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1. 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: 6,861
2. Alexandria... Why? (1979)
Not Rated | 133 min | Drama
Yehia is a young man living in the cosmopolitan Alexandria during World War II. Inspired by American movies and Shakespeare, he aspires to be an actor, but struggles to pursue his Hollywood... See full summary »
Director: Youssef Chahine | Stars: Naglaa Fathi, Ahmed Zaki, Farid Shawqi, Mahmoud Al Meleji
Votes: 2,052
3. El Alamein - The Line of Fire (2002)
117 min | Drama, War
War seen through the eyes of Serra, a university student from Palermo who volunteers in 1942 to fight in Africa. He is assigned to the Pavia Division on the southern line in Egypt. Rommel ... See full summary »
Director: Enzo Monteleone | Stars: Paolo Briguglia, Pierfrancesco Favino, Luciano Scarpa, Emilio Solfrizzi
Votes: 2,021
4. 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: 701
5. Battlefields (2001– )
194 min | Documentary, History, War
British military historian Professor Richard Holmes takes the viewer through four major battles of world war two. The Battles of Cassino, El Alamein, Arnhem (Operation Market Garden), & the... See full summary »
Stars: Richard Holmes, Paul Woodadge, John McGregor, Horace Suckling
Votes: 63
6. Desert Victory (1943)
62 min | Documentary, War
The Allied campaign to drive Germany and Italy from North Africa is analysed, with the major portion of the film examining the battles at El Alamein, including a re-enactment.
Directors: Roy Boulting, David MacDonald | Stars: Harold Alexander, Winston Churchill, Adolf Hitler, Bernard L. Montgomery
Votes: 373
7. El Alaméin (1953)
Approved | 66 min | Drama, War
Several years after the end of World War II, mechanical engineer Joe Banning returns to North Africa to recall his wartime experiences: As a civilian tank mechanic, Joe delivers the newest ... See full synopsis »
Director: Fred F. Sears | Stars: Scott Brady, Edward Ashley, Robin Hughes, Rita Moreno
Votes: 83
8. El Alamein (1957)
85 min | Drama, War
Battle of El Alamein from the Italian viewpoint.
Director: Guido Malatesta | Stars: Fausto Tozzi, Rossana Rory, Gabriele Tinti, Matteo Spinola
Votes: 60
9. El alamain (1965)
Director: Abdelalim Khattab | Stars: Salah Qabil, Madiha Salem, Youssef Shabaan, Aminah Rizq
10. Cielo e sabbia (2012)
78 min | Documentary, Biography, History
Interwoven with out-of-this-world visuals are several on-the-ground profiles of astronomers who work in Atacama, as well as other people (cowboys, miners, algae collectors) who live there year-round.
Director: Claudio Costa | Stars: Giovanni Peroncini, Giuseppe Baudoin, Alberto Bechi Luserna, Carlo Migliavacca
Votes: 11
11. Sabbia e ferro (2012)
50 min | Animation, History
Carlo Volontè, Born in 1921, talks about his experience of war in Africa. Volontè enlisted in 1940, after the training procedure was assigned to the Division Aries and sent to Africa, where... See full summary »
Director: Claudio Costa | Stars: Carlo Volontè, Luigi Beccali, Paolo Caccia Dominioni, Winston Churchill
Votes: 12
12. Anzacs in the Face of War (2011)
Not Rated | 52 min | Documentary, History, War
Archive footage of Australia and New Zealand forces during WW1, WW2 and the Vietnam conflict. Plus home life between the wars, especially focusing on the homage we pay to those who so ... See full summary »
Director: Merran Williams | Stars: John Stanton, Thomas Blamey, John Curtin, Duke of Gloucester
Votes: 12
13.
Men of Our Time (1963–1964)
Episode:
Mussolini
(1963)
Documentary
Stars: A.J.P. Taylor, Arno Breker, Neville Chamberlain, Pierre-Étienne Flandin
14.
The World at War (1973–1974)
Episode:
The Desert: North Africa - 1940-1943
(1973)
TV-PG | 52 min | Documentary, History, War
The desert war, starting with Italy's invasion of Egypt and the attacks and counterattacks between Germany and Italy and the Commonwealth forces, the Axis defeat at El Alamein.
Stars: Laurence Olivier, Paola Colacicchi, David Belchem, Richard O'Connor
Votes: 425
15.
Battlefield (1995–2004)
Episode:
The Battle for North Africa
(1995)
Documentary, History, War
Director: Dave Flitton | Stars: Tim Pigott-Smith, Winston Churchill, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Bernard L. Montgomery
Votes: 6
17.
Battlefield (1995–2004)
Episode:
The Battles for Tunisia
(2001)
Documentary, History, War
The campaign in Tunisia in World War Two saw the battles that finally ended the brutal war in the desert. We look at the weapons used and tactics and tell the story of the battle itself.
Stars: Jonathan Booth, Harold Alexander, Kenneth Anderson, Claude Auchinleck
Votes: 7
18.
Battle Honours (2021– )
Episode:
Desert Rats
(2021)
Documentary, History, War
The story of the armoured units who landed in Normandy to spearhead the Allied advance into Nazi occupied Europe and break open the Third Reich's defences.
Directors: Adam Luria, Ian Bremner | Stars: Dick Taylor, Jon Trigg, Rodney Scott, Cecil Newton
19.
World War Weird (2017– )
Episode:
Episode #1.6
(2017)
Documentary, History, War
Hear about some bizarre wartime happenings, including the magicians who fought the Nazis, the German spy who double-crossed Hitler, and some strange sightings of UFOs in Canada.
Director: Pascal Hughes | Stars: Kate Vigurs, Dominic Selwood, Mike Pavelec, Joshua Levine
20.
Battle Plan Under Fire (2004– )
Episode:
Deception
(2004)
Documentary, History, War
Find out how deception can take many forms and turn the tides of even the most perilous of situations.
Director: Gordon Stevens | Stars: Lloyd Clark, Bruce Gudmundsson, Eric Meyers, Winston Churchill
21.
World War II: From the Frontlines (2023)
Episode:
Turning Point
(2023)
TV-MA | 47 min | Documentary, History, War
1942. The war has engulfed the entire world, and the Germans are winning. Until slowly, after the Battle of Stalingrad, the tide starts to turn.
Director: Rob Coldstream | Stars: John Boyega, Winston Churchill, Gerhard Dengler, Adolf Hitler
Votes: 252
22.
Military Masterminds (2022)
Episode:
Combat Power
(2022)
52 min | Documentary, History, War
Combined arms operations use the force of different military corps to increase combat power. Combining these forces needs incredible planning and authority.
Director: Roberto Irwin | Stars: Dan Hill, Jenny Grant, Daniel L. Davis, Christopher Hickey
23.
SAS: Rogue Warriors (2017)
Episode:
Episode #1.2
(2017)
TV-PG | 58 min | Documentary
Ben Macintyre examines how continued success for the Special Air Service could only be achieved by undertaking ever more dangerous and ambitious missions.
Director: Matthew Whiteman | Stars: Ben Macintyre, Harald Weiler, David Stirling, Jim Almonds
Votes: 12