Stranded

2010

French

5.1

♡ 8

Hugues Martin Director

Saïd Taghmaoui as Aroui

Emmanuel Bonami as Ballant

Grégoire Leprince-Ringuet as Michel

Aurélien Wiik as Saria

Algeria, 1960. A section of French paratroopers are sent in search of a missing aircraft in the Algerian desert. The wreckage of the plane is quickly located, but there are no survivors, just a suitcase stamped “Top Secret”. Stormed by enemy soldiers, the troops find refuge in a strange abandoned citadel. Despite warnings from the place’s Guardian to leave at once, they wake up the Djinns, the evil spirits of the desert .

The Young Black Stallion

2003

English

5.4

♡ 3

human animal relationship

northern africa

world war ii

Simon Wincer Director

Richard Romanus as Ben Ishak

Gérard Rudolf as Rhamon

Ike Ogut as Sultan

Adil Abdelwahab as Village Chief

When courageous young Neera becomes separated from her family in the desert, she chances upon a wild colt. Together they find friendship, trust, and their way back home only to discover her family is about to lose everything!

Tobruk

1967

English

6.4

♡ 14

49%

Arthur Hiller Director

George Peppard as Capt. Bergman

Nigel Green as Col. Harker

Curt Lowens as German Colonel

Leo Gordon as Sgt. Krug

In September 1942, the German Afrika Korps under Rommel have successfully pushed the Allies back into Egypt. A counter-attack is planned, for which the fuel dumps at Tobruk are a critical impediment. In order to aid the attack, a group of British commandos and German Jews make their way undercover through 800 miles of desert, to destroy the fuel dumps starving the Germans of fuel.

Days of Glory

2006

French

7.0

♡ 10

83%

institutional discrimination

northern africa

War

world war ii

Rachid Bouchareb Director

Sami Bouajila as Abdelkader

Mélanie Laurent as Margueritte village Vosges

Philippe Beglia as Rambert

Samy Naceri as Yassir

1943. They have never stepped foot on French soil but because France was at war, Said, Abdelkader, Messaoud and Yassir enlist in the French Army, along with 130,000 other “indigenous” soldiers, to liberate the “fatherland” from the Nazi enemy. Heroes that history has forgotten…

4L

2019

Spanish

5.9

♡ 18

Action

Comedy

Drama

intercultural relationship

Gerardo Olivares Director

Mark DeCarlo as Alain

Jean Reno as Jean Pierre

Mark Hildreth as Jean Pierre

Rick Zieff as Tocho

To find Joseba, a dying friend, and see him reunite with his daughter Ely, two old friends, Jean Pierre and Tocho, embark with her on a road trip through the Sahara desert, from Spain to Mali.

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