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2. Machaho (1995)
90 min | Comedy, Drama
In Algeria, in the Berber mountains, a father finds a dying young man in the snow. He takes him home where this young man starts a forbidden affair with his daughter.
Director: Belkacem Hadjadj | Stars: Said Amrane, Salem Aït-Ali-Belkacem, Meriem Babes, Rachid Hadid
Votes: 33
3. Guerre sans images. Algerie, je sais que tu sais (2002)
Documentary
The Director Mohammed Soudani comes back to Algeria after 30 years with The photographer Michael von Graffenried to visit The Algerians he had photographed between 1991 and 2000 without them knowing it.
Director: Mohammed Soudani
Votes: 6
4. Ensemble (2009)
PG | 17 min | Short, Biography, Drama
In Paris in full German occupation in 1942, a Jewish child Isaac escapes a raid organized by the SS. He then took refuge in the Great Mosque of Paris. The imam decides to protect him by ... See full summary »
Director: Mohamed Fekrane | Stars: Habib Kadi, Tony Baillargeat, Arsène Mosca, Clémence Thioly
Votes: 21
5. Guerre aux images en Algérie (1985)
73 min | Documentary
Directors: Elisabeth Frasson-Marin, René Vautier
Votes: 7
6. Algérie Tours Détours (2007)
114 min | Documentary
A journey in Algeria, in the company of René Vautier, founding father of Algerian cinema.
Directors: Oriane Brun-Moschetti, Leïla Morouche | Star: René Vautier
Votes: 10
7. Eldridge Cleaver, Black Panther (1970)
73 min | Documentary, Biography
Cleaver, on film as in life, is a complex mixture of profound political insight, socially crystallized ghetto cultural patterns and a multifaceted human personality.
Director: William Klein | Stars: Eldridge Cleaver, Kathleen Cleaver
Votes: 54
8. 143 Sahara Street (2019)
90 min | Documentary
In the middle of the Algerian Sahara, in her relay, a woman writes her History, she welcomes, for a cigarette, a coffee or eggs, truckers, wandering beings and dreams, Her name is Malika.
Director: Hassen Ferhani | Stars: Malika, Samir El Hakim, Chawki Amari, Ali Damiche
Votes: 220
9. Algérie, Mémoires du Raï (2001)
52 min | Documentary
Raï swept over Algeria in the early 1980s. A few years later, the leading figures of this musical movement: Cheb Khaled, Cheb Mami, Chaba Fadela set out to conquer France where they imposed... See full summary »
Director: Djamel Kelfaoui | Stars: Hasni, Khaled, Mohamed Khelifati
10. Cheb Hasni, Je vis encore! (2008)
52 min | Documentary
This film is a tribute to the great singer Cheb Hasni, idol of raï, who seduced Algerian youth with his love songs and who was assassinated in the middle of the street in September 1994 in ... See full summary »
Director: Djamel Kelfaoui | Stars: Hasni, Djamel Kelfaoui
11. Les Portes du Silence (1987)
107 min | War
Director: Amar Laskri | Stars: Noureddine Souli, Raymond Boino, Hassan El-Hassani, Ahmed Gueldasni
12. Gerboise bleue (2009)
90 min | Documentary
A documentary about the controversial and secret French nuclear testings in Algeria.
Director: Djamel Ouahab
Votes: 7
13. El ghoula (1972)
95 min
El-Ghoula, denounces opportunism, corruption and criticizes the immobility of certain political leaders of the time and their ruinous management, with the intention of bringing about change... See full summary »
Director: Mustapha Kateb | Stars: Allel El Mouhib, Rouiched, Larbi Zekkal
14. La mission (1971 TV Movie)
Director: Mohamed Lamine Merbah | Stars: Sid Ahmed Agoumi, Jamila Arres, Keltoum, Mohamed Ouaniche
15. L'Olivier de Boulhilet (1978)
85 min | Drama
Director: Mohamed Nadir Azizi | Stars: Azzedine Medjoubi, Zoulikha Laouadj, Himoud Brahimi, Antar Hellal
16. Pour que vive l'Algérie! (1972)
Documentary
Directors: Mohamed Nadir Azizi, R. Bouchemaa, Ahmed Kerzabi, Rabah Laradji, Sid Ali Mazif, Ahmed Rachedi
17. 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: 624
18. Les vacances de l'inspecteur Tahar (1972)
110 min | Comedy
Inspector Tahar and his apprentice are invited by Mama Traki, a popular Tunisian heroine, to spend their vacation in Tunis. Before leaving Algiers, they stop at a tourist complex where a ... See full summary »
Director: Moussa Haddad | Stars: Hadj Abderrahmane, Yahia Benmabrouk, Hattab Bel Ali, Salah El Mahdi
Votes: 168
19. 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: 117
20. 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: 123
21. 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
22. Autopsie d'un complot (1978)
95 min | Thriller
Director: Mohamed Slimane Riad | Stars: Bernard Fresson, Jacques Spiesser, Raymond Bussières, Anne Jolivet
Votes: 6
23. Omar Gatlato (1977)
90 min | Comedy, Drama
A somewhat cynical but realistic look at the alienation of men in Algerian society.
Director: Merzak Allouache | Stars: Boualem Benani, Aziz Degga, Farida Guenaneche, Rabah Leghaa
Votes: 193
24. Beni Handel (1977)
80 min | History, Drama
In 1880, it was decided that the Algerian peasants of the Ouarsenis mountains would be dispossessed of their land in favor of French settlers. Two methods were used to achieve this end, ... See full summary »
Director: Mohamed Lamine Merbah | Stars: Athmane Ariouet, Hassan El-Hassani, Keltoum, Jean Mauvais
25. Kahla Oua Beida (1980 TV Movie)
Drama
Director: Abderrahmane Bouguermouh | Stars: El Amine Benmaamar, Sid Ahmed Agoumi, Osmane Bechikh, Ahmed Benaïssa
Votes: 8
26. Algérie en flammes (1958)
20 min | Documentary, Short
René Vautier's 1958 documentary shows the fight for Algerian independence from its French coloniser from the view point of sadoteur rebels.
Director: René Vautier | Star: Claudia Cardinale
Votes: 31
27. Buamama (1985)
178 min | Biography, Drama, History
The story of the film revolves around the epic of Sheikh Bouamama, a leader of the national resistance in Algeria during the French colonial era. The events are taking place in southwestern... See full summary »
Director: Benamar Bakhti | Stars: Sid Ahmed Agoumi, Athmane Ariouet, Mahmoud Aziz, Robert Bazil
Votes: 94
28. The Forgotten Hill (1997)
90 min
At the outbreak of the Second World War, two friends, Mokrane and Menach, abruptly interrupt their studies and return to their remote native Kabylian village of Tagsa. While waiting to be ... See full summary »
Director: Abderrahmane Bouguermouh | Stars: Djamila Amzal, Mohammed Abbes, Kamal Abderrahmane, Samira Abtout
Votes: 19
29. Tahia ya didou! (1971)
76 min
A mixture of archive images and fictional scenes, the film is a tribute to the city of Algiers, which is at the origin of the project. Random walks and meetings, Simon and his wife, a ... See full summary »
Director: Mohamed Zinet | Stars: Georges Arnaud, Himoud Brahimi, Suzie Nacer, Mohamed Zinet
Votes: 21
30. Hassan Terro au maquis (1978 TV Movie)
Comedy
While trying by all means to stay out of the bloody upheavals caused by the Battle of Algiers, Hassan, an honest and naive father, is charged with terrorism on a misunderstanding by the ... See full summary »
Director: Moussa Haddad | Stars: Rouiched, Biyouna, Tayeb Abou El Hassan, Sid Ahmed Agoumi
31. Le Retour (1979)
90 min | Drama
Director: Benamar Bakhti | Stars: Sid Ali Kouiret, Athmane Ariouet, Fatima Belhadj, Ali Faddi
32. El faham (1973)
97 min | Drama
Director: Mohamed Bouamari | Stars: Mustapha El Anka, Youcef Hadjam, Ahmed Hamoudi, Fettouma Ousliha-Bouamari
Votes: 21
33. Sanaoud (1972)
100 min
Director: Mohamed Slimane Riad | Stars: Hani Al-Rumani, Mohamed Benguettaf, Hassan El-Hassani, Zohra Faïza
34. Echebka (1978)
105 min | Drama
Director: Ghaouti Bendedouche | Stars: Tayeb Abou El Hassan, Fatima Belhadj, Chafia Boudraa, Mustapha El Anka
36. 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: 65,715 | Gross: $0.06M
37. Algériennes, Trente ans après (1996)
Documentary
In 1966, four years after the independence of Algeria. Ahmed Lallem directed "Elles", a documentary that gave the floor to first and final year high school girls in Algiers.
Thirty years ... See full synopsis »
Director: Ahmed Lallem
38. Festival panafricain d'Alger (1969)
110 min | Documentary, Musical
This is a documentary film which explores both the politics and music of the First PanAfrican Cultural Festival. Third World solidarity was much in fashion in 1969, when the festival was ... See full summary »
Director: William Klein | Stars: Nina Simone, Archie Shepp, Miriam Makeba, Marion Williams
Votes: 55
39. Zone interdite (1974)
100 min
Director: Ahmed Lallem | Stars: Sid Ahmed Agoumi, Raymond Louzoum, Mahdia Maghroufel, Hassan Mustafa
40. Elles (II) (1966)
22 min | Documentary, Short
In the aftermath of independence, Algerian high school girls talk about their lives and comment on how they envisage the future, democracy, their place in society.
"We talk a lot with my ... See full synopsis »
Director: Ahmed Lallem
Votes: 11
42. Tabûnat al-sayyid Fabre (1983)
100 min
Director: Ahmed Rachedi | Stars: Sid Ahmed Agoumi, Catherine de Seynes, Ezzat El Alaili, Taha El-Amiri
Votes: 8
43. Moudjahidate (2008)
75 min | Documentary
Through interviews with former women combatants, this documentary recounts women's involvement and commitment to the struggle for Independence in Algeria.
Director: Alexandra Dols | Stars: Danièle Djamila Amrane Minne, Fatma Chebbah Abdelli, Zohra Drif-Bitat, Louisa Ighilahriz
44. Woman Is Courage (2003)
58 min | Documentary, Biography, War
This fascinating and emotionally gripping documentary by director Amine Rachedi narrates the story of Louisette Ighilahriz, a young Algerian woman who joined the national liberation ... See full summary »
Director: Amine Rachedi | Star: Louisa Ighilahriz
45.
La case de l'oncle Doc (1997–2017)
Episode:
Rester en Algérie
(2012)
53 min | Documentary
Algeria, summer 1962, eight hundred thousand French people leave their native land in a tragic exodus. But they are 200,000 to decide to try the adventure of independent Algeria. Over the ... See full summary »
Directors: Philippe Baron, Géraldine Schwarz
46.
La case de l'oncle Doc (1997–2017)
Episode:
Emilie Busquant, une passion algérienne
(2015)
53 min | Documentary
Who knows Emilie Busquant? Who knows that she was the companion of Messali Hadj, the father of Algerian nationalism, and that she would have sewn the first Algerian flag? In school ... See full summary »
Director: Rabah Zanoun | Stars: Mohamed Benchicou, Mohammed Harbi, Djanina Messali Benkelfat, Alain Ruscio
47. The Olive Trees of Justice (1962)
81 min | Drama
A man returns to his native Algeria to visit his dying father there, at a time when the French colonial hold on that country is coming to its end.
Director: James Blue | Stars: Pierre Prothon, Jean Pélégri, Marie Decaître, Huguette Poggi
Votes: 85
48. Amal (1960)
21 min | Documentary, Short, Drama
"A burial, a cemetery made entirely of stones taken from the eroded lands encompassing the village where people lived and died." (James Blue). As usual, he sublimates this ... See full summary »
Director: James Blue
49. Oversand (1981)
26 min | Documentary, Short, Adventure
Oversand is one of the first films on free climbing, the third film in a series of three with "Overdon" in the Verdon, and "Over-Ice" in the icefalls of Oisans. Directed by Jean-Paul ... See full summary »
Director: Jean-Paul Janssen | Stars: Patrick Berhault, Patrick Edlinger, Jean-Paul Janssen, Jacques Perrier
50. The Kid from Chaaba (1997)
96 min | Comedy, Drama
In the sixties, around twenty families fled their Algerian village of el-Ouricia, driven by poverty or war. Refugees in Chaâba, a French shantytown, they face the hard learning of integration.
Director: Christophe Ruggia | Stars: Bouzid Negnoug, Nabil Ghalem, Galamelah Lagra, Kenza Bouanika
Votes: 176
51. The Last Queen (2022)
110 min | Adventure, Drama, History
Insipired in the legendary Princess Zaphira, wife of the last King of Algiers Salim Toumi, and his fight to defend her community from pirate Barbarossa.
Directors: Adila Bendimerad, Damien Ounouri | Stars: Adila Bendimerad, Dali Benssalah, Mohamed Tahar Zaoui, Imen Nouel
Votes: 1,174
52. Z (1969)
M/PG | 127 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
The public murder of a prominent politician and doctor amid a violent demonstration is covered up by military and government officials. A tenacious magistrate is determined not to let them get away with it.
Director: Costa-Gavras | Stars: Yves Montand, Irene Papas, Jean-Louis Trintignant, François Périer
Votes: 31,364 | Gross: $0.08M
53. 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: 85
54. Fadhma N'Soumer (2014)
110 min | Drama, History, War
This film, is about the courage and the determination of a young woman in djurdjur''as mountain in Algeria, fighting for her ancestor land during the earlier years of french occupation.
Director: Belkacem Hadjadj | Stars: Laëtitia Eïdo, Assaad Bouab, Melha Mammeri, Dahmane Aidrous
Votes: 22
55. 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: 438
56. Le Clandestin (1989)
90 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family
a story about a group of people trying to travel to Algiers but the problem is in the way of travel as all the buses that pass are completely filled and no one wants to take them. then ... See full summary »
Director: Benamar Bakhti | Stars: Yahia Benmabrouk, Athmane Ariouet, Wardia Hamtouche, Hamza Feghouli
Votes: 98
57. 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
58. 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: 44
59. Hassan Taxi (1982)
110 min | Comedy, Drama
Hassen, tired and worn out by the long years of post-independence, gets a taxi license as a former fighter, traveling through the streets of Algiers and experiencing the most incredible adventures.
Director: Mohamed Slimane Riad | Stars: Rouiched, Doudja Abdoun, Farida Amrouche, Mahmoud Aziz
Votes: 39
60. 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
61. Qui Êtes Vous Mr. Iguerbouchène? (2014)
26 min | Documentary, Short, Biography
Mohamed Iguerbouchène was born on February 7, 1907 in Aït Ouchène in Algeria. He left for England in 1923 where he studied music and harmony. Subsequently, he went to Vienna, Austria, to ... See full summary »
Director: Abdelkrim Bouguerra | Stars: Mohamed Iguerbouchène, Amir Nebbache
62. Chants d'Automne (1983)
100 min | Drama, History
Chants d'Automne (Song of Autumn), is a story of daily life on a colonial farm, at the start of the war of liberation in Algeria, describing individual and group behavior in this context. ... See full summary »
Director: Mohamed Meziane Yala | Stars: Cheikh Nourredine, Laurence Jeanneret, Madjid Farès, André Thorent
63. The King of Algiers (2023)
92 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Omar, a gangster on the run, tries to lie low for the rest of his life in Algiers to escape his sentence of 20 years in prison by the French authorities.
Director: Elias Belkeddar | Stars: Reda Kateb, Benoît Magimel, Meriem Amiar, Haroun Attalah
Votes: 679
64. Algerie from Above (2015 TV Movie)
88 min | Documentary
Flying around Algeria, the north African country.
Directors: Yann Arthus-Bertrand, Yazid Tizi | Stars: Yann Arthus-Bertrand, Jalil Lespert
Votes: 159
65. Ikach (1937)
Short, 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 Algeria at a time when women were little ... See full summary »
Director: André Sarrouy | Stars: Brahim Dahmoun, Rachid Ksentini
66. Kaddour à Paris (1938)
Short
Director: André Sarrouy | Stars: Irma Ichou, Dali Lékhal, El Kamal, Nita Solbès
67. La renégate (1948)
90 min | Drama, Romance
In a small town in Spanish Morocco, old Ricardo, who runs a café, lives with his daughter, Conchita. She believes that Ricardo is her father. In reality, he took her in at the age of ... See full summary »
Director: Jacques Séverac | Stars: Louise Carletti, Maurice Escande, Édouard Delmont, Pierre Larquey
68. La nuit a peur du soleil (1965– )
195 min
Historical film in four scenes which retrace the returns, the progress and the outcome of the war of liberation in Algeria. The first painting, "The land was thirsty" describes aspects of ... See full summary »
Stars: Sid Ahmed Agoumi, Taha El Amiri, Mustapha Kateb, Nouria Kazdarli
69. Le mariage de Moussa (1982)
110 min | Comedy
Director: Tayeb Mefti | Stars: Mohamed Salah Hafidi, Benyoucef Benbouzid, Chafia Boudraa, Hélène Catzaras
70. Moissons d'acier (1983)
95 min | Drama
Director: Ghaouti Bendedouche | Stars: Sid Ahmed Agoumi, Ziani Chérif Ayad, Chafia Benboudriou, Mustapha El Anka
71. L'enfer à dix ans (1968)
107 min
This film was considered a testing ground for young O.N.C.I.C. directors. Today there is no longer a copy and the negative was accidentally destroyed. The Algerian Cinematheque has a copy ... See full summary »
Directors: Youcef Akika, Ghaouti Bendedouche, Abderrahmane Bouguermouh, Amar Laskri, Sid Ali Mazif
72. Roma wa la n'touma (2006)
111 min | Drama
In a time when Algeria has been consumed by warfare and strife for more than a decade, a man who longs to return to the peaceful streets of Rome takes his girlfriend on a desperate quest to... See full summary »
Director: Tariq Teguia | Stars: Samira Kaddour, Rachid Amrani, Ahmed Benaïssa, Kader Affak
Votes: 76
73. El Ouafi Bouguera, the marathon runner of history (2018– )
28 min | Documentary, Biography
On August 5, 1928, after 2 hours and 32 minutes of racing, the 71st rooster wearing the bib entered the Olympic stadium in Amsterdam. Ahmed El Ouafi Bouguéra wins the gold medal and becomes... See full summary »
Star: Féodor Atkine
74. Fernand Pouillon, Une Architecture Habitée (2017)
52 min | Documentary
In this documentary, Marie-Claire Rubinstein reveals to us, through the testimonies of the inhabitants who live there, the architectural achievements of the French urban planner Fernand ... See full summary »
Director: Marie-Claire Rubinstein | Stars: Fernand Pouillon, Nadir Boumaza, Benjamin Stora
75. Fernand Pouillon, Le roman d'un architecte (2003)
52 min | Documentary, Biography
Constructing freestone buildings on the cheap, Pouillon made a name for himself at the end of the 1940s in Aix-en-Provence and Marseille, shaking up his peers who only dreamed of towers and... See full summary »
Director: Christian Meunier | Stars: Fernand Pouillon, Jean-Jacques Deluz, Rachid Fehri, Jean-Pierre Siame
76. Alger et ses environs (1945)
13 min | Documentary, Short
This is 1945 and thanks to air travel, Algeria and Algiers have become (at least this is what the commentary claims), part of the Parisian suburbs. Algiers is really a must-see destination ... See full summary »
Directors: J.R. Barth, Georges Clerc
77. Mimezrane (2008)
101 min | Drama
"Mimezrane, The Girl with Braids" is the adaptation of a traditional Berber tale. The young orphan Mimezrane is struck by a curse: she cannot give birth to a child until she has the ... See full summary »
Director: Ali Mouzaoui | Stars: Ouardia Ould Taleb, Hamza Iguer, Abderrhamane Debiane, Fadila Ouabdesselam
78. Da L'Mulud (1987)
49 min | Documentary
An emblematic figure in the defense of Berber culture, Mouloud Mammeri (1917-1989) experienced numerous confrontations with the authorities in Algeria, including the suspension in 1973 of ... See full summary »
Director: Ali Mouzaoui | Star: Mouloud Mammeri
79. Mouloud Feraoun (2009)
55 min | Documentary, Biography, Drama
Docufiction about Mouloud Feraoun, an algerian author who upholds the great values of the Universal Man. It is in the name of man that Feraoun stands up against injustice. It is in the name... See full summary »
Director: Ali Mouzaoui | Star: Mouloud Feraoun
80. L'Orientalisme (2019)
7 min | Documentary, Short
Orientalism is a literary and artistic movement born in Western Europe in the 18th century. Through its scale and popularity, throughout the 19th century, it marked the interest and ... See full summary »
Director: Nicolas Thepot | Stars: Gustave Guillaumet, Étienne Dinet, Eugène Fromentin, Léon Belly
81. The Zerda and the Songs of Forgetting (1983)
57 min
his film essay pieces together various photographs and footage of the Zerda ceremony from colonial archives, with anonymous poetic voice-overs recounting the lived experiences of indigenous Algerians.
Director: Assia Djebar
Votes: 35
82. Télé Ciné Club (1969–1989)
90 min | Talk-Show
Télé Ciné Club, presented by Ahmed Bedjaoui, the Algerian Mr. Cinema, is a program broadcast on Algerian television from December 1969 to 1989. The program presented to viewers current ... See full summary »
Stars: Ahmed Bedjaoui, Mouny Berrah, Albert Cervoni, Youssef Chahine
83. Le Silence Du Sphinx (2010)
13 min | Short, Drama
As usual, Slim goes to the Point Ephémère bar in Paris to have a last drink. As is often the case, he finds Lily there, an eccentric and intriguing character, then Seiko, whom he knew as a ... See full summary »
Directors: Hassen Ferhani, Farouk Beloufa | Stars: Amandine Maudet, Lyès Salem
84. Bled Music (1991–1992)
Musical, Talk-Show
"Bled Music" is an Algerian musical television program broadcast on ENTV between 1991 and 1992. directed by Aziz Smati and presented by Kamel Dynamite, Farid Rockeur and Samia Benkherroubi.... See full summary »
Stars: Kamel Dynamite, Farid Kessaissia, Samia Benkherroubi, Rachid Baba Ahmed
85. Louss, warda al-rimal (1989)
110 min | Drama
A young disabled man named Moussa live in an oasis in the Algerian desert. His sister Zineb take care of him and protect him while working in dates factory to provide for both of them. In the desert, Moussa would like to grow a rose.
Director: Mohamed Rachid Benhadj | Stars: Boubakeur Belaroussi, Dalila Helilou, Athmane Ariouet, Boumedienne Sirat
Votes: 22
86. El Gusto (2011)
88 min | Documentary, Musical
El Gusto is the story of an orchestra of Muslim and Jewish musicians torn apart by war 50 years ago, and recently reunited for an exceptional concert. These musicians share a passion they never lost: the soul of Algiers, Chaâbi music.
Director: Safinez Bousbia | Stars: Rachid Berkani, Ahmed Bernaoui, Robert Castel, Abdelkader Chercham
Votes: 171
87. 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: 84
88. 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: 19
89. La Voix du Peuple (1961)
20 min | Documentary, Short, War
"La Voix du Peuple," composed of archival photographs by René Vauthier and others, exposes the root causes of the armed conflict of the Algerian resistance. Participating in a war of real ... See full summary »
Directors: Djamel-Eddine Chanderli, Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina
90. Guns of Freedom (1961)
27 min | Documentary, Short, War
Les Fusils De La Liberte (1961) is a docu-fiction which recounts the difficulties overcome by an ALN detachment whose perilous mission is to transport weapons and ammunition from Tunisia ... See full summary »
Directors: Djamel-Eddine Chanderli, Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina
91. Our Algeria (1959)
19 min | Short, Drama, War
"Djazaïrouna", produced by the cinema service of the Provisional Government of the Algerian Republic (GPRA), is a montage film intended to inform the international community at the UN in ... See full summary »
Directors: Djamel-Eddine Chanderli, Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina
92. Yasmina (1961)
15 min | Short, Drama, War
"Yasmina" filmed in 1961 in the middle of the Algerian war tells the story of a little Algerian girl with her hen and her family whose father was killed in a bombing by the French colonial ... See full summary »
Directors: Djamel-Eddine Chanderli, Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina
93. Rock Against Police (2020)
31 min | Documentary, Short
February 1980, young Abdelkader Lareiche was shot in the head by a building guard in a housing estate in Vitry. In a context marked by several racist crimes and a policy of security ... See full summary »
Director: Nabil Djedouani | Stars: Philomène Debien, Mehdi Djaoud, Mounsi
94. Pierre Clément, Cinéma et Révolution (2023)
52 min | Documentary, Biography
Pierre Clément, student and photographer of René Vauthier, first accompanied him to Tunisia to make a film on the country's independence in 1957. Destiny led him to Algeria and his presence... See full summary »
Director: Abdenour Zahzah | Star: Pierre Clément
95. First Step (1980)
90 min | Comedy, Drama
A modern couple seeks to find marital happiness in a context where Algerian society is taking the "first step" towards female emancipation. A woman becomes president of a popular municipal assembly. Will she find happiness ?
Director: Mohamed Bouamari | Stars: Tayeb Abou El Hassan, Hassan El-Hassani, Ahmed Kadri, Boudjemaâ Karèche
96. Boudjemâa et la Maison Cinéma (2019)
63 min | Documentary, Biography
He is a 75-year-old half-blind man. He takes 3000 steps every day. Since 2004 he has made a decision: he will no longer talk about cinema. Boudjemâa, our living memory. That of Algerian ... See full summary »
Director: Mohamed Latrèche | Stars: Boudjemaâ Karèche, Mohamed Latrèche
97. 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
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98. L'Obstacle (1965)
14 min | Short, Comedy, Romance
Algerian youth of the 1960s, straddling traditional South Mediterranean and Western culture and the desire for emancipation of younger generations to find true love.
Director: Mohamed Bouamari | Stars: Mohamed Chouikh, Ahmed Benmensour, Anissa Mezaguer
99. Gaston Revel, un instituteur en Algérie (2021 TV Movie)
92 min | Documentary, Biography, History
Thanks to the discovery of completely new archives belonging to Gaston Revel, the viewer will discover Algeria at the end of the 1930s as it revealed itself to this young French teacher. He... See full summary »
Director: Pierre Mathiote | Stars: Gaston Revel, Hervé Alleg, Ahmed Ben Bella, Jacques Cantier
100. Algérie du possible (2016)
82 min | Documentary
By meeting his former comrades in combat, the film follows the journey of Yves Mathieu, anti-colonialist in Black Africa then lawyer for the FLN. Upon Algeria's independence, he drafted the... See full summary »
Director: Viviane Candas
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