In 1981, seven Libyan exiles formed the core opposition group to Colonel Muammar Gaddafi. Thirty years later, they are back to their country only to inherit the mess he left. The film is an intricate blend of rare first-hand accounts, propaganda archival material turned on its head, evocative cinematography and an untold history of a country.

Living Free

1972

English

6.0

♡ 3

51%

Action

Adventure

africa

based on memoir or autobiography

Jack Couffer Director

Edward Judd as Game Warden Weaver

Nigel Davenport as George Adamson

Susan Hampshire as Joy Adamson

Geoffrey Keen as Kendall

When Elsa's three mischievious cubs begin wreaking havok on the nearby villages, Joy and her husband are forced to move them hundreds of miles to a game preserve.

The Vampire's Ghost

1945

English

5.9

♡ 3

40%

Lesley Selander Director

Peg Stewart as Julie Vance

Adele Mara as Lisa

Martin Wilkins as Simon Peter

John Abbott as Webb Fallon

In a small African port, a tawdry bar is run by a old man named Webb Fallon. Fallon is actually a vampire, but he is becoming weary of his "life" of the past few hundred years.

House of Children

2020

English

7.2

♡ 4

Daniel Drema Director

A glimpse of life as seen through young people at a Zimbabwean children's home.

Namibia: The Spirit of Wilderness

2016

English

6.5

♡ 8

Alexander Sass Director

With more than 300 days a year, the sun dominates this country so much that it’s even shining from their flag. It’s a barren land, sometimes it’s like it’s from another planet but still familiar. It is land of contrasts and colours with wide landscapes and fascinating deserts. Influenced by various cultures during colonization and now reborn from the shadows of Apartheid in 1990, Namibia gives a beautiful collage of culture, language, art, music and food. Everyone who loves an adventure should travel to Namibia, the precious corner of our world full of incredible natural wonders. The experience of endless landscapes and an unparalleled blaze of colour make Namibia unforgettable. NAMIBIA – THE SPIRIT OF WILDERNESS invites you on a trip whose fascination will never let you go: From the Namib Desert over the breath-taking Fish River Canyon to the spectacular Etosha National Park where you will see wild elephants, antelopes, giraffes, zebras and lions.

Hector and the Search for Happiness

2014

English

6.9

♡ 58

38%

Peter Chelsom Director

Toni Collette as Agnes

Rosamund Pike as Clara

Vincent Gale as Clara's Boss

Jean Reno as Diego Baresco

Hector is a quirky psychiatrist who has become increasingly tired of his humdrum life. As he tells his girlfriend, Clara, he feels like a fraud: he hasn’t really tasted life, and yet he’s offering advice to patients who are just not getting any happier. So Hector decides to break out of his deluded and routine driven life. Armed with buckets of courage and child-like curiosity, he embarks on a global quest in hopes of uncovering the elusive secret formula for true happiness. And so begins a larger than life adventure with riotously funny results.

Zombies of Mora Tau

1957

English

5.2

12%

Edward L. Cahn Director

Frank Hagney as Capt. Peters

Gregg Palmer as Jeff Clark

Gene Roth as Sam

Chuck Hicks as Zombie

A fortune hunter leads a search for diamonds guarded by undead sailors off the coast of Africa.

Mamba

1930

English

5.8

♡ 2

Albert S. Rogell Director

Jean Hersholt as August Bolte

Francis McDonald as British Soldier

Noble Johnson as Hassim

Matthew 'Stymie' Beard as Native Boy

August Bolte, the richest man in a settlement in German East Africa in the period before World War I, is called "Mamba" by the locals, which is the name of a deadly snake. Despised by the locals and the European settlers alike for his greed and arrogance, Bolte forces the beautiful daughter of a destitute nobleman to marry him in exchange for saving her father from ruin. Upon her arrival in Africa, she falls in love with an officer in the local German garrison. When World War I breaks out, Bolte, unable to avoid being conscripted, foments a rebellion among the local natives.

Dazzling Mirage

2014

English

4.5

♡ 4

nollywood, nigerian cinema

romance

Tunde Kelani Director

Kunle Afolayan as Dotun

Toyin Oshinaike as Dr. Ayodele

Kemi Lala Akindoju as Funmiwo

Bimbo Manuel as Funmiwo's Dad

An adaptation of Yinka Egbokhare's novel. The story of a young sickle-cell patient and the various social and emotional challenges she's faced with.

The Naked Prey

1965

English

7.3

♡ 5

86%

Cornel Wilde Director

Ken Gampu as Leader of the Warriors

Cornel Wilde as Man

Richard Mashiya as Warrior

Horace Gilman as Warrior

A group of men are on safari. One of the party refuses to give a gift to a tribe they encounter. The tribe is offended, seizes the party, and one-by-one, kills all but one of the safari members in various creative and horrifying ways. The last surviving member is given "The Lion's Chance" by the tribal leader to be hunted down by a party of tribal warriors.

Submergence

2017

English

5.4

♡ 57

22%

31%

Action

africa

based on novel or book

Wim Wenders Director

Alicia Vikander as Danielle Flinders

James McAvoy as James More

Thibaut Evrard as René

Godehard Giese as Wolfgang

While James More is held captive by terrorists in Somalia, thousands of miles away on the Greenland Sea, his lover Danny Flinders prepares to dive herself in a submersible into the deep bottom of the ocean, tormented by the memories of their brief encounter in France and her inability to know his whereabouts.

The Snows of Kilimanjaro

1952

English

6.1

♡ 7

75%

Henry King Director

Ava Gardner as Cynthia Green

Gregory Peck as Harry Street

Martin Garralaga as Spanish Officer

John Roy as (uncredited)

Writer Harry Street reflects on his life as he lies dying from an infection while on safari in the shadow of Mount Kilimanjaro.

Gorillas in the Mist

1988

English

7.0

♡ 24

84%

Michael Apted Director

Iain Glen as Brendan

Sigourney Weaver as Dian Fossey

John Alexander as Mime artist

Peter Elliott as Mime artist

The story of Dian Fossey, a scientist who came to Africa to study the vanishing mountain gorillas, and later fought to protect them.

King Solomon's Mines

1985

English

5.2

♡ 26

8%

based on novel or book

J. Lee Thompson Director

Richard Chamberlain as Allan Quatermain

John Rhys-Davies as Dogati

Sharon Stone as Jesse Huston

Ken Gampu as Umbopo

Ever in search of adventure, explorer Allan Quatermain agrees to join the beautiful Jesse Huston on a mission to locate her archaeologist father, who has been abducted for his knowledge of the legendary mines of King Solomon. As the kidnappers, led by sinister German military officer Bockner, journey into the wilds of Africa, Allan and Jesse track the party and must contend with fierce natives and dangerous creatures, among other perils.

Congo Crossing

1956

English

5.5

♡ 4

Joseph Pevney Director

Kathryn Givney as Amelia Abbott

Michael Pate as Bart O'Connell

Peter Lorre as Colonel John Miguel Orlando Arragas

Tudor Owen as Emile Zorfus

Congotanga, West Africa, has no extradition laws; the government is controlled by foreign gangsters, headed by Carl Rittner. The latest plane from Europe carries lovely Louise Whitman, fleeing a French murder charge, and Mannering, who pays resident hit man O'Connell to kill her. Through a chain of circumstances Louise, O'Connell, and heroic surveyor David Carr end up alone in the jungle on Carr's mission to determine the true border of Congotanga... in which Rittner is keenly interested.

Juju Stories

2021

English

5.5

♡ 4

Abba Makama Director

Ebuka Mike Uzoma as Abiodun

Chisom Coco Ofor as Binta

Valerie Dish as Deborah

Mena Sodje as Eunice

Juju Stories tackles juju in contemporary Lagos through three stories. In Love Potion, by Omonua, an unmarried woman agrees to use juju to find herself an ideal mate. In Yam, by Makama, consequences arise when a street urchin picks up seemingly random money from the roadside. In Suffer the Witch, by Obasi, love and friendship turns into obsession, when a young college woman attracts her crush's interest.

Sambizanga

1972

Lingala

7.0

♡ 6

100%

Sarah Maldoror Director

Henriette Meya as Bebiana

Lopes Rodrigues as Mussunda

Ana Wilson as Narrator

Manuel Videira as PIDE agent

Domingos is a member of an African liberation movement, arrested by the Portuguese secret police, after bloody events in Angola. His wife goes from a prison station to another, trying in vain to find out where he is.

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Stolen Daughters: Kidnapped by Boko Haram

Against the Wild 2: Survive the Serengeti

Roar

The Colonel's Stray Dogs

Living Free

The Vampire's Ghost

House of Children

Namibia: The Spirit of Wilderness

Hector and the Search for Happiness

Zombies of Mora Tau

Mamba

Dazzling Mirage

The Naked Prey

Submergence

The Snows of Kilimanjaro

Gorillas in the Mist

King Solomon's Mines

Congo Crossing

Juju Stories

Sambizanga