A veteran sergeant of World War I leads a squad in World War II, always in the company of the survivor Pvt. Griff, the writer Pvt. Zab, the Sicilian Pvt. Vinci and Pvt. Johnson, in Vichy French Africa, Sicily, D-Day at Omaha Beach, Belgium and France, and ending in a concentration camp in Czechoslovakia where they face the true horror of war.

Out of Africa

1985

English

7.1

♡ 36

62%

Sydney Pollack Director

Michael Kitchen as Berkeley

Klaus Maria Brandauer as Bror

Robert Redford as Denys

Meryl Streep as Karen

Tells the life story 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 her 1937 autobiographical novel.

The Power of One

1992

English

7.1

♡ 23

35%

based on novel or book

John G. Avildsen Director

Armin Mueller-Stahl as Doc

Morgan Freeman as Geel Piet

Tracy Brooks Swope as Mother

Daniel Craig as Sgt. Botha

PK, an English orphan terrorized for his family's political beliefs in Africa, turns to his only friend, a kindly world-wise prisoner, Geel Piet. Geel teaches him how to box with the motto “fight with your fists and lead with your heart”. As he grows to manhood, PK uses these words to take on the system and the injustices he sees around him - and finds that one person really can make a difference.

Zulu

1964

English

7.7

♡ 37

97%

91%

Action

africa

based on a true story

Cy Endfield Director

Nigel Green as Colour-Sergeant Bourne

Michael Caine as Lt. Gonville Bromhead

Stanley Baker as Lt. John Chard R. E.

Richard Burton as Narration spoken by

In 1879, during the Anglo-Zulu War, man-of-the-people Lt. Chard and snooty Lt. Bromhead are in charge of defending the isolated and vastly outnumbered Natal outpost of Rorke's Drift from tribal hordes.

Cobra Verde

1987

German

6.9

♡ 9

83%

Werner Herzog Director

Peter Berling as Bernabé

Benito Stefanelli as Captain Pedro Vicente

José Lewgoy as Don Octavio Coutinho

Klaus Kinski as Francisco Manoel da Silva 'Cobra Verde'

A fearsome 19th century bandit, Cobra Verde cuts a swath through Brazil until he arrives at the sugar plantation of Don Octávio Countinho. Not knowing that his new guest is the notorious bandit and impressed by his ruthless ways, Don Octávio hires Cobra Verde to oversee his slaves. But when Cobra Verde impregnates Don Octávio’s three daughters, the incensed plantation owner exiles the outlaw to Africa where he is expected to reopen the slave trade. Following his trans-Atlantic journey, Cobra Verde exploits tribal conflicts to commandeer an abandoned fortress and whips an army of naked warriors into a frenzied bloodlust as he vies for survival.

Who Am I?

1998

Cn

♡ 49

67%

Jackie Chan Director Ken Lo

Ken Lo as Commando Tasek

Ed Nelson as General Sherman

Ron Smoorenburg as Morgan's Hitman

Jackie Chan as Who Am I

A group of covert CIA operatives trailing a potential new energy source are double-crossed by corrupt agent Morgan, who causes a helicopter crash in remote South Africa. The sole survivor, suffering severe amnesia, is nursed to recovery by a kindly native tribe who call him "Whoami" after the question he keeps asking. With the help of a mysterious reporter Christine, Whoami pieces together his past and tracks the turncoat agent and his criminal cohorts.

The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind

2019

English

7.6

♡ 67

86%

family power struggle

Chiwetel Ejiofor Director

Aïssa Maïga as Agnes Kamkwamba

Joseph Marcell as Chief Wembe

Noma Dumezweni as Edith Sikelo

Chiwetel Ejiofor as Trywell Kamkwamba

Against all the odds, a thirteen year old boy in Malawi invents an unconventional way to save his family and village from famine.

The Crimson Wing: Mystery of the Flamingos

2008

English

7.3

75%

Matthew Aeberhard Director

Karoline Herfurth as Narrator

Mariella Frostrup as Narrator

Zabou Breitman as Narrator

In the remote and forgotten wilderness of Lake Natron, in northern Tanzania, one of nature's last great mysteries unfolds: the birth, life and death of a million crimson-winged flamingos.

Dominion: Prequel to the Exorcist

2005

English

5.1

♡ 41

29%

Paul Schrader Director

Andrew French as Chuma

Rick Warden as Corporal Williams

Stellan Skarsgård as Father Lankester Merrin

Julian Wadham as Major Granville

Father Merrin takes a sabbatical from the Church to devote himself to history and archaeology as he struggles with his shattered faith.

House of Fears

2007

English

4.6

♡ 3

22%

Ryan Little Director

Corey Sevier as Carter

Brian Peck as Creepy Laugh

Jared Padalecki as J.P.

Brian Wimmer as Mark

The night before a local haunted house opens for Halloween, six friends sneak in for a few hours of fun. Soon after entering, they find themselves trapped inside with no way out.

Danger Zone

1996

English

4.4

♡ 4

26%

Allan Eastman Director

Robert Downey Jr. as Jim Scott

Ron Silver as Maurice Dupont

Russel Savadier as Nando

Billy Zane as Rick Morgan

Rick Morgan, an American engineer who runs a mine in East Africa, is approached one day by his friend Jim Scott, who needs someplace to store canisters of toxic waste. Unfortunately, a spill occurs a short time later, resulting in deaths and Morgan having to leave the country. A year later, he is approached by a government agent looking for a missing supply of potentially hazardous poison, which in truth hides something even more valuable.

In a Better World

2010

Danish

7.6

♡ 16

77%

Susanne Bier Director

Mikael Persbrandt as Anton

Ulrich Thomsen as Claus

Kim Bodnia as Lars

Wil Johnson as Najeeb

The lives of two Danish families cross each other, and an extraordinary but risky friendship comes into bud. But loneliness, frailty and sorrow lie in wait.

The Woman King

2022

English

6.9

♡ 167

94%

Gina Prince-Bythewood Director

Masali Baduza as Fumbe

Julius Tennon as Moru

Thuso Mbedu as Nawi

Adrienne Warren as Ode

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 recruits and readies them for battle against an enemy determined to destroy their way of life.

Call Me Bwana

1963

English

5.3

♡ 5

47%

Action

africa

Comedy

Gordon Douglas Director

Robert Arden as 1st C.I.A. Man

Edie Adams as Frederica

Bob Hope as Matt

Peter Dyneley as Williams

A returning moon capsule goes off course and lands in Africa where a little-known tribe finds it. Washington sends Matthew Merriwether to recover it—thinking he's an expert on the region—when in fact he's no such thing. However, a foreign power sends Secret Agent Luba to try and acquire the capsule for itself and, when Matthew and Luba reach their destination, they find that the tribe believes the capsule to be sacred and won't give it up.

Jungle Goddess

1948

English

2.3

♡ 4

Lewis D. Collins Director

Joe Gilbert as Bar Patron

Onest Conley as Drummer

Linda Leighton as Helen Phillips

George Reeves as Mike Patton

When a plane carrying the daughter of a millionaire crashes in an African jungle, two pilots set out to collect the reward. They discover that she has become the goddess of a primitive tribe. An insurgent witch doctor and fierce wild animals make escape from the jungle difficult for the trio.

Silverback

2024

English

7.3

♡ 4

scientific expedition

wildlife conservation

wildlife photographer

wildlife reserve

Miles Blayden-Ryall Director

Lambert Mongane as Self - Chief Guide

John Kahekwa as Self - Founder Pole Pole Foundation Partner of the National Park

Vianet Djenguet as Self - Presenter

Feature-length documentary following award-winning wildlife cameraman Vianet Djenguet as he documents a gruelling but vital mission to ‘habituate’ a notoriously protective 450lb silverback, in a last-ditch effort to save the critically endangered eastern lowland gorillas from extinction.

Clarence, the Cross-Eyed Lion

1965

English

5.8

♡ 5

56%

Andrew Marton Director

Alan Caillou as Carter

Betsy Drake as Julie Harper

Richard Haydn as Rupert Rowbotham

Robert DoQui as Sergeant

When a native village is apparently terrorized by a Lion, the local sergeant enlists the help of a veterinarian working at a nearby animal study center. It is soon discovered that the Lion has a unique problem, it has double vision due to the fact that it is cross eyed and therefore cannot hunt. The Lion is taken back to the study center and is soon adopted by the vet's daughter. Meanwhile, a dangerous criminal is planning to capture young Gorillas and sell them on the black market...

Mariner of the Mountains

2021

French

7.2

♡ 2

86%

social & cultural documentary

Karim Aïnouz Director

Karim Aïnouz as Narrator

Filmmaker Karim Aïnouz decides to take a boat, cross the Mediterranean, and embark on his first journey to Algeria. Accompanied by the memory of his mother, Iracema, and his camera, Aïnouz gives a detailed account of the journey to his father’s homeland, interweaving present, past, and future.

The Sheltering Sky

1990

English

6.7

♡ 14

45%

Bernardo Bertolucci Director

Timothy Spall as Eric Lyle

Paul Bowles as Narrator

John Malkovich as Port

Campbell Scott as Tunner

An American couple drift toward emptiness in postwar North Africa.

Rogue

2020

English

♡ 109

62%

Michael J. Bassett Director

Kenneth Fok as Bo Yinn

Greg Kriek as Mike Barasa

Megan Fox as Samantha O'Hara

Isabel Bassett as Tessa

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 encounter with a gang of rebels.

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Dominion: Prequel to the Exorcist

House of Fears

Danger Zone

In a Better World

The Woman King

Call Me Bwana

Jungle Goddess

Silverback

Clarence, the Cross-Eyed Lion

Mariner of the Mountains

The Sheltering Sky

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