The Vault
Daniel Ali, a rebellious schoolteacher in colonial Algeria
2012 ★ 10.0In 1954, Daniel Vérin, a young schoolteacher of Algerian descent, made a radical decision: he turned his back on colonial France and joined the Algerian insurge
The Battle of Algiers
1966 ★ 7.9Paratrooper commander Colonel Mathieu, a former French Resistance fighter during World War II, is sent to Algeria to reinforce efforts to squelch the uprisings
Mesrine: Killer Instinct
2008 ★ 7.3Jacques Mesrine, a loyal son and dedicated soldier, is back home and living with his parents after serving in the Algerian War. Soon he is seduced by the neon g
The Other Shore
1997 ★ 6.2This film deals with the aftermath of the Algerian war of liberation. Georges Montero, an Algerian-born Frenchman, manages an olive canning factory in Oran. He
Papicha
2019 ★ 7.6Nedjma, an 18-year-old student passionate about fashion design refuses to let the tragic events of the Algerian Civil War keep her from experiencing a normal li
Adieu Philippine
1962 ★ 6.9Michel is a young technician in the fledgling TV industry and is due for military service in two months at the time of the Algerian War. Juliette and Liliane ar
Faithful
2022 ★ 6.21956. Algeria is a French colony. Fernand and Helene are madly in love. Fernand is an activist, fighting for independence alongside the Algerians. Helene is fig
The Winds of the Aures
1967 ★ 6.8The transformations of the daily life of the Algerian people during the destructive French occupation, then during the war of liberation. While military repress
Le Petit Soldat
1963 ★ 6.9Despite his lack of political convictions, photojournalist Bruno Forestier is roped into a paramilitary group waging a shadow war in Geneva against the Algerian
Days of Glory
2006 ★ 6.71943. They have never stepped foot on French soil but because France was at war, Said, Abdelkader, Messaoud and Yassir enlist in the French Army, along with 130
Cléo from 5 to 7
1962 ★ 7.7Agnès Varda eloquently captures Paris in the sixties with this real-time portrait of a singer set adrift in the city as she awaits test results of a biopsy. A c
Wild Reeds
1994 ★ 7.0As the Algerian War draws to a close, a teenager with a girlfriend starts feeling homosexual urges for two of his classmates: a country boy, and a French-Algeri
Mohamed Fellag
Mohand Fellag (in Arabic محمد فلاق; in Berber ⴼⴻⵍⵍⴰⴳ), known as Mohamed Fellag or simply "Fellag" or sometimes Mohamed Saïd Fellag, is an Algerian actor, humori
Deserter
2002 ★ 5.3Unlikely friends in a melting pot of confusion. Simon Murray fights for the French Foreign Legion. Pascal Dupont fights for himself. War torn men question honou
Commando
1962 ★ 6.2A 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
Objective: 500 Million
1966 ★ 5.9Reichau, a former army captain, is back in France after serving three years in prison for belonging to the OAS (Secret Armed Organization), a dissident paramili
Magma
2026 ★ 0.0Searching for answers about her Algerian family's ties to both sides of the Independence war, a filmmaker uncovers a tangle of contradicting buried histories. D
Sofia Boutella
Sofia Boutella (born April 3, 1982) is an Algerian dancer, model, and actress. She is known mainly for her hip-hop and street dance, and for appearing in Nike W
Jacques Laurent
Jacques Laurent or Jacques Laurent-Cély (6 January 1919 – 28 December 2000) was a French writer and journalist. He was born in Paris, the son of a barrister. Du
Philippe Labro
Philippe Labro is a French author, journalist, and film director born on August 27, 1936, in Montauban, Tarn-et-Garonne, France. He studied at Washington and Le