List of African films
The following is a list of African films. It is arranged alphabetically by country of origin.
| Year | Title | Director | Genre | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 | The Gods Must Be Crazy | Jamie Uys | comedy | the first of the The Gods Must Be Crazy film series |
| 1989 | The Gods Must Be Crazy II | Jamie Uys | comedy | part of the The Gods Must Be Crazy film series |
| Year | Title | Director | Genre | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | Gito l'ingrat | Ngabo Leonce |
| Year | Title | Director | Genre | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Amílcar Cabral | documentary |
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| Year | Title | Director | Genre | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | White Hotel | Dianne Griffin, Tobi Solvang | documentary |
| Year | Title | Director | Genre | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1952 | The Boy Kumasenu | Sean Graham | ||
| 1980 | Love Brewed in the African Pot | Kwan Ansah | ||
| 1987 | Zinabu | William Akuffo and Richard Quartey | ||
| 1993 | Sankofa | Haile Gerima | drama | This film is Burkinabé,[clarification needed] but shot in Ghana. |
| 2005 | Emmanuel's Gift | documentary | ||
| 2006 | Run Baby Run | Emmanuel Apea | action | |
| 2006 | A Goat's Tail | Julius Amedume | ||
| 2007 | Princess Tyra | Frank Rajah Arase | drama | |
| 2009 | A Sting in a Tale | Shirley Frimpong-Manso | thriller | |
| 2010 | Coz Ov Moni | King Luu | musical | |
| 2010 | Sinking Sands | Leila Djansi | drama | |
| 2011 | An African Election | Jarreth and Kevin Merz | documentary | |
| 2011 | Ties That Bind | Leila Djansi | drama | |
| 2012 | Contract | Shirley Frimpong-Manso | ||
| 2013 | Coz Ov Moni 2 (FOKN Revenge) | King Luu | musical | |
| 2015 | Heaven | Abu Idi - Haus of Euphorium | thriller |
| Year | Title | Director | Genre | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | Mortu Nega | Flora Gomes | historical drama |
| Year | Title | Director | Genre | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1976 | Mohammad, Messenger of God (also known at The Message) |
Moustapha Akkad | biographical adventure drama | |
| 1977 | Les Ambassadeurs | Naceur Ktar | drama | |
| 1981 | Lion of the Desert | Moustapha Akkad | biographical war drama |
| Year | Title | Director | Genre | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | Tabataba | |||
| 2004 | Souli | Alexander Abela | drama |
| Year | Title | Director | Genre | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | Lifecycles: A Story of AIDS in Malawi | Sierra Bellows, Doug Karr | documentary |
- Tes Cheveux Noirs Ihsan (2006)
| Year | Title | Director | Genre | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1989 | Red Scorpion | Joseph Zito | action adventure | |
| 2007 | Namibia: The Struggle for Liberation | Charles Burnett | drama |
| Year | Title | Director | Genre | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 100 Days | Nick Hughes | drama | |
| 2005 | Sometimes in April | Raoul Peck | historical drama war | television film |
| 2007 | Munyurangabo | |||
| 2012 | Ibara | Tom Nkusi/Emmy Ruzindana | action |
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| Year | Title | Director | Genre | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Cry Freetown | Sorious Samura | documentary | |
| 2005 | Blood Diamond | Edward Zwick | documentary |
| Year | Title | Director | Genre | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1987 | Geedka nolosha | Abdulkadir Ahmed Said | ||
| 1992 | La Conchiglia | Abdulkadir Ahmed Said |
| Year | Title | Director | Genre | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | God Grew Tired of Us | Christopher Dillon Quinn, Tommy Walker | documentary |
| Year | Title | Director | Genre | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | Maangamizi: The Ancient One | Martin Mhando, Ron Mulvihill | drama | |
| 2003 | Bongoland | Josiah Kibira |
| Year | Title | Director | Genre | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1972 | Kouami | short | ||
| 1979 | Au rendez-vous du rêve abêti | short documentary | ||
| 1986 | The Blooms of Banjeli | short documentary | ||
| 1988 | Bawina | short | ||
| 1991 | Ashakara | Gérard Louvin | ||
| 1994 | Femmes aux yeux ouverts | Anne-Laure Folly | documentary | |
| 1996 | Les Oubliées | Anne-Laure Folly | documentary | |
| 1999 | Sarah Maldoror ou la nostalgie de l'utopie | Anne-Laure Folly | documentary |
| Year | Title | Director | Genre | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | ABC Africa | Abbas Kiarostami | documentary | |
| 2006 | Invisible Children | short documentary | ||
| 2010 | Who Killed Captain Alex? | action film | ||
| 2011 | Hello | short | ||
| 2013 | In Just Hours | short | ||
| 2014 | Bala Bala Sese | |||
| 2015 | Tiktok | short |
| Year | Title | Director | Genre | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1976 | Sahara Occidental indépendance ou génocide? | Collective direction | documentary | [1] |
| 2011 | Wilaya | Pedro Pérez Rosado | drama | |
| 2012 | La Badil (No Other Choice) | Dominic Brown | short documentary |
| Year | Title | Director | Genre | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | Macadam tribu |
- Forbidden Fruit (2000)
See also
References
External links
- African film at the Internet Movie Database
- African Media Program Database, Michigan State University - comprehensive database of more than 14,000 African films and videos