Algeria Movies

Historical biopic that traces the life and struggle of Zighoud Youcef (1921-1956), a prominent martyr (“chahid”) of the Algerian War of...

In 1957, the Battle of Algiers intensifies. Hassan, a peaceful resident of the Casbah, is mistakenly identified as a dangerous "terrorist leader,"...

1953, colonized Algeria. Fanon, a young black psychiatrist is appointed head doctor at the Blida-Joinville Hospital. He was putting his theories of...

In 1950, in Algeria, in a village in Kabylia, Algerian resistance fighters resisted the French occupation army. Bachir returns to the village to...

In the ruins of his devastated village, Marwan finds himself the guardian of nine orphans. To honor the dead and defy the void, he makes a promise:...

This is the story of Algerian activist Louisa Ighilahriz—known as Louisette (Arabic: لويزة...

In the 1970s, groups of young Europeans ventured into the Sahara Desert with the intention of crossing it and experiencing “an...

A modern couple seeks to find marital happiness in a context where Algerian society is taking the “first step” towards female...

In 1982, Hadj Rahim directed "Serkadji", a fiction film about the men's quarters of the Barberousse military prison in Algiers, where hundreds of FLN...

A legend that begins with the magic words: "Once upon a time." Once upon a time, there was a little girl nicknamed Mimezrane for her beauty and...

Mounya doesn't like the desert, and she doesn't like Majid either, but she agreed to go with him for the weekend to southern Algeria. Rabah Bouberras...

In the rocky desert Algerian border country, Fethi and his fellow villagers eke out a living smuggling goods – mostly petrol – into...

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 film recounts in three parts by three different directors the Algerian people's struggle for independence after 130 years of French colonization:...

A sunny seaside town... Jean and Catherine are in love. They are young, beautiful, and poor. One of Jean's friends suggests he rob the cash box of a...

In 2024, Abdelkrim Baba Aissa, aged 75, engages in a series of filmed interviews with Algerian journalist Thoria Smati. They address the chronology...

Bab El-Oued, a popular district of Algiers, in 1989, a few months after the riots. Boualem works at night in a bakery and steals the loudspeaker that...

The feature film “The seven ramparts of the citadel”, a fiction recounting the conflict between an Algerian family expropriated from its...

A portrait of a meddahatt orchestra of Algeria--women musicians who come together to play strictly for other women, during celebrations of...