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1. Aladdin (1992)
G | 90 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
A kind-hearted street urchin and a power-hungry Grand Vizier vie for a magic lamp that has the power to make their deepest wishes come true.
Directors: Ron Clements, John Musker | Stars: Scott Weinger, Robin Williams, Linda Larkin, Jonathan Freeman
Votes: 468,708 | Gross: $217.35M
2. Io Capitano (2023)
Not Rated | 121 min | Drama
A Homeric fairy tale that tells the adventurous journey of two young boys, Seydou and Moussa, who leave Dakar to reach Europe.
Director: Matteo Garrone | Stars: Seydou Sarr, Moustapha Fall, Issaka Sawadogo, Hichem Yacoubi
Votes: 10,723
3. Sahara (I) (1943)
Approved | 97 min | Action, Drama, War
After the fall of Tobruk in 1942, during the Allied retreat in the Libyan desert, an American tank picks-up a motley group of survivors but they face advancing Germans and a lack of water.
Director: Zoltan Korda | Stars: Humphrey Bogart, Bruce Bennett, J. Carrol Naish, Lloyd Bridges
Votes: 9,816
4. Ishtar (1987)
PG-13 | 107 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
Two terrible lounge singers get booked to play a gig in a Moroccan hotel but somehow become pawns in an international power play between the C.I.A., the Emir of Ishtar, and the rebels trying to overthrow his regime.
Director: Elaine May | Stars: Warren Beatty, Dustin Hoffman, Isabelle Adjani, Charles Grodin
Votes: 12,112 | Gross: $14.38M
5. The Chipmunk Adventure (1987)
G | 77 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
The Chipmunks compete with the Chipettes in a round-the-world race.
Director: Janice Karman | Stars: Ross Bagdasarian Jr., Janice Karman, Dody Goodman, Susan Tyrrell
Votes: 5,989 | Gross: $6.80M
6. Sahara (1983)
PG | 111 min | Adventure, Drama
Intent on winning a competition in place of her distinguished late father, beautiful young heiress Dale takes on the guise of a man and competes in his spot, embarking on a car race that crosses the unforgiving Sahara desert.
Directors: Andrew V. McLaglen, John Guillermin | Stars: Brooke Shields, Lambert Wilson, John Rhys-Davies, Horst Buchholz
Votes: 1,984 | Gross: $1.40M
7. Sahara (2017)
TV-Y7 | 86 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
A young cobra and his scorpion best friend go on a journey across the Sahara desert to save a new-found love.
Director: Pierre Coré | Stars: Omar Sy, Louane Emera, Franck Gastambide, Vincent Lacoste
Votes: 3,098
8. The Little Prince (1974)
G | 88 min | Family, Fantasy, Musical
A pilot, stranded in the desert, meets a little boy who is a prince on a planet.
Director: Stanley Donen | Stars: Richard Kiley, Steven Warner, Joss Ackland, Clive Revill
Votes: 4,032 | Gross: $0.99M
9. Five Graves to Cairo (1943)
Passed | 96 min | Thriller, War
In the North African campaign a British straggler manages to pass himself off as a waiter at the hotel commandeered as Rommel's headquarters. He has thoughts of assassinating Rommel but his cover may have an even better use.
Director: Billy Wilder | Stars: Franchot Tone, Anne Baxter, Akim Tamiroff, Fortunio Bonanova
Votes: 6,857
10. A Very Secret Service (2015–2018)
TV-MA | 26 min | Comedy
Andre Merlaux, a young officer, under the leadership of his three seniors, needs to protect and defend the interests of France and participate in dangerous operations.
Stars: Hugo Becker, Wilfred Benaïche, Christophe Kourotchkine, Karim Barras
Votes: 3,917
11. The King of Algiers (2023)
92 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Omar, a gangster on the run, tries to lie low for the rest of his life in Algiers to escape his sentence of 20 years in prison by the French authorities.
Director: Elias Belkeddar | Stars: Reda Kateb, Benoît Magimel, Meriem Amiar, Haroun Attalah
Votes: 696
12. The Sheik (1921)
Passed | 86 min | Adventure, Drama, Romance
A charming Arabian sheik becomes infatuated with an adventurous, modern-thinking Englishwoman and abducts her to his home in the Saharan desert.
Director: George Melford | Stars: Rudolph Valentino, Agnes Ayres, Ruth Miller, George Waggner
Votes: 3,674
13. Francis of Assisi (1961)
Not Rated | 105 min | Biography, Drama, History
In 13th century Italy, Francis Bernardone, the son of an Assisi merchant, renounces a promising army career in favor of a monastic life and starts his own religious order, sanctioned by the Pope.
Director: Michael Curtiz | Stars: Bradford Dillman, Dolores Hart, Stuart Whitman, Cecil Kellaway
Votes: 1,131
14. Greed in the Sun (1964)
122 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
A rough trucker assigns his new truck and its mysterious cargo to his newest employee, only to see it hijacked by one of his experienced drivers. Now, his friends are after him to retrieve the goods. Are 100,000 dollars worth dying for?
Director: Henri Verneuil | Stars: Jean-Paul Belmondo, Lino Ventura, Reginald Kernan, Bernard Blier
Votes: 2,737
15. Bitter Victory (1957)
Approved | 82 min | Drama, War
A commander receives a citation for an attack on Erwin Rommel's headquarters, which is actually undeserved, as the commander is unfit for his job. On top of that, unbeknownst to him, his wife is having an affair with one of his officers.
Director: Nicholas Ray | Stars: Richard Burton, Curd Jürgens, Ruth Roman, Raymond Pellegrin
Votes: 2,300
16. Dead Weight (2002)
PG-13 | 107 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
It is the story of two types: Moltes a criminal in prison and Reggio one of the guards. Crazy adventures happen when following a winner ticket to Africa, they competes in a rally and are chased by the Turk, a sworn enemy of Moltes.
Directors: Alain Berbérian, Frédéric Forestier | Stars: Gérard Lanvin, Benoît Poelvoorde, José Garcia, Djimon Hounsou
Votes: 5,409
17. Secret of the Sahara (1988)
90 min | Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
This mini-series production is about the quest of archaeologist Desmond Jordan to discover the location of the legendary Talking Mountain of the Sahara desert, and find the secret that it hides.
Stars: Michael York, Ben Kingsley, James Farentino, Andie MacDowell
Votes: 725
18. Running the Sahara (2007)
TV-G | 102 min | Documentary, Sport
Three men attempt to become the first humans to run coast to coast across the Sahara Desert.
Director: James Moll | Stars: Matt Damon, Charlie Engle, Kevin Lin, Ray Zahab
Votes: 569
19. Wanderers of the Desert (1984)
Not Rated | 95 min | Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
A teacher is assigned to a remote desert village that is obsessed with a mysterious buried treasure and whose children are cursed to wander the desert.
Director: Nacer Khemir | Stars: Nacer Khemir, Soufiane Makni, Noureddine Kasbaoui, Sonia Ichti
Votes: 676
20. Sadat (1983)
PG | 195 min | Biography, Drama, History
The dramatization of the life of Egyptian leader Muhammad Anwar al-Sadat, from his early years as a young officer fighting the British, to his assassination in 1981.
Stars: Louis Gossett Jr., John Rhys-Davies, Madolyn Smith Osborne, Jeremy Kemp
Votes: 282
21. Shocking Africa (1982)
Not Rated | 96 min | Documentary
A look at the fast disappearing tribal customs of North Africa.
Directors: Alfredo Castiglioni, Angelo Castiglioni | Star: Kenneth Belton
Votes: 130
22. Pole to Pole (1992– )
50 min | Adventure, Documentary
Michael Palin undertakes a journey by the most direct route possible with the most land to cross from the North Pole to the South Pole.
Stars: Michael Palin, Neil Hardwick, Lasse Lehtinen, Graham Hancock
Votes: 1,431
23. Hotel Sahara (1951)
Not Rated | 96 min | Comedy, Romance, War
In World War II, desert hotel proprietors Emad and Yasmin are caught between the warring armies and have to constantly shift their political allegiance to whichever army happens to control the area.
Director: Ken Annakin | Stars: Yvonne De Carlo, Peter Ustinov, David Tomlinson, Roland Culver
Votes: 377
24. Stranded (2010)
103 min | Horror, Mystery
A platoon of French soldiers on a rescue mission in North Africa confront invisible evil creatures.
Directors: Hugues Martin, Sandra Martin | Stars: Grégoire Leprince-Ringuet, Thierry Frémont, Saïd Taghmaoui, Aurélien Wiik
Votes: 1,003
25. L'Atlantide (1932)
Not Rated | 89 min | Adventure, Drama
Antinea. the Queen of Atlantis, rules her secret kingdom hidden beneath the Sahara Desert. One day two lost explorers stumble into her kingdom, and soon realize that they haven't really ... See full summary »
Director: Georg Wilhelm Pabst | Stars: Brigitte Helm, Pierre Blanchar, John Stuart, Tela Tchaï
Votes: 108
26. Flesh and the Woman (1954)
100 min | Adventure, Drama, Romance
Bankrupt and disbarred, Parisian lawyer Pierre Martel heads for Algiers where he's supposed to rejoin his high-maintenance Italian girlfriend Sylvia but when she fails to show-up a heart-broken Pierre joins the French Foreign Legion.
Director: Robert Siodmak | Stars: Gina Lollobrigida, Jean-Claude Pascal, Raymond Pellegrin, Peter van Eyck
Votes: 155
27. Sahara Hare (1955)
7 min | Animation, Family, Short
Riff-Raff (Yosemite) Sam, riding a camel that won't whoa, chases Bugs into a French Foreign-Legion post.
Directors: Friz Freleng, Chuck Jones | Star: Mel Blanc
Votes: 919
28. Sahara with Michael Palin (2002– )
50 min | Documentary
Michael Palin travels across Sahara desert region, the largest in the world.
Star: Michael Palin
Votes: 880
29. Break Free: Two People. Two Years. One Dream (2019)
120 min | Documentary, Adventure
When Lena and Ulli start the engine of their old Land Rover, Lady Terés, they have a plan: to drive from Hamburg to South Africa in six months. What they don't know yet is that they won't ... See full summary »
Director: Lena Wendt | Stars: Ulrich Stirnat, Lena Wendt, Fufu, Ziza
Votes: 254
30. Renegades (1930)
Passed | 93 min | Action, Adventure, Romance
Four one-for-all and all-for-one privates in the French Foreign Legion are all in jail for disorderly conduct, but they break out and rejoin their regiment and fight off a band of marauding... See full summary »
Director: Victor Fleming | Stars: Warner Baxter, Myrna Loy, Noah Beery, Gregory Gaye
Votes: 330
31. Once Upon a Time (1991–1992)
Action, Drama, History
Story of two groups of bandits looting merchants' caravans in the middle of Iranian deserts; one of the bosses though starts to transform throughout time.
Stars: Khosro Shakibai, Mohammad Fili, Sadreddin Hejazi, Mahmoud Pakniat
Votes: 1,396
32. Ali-Baba Bound (1940)
7 min | Family, Animation, Short
Porky finds out that Ali-Baba and his Dirty Sleeves plan to attack the fort; it's up to him to go warn the fort. He gets there to discover everyone has left for the Legion convention in ... See full summary »
Director: Robert Clampett | Star: Mel Blanc
Votes: 331
33. Desireless: Voyage, voyage (1986 Music Video)
4 min | Drama, Music
A music video for the song by Desireless shows her visiting the house of people who want to travel, but can't.
Director: Bettina Rheims | Star: Desireless
Votes: 43
34. Crazy with the Heat (1947)
Approved | 6 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Donald and Goofy are driving across the desert, apparently the Sahara. The car breaks down (out of gas), and they start walking. Before long, they are out of water, and are seeing mirages ... See full summary »
Director: Bob Carlson | Stars: Pinto Colvig, Paul Frees, Clarence Nash, Fred Shields
Votes: 523
35. Missing Husbands (1921)
Not Rated | 172 min | Adventure, Fantasy, Mystery
Two men, lost in the desert, meet Queen Antinea, ruler of Atlantis.
Director: Jacques Feyder | Stars: Jean Angelo, Georges Melchior, Marie-Louise Iribe, Stacia Napierkowska
Votes: 429
36. Beau Ideal (1931)
Passed | 79 min | Adventure, Romance, War
An American joins the French Foreign Legion in order to rescue a boyhood friend.
Director: Herbert Brenon | Stars: Frank McCormick, Ralph Forbes, Lester Vail, Otto Matieson
Votes: 248
38. The Silent Lover (1926)
70 min | Adventure, Romance
The dissolute Count Pierre Tornai, having dissipated his fortune in Paris, embezzles embassy funds while intoxicated; and after spending his last penny on a dancer, he contemplates suicide but is persuaded to enlist in the Foreign Legion.
Director: George Archainbaud | Stars: Milton Sills, Natalie Kingston, William Humphrey, Arthur Edmund Carewe
Votes: 18
39. San Mao: the desert bride (2020)
86 min | Documentary
In the 1970s, the Chinese traveler writer Sanmao lived an intense love story with the Spanish freediver José María Quero.
Directors: Marta Arribas, Ana Pérez | Stars: Bachir Ahmed, Eugenio Bonilla, Nancy Chang, Henry Chen
Votes: 7
40. The Man from Morocco (1945)
Approved | 89 min | Action, Adventure
A story of war, mystery, love and adventure following a group of members of the International Brigade and their artist captain fighting in the Spanish Civil War who undergo internment in a ... See full summary »
Director: Mutz Greenbaum | Stars: Anton Walbrook, Margaretta Scott, Mary Morris, Reginald Tate
Votes: 78
41. Jingle, Jangle, Jungle (1950)
7 min | Animation, Short, Music
"Jingle Jangle Jungle" is an animated short about life in Africa (non-PC.) Includes a sing-a-long of "Civilization (Bongo Bongo Bongo)."
Directors: Seymour Kneitel, Myron Waldman | Stars: Jackson Beck, Jack Mercer
Votes: 45
42. Paradiso terrestre (1957)
87 min | Documentary
Seven expeditions penetrate the hidden far-out regions of four continents to bring from their depths the images of the ritual of love as practiced through the world.
Directors: Luciano Emmer, Robert Enrico | Stars: Gualtiero De Angelis, Stefano Sibaldi
43. L'autre monde (2001)
95 min | Crime, Drama, War
A young French-Algerian woman travels to Algeria in search for her fiance. Determined to find his whereabouts, she is facing political and religious obstacles in a country that is struggling with the aftermath of a civil war.
Director: Merzak Allouache | Stars: Marie Brahimi, Karim Bouaiche, Nazim Boudjenah, Michèle Moretti
Votes: 70
44. Eryka's Eyes (2014)
95 min | Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Eryka travels to Spain from the African Sahrawi refugee camps where she has been shooting a documentary. On arriving she discovers that her boyfriend, Marc, has vanished hang-gliding over ... See full summary »
Director: Bruno Lazaro | Stars: Ingrid García Jonsson, Fernando Tielve, Carlos Camino, Alexander Biggie
Votes: 12
45. Drums of the Desert (1940)
Approved | 64 min | Adventure
On his way to a post as special adviser of the new parachute troops of the French Foreign Legion in Morocco, Paul Dumont meets the beautiful Helene on the ship. A romance ensues, but the ... See full summary »
Director: George Waggner | Stars: Ralph Byrd, Lorna Gray, George Lynn, Willy Castello
Votes: 121
46. Timbuktu (2004)
94 min | Drama
Irish-made road-movie set in the African Sahara, telling the story of Isobel and her transvestite friend Deecy as they travel in the region, trying to find Isobel's brother who has been abducted.
Director: Alan Gilsenan | Stars: Eva Birthistle, Karl Geary, George Jackos, Sean Campion
Votes: 25
47. One Stolen Night (1923)
50 min | Drama
Diantha Ebberly travels with her parents to the edge of the Sahara to meet her longtime betrothed, Herbert Medford, whom she has never seen. She is rescued from a swarm of beggars by an "... See full summary »
Directors: Robert Ensminger, Roland Ensminger | Stars: Alice Calhoun, Herbert Heyes, Otto Hoffman, Adele Farrington
48. Sahara (1919)
70 min | Adventure
Parisian music hall celebrity Mignon marries young American civil engineer John Stanley. When John is suddenly assigned to undertake an engineering project in the Sahara, Mignon accompanies... See full summary »
Director: Arthur Rosson | Stars: Louise Glaum, Matt Moore, Edwin Stevens, Pat Moore
Votes: 21
49. Little Beau Porky (1936)
Approved | 8 min | Family, Animation, Short
Porky's in the foreign legion. But he's not allowed to fight; all he can do is scrub camels, and he's not particularly good at that. The other soldiers ride off to find the evil Ali Mode, ... See full summary »
Director: Frank Tashlin | Stars: Billy Bletcher, Joe Dougherty
Votes: 334
50. Mother of Abbes (1970)
90 min | Crime, Drama
Abbes, the best rider of the village, has fallen in love with a girl who is already engaged to Ahmed. She returns his love and marries him but the unhappy fiance will not hear of it and ... See full summary »
Director: Ali Abdelwahab | Stars: Oulaya, Zohra Faïza, Hattab Dhib, Mohamed Ben Ali
Votes: 9