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 |
|
| 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. |
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.