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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: 467,814 | 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: 10,475
3. 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: 12,052 | Gross: $14.38M
4. 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: 1,976 | Gross: $1.40M
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: 5,979 | Gross: $6.80M
6. 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: 4,027 | Gross: $0.99M
7. 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: 9,769
8. 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: 6,848
9. 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: 3,912
10. 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: 682
11. 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: 2,725
12. 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: 3,092
13. 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: 3,667
14. 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: 5,401
15. 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: 1,127
16. 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: 724
17. 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
18. 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
19. 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: 329
20. 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: 2,293
21. 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: 1,430
22. 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
23. 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
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. 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: 1,393
26. 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
27. 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: 107
28. 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
29. Sahara with Michael Palin (2002– )
50 min | Documentary
Michael Palin travels across Sahara desert region, the largest in the world.
Star: Michael Palin
Votes: 879
30. Algerie from Above (2015 TV Movie)
88 min | Documentary
Flying around Algeria, the north African country.
Directors: Yann Arthus-Bertrand, Yazid Tizi | Stars: Yann Arthus-Bertrand, Jalil Lespert
Votes: 159
31. 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: 918
32. 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
33. 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: 522
34. 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
35. 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
36. 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: 426
37. 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
38. 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: 328
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. 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: 119
41. 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: 333
44. 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
45. Life Without Death (2000)
82 min | Documentary
Director: Frank Cole | Star: Frank Cole
Votes: 79
46. Kintsugi, the Line of Destiny (2017)
Short
"Kintsugi - The Line Of Destiny" is a stunning documentary that takes viewers to the most remarkable places on earth. Filmed in Morocco and Italy, with no shortage of incredible views, the ... See full summary »
Directors: Alan Grimandi, Viviana Puello | Star: Viviana Puello
47. 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
48. Tahqiq fel djenna (2017)
135 min | Documentary
This documentary interweaves in-person interviews with a dramatized road trip as a pair of journalists travel throughout Algeria asking their fellow citizens about the meaning of paradise that promises men 72 virgins after death.
Director: Merzak Allouache | Stars: Salima Abada, Mohamed Seghir Bendaoud, Amine Kabbes
Votes: 69