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1. Themba (2010)
108 min | Drama
Against all odds Themba realizes his dream playing for the National soccer team, Bafana Bafana.
Director: Stefanie Sycholt | Stars: Junior Singo, Patrick Mofokeng, Emmanuel Soqinase, Simphiwe Dana
Votes: 97
2. U-Carmen eKhayelitsha (2005)
122 min | Musical, Drama, Romance
A version of Georges Bizet's Carmen, set in a modern-day South African township.
Director: Mark Dornford-May | Stars: Pauline Malefane, Andile Tshoni, Lungelwa Blou, Zweilungile Sidloyi
Votes: 743
3. Nafi's Father (2019)
107 min | Drama
A fight between an Imam and his powerful brother over their children's marriage. At stake: how a small community slowly drifts towards extremism.
Director: Mamadou Dia | Stars: Alassane Sy, Aicha Talla, Saikou Lo, Penda Daly Sy
Votes: 116
4. You Will Die at 20 (2019)
103 min | Drama
Shortly after Muzamil was born, the village's holy man predicts that he will die at age 20. Muzamil's father can't stand the curse and leaves home. Sakina raises her son as a single mother, overly protective. One day, Muzamil turns 19.
Director: Amjad Abu Alala | Stars: Mustafa Shehata, Islam Mubarak, Mahmoud Maysara Elsaraj, Bonna Khalid
Votes: 2,667
5. Waiting for Happiness (2002)
90 min | Drama, Music
The story of two people who cross paths in Nouhadhibou.
Director: Abderrahmane Sissako | Stars: Khatra Ould Abder Kader, Maata Ould Mohamed Abeid, Mohamed Mahmoud Ould Mohamed, Fatimetou Mint Ahmeda
Votes: 1,094 | Gross: $0.00M
6. Beasts of No Nation (2015)
TV-MA | 137 min | Drama, War
A drama based on the experiences of Agu, a child soldier fighting in the civil war of an unnamed African country.
Director: Cary Joji Fukunaga | Stars: Abraham Attah, Emmanuel Affadzi, Ricky Adelayitor, Andrew Adote
Votes: 86,854 | Gross: $0.08M
7. Skin (I) (2008)
PG-13 | 107 min | Biography, Drama
Based on the true story of a black girl who was born to two white Afrikaner parents in South Africa during the apartheid era.
Director: Anthony Fabian | Stars: Sophie Okonedo, Sam Neill, Alice Krige, Tony Kgoroge
Votes: 3,716
8. I Am Slave (2010)
82 min | Biography, Drama, Thriller
A thriller set in London's slave trade and centered on a woman's fight for freedom.
Director: Gabriel Range | Stars: Wunmi Mosaku, Isaach De Bankolé, Lubna Azabal, Igal Naor
Votes: 1,611
9. Saving Mbango (2020)
Drama
Saving Mbango is a drama based on the life of a young man (John) who wound up as the breadwinner of a very dysfunctional family. His chaotic and tumultuous family background gets in the way... See full summary »
Director: Nkanya Nkwai | Stars: Onyama Laura, Godisz Fungwa, AjibiLiviana, Malvis Ann
Votes: 52 | Gross: $0.06M
10. Teza (2008)
Not Rated | 140 min | Drama
The Ethiopian intellectual Anberber returns to his native country during the repressive totalitarian regime of Haile Mariam Mengistu and the recognition of his own displacement and ... See full summary »
Director: Haile Gerima | Stars: Aaron Arefe, Abiye Tedla, Takelech Beyene, Teje Tesfahun
Votes: 630
11. Félicité (2017)
Not Rated | 129 min | Drama, Music
Félicité sings in a bar in Kinshasa. When her 14-year-old son has a motorcycle accident, she goes on a frantic search through the streets of Kinshasa, a world of music and dreams. And her path crosses that of Tabu.
Director: Alain Gomis | Stars: Véro Tshanda Beya Mputu, Gaetan Claudia, Papi Mpaka, Nadine Ndebo
Votes: 1,152 | Gross: $0.01M
12. Our Lady of the Nile (2019)
93 min | Drama
A coming-of-age story about of a group of Rwandan schoolgirls at a Belgian-run Catholic boarding school.
Director: Atiq Rahimi | Stars: Amanda Mugabezaki, Albina Kirenga, Malaika Uwamahoro, Clariella Bizimana
Votes: 722
13. A Girl from Mogadishu (2019)
TV-MA | 113 min | Drama
This is based on the testimony of Ifrah Ahmed, who--having made the extraordinary journey to escape war-torn Somalia--emerged as one of the world's foremost international activists against ... See full summary »
Director: Mary McGuckian | Stars: Aja Naomi King, Barkhad Abdi, Martha Canga Antonio, Maryam Mursal
Votes: 205
14. Ceasefire (2016)
103 min | Drama, History
In the early 1920s, Georges Laffont, traumatized by the horrific trench warfar, decides to leave his life behind and travel to West Africa into the vast territories of Upper Volta in the ... See full summary »
Director: Emmanuel Courcol | Stars: Romain Duris, Céline Sallette, Grégory Gadebois, Julie-Marie Parmentier
Votes: 543
15. Besida (2018)
12 min | Short, Drama
'Where were you when I needed you? What do you want now?' says the sister to her brother. A tiny village, the cars only stop here to take the young women to the city. 'You were there ... See full summary »
Director: Chuko Esiri
Votes: 21
16. Small Country: An African Childhood (2020)
111 min | Drama
A touching childhood set during the conflict in Rwanda between ethnicities Hutu and Tutsi - adapted from the book of Gaël Faye.
Director: Eric Barbier | Stars: Jean-Paul Rouve, Isabelle Kabano, Djibril Vancoppenolle, Dayla De Medina
Votes: 804
17. Goodbye Julia (2023)
120 min | Drama
Just before the secession of South Sudan, a married former singer from the north seeks redemption for causing the death of a southern man by hiring his oblivious wife as her maid.
Director: Mohamed Kordofani | Stars: Eiman Yousif, Siran Riak, Nazar Goma, Ger Duany
Votes: 659
18. Omen (2023)
92 min | Drama
After spending years in Belgium, a young Congolese man returns to his birthplace of Kinshasa to confront the intricacies of his family and culture.
Director: Baloji | Stars: Marc Zinga, Yves-Marina Gnahoua, Marcel Otete Kabeya, Eliane Umuhire
Votes: 552
19. All the Colours of the World Are Between Black and White (2023)
93 min | Drama, Romance
Bambino and Bawa meet in Lagos and hit it off immediately. During their long trips around the city, they develop a deep affection for each other. But in a society which considers homosexuality taboo, they feel the pressure of social norms.
Director: Babatunde Apalowo | Stars: Tope Tedela, Riyo David, Martha Ehinome, Uche Elumelu
Votes: 145
20. The Woman King (2022)
PG-13 | 135 min | Action, Drama, History
A historical epic inspired by true events that took place in The Kingdom of Dahomey, one of the most powerful states of Africa in the 18th and 19th centuries.
Director: Gina Prince-Bythewood | Stars: Viola Davis, Thuso Mbedu, Lashana Lynch, Sheila Atim
Votes: 73,165 | Gross: $67.33M
21. The Last Queen (2022)
110 min | Adventure, Drama, History
Insipired in the legendary Princess Zaphira, wife of the last King of Algiers Salim Toumi, and his fight to defend her community from pirate Barbarossa.
Directors: Adila Bendimerad, Damien Ounouri | Stars: Adila Bendimerad, Dali Benssalah, Mohamed Tahar Zaoui, Imen Nouel
Votes: 1,172
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