Films set in deserts

1983 film directed by Richard Marquand

2006 American animated film

2007 film directed by Ethan and Joel Coen

1962 film directed by David Lean

2015 film directed by J. J. Abrams

1999 film directed by Stephen Sommers

2015 film directed by Ridley Scott

1996 film directed by Anthony Minghella

Dune is a 2021 American epic space opera film co-produced and directed by Denis Villeneuve, who co-wrote the screenplay with Jon Spaihts and Eric Roth. It is the first of a two-part adaptation of the 1965 novel by Frank Herbert and the first installment in Legendary Pictures' Dune film series. The cast includes Timothée Chalamet, Rebecca Ferguson, Oscar Isaac, Josh Brolin, Stellan Skarsgård, Dave Bautista, Stephen McKinley Henderson, Zendaya, Chang Chen, Sharon Duncan-Brewster, Charlotte Rampling, Jason Momoa, and Javier Bardem. Set in the distant future, the film follows Paul Atreides as his family, the noble House Atreides, is thrust into a war for the deadly and inhospitable desert planet Arrakis.

1997 science fiction film directed by Barry Sonnenfeld

2018 film directed by James Wan

2015 film directed by George Miller

1984 film by David Lynch

Dune: Part Two is a 2024 American epic space opera film co-produced and directed by Denis Villeneuve, who co-wrote the screenplay with Jon Spaihts. The sequel to Dune (2021), it is the second of a two-part adaptation of the 1965 novel Dune by Frank Herbert and the second installment in Legendary Pictures' Dune film series. It follows Paul Atreides as he unites with the Fremen people of the desert planet Arrakis to wage war against House Harkonnen. Timothée Chalamet, Rebecca Ferguson, Josh Brolin, Stellan Skarsgård, Dave Bautista, Zendaya, Charlotte Rampling, and Javier Bardem reprise their roles from the first film, with Austin Butler, Florence Pugh, Christopher Walken, and Léa Seydoux joining the cast.

1994 film directed by Roland Emmerich

2000 animated film directed by Ralph Zondag and Eric Leighton

2007 film directed by Russell Mulcahy

1996 film directed by Robert Rodriguez

2015 film directed by Wes Ball

2019 film directed by F. Gary Gray

2024 film directed by George Miller

1985 film directed by George Miller and George Ogilvie

1981 film directed by George Miller

1969 film by Vladimir Motyl

1971 film directed by Steven Spielberg

2000 film directed by David Twohy

2001 film by Jerry Zucker

1976 English film about Islam by Moustapha Akkad

1994 film directed by Stephan Elliott

1975 film by John Huston

2017 film directed by Nikolaj Arcel

1985 adventure comedy film by Lewis Teague

1930 film by Josef von Sternberg and Henry Hathaway

1924 film by Erich von Stroheim

1999 film by David O. Russell

1990 film directed by Ron Underwood

1965 film

2004 film by John Moore

Moonwalker is a 1988 American anthology musical film starring Michael Jackson. Rather than featuring one continuous narrative, the film expresses the influence of fandom and innocence through a collection of short films about Jackson, several of which are long-form music videos from Jackson's 1987 album Bad. The film is named after the dance technique known as the moonwalk, which Jackson was known for performing.

2006 film directed by Alexandre Aja

Kalifornia is a 1993 American road psychological thriller film directed by Dominic Sena in his feature film directorial debut. It stars Brad Pitt, Juliette Lewis, David Duchovny, and Michelle Forbes. The film tells the story of a journalist (Duchovny) and his photographer girlfriend (Forbes) traveling cross-country to research serial killings, who unwittingly carpool with a psychopath (Pitt) and his childlike girlfriend (Lewis).

2025 film directed by Jafar Panahi

2020 film directed by Max Barbakow

2007 film directed by Martin Weisz

2010 film by Peter Weir

2011 film by Lasse Hallström

2004 film by Joe Johnston

1987 film directed by Percy Adlon

1965 film by Robert Aldrich

1978 film by Sam Peckinpah

Dune: Part Three is an upcoming American epic space opera film co-produced and directed by Denis Villeneuve, who co-wrote the screenplay with Brian K. Vaughan, based on the 1969 novel Dune Messiah by Frank Herbert. It is the sequel to Dune: Part Two (2024) and the third and final film in Legendary Pictures' Dune trilogy. The film stars Timothée Chalamet, Zendaya, Jason Momoa, Florence Pugh, Rebecca Ferguson, Isaach de Bankolé, Charlotte Rampling, Anya Taylor-Joy, Robert Pattinson, and Javier Bardem.

1991 film directed by Jackie Chan

1966 Polish film by Jerzy Kawalerowicz

2014 film by Scott Derrickson

2005 film by Roohullah

1977 film directed by Wes Craven

1964 Japanese film directed by Hiroshi Teshigahara

2000 film directed by Antony Hoffman

1998 film by Peter MacDonald

2015 film by S. Craig Zahler