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

1. Expend4bles (2023)

R | 103 min | Action, Adventure, Thriller

Armed with every weapon they can get their hands on, the Expendables are the world's last line of defense and the team that gets called when all other options are off the table.

Director: Scott Waugh | Stars: Jason Statham, 50 Cent, Megan Fox, Dolph Lundgren

Votes: 38,567

2. The English Patient (1996)

R | 162 min | Drama, Romance, War

At the close of World War II, a young nurse tends to a badly burned plane crash victim. His past is shown in flashbacks, revealing an involvement in a fateful love affair.

Director: Anthony Minghella | Stars: Ralph Fiennes, Juliette Binoche, Willem Dafoe, Kristin Scott Thomas

Votes: 200,831 | Gross: $78.65M

3. Spartacus (1960)

PG-13 | 197 min | Adventure, Biography, Drama

The slave Spartacus survives brutal training as a gladiator and leads a violent revolt against the decadent Roman Republic, as the ambitious Crassus seeks to gain power by crushing the uprising.

Directors: Stanley Kubrick, Anthony Mann | Stars: Kirk Douglas, Laurence Olivier, Jean Simmons, Charles Laughton

Votes: 143,145 | Gross: $30.00M

4. 13 Hours (2016)

R | 144 min | Action, Drama, History

During an attack on a U.S. compound in Libya, a security team struggles to make sense out of the chaos.

Director: Michael Bay | Stars: John Krasinski, Pablo Schreiber, James Badge Dale, David Denman

Votes: 160,685 | Gross: $52.85M

5. Rogue Heroes (2022–2024)

TV-MA | 52 min | Action, Drama, Thriller

SAS: Rogue Heroes charts the creation of the famed Special Forces unit. Based on the book by Ben Macintyre.

Stars: Connor Swindells, Jack O'Connell, Alfie Allen, Jacob Ifan

Votes: 21,319

6. Io Capitano (2023)

Not Rated | 121 min | Drama

A Homeric fairy tale that tells the adventurous journey of two young boys, Seydou and Moussa, who leave Dakar to reach Europe.

Director: Matteo Garrone | Stars: Seydou Sarr, Moustapha Fall, Issaka Sawadogo, Hichem Yacoubi

Votes: 9,908

7. G.I. Jane (1997)

R | 125 min | Action, Drama, War

Lt. Jordan, a US Navy topographic analyst, joins the US Navy Special Warfare Group and struggles to prove her worth in a unit dominated by men. But a cynical woman Texan senator has sold her out.

Director: Ridley Scott | Stars: Demi Moore, Viggo Mortensen, Anne Bancroft, Jason Beghe

Votes: 86,996 | Gross: $48.17M

8. AKA (2023)

TV-MA | 122 min | Action, Crime, Thriller

A steely special ops agent finds his morality put to the test when he infiltrates a crime syndicate and unexpectedly bonds with the boss's young son.

Director: Morgan S. Dalibert | Stars: Alban Lenoir, Eric Cantona, Thibault de Montalembert, Sveva Alviti

Votes: 13,249

9. A Private War (2018)

R | 110 min | Biography, Drama, War

One of the most celebrated war correspondents of our time, Marie Colvin is an utterly fearless and rebellious spirit, driven to the frontline of conflicts across the globe to give voice to the voiceless.

Director: Matthew Heineman | Stars: Rosamund Pike, Alexandra Moen, Tom Hollander, Faye Marsay

Votes: 21,001 | Gross: $1.63M

10. Lion of the Desert (1980)

PG | 173 min | Biography, Drama, History

In 1929, Italian Fascist dictator Benito Mussolini appoints General Rodolfo Graziani as colonial governor to Italian Libya with orders to stamp-out all resistance from Libyan nationalists led by rebel guerrilla leader Omar Mukhtar.

Director: Moustapha Akkad | Stars: Anthony Quinn, Oliver Reed, Rod Steiger, Irene Papas

Votes: 17,366 | Gross: $3.27M

11. The Fifth Estate (2013)

R | 128 min | Biography, Crime, Drama

A dramatic thriller based on real events that reveals the quest to expose the deceptions and corruptions of power that turned an Internet upstart into the 21st century's most fiercely debated organization.

Director: Bill Condon | Stars: Benedict Cumberbatch, Daniel Brühl, Carice van Houten, Alicia Vikander

Votes: 42,706 | Gross: $3.25M

12. Sahara (I) (1943)

Approved | 97 min | Action, Drama, War

After the fall of Tobruk in 1942, during the Allied retreat in the Libyan desert, an American tank picks-up a motley group of survivors but they face advancing Germans and a lack of water.

Director: Zoltan Korda | Stars: Humphrey Bogart, Bruce Bennett, J. Carrol Naish, Lloyd Bridges

Votes: 9,752

13. HyperNormalisation (2016)

166 min | Documentary

Adam Curtis explains how, at a time of confusing and inexplicable world events, politicians and the people they represent have retreated in to a damaging over-simplified version of what is happening.

Director: Adam Curtis | Stars: Adam Curtis, Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin, Victor Gotbaum

Votes: 7,368

14. Airwolf (1984 TV Movie)

85 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

A scientist who created a super-helicopter has defected to Libya, taking the machine with him. A secretive government agency hires an ex-Vietnam War pilot to go to Libya, steal the chopper, and bring it back.

Director: Donald P. Bellisario | Stars: Jan-Michael Vincent, Ernest Borgnine, Alex Cord, David Hemmings

Votes: 5,214

15. Sole Survivor (1970 TV Movie)

Not Rated | 100 min | Drama, Fantasy

This story is loosely based on the discovery of the B-24 "Liberator" bomber the "Lady Be Good" that was found in the Libyan desert after the crew got lost on their 1st bombing mission to Italy.

Director: Paul Stanley | Stars: Vince Edwards, Richard Basehart, William Shatner, Lou Antonio

Votes: 984

16. Deutschland 86 (2018)

TV-MA | 472 min | Action, Drama, Thriller

Abandoned by Moscow and desperate for cash, the East German leadership pushes their secret operatives to experiment with global capitalism and save their sinking socialist ship. Long ... See full summary »

Stars: Jonas Nay, Maria Schrader, Florence Kasumba, Sylvester Groth

Votes: 5,286

17. Hamilton (1998)

Not Rated | 127 min | Action, Adventure, Crime

A nuclear armed SS20 will be smuggled from Russia via Finland to Sweden unless Swedish agent Hamilton +5 stop them with "no loose ends". What about the other stolen SS20?

Director: Harald Zwart | Stars: Peter Stormare, Lena Olin, Mark Hamill, Mats Långbacka

Votes: 4,383

18. Million Dollar Mystery (1987)

PG | 95 min | Comedy, Mystery

A relentless chase for money is the result of simple lunch at a remote diner.

Director: Richard Fleischer | Stars: Eddie Deezen, Wendy Sherman, Rick Overton, Mona Lyden

Votes: 564 | Gross: $0.99M

19. Immortal Sergeant (1943)

Passed | 91 min | Drama, Romance, War

During a WW2 patrol in the North-African desert, a Canadian corporal reminisces about his sweetheart and must lead his platoon when the sergeant gets wounded.

Director: John M. Stahl | Stars: Henry Fonda, Maureen O'Hara, Thomas Mitchell, Allyn Joslyn

Votes: 1,016

20. Raid on Rommel (1971)

GP | 99 min | Drama, War

In 1942 Libya, a German-speaking British Intelligence officer uses former British POWs, some dressed in German uniforms, to fulfill a secret sabotage mission inside German-captured Tobruk.

Director: Henry Hathaway | Stars: Richard Burton, John Colicos, Clinton Greyn, Wolfgang Preiss

Votes: 2,431

21. Till Marriage Do Us Part (1974)

R | 92 min | Comedy

The Marquise Eugenia di Maqueda, an orphan raised by the nuns, marries Raimondo Corrao, but on their wedding night she finds out that he is her brother. The piece of news is in a letter ... See full summary »

Director: Luigi Comencini | Stars: Laura Antonelli, Alberto Lionello, Michele Placido, Ugo Pagliai

Votes: 747

22. Deadly Heroes (1993)

R | 105 min | Action, Drama

Ex-Navy SEAL Brad Cartowski is injured during an attack at Athens airport by terrorists who kidnap his wife and fly her on a hijacked plane to North Africa. Cartowski goes in pursuit, aided... See full summary »

Director: Menahem Golan | Stars: Michael Paré, Claudette Mink, Jan-Michael Vincent, Billy Drago

Votes: 465

23. Bitter Victory (1957)

Approved | 82 min | Drama, War

A commander receives a citation for an attack on Erwin Rommel's headquarters, which is actually undeserved, as the commander is unfit for his job. On top of that, unbeknownst to him, his wife is having an affair with one of his officers.

Director: Nicholas Ray | Stars: Richard Burton, Curd Jürgens, Ruth Roman, Raymond Pellegrin

Votes: 2,292

24. Tank Force (1958)

Approved | 86 min | Drama, War

During WW2 in North Africa, an American sergeant serving with the British 8th Army is captured by the Germans but he hatches various plans of escape from the POW camp.

Director: Terence Young | Stars: Victor Mature, Leo Genn, Anthony Newley, Bonar Colleano

Votes: 388

25. Return to Castle Wolfenstein (2001 Video Game)

M | Action, Adventure, Fantasy

In 1945, the Nazis are planning to resurrect Heinrich I. After being imprisoned, it is up to O.S.A. soldier B.J. Blazkowicz to foil the operation.

Directors: Drew Markham, Brandon James | Stars: James Alcroft, Steve Blum, Cam Clarke, Jonathan David Cook

Votes: 2,708

26. El Alamein - The Line of Fire (2002)

117 min | Drama, War

War seen through the eyes of Serra, a university student from Palermo who volunteers in 1942 to fight in Africa. He is assigned to the Pavia Division on the southern line in Egypt. Rommel ... See full summary »

Director: Enzo Monteleone | Stars: Paolo Briguglia, Pierfrancesco Favino, Luciano Scarpa, Emilio Solfrizzi

Votes: 2,015

27. Taxi for Tobruk (1961)

95 min | Drama, War

During World War II, French commandos join forces with a German officer in order to survive the African desert.

Director: Denys de La Patellière | Stars: Hardy Krüger, Lino Ventura, Maurice Biraud, Charles Aznavour

Votes: 2,088

28. Black Thunder (II) (1998)

R | 85 min | Action, Drama, Thriller

A top secret stealth fighter is stolen. Only Navy Test Pilot Vince Connors can recover the plane and bring it back in one piece. Battling terrorists, and flying with deadly nerve gas, he has to evade his mentor, now the enemy's top pilot.

Director: Rick Jacobson | Stars: Michael Dudikoff, Richard Norton, Michael Cavanaugh, Nancy Valen

Votes: 621

29. Tripoli (1950)

Passed | 95 min | Action, Adventure, History

In 1805, the United States battles the pirates of Tripoli as the Marines fight to raise the American flag

Director: Will Price | Stars: John Payne, Maureen O'Hara, Howard Da Silva, Phillip Reed

Votes: 517

30. 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: 3,925

31. 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: 1,791 | Gross: $0.01M

32. A Son (2019)

95 min | Drama

11 year old Aziz needs a liver transplant after being seriously injured during a terrorist ambush while on holiday in 2011. At the hospital a family secret will be revealed.

Director: Mehdi Barsaoui | Stars: Sami Bouajila, Najla Ben Abdallah, Youssef Khemiri, Noomen Hamda

Votes: 1,282

33. Hamilton (2001)

TV-14 | 190 min | Action, Thriller

Swedish intelligence agent Carl Hamilton gets busy when it is discovered that a group of Soviet rebels intend to smuggle a nuclear missile through Sweden. Carl and his colleague must risk life and limb to stop the uprising.

Stars: Peter Stormare, Lena Olin, Mark Hamill, Mats Långbacka

Votes: 822

34. Which Way Is the Front Line from Here? The Life and Time of Tim Hetherington (2013)

Not Rated | 78 min | Documentary, Biography, Drama

Documentary about deceased photojournalist Tim Hetherington directed by Sebastian Junger. Together with his friend and long-term collaborator Sebastian, Tim had travelled the world ... See full summary »

Director: Sebastian Junger | Stars: Chris Anderson, Peter Bouckaert, James Brabazon, Guillermo Cervera

Votes: 738

35. Sahara with Michael Palin (2002– )

50 min | Documentary

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

Star: Michael Palin

Votes: 877

36. The Hunt for Gaddafi's Billions (2020)

92 min | Documentary

Inside the relentless hunt for the late Libyan leader Colonel Muammar Gaddafi's money. On the trail of bounty hunters, corrupt politicians and spies. A story of greed, corruption and deceit, up to the highest circles.

Directors: Thomas Blom, Misha Wessel | Stars: Misha Wessel, Muammar Gaddafi, Erik Goaied, Johan Erasmus

Votes: 188

37. Foxhole in Cairo (1960)

80 min | War, Drama

A German Agent in Libya is allowed to get back to Rommel with false information.

Director: John Llewellyn Moxey | Stars: James Robertson Justice, Adrian Hoven, Niall MacGinnis, Neil McCallum

Votes: 193

38. Cairo (1942)

Passed | 101 min | Comedy, Drama, Musical

Reporter Homer Smith accidentally draws Marcia Warren into his mission to stop Nazis from bombing Allied Convoys with robot-planes.

Director: W.S. Van Dyke | Stars: Jeanette MacDonald, Robert Young, Ethel Waters, Reginald Owen

Votes: 503

39. Bengasi (1942)

90 min | Drama, War

The fate of several men in a Libyan city briefly captured from Italy by the invading British in 1941, includes a focus on the role of women during these hard times.

Director: Augusto Genina | Stars: Fosco Giachetti, Mária Tasnádi Fekete, Amedeo Nazzari, Vivi Gioi

Votes: 102

40. A Day in the Life of a Dictator (2013)

Documentary

The documentary shows the life of three of the most contemporary dictators during a bloody period of their reign.

Director: Hendrick Dusollier | Stars: Alexandre Alilouieva, Ludmila Alilouieva, Idi Amin, Jaffar Amin

Votes: 54

41. Point and Shoot (2014)

Not Rated | 83 min | Documentary

An American sets out with his motorbike to find both adventure and his sense of manhood, leading him on an extraordinary journey he could not have imagined, including fighting in the Libyan Revolution.

Director: Marshall Curry | Stars: Joseph Oliveira, Matt Sager, Matthew Vandyke

Votes: 1,713

42. The Ambassadors (1976)

102 min | Drama

In the Goutte d'Or neighborhood of Paris, North African immigrants share a tiny apartment among their French neighbors. The two communities get along uneasily, their relationship rife with misunderstandings and mutual offense.

Director: Naceur Ktari | Stars: Sid Ali Kouiret, Jacques Rispal, Tahar Kebaili, Marcel Cuvelier

Votes: 21

43. Le rose del deserto (2006)

Not Rated | 102 min | Comedy, War

A sanitary battalion of the Italian army is sent to Sorman Oasis in Libya during the African campaign in 1940. Soon, an Italian missionary living nearby succeeds in transforming the ... See full summary »

Director: Mario Monicelli | Stars: Michele Placido, Giorgio Pasotti, Alessandro Haber, Fulvio Falzarano

Votes: 448

44. A Yank in Libya (1942)

Passed | 67 min | Drama

American correspondent Mike Malone uncovers a Nazi plot for an uprising of the Arab tribes in Lybia. Pursued by Sheik David and his men, Mike takes refuge in the suite of Nancy Brooks, who ... See full summary »

Director: Albert Herman | Stars: H.B. Warner, Walter Woolf King, Joan Woodbury, Harry Einstein

Votes: 228

45. The Benghazi Six

Thriller | Announced

6 medics fight for their lives when they are wrongfully accused of spreading an AIDS epidemic in a children's hospital in Benghazi, Libya.

46. Italian Libya (1937)

Approved | 10 min | Documentary, Short, History

Lowell Thomas, shortly after Italy invaded Libya, takes a look at the political importance of the country, especially the mobile Lybian Army Corps which Benito Mussolini is building up. The... See full summary »

Director: Lowell Thomas | Star: Lowell Thomas

47. Soldier for a Summer

Not Rated | 105 min | Drama | Announced

Soldier For A Summer is a concept that started with the book, due for release August 2013. The Libyan revolution was the only one from the Arab spring considered to be fully successful in ... See full summary »

Director: Mark O'Connor

48. Continuavano a chiamarli i due piloti più matti del mondo (1972)

86 min | Comedy

The sons of a billionaire hijack an airplane because their father is against their love affair with two poor girls.

Director: Mariano Laurenti | Stars: Franco Franchi, Ciccio Ingrassia, Lino Banfi, Didi Perego

Votes: 36

49. New Monuments Men (2019)

TV-PG | 53 min | Documentary, History

ISIS is waging a merciless war against Culture in portions of Iraq, Syria, Libya, and Egypt with the goal of creating a new world order by destroying centuries-old libraries and archaeological sites, places that conserve our heritage.

Director: Jean-Luc Raynaud | Stars: Maamoun Abdulkarim, Mustafa Ahmad, Cheikhmous Ali, Christiane Amanpour

50. Sudanli Musa

Biography, Drama, History | Completed

Sudanese Moses is one of the unnamed heroes of the War of Independence. His struggle on the road to justice and independence is worth a whole army. His journey is a struggle of the sons of the country who say independence for the future.

Director: Özgür Bakar