L’opium et le bâton (1969) Duration: 2H15M Description: 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 guerrilla is active and the French milita….. Trailer ↗ Algeria 1969 Action Drama War
Les aveux les plus doux (1971) Duration: 1H35M Description: A policeman invents a Machiavellian plan to force a criminal to confess his misdeeds… Trailer ↗ France Italy Algeria 1971 Crime Drama
La dernière image (1986) Duration: 3H15M Description: Mademoiselle Boyer, teacher, arrives from mainland France. She triggers passions of love and hatred, and will eventually leave, leaving in the bruised heart of her pupil, little Mouloud, a wound that is forever indelible… Trailer ↗ France Algeria 1986 Comedy Drama
Les chemins de l’oued (2002) Duration: 1H18M Description: Samy (Nicolas Cazalé), a young Franco-Algerian, hits a policeman at a roadblock and must flee France. He takes refuge with his grandfather (Mohamed Majd) in Algeria. But he does not speak the local language, and everything is stra….. Trailer ↗ France Algeria 2002 Drama
Al-asfour (1972) Duration: 1H45M Description: Set shortly before and during the Six-Day War in June of 1967, The Sparrow follows a young police officer stationed in a small village in Upper Egypt whose inhabitants suffer from the harassment of a corrupt businessman… Trailer ↗ Egypt Algeria 1972 Drama
Les vacances de l’inspecteur Tahar (1972) Duration: 1H50M Description: 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 murder has just been committed. The investi….. Trailer ↗ Algeria 1972 Comedy
L’Oranais (2014) Duration: 2H8M Description: During the first years of Algeria’s independence, Djaffar and Hamid embrace a bright and promising future. After several decades, secrets and betrayals drive them apart… Trailer ↗ Algeria France 2014 Drama History
Nahla (1979) Duration: 1H51M Description: 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… Trailer ↗ Algeria 1979 Drama
Festival panafricain d’Alger (1969) Duration: 1H50M Description: 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 held. Many of the interviewees hold forth a….. Trailer ↗ France West Germany Algeria 1969 Documentary Musical
The Algerian (2014) Duration: 1H39M Description: 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 th….. Trailer ↗ United States Algeria 2014 […]
Camp de Thiaroye (1988) Duration: 2H37M Description: In this semi-autobiographical film, black soldiers help to defend France, but are detained in prison camp before being repatriated home… Trailer ↗ Senegal Algeria Tunisia 1988 Drama War
Hassan Taxi (1982) Duration: 1H50M Description: 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… Trailer ↗ Algeria 1982 Comedy Drama
Tabûnat al-sayyid Fabre (1983) Duration: 1H40M Description: .. Trailer ↗ Algeria 1983
Histoire d’une rencontre (1983) Duration: 1H19M Description: Two deaf and dumb children. She is the daughter of an American Oil engineer. He is the son of an Algerian farmer. They meet and manage to communicate, transcending all the cultural barriers that separate them… Trailer ↗ Algeria France 1983
Rih al-raml (1982) Duration: 1H43M Description: An eighth daughter. In this Saharan village, what a disgrace for Amara to have no heir. Blinded by anger, he repudiates his wife. But Amara cannot bear that others know a happiness that has been denied to him… Trailer ↗ Algeria France 1982 Drama
Les folles années du twist (1983) Duration: 1H30M Description: A small town in Algeria, in the years 1960-1962. Two young idle boys and rock fans, Boualem and Salah, try to survive in the turmoil of war, taking great care not to get involved… Trailer ↗ Algeria France 1983 Comedy Drama
La Zerda ou les chants de l’oubli (1983) Duration: 57M Description: 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… Trailer ↗ Algeria 1983
À mon âge je me cache encore pour fumer (2016) Duration: 1H30M Description: Fatima, a strong-minded woman, is the lead masseuse of a hammam in Algiers. This is 1995 and the situation is tense in the capital. The day ahead promises to be hectic for all, and for Fatima in particular. Already, while walking ….. […]
Papicha (2019) Duration: 1H48M Description: In 1997 Algiers, terrorists wanting an archaic Islamic state are everywhere. They oppress women, determined to control their bodies, clothing, and public space. Young student Nedjma is passionate about creating a fashion show… Trailer ↗ France Algeria 2019 Drama
Rih al awras (1966) Duration: 1H35M Description: 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 her son. The mother did not give up for ….. Trailer ↗ Algeria 1966 Drama […]