north africa movies page 2

Five Directors On The Battle of Algiers (2004)
10 / 10

Documentary

This 17-minute documentary is featured on the 3-Disc Criterion Collection DVD of The Battle of Algiers (1966), released in 2004. An in-depth look at...

Lejyon Dönüşü (1957)
0 / 10

Adventure, Drama, Romance

Séfar, A City of Mysteries (2021)
10 / 10

Documentary, History

Séfar (in Arabic: سيفار) is an ancient city in the heart of the Tassili n'Ajjer mountain range in Algeria, more than 2,400 km south of Algiers...

Letter To Jail (1969)
6.8 / 10

Drama

In 1970, Tahar, a young Tunisian, travels to France for the first time to help his older brother, who is wrongly accused of murder and incarcerated...

Ikach (1937)
10 / 10

Comedy

Ikach, is a farce in two acts in popular Arabic, written by André Sarrouy and adapted and directed by himself. A critique of marriage in colonial...

Daughter of Keltoum (2001)
7.3 / 10

Drama

A 19 year-old Swiss woman travels to her birthplace—an isolated, barren Berber settlement in the mountainous desert landscape of Algeria—to find...

Les juifs d'Afrique du Nord pendant la Seconde Guerre mondiale (2014)
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Documentary, War

Yaouled (1993)
10 / 10

Drama

Directed by Rachid Benallal.

Letter to My Sister (2006)
8.5 / 10

Documentary

Nabila Djahnine, president of the feminist association Thirghri N'tmetout, died in hands of an armed group in Tizi Ouzou (Algeria) in 1995. The...

Alger Et Ses Environs (1945)
10 / 10

Documentary

The film, shot in 1938, is part of a series entitled “The true face of Algeria”. The film highlights the proximity of Algiers to Paris and...

Arezki, l'indigène (2008)
10 / 10

Drama, War, History

In 1895, young journalist Albertine Auclair arrives in the Kabylie during a family visit. The beauty of the region seduces her but she soon learns of...

The Women (1966)
8 / 10

Documentary

Documentary dialogue with young women in Algiers on their experience of independence shortly after their country's independence.

Rose Of The Desert (1989)
10 / 10

Drama

An oasis lost in the Saharan desert more than 700km from Algiers. A society still functioning on centuries-old rituals. The only connection to the...

Afric Hotel (2011)
10 / 10

Documentary

In the furnace of Algiers, the camera follows and accompanies Ibrahim, Adam, and Ismael, originally from sub-Saharan Africa, in an irregular...

Et les arbres poussent en Kabylie (2003)
10 / 10

Documentary

لحن الأمل (Lahn El-Almel) (1993)
8.5 / 10

Drama, Music, Comedy, Romance

Abderrahim is a mechanic and singer in his spare time. One day, he receives a car to repair, driven by a very beautiful girl. It's love at first...

Algerian Refugees (1958)
10 / 10

Documentary

Directed by Pierre Clément and Djamel-Eddine Chanderli, produced by the FLN Information Service in 1958, this film is a rare document. Pierre...

L'Homme de L'Atlas (1973)
10 / 10

Documentary

The Casbah of Algiers (1993)
10 / 10

Comedy, Family

The daily life and tribulations of colorful residents in the millennial popular district of the Casbah of Algiers.

Algérie, Mémoires du Raï (2001)
10 / 10

Documentary