French Colonialism Movies
- 2025

Algeria, Special Weapons Sections
Algeria, Special Weapons Sections92025HD
This documentary by director Claire Billet and historian Christophe Lafaye details the massive and systematic use of chemical weapons during the...
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- 2021

Heliopolis
Heliopolis8.32021HD
In the city of Guelma, which was once called Heliopolis in ancient times, the daily life of an Algerian family takes its usual course. But on May 8,...
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- 1992

Diên Biên Phu
Diên Biên Phu6.41992HD
Vietnam, 1954. An American reporter finds himself in the middle of the battle of Điện Biên Phủ, between the French army and...
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- 1973

December
December101973HD
In Algiers, during the Algerian War of Independence, one of the leaders of the FLN was arrested by the French colonial army, which used the most...
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- 1965

La Tragédie du Roi Christophe
La Tragédie du Roi Christophe101965HD
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- 1991

Le Cri des hommes
Le Cri des hommes101991HD
1957, the town of Mostaganem, Algeria: the country is still under French occupation, and repression of the National Liberation Front is at its...
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- 1961

Sawt Echaâb
Sawt Echaâb101961HD
“La Voix du Peuple,” composed of archival photographs by René Vauthier and others, exposes the root causes of the armed conflict...
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- 1985

Hell Train
Hell Train4.81985HD
Hell Train is a French film based on a true story. One evening at a ball in a small town, a fight breaks out in an atmosphere tinged with racism....
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- 2025

Ils étaient tirailleurs, voix oubliées de la Grande Guerre
Ils étaient tirailleurs, voix oubliées de la Grande Guerre82025HD
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- 1981

Coup de Torchon
Coup de Torchon71981HD
A pathetic police chief, humiliated by everyone around him, suddenly wants a clean slate in life, and resorts to drastic means to achieve it.
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- 2024

The Words Women Spoke One Day
The Words Women Spoke One Day92024HD
1962, at the end of the Algerian War, Algerian independence activists are released from Rennes prison. For one night, filmmaker Yann Le Masson films...
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- 1991

Children of the Sun
Children of the Sun91991HD
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- 1967

The Winds of the Aures
The Winds of the Aures6.41967HD
The transformations of the daily life of the Algerian people during the destructive French occupation, then during the war of liberation. While...
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- 1974

Hassan Terro's Escape
Hassan Terro's Escape8.51974HD
In 1957, the Battle of Algiers intensifies. Hassan, a peaceful resident of the Casbah, is mistakenly identified as a dangerous "terrorist leader,"...
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- 1946

L'Algérie au travail
L'Algérie au travail01946HD
This film is devoted to Algeria's vast equipment plan which has fostered the development of the ports of Algiers and Oran. The inauguration of new...
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- 2014

Abd El-Kader
Abd El-Kader102014HD
Illustrated with archival photographs, animations and live action, this film explores the history and historical and spiritual heritage of Emir Abd...
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- 1961

Guns of Freedom
Guns of Freedom101961HD
This docu-fiction recounts the difficulties overcome by an ALN detachment whose perilous mission is to transport weapons and ammunition...
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- 1975

The Inheritance
The Inheritance101975HD
A harrowing picture of the heritage of colonialism, focusing on a man driven mad by torture but saved by his wife, who restores his sanity and leads...
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- 2015

Emilie Busquant, une passion algérienne
Emilie Busquant, une passion algérienne102015HD
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- 1958

Algerian Refugees
Algerian Refugees101958HD
Directed by Pierre Clément and Djamel-Eddine Chanderli, produced by the FLN Information Service in 1958, this film is a rare document. Pierre...
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