015)
104 min | Drama, Thriller
A struggling writer finds a shortcut to fame, but a blackmailer threatens to ruin his perfect life.
Director: Yann Gozlan | Stars: Pierre Niney, Ana Girardot, André Marcon, Valeria Cavalli
Votes: 4,798
7. L'adieu (2003– )
180 min | Drama, History, Romance
Stars: Thomas Jouannet, Mélanie Doutey, Catherine Jacob, Gilles Lellouche
Votes: 72
8. 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
9. 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: 251
10. Les suspects (2004)
105 min | Drama
Mahfoud is a young professor at a technical school in Algiers. With his technical and computer knowledge, he renovates an old weaving loom which he plans to show at an international ... See full summary »
Director: Kamal Dehane | Stars: Sid Ali Kouiret, Nadia Kaci, Kamel Rouini, Amid Chakir
Votes: 20
11. 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: 295
12. 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
13. 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
14. Farewell, Friend (1968)
M/PG | 115 min | Action, Crime, Drama
After an overseas deployment, two former French Foreign Legion members plan to break into the vault of a French corporation.
Director: Jean Herman | Stars: Alain Delon, Charles Bronson, Brigitte Fossey, Olga Georges-Picot
Votes: 4,085
15. 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: 984
16. 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: 902 | Gross: $0.05M
17. Le complot (1973)
120 min | Action, Drama, History
By the early 1960s, the OAS is desperate to stop de Gaulle's freeing of Algeria. A small group, mostly from the military, steal weapons and rob a bank to prepare for a raid on Tulle prison ... See full summary »
Director: René Gainville | Stars: Michel Bouquet, Michel Duchaussoy, Raymond Pellegrin, Jean Rochefort
Votes: 144
18. Cléo from 5 to 7 (1962)
Not Rated | 90 min | Comedy, Drama, Music
Cleo, a singer and hypochondriac, becomes increasingly worried that she might have cancer while awaiting test results from her doctor.
Director: Agnès Varda | Stars: Corinne Marchand, Antoine Bourseiller, Dominique Davray, Dorothée Blanck
Votes: 27,270
19. Adieu Philippine (1962)
106 min | Drama, Romance
Paris, summer 1960. Michel is about to leave for Algeria for military service. He meets Liliane and Juliette, two inseparable friends. Michel goes on vacation to Corsica, where the two girls decide to join him
Director: Jacques Rozier | Stars: Jean-Claude Aimini, Daniel Descamps, Stefania Sabatini, Yveline Céry
Votes: 1,018
20. Love at Sea (1965)
77 min | Drama
A sailor has a brief affair with a young secretary.
Director: Guy Gilles | Stars: Daniel Moosmann, Geneviève Thénier, Josette Krieff, Guy Gilles
Votes: 706
21. 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
22. 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
23. L'Aube des damnés (1965)
100 min | Documentary, History
Pamphlet movie. Anti-colonialist indictment on the history of Africa. In a colonized capital, students from various disciplines act out the words of popular storytellers and find that they ... See full summary »
Director: Ahmed Rachedi | Stars: Sid Ahmed Agoumi, Daniel Boukman, Mohamed Chouikh, Mouloud Mammeri
Votes: 35
24. El faham (1973)
97 min | Drama
Director: Mohamed Bouamari | Stars: Mustapha El Anka, Youcef Hadjam, Ahmed Hamoudi, Fettouma Ousliha-Bouamari
Votes: 21
25. 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
26. 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: 621
27. Décembre (1973)
94 min | Drama, War
During the Algerian war of independence, an important leader of the FLN (National Liberation Front) is arrested by the army, which uses the most violent methods to make prisoners talk. But ... See full summary »
Director: Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina | Stars: Michel Auclair, Sid Ali Kouiret, Julien Guiomar, Geneviève Page
Votes: 18
28. 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: 116
29. Hassan, Terrorist (1968)
90 min | Comedy, Drama
Living in Algiers in 1956 is no bed of roses. Especially when you are a meek little fellow called Hassan who, to stay out of trouble, is all things to all people and whose only act of "... See full summary »
Director: Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina | Stars: Rouiched, Tayeb Abou El Hassan, Mahieddine Bachtarzi, Balvet
Votes: 82
30. Certaines nouvelles (1980)
97 min | Comedy, Drama
Director: Jacques Davila | Stars: Micheline Presle, Bernadette Lafont, Gérard Lartigau, Caroline Cellier
Votes: 33
31. 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
32. Overseas (1990)
94 min | Drama
In French Algeria, after WWII, three daughters of wealthy settlers begin their adult lives. Zon marries an often absent sailor. Malene's husband, Gildas, refuses to work in the farm, so she... See full summary »
Director: Brigitte Roüan | Stars: Nicole Garcia, Marianne Basler, Brigitte Roüan, Philippe Galland
Votes: 135 | Gross: $0.24M
33. 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: 85,200 | Gross: $3.63M
34. 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: 50
35. Je vous ai compris (2012 TV Movie)
85 min | Animation, Drama
On the night of April 21st 1961, in an attempt to halt the policy implemented by General de Gaulle which led to Algeria's independence, the 1st Foreign Regiment of Parachutists took power ... See full summary »
Director: Franck Chiche | Stars: Karyll Elgrichi, François Deblock, Damien Zanoly, Mohamed Fellag
Votes: 36
36. 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: 1,393
37. Élise ou la vraie vie (1970)
104 min | Drama
In 1957, Elise Le Tellier, a young woman from Bordeaux, decides to join her brother Lucien, a revolutionary who has decided to become a worker instead of a notable. Lucien has secured a ... See full summary »
Director: Michel Drach | Stars: Marie-José Nat, Mohamed Chouikh, Bernadette Lafont, Jean-Pierre Bisson
Votes: 114
38. 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: 121
39. 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: 927
40. 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
41. 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: 371
42. 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: 93
43. 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: 6,638 | Gross: $0.92M
44. 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: 4,117
45. 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: 44,909 | Gross: $16.06M
46. 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: 8,154 | Gross: $0.02M
47. The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (1964)
Not Rated | 91 min | Drama, Musical, Romance
A young woman separated from her lover by war faces a life-altering decision.
Director: Jacques Demy | Stars: Catherine Deneuve, Nino Castelnuovo, Anne Vernon, Marc Michel
Votes: 31,325 | Gross: $0.03M
48. 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: 2,278
49. 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: 216
50. 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
51. 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: 3,731
52. 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: 552
53. 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
54. 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: 999
55. 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: 8,806
56. 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
57. 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
58. L'héritage (1975)
100 min
Belkacem, who went mad under torture by the French army during the Algerian war, is in critical condition. His wife treats him and also leads the reconstruction of the village devastated by the occupier.
Director: Mohamed Bouamari | Stars: Ahmed Benchouban, Ahmed Gambiddi, Fettouma Ousliha-Bouamari, Mohamed Peblah
Votes: 7
59. 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: 35
60. 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: 437
61. 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
62. Enemies Within (2016)
PG | 27 min | Short, Drama
During the 90s, Algerian terrorism reaches France. Two men. Two identities. One battle.
Director: Selim Azzazi | Stars: Hassam Ghancy, Najib Oudghiri, Stéphane Perrichon, Nasser Azazi
Votes: 815
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