text: 2004 Criterion DVD edition On October 12, 2004, The Criterion Collection released the movie, transferred from a restored print, in a three-disc DVD set. The extras include former US counter-terrorism advisors Richard A. Clarke and Michael A. Sheehan discussing The Battle of Algiers depiction of terrorism and guerrilla warfare. Directors Spike Lee, Mira Nair, Julian Schnabel, Steven Soderbergh, and Oliver Stone discussed its influence on film. Another documentary in the set includes interviews with FLN commanders Saadi Yacef and Zohra Drif.
  Jamila, the Algerian, a commercial film on the same topic released in 1958.
  Lost Command, a commercial film on the same topic released the same year.
  Chronicle of the Years of Fire, a 1975 Algerian drama historical film directed by Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina. It depicts the Algerian War of Independence as seen through the eyes of a peasant.
  Lion of the Desert, a similar movie about Omar al-Mukhtar's Libyan resistance against Italian occupation.
  List of submissions to the 39th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film
  List of Italian submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
  Aussaresses, General Paul. The Battle of the Casbah: Terrorism and Counter-Terrorism in Algeria, 1955–1957 (New York, Enigma Books, 2010). .
  O’Leary, Alan. The Battle of Algiers'' (Milan, Mimesis International, 2019).