Sahara is a 1943 war film directed by Zoltan Korda. Humphrey Bogart stars as a U.S. tank commander in Egypt during the Western Desert Campaign of World War II. The movie earned three Academy Award nominations: Best Sound, Best Cinematography (Black-and-White) and Best Supporting Actor by J. Carrol Naish for his role as an Italian prisoner.

The film was intended as propaganda. It is not historically accurate, since, as is often noted, no American ground forces participated the Western Desert Campaign. However, American forces, including tank units, were fighting in North Africa at the time.

A television remake starring Jim Belushi in Bogart's role was broadcast in 1995.

Sahara is a 1983 movie starring Brooke Shields, Lambert Wilson, John Mills and Horst Buchholz. It was directed by Andrew V. McLaglen. The original music score was composed by Ennio Morricone. At the 1984 Razzies, Brooke Shields was nominated for worst actress. The film's tagline is "She challenged the desert, its men, their passions and ignited a bold adventure."

Sahara is a 2005 action/adventure film, directed by Breck Eisner, based on the best-selling book of the same name by Clive Cussler.

Though it opened at #1, grossing $18 million on its first weekend, Sahara is considered one of the biggest financial flops in Hollywood history. Glenn F. Bunting, blank">$78 million of red ink?, Los Angeles Times, April 15, 2007. Glenn F. Bunting, Jurors hear tales of studio maneuvering, Los Angeles Times, March 5, 2007. From the financial perspective, Sahara was unusual because it performed reasonably well, generating $122 million in gross box-office sales. Glenn F. Bunting, $78 million of red ink?, Los Angeles Times, April 15, 2007. However, the movie was beset by high costs, including a $160-million production and $81.1 million in distribution expenses. Glenn F. Bunting, $78 million of red ink?, Los Angeles Times, April 15, 2007. The film lost approximately $105 million according to a financial executive assigned to the movie; Glenn F. Bunting, Jurors hear tales of studio maneuvering, Los Angeles Times, March 5, 2007. however Hollywood accounting methods assign losses at $78.3 million, taking into account projected revenue. Glenn F. Bunting, $78 million of red ink?, Los Angeles Times, April 15, 2007. According to _Hollywood accounting, the film drew in revenue of $202.9 million against expenses of $281.2 million. Glenn F. Bunting, blank">$78 million of red ink?, Los Angeles Times, April 15, 2007.

The _Los Angeles Times presented an extensive special report on April 15, 2007 dissecting the budget of Sahara as an example of how Hollywood movies can cost so much to produce and fail; many of the often closely held documents had become public domain due to a lawsuit involving the film.

After the fall of Tobruk in June 1942, U.S. Army sergeant Joe Gunn leads his tank into the Sahara desert, in order to evade advancing Rommel's forces and reach Allied lines. Along the way he picks up few Allied soldiers, but soon they are running out of water. They find water at the ancient well, but the well is a goal of an entire German battalion. Despite the impossible odds, Sergeant Gunn decides to defend the well. Written by Dragan Antulov

Orphaned Leela lives with her cruel aunt, Rangilibai; cousin, Kaushalya; and uncle. When Rangilibai arranges Kaushalya's marriage to a wealthy landlord, Leela agrees to go with her as a maid as part of her dowry. But things change for the better for Leela, when the landlord rejects Kaushalya and decides to get married to Leela. As a result Leela gets married and moves into the landlord's house. Then things take a turn for the worse, when Leela is accused of having a lover, and is asked to leave. She goes to Rangilibai's house, but is shunned and kicked out. Alone, helpless, she comes upon a distant relative named Gaman Singh, who takes her in to live with him and his wife, Swarupbai. When Leela is asked to beg for alms, she refuses, and Swarupbai blinds her with special eye-drops. Then a blinded Leela is led through the streets and made to sit daily near the steps of a temple singing and begging for alms. It looks like fate has chosen this profession for Leela, and there appears to be no way out of this vicious circle for a blind young woman, who has been shunned by her husband and relatives. Written by rAjOo (gunwanti@hotmail.com)

After her father dies, young Dale takes his place in a trans-African auto race, but ends up being abducted by a desert sheik. Written by Jim Beaver

Sergeant Joe Gunn and his tank crew pick up five British soldiers, a Frenchman and a Sudanese man with an Italian prisoner crossing the Libyan Desert to rejoin their command after the fall of Tobruk. They and the Germans are greatly in need of water. Written by Ed Stephan

Filmed during World War II, this film was intended to be a propaganda piece for the U.S. government. Seargant Joe Gunn (Bogart) leads an abandoned tank unit after the fall of Tobruk in North Africa. The tanks picks up British, French, South African, and Sudanese soldiers along the way, becoming a microcosm of the Allied troops. The group works together to defeat a much larger German force that wants the same water well that they have. The film portrays all of the images that the U.S. deemed important for the American people see in regards to the war. Written by Kasey Kist

Searching for a treasure on the River Niger, Dirk Pitt thwarts the attempted assassination of a beautiful U.N. scientist investigating a disease that is driving thousands of North Africans to death. The suspected cause of the raging epidemic is vast, unprecedented pollution that threatens to extinguish all life in the world's seas. Racing to save the world from environmental catastrophe, Pitt and his team run a gauntlet between a billionaire French industrialist and a bloodthirsty West African tyrant. In the scorching desert, Pitt uncovers the truth behind his life-long quest - the fate of a Civil War ironclad. Now, amidst the blazing, shifting sands of the Sahara, Dirk Pitt will make a desperate stand -- in a battle the world cannot afford to lose! Written by Ronos

This film ends together starting with two different missions. Eva Rojas (Penélope Cruz), a doctor from WHO searches for the source of Plague out broken in some African countries. On the other hand Dirk Pitt (Matthew McConaughey) with his colleagues from NUMA (National Underwater and Marine Agency) are in a mission to discover a battleship drown some where under the Sahara desert. But as time passes they all are found to be fighting against a dictator operating a solar powered waste disposal plant near the Niger River. To save themselves and thus the people of the surroundings they dare to do what they never did! Written by Chris