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

1. Munich (2005)

R | 164 min | Action, Drama, History

After the Black September capture and massacre of Israeli athletes at the 1972 Olympics, five men are chosen to eliminate the people responsible for that fateful day.

Director: Steven Spielberg | Stars: Eric Bana, Daniel Craig, Marie-Josée Croze, Ciarán Hinds

Votes: 238,341 | Gross: $47.40M

2. The Recruit (2003)

PG-13 | 115 min | Action, Thriller

A brilliant young CIA trainee is asked by his mentor to help find a mole in the Agency.

Director: Roger Donaldson | Stars: Al Pacino, Colin Farrell, Bridget Moynahan, Gabriel Macht

Votes: 142,270 | Gross: $52.80M

3. 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: 85,252 | Gross: $3.63M

4. The Class (2008)

PG-13 | 128 min | Drama

Teacher and novelist François Bégaudeau plays a version of himself as he negotiates a year with his racially mixed students from a tough Parisian neighborhood.

Director: Laurent Cantet | Stars: François Bégaudeau, Agame Malembo-Emene, Angélica Sancio, Arthur Fogel

Votes: 36,440 | Gross: $3.77M

5. Athena (2022)

R | 99 min | Action, Drama, Thriller

Hours after the tragic death of their youngest brother in unexplained circumstances, three siblings have their lives thrown into chaos.

Director: Romain Gavras | Stars: Dali Benssalah, Sami Slimane, Anthony Bajon, Ouassini Embarek

Votes: 22,348

6. The Names of Love (2010)

R | 100 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

A young, extroverted left-wing activist who sleeps with her political opponents to convert them to her cause is successful until she meets her match.

Director: Michel Leclerc | Stars: Sara Forestier, Jacques Gamblin, Zinedine Soualem, Carole Franck

Votes: 8,228 | Gross: $0.51M

7. The Business (2005)

R | 97 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

Frankie is sent from London to Spain to make a delivery to Charlie, who likes the kid and shows him the ropes including the use of guns and drugs. Frankie likes the sun, pools and the cute, bikini clad girls and stays in Spain.

Director: Nick Love | Stars: Danny Dyer, Tamer Hassan, Geoff Bell, Georgina Chapman

Votes: 15,351

8. Carlos (2010)

Not Rated | 111 min | Biography, Crime, Drama

The story of Venezuelan revolutionary Ilich Ramírez Sánchez, who founded a worldwide terrorist organization and raided the 1975 OPEC meeting.

Stars: Edgar Ramírez, Alexander Scheer, Fadi Abi Samra, Karam Ghossein

Votes: 14,411 | Gross: $0.15M

9. Serial (Bad) Weddings 2 (2019)

99 min | Comedy, Drama

Claude and Marie Verneuil face a new crisis: their four daughters' spouses--David, Rachid, Chao, and Charles--have decided to leave France for various reasons. Here they imagine their lives elsewhere.

Director: Philippe de Chauveron | Stars: Christian Clavier, Chantal Lauby, Ary Abittan, Medi Sadoun

Votes: 9,643

10. Port Afrique (1956)

Approved | 92 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance

Rip Reardon, ex-Army flier, returns to his home in French Morocco and finds his wife dead, and he suspects she has been murdered. Police Colonel Moussac insists she committed suicide. Rip ... See full summary »

Director: Rudolph Maté | Stars: Pier Angeli, Philip Carey, Dennis Price, Eugene Deckers

Votes: 223

11. A Very Secret Service (2015–2018)

TV-MA | 26 min | Comedy

Andre Merlaux, a young officer, under the leadership of his three seniors, needs to protect and defend the interests of France and participate in dangerous operations.

Stars: Hugo Becker, Wilfred Benaïche, Christophe Kourotchkine, Karim Barras

Votes: 3,909

12. Monsieur Lazhar (2011)

PG-13 | 95 min | Comedy, Drama

At a Montréal public grade school, an Algerian immigrant is hired to replace a popular teacher who committed suicide in her classroom. While helping his students deal with their grief, his own recent loss is revealed.

Director: Philippe Falardeau | Stars: Mohamed Fellag, Sophie Nélisse, Émilien Néron, Danielle Proulx

Votes: 21,189 | Gross: $2.01M

13. Samba (2014)

R | 118 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Senegalese Samba has worked 10 years in France. He's arrested and befriends the woman helping him with legal matters as volunteer after a burnout at work. He's released after being told to leave France. Chemistry?

Directors: Olivier Nakache, Éric Toledano | Stars: Omar Sy, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Tahar Rahim, Izïa Higelin

Votes: 17,330 | Gross: $0.15M

14. Pépé le Moko (1937)

Not Rated | 94 min | Crime, Drama, Romance

A wanted gangster is both king and prisoner of the Casbah. He is protected from arrest by his friends, but is torn by his desire for freedom outside. A visiting Parisian beauty may just tempt his fate.

Director: Julien Duvivier | Stars: Jean Gabin, Gabriel Gabrio, Saturnin Fabre, Fernand Charpin

Votes: 8,075 | Gross: $0.15M

15. Three Dancing Slaves (2004)

Unrated | 86 min | Drama, Romance

Three Algerian brothers struggle with violence, temptations, and finding purpose after their mother's death, as one seeks revenge, another tries keeping a job, and the youngest may be falling for a capoeira dancer. Can they be a family?

Director: Gaël Morel | Stars: Nicolas Cazalé, Stéphane Rideau, Thomas Dumerchez, Salim Kechiouche

Votes: 1,809 | Gross: $0.02M

16. 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: 4,119

17. Flight from Ashiya (1964)

Not Rated | 100 min | Adventure, Romance, Drama

A flight crew tries to save the survivors of a shipwreck off the coast of Japan during a raging typhoon.

Director: Michael Anderson | Stars: Yul Brynner, Richard Widmark, George Chakiris, Suzy Parker

Votes: 716

18. The Assault (2010)

R | 91 min | Action, History, Thriller

Based on a true story, a SWAT team is tasked with storming a hijacked Air France plane to save its passengers.

Director: Julien Leclercq | Stars: Vincent Elbaz, Grégori Derangère, Mélanie Bernier, Philippe Bas

Votes: 4,145

19. Poetical Refugee (2000)

130 min | Drama

A young illegal immigrant from Tunisia tries to survive in the world of Paris miseries.

Director: Abdellatif Kechiche | Stars: Sami Bouajila, Élodie Bouchez, Bruno Lochet, Aure Atika

Votes: 925

20. Flying Blind (2012)

93 min | Drama

A stylish mix of erotic love story and political thriller. Helen McCrory stars as a brilliant aerospace engineer who is drawn into a passionate affair with a younger male student while ... See full summary »

Director: Katarzyna Klimkiewicz | Stars: Helen McCrory, Najib Oudghiri, Kenneth Cranham, Tristan Gemmill

Votes: 687

21. Pleasure Palace (1980 TV Movie)

Not Rated | 97 min | Drama

Dashing Omar Sharif stars as a professional gambler, connoisseur, gourmet and sportsman who sets out to help Hope Lange, as a Las Vegas hotel-casino owner, from losing its controlling ... See full summary »

Director: Walter Grauman | Stars: Omar Sharif, Victoria Principal, J.D. Cannon, Gerald S. O'Loughlin

Votes: 71

22. Chaos (2001)

109 min | Comedy, Drama, Crime

One night by accident, a young prostitute barges into the lives of a bourgeois, modern-but-conventional couple. Hounded down, beaten up, threatened, she will continue to struggle, with the ... See full summary »

Director: Coline Serreau | Stars: Vincent Lindon, Catherine Frot, Rachida Brakni, Line Renaud

Votes: 2,484 | Gross: $0.21M

23. 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: 623

24. La balance (1982)

R | 102 min | Crime, Drama, Romance

Police compel a couple of criminals to become its informants.

Director: Bob Swaim | Stars: Nathalie Baye, Philippe Léotard, Richard Berry, Maurice Ronet

Votes: 1,324

25. Six pieds sur Terre (2023)

96 min | Drama

Son of a former Algerian diplomat Sofiane lived his entire life to this point abroad. Now a student in Lyon, he is the victim of an administrative decision and is living under the threat of... See full summary »

Director: Karim Bensalah | Stars: Kader Affak, Souad Arsane, Mostefa Djadjam, Magdalena Laubisch

Votes: 7

26. 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

27. 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: 579

28. 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

29. Free Men (2011)

Unrated | 99 min | Drama, History, Romance

In Paris during World War II, an Algerian immigrant is inspired to join the resistance by his unexpected friendship with a Jewish man.

Director: Ismaël Ferroukhi | Stars: Tahar Rahim, Michael Lonsdale, Mahmud Shalaby, Lubna Azabal

Votes: 1,464 | Gross: $0.05M

30. Yasmine Nayar: Chkoun Gal (2018 Music Video)

4 min | Music

Sex Symbol Yasmine Nayar in her new romantic song performed in her native Algerian Arabic language, making a new hit with her natural body.

Director: Mahmoud Ramzi | Stars: Yasmine Nayar, Princesse Daborian, Michel El Homsi, Mohamad Fakih

31. 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: 242 | Gross: $0.07M

32. Exils (2004)

Unrated | 104 min | Adventure, Drama, Music

Two French lovers, Zano and Naima, decided to travel to the land of their parents: Algeria. Their road trip gradually becomes a spiritual quest.

Director: Tony Gatlif | Stars: Romain Duris, Lubna Azabal, Zouhir Gacem, Lila Makhlouf

Votes: 3,189

33. 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: 403

34. La petite Jérusalem (2005)

Not Rated | 96 min | Drama

A beautiful Jewish young woman still living with her orthodox family in a Parisian suburb, falls in love with a Muslim co-worker.

Director: Karin Albou | Stars: Fanny Valette, Elsa Zylberstein, Bruno Todeschini, Hédi Tillette de Clermont-Tonerre

Votes: 908 | Gross: $0.05M

35. Le joli mai (1963)

Not Rated | 165 min | Documentary

Chris Marker and Pierre Lhomme's LE JOLI MAI (The Lovely Month of May) is a portrait of Paris and Parisians during May 1962, the first springtime of peace after the ceasefire with Algeria ... See full summary »

Directors: Chris Marker, Pierre Lhomme | Stars: Chris Marker, Yves Montand, Simone Signoret, Jean-Luc Godard

Votes: 878 | Gross: $0.02M

36. Yasmine Nayar: Twahachtek (2020 Music Video)

5 min | Music, Romance

Music clip by Yasmina Nayar talk about love and missing a loved one.

Director: Yasmine Nayar | Star: Yasmine Nayar

37. Why Do They Call It Love When They Mean Sex? (1993)

99 min | Comedy

A woman who performs live sex shows goes into business with a gambling junkie.

Director: Manuel Gómez Pereira | Stars: Verónica Forqué, Jorge Sanz, Rosa Maria Sardà, Fernando Guillén

Votes: 542

38. Keillers park (2006)

Not Rated | 91 min | Drama, Romance

A married man and a free spirit find love - and tragedy - in this powerful, bittersweet gay love story that was inspired by a real-life 1997 hate crime.

Director: Susanna Edwards | Stars: Mårten Klingberg, Pjotr Giro, Robert Jelinek, Gösta Bredefeldt

Votes: 500

39. The Rooftops (2013)

92 min | Drama

On the structure of the five daily prayers of the Muslim rite, the film tells us a day like any other in Algiers lived from various terraces of the buildings.

Director: Merzak Allouache | Stars: Adila Bendimerad, Nassima Belmihoub, Ahcène Benzerrari, Aïssa Chouat

Votes: 82

40. Michou d'Auber (2007)

124 min | Drama

Set in France during the struggle for Algerian independence, Messaoud's mother is terminally ill and his father, needing to work long hours in the factory, can't look after him, so decides ... See full summary »

Director: Thomas Gilou | Stars: Gérard Depardieu, Nathalie Baye, Mathieu Amalric, Samy Seghir

Votes: 835

41. 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: 421

42. 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

43. De Hollywood à Tamanrasset (1990)

90 min | Comedy

On the outskirts of Algiers, Algeria. the arrival of the satellite dishes governs the lives of the inhabitants. Dissatisfied with their lives, they think of themselves as the heroes of ... See full summary »

Director: Mahmoud Zemmouri | Stars: Mustapha El Anka, Quardia Hamtouche, Mazouz Ould-Abderrahmane, Mostéfa Stiti

Votes: 42

44. Les équilibristes (1991)

119 min | Drama, Romance

Marcel Spandice, a famous homosexual writer during the sixties in Paris, is trying to make a young Arab into the greatest tightrope walker in the world.

Director: Nikos Papatakis | Stars: Michel Piccoli, Lilah Dadi, Polly Walker, Doris Kunstmann

Votes: 132

45. 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

46. Nahla (1979)

111 min | Drama

In January 1975, Larbi Nasri, a young Algerian journalist, was caught in the whirlwind of events preceding the civil war in Lebanon. He witnesses the construction of the myth of Nahla, a singer adored by the Arab population.

Director: Farouk Beloufa | Stars: Yasmine Khlat, Youssef Saiah, Lina Tebbara, Nabila Zeitouni

Votes: 48

47. Dakious & Makious (2018– )

Comedy

Two old scammers embark on various foolish ventures that never end well.

Stars: Nabil Asli, Nassim Haddouche, Cherif Bendaoud, Mohamed Chayed

Votes: 44

48. Bab el web (2005)

99 min | Comedy

Kamel and his younger brother live in Bab el Oued, a popular district of Algiers. Kamel is embittered and rather taciturn while jollier Bouzid escapes the drab reality of his life chatting ... See full summary »

Director: Merzak Allouache | Stars: Samy Naceri, Faudel, Julie Gayet, Hacène Benzerari

Votes: 126

49. Bab El Oued City (1994)

93 min | Comedy, Drama

Follows the conflict between a young Algerian man and the local Islamic fundamentalists.

Director: Merzak Allouache | Stars: Nadia Kaci, Mohamed Ourdache, Hassan Abidou, Mabrouk Ait Amara

Votes: 221

50. Hi Cousin! (1996)

98 min | Comedy

Salut Cousin! is the tale of two Algerian cousins and their mishaps in the racially volatile environment of Paris.

Director: Merzak Allouache | Stars: Gad Elmaleh, Messaoud Hattau, Magaly Berdy, Ann-Gisel Glass

Votes: 313