Originally commissioned by the city of Algiers to promote tourism, Mohamed Zinet’s Tahia ya Didou blends documentary with fiction to create a poetic, acerbic and rapturous portrait of the director’s native city. The camera travels freely, through the port, market, streets and cafés, capturing everyday people, some of whom recur frequently enough to seem like protagonists. The nominal plotline follows a French tourist couple’s leisurely visit to the city, the man having previously served in the army during the Algerian war. As they walk around, his comments betray his mindset’s racist colonial prejudices, while his wife reiterates asinine clichés. Their unhurried wandering is interrupted when he comes across a blind man and realises that he tortured him during his army service. The film is punctuated with punchy sequences that show a poet named Momo delivering verse as an elegy for Algiers.
Ugetsu
Fantasy, Drama, Mystery
8.0
Interstellar
Adventure, Drama, Science Fiction
8.4
The Dark Knight
Drama, Action, Crime, Thriller
8.5
Back to the Future
Adventure, Comedy, Science Fiction
8.3
Inception
Action, Science Fiction, Adventure
8.4
The Lighthouse
Drama, Fantasy, Thriller
7.5
Bohemian Rhapsody
Music, Drama
8.0
The Martian
Drama, Adventure, Science Fiction
7.7
The Prestige
Drama, Mystery, Science Fiction
8.2
Mad Max: Fury Road
Action, Adventure, Science Fiction
7.6
Inglourious Basterds
Drama, Thriller, War
8.2
The Hangover
Comedy
7.3
Scarface
Action, Crime, Drama
8.2
Arrival
Drama, Science Fiction, Mystery
7.6
Dredd
Action, Science Fiction
6.8
Her
Romance, Science Fiction, Drama
7.9
Green Book
Drama, History
8.2
Jaws
Horror, Thriller, Adventure
7.7
The Lobster
Comedy, Drama, Romance
7.0
Fight Club
Drama
8.4
The Safari
Comedy, Adventure
6.2
Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film for Theaters
Comedy, Action, Animation, Adventure, Fantasy, Science Fiction
6.5
Semi-Pro
Comedy
5.6
Midnight Madness
Comedy, Romance
0.0
The Lion King 1½
Family, Animation, Comedy, Action
6.6
Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa
Family, Adventure, Animation, Comedy
6.5
Hatari!
Adventure, Comedy
6.7
An Elephant Called Slowly
Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family
6.0
Armour of God
Adventure, Action, Comedy
7.1
Smokey and the Bandit
Action, Adventure, Comedy
6.9
The Discord
Comedy
6.4
Together
Drama, Comedy, Romance
7.0
Spoiled Children
Drama, Comedy
6.3
Étoile aux dents ou Poulou le magnifique
Drama, Comedy
10.0
Water Drops on Burning Rocks
Drama, Romance, Comedy
6.5
Strawberry and Chocolate
Comedy, Drama
7.1
The Jewel of the Nile
Adventure, Action, Comedy, Romance
6.2
Patch Adams
Comedy, Drama
7.3
Man Bites Dog
Comedy, Crime
7.2
The Rocker
Comedy, Music
6.0