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51. Legionnaire (1998)
R | 99 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Alain is a boxer in 1925 Marseille, France. When he doesn't take the dive paid to take by a mob boss, he has to split. He joins the Foreign Legion and is sent to Morocco. He makes 3 friends and they watch each other's backs.
Director: Peter MacDonald | Stars: Jean-Claude Van Damme, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Steven Berkoff, Nicholas Farrell
Votes: 25,833
52. Hell of the Living Dead (1980)
Unrated | 99 min | Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
After an experiment gone wrong, a virus that turns people into zombies spreads throughout New Guinea. A female reporter and her cameraman, and a team of four commandos sent to investigate try to survive the onslaught.
Directors: Bruno Mattei, Claudio Fragasso | Stars: Margie Newton, Franco Garofalo, Selan Karay, José Gras
Votes: 5,957
53. A Mighty Heart (2007)
R | 108 min | Biography, Drama, History
Mariane Pearl embarks on a frantic search to locate her journalist husband Daniel when he goes missing in Pakistan.
Director: Michael Winterbottom | Stars: Angelina Jolie, Dan Futterman, Irrfan Khan, Archie Panjabi
Votes: 28,234 | Gross: $9.18M
54. Berlin Alexanderplatz (2020)
183 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A man from Guinea-Bissau moves to Germany, where he is befriended by a drug dealer and two women.
Director: Burhan Qurbani | Stars: Welket Bungué, Albrecht Schuch, Jella Haase, Annabelle Mandeng
Votes: 3,909
55. Revolt (2017)
R | 87 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
In the war-ravaged Kenyan countryside, a U.S. soldier (Lee Pace) and a French foreign aid worker (Berenice Marlohe) team up to survive an alien onslaught.
Director: Joe Miale | Stars: Lee Pace, Bérénice Marlohe, Jason Flemyng, Sibulele Gcilitshana
Votes: 10,294
56. 24: Redemption (2008 TV Movie)
TV-14 | 84 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
Jack Bauer confronts African general/aspiring dictator Benjamin Juma, whose forces have been ordered to capture the children Bauer oversees for malicious military training.
Director: Jon Cassar | Stars: Kiefer Sutherland, Cherry Jones, Bob Gunton, Colm Feore
Votes: 29,046
57. A Dry White Season (1989)
R | 106 min | Drama, Thriller
A white middle class South African suburbanite with no interest in politics agrees to help his black gardener find his jailed son. His investigation opens his eyes to the horrors committed by the secret police and turns him into a target.
Director: Euzhan Palcy | Stars: Donald Sutherland, Janet Suzman, Zakes Mokae, Jürgen Prochnow
Votes: 6,227 | Gross: $3.77M
58. Jungle Beat: The Movie (2020)
G | 88 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
A homesick alien crash-lands his spaceship near the colorful African Jungle. His new animal friends need to get him back to his ship and teach him about friendship and fun before his Space-Conqueror father can take over the planet.
Director: Brent Dawes | Stars: Ed Kear, David Menkin, Ina Marie Smith, John Guerrasio
Votes: 1,304
59. Disco Boy (2023)
92 min | Drama
After a painful journey through Europe, Aleksei arrives in Paris to join the Foreign Legion. Meanwhile, in the Niger Delta, Jomo struggles against the oil companies threatening his village and the lives of his family.
Director: Giacomo Abbruzzese | Stars: Morr Ndiaye, Wahab Oladiti, Salem Kisita, Mutamba Kalonji
Votes: 1,278
60. I Dreamed of Africa (2000)
PG-13 | 114 min | Adventure, Biography, Drama
A bored Italian socialite (Kim Basinger) abandons her jet-set lifestyle for the rigors and rewards of rural Kenya in this true story, based on the best-selling memoir by Kuki Gallmann. Directed by Hugh Hudson (Chariots of Fire).
Director: Hugh Hudson | Stars: Kim Basinger, Vincent Perez, Liam Aiken, Garrett Strommen
Votes: 4,901 | Gross: $6.54M
61. African Queens: Njinga (2023– )
TV-14 | 45 min | Documentary, Drama, History
Expert interviews and other documentary content with premium scripted docudrama about different queens.
Stars: Adesuwa Oni, Eshe Asante, Sivuyile Ngesi, Chipo Kureya
Votes: 2,567
62. Noughts + Crosses (2020– )
TV-MA | 60 min | Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi
Drama set in a dangerous, alternate world where racism divides society.
Stars: Masali Baduza, Jack Rowan, Helen Baxendale, Paterson Joseph
Votes: 2,780
63. Being Human (1994)
PG-13 | 122 min | Comedy, Drama
One man must learn the meaning of courage across four lifetimes centuries apart.
Director: Bill Forsyth | Stars: Robin Williams, John Turturro, Kelly Hunter, Maudie Johnson
Votes: 4,272 | Gross: $1.52M
64. The Limits of Control (2009)
R | 116 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
The story of a mysterious loner, a stranger in the process of completing a criminal job.
Director: Jim Jarmusch | Stars: Isaach De Bankolé, Alex Descas, Jean-François Stévenin, Óscar Jaenada
Votes: 21,283 | Gross: $0.43M
65. Besieged (1998)
R | 93 min | Drama, Romance
While in exile in Italy, an African woman finds herself trying to get back home and free her imprisoned husband. But the only man that can help her do so is in love with her.
Director: Bernardo Bertolucci | Stars: Thandiwe Newton, David Thewlis, Claudio Santamaria, John C. Ojwang
Votes: 5,238 | Gross: $2.03M
66. Vixen (2015–2016)
TV-PG | 5 min | Animation, Short, Action
Vixen is based on the DC Character Mari McCabe / Vixen, a costumed superhero crime-fighter with the power to mimic the abilities of any animal that has ever lived on Earth.
Stars: Megalyn Echikunwoke, Anika Noni Rose, Emily Bett Rickards, Sean Patrick Thomas
Votes: 3,819
67. Desert Flower (2009)
R | 120 min | Biography, Drama
Waris Dirie, born 1965 in Somalia, flees at thirteen when sold to be a mans fourth wife. She works as a maid at the Somalian embassy in London, then in a McDonald's where she's discovered and becomes an international top model. Then, in 1997 she speaks up against female genital mutilation.
Director: Sherry Hormann | Stars: Soraya Omar-Scego, Idriss Abdillahi Houfaneh, Awa Saïd Darar, Roun Daher Aïnan
Votes: 14,224 | Gross: $0.04M
68. OSS 117: From Africa with Love (2021)
117 min | Action, Comedy
The third entry in secret agent OSS 117's parodic spy adventures.
Director: Nicolas Bedos | Stars: Jean Dujardin, Pierre Niney, Fatou N'Diaye, Natacha Lindinger
Votes: 5,887
69. Outrage (2010)
R | 109 min | Action, Crime, Drama
The boss of a major crime syndicate orders his lieutenant to bring a rogue gang of drug traffickers in line, a job that gets passed on to his long-suffering subordinate.
Director: Takeshi Kitano | Stars: Takeshi Kitano, Kippei Shîna, Ryô Kase, Fumiyo Kohinata
Votes: 14,699
70. Meantime (1983 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 102 min | Comedy, Drama
When one brother gets a job from their wealthy aunt, the other becomes increasingly jealous.
Director: Mike Leigh | Stars: Marion Bailey, Tim Roth, Phil Daniels, Pam Ferris
Votes: 4,803
71. English Vinglish (2012)
Not Rated | 134 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
A quiet, sweet tempered housewife endures small slights from her well-educated husband and daughter every day because of her inability to speak and understand English.
Director: Gauri Shinde | Stars: Sridevi, Adil Hussain, Mehdi Nebbou, Priya Anand
Votes: 39,692 | Gross: $1.67M
72. Warm Water Under a Red Bridge (2001)
119 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
A down-and-out businessman travels to a seaside town, where he meets a woman with unusual sexual powers.
Director: Shôhei Imamura | Stars: Koji Yakusho, Misa Shimizu, Mitsuko Baishô, Mansaku Fuwa
Votes: 2,856 | Gross: $0.06M
73. Shaka Zulu (1986)
TV-MA | 55 min | Action, Biography, Drama
A historical account on the life of the Zulu King Shaka.
Stars: Edward Fox, Robert Powell, Trevor Howard, Fiona Fullerton
Votes: 3,395
74. Madly Madagascar (2013 Video)
G | 22 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
The characters from the animated Madagascar franchise, Alex, Melman, Marty and Gloria celebrate love in this Valentine special.
Director: David Soren | Stars: Ben Stiller, Chris Rock, David Schwimmer, Jada Pinkett Smith
Votes: 2,432
75. Burning Palms (2010)
R | 105 min | Comedy, Thriller
A subversive tale that interlaces five stories set in Los Angeles, where no taboo is left unexplored as each character careens toward a dark and often comic fate.
Director: Christopher Landon | Stars: Jamie Chung, Rosamund Pike, Dylan McDermott, Shannen Doherty
Votes: 3,085
76. Black Girl (1966)
Not Rated | 65 min | Drama
A black girl from Senegal becomes a servant in France.
Director: Ousmane Sembene | Stars: Mbissine Thérèse Diop, Anne-Marie Jelinek, Robert Fontaine, Momar Nar Sene
Votes: 6,066
77. Daughters of the Dust (1991)
TV-PG | 113 min | Drama, History, Romance
A languid, impressionistic story of three generations of Gullah women living on the South Carolina Sea Islands in 1902.
Director: Julie Dash | Stars: Cora Lee Day, Alva Rogers, Barbara O, Trula Hoosier
Votes: 3,307 | Gross: $1.64M
78. Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt (2010–2011)
TV-MA | 23 min | Animation, Action, Comedy
Two Angels, Panty and Stocking, are kicked out of Heaven for bad behaviour and sent Ghost hunting by Garterbelt, a Priest of Daten City.
Stars: Jamie Marchi, Arisa Ogasawara, Mariya Ise, Kôji Ishii
Votes: 2,957
79. Shaitan (2011)
Not Rated | 121 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Five substance-abusing friends decide to fake a kidnapping in order to bribe a police constable for covering-up a hit-and-run accident.
Director: Bejoy Nambiar | Stars: Kalki Koechlin, Shiv Panditt, Gulshan Devaiah, Rajeev Khandelwal
Votes: 8,955
80. The Last Samurai (1990)
R | 90 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Following the trail of a samurai ancestor, two Japanese businessmen on a quest for spiritual fulfillment arrive in Africa with a group of tourists, only to get kidnapped by the local guerrilla leader. A tough mercenary must rescue them.
Director: Paul Mayersberg | Stars: John Fujioka, Lance Henriksen, Arabella Holzbog, James Ryan
Votes: 312
81. Kaminey (2009)
Not Rated | 130 min | Action, Crime, Drama
The desperate lives of two estranged twin brothers converge over missing drugs, politics, racial prejudice, corrupt cops and an unplanned pregnancy.
Director: Vishal Bhardwaj | Stars: Shahid Kapoor, Priyanka Chopra Jonas, Deb Mukherjee, Shivkumar Subramaniam
Votes: 18,165 | Gross: $1.29M
82. Vixen: The Movie (2017 Video)
Not Rated | 75 min | Animation, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Mari McCabe, an orphan who inherited her family Anansi totem, which allows her to have the speed and strength of any animal, must protect her totem, and 4 other elemental totems just like it, from her sister and others who try to take them
Directors: Curt Geda, James Tucker | Stars: Megalyn Echikunwoke, Stephen Amell, Katie Cassidy, Franz Drameh
Votes: 2,008
83. Caligula et Messaline (1981)
109 min | Action, Biography, Drama
Seductive Messalina will stop at nothing to become the most powerful woman in Rome.
Directors: Bruno Mattei, Antonio Passalia | Stars: Vladimir Brajovic, Betty Roland, Françoise Blanchard, Raul Cabrera
Votes: 731
84. Kirikou and the Sorceress (1998)
TV-PG | 71 min | Animation, Adventure, Family
Kirikou, an unusual little boy, must search the wisdom of the forbidden mountain in order to save his village from a spell cast by the evil sorceress Karaba
Directors: Michel Ocelot, Raymond Burlet | Stars: Doudou Gueye Thiaw, Maimouna N'Diaye, Awa Sene Sarr, Robert Liensol
Votes: 10,843 | Gross: $0.06M
85. Theeb (2014)
Not Rated | 100 min | Adventure, Drama, Thriller
In the Ottoman province of Hijaz during World War I, a young Bedouin boy experiences a greatly hastened coming-of-age as he embarks on a perilous desert journey to guide a British officer to his secret destination.
Director: Naji Abu Nowar | Stars: Jacir Eid Al-Hwietat, Hussein Salameh Al-Sweilhiyeen, Hassan Mutlag Al-Maraiyeh, Jack Fox
Votes: 11,536 | Gross: $0.28M
86. Kizazi Moto: Generation Fire (2023– )
TV-Y7 | 10 min | Animation, Short, Action
This action-packed animated sci-fi anthology presents ten futuristic visions from Africa imagining brave new worlds of advanced technology, aliens, spirits, and monsters.
Stars: Khanyiswa Joyi, Lelethu Zulu, Lungulethu Menzi, Nomsa Winnie Koro
Votes: 572
87. The Quest (1976)
TV-PG | 60 min | Drama, Western
Two brothers and a sister separated by Indians when the younger brother and sister were taken by them. The brothers finally reunite and decide to go on a quest to find their sister.
Stars: Kurt Russell, Tim Matheson, Frank Salsedo, Dan O'Herlihy
Votes: 295
88. Wolf Warrior 2 (2017)
Not Rated | 123 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
China's deadliest special forces operative settles into a quiet life on the sea. When sadistic mercenaries begin targeting nearby civilians, he must leave his newfound peace behind and return to his duties as a soldier and protector.
Director: Jing Wu | Stars: Jing Wu, Frank Grillo, Celina Jade, Gang Wu
Votes: 8,961 | Gross: $2.72M
89. The Plague of the Zombies (1966)
Approved | 90 min | Horror
During a mysterious epidemic in a small Cornish village, the local doctor summons his professor friend for help.
Director: John Gilling | Stars: André Morell, Diane Clare, Brook Williams, Jacqueline Pearce
Votes: 5,673
90. Danger Zone (1996)
R | 92 min | Action, Drama
American mining engineer gets involved in civil war and international conspiracy in an African country.
Director: Allan Eastman | Stars: Billy Zane, Robert Downey Jr., Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, Lisa Collins
Votes: 971
91. Black Snake (1973)
R | 82 min | Thriller
Story of a slave revolt on a 19th-century Caribbean island.
Director: Russ Meyer | Stars: Anouska Hempel, David Warbeck, Percy Herbert, Thomas Baptiste
Votes: 686
92. Popular Music (2004)
105 min | Comedy, Drama
Two boys grow up together in the town of Pajala during the 1960s. United by rock'n'roll music.
Director: Reza Bagher | Stars: Max Enderfors, Andreas af Enehielm, Jarmo Mäkinen, Kati Outinen
Votes: 5,621
93. Travels with My Aunt (1972)
PG | 108 min | Adventure, Comedy
At his mother's funeral, banker Henry meets his Aunt Augusta, an eccentric old woman who takes him on a wild adventure to rescue an old lover.
Director: George Cukor | Stars: Maggie Smith, Alec McCowen, Louis Gossett Jr., Robert Stephens
Votes: 2,576 | Gross: $0.53M
94. Daens (1992)
138 min | Biography, Drama, History
In the 1890s, Father Adolf Daens goes to Aalst, a textile town where child labor is rife, pay and working conditions are horrible, the poor have no vote, and the Catholic church backs the ... See full summary »
Director: Stijn Coninx | Stars: Jan Decleir, Gérard Desarthe, Antje de Boeck, Michael Pas
Votes: 4,403
95. Children of the Damned (1964)
Approved | 89 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
Six impossibly intelligent children from all over the world with dangerous psychic powers hide in a church in England after the military tries to experiment on them. Besieged, they warn the military to back off before carnage ensues.
Director: Anton Leader | Stars: Ian Hendry, Alan Badel, Barbara Ferris, Alfred Burke
Votes: 5,030 | Gross: $1.00M
96. Savage Beauty (2022– )
TV-MA | 45 min | Drama
Seeking revenge for her tragic past, a mysterious woman embeds herself in a powerful family who possess a global beauty empire - and dark secrets.
Stars: Rosemary Zimu, Dumisani Mbebe, Nthati Moshesh, Jesse Suntele
Votes: 534
97. Night of the Kings (2020)
R | 93 min | Drama, Fantasy
A young man is sent to "La Maca", a prison of Ivory Coast in the middle of the forest ruled by its prisoners. With the red moon rising, he is designated by the Boss to be the new "Roman" and must tell a story to the other prisoners.
Director: Philippe Lacôte | Stars: Bakary Koné, Steve Tientcheu, Jean Cyrille Digbeu, Rasmané Ouédraogo
Votes: 2,874
98. High on the Hog: How African American Cuisine Transformed America (2021–2023)
TV-14 | 210 min | Documentary, History
Black food is American food. Chef and writer Stephen Satterfield traces the delicious, moving throughlines from Africa to Texas in this docuseries.
Stars: Stephen Satterfield, Jessica B. Harris, Adrian Miller, Larry Callies
Votes: 936
99. Cheetah (1989)
G | 83 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
A "born free" type story set in Kenya about an orphaned cheetah cub that is adopted and raised by an American family.
Director: Jeff Blyth | Stars: Keith Coogan, Lucy Deakins, Colin Mothupi, Timothy Landfield
Votes: 1,192 | Gross: $8.15M
100. Call Me Bwana (1963)
Not Rated | 93 min | Comedy
A returning moon capsule with vital information goes off-course and lands in Africa, where the little-known Ekele tribesmen find it. Washington orders African expert, Matthew Merriwether - ... See full summary »
Director: Gordon Douglas | Stars: Bob Hope, Anita Ekberg, Edie Adams, Lionel Jeffries
Votes: 882