Desert Movies

An experimental thriller film by Ted McKean Newsom.

A short documentary about Father Christmas' annual six-day trek through the Australian desert aboard the Tea and Sugar Train.

Stranded in a vast arid desert, two resentful lovers are forced to endure one another as they await their rescue.

On a cold desert night, a drifter and his dog make camp — but eerie sounds stir the dark, and ancient creatures crawl from the shadows.

Two young girls search out their respective fates and futures in 60's Hollywood, amidst confusion from their personal lives and an envelope that shed...

The documentary chronicles the journey and climbs of a group of young French people on the cliffs rising above Wadi Rum, in the desert south of...

A man returns to a hacienda, lost in time and history, where, as a child or teenager, in his budding career as a writer, he left a typewriter stored...

At once a vast expanse of mesmerizing desolation and the crucible of human history, the Sahara Desert has been both the battlefield of empires and...

Determined to hit the road for their vacation, two gangster brothers engage in a state-of-the-art holdup unaware that their opponent, a bitter gas...

A desert endurance event turns ominous for two women and their fellow participants. As they trek through the harsh, barren terrain, what began as a...

A fictional story about Cleopatra in her teen years. She lives a Royal life of luxury in Ancient Egypt with her parents and siblings. One night she...

In West Africa, Polish intelligence sergeant Milczek discovers the bandit Sheikh Abdullah’s desert stronghold but is captured until the...

Riley Venn is being chased by spirits. His family and friends think he is crazy and delusional. A documentary filmmaker is asked by his producer to...

After witnessing a murder, a YouTuber follows and records the killer for content.

Before disappearing in the Mojave Desert, Robbie Zagorac captured love, life and heartbreak in a video diary.

In this visually arresting drama, a musician recalls his life and the painful choice his mother made when she could feed only one of her twin sons.

As a child in Burkina Faso, Yacouba was sent away from home to study the Qur'an, where he and his classmates were almost starving. The young boys...

A short film about the life and death of California's most famous post-apocalyptic hell-hole, the Salton Sea.

Ambivalent about her pregnancy, Connie attempts to withstand the desert, her husband and herself.