The Battle of Algiers (1966)

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A surprisingly unbiased account of the bloodiest revolution in modern history. (imdb)

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Genres: Drama, War, History

AKA: La Battaglia di Algeri

Country: Algeria, Italy

Directed By: Gillo Pontecorvo

Written By: Gillo Pontecorvo, Franco Solinas

Starring: Jean Martin, Yacef Saadi, Samia Kerbash, Ugo Paletti, Fusia El Kader, Brahim Hadjadj, Tommaso Neri, Mohamed Ben Kassen, Omar

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Aug 15	ylajali	85 _95%
Aug 14	posetitel	80 _85%
Aug 10	lostideas	82 _73%
Aug 10	belfastboy	60 _41%
Aug 09	Calexico	9 _95%
Expertly made, very powerful and inspiring. A/A+
Aug 04	hertzfeldts	83 _94%
Aug 02	IMDb_rating	81 _90%
Aug 02	fanfic	80 _85%
Jul 31	placestogo	82 _95%
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Jul 31	Azarova	80 _29%
Jul 29	gute321	100 _83%
Jul 25	andrs	88 _87%
Jul 25	shecht91	80 _62%
Jul 21	Kubrick17	34 _21%
Jul 19	baspo	94 _93%
Jul 15	pileofzack	90 _78%
Jul 09	Grouchy	98 _96%
Jul 04	kappeuter	70 _67%
Jun 28	n2cfilm	80 _0%
Jun 28	CCLZA	80 _76%
Jun 25	intheboolite	75 _75%
Jun 24	mjoc0723	40 _27%
Jun 23	Kml1895	92 _81%
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Jun 13	D Lightman	77 _90%
Jun 11	Roger Ebertz	8 _79%
Jun 06	5Z5qjRCfM2	40 _32%
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May 21	Omid Ranjbar	53 _51%
May 13	id2012	70 _67%
May 11	cawerd	70 _66%
May 09	AD101192!	37 _18%
May 09	Cercle_Rouge	94 _98%
I thought this was going to be a film I would respect rather than enjoy, but it is absolutely stunning: exciting, fast-paced, intelligent, moving - the best film about urban guerilla warfare I've ever seen, and perhaps the best war film. It is evenhanded but you are clearly led to sympathise with the 'terrorists'.
May 07	SaviorZET	64 _52%
May 06	TheShiznit	79 _99%
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Mar 22	akash243	94 _95%
Mar 19	CaoShaoqin	0 _34%
Mar 17	sfariid	90 _86%
Mar 04	Darren	79 _70%
It doesn’t quite hold the power I think this film had in the mid sixties but maybe that’s just my own jaded outlook about how colonial powers/“Western” hegemony have still spun the tales they’ve spun and kept all the power they have. How the majority still believe in it. Is it revolutionary when it’s only sought out by cinephiles and the like?. Who is to say. Great production tho props
Feb 28	CMWL	1 _0%
Feb 26	krypt	40 _8%
Feb 24	despovoador	100 _98%
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Feb 13	kebarvid	80 _83%
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Feb 02	tammineni ()	90 _89%
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Jan 25	LordKubrick	82 _37%
Jan 21	radumsmn	82 _93%
People should know when they are conquered or something like that.
Jan 17	Koroshiya1	100 _0%
Jan 11	Lemonya	90 _89%
Jan 07	gizkunter	80 _56%
Jan 04	xyu	90 _68%
Jan 03	kendell	9 _89%
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Dec 31, 2019	colmener	70 _55%
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Oct 25, 2019	MetaCritic2	95 _99%
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Sep 11, 2019	Ammar44	95 _77%
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Aug 16, 2019	ssavage	80 _84%
Aug 14, 2019	account2	62 _69%
Aug 12, 2019	sandman248	80 _63%
Aug 12, 2019	rojatume	83 _77%
Aug 09, 2019	bal3x	100 _99%
Aug 01, 2019	damhar	75 _79%
Jul 23, 2019	hotsake	78 _86%
The movie was captivating and intense, had a great score, the acting was solid but there was no character development or character depth and that hurt the film more than anything else.
Jul 17, 2019	katatonic	90 _76%
Jul 13, 2019	msprague	95 _99%
Considering when it was made it feels quite ahead of its time and remarkable. The brutality of the colonial power desperately trying to hold on to the country while the people are ready for them to leave is eye-opening. You can see from this how the world powers haven't learned from past mistakes.
Jul 08, 2019	Numogram	81 _82%
Jul 04, 2019	MGShogun	10 _93%
Jun 13, 2019	Nangijala	90 _94%
May 27, 2019	Teproc	63 _54%
Apr 28, 2019	Mjoepp	60 _60%
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Apr 22, 2019	boysanilar	82 _78%
Apr 20, 2019	ElsaH	91 _92%
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Mar 27, 2019	mefeçe	70 _32%
Mar 24, 2019	vildanden	60 _55%
Mar 17, 2019	lucius	60 _54%
Mar 17, 2019	lillakniven	90 _97%
Mar 16, 2019	tallkotte	9 _96%
Mar 06, 2019	inzzzomnia	4 _85%
Mar 05, 2019	mate_cosido	99 _99%
Mar 02, 2019	Mr. Mxyzptlk	100 _0%
Feb 26, 2019	mmarczi	90 _91%
Feb 22, 2019	CharlieSmith	82 _88%
Feb 21, 2019	MortSahlFan	100 _96%
Feb 10, 2019	norval_jones	89 _89%
Feb 09, 2019	alpkaracayli	80 _26%
Feb 07, 2019	punpun	88 _95%
Feb 07, 2019	kjones77	90 _93%
Feb 06, 2019	finchereznor	90 _90%
Feb 04, 2019	qa.criticker	98 _98%
Jan 28, 2019	Little-Fleck	64 _50%
Jan 27, 2019	DomTosco	80 _68%
Jan 24, 2019	NEOLITHICC	84 _52%
Jan 19, 2019	jokevv	80 _96%
Jan 19, 2019	ibi8588	100 _98%
Jan 15, 2019	CoffeeMage	76 _58%
Jan 06, 2019	Chuck92	70 _36%
Jan 06, 2019	gossamer2019	86 _92%
Dec 28, 2018	atlasakin	100 _91%
Dec 23, 2018	knives	81 _81%
Dec 16, 2018	FraGil	90 _97%
Dec 11, 2018	Modaal	98 _92%
Dec 02, 2018	Ceekay19	70 _62%
Ben M'Hidi: "It's hard to start a revolution. Even harder to continue it. And hardest of all to win it. But, it's only afterwards, when we have won, that the true difficulties begin. In short, Ali, there's still much to do."
Dec 01, 2018	Dennis Li	4 _90%
Nov 06, 2018	suarezd82	70 _56%
Nov 05, 2018	Luquas	9 _94%
Nov 03, 2018	niviskar	83 _84%
Oct 29, 2018	saleh_372	60 _9%
Oct 25, 2018	karatoprak	77 _72%
do you know any other film whose actors in its cast played guerilla characters are now in the Algerian parliament which governs the country....
Oct 05, 2018	proometheuss	85 _72%
Oct 05, 2018	Zalgoz	80 _85%
Sep 30, 2018	kemalbc	90 _85%
Sep 30, 2018	TheBreather	95 _94%
Sep 14, 2018	sfatiho	77 _20%
Sep 09, 2018	Zepheus	90 _96%
Sep 03, 2018	w2727	92 _84%
Sep 01, 2018	emre_alex	60 _27%
Sep 01, 2018	redboots	90 _94%
Aug 28, 2018	ansiktet	93 _54%
Aug 23, 2018	platolimpica	78 _74%
Aug 18, 2018	onekirne	80 _73%
Aug 12, 2018	Mr. Blue	50 _19%
Aug 07, 2018	filmbantha	60 _31%
Jul 30, 2018	TheMarkle	90 _97%
Jul 29, 2018	ekstasis	4 _5%
Jul 26, 2018	backwardsuit	84 _88%
Good gritty film about the escalating tactics of a modern revolution. Made great by its imposing relevance not only for political history but also for the history of western depictions of war on film. It's the kind of movie that is virtually inseparable from its real world context & thus hard to rate on its own merits. Its rough documentary-style look at a moment of modern insurgency warfare is impressive & sobering by any measure although the perspective it offers beyond that is very limited.
Jul 26, 2018	CMQuinn	80 _71%
Jul 02, 2018	jimmyjazz	80 _87%
Jul 02, 2018	brkytll1	86 _81%
Jun 26, 2018	AchwellFoley	95 _97%
Jun 25, 2018	SyphilisDad	70 _95%
Jun 18, 2018	Philosofem	80 _77%
Jun 17, 2018	aviator	60 _13%
Jun 17, 2018	karamazov.	64 _84%
Jun 14, 2018	firefly_tw	90 _71%
Jun 08, 2018	j676533	45 _40%
Jun 01, 2018	Pickle_Man	100 _94%
A highly political movie based on true events that's not self-important mawkish oscar-baiting trash. I didn't know those existed. Rant aside, the realist style works exceptionally well with the impartial presentation and gives a strong sense of objective, almost documentary, accuracy.
May 27, 2018	shanebarlow3	82 _83%
May 27, 2018	Omar96amri	100 _99%
May 19, 2018	Amir abbas	84 _98%
May 17, 2018	gunay	97 _91%
May 16, 2018	psychomeen	95 _98%
May 12, 2018	gamszbyks	93 _92%
May 10, 2018	bholsclaw	80 _90%
May 09, 2018	Tetsu	78 _41%
May 09, 2018	Grandaddy	80 _90%
May 08, 2018	brennanc	19 _96%
May 05, 2018	normatic	80 _85%
May 01, 2018	John Milton	80 _87%
Apr 29, 2018	Ratticus	99 _96%
Apr 29, 2018	Nathers7	7 _59%
Apr 28, 2018	lerelolli	90 _92%
Apr 28, 2018	angeleyes	86 _60%
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Apr 24, 2018	Shadrik	85 _91%
Apr 24, 2018	deleuze	71 _20%
Apr 23, 2018	Vegdrib	80 _75%
Apr 22, 2018	CesarCastag (CinePlayers.com)	60 _40%
Apr 21, 2018	tonytakriz	75 _71%
Apr 20, 2018	LouisMcleese	90 _64%
Apr 19, 2018	fictionfitz	89 _95%
Apr 13, 2018	benrad	65 _32%
Apr 13, 2018	dourface	80 _86%
Apr 02, 2018	Joey90	85 _76%
Mar 31, 2018	Maxu123	50 _92%
Mar 30, 2018	mannaz230	83 _89%
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History on Film.
Mar 27, 2018	110or220	80 _79%
Mar 24, 2018	MoonLoop	88 _93%
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Mar 20, 2018	Theodore Ab	90 _93%
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