Movies and TV shows set in africa

The list contains the best, new and most relevant movies set in africa ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out serious, realistic, captivating, disturbing, touching and thought provoking films and TV shows about / with african, society, murder, death, colonialism, jungle, interracial relations, husband wife relationship, family relations and survival plots mostly in Drama, Adventure and War genres shot in USA, UK, Germany and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as africa: Beasts of No Nation (2015), I Dreamed of Africa (2000), A Far Off Place (1993), Chocolate (1988), Blood Diamond (2006), The Constant Gardener (2005), Adanggaman (2000), The Gods Must Be Crazy (1980), Endangered Species (2021), Sheena (1984).

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Beasts of No Nation (2015)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 137 min.
Story: A drama based on the experiences of Agu, a child soldier fighting in the civil war of an unnamed African country. Follows the journey of a young boy, Agu, who is forced to join a group of soldiers in a fictional West African country. While Agu fears ...
Style: disturbing, political, bleak, harsh, dramatic ...
Audience: adult
Plot: war, civil war, child soldier, life is a bitch, children in wartime, adaptation, violence, justice, military, moral ambiguity, violent, culture clash ...
Time: year 2015, 90s, 20th century, 2010s, 21st century
Place: africa, west africa
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I Dreamed of Africa (2000)
Genre: Adventure, Biography, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story: Inspired by the true story of indomitable Kuki Gallmann, the film tells of a beautiful and inquisitive woman who had the courage to escape from her comfortable yet monotonous life in Italy to start anew in the African wilderness with her son, ...
Style: serious, touching, sentimental, realistic, scenic ...
Audience: girls' night
Plot: husband wife relationship, fighting the system, pregnancy, family problems, family relations, rebellion, animal life, society, parents and children, jungle, poacher, car accident ...
Place: africa, south africa, kenya, italy
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A Far Off Place (1993)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family, Romance
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Thrown together under incredible circumstances, two strangers must discover courage and strength when they begin a journey across the treacherous African desert! Equipped only with their wits and the expertise of a native bushman who befriends them, ...
Style: scenic, touching, exciting, inspirational, atmospheric ...
Audience: family outing, teens, adult
Plot: desert, survival, friendship, poacher, youth, rescue, adventurer, jungle, on the run, gang, teenage life, love story ...
Time: 90s, year 1993
Place: africa
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 7.3
 4K
Chocolate (1988)
Genre: Drama
Country: France, West Germany, Cameroon
Duration: 105 min.
Story: A young French woman returns to the vast silence of West Africa to contemplate her childhood days in a colonial outpost in Cameroon. Her strongest memories are of the family's houseboy, Protee - a man of great nobility, intelligence and beauty ...
Style: touching, contemplative, realistic, serious, psychological ...
Plot: racism, colonialism, coming of age, youth, imperialism, culture clash, interracial relations, farm, woman, animal abuse, summer, priest ...
Time: 1950s, year 1988, 20th century, 80s
Place: africa
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 8.0
 583K
Blood Diamond (2006)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany, UK
Duration: 143 min.
Story: An ex-mercenary turned smuggler. A Mende fisherman. Amid the explosive civil war overtaking 1999 Sierra Leone, these men join for two desperate missions: recovering a rare pink diamond of immense value and rescuing the fisherman's son ...
Style: serious, captivating, thought provoking, harsh, emotional ...
Audience: adult
Plot: greed, treasure hunt, mercenary, gem, civil war, escapades, smuggling, journalism, mining, brutality, slavery, revolution ...
Time: 90s, year 2006, year 2003, 20th century, year 1999 ...
Place: africa, sierra leone, south africa, zimbabwe, angola ...
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The Constant Gardener (2005)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: UK, Germany, Kenya, France, USA, Switzerland
Duration: 129 min.
Story: Justin Quayle is a low-level British diplomat who has always gone about his work very quietly, not causing any problems. But after his radical wife Tessa is killed he becomes determined to find out why, thrusting himself into the middle of a very ...
Style: political thriller, suspenseful, tense, political, suspense ...
Plot: conspiracy, spy, investigation, corruption, murder, cover up, death, aids, politics, marriage, idealism, politician ...
Time: 2000s, year 2005, 21st century
Place: africa, sudan, germany, kenya, south africa ...
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 6.9
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Adanggaman (2000)
Genre: Drama
Country: France, Switzerland, Côte d'Ivoire, Burkina Faso, Italy
Duration: 90 min.
Story: In West Africa during the late 17th century, King Adanggaman leads a war against his neighboring tribes, ordering his soldiers to torch enemy villages, kill the elderly and capture the healthy tribesmen to sell to the European slave traders. When ...
Style: disturbing, suspenseful, serious, contemplative, realistic ...
Plot: slave trade, heroes, social differences, state affairs, injustice, politics, society, heroic mission, slavery, mother son relationship, african, blaxploitation ...
Time: 17th century
Place: africa, europe, france, west africa
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The Gods Must Be Crazy (1980)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy
Country: South Africa, Botswana
Duration: 109 min.
Story: Misery is brought to a small group of Sho in the Kalahari desert in the form of a cola bottle. In his quest to throw the evil object over the edge of the earth, Xixo encounters Western "civilization," a haphazard doctor and a tyranical ...
Style: funny, light, humorous, feel good, cult classic ...
Audience: teens, kids, family outing
Plot: desert, culture clash, tribe, wilderness, philosophy, on the road, rivalry, danger, heartwarming, african, road trip, animal ...
Time: year 1980, 80s, 20th century, 70s
Place: africa, south africa, cape town south africa
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Endangered Species (2021)
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: Kenya, USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story: Jack Halsey takes his wife, their adult kids, and a friend for a dream vacation in Kenya. But as they venture off alone into a wilderness park, their safari van is flipped over by an angry rhino, leaving them injured and desperate. Then, as two of ...
Style: tense, suspense, captivating, psychological
Plot: dangerous animal, animal attack, wild animal, vacation, stupidity, animal, monster, wildlife, safari, wilderness, struggle for survival, survival ...
Place: africa, kenya
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 4.9
 6K
Sheena (1984)
Genre: Adventure, Fantasy
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story: Sheena's white parents are killed while on Safari. She is raised by the mystical witch woman of an African tribe. When her foster mother is framed for the murder of a political leader, Sheena and a newsman, Vic Casey are forced to flee while ...
Style: sexy, anamorphic, cult classic, sex comedy, epic ...
Audience: kids, boys' night
Plot: jungle girl, jungle, jungle adventure, comic book, bow and arrow, barbarian, superheroine, chase, assassination, nudity, female nudity, female hero ...
Place: africa
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The Last King of Scotland (2006)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Thriller
Country: UK, Germany
Duration: 123 min.
Story: Young Scottish doctor, Nicholas Garrigan decides it's time for an adventure after he finishes his formal education, so he decides to try his luck in Uganda, and arrives during the downfall of President Obote. General Idi Amin comes to power and ...
Style: political, factual, suspense, harsh, psychological ...
Plot: dictatorship, dictator, doctor, politics, polygamy, genocide, atrocity, corruption, biopic, medical, attempted murder, against humanity ...
Time: 70s, 20th century, year 2006
Place: africa, uganda, scotland, united kingdom, south africa
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Nowhere in Africa (2001)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Germany
Duration: 141 min.
Story: A Jewish woman named Jettel Redlich flees Nazi Germany with her daughter Regina, to join her husband, Walter, on a farm in Kenya. At first, Jettel refuses to adjust to her new circumstances, bringing with her a set of china dishes and an evening ...
Style: sincere, touching, emotional, thought provoking, captivating ...
Plot: world war two, friendship, childhood, holocaust, exile, farm, culture clash, immigrant, family relations, wartime life, anti semitism, understanding ...
Time: 1930s, year 2002, 20th century, 1940s
Place: kenya, africa, germany, south africa, east africa ...
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 6.4
 29K
Beyond Borders (2003)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Romance, War
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 127 min.
Story: Beyond Borders is an epic tale of the turbulent romance between two star-crossed lovers set against the backdrop of the world's most dangerous hot spots. Academy Award winner Angelina Jolie stars as Sarah Jordan, an American living in London in ...
Style: touching, emotional, romantic, captivating, sincere ...
Audience: date night
Plot: charity, unfaithful wife, un, war, abroad, love, brutality, corruption, survival, starvation, surgery, life & death ...
Time: 80s, year 2003, 90s, year 1988, year 1989 ...
Place: africa, cambodia, london, england, europe ...
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The White Massai (2005)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Germany
Duration: 131 min.
Story: A girl, Carola, whose vacation in Kenya takes an interesting turn when she becomes infatuated with a Masai. Carola decides to leave her boyfriend to stay with her lover. There, she has to adapt to the Masai's way of life and get used to their ...
Style: captivating, emotional, realistic, serious, sad ...
Plot: interracial relations, couples, interracial sex, interracial marriage, culture clash, fall in love, love and romance, village life, black man white woman relationship, relationships, love story, cultural difference ...
Time: 21st century
Place: africa, kenya, switzerland
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 4.7
 9K
Prey (2007)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: South Africa
Duration: 92 min.
Story: An American family on holiday in Africa becomes lost in a game reserve and stalked by lions.
Style: serious, suspenseful, scary, tense, natural horror ...
Plot: animal attack, wilderness, nature, survival horror, survival, stalking, dangerous animal, danger, family life, escapades, poaching, creature ...
Time: jurassic
Place: africa, south africa, johannesburg south africa
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 8.1
 370K
Hotel Rwanda (2004)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: UK, South Africa, Italy, USA
Duration: 121 min.
Story: Inspired by true events, this film takes place in Rwanda in the 1990s when more than a million Tutsis were killed in a genocide that went mostly unnoticed by the rest of the world. Hotel owner Paul Rusesabagina houses over a thousand refuges in his ...
Style: emotional, intense, informative, rough, political ...
Audience: chick flick
Plot: genocide, racism, war, hotel, against humanity, cruelty, civil war, refugee, politics, war crime, murder, un ...
Time: 20th century, year 2004, 90s, 2000s
Place: rwanda, africa, south africa, congo, somalia ...
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The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind (2019)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: UK, Malawi
Duration: 113 min.
Story: Against all the odds, a thirteen year old boy in Malawi invents an unconventional way to save his family and village from famine.
Style: motivational, rough, inspirational, disturbing, factual ...
Audience: family outing, family friendly, date night, teens
Plot: farming, hunger, childhood, teenage boy, teacher, school, bicycle, chief, school expulsion, desperation, hopes, life is a bitch ...
Time: year 2019, 2010s
Place: africa
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The Ghost and the Darkness (1996)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 110 min.
Story: Sir Robert Beaumont is behind schedule on a railroad in Africa. Enlisting noted engineer John Henry Patterson to right the ship, Beaumont expects results. Everything seems great until the crew discovers the mutilated corpse of the project's ...
Style: exciting, suspense, suspenseful, tense, scenic ...
Plot: survival, jungle, animal attack, dangerous animal, colonialism, adventurer, lion, danger, hunting, obsessive quest, heroes, creature feature ...
Time: 19th century, 1800s, ancient times, 90s, 1890s
Place: africa, kenya, south africa, london
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 4K
Moolaadé (2003)
Genre: Drama
Country: Senegal, Burkina Faso, Morocco, Tunisia, Cameroon, France
Duration: 124 min.
Story: When a woman shelters a group of girls from suffering female genital mutilation, she starts a conflict that tears her village apart.
Style: disturbing, sincere, thought provoking, touching, political ...
Plot: rebellion, sexism, childhood, mutilation, torture, child abuse, culture clash, tradition, fighting the system, african, life is a bitch, society ...
Time: year 2004, 2000s, 21st century
Place: africa
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 6.9
 72K
The Woman King (2022)
Genre: Action, Drama, History
Country: USA, South Africa, Ireland
Duration: 135 min.
Story: The story of the Agojie, the all-female unit of warriors who protected the African Kingdom of Dahomey in the 1800s with skills and a fierceness unlike anything the world has ever seen, and General Nanisca as she trains the next generation of ...
Style: dramatic, harsh, tense, captivating, exciting ...
Audience: adult
Plot: female warrior, fight, slave trade, military training, female soldier, female protagonist, queen, warrior, kingdom, military, soldier, battles ...
Time: 19th century, 18th century, 2020s, victorian era, 1800s ...
Place: africa, west africa, atlantic ocean
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 7.6
 12K
Shooting Dogs (2005)
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: UK, Germany
Duration: 115 min.
Story: Two westerners, a priest and a teacher find themselves in the middle of the Rwandan genocide and face a moral dilemna. Do they place themselves in danger and protect the refugees, or escape the country with their lives? Based on a true story.
Style: disturbing, bleak, sad, emotional, sincere ...
Plot: genocide, politics, violence, survival, rwandan genocide, survivor, priest, teacher, against the odds, fighting the system, moral dilemma, human spirit ...
Time: year 2005, 90s, year 1994
Place: africa, rwanda, united kingdom
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 7.0
 796
Sankofa (1993)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA, Ghana, Burkina Faso, UK, Germany, Ethiopia
Duration: 125 min.
Story: A self-absorbed Black American fashion model on a photo shoot in Africa is spiritually transported back to a plantation in the West Indies where she experiences first-hand the physical and psychic horrors of chattel slavery, and eventually the ...
Style: inspirational, independent film, thought provoking, captivating, realistic ...
Plot: slavery, black, african, afrofuturism, racism, sex crime, blaxploitation, racial issues, fashion, murder, interracial relations, sexual abuse ...
Time: 90s
Place: africa, west indies
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White Material (2009)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: France, Cameroon
Duration: 106 min.
Story: Maria is a White farmer who runs a failing coffee plantation in an unnamed African country in the present day. Civil war has broken out and rebel soldiers, many of them child soldiers, are advancing on the area. Rebels on the radio advocate attacks ...
Style: serious, disturbing, realistic, emotional, rough ...
Plot: coffee, family relations, civil war, chaos, political unrest, family business, family in danger, state affairs, danger, single parent, colonialism, african ...
Time: 90s, year 2009, 2000s
Place: africa
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 7.1
 86K
Out of Africa (1985)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 161 min.
Story: Out of Africa tells the story of the life of Danish author Karen Blixen, who at the beginning of the 20th century moved to Africa to build a new life for herself. The film is based on the autobiographical novel by Karen Blixen from 1937.
Style: touching, emotional, realistic, period piece, romantic ...
Audience: chick flick, date night
Plot: love story, colonialism, infidelity, writers, love and romance, love, mentor, unlikely friendships, adaptation, love affair, fall in love, destructive relationship ...
Time: 1910s, 1920s, 20th century, victorian era, year 1985 ...
Place: africa, kenya, south africa, denmark
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The Sheltering Sky (1990)
Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: UK, Italy
Duration: 138 min.
Story: An American couple (John Malkovich, Debra Winger) drift toward emptiness in postwar North Africa.
Style: road movie, scenic, visually appealing, surreal, erotic ...
Plot: desert, sahara desert, travel, infidelity, on the road, traveler, husband wife relationship, existentialism, beautiful scenery, sex scene, heat wave, art history ...
Time: 1940s, 80s
Place: africa, morocco, north africa, new york
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Sometimes in April (2005)
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: France, Rwanda, USA
Duration: 140 min.
Story: Debra Winger, Oris Erhuero and Idris Elba star in this drama framed by the Rwandan genocide.
Style: rough, realistic, serious, bleak, sad ...
Plot: genocide, massacre, against humanity, murder, civil war, racism, rwandan genocide, mass murder, coup, battles, politics, political unrest ...
Time: year 2005, year 1994, 90s
Place: africa, rwanda, washington d.c.
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 7.0
 10K
Paradise: Love (2012)
Genre: Drama
Country: Austria, Germany, France
Duration: 120 min.
Story: On the beaches of Kenya they're known as "Sugar Mamas" -- European women who seek out African boys selling love to earn a living. Teresa, a 50-year-old Austrian and mother of a daughter entering puberty, travels to this vacation ...
Style: thought provoking, serious, realistic, sincere, disturbing ...
Plot: tourist, beach, older woman younger man relationship, interracial relations, male prostitute, strong sexual content, male pubic hair, resort, black man white woman relationship, looking for sex, lifestyle, class differences ...
Time: 21st century
Place: africa, kenya, germany
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Mary and Martha (2013)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Wealthy American housewife Mary Morgan takes her bullied son George out of school for home education,including a trip to Southern Africa. Whilst in Mozambique George is bitten by a mosquito which crawls through a hole in his net and dies of malaria. ...
Style: touching, emotional, realistic, serious, uplifting ...
Audience: family friendly
Plot: malaria, death of child, hospital, dealing with death, redemption, human spirit, hopes, illness, volunteer, political activism, parent child relationship, coming of age ...
Time: 21st century
Place: africa, usa, washington d.c.
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Black and White in Color (1976)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, War
Country: Côte d'Ivoire, France, West Germany, Switzerland
Duration: 90 min.
Story: French colonists in Africa, several months behind in the news, find themselves at war with their German neighbors. Deciding that they must do their proper duty and fight the Germans, they promptly conscript the local native population. Issuing them ...
Style: biting, cynical, realistic, semi serious, witty ...
Plot: world war one, colonialism, great war, war, imperialism, african, world war, blaxploitation, satire, soldier, military, french colonialism ...
Time: year 1976, 20th century, 1910s, year 1914, year 1915
Place: africa
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The Last Face (2016)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Romance, War
Country: USA
Duration: 130 min.
Story: Miguel, a heroic Spanish doctor, puts himself in harm's way to deliver medical treatment to the victims of military uprisings in Africa.
Style: intense, emotional, serious, suspense, non-linear
Plot: doctor, female nudity, love, riot, shooting, life is a bitch, social problems, volunteer, women, world war, civil war, medical profession ...
Time: year 2014, year 2003, year 1982
Place: africa, south africa, sierra leone, cape town south africa, geneva switzerland ...
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