Movies (83) tagged by 'South Africa'
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Cry Freedom (1987)
Donald Woods is chief editor at the liberal newspaper Daily Dispatch in South Africa. He has written several editorials critical of the views of Steve Biko. But...
The Color of Friendship (2000)
Mahree Bok lives on a farm in South Africa. Her father is a policeman who cannot hide his joy when activist Steve Biko is caught by the South African authoriti...
Blue Crush 2 (2011)
Haunted by the memory of her deceased mother, Dana leaves Malibu behind and heads to South Africa to fulfill her mother's dream of surfing Jefferys Bay.
Master of the Game (1984)
Elderly Kate Blackwell looks back at her family's life beginning with her Scottish father Jamie McGregor's journey to South Africa to make his fortune in diamon...
Goodbye Bafana (2007)
James Gregory once lived in a farm and had befriended a native youth, Bafana, and had even had a photograph taken with him. Years later, now married to Gloria ...
Spud (2010)
It's South Africa 1990. Two major events are about to happen: The release of Nelson Mandela and, more importantly, it's Spud Milton's first year at an elite boy...
Schuks Tshabalala's Survival Guide to South Africa (2010)
Schuks Tshabalala (Leon Schuster) and his sidekick, Shorty (Alfred Ntombela), are commissioned by the 2010 tourism body to produce a movie as a visual guide and...
Searching for Sugar Man (2012)
In the early 1970s, Sixto Rodriguez was a Detroit folksinger who had a short-lived recording career with only two well received but non-selling albums. Unknown ...
24 Hours to Live (2017)
An assassin seeks redemption after being given a second chance at life.
Endgame (2009) (2009)
South Africa, 1985. While the country is under siege, sanctions are biting, Mandela's imprisonment is an international cause celebre, and the ANC guerrilla terr...
Ebola Syndrome (1996)
A restaurant employee wanted for murder contracts Ebola by raping a woman in South Africa and starts an outbreak there and in Hong Kong when he returns home.
Padmashree Laloo Prasad Yadav (2005)
First of all let us all be clear that this movie has nothing to do with the personal life of Bihar's controversial politician Lalit Prasad Yadav, though he does...
Jerusalema (2008)
A young hoodlum's rise from a small-time criminal to a powerful crime entrepreneur during the turbulent years before and after the fall of apartheid.
Tremors 5 Bloodlines (2015)
The giant, man-eating Graboids are back and even deadlier than before, terrorizing the inhabitants of a South African wildlife reserve as they attack from below...
Hansie (2008)
"How do you start over once you have betrayed a nation's trust?" The news of Hansie Cronj
Free Willy Escape from Pirates Cove (2010)
Orphaned Kirra lives with her grandfather Gus (Beau Bridges) at his Australian water park, where a baby orca whale washes ashore. Enchanted by the whale, Kirr...
Catch a Fire (2006)
A political thriller: the real-life story of a South African hero's journey to freedom. In the country's turbulent and divided times in the 1980s, Patrick Cham...
Allan Quatermain and the Temple of Skulls (2008)
Sean Cameron Michael stars as explorer Allan Quatermain in this adventure yarn, released just in time to whet the appetites of fans awaiting the fourth Indiana ...
Aitraaz (2004)
Raj Malhotra seems to have the perfect life. One fateful day, however, he meets up with someone from his past, and his life is changed forever. Today, he stan...
Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom (2013)
A chronicle of Nelson Mandela's life journey from his childhood in a rural village through to his inauguration as the first democratically elected president of ...
The World Unseen (2007)
A drama centered on two women who engage in a dangerous relationship during South Africa's apartheid era.
Alive in Joburg (2005)
This short movie, is the basis for the full-length feature Disctict 9
The Unforgiving (2010)
Rex Dobson (Ryan Macquet) and Alice Edmonds (Claire Opperman) find themselves stranded alongside the R106, a freeway just outside Johannesburg. Waiting for help...
Love on Safari (2018)
When Kira Slater inherits an Animal Reserve in South Africa she must decide whether to sell it or leave the safety of her life in Chicago and risk everything fo...
Gandhi, My Father (2007)
Mohandas was born in the Gujarati speaking family, had several brothers who jointly owned property in Rajkot. At the age of 13 Mohandas married Kasturba. On att...
Cry, the Beloved Country (1995)
A South-African preacher goes to search for his wayward son who has committed a crime in the big city.
Winnie Mandela (2011)
A drama that chronicles the life of Winnie Mandela from her childhood through her marriage and her husband's incarceration.
The Bang Bang Club (2010)
The Bang Bang Club is the real life story of a group of four young combat photographers - Greg Marinovich, Joao Silva, Kevin Carter and Ken Oost...
Trevor Noah: African American (2013)
Celebrated as the most popular comedian in South Africa, Trevor Noah takes the stage in "African American" to explore his often-bewildering journey of arriving ...
A Dry White Season (1989)
Ben du Toit is a schoolteacher who always has considered himself a man of caring and justice, at least on the individual level. When his gardener's son is bruta...
The Deal (2008)
A down-and-out film producer agrees to make his nephew's film about 19th century English statesman Benjamin Disraeli, but can only get financing if he casts a w...
Angus Buchan's Ordinary People (2012)
The backbone of the story is Angus Buchan - at the 2009 Mighty Men Conference - sharing his simple but rock solid faith with a few hundred thousand men. We expe...
Schuks! Your Country Needs You (2013)
SA’s hidden camera king is back! Schuks returns to prank unsuspecting South Africans. Helping him round up everyday victims are Rob van Vuuren, Lare Birk, and A...
Wolwedans in die Skemer (2012)
Shrouded in a veil of mystery, Sonja Daneel arrives at the luxurious Hotel Njala, which belongs to the Joubert family, to start as the establishment's new recep...
Round-Up Time in Texas (1937)
Gene and Frog head for South Africa where Gene's brother Tex has found diamonds. Arriving they find Tex missing. Heading into the jungle, they are captured by a...
Mandela and de Klerk (1997)
On June 12, 1964, Nelson Mandela, along with a number of political detainees, was sentenced to life imprisonment in what remains the most sensational treason tr...
Streetball (2010)
Eight men from the streets of Cape Town band together to fight for their place in society through a fast-paced game of street soccer.
Skin (2008)
Based on the true story of a black girl who was born to two white Afrikaner parents in South Africa during the apartheid era.
Billy Graham Gods Ambassador (2006)
The life and times of the evangelist Billy Graham are the subject of this documentary.
Bright Lights (1930)
A successful Broadway star ready to retire from her wild career announces her engagement. But her tumultuous past isn't done with her yet.
Africa's Super Seven (2005)
On the northern bank of the Sand River in the Mala-Mala Game Reserve in South Africa, seven magnificent creatures reside in an area the size of Manhattan Island...
Trevor Noah: Crazy Normal (2011)
When his aspirations of becoming a champion monkey trainer came crashing down after a freak one wheel bicycle accident, this good humoured young man turned his ...
Death of a Snowman (1976)
A white cop and a black reporter join forces to investigate apparent vigilante killings in the South African underworld.
Flatfoot in Africa (1978)
Commissary Rizzo in Napoli gets a message from a policeman from South Africa who wants to meet him. Immediatlz before this meeting the south African policeman i...
Passion Gap (2017)
Elani survived her brutal childhood by carefully watching people. Now she plans to use her relationship with Mikey to get out of Cape Town for good. All she has...
Red Dust (2004)
Police officer Dirk Hendricks (Bartlett) files an amnesty application for Alex Mpondo (Ejiofor), a member of the South African Parliament who can't remember...
Shark Quest (2003)
Underwater photographers dive alongside Great White sharks.
Half-Caste (2004)
A Half-Caste is a Human/Leopard hybrid believed to feast on unsuspecting Travelers, but after Bobby is found soaked in blood, the police think that he murdered ...
Pure Blood (2001)
A young police rookie in South Africa stands up against a band of pro-Apartheid vampires in need of his racially pure blood.
Rivers of Danger (2004)
The rivers of Africa bring life and abundance to their inhabitants, but they can also be the arena for some of nature's greatest challenges and dramas. Har...
Shark vs. Whale (2020)
A routine drone survey turns deadly when Ryan Johnson, a marine biologist based in South Africa, films a humpback whale being attacked and strategically drowned...
Liefling (2010)
Liefling Marais, is an adventure-loving young girl with a passion for life. She lives on a farm in Hartbeespoort with her father Simon, mother Linda, grandfathe...
The Wilby Conspiracy (1975)
A black anti-Apartheid activist and a British engineer are forced to run from South African Secret Police.
Angola the war (2017)
A faraway war - A clash of ideologies - And some of the biggest battles fought on African soil since World War Two.
The World According to Sesame Street (2006)
A documentary which examines the creation and co-production of the popular children's television program in three developing countries: Bangladesh, Kosovo and S...
Return of the White Lion (2008)
White lions are rarer than the legendary snow leopard of the Himalayas and they occur naturally in only one place on earth - The Timbavati Reserve in South Afri...
Dive to Tiger Central (2007)
The tiger shark has become infamous for its aggression and indiscriminate appetite. Like other dangerous species, it's been known to attack human beings. Bu...
Rivers of Giants (2005)
Africa is a land of giants. Its powerful rivers sculpt the earth and form impressive valleys and waterways that are home to many imposing and powerful inhabitan...
Die Spook van Uniondale (2014)
Based on the true story of the famous ghost in the small town of Uniondale South Africa.
Trevor Noah: Daywalker Revisited (2010)
Trevor Noah is back in a longer production of roughly 2 hours. The update show features footage from the previous show and includes roughly 50 minutes of new ma...
Come Back, Africa (1959)
Come Back, Africa chronicles the life of Zachariah, a black South African living under the rule of the harsh apartheid government in 1959.
Trevor Noah: It's My Culture (2013)
Trevor Noah performs to a Johannesburg audience, talking about some interesting aspects of African cultures.
Africa (1999)
A troubled fashion model must struggle to survive after a car accident leaves her stranded in the African bush.
On the Other Side of Life (2009)
Lucky and Bongani pretend to be cool and in the know. To survive in a Cape Town township, they learned their lessons early: where to get drugs, where to get mon...
Louis Theroux's African Hunting Holiday (2008)
Louis goes to South Africa where American tourists pay to hunt wild animals in privately owned reserves.
After the Rain (1999)
Steph, an Afrikaner, struggles with his past and heritage in the new South Africa. When his girlfriend befriends a black South African man called Vusisizwe trou...
Rare Blood (2020)
A gripping psychological thriller where a paranoid husband, Panos and his cunning sister plot against his unsuspecting wife. A dream of a life in the country tu...
A Social Cure (2018)
Can you and your friends slow the spread of a devastating global disease? (and promote other positive behaviors?) A Social Cure tells the stories of five unique...
Final Solution (2001)
The indoctrination of Gerrit Wolfaardt is complete: his family traditions, history, culture- even his church-have taught him that black South Africans are a can...
Jonestown: Paradise Lost (2007)
Cult leader Jim Jones leads his followers to a mass-suicide.
Sew the Winter to My Skin (2018)
In a racially-charged and violent 1950's rural South Africa, a liberal journalist recounts the epic chase, edge-of-your-seat capture and intriguing trial of...
Inside the Perfect Predator (2010)
Four top predators are compared, each champion in a type of environment, with key adaptations. On the ground, the cheetah outruns prey (approached in masterly s...
Lost in the Stars (1974)
Brock Peters (To Kill a Mockingbird) is Stephen Kumalo, a black South African minister searching the unfamiliar back alleys and shantytowns of Johannesburg for ...
Nor the Moon by Night (1958)
Brothers compete for a woman's affection while danger lurks at every turn in an African wild game park.
Bram Fischer (2017)
In apartheid-ruled South Africa, a renowned lawyer struggles to hide his secret affiliation to the nation's chief resistance movement - as he takes on defe...
Playing the Changes - Tracking Darius Brubeck (2024)
Darius Brubeck - Playing the Changes is a documentary that revolves around Darius Brubeck, son of jazz musician Dave Brubeck, and Darius' wife Catherine (C...
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