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Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes (1984)
Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 143 min.
Story: A shipping disaster in the 19th Century has stranded a man and woman in the wilds of Africa. The lady is pregnant, and gives birth to a son in their tree house. Soon after, a family of apes stumble across the house and in the ensuing panic, both ...
Style: touching, harsh, serious, stylized, costume drama ...
Plot: tarzan, jungle, culture clash, adventurer, stranded, monkey, orphan, feral man, adoption, justice, ape, rescue ...
Time: 19th century, victorian era, 20th century, 1880s, 1910s
Place: africa, england, scotland, london, united kingdom ...
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Coup de torchon (1981)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 128 min.
Story: In 1938 in the french West Africa, Lucien Cordier is a weak and corrupted policeman despised by the local bad boys. His wife is openly cheating on him and he hasn't got any self-respect anymore. But when comes the occasion, his revenge will be ...
Style: humorous, offbeat, dark comedy, black comedy, neo noir ...
Plot: murder, serial killer, infidelity, adultery, lust, colonialism, unhappy marriage, voyeur, pimp, extramarital affair, female nudity, woman in jeopardy ...
Time: pre world war two, year 1938, 1930s, 20th century, year 1981
Place: africa, france, senegal, west africa
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Shake Hands with the Devil (2007)
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Canada
Duration: 112 min.
Story: Canadian Lt. General Romeo Dallaire was the military commander of the UN mission in Rwanda and this movie is personal and, all too true, story of his time there during the genocide of 1994. It is not quite as moving as the earlier Hotel Rwanda and ...
Style: disturbing, serious, bleak, rough, realistic ...
Plot: genocide, politics, rwandan genocide, betrayal, chaos, civil war, dishonesty, military, righting the wronged, anti war, against humanity, moral dilemma ...
Time: 90s
Place: africa, rwanda, ireland
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A United Kingdom (2016)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Romance
Country: Czech Republic, UK, France, USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story: The inspiring true story of Seretse Khama, the King of Bechuanaland (modern Botswana), and Ruth Williams, the London office worker he married in 1948 in the face of fierce opposition from their families and the British and South African governments. ...
Style: romantic drama, disturbing, thought provoking, sincere, captivating ...
Audience: chick flick
Plot: interracial marriage, forbidden love, racism, interracial romance, politics, royal family, equality, marriage, freedom, justice, reporter, democracy ...
Time: 1940s, 1950s, year 2016, year 1947
Place: africa, south africa, indiana, england, britain ...
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Viva Riva! (2010)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 98 min.
Story: Riva is an operator, a man with charm and ambition in equal measure. Kinshasa is an inviting place. With petrol in short supply in DRC's capital, he and his sidekick pursue a plot to get hold of a secret cache - barrels of fuel they can sell ...
Style: tense, serious, captivating, psychological, suspense ...
Plot: rivalry, danger, treasure hunt, gangster, tough heroes, life is a bitch, ambition, murder, money, conspiracy, couples, sex scene ...
Time: 21st century
Place: africa
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Gorillas in the Mist (1988)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 129 min.
Story: The story of Dian Fossey, a scientist who came to Africa to study the vanishing mountain gorillas, and later fought to protect them.
Style: inspirational, sincere, touching, captivating, sensitive ...
Audience: kids
Plot: jungle, gorilla, environmental, animal, biopic, extinction, environmentalism, human spirit, nature, hunting, environment, life & death ...
Time: 20th century, 60s, year 1966
Place: africa, south africa, congo, rwanda
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 5.4
 2K
Ashanti (1979)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Switzerland, USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story: Dr. Anansa Linderby is kidnapped in a medical mission in Africa by a slave trader. From this moment, her husband will do anything to recover her and to punish the bad guys, but that will be not an easy task.
Style: serious, realistic, tense, suspense, exciting ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: desert, missing person, village life, danger, village, rescue, race against time, rivalry, terrorism, intrigue, hostage, mercenary ...
Time: year 1979, 70s
Place: africa
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 7.9
 714K
District 9 (2009)
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: South Africa, USA, New Zealand, Canada
Duration: 112 min.
Story: Aliens land in South Africa and, with their ship totally disabled, have no way home. Years later, after living in a slum and wearing out their welcome the 'Non-Humans' are being moved to a new tent city overseen by Multi-National United ...
Style: mockumentary, serious, suspense, biting, futuristic ...
Audience: chick flick, manly, boys' night, adult
Plot: alien, alien invasion, extraterrestrial, distopia, space and aliens, alien encounter, apocalypse, transformation, mutation, metamorphosis, refugee, society ...
Time: year 2009, future, 2000s, year 2000, year 1982 ...
Place: africa, south africa, johannesburg south africa
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Mountains of the Moon (1990)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, History, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 136 min.
Story: The story of Captain Richard Francis Burton's and Lt. John Hanning Speke's expedition to find the source of the Nile river in the name of Queen Victoria's British Empire. The film tells the story of their meeting, their friendship ...
Style: captivating, atmospheric, serious, realistic, costume drama ...
Plot: wilderness, expedition, survival, british empire, betrayal, friendship, heroic mission, escapades, danger, gay, colonialism, exploration ...
Time: 19th century, victorian era, ancient times, 1850s
Place: africa, south africa, london, cairo egypt, brazil ...
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 7.3
 14K
Good Work (1999)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: France
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Foreign Legion officer, Galoup, recalls his once glorious life, leading troops in the Gulf of Djibouti. His existence there was happy, strict and regimented, but the arrival of a promising young recruit, Sentain, plants the seeds of jealousy in ...
Style: surreal, harsh, realistic, touching, serious ...
Plot: foreign legion, military, military training, gay, soldier, french foreign legion, desert, obsession, transformation, lgbt, battles, discipline ...
Time: year 1999, 90s
Place: africa, france, south africa, east africa, salt lake city utah ...
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The Siege of Jadotville (2016)
Genre: Action, Drama, History, Thriller, War
Country: Ireland, South Africa
Duration: 108 min.
Story: Irish Commandant Pat Quinlan leads a stand off with troops against French and Belgian Mercenaries in the Congo during in the early 1960s.
Style: suspense, realistic, tense, factual, intense ...
Plot: civil war, conflict, military, courage, fight scenes, ethnic conflict, politics, betrayal, storytelling, propaganda, assassination, survival ...
Time: 60s, 20th century
Place: africa, congo, ireland, south africa
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Bamako (The Court) (2006)
Genre: Drama
Country: France, Mali, USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story: Melé is a bar singer, her husband Chaka is out of work and the couple is on the verge of breaking up... In the courtyard of the house they share with other families, a trial court has been set up. African civil society spokesmen have taken ...
Style: serious, realistic, touching, captivating, social ...
Plot: politics, fighting the system, social decay, injustice, society, young lovers, life is a bitch, dishonesty, legal investigation, legal, courtroom drama, unemployment ...
Place: africa, south africa
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My African Adventure (2013)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family
Country: Denmark
Duration: 77 min.
Story: This time our already familiar family moves to Africa in order to save endangered wildlife.
Style: humorous, realistic, not serious, captivating, entertaining
Audience: kids, preschool
Plot: family relations, animal, vacation, mischievous children, youth, rescue, escapades, siblings relations, wilderness, danger, disorder, animal rescue ...
Time: 21st century
Place: africa, denmark
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 7.0
 8K
War Witch (2012)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Somewhere in Sub-Saharan Africa, Komona a 14-year-old girl tells her unborn child growing inside her the story of her life since she has been at war. Everything started when she was abducted by the rebel army at the age of 12.
Style: disturbing, touching, serious, bleak, sad ...
Audience: teen drama
Plot: civil war, innocence lost, slavery, murder, battles, child soldier, teenager, life is a bitch, haunted by the past, wartime life, rebellion, african ...
Time: year 2012, 21st century
Place: africa
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 7.4
 19K
Queen of Katwe (2016)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story: A young girl overcomes her disadvantaged upbringing in the slums of Uganda to become a Chess master.
Style: inspirational, thought provoking, sincere, captivating, disturbing ...
Audience: teens, kids, family outing, family friendly
Plot: chess, poverty, child protagonist, widow, rise to the top, small town, biopic, mother daughter relationship, contests and competitions, team, african american, black history ...
Time: year 2016
Place: africa, uganda, indiana
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 6.8
 5K
Adu (2020)
Genre: Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 119 min.
Story: In a desperate attempt to reach Europe and crouched before an airstrip in Cameroon, a six-year-old boy and his older sister wait to sneak into the holds of an airplane. Not too far away, an environmental activist contemplates the terrible image of ...
Style: thought provoking, psychological, captivating, tear jerker
Plot: tribe, immigration, assassination, society, family problems, financial problem, money problems, dysfunctional family, social relations, tragic event, life is a bitch, family relations ...
Place: africa, spain, senegal
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Coming to America (1988)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story: Prince Akeem, heir to the throne of Zamunda, leaves the tropical paradise kingdom in search of his queen. What better place than Queens, New York, to find his bride? Joined by his loyal servant and friend, Semmi, Akeem attempts to blend in as an ...
Style: feel good, funny, humorous, entertaining, romantic comedy ...
Audience: chick flick, kids, date night, adult
Plot: fish out of water, comedy of errors, heir to the throne, love, african american, royalty, prince, wedding, fictional country, queen, winter, janitor ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: africa, new york, usa, america, madison square garden manhattan new york city ...
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The Bang Bang Club (2010)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Canada, South Africa
Duration: 106 min.
Story: In the early to mid '90s, when the South African system of apartheid was in its death throes, four photographers - Greg Marinovich, Kevin Carter, Ken Oosterbroek and João Silva - bonded by their friendship and a sense of purpose, worked ...
Style: serious, realistic, thought provoking, rough, independent film
Plot: photojournalist, photographer, journalism, media, photograph, photography, newspaper, life risking, society, political unrest, discrimination, social problems ...
Time: 20th century, 90s, year 1994
Place: africa, south africa
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Sarafina! (1992)
Genre: Drama, Musical
Country: South Africa, UK, France, USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story: The plot centers on students involved in the Soweto Riots, in opposition to the implementation of Afrikaans as the language of instruction in schools. The stage version presents a school uprising similar to the Soweto uprising on June 16, 1976. A ...
Style: realistic, retro, political, contemplative, uplifting ...
Plot: teacher, broadway, children, racism, high school, dedicated educator, dance, girl, black woman, coming of age, black, black cast ...
Time: year 1992, 90s
Place: africa, south africa
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Faith Like Potatoes (2006)
Genre: Drama
Country: South Africa
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Frank Rautenbach leads a strong cast as Angus Buchan, a Zambian farmer of Scottish heritage, who leaves his farm in the midst of political unrest and racially charged land reclaims and travels south with his family to start a better life in KwaZulu ...
Style: christian film, uplifting, sincere, serious, emotional ...
Audience: date night
Plot: farm, christian, faith, starting over, human spirit, political unrest, friendship, religions or cults, hopes, social differences, christianity, religious ...
Time: 20th century, 80s
Place: africa, south africa
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The Silent Army (2008)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 115 min.
Story: Eduard Zuiderwijk (Marco Borsato) runs a restaurant in Africa. When his wife (Ricky Koole) suddenly dies, he is left to take care of his son Thomas (Siebe Schoneveld) on his own. When his son's best friend Abu (Andrew Kintu) is abducted by a ...
Style: emotional, serious, sincere, rough, suspenseful ...
Plot: kidnapping, military, heroes, rebellion, danger, political unrest, escapades, obsessive quest, interracial friendship, child soldier, children in wartime, dutch history ...
Time: 21st century
Place: africa, south africa
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I Am Not a Witch (2017)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK, France, Germany, Zambia
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Following a banal incident in her local village in Africa, 8-year old Shula is accused of witchcraft.
Style: art house, cult classic
Plot: witch, superstition, forced labor, manipulative behavior, slavery, justice, little girl, freedom, feminist, african, black history, woman peeing ...
Time: year 2017
Place: africa
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A Screaming Man (2010)
Genre: Drama
Country: France, Belgium, Chad
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Present-day Chad. Adam, sixty something, a former swimming champion, is pool attendant at a smart N'Djamena hotel. When the hotel gets taken over by new Chinese owners, he is forced to give up his job to his son Abdel. Terribly resentful, he ...
Style: realistic, contemplative, serious, thought provoking, captivating ...
Plot: hotel, life is a bitch, political unrest, moral dilemma, military, anti war, ex athlete, parents and children, introspection, soldier, dishonesty, african ...
Time: 2000s, 21st century
Place: africa
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Aya of Yop City (2013)
Genre: Animation, Comedy, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 84 min.
Story: Love stories in Yopougon, a neighborhood of the Ivory Coast capital
Style: realistic, captivating, psychological, touching, adult animation ...
Plot: youth, society, working class, teenage life, marriage, love and romance, friendship, hopes, couples, multiple storylines, superhero, best friend ...
Time: 70s, 20th century
Place: africa
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 4.2
 10K
Rogue (2020)
Genre: Action, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, South Africa, UK
Duration: 105 min.
Story: Battle-hardened O’Hara leads a lively mercenary team of soldiers on a daring mission: rescue hostages from their captors in remote Africa. But as the mission goes awry and the team is stranded, O’Hara’s squad must face a bloody, brutal ...
Style: suspense, brutal, disturbing, bleak, perverse ...
Plot: animal attack, female warrior, african tribe, manhunt, soldier, kidnapping, poacher, marines, female mercenary, rescue, commando mission, hunting ...
Time: 2010s, 2020s
Place: africa, south africa
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 6.8
 14K
The Wild Geese (1978)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller, War
Country: Switzerland, UK
Duration: 134 min.
Story: A British multinational company seeks to overthrow a vicious dictator in central Africa. It hires a band of (largely aged) mercenaries in London and sends them in to save the virtuous but imprisoned opposition leader who is also critically ill and ...
Style: exciting, harsh, tense, serious, realistic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: military, mercenary, betrayal, battles, rescue, politics, political unrest, behind enemy lines, political corruption, against the odds, danger, heroes ...
Time: 20th century, year 1978, 70s
Place: africa, zimbabwe, south africa, england, london ...
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 7.2
 2K
Lumumba (2000)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: France, Belgium, Germany, Haiti
Duration: 115 min.
Story: The true story of the rise to power and brutal assassination of the formerly vilified and later redeemed leader of the independent Congo, Patrice Lumumba. Using newly discovered historical evidence, Haitian-born and later Congo-raised writer and ...
Style: political, realistic, serious, suspenseful, contemplative ...
Plot: imperialism, politics, assassination, intrigue, colonialism, capitalism, politician, greed, revolution, scapegoat, betrayal, political corruption ...
Time: 20th century, 60s, 1950s
Place: africa, congo, belgium, south africa, brussels belgium
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 6.9
 974
Dry Season (2006)
Genre: Drama
Country: Chad, France, Belgium, Austria
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Chad, 2006. After a forty-year civil war, the radio announces the government has just amnestied the war criminals. Outraged by the news, Gumar Abatcha orders his grandson Atim, a sixteen-year-old youth, to trace the man who killed his father and to ...
Style: realistic, atmospheric, captivating, bleak, islamic ...
Plot: revenge, murder of father, civil war, grandfather grandson relationship, apprentice, human nature, rivalry, african, murderer, boy, blaxploitation, violence ...
Time: 21st century
Place: africa
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 6.6
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Life Is Wild (2007)
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: USA, South Africa
Duration: 60 min.
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Story: The story of a dysfunctional blended family from New York who moves to a rural South African town and finds they must rely on each other more than they ever did back home.
Style: feel good, sentimental, realistic, serious, captivating
Audience: family outing
Plot: self discovery, fish out of water, family business, veterinarian, youth, parents and children, starting over, animal life, wilderness, family problems, teenage life, family life ...
Time: 21st century
Place: africa, south africa
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 7.1
 18K
Timbuktu (2014)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: France, Mauritania, Qatar
Duration: 96 min.
Story: A cattle herder and his family who reside in the dunes of Timbuktu find their quiet lives -- which are typically free of the Jihadists determined to control their faith -- abruptly disturbed. A look at the brief occupation of Timbuktu by militant ...
Style: disturbing, harsh, compassionate, emotional, intense ...
Audience: family friendly
Plot: desert, islam, culture clash, brutality, political unrest, legal, family in crisis, religions or cults, religious differences, life turned upside down, black, violence ...
Time: year 2014, 2010s, 21st century
Place: africa, south africa
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