sometimes the most barren places on
earth can be the most dramatic the most
romantic and the most epic landscapes
for bougie’s we travel far beyond the
reach of men on machines welcome to
watchmojo.com and today we’re counting
down our picks for the top ten desert
movies a desert holiday let’s pack the
drag away for this list we’re taking a
look at a combination of the best-loved
and most critically acclaimed movies set
in the desert – a planet for the purpose
of our list while we know that a desert
can refer to any desolate area of land
where there is little precipitation or
plant or animal life like a snowy
wilderness we will be referring to the
hot sunny and Sandy variety you can’t
explore from the air maddox if you could
explore from the air life to be very
simple number 10 the mummy Jonathan yes
I think you found something the story of
this fantasy horror flick is set when it
is revealed that M hotep a priest in
ancient Egypt has been punished after a
tryst with the pharaoh’s mistress by
being entombed alive with a curse and
carnivorous scarabs the Magi would never
allow him to be released for he would
arise a walking disease a plague upon
mankind an unholy flesh eater with the
strength of Ages power over the sands
and the glory of invincibility thousands
of years later adventurer Rick O’Connell
and wannabe Egyptologist Evelyn Carnahan
played by Brendan Fraser and Rachel
Weiss go on an adventure to search for
the city of the Dead and unwittingly
unleashed the first mummy filmed both
near and in the Sahara in Morocco the
mummies crew had to suffer through a
lack of water dust storms snakes and
scorpions during their production no
carnivorous scarabs though number 2 for
good the bad and the ugly if you shoot
me you won’t see a sinner than money
with a powerful score by Ennio Morricone
highlighting the action and building the
tension this is the ultimate spaghetti
western
directed by the legendary Sergio Leone
the movie follows three roguish men
played by Eli Wallach Lee Van Cleef and
of course
Wendy’s wood during the American Civil
War as they search for buried gold a
deeply cynical movie that draws on the
themes of violence obsession and black
humor all while maintaining stylish
cinematography many of the film’s barren
landscapes were actually sets built in
the vast dry region of northern Spain
you see in this world there’s two kinds
of people my friend
I was with loaded guns who dig you dig
number eight the flight of the Phoenix
you’ve done much marching and desert
terrain a year after the release of the
book of the same name Robert Aldrich
came out with this disaster slash
survival movie that takes place after a
plane crashes somewhere in the Sahara
Desert I tell you now mate we’re better
off right here then traipsing off enough
bloody desert the crew must then contend
with the heat hostile natives and
dehydration as desperation fanaticism
and anger play out in rebuilding a
usable plane from the wreckage this is
hard work these men can’t stand hard
work watching each other die with many
desert scenes filmed in Yuma County
Arizona and Imperial County California
the film boasts an all-star cast that
includes James Stewart Richard
Attenborough Peter Finch and Ernest
Borgnine among others easy number seven
the English Patient hello Jeffrey gave
me a monograph when I was reading up
from a desert very impressive as this
oscar-winning film opens a Canadian
nurse takes care of a disfigured wounded
patient in an abandoned monastery hey
that’s something while being read
Herodotus and being angrily questioned
by a vengeful addict about his past he
begins to remember his life in a series
of flashbacks well the desert is it’s a
for a woman it’s very tough with all of
the desert scenes shot in tunisia the
rich complex and powerful story is
directed with vision and features
breathtaking performances by ray Fiennes
Willem Dafoe Colin Firth Juliette
Binoche and
others what are we find in the desert
Arrowhead Spears in a war if you’re in
the desert you have North Africa number
six do a desolate dry planet with vast
deserts the planet doom also known as
Arrakis in this dazzling film adaptation
of the Frank Herbert novel director
David Lynch takes us to the planet of
Arrakis or dude home to a race of
natives known as the Fremen who are
waiting for a messiah of sorts we don’t
know much about the Fremen they live in
the deep desert some of them in the
cities they have blue with in blue eyes
at the same time a battle between the
Atreides and the harkonnens is raging
and at the same time a young hero rises
against an evil magnate at the head of
the spice melange operation one of the
known universe’s most important
substances take him to his desert to die
unforgettable images and a haunting
soundtrack marked some of the best
features of this visual feast filmed in
Mexico and it has gained a considerable
cult following since its release we’re
gonna be prisoners here in this place
they hold as a wild ass in the desert go
I forth to my work
number five Stargate what is that
it’s used on game the first release in
the Stargate franchise this science
fiction action-adventure stars Kurt
Russell and James Spader as part of a
crew that walks through a stone portal
described in ancient hieroglyphics and
find themselves in an alternate world
when they encounter a group of oppressed
desert inhabitants who are ruled by a
tyrant they find themselves embroiled in
both a romance and a violent revolution
referred to by some as a cross between
Ben Hur and Star Wars Stargate was
filmed partially in Arizona and was a
commercial success in my regards to King
Todd asshole number four
Mad Max – the road warrior and the road
warrior that was the last we ever saw of
him it’s a violent hostile barren and an
artistic future we have to look forward
to if things are anything like what we
see in this post-apocalyptic Mad Max
sequel
Oh warlords and Marauders battle and
kill each other for gasoline and Mel
Gibson is the Clint Eastwood type who
must drive a tanker full of the stuff
through a brutal army of warriors that
tries to stop him with a barrage of
bizarre automobiles and weapons rimming
with action energy and excellent
cinematography this award-winning 80s
classic filmed in New South Wales
Australia is one of the very best of its
kind number three
Aladdin Wow sparkling with fantastic
visuals and possessing a script that
crackles with excitement in which this
is the classic story of a rich girl who
meets a boy who finds a genie who
encounters an evil wizard who want to
marry the girl to become the new
powerful Sultan a beautiful desert
blooms such as yourself should be on the
arm of the most powerful man in the
world it features a gang of eclectic
supporting characters that give this
flick life including Gilbert Godfried as
the parody hago Jonathan Freeman as evil
Jafar and the incomparable Robin
Williams as the lovable genie once would
you wishing me here ever impressive set
in the Arabian desert this is one
animated movie you won’t want to miss
the end
music number 2 3 Kings Operation Desert
Storm in this bland of war comedy
politics and action director David
O’Russell introduces an unlikely team of
US infantrymen who discover a map
leading to secret gold bullion hidden in
secret bunkers we three kings be
stealing the goddamn brains all Drive
Porsches I must make a man shut up okay
composed of George Clooney Mark Wahlberg
Spike Jones and Ice Cube the group of
soldiers that goes on this unauthorized
mission must deal with the aftermath of
the Gulf War and an Iraqi revolt against
Saddam Hussein the big army in the
desert come on it’s an emergency
filmed in the deserts of Mexico
California and Arizona
the film’s quality surprised critics and
was both commercially successful and
critically acclaimed Christ I came out
to the desert because nobody else had
the balls to do it before we unveil our
top pick here are a few honorable
mentions here’s hoping the deserts big
enough for the two of us uh three of us
I think we lost him do you think that
Austin no you’re do I
so you will hydrate you will train you
will adjust to this desert and you’ll
hydrate some more we had an accident in
the third
would you mind you put that down book
that down
number one Lawrence of Arabia the revolt
in the desert played a decisive part in
the Middle Eastern campaign come on you
can’t say that you didn’t see this one
coming
capturing history characterization
incredible performances and both natural
and man-made phenomena on an
unprecedented scale David Lean’s epic is
still considered one of the greatest
films ever made what is your name my
name is from my friends starring Peter
O’Toole as the controversial hero an
unstable cross between charisma and
volatility and host of excellent
supported characters the landscape is
almost as spectacular as the direction
score and story
filmed in Jordan Morocco and Spain this
is one film that has stood the sands of
time pun intended
do you agree with our list which is this
which desert movie is your favorite tell
you all about it when I got the time for
more hot top 10s published every day be
sure to subscribe to watchmojo.com kind
of what didn’t keep my share with the
birds in the hides we’ll bring if you
use the money to buy a ticket of balance
earth can be the most dramatic the most
romantic and the most epic landscapes
for bougie’s we travel far beyond the
reach of men on machines welcome to
watchmojo.com and today we’re counting
down our picks for the top ten desert
movies a desert holiday let’s pack the
drag away for this list we’re taking a
look at a combination of the best-loved
and most critically acclaimed movies set
in the desert – a planet for the purpose
of our list while we know that a desert
can refer to any desolate area of land
where there is little precipitation or
plant or animal life like a snowy
wilderness we will be referring to the
hot sunny and Sandy variety you can’t
explore from the air maddox if you could
explore from the air life to be very
simple number 10 the mummy Jonathan yes
I think you found something the story of
this fantasy horror flick is set when it
is revealed that M hotep a priest in
ancient Egypt has been punished after a
tryst with the pharaoh’s mistress by
being entombed alive with a curse and
carnivorous scarabs the Magi would never
allow him to be released for he would
arise a walking disease a plague upon
mankind an unholy flesh eater with the
strength of Ages power over the sands
and the glory of invincibility thousands
of years later adventurer Rick O’Connell
and wannabe Egyptologist Evelyn Carnahan
played by Brendan Fraser and Rachel
Weiss go on an adventure to search for
the city of the Dead and unwittingly
unleashed the first mummy filmed both
near and in the Sahara in Morocco the
mummies crew had to suffer through a
lack of water dust storms snakes and
scorpions during their production no
carnivorous scarabs though number 2 for
good the bad and the ugly if you shoot
me you won’t see a sinner than money
with a powerful score by Ennio Morricone
highlighting the action and building the
tension this is the ultimate spaghetti
western
directed by the legendary Sergio Leone
the movie follows three roguish men
played by Eli Wallach Lee Van Cleef and
of course
Wendy’s wood during the American Civil
War as they search for buried gold a
deeply cynical movie that draws on the
themes of violence obsession and black
humor all while maintaining stylish
cinematography many of the film’s barren
landscapes were actually sets built in
the vast dry region of northern Spain
you see in this world there’s two kinds
of people my friend
I was with loaded guns who dig you dig
number eight the flight of the Phoenix
you’ve done much marching and desert
terrain a year after the release of the
book of the same name Robert Aldrich
came out with this disaster slash
survival movie that takes place after a
plane crashes somewhere in the Sahara
Desert I tell you now mate we’re better
off right here then traipsing off enough
bloody desert the crew must then contend
with the heat hostile natives and
dehydration as desperation fanaticism
and anger play out in rebuilding a
usable plane from the wreckage this is
hard work these men can’t stand hard
work watching each other die with many
desert scenes filmed in Yuma County
Arizona and Imperial County California
the film boasts an all-star cast that
includes James Stewart Richard
Attenborough Peter Finch and Ernest
Borgnine among others easy number seven
the English Patient hello Jeffrey gave
me a monograph when I was reading up
from a desert very impressive as this
oscar-winning film opens a Canadian
nurse takes care of a disfigured wounded
patient in an abandoned monastery hey
that’s something while being read
Herodotus and being angrily questioned
by a vengeful addict about his past he
begins to remember his life in a series
of flashbacks well the desert is it’s a
for a woman it’s very tough with all of
the desert scenes shot in tunisia the
rich complex and powerful story is
directed with vision and features
breathtaking performances by ray Fiennes
Willem Dafoe Colin Firth Juliette
Binoche and
others what are we find in the desert
Arrowhead Spears in a war if you’re in
the desert you have North Africa number
six do a desolate dry planet with vast
deserts the planet doom also known as
Arrakis in this dazzling film adaptation
of the Frank Herbert novel director
David Lynch takes us to the planet of
Arrakis or dude home to a race of
natives known as the Fremen who are
waiting for a messiah of sorts we don’t
know much about the Fremen they live in
the deep desert some of them in the
cities they have blue with in blue eyes
at the same time a battle between the
Atreides and the harkonnens is raging
and at the same time a young hero rises
against an evil magnate at the head of
the spice melange operation one of the
known universe’s most important
substances take him to his desert to die
unforgettable images and a haunting
soundtrack marked some of the best
features of this visual feast filmed in
Mexico and it has gained a considerable
cult following since its release we’re
gonna be prisoners here in this place
they hold as a wild ass in the desert go
I forth to my work
number five Stargate what is that
it’s used on game the first release in
the Stargate franchise this science
fiction action-adventure stars Kurt
Russell and James Spader as part of a
crew that walks through a stone portal
described in ancient hieroglyphics and
find themselves in an alternate world
when they encounter a group of oppressed
desert inhabitants who are ruled by a
tyrant they find themselves embroiled in
both a romance and a violent revolution
referred to by some as a cross between
Ben Hur and Star Wars Stargate was
filmed partially in Arizona and was a
commercial success in my regards to King
Todd asshole number four
Mad Max – the road warrior and the road
warrior that was the last we ever saw of
him it’s a violent hostile barren and an
artistic future we have to look forward
to if things are anything like what we
see in this post-apocalyptic Mad Max
sequel
Oh warlords and Marauders battle and
kill each other for gasoline and Mel
Gibson is the Clint Eastwood type who
must drive a tanker full of the stuff
through a brutal army of warriors that
tries to stop him with a barrage of
bizarre automobiles and weapons rimming
with action energy and excellent
cinematography this award-winning 80s
classic filmed in New South Wales
Australia is one of the very best of its
kind number three
Aladdin Wow sparkling with fantastic
visuals and possessing a script that
crackles with excitement in which this
is the classic story of a rich girl who
meets a boy who finds a genie who
encounters an evil wizard who want to
marry the girl to become the new
powerful Sultan a beautiful desert
blooms such as yourself should be on the
arm of the most powerful man in the
world it features a gang of eclectic
supporting characters that give this
flick life including Gilbert Godfried as
the parody hago Jonathan Freeman as evil
Jafar and the incomparable Robin
Williams as the lovable genie once would
you wishing me here ever impressive set
in the Arabian desert this is one
animated movie you won’t want to miss
the end
music number 2 3 Kings Operation Desert
Storm in this bland of war comedy
politics and action director David
O’Russell introduces an unlikely team of
US infantrymen who discover a map
leading to secret gold bullion hidden in
secret bunkers we three kings be
stealing the goddamn brains all Drive
Porsches I must make a man shut up okay
composed of George Clooney Mark Wahlberg
Spike Jones and Ice Cube the group of
soldiers that goes on this unauthorized
mission must deal with the aftermath of
the Gulf War and an Iraqi revolt against
Saddam Hussein the big army in the
desert come on it’s an emergency
filmed in the deserts of Mexico
California and Arizona
the film’s quality surprised critics and
was both commercially successful and
critically acclaimed Christ I came out
to the desert because nobody else had
the balls to do it before we unveil our
top pick here are a few honorable
mentions here’s hoping the deserts big
enough for the two of us uh three of us
I think we lost him do you think that
Austin no you’re do I
so you will hydrate you will train you
will adjust to this desert and you’ll
hydrate some more we had an accident in
the third
would you mind you put that down book
that down
number one Lawrence of Arabia the revolt
in the desert played a decisive part in
the Middle Eastern campaign come on you
can’t say that you didn’t see this one
coming
capturing history characterization
incredible performances and both natural
and man-made phenomena on an
unprecedented scale David Lean’s epic is
still considered one of the greatest
films ever made what is your name my
name is from my friends starring Peter
O’Toole as the controversial hero an
unstable cross between charisma and
volatility and host of excellent
supported characters the landscape is
almost as spectacular as the direction
score and story
filmed in Jordan Morocco and Spain this
is one film that has stood the sands of
time pun intended
do you agree with our list which is this
which desert movie is your favorite tell
you all about it when I got the time for
more hot top 10s published every day be
sure to subscribe to watchmojo.com kind
of what didn’t keep my share with the
birds in the hides we’ll bring if you
use the money to buy a ticket of balance
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