List of films about the Algerian War
Below is an incomplete list of feature films, television films or TV series which include events of the Algerian War. This list does not include documentaries, short films.[1][2][3][4][5]
1950s
[edit]| Year | Country | Main title (Alternative title) |
Original title (Original script) |
Director | Subject |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1958 | Egypt | Jamila, the Algerian | جميلة | Youssef Chahine | Biography, Drama, History, War. Djamila Bouhired |
1960s
[edit]| Year | Country | Main title (Alternative title) |
Original title (Original script) |
Director | Subject |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1962 | France | The Fight on the Island | Le Combat dans l'île | Alain Cavalier | Drama, Thriller. Organisation armée secrète |
| 1962 | France | The Olive Trees of Justice | Les Oliviers de la justice | James Blue | Drama. |
| 1962 | Belgium Spain Italy West Germany |
Commando | Marcia o Crepa | Frank Wisbar | Action, War. French Foreign Legion |
| 1963 | France Italy |
Muriel | Muriel ou le Temps d'un retour | Alain Resnais | Drama. |
| 1963 | France | The Good Life | La Belle Vie | Robert Enrico | Drama, War. |
| 1963 | France | The Little Soldier | Le petit soldat | Jean-Luc Godard | Drama, War. |
| 1964 | France Italy |
The Unvanquished | L'Insoumis | Alain Cavalier | Drama, Thriller. Organisation armée secrète |
| 1965 | Algeria | So Young a Peace | Une si jeune paix | Jacques Charby | |
| 1966 | France Italy |
Target 500 million | Objectif 500 millions | Pierre Schoendoerffer | Crime, Drama, Thriller. Organisation armée secrète |
| 1966 | United States | Lost Command | Les Centurions | Mark Robson | Action, Drama, War. Based on a novel The Centurions. |
| 1966 | Italy Algeria |
The Battle of Algiers | معركة الجزائر La battaglia di Algeri |
Gillo Pontecorvo | Drama, War. |
| 1967 | France Spain |
The Hotheads | Les Têtes brûlées | Willy Rozier | Adventure. Based on a novel Les Têtes brûlées. |
| 1967 | Algeria | The Winds of the Aures | ريح الاوراس Le Vent des Aurès |
Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina | Drama, War. |
| 1968 | Algeria | Hassan, Terrorist | Hassan Terro | Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina | Comedy, Drama. |
| 1969 | Algeria | Outlaws | الخارجون عن القانون Les Hors-la-loi |
Tewfik Fares | Drama. |
1970s
[edit]| Year | Country | Main title (Alternative title) |
Original title (Original script) |
Director | Subject |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1971 | Algeria | Black Sweat | لعرق الأسود Sueur noire |
Sid Ali Mazif | |
| 1971 | Algeria | Patrol to the East | دورية نحو الشرق Patrouille à l'Est |
Amar Laskri | Action, Drama, History, War. |
| 1971 | Algeria | The Opium and the Stick | الأفيون والعصا L'Opium et le Bâton |
Ahmed Rachedi | Action, Drama, War. |
| 1972 | France | The uprooted | Les déracinés | André Teisseire | War. Algiers putsch of 1961 |
| 1972 | France | To Be Twenty in the Aures | Avoir 20 ans dans les Aurès | René Vautier | Drama, War. |
| 1972 | Algeria | Forbidden Zone | منطقة محرمة Zone interdite |
Ahmed Lallem | |
| 1973 | France Spain Italy |
The Conspiracy | Le Complot | René Gainville | Action, Drama, History, Thriller. Algiers putsch of 1961 |
| 1973 | France Italy Tunisia |
Nothing to Report | R.A.S. | Yves Boisset | Drama, War. Based on an unknown story. |
| 1973 | Algeria France |
December | ديسمبر Décembre |
Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina | Drama. |
| 1973 | United Kingdom France |
The Day of the Jackal | Fred Zinnemann | Crime, Drama, Thriller. Organisation armée secrète | |
| 1974 | France | The Madwoman of Toujane | La Folle de Toujane | René Vautier Nicole Le Garrec |
Drama. |
| 1974 | Algeria | The Escape of Hassan Terro | هروب حسان الطيرو L'évasion de Hassan Terro |
Mustapha Badie | Comedy. |
| 1975 | Algeria | The South Wind | ريح الجنوب Le Vent du Sud |
Mohamed Slimane Riad | Drama. Based on a novel The South Wind. |
| 1975 | Algeria | The Legacy | الارث L'héritage |
Mohamed Bouamari | |
| 1975 | Algeria | Chronicle of the Years of Fire | وقائع سنين الجمر Chronique des Années de Braise |
Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina | Drama, History. |
| 1975 | Algeria | November boys | أولاد نوفمبر Les Enfants de Novembre |
Moussa Haddad | Drama. |
| 1976 | France | In Hell | Gloria Mundi | Nikos Papatakis | Drama. |
| 1977 | France | The Question | La Question | Laurent Heynemann | Drama, War. Based on the book La Question. |
| 1977 | France | Drummer-Crab | Le Crabe-tambour | Pierre Schoendoerffer | Adventure, Drama, War. Based on a novel Le Crabe-Tambour. Pierre Guillaume |
1980s
[edit]| Year | Country | Main title (Alternative title) |
Original title (Original script) |
Director | Subject |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 | France | Some news | Certaines nouvelles | Jacques Davila | Comedy, Drama. |
| 1982 | France | A Captain's Honor | L'Honneur d'un capitaine | Pierre Schoendoerffer | Drama, War. |
| 1983 | France | Liberty at Night | Liberté, la nuit | Philippe Garrel | Drama, War. |
| 1983 | France | The Sacrificed | Les Sacrifiés | Okacha Touita | |
| 1986 | Algeria France |
The Crazy Years of the Twist | Les Folles Années du twist | Mahmoud Zemmouri | Comedy, Drama. |
| 1987 | Algeria | The Doors of Silence | أبواب الصمت Les Portes du silence |
Amar Laskri | War. |
| 1989 | France Canada Belgium |
Dear brother | Cher frangin | Gérard Mordillat |
1990s
[edit]| Year | Country | Main title (Alternative title) |
Original title (Original script) |
Director | Subject |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | France | The Wind of All Saints' Day | Le Vent de la Toussaint | Gilles Béhat | Drama. Based on a novel Le Vent de la Toussaint : Un médecin dans le djebel. |
| 1993 | France Algeria |
The Honor of the Tribe | L'Honneur de la tribu | Mahmoud Zemmouri | Comedy, Drama, War. Based on a novel L'Honneur de la tribu. |
| 1994 | France | Wild Reeds | Les Roseaux sauvages | André Téchiné | Drama. |
| 1994 | France | Poorly Extinguished Fires | Des feux mal éteints | Serge Moati | Drama, War. Based on a novel Des feux mal éteints. |
| 1997 | France | Under Women's Feet | Sous les pieds des femmes | Rachida Krim | |
| 1998 | Algeria Vietnam |
Lotus flower | Fleur de lotus Bông sen |
Amar Laskri Trần Đắc |
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| 1999 | France | The Cry of Men | Le Cri des hommes | Okacha Touita | Drama. |
2000s
[edit]| Year | Country | Main title (Alternative title) |
Original title (Original script) |
Director | Subject |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | United Kingdom | Legion of Honor | Martin Huberty | Drama, War. French Foreign Legion | |
| 2005 | France | Before oblivion | Avant l'oubli | Augustin Burger | Drama. |
| 2005 | France Belgium |
The Betrayal | La Trahison | Philippe Faucon | Drama, War. |
| 2005 | France Austria Germany Italy |
Hidden | Caché | Michael Haneke | Drama, Mystery, Thriller. Paris massacre of 1961 |
| 2006 | France Belgium |
The Colonel | Mon colonel | Laurent Herbiet | Crime, Drama, History, War. Based on a novel Mon colonel. |
| 2007 | France | Nocturnes | Henry Colomer | Drama, War. | |
| 2007 | France Algeria |
Summer of '62 | Cartouches gauloises | Mehdi Charef | Drama. |
| 2007 | France Morocco |
Intimate Enemies | L'Ennemi intime | Florent-Emilio Siri | Drama, History, War. |
| 2008 | Algeria | Mostefa Ben Boulaïd | مصطفى بن بولعيد | Ahmed Rachedi | Action, Biography, Drama, History, War. Mostefa Ben Boulaïd |
2010s
[edit]| Year | Country | Main title (Alternative title) |
Original title (Original script) |
Director | Subject |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | France Algeria Belgium Tunisia Italy |
Outside the Law | خارجون عن القانون Hors-la-loi |
Rachid Bouchareb | Crime, Drama, War. Sétif and Guelma massacre, Paris massacre of 1961 |
| 2012 | Algeria | Zabana! | زبانة | Saïd Ould Khelifa | Drama, History, War. Ahmed Zabana |
| 2012 | France | What the Day Owes the Night | Ce que le jour doit à la nuit | Alexandre Arcady | Drama, Romance. |
| 2014 | Algeria | Twilight of Shadows | غروب الظلال Crépuscule des ombres |
Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina | Drama. |
| 2014 | France | Far from Men | Loin des hommes | David Oelhoffen | Drama, War. Based on short story The Guest. |
| 2014 | Algeria | Krim Belkacem | كريم بلقاسم | Ahmed Rachedi | Action, Biography, Drama, History, War. Krim Belkacem |
| 2015 | Algeria | Lotfi | لطفي | Ahmed Rachedi | Action, Biography, Drama, History, War. Benali Boudghène |
| 2015 | Algeria | The Well | Le puits | Lotfi Bouchouchi | Drama. |
2020s
[edit]| Year | Country | Main title (Alternative title) |
Original title (Original script) |
Director | Subject |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | France Belgium |
Home Front | Des hommes | Lucas Belvaux | Drama, History, War. Based on a novel Des hommes. |
| 2020 | France | The Breitner Commando | Qu'un sang impur... | Abdel Raouf Dafri | Drama, War. |
| 2020 | France Belgium Algeria |
Faithful | De nos frères blessés | Hélier Cisterne | Biography, Drama, History. Based on a novel De nos frères blessés. |
| 2022 | France Belgium |
Les Harkis | Philippe Faucon | Drama, History, War. Harki | |
| 2023 | France | The Little Blond of the Casbah | Le Petit Blond de la Casbah | Alexandre Arcady | Biography. Based on a novel Le Petit Blond de la Casbah. |
Science fiction, fantasy, and horror films
[edit]| Year | Country | Main title (Alternative titles) |
Original title (Original script) |
Director | Battles, campaigns, events depicted |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | France Morocco |
Stranded | Djinns | Hugues Martin Sandra Martin |
Horror, Mystery. |
Television films
[edit]| Year | Country | Main title (Alternative title) |
Original title (Original script) |
Director | Subject |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1981 | France | The Blue Weapon | L'Arme au bleu | Maurice Frydland | Based on a novel L'Arme au bleu. |
| 1992 | France Algeria |
It was war | C'était la guerre | Maurice Failevic Ahmed Rachedi |
War. |
| 2005 | France | Dark night October 17, 1961 | Nuit noire 17 octobre 1961 | Alain Tasma | Drama, History. Based on the book La Bataille de Paris. Paris massacre of 1961 |
| 2006 | France | Harkis | Alain Tasma | Drama. Harki | |
| 2012 | France | The Bay of Algiers | La Baie d'Alger | Merzak Allouache | Drama. Based on an autobiography. |
| 2012 | France | For Djamila | Pour Djamila | Caroline Huppert | Drama, History. Djamila Boupacha |
TV Series
[edit]| Year | Country | Main title (Alternative title) |
Original title (Original script) |
Director | Subject |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960 | East Germany | The escape from hell | Die Flucht aus der Hölle | Hans-Erich Korbschmitt | Crime, Thriller. French Foreign Legion |
| 1965 | Algeria | The night is afraid of the sun | الليل يخاف من الشمس La nuit a peur du soleil |
Mustapha Badie | |
| 2003 | France | The farewell | L'Adieu | François Luciani | Drama, History, Romance, War. Pied-Noir |
| 2024 | United States | Monsieur Spade | Scott Frank | Crime, Drama, Thriller. |
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References
[edit]- ^ Stora, Benjamin (2008). "La guerre d'Algérie dans les médias : l'exemple du cinéma" [The Algerian war in the media: the example of cinema]. Hermès, la Revue (in French). 52 (3): 33–40. doi:10.4267/2042/28671.
- ^ Stora, Benjamin (2008). "La guerre d'Algérie : la mémoire par le cinéma" [The Algerian War: memory through cinema]. Les guerres de mémoires. Cahiers libres (in French): 262–272. doi:10.3917/dec.blanc.2008.01.0262. ISBN 978-2-7071-5463-7.
- ^ LEDOUX, Sébastien. "Représenter la Guerre d'Algérie en France : cinéma, télévision et littérature". EHNE.
- ^ Denis, Sébastien. "La guerre d'Algérie dans le cinéma français". Ministère des Armées.
- ^ Lacuve, Jean-Luc (27 March 2022). "La guerre d'Algérie". Ciné-club de Caen.