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1. Black Sails (2014–2017)

TV-MA | 60 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

Follows Captain Flint and his pirates twenty years prior to Robert Louis Stevenson's classic novel "Treasure Island."

Stars: Jessica Parker Kennedy, Toby Stephens, Hannah New, Zach McGowan

Votes: 112,798

2. Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015)

PG-13 | 141 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

When Tony Stark and Bruce Banner try to jump-start a dormant peacekeeping program called Ultron, things go horribly wrong and it's up to Earth's mightiest heroes to stop the villainous Ultron from enacting his terrible plan.

Director: Joss Whedon | Stars: Robert Downey Jr., Chris Evans, Mark Ruffalo, Chris Hemsworth

Votes: 920,891 | Gross: $459.01M

3. District 9 (2009)

R | 112 min | Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller

Violence ensues after an extraterrestrial race forced to live in slum-like conditions on Earth finds a kindred spirit in a government agent exposed to their biotechnology.

Director: Neill Blomkamp | Stars: Sharlto Copley, David James, Jason Cope, Vanessa Haywood

Votes: 716,270 | Gross: $115.65M

4. Strike Back (2010–2020)

TV-MA | 45 min | Action, Drama, Thriller

Follows the actions of Section 20, a secretive unit of British military intelligence. A team of special operations personnel conduct several high risk missions across the globe.

Stars: Philip Winchester, Sullivan Stapleton, Michelle Lukes, Daniel MacPherson

Votes: 33,467

5. The Giver (2014)

PG-13 | 97 min | Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi

In a seemingly perfect community without war, pain, suffering, differences or choices, a young boy is chosen to learn from an elderly man, the true pain and pleasure of the "real" world.

Director: Phillip Noyce | Stars: Brenton Thwaites, Jeff Bridges, Meryl Streep, Taylor Swift

Votes: 125,544 | Gross: $45.09M

6. The Salvation (2014)

R | 92 min | Action, Drama, Thriller

In 1870s America, the fury of a notorious gang leader is unleashed when a peaceful American settler avenges the death of his family. Then as his cowardly fellow townspeople betray him, he is forced to hunt down the outlaws alone.

Director: Kristian Levring | Stars: Mads Mikkelsen, Eva Green, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Eric Cantona

Votes: 43,161 | Gross: $0.01M

7. The Mauritanian (2021)

R | 129 min | Biography, Crime, Drama

Mohamedou Ould Slahi fights for freedom after being detained and imprisoned without charge by the U.S. Government for years.

Director: Kevin Macdonald | Stars: Tahar Rahim, Nouhe Hamady Bari, Saadna Hamoud, Mohamed Yeslem Mousse

Votes: 61,611

8. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind (2019)

TV-PG | 113 min | Biography, Drama, History

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

Director: Chiwetel Ejiofor | Stars: Chiwetel Ejiofor, Maxwell Simba, Felix Lemburo, Robert Agengo

Votes: 44,296

9. Who Am I? (1998)

PG-13 | 108 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy

A Secret Agent loses his memory after falling from a crashing helicopter. He is then chased by several other agency operatives, but he has no idea why.

Directors: Benny Chan, Jackie Chan | Stars: Jackie Chan, Michelle Ferre, Mirai Yamamoto, Ron Smerczak

Votes: 42,899

10. Roots (2016)

TV-MA | 388 min | Drama, War

An adaptation of Alex Haley's "Roots." Chronicles the history of an African man and his descendants sold into slavery in America.

Stars: Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Malachi Kirby, Forest Whitaker, Laurence Fishburne

Votes: 8,459

11. Machine Gun Preacher (2011)

R | 129 min | Action, Biography, Crime

Sam Childers is a former drug-dealing biker tough guy who found God and became a crusader for hundreds of Sudanese children who've been forced to become soldiers.

Director: Marc Forster | Stars: Gerard Butler, Michelle Monaghan, Michael Shannon, Kathy Baker

Votes: 68,927 | Gross: $0.54M

12. Kite (2014)

R | 90 min | Action, Crime, Thriller

After her cop father is killed, a young woman tracks the murderer down with the help of his ex-partner.

Director: Ralph Ziman | Stars: India Eisley, Jaco Muller, Annabel Linder, Christina Storm

Votes: 6,710

13. Diana (2013)

PG-13 | 113 min | Biography, Drama, Romance

During the last two years of her life, Princess Diana embarks on a final rite of passage: a secret love affair with Pakistani heart surgeon Hasnat Khan.

Director: Oliver Hirschbiegel | Stars: Naomi Watts, Naveen Andrews, Cas Anvar, Charles Edwards

Votes: 20,914 | Gross: $0.33M

14. Queen of Katwe (2016)

PG | 124 min | Biography, Drama, Sport

A Ugandan girl sees her world rapidly change after being introduced to the game of chess.

Director: Mira Nair | Stars: Madina Nalwanga, David Oyelowo, Lupita Nyong'o, Martin Kabanza

Votes: 18,669 | Gross: $8.81M

15. Prey (I) (2007)

TV-MA | 92 min | Adventure, Drama, Horror

An American family on holiday in Africa becomes lost in a game reserve and stalked by lions.

Director: Darrell Roodt | Stars: Bridget Moynahan, Peter Weller, Carly Schroeder, Jamie Bartlett

Votes: 8,639

16. Tremors 5: Bloodlines (2015 Video)

PG-13 | 99 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy

Burt and Travis battle ass-blasters and graboids in South Africa.

Director: Don Michael Paul | Stars: Brandon Auret, Natalie Becker, Emmanuel Castis, Michael Gross

Votes: 8,941

17. Shaka iLembe (2023– )

Action, Drama, History

Explores the story of the making of the iconic African king, from his childhood through to adulthood, during the 1700s.

Stars: Nomzamo Mbatha, Ntando Zondi, Senzo Radebe, Dawn Thandeka King

Votes: 458

18. Holiday in the Wild (2019)

TV-PG | 85 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Jilted by her husband on the eve of embarking on an African safari, a woman travels to the continent solo and meets an elephant conservationist.

Director: Ernie Barbarash | Stars: Rob Lowe, Kristin Davis, Fezile Mpela, John Owen Lowe

Votes: 17,267

19. Stander (2003)

R | 111 min | Action, Biography, Crime

The life and career of Andre Stander, a South African police officer turned bank robber.

Director: Bronwen Hughes | Stars: Thomas Jane, David O'Hara, Dexter Fletcher, Deborah Kara Unger

Votes: 9,220 | Gross: $0.02M

20. Hooten & the Lady (2016–2017)

TV-14 | 46 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

Action-adventure drama starring Michael Landes and Ophelia Lovibond, who travel the world in search of hidden treasures.

Stars: Michael Landes, Ophelia Lovibond, Jessica Hynes, Shaun Parkes

Votes: 3,905

21. The Challenger Disaster (2013 TV Movie)

TV-14 | 90 min | Drama, History

Factual drama exploring the truth behind the space shuttle Challenger's 1986 disintegration.

Director: James Hawes | Stars: Joanne Whalley, Eve Best, Bruce Greenwood, William Hurt

Votes: 4,583

22. Sumuru (2003)

TV-14 | 94 min | Adventure, Sci-Fi, Fantasy

Based on Sax Rohmer's cult novels "Sumuru", this futuristic fantasy takes you to an Earth-colony in the far future, in which women rule and men are used to propagate the race and work in the mines.

Director: Darrell Roodt | Stars: Alexandra Kamp, Michael Shanks, Simona Williams, Terence Bridgett

Votes: 802

23. The Congo Murders (2018)

122 min | Biography, Crime, Drama

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.

Director: Marius Holst | Stars: Aksel Hennie, Tobias Santelmann, Ine F. Jansen, Anthony Oseyemi

Votes: 1,816

24. Ring of the Nibelungs (2004 TV Movie)

PG-13 | 184 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

The legend of Siegfried and Brunhild, loosely based on characters from the Norse sagas and the pre-Christian Germanic heroic motifs outlined in the Nibelungensaga.

Director: Uli Edel | Stars: Benno Fürmann, Kristanna Loken, Alicia Witt, Julian Sands

Votes: 10,002

25. Leonardo (2011–2012)

25 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama

A fictitious version of the life of Leonardo Da Vinci, Leonardo is an apprentice painter where he meets Lisa Gherardini as she disguises herself as boy (Tom) so she also become a painting ... See full summary »

Stars: Jonathan Bailey, Colin Ryan, Flora Spencer-Longhurst, Akemnji Ndifornyen

Votes: 334

26. Elephant Song (2014)

Not Rated | 110 min | Drama

A psychiatrist is drawn into a complex mind game when he questions a disturbed patient about the disappearance of a colleague.

Director: Charles Binamé | Stars: Bruce Greenwood, Xavier Dolan, Carrie-Anne Moss, Guy Nadon

Votes: 5,082

27. Spud (2010)

TV-PG | 103 min | Comedy, Drama

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 boys only private boarding school.

Director: Donovan Marsh | Stars: John Cleese, Troye Sivan, Jamie Royal, Sven Ruygrok

Votes: 2,850

28. Red Ink (2024)

Thriller

When Lucy, a PR consultant, agrees to write a book about a convicted serial killer, she's thrust into a world of violence and dark secrets, uncovering a criminal conspiracy that puts her and her family's lives at risk.

Stars: Nqobile Khumalo, Bonko Khoza, Tsholofelo Maseko, Kwenzo Ngcobo

Votes: 20

29. Mary and Martha (2013 TV Movie)

TV-PG | 95 min | Drama

Two mothers lose their sons to malaria.

Director: Phillip Noyce | Stars: Hilary Swank, Brenda Blethyn, Sam Claflin, Frank Grillo

Votes: 3,614

30. How to Ruin Christmas (2020– )

TV-MA | 50 min | Comedy, Drama

Prodigal daughter Tumi goes home for the holidays and manages to ruin her sister's wedding plans. Now she must make things right before it's too late.

Stars: Thando Thabethe, Dippy Padi, Saint Seseli, Nandi Nyembe

Votes: 660

31. Gangster's Paradise: Jerusalema (2008)

R | 119 min | Action, Crime, Drama

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.

Director: Ralph Ziman | Stars: Rapulana Seiphemo, Jeffrey Sekele, Ronnie Nyakale, Shelley Meskin

Votes: 10,909 | Gross: $0.00M

32. Mother Mother

Drama | Post-production

A widow and her son work in a rural place. Her son wants to live in the city with Ifrah, the girl of his dreams. However, a young American declares his love for Ifrah, which leads to a murder. Qalifo makes a life-changing decision.

Director: K'Naan | Stars: Maan Youssouf Ahmed, Hassan Najib, Elmi Rashid Elmi, Ubah Egal

33. Walking with Cavemen (2003)

120 min | Documentary, History

The great follow-up to 'Walking with Dinosaurs' and 'Walking with Beasts', presented by Professor Robert Winston, explains the story of human evolution.

Stars: Robert Winston, Alec Baldwin, Andrew Sachs, Alex Palmer

Votes: 1,440

34. White Lion (2010)

PG | 88 min | Drama, Family

A young African boy named Gisani finds himself destined to protect a rare and magnificent white lion cub named Letsatsi who is cast from his pride and is forced to survive on his own.

Director: Michael Swan | Stars: Jamie Bartlett, John Kani, Thabo Malema, A.J. van der Merwe

Votes: 1,039

35. Kalushi: The Story of Solomon Mahlangu (2016)

107 min | Biography, Drama, Thriller

After the events of June 16th, Mamelodi township schoolboy-hawker Solomon Mahlangu joins the military wing of the ANC to fight against the brutal oppression of the Apartheid regime, and he ... See full summary »

Director: Mandla Dube | Stars: Thabo Rametsi, Thabo Malema, Welile Nzuza, Jafta Mamabolo

Votes: 463

36. Hijack Stories (2000)

90 min | Crime, Drama

A young Soweto actor joins a gang to study up and be more convincing in a gangster role he wants.

Director: Oliver Schmitz | Stars: Tony Kgoroge, Rapulana Seiphemo, Percy Matsemela, Makhaola Ndebele

Votes: 230

37. Operation Delta Force (1997 TV Movie)

R | 93 min | Action, Thriller

A team of military experts and scientists go after a terrorist group that has seized a deadly virus and is threatening to release it.

Director: Sam Firstenberg | Stars: Ernie Hudson, Jeff Fahey, Rob Stewart, Frank Zagarino

Votes: 1,035

38. The Fragile King (2022)

90 min | Drama

Gerald King, who is closer to death than life gets dumped with his 15 -year-old grandson, when the child's mother dies in a drunken car crash. Both the boy and grandfather are shocked into a new reality.

Director: Tristan Holmes | Stars: Andrew Buckland, Alex de la Rey, Deon Lotz, Antoinette Louw

Votes: 21

39. Max and Mona (2004)

98 min | Drama

Max Bua leaves his country life behind in hopes of becoming a doctor in Johannesburg, though the big city has different plans for him.

Director: Teddy Mattera | Stars: Mpho Lovinga, Jerry Mofokeng, Percy Matsemela, Thumi Melamu

Votes: 160

40. Love Jacked (2018)

PG-13 | 100 min | Comedy, Romance

MAYA, has artistic ambitions - her father ED wants a dutiful daughter to run the family store. Taking her independence a step further, Maya decides to travel to Africa for inspiration and returns with a fiancé.

Director: Alfons Adetuyi | Stars: Keith David, Amber Stevens West, Marla Gibbs, Mike Epps

Votes: 2,437

41. Winnie Mandela (2011)

R | 104 min | Biography, Drama, History

A drama that chronicles the life of Winnie Mandela from her childhood through her marriage and her husband's incarceration.

Director: Darrell Roodt | Stars: Jennifer Hudson, Terrence Howard, Elias Koteas, Wendy Crewson

Votes: 996

42. One Last Look (2012)

90 min | Thriller

After a pumping trance party deep in the African bush, Yasmin wakes to find her sister Angie missing. Faced with a choice to get back on the departing overland truck or be left on her own, ... See full summary »

Director: Philip Roberts | Stars: Anna Capraro, Marty Kintu, Neil Sandilands, Stephanie Schildknecht

Votes: 48

43. Flight of the Storks (2012– )

Not Rated | 180 min | Action, Crime, Mystery

Jonathan Anselme (Harry Treadaway), a young English academic, teams up with Max Bohm (Danny Keogh), an amateur ornithologist, to follow storks on their migration from Switzerland to Africa.... See full summary »

Stars: Harry Treadaway, Clemens Schick, Perdita Weeks, Rutger Hauer

Votes: 344

44. Happiness Is a Four-letter Word (2016)

TV-14 | 88 min | Drama, Romance

Perfectionist Nandi seems to have the New South African Dream life within her grasp: Black female partner in a major firm, marriage, the perfect house--but it all goes up in flames a few ... See full summary »

Director: Thabang Moleya | Stars: Mmabatho Montsho, Khanyi Mbau, Renate Stuurman, Tongayi Chirisa

Votes: 284

45. Reuniting the Rubins (2010)

PG | 97 min | Comedy, Drama, Family

One man's mission to follow his dream is comically halted in its tracks at the request of his dear, but difficult, aged Jewish mother who is hell-bent on seeing her warring dysfunctional grown up grandchildren together one last time before she dies.

Director: Yoav Factor | Stars: Timothy Spall, James Callis, Rhona Mitra, Honor Blackman

Votes: 443 | Gross: $0.01M

46. A Reasonable Man (1999)

103 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

With issues of his own, an ex-army officer-turned-lawyer defends an impoverished young cowherd of killing a baby.

Director: Gavin Hood | Stars: Gavin Hood, Nigel Hawthorne, Janine Eser, Vusi Kunene

Votes: 427

47. Straight Outta Benoni (2005)

86 min | Comedy

Brendan and Gavin have got twenty-four hours to achieve overnight success, and nothing can stop them... Except maybe themselves.

Director: Trevor Clarence | Stars: Brendan Jack, Gavin Williams, Colin Moss, Tanit Phoenix

Votes: 243

48. Jewel (2022)

82 min | Drama

A story about an unlikely love, and how some memories can never be forgotten.

Director: Adze Ugah | Stars: Connie Chiume, Michelle Botes, Nqobile Khumalo, Senzo Radebe

Votes: 170

49. Das Kindermädchen (2017– )

Comedy

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Stars: Saskia Vester, Jürgen Tonkel, Anton Petzold, Filip Peeters

Votes: 5

50. Falling Rocks (2000)

93 min | Drama, Thriller

6 Friends, 1 Killer, No Mercy! Slow moving thriller that builds up towards a nerve wrecking end.

Director: Peter Keglevic | Stars: Claudia Michelsen, Koen De Bouw, Christoph Waltz, Anica Dobra

Votes: 271