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Europeans verse Arabs Film List

posted 16 years ago by runbone
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I watched Intimate Enemies. I enjoyed the film and I thought of all the war/adventure movies that take place between Arabs, Berbers, Europeans, and such. Here are a few films I just thought of. Please add to the list.

The Wind and the Lion (1975)
Berbers against Everyone

Khartoum (1966)
British & Egyptians against Sudanese

Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
Arabs against Turks

Lion of the Desert (1981)
Arabs against Italians

Lost Command (1966)
American take on the French in Algeria

The Battle of Algiers (1967)
Classic about the urban war in Algeria

Tons of French Foreign Legion Films

[–] CactusHazretleri 15 years ago

Don't forget "Chronicle of the Smoldering Years" (1975, I think);
An Algerian author/director/screenwriter's take on what caused the Algerian revolt - very moving imagery. Less military action, more daily inhumanity of colonialism, though.

Also:
"The Last Ottoman: Knockout Ali"
A Turkish movie, kind of the Turkish answer to Lawrence of Arabia. While not a monumental moment in the history of cinema (it's relatively predictable) it's very interesting to see this perspective - and it's not a BAD movie anyway.

[–] overninethousand 14 years ago

Lots of Iraq war films?