Movies and TV shows set in congo
The list contains the best, new and most relevant movies set in congo ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out suspenseful, serious, suspense, realistic, tense and captivating films and TV shows about / with jungle, survival, soldier, violence, gun, betrayal, murder, politics, african and escapades plots mostly in Drama, Adventure and War genres shot in USA, UK, Belgium and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as congo: Heart of Darkness (1994), Congo (1995), Diamant (1997), Nature (2011), Operation Leopard (1980), The Legend of Tarzan (2016), The Last Adventure (1967), The Congo Murders (2018), The Siege of Jadotville (2016), Diamonds (2009).
Best films
New films
| Down River (2018) | 2.3 | |
| Sniper: Reloaded (2011) | 5.4 | |
| Kongo (1997) | 7.2 | |
| Diamant (1997) | 7.0 | |
| The Good Shepherd (2006) | 6.7 |
List of movies set in congo
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A trading company manager travels up an African river to find a missing outpost head and discovers the depth of evil in humanity's soul.
Style:
cult classic, serious, suspenseful
Plot:
survival, greed, insanity, manhunt, community, wilderness, ivory, boat, belgian history, narration, nature, psychopath ...
Time:
victorian era, 90s
Place:
congo, africa
Is relevant?
52K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Eight people embark on an expedition into the Congo, a mysterious expanse of unexplored Africa where human greed and the laws of nature have gone berserk. When the thrill-seekers -- some with ulterior motives -- stumble across a race of killer apes.
Style:
exciting, melancholic, serious, suspenseful, horror comedy ...
Audience:
boys' night, kids, teens
Plot:
jungle, adventurer, gorilla, animal attack, treasure hunt, survival, fight scenes, monkey, ape, creature feature, dangerous animal, danger ...
Time:
20th century, jurassic, future, 90s
Place:
congo, africa, tanzania, houston texas
Is relevant?
175
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: Belgium
TV show
Story:
In this filmed version of Flemish author Jef Gheeraerts' novel, Robert 'Robbe' Parain, an arrogant Antwerp police detective who operates at the limits of illegality and is in personal debt, tenaciously traces but also gets personally ...
Style:
detective, dark, crime thriller, noir, suspense ...
Plot:
corruption, organized crime, underworld, greed, anti hero, police procedural, smuggling, moral ambiguity, investigation, betrayal, violence, debt ...
Time:
90s
Place:
congo, antwerp, belgium, hong kong, brussels ...
Is relevant?
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Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Nature is an erotic suspense drama about a young couple on a quest to rediscover their sexual fervor. After a failed experiment with role-playing games, they decide to take a week long, sex centered camping trip deep into the woods. Gradually they ...
Style:
erotic, realistic, sexual, suspenseful, serious ...
Plot:
russian woman, sexual fantasy, sexual relations, violence, murder, sadism, loner, lake, blood, honey, woman on top, lust ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
oregon, portland oregon, congo, amsterdam, afghanistan ...
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, War
Country: France
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
In May 1978, the mining town of Kolwezi in Katanga, Zaire (now Democratic Republic of Congo, the former Belgian Congo) is under attack from a group of communist guerillas coming from nearby Angola. The Europeans who work for the Belgian mining ...
Plot:
parachutist, foreign legion, french soldier, french foreign legion, military, african, conservative, conflict, cold war era, combat, group, town ...
Place:
africa, congo
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: UK, Canada, USA, Australia
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Tarzan, having acclimated to life in London, is called back to his former home in the jungle to investigate the activities at a mining encampment.
Style:
visually stunning, scenic, exciting, fairy tale, period piece ...
Audience:
family friendly, manly, family outing, girls' night, teens
Plot:
jungle, tarzan, feral child, superhero, lone hero, slavery, animal attack, revenge, brutality, animal, colonialism, geopolitics ...
Time:
victorian era, 19th century, year 2016, 2010s, future ...
Place:
africa, congo, united kingdom, london, england ...
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Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Two adventurers and best friends, Roland and Manu, are the victims of a practical joke that costs Manu his pilot's license. With seeming contrition, the jokesters tell Roland and Manu about a crashed plane lying on the ocean floor off the coast ...
Style:
serious, realistic, atmospheric, suspenseful
Plot:
treasure hunt, treasure, ocean, airplane, buddy, pilot, friends, danger, escapades, friendship, woman in a bikini, artist ...
Time:
60s, year 1967
Place:
africa, france, congo, paris france, europe
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Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: Norway, Germany, Denmark, Sweden, South Africa
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
In the spring of 2009 two Norwegian adventurers, Joshua French and Tjostolv Moland, are accused of killing their hired chauffeur just before crossing into the eastern Congo. The following manhunt starts a political and diplomatic headache.
Plot:
prison, mercenary, friend, brotherhood, friends, murder, politics, manhunt, trial, motorcycle, son, friendship ...
Time:
2010s, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
africa, uganda, congo
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Genre: Action, Drama, 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, politics, conflict, courage, military, mercenary, fight scenes, ethnic conflict, propaganda, betrayal, assassination, stranded ...
Time:
60s, 20th century
Place:
africa, congo, ireland, south africa
Is relevant?
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA, South Africa, Canada, UK
Duration: 180 min.
Story:
Complex tale about small and big players in the African diamond business wrapped around a murder of US senator's daughter.
Style:
captivating, serious, suspenseful, suspense
Plot:
chess, investigation, campaign, senator, greed, intrigue, politics, murder, diamond, loss of daughter, interracial relations, model ...
Place:
africa, south africa, sierra leone, washington d.c., congo ...
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Genre: Drama, History
Country: Belgium
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story:
Guy Moeyaert is a well-meaning colonial official in a jungle district of the Belgian Congo in the last years of white colonial rule, after the Second World War, a paternalistic system where the state, unable to be properly present all over the vast, ...
Style:
historical drama, tense, intense, melancholic, period drama
Plot:
racial tension, independence movement, ethical dilemma, african, forbidden romance, jungle, adultery, slow burn, betrayal, jealousy, ambition, crisis ...
Time:
1950s
Place:
congo
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Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller, War
Country: South Africa, USA, Germany
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Brandon Beckett (Collins), the son of the previous Sniper film's star Thomas Beckett (Tom Berenger), takes up the mantle set by his father and goes on a mission of his own.
Style:
serious, realistic, rough, suspenseful, perverse ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
sniper, military, marines, terrorism, heroes, soldier, terrorist, behind enemy lines, terrorist plot, danger, vengeance, daring rescue ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
africa, congo
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Laura has spent years looking for her sister Sara who went missing in the depths of the jungle in the Congo. Neither the NGO she works for, nor the embassy, have news on her whereabouts until a photo appears of Sara in a mining town. Apparently, ...
Style:
realistic, suspenseful, tense, atmospheric, inspirational ...
Plot:
twists and turns, sister sister relationship, missing person, reporter, investigation, danger, revenge, uncover truth, friend, lawyer, businessman, female protagonist ...
Place:
africa, spain, congo
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Genre: Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
A thinly-disguised biography of African leader Patrice Lumumba, here called Lalubi. Lalubi, a Christ-like leader determined to save his people, by passive resistance, from the dictatorial regime propped up by European colonialists, is imprisoned and ...
Style:
political, grindhouse
Plot:
politics, mercenary, protest, conflict, crisis, african, blaxploitation, black, revenge, biopic, imprisonment, controversy ...
Time:
year 1960
Place:
congo, africa
Is relevant?
390K
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: USA, UK, South Africa, Italy
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, sincere, rough, political ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
genocide, racism, hotel, against humanity, war, violence, politics, cruelty, civil war, war crime, refugee, un ...
Time:
20th century, year 2004, 90s, 2000s
Place:
rwanda, africa, south africa, congo, somalia ...
Is relevant?
1K
Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: Germany, France, USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
A young man from the Congo in search of his brother attempts to cross Europe's borders. In Morocco, he teams up with a sharp-witted British runaway who pinched his stepfather's recreational vehicle in order to escape from a family holiday. ...
Style:
road movie, captivating, disturbing, melancholic
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
unlikely friendships, teenage boy, coming of age, motor home, journey, road trip, teenage life, escapades, teenager, border crossing, juvenile delinquency, travel ...
Time:
year 2019
Place:
morocco, europe, congo, france, north africa
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Genre: Drama
Country: Brazil
TV show
Story:
The story begins in 1789 in Congo, in Africa, where a tribe celebrates the marriage of Luena and Kamau. The natives, trapped and sold as slaves.
Style:
novela, historical drama, captivating, period piece, poignant ...
Plot:
slavery, colonialism, racial injustice, enslavement, slave trade, oppression, motherhood, abuse, plantation, romantic relationship, relationships, family relations ...
Time:
18th century
Place:
portugal, brazil, congo
Is relevant?
Genre: Adventure, War
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Africa, December 1916. Despite disobeying orders, Indy is promoted to Captain after capturing a German machine gun. He is then ordered to cross the jungle with Remy and Captain Boucher to pick up a shipment of weaponry. Along the way his Ubangan ...
Plot:
indiana jones, treasure hunt, archaeologist, lost treasure, great war, treasure hunter, archaeology, violence, pistol, machine gun, heroes, showdown ...
Place:
congo
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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, 50s
Place:
africa, congo, belgium, south africa, tokyo ...
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: UK
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
British mercenaries (Stanley Baker, Alex Cord) finish their Congo feud in Hong Kong, with a woman (Honor Blackman) caught in the middle.
Style:
action thriller, suspenseful, independent film
Plot:
mercenary, betrayal, revenge, cold war, dangerous mission, gunfight, loyalty, espionage, political intrigue, moral ambiguity, vigilante justice, crisis ...
Time:
70s
Place:
hong kong, congo, london
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller, War
Country: 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, tense, harsh, serious, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
military, mercenary, politics, rescue, battles, heroes, dishonesty, danger, against the odds, political unrest, political corruption, behind enemy lines ...
Time:
20th century, year 1978, 70s, 80s
Place:
africa, zimbabwe, south africa, london, england ...
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Genre: Family, Comedy
Country: Netherlands, Belgium
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
A young boy develops a passion for archeology and tries to unravel the truth about his ancestry.
Style:
semi serious, humorous
Audience:
pre-teens, family outing, kids
Plot:
youth, missing father, family relations, chaos and mayhem, parents and children, riddles and clues, small town life, curses spells and rituals, small town, obsessive quest, escapades, young heroes ...
Time:
90s, 1950s, 50s
Place:
congo, holland, brussels, belgium
Is relevant?
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: UK
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
Found footage of an expedition into the Congo jungle where a team of explorers stumbles upon a colony of Dinosaurs.
Style:
exciting, serious, suspenseful, natural horror, disgusting ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
dinosaur, cryptozoology, jungle, deadly creature, found footage, dangerous animal, lost world, adventurer, discovery, escapades, eaten alive, airplane crash ...
Time:
future, 21st century
Place:
congo, africa, somalia
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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:
sincere, touching, captivating, inspirational, bleak ...
Audience:
kids, girls' night
Plot:
animal, jungle, gorilla, environmental, forest, biopic, extinction, brutality, environmentalism, human spirit, nature, hunting ...
Time:
20th century, 60s, year 1966
Place:
africa, south africa, congo, rwanda
Is relevant?
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Belgium
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
All young Justin and his father want to do is sit down and enjoy watching a soccer game together. When this simple act sparks a chain of events leading to Justin running from the law, the boy must now embark on a thrilling adventure to reunite with ...
Style:
serious, realistic, disturbing, thought provoking, biting ...
Plot:
anarchist, father son relationship, introspection, moral dilemma, society, fighting the system, parents and children, teenage life, jail, soccer match, bomb, illegal alien ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
africa, europe, belgium, germany, congo ...
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Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: Mexico
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
A rooster and his fowl partner embark on a dangerous trip to the Congo to recover their stolen eggs from a group of Russian goons.
Style:
3d animation, feel good, light, entertaining, captivating ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
egg, rescue, anthropomorphic animal, rescue mission, satire, friendship, group of friends, friends, escapades, animal, meerkat, parrot ...
Place:
mexico, congo
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Thriller, War
Country: USA
Duration: 70 min.
Story:
Four soldiers trapped behind enemy lines must confront their fears and desires while finding a way back to their battalion.
Style:
suspense, tense, exciting, serious, period piece ...
Plot:
eye, al qaeda, bosnian war, behind enemy lines, 18 year old, fictional war, 20 year old, gas mask, isis, military, survival, murder ...
Time:
future, near future, 20th century, 21st century
Place:
vietnam, normandy, germany, congo, cambodia
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Genre: Adventure
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Period adventure tale about an expedition using a hot-air balloon to rescue an explorer lost in Africa.
Style:
independent film
Plot:
jungle, jungle adventure, stop motion, balloon, rescue, kidnapping, villain, cannon, cleopatra, safari, moon, canoe ...
Place:
africa, congo, nigeria
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Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Michael Hui plays the lovable "Mr. Coconut", who arrives in town from Hainan China where he lived with his coconuts. Here in the sophisticated urban jungles of Hong Kong. "Mr. Coconut" has finally reunited with his family, as he ...
Plot:
airplane crash, lecher, travel agency, deception, train, robbery, little girl, flashback, niece, swimming pool, family relations, loan ...
Place:
egypt, congo, hong kong
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
After the violent death of her Welsh rugby-loving doctor boyfriend in the country's civil war, a Malagasy nurse working at a child hospice in Congo makes a pilgrimage to Wales to sprinkle his ashes on the turf of the Millennium Stadium.
Style:
emotional, poignant, atmospheric, road movie, medical drama
Plot:
civil war, human trafficking, female protagonist, childhood trauma, motherhood, identity, resilience, hopes, social justice, courage, loss, empathy ...
Place:
wales, madagascar, south africa, zimbabwe, congo ...
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