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1. The English Patient (1996)

R | 162 min | Drama, Romance, War

At the close of World War II, a young nurse tends to a badly burned plane crash victim. His past is shown in flashbacks, revealing an involvement in a fateful love affair.

Director: Anthony Minghella | Stars: Ralph Fiennes, Juliette Binoche, Willem Dafoe, Kristin Scott Thomas

Votes: 200,466 | Gross: $78.65M

2. Aquaman (2018)

PG-13 | 143 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy

Arthur Curry, the human-born heir to the underwater kingdom of Atlantis, goes on a quest to prevent a war between the worlds of ocean and land.

Director: James Wan | Stars: Jason Momoa, Amber Heard, Willem Dafoe, Patrick Wilson

Votes: 520,188 | Gross: $335.06M

3. Spectre (I) (2015)

PG-13 | 148 min | Action, Adventure, Thriller

A cryptic message from James Bond's past sends him on a trail to uncover the existence of a sinister organisation named SPECTRE. With a new threat dawning, Bond learns the terrible truth about the author of all his pain in his most recent missions.

Director: Sam Mendes | Stars: Daniel Craig, Christoph Waltz, Léa Seydoux, Ralph Fiennes

Votes: 465,851 | Gross: $200.07M

4. Sahara (2005)

PG-13 | 124 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy

Master explorer Dirk Pitt goes on the adventure of a lifetime of seeking out a lost Civil War battleship known as the "Ship of Death" in the deserts of West Africa while helping a WHO doctor being hounded by a ruthless dictator.

Director: Breck Eisner | Stars: Matthew McConaughey, Penélope Cruz, Steve Zahn, Mark Aspinall

Votes: 103,548 | Gross: $68.67M

5. Bill & Ted Face the Music (2020)

PG-13 | 91 min | Adventure, Comedy, Music

Once told they'd save the universe during a time-traveling adventure, two would-be rockers from San Dimas, California find themselves as middle-aged dads still trying to crank out a hit song and fulfill their destiny.

Director: Dean Parisot | Stars: Keanu Reeves, Alex Winter, Kristen Schaal, Samara Weaving

Votes: 52,978

6. The Passenger (1975)

PG-13 | 126 min | Drama, Thriller

Unable to find the war he's been asked to cover, a frustrated war correspondent takes the risky path of co-opting the identity of a dead arms-deal acquaintance.

Director: Michelangelo Antonioni | Stars: Jack Nicholson, Maria Schneider, Jenny Runacre, Ian Hendry

Votes: 26,147 | Gross: $0.62M

7. My Dinner with Andre (1981)

PG | 110 min | Comedy, Drama

Two old friends meet for dinner; as one tells anecdotes detailing his experiences, the other notices their differing worldviews.

Director: Louis Malle | Stars: Andre Gregory, Wallace Shawn, Jean Lenauer, Roy Butler

Votes: 25,718 | Gross: $5.25M

8. The Forgiven (III) (2021)

R | 117 min | Drama

A fatal accident disrupts the lives of Western visitors to a lavish party in the High Atlas Mountains of Morocco, and will ultimately lead to a reckoning in the desert.

Director: John Michael McDonagh | Stars: Aissam Taamart, Omar Ghazaoui, David McSavage, Anas El Baz

Votes: 9,144

9. The Flight of the Phoenix (1965)

Approved | 142 min | Adventure, Drama

After an oil company plane crashes in the Sahara, the survivors are buoyed with hope by one of the passengers, an airplane designer who plans for them to build a flyable plane from the wreckage.

Director: Robert Aldrich | Stars: James Stewart, Richard Attenborough, Peter Finch, Hardy Krüger

Votes: 22,388

10. The Sheltering Sky (1990)

R | 138 min | Adventure, Drama

An American couple travel abroad to revitalize their relationship. But as the trip drags on, their attempt at recovering what they once had seems futile.

Director: Bernardo Bertolucci | Stars: Debra Winger, John Malkovich, Campbell Scott, Jill Bennett

Votes: 13,719 | Gross: $2.08M

11. The Last Kiss (2006)

R | 104 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Michael, at 30, has a great job, still have his four best friends, and has a beautiful girlfriend, but his life seems predictable. Until he meets a college girl. It seems that everybody's having relationship problems.

Director: Tony Goldwyn | Stars: Zach Braff, Jacinda Barrett, Rachel Bilson, Casey Affleck

Votes: 42,248 | Gross: $11.60M

12. Fast & Furious Spy Racers (2019–2021)

TV-Y7-FV | 23 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

A team of teenage street racers are hired to infiltrate a criminal gang.

Stars: Tyler Posey, Charlet Takahashi Chung, Jorge Diaz, Luke Youngblood

Votes: 1,738

13. 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: 1,967 | Gross: $1.40M

14. Code 46 (2003)

R | 93 min | Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi

A futuristic Brief Encounter (1945), this is a love story in which the romance is doomed by genetic incompatibility.

Director: Michael Winterbottom | Stars: Tim Robbins, Samantha Morton, Om Puri, Togo Igawa

Votes: 21,111 | Gross: $0.20M

15. Sahara (1995 TV Movie)

PG-13 | 106 min | Action, War

A tank commander and his men along with a group of assorted stragglers they picked up along the way try to keep a limited supply of water away from the Nazis.

Director: Brian Trenchard-Smith | Stars: Jim Belushi, Alan David Lee, Simon Westaway, Mark Lee

Votes: 3,561

16. The Last Remake of Beau Geste (1977)

PG | 85 min | Adventure, Comedy, War

An aging Sir Hector Geste (Trevor Howard) takes a young greedy wife who's after his famed Blue Water sapphire, but his sons hide the gem and join the French Foreign Legion in North Africa.

Director: Marty Feldman | Stars: Marty Feldman, Ann-Margret, Michael York, Peter Ustinov

Votes: 2,622

17. Legend of the Lost (1957)

Approved | 109 min | Adventure, Drama

American ne'er-do-well Joe January is hired to take Paul Bonnard on an expedition into the desert in search of treasure.

Director: Henry Hathaway | Stars: John Wayne, Sophia Loren, Rossano Brazzi, Kurt Kasznar

Votes: 3,741

18. 4L (2019)

TV-MA | 105 min | Comedy, Drama

Tocho, Jean Pierre and Ely travel from Spain to Mali to meet Ely's dying father for the last time.

Director: Gerardo Olivares | Stars: Jean Reno, Hovik Keuchkerian, Susana Abaitua, Juan Dos Santos

Votes: 3,602

19. Winged Migration (2001)

G | 89 min | Documentary

Documentary on the migratory patterns of birds, shot over the course of three years on all seven continents.

Directors: Jacques Perrin, Jacques Cluzaud, Michel Debats | Stars: Jacques Perrin, Philippe Labro

Votes: 12,357 | Gross: $10.76M

20. Passion in the Desert (1997)

PG-13 | 91 min | Adventure, Drama

Young French officer Augustin Robert escorts artist Jean-Michel Venture de Paradis to Egypt during Napoleon's Egyptian campaign. Napoleon sent de Paradis to record Egypt's great monuments ... See full summary »

Director: Lavinia Currier | Stars: Ben Daniels, Michel Piccoli, Paul M. Meston, Kenneth Collard

Votes: 918 | Gross: $0.25M

21. Fata Morgana (1971)

Not Rated | 79 min | Documentary, Drama

Footage shot in and around the Sahara Desert, accompanied only by a spoken creation myth and the songs of Leonard Cohen.

Director: Werner Herzog | Stars: Lotte Eisner, Wolfgang Büttner, Manfred Eigendorf, Eugen Des Montagnes

Votes: 4,084

22. Supernova (2005 TV Movie)

Not Rated | 172 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

A scientific possibility becomes a terrifying reality when the most powerful force in the universe threatens to hurtle home.

Director: John Harrison | Stars: Luke Perry, Tia Carrere, Peter Fonda, Clemency Burton-Hill

Votes: 1,862

23. Tarzan's Desert Mystery (1943)

Passed | 70 min | Adventure, Mystery, War

With Jane still away for the war effort, Tarzan and Boy set off to retrieve rare medicinal herbs, only to run into an American messenger, German spies, and the mysterious desert's treacherous fauna and flora.

Director: Wilhelm Thiele | Stars: Johnny Weissmuller, Nancy Kelly, Johnny Sheffield, Otto Kruger

Votes: 2,252

24. The Garden of Allah (1936)

Approved | 79 min | Adventure, Drama, Mystery

The star-crossed desert romance of a cloistered woman and a renegade monk.

Director: Richard Boleslawski | Stars: Marlene Dietrich, Charles Boyer, Tilly Losch, Basil Rathbone

Votes: 1,707

25. Asterix Versus Caesar (1985)

Not Rated | 79 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy

Asterix and Obelix join the Roman Legions to rescue Obelix's crush Panacea and her fiance Tragicomix, who have been kidnapped to appease Julius Caesar.

Directors: Gaëtan Brizzi, Paul Brizzi | Stars: Roger Carel, Pierre Tornade, Pierre Mondy, Serge Sauvion

Votes: 10,492

26. 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: 2,288

27. 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: 2,715

28. Suez (1938)

Passed | 104 min | Drama, Romance

Ferdinand de Lesseps, disappointed in love, is sent as a junior diplomat to the Isthmus of Suez, and realizes it's just the place for a canal.

Director: Allan Dwan | Stars: Tyrone Power, Loretta Young, Annabella, J. Edward Bromberg

Votes: 912

29. 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

30. The Battle of El Alamein (1969)

PG | 96 min | Action, Drama, History

World war two drama about the 1942 North Africa battle at El Alamein between the Allies and the Axis forces.

Director: Giorgio Ferroni | Stars: Frederick Stafford, George Hilton, Michael Rennie, Marco Guglielmi

Votes: 698

31. Saint-Ex (1996)

PG | 82 min | Biography, Drama, Fantasy

Poetic biography of author Antoine de Saint-Exupéry.

Director: Anand Tucker | Stars: Bruno Ganz, Miranda Richardson, Janet McTeer, Ken Stott

Votes: 226

32. Adventure in Sahara (1938)

Approved | 60 min | Action, Adventure, Romance

Agadez is a lonely French outpost baking under the desert sun and commanded by the cruel and oppressive Captain Savatt (C. Henry Gordon). To it comes, at his own request, Legionnaire Jim ... See full summary »

Director: D. Ross Lederman | Stars: Paul Kelly, C. Henry Gordon, Lorna Gray, Robert Fiske

Votes: 442

33. Desert Sands (1955)

Approved | 87 min | Adventure, Romance

The French Foreign Legion battles rebellious Arabs in North Africa.

Director: Lesley Selander | Stars: Ralph Meeker, Marla English, J. Carrol Naish, John Carradine

Votes: 392

34. Hamilton (2001)

TV-14 | 190 min | Action, Thriller

Swedish intelligence agent Carl Hamilton gets busy when it is discovered that a group of Soviet rebels intend to smuggle a nuclear missile through Sweden. Carl and his colleague must risk life and limb to stop the uprising.

Stars: Peter Stormare, Lena Olin, Mark Hamill, Mats Långbacka

Votes: 821

35. 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: 104

36. Desert Runners (2013)

99 min | Documentary, Adventure, Drama

A diverse cast of non-professional runners attempt to complete the most difficult ultramarathon race series on Earth. Their dramatic journey takes them across the World's most picturesque ... See full summary »

Director: Jennifer Steinman Sternin | Stars: Samantha Gash, Tremaine Kent, David O'Brien, Ricky Paugh

Votes: 545

37. 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: 997

38. Oil (1977)

Not Rated | 95 min | Action, Adventure

At an oilfield in the Sahara Desert, a massive derrick blaze is tackled by a team of Romanian oil well firefighters aided by an American specialist but hired saboteurs with ulterior motives imperil the scene.

Director: Mircea Dragan | Stars: Stuart Whitman, Woody Strode, Tony Kendall, Gheorghe Dinica

Votes: 182

39. Le roman d'un spahi (1936)

89 min | Drama, Romance

Jean is a proud spahi in the French army in North Africa. He loves Cora, a woman of the world and a man-eater. When he realizes that she has betrayed him, he takes refuge in the arms of ... See full summary »

Director: Michel Bernheim | Stars: Mireille Balin, Antonin Berval, Pierre Larquey, Jorge Rigaud

Votes: 31

40. Sahara with Michael Palin (2002– )

50 min | Documentary

Michael Palin travels across Sahara desert region, the largest in the world.

Star: Michael Palin

Votes: 876

41. The Steel Lady (1953)

Not Rated | 84 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

Cameron finds a tank buried in the Arabian desert during WWII, and proceeds to attack the Arabs with it.

Director: Ewald André Dupont | Stars: Rod Cameron, Tab Hunter, John Dehner, Richard Erdman

Votes: 361

42. Manon (1949)

Not Rated | 100 min | Crime, Drama

A classic tale about bitter relationships between a frivolous girl and a soldier is adapted for the post-World War II time.

Director: Henri-Georges Clouzot | Stars: Serge Reggiani, Michel Auclair, Cécile Aubry, Andrex

Votes: 1,169

43. Timelapse of the Future: A Journey to the End of Time (2019)

TV-PG | 29 min | Documentary, Animation, Short

View what the modern science points to what the future looks like from the present year all the way to trillions upon trillions of years into the future.

Director: John D. Boswell | Stars: David Attenborough, Sean Carroll, Craig Childs, Brian Cox

Votes: 450

44. 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

45. Popeye the Sailor Meets Ali Baba's Forty Thieves (1937)

Approved | 17 min | Animation, Short, Adventure

Popeye the Sailor, accompanied by Olive Oyl and Wimpy, is dispatched to stop the dreaded bandit Abu Hassan and his force of forty thieves.

Directors: Dave Fleischer, Willard Bowsky | Stars: Jack Mercer, Mae Questel, Lou Fleischer, Gus Wicke

Votes: 1,103

46. Caillou's Ultimate Punishment Day (2019 Video)

18+ | 52 min | Animation, Action, Comedy

As karma for causing a huge ruckus, Boris gives Caillou the worst punishment day in history.

Director: PaperLuigi99 | Stars: Eric, Julie, Ivy, Salli

47. 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: 328

48. Abou Leila (2019)

135 min | Drama, Thriller

Algeria, 1994. S. and Lotfi, two childhood friends, cross the desert in search of Abu Leila, a dangerous terrorist.

Director: Amin Sidi-Boumédiène | Stars: Slimane Benouari, Lyès Salem, Azouz Abdelkader, Fouad Megiraga

Votes: 348

49. Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff (2010)

Not Rated | 86 min | Documentary, Biography

In 2001 Jack Cardiff (1914-2009) became the first director of photography in the history of the Academy Awards to win an Honorary Oscar. But the first time he clasped the famous statuette ... See full summary »

Director: Craig McCall | Stars: Jack Cardiff, Martin Scorsese, Kirk Douglas, Lauren Bacall

Votes: 1,346 | Gross: $0.02M

50. 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: 521