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1. Atlantics (2019)
TV-14 | 106 min | Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
In a popular suburb of Dakar, workers on the construction site of a futuristic tower, without pay for months, decide to leave the country by the ocean for a better future. Among them is Souleiman, the lover of Ada, promised to another.
Director: Mati Diop | Stars: Mame Bineta Sane, Amadou Mbow, Traore, Nicole Sougou
Votes: 10,507
2. Three Crowns of the Sailor (1983)
Not Rated | 117 min | Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
A drunken sailor recounts the surrealistic odyssey of his life story to a murderous student.
Director: Raúl Ruiz | Stars: Jean-Bernard Guillard, Philippe Deplanche, Nadège Clair, Lisa Lyon
Votes: 1,156
3. My Architect (2003)
116 min | Documentary, Biography
Director Nathaniel Kahn searches to understand his father, noted architect Louis Kahn, who died bankrupt and alone in 1974.
Director: Nathaniel Kahn | Stars: Edmund Bacon, Edwina Pattison Daniels, Balkrishna Doshi, Frank Gehry
Votes: 3,321 | Gross: $2.75M
4. Xala (1975)
Not Rated | 123 min | Comedy, Drama
A corrupt politician is cursed with impotence on the night of his third wedding after embezzling 100 tons of rice.
Director: Ousmane Sembene | Stars: Thierno Leye, Myriam Niang, Seune Samb, Fatim Diagne
Votes: 1,939
5. A Thousand Suns (2013)
45 min | Documentary
Magaye Niang, the main actor of Senegalese film classic Touki Bouki (1973), is an average farmer today. After a screening of the film he recalls his first love, who left the country years ago.
Director: Mati Diop | Stars: Magaye Niang, Wasis Diop, Ben D. Beye, Issa Samb
Votes: 171
6. Gran Turismo 4 (2004 Video Game)
E | Sport
Gran Turismo 4 has over 700 cars, more than 100 courses, and uses an all-new physics engine. New and enhanced racing modes encompassing more than 200 championship races and highly detailed car customization.
Directors: Kazunori Yamauchi, Tatsuya Matsue, Takamasa Shichisawa
Votes: 1,067
7. Borom sarret (1963)
20 min | Short, Drama
Boron Sarret is arguably the first film made by a black African. It illustrates poverty in Senegal, particularly for the working man.
Director: Ousmane Sembene | Stars: Ly Abdoulay, Albourah
Votes: 1,521
8. O Dynasteias (1985)
89 min | Comedy
The adventurous life of a man who wandered around the world, spent a few years playing "Tarzan" in the jungle, became rich and eventually returned back in his birth-place.
Director: Omiros Efstratiadis | Stars: Sotiris Moustakas, Rena Pagrati, Nana Veneti, Toni Antoni
Votes: 296
9. The Eye of Vichy (1993)
Not Rated | 110 min | Documentary, War
This movie is only made of archive pictures: the official newsreels that were broadcasted on French movie screens during 1940 and 1944 (the Occupation). Those newsreels were controlled by ... See full summary »
Director: Claude Chabrol | Stars: Michel Bouquet, Brian Cox, Maquisard Alfonso, General Bergeret
Votes: 346
10. Karmen Gei (2001)
86 min | Musical, Romance, Drama
Like every Carmen, Karmen Geï is about the conflict between infinite desire for freedom and the laws, conventions, languages, the human limitations which constrain that desire.
Director: Joseph Gaï Ramaka | Stars: Djeïnaba Diop Gaï, Magaye Niang, Stephanie Biddle, Thierno Ndiaye Doss
Votes: 258
11. Le Franc (1994)
Not Rated | 46 min | Comedy
A broke and dopey musician, constantly harassed by his exasperated landlady, glues his lottery ticket to his door and when it turns out to be a winner must carry his door to the lottery office.
Director: Djibril Diop Mambéty | Stars: Dieye Ma, Aminata Fall, Demba Bâ
Votes: 322
12. Black (I) (2009)
R | 115 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A Senegalese bank-robber born and raised in France is getting over a disastrous heist. As he considers going straight, his cousin calls him from Dakar with an easy opportunity.
Director: Pierre Laffargue | Stars: MC Jean Gab'1, Carole Karemera, François Levantal, Anton Yakovlev
Votes: 397
13. Budapest to Bamako (2007– )
Unrated | 96 min | Documentary
This four part series follows 200 amateur rally drivers with a lust for adventure as they race from the heart of Europe to West Africa pushing the limits of overland travel to the maximum.
Star: Scott Alexander Young
Votes: 8
14. Madness in the Desert: Paris to Dakar Rally (2013 TV Movie)
59 min | Documentary, Sport
The story of the Paris to Dakar Rally started by Thiery Sabine
Directors: Richard Heap, John L Matthews, John L. Matthews | Stars: Thierry Sabine, Mark Thatcher
Votes: 59
15. As a Man (2001)
90 min | Drama, Romance
El Hadj is studying in Paris. He is one of the young Senegalese men who have come to Paris since the French colony became independent to get a good education so that he can serve his ... See full summary »
Director: Alain Gomis | Stars: Djolof Mbengue, Delphine Zingg, Samir Guesmi, Théophile Sowié
Votes: 150
16. Profondeur 4050 (1954)
30 min | Documentary, Short, Adventure
Director: Jacques Ertaud | Stars: Georges Houot, Jacques-Yves Cousteau, Auguste Piccard
17. Umi e (1988)
174 min | Adventure, Drama
Director: Koreyoshi Kurahara | Stars: Ken Takakura, Junko Sakurada, Philippe Leroy, Nenji Kobayashi
Votes: 16
18. Flukten fra Dakar (1951)
101 min | Documentary, Drama, War
MS "Lidvard" transported grain from Vietnam to Dakar in Senegal where it arrived on 30 May 1940. The boat was immediately detained by the authorities with crew. After over a year the boat fled from Dakar to Freetown in Sierra Leone.
Director: Titus Vibe-Müller | Stars: Nicolai Fredrik Lindtner, Kåre Wicklund, Alf G. Henriksen, Karl Haraldstad
Votes: 19
19. L'extraordinaire destin de Madame Brouette (2002)
104 min | Comedy, Romance, Drama
-Mati, a divorced mother of a young daughter, makes a living selling bric-a-bric from a wheelbarrow and dreams of opening a snack bar. But she falls for the charms of Naago, a cop, and it's... See full summary »
Director: Moussa Sene Absa | Stars: Rokhaya Niang, Aboubacar Sadikh Ba, Kadiatou Sy, Ndeye Seneba Seck
Votes: 254
20. Laamb (2013)
28 min | Documentary, Short, Sport
In modern times, Senegalese wrestling has developed into a national sport with packed stadiums and huge prizes. Today, the fight is supplemented with bare knuckle boxing but without any ... See full summary »
Directors: Kristoffer Hegnsvad, Peter Alsted | Stars: Jørgen Leth, Ndoff
Votes: 11
21. Petite lumière (2003)
15 min | Short, Drama
Dakar, Senegal. Fatima is a little girl of eight years old. When she opens the refrigerator, she wonders if the light stays on when the door closes. She discovers that no. So, Fatima goes ... See full summary »
Director: Alain Gomis | Stars: Assy Fall, Djolof Mbengue, Thierno Ndiaye Doss, Awa Nbaye
Votes: 87
22. Cala naprzód (1967)
86 min | Adventure, Comedy
Two friends from army meet in harbour. It begins raining. Both protect oneself before rain. Janek begins telling sea adventures. First tells about meeting with actress who proposes him part... See full summary »
Director: Stanislaw Lenartowicz | Stars: Zbigniew Cybulski, Teresa Tuszynska, Zdzislaw Maklakiewicz, Krzysztof Litwin
Votes: 71
23. Le Fou (2015)
4 min | Short
"The Crazy" is a short film that presents the fierce and angry nature of the krumping dance technique with the aim to portray the inner state of the orphans raised on the streets of Dakar.
Director: Christopher Michael Tew | Star: Pierre-Claver Belleka
24. La tresse d'Aminata (2004 TV Movie)
90 min | Drama
A child from Senegal is adopted by a French family in the Bretagne soon learns that she is not the only child.
Director: Dominique Baron | Stars: Johanna Coco, Virginie Lemoine, Olivier Marchal, Aurélie Leborbé
Votes: 8
25. City of Contrasts (1969)
22 min | Short
A somewhat-humorous look at the city of Dakar, its people, architecture, politics, social behavior, and even the white French tourists, and especially the influence of France's culture and ... See full summary »
Director: Djibril Diop Mambéty
Votes: 152
26. The Last Road Trip (2004)
Action, Documentary
Every year, 300 riders set out from Paris to travel across 5,000 miles of breath-taking African sands in a race followed by several hundred millkion passionate fans all over the world. The ... See full summary »
Director: Ninan Kurien | Star: Thierry Sabine
29. L'Afrique noire française (1944)
10 min | Documentary, Short, War
Stars: Charles de Gaulle, René Pleven, Félix Éboué
30. Vers la Communauté française: le voyage du Général de Gaulle à Madagascar et en Afrique (1958)
11 min | Documentary, Short, News
Stars: Charles de Gaulle, Gabriel d'Arboussier, Amadou Lamine-Guèye, Valdiodio N'Diaye
31. Wax in the City (2018)
52 min | Documentary
Africa is in fashion. Its flag? Wax print, which more and more Franco-African designers are choosing to incorporate into their creations. Flora Coquerel, a Franco-Beninese woman and the ... See full summary »
Director: Elie Séonnet
32. Mambety blues, musiques d'Afrique (1997)
27 min | Documentary, Short
Director: Franck Schneider | Stars: Ben Diogaye Beye, Wasis Diop, Aminata Fall, Moussa Sene Absa
33. Dakar dem dik: Dakar Roundtrip (2012)
19 min | Documentary, Short, Biography
Spring 2011: Senegal, streaking through its capitol Dakar, more or less incidentally getting in contact with some urban fishermen, their stories of migrations, different notions of a '... See full summary »
Director: Sarah Ewald
36. The Call of Dance (2020)
82 min | Documentary, Music
A documentary film that travels across Senegal and showcases dance in all its forms. Through a wide range of stories and performances, it presents intimate portraits of individuals who share the reason why they dance.
Director: Diane Fardoun | Stars: Mère Absa, Germaine Acogny, Omar Badiane, Pierre-Claver Belleka
37. Dakar, the Principal Port of Senegal, French West Africa (1914)
6 min | Documentary, Short
The harbor of Dakar is one of the busiest commercial centers on the Atlantic coast of Africa. The bay is a beautiful body of water, deep enough to accommodate all sorts of steam and sailing... See full summary »
38. The Raiden Files: Portland to Dakar (2012 Video)
31 min | Short, Adventure
Director: Matthew Brown Sanders | Stars: Alonzo Bodden, Nick Brocha, Joel Gary, Kris Higdon
39. The Day We Surrender to the Air (2009)
15 min | Documentary, Short, Adventure
Surrendering to the air means floating. It means unlimited movement, and this is precisely what director Antonio Jose Guzman does in his project The Day We Surrender to the Air. Guzman got ... See full summary »
Director: Antonio Jose Guzman | Stars: Paps Champs, Femi Dawkins, Susana Nieto de Jaramillo, Antonio Jose Guzman
40. Gokh-Bi System: Rap Tassu (2009 Music Video)
4 min | Music
Director: Ilse Rumes | Stars: Mamadou Ndiaye, Sana Ndiaye, Backa Niang, Diasse Pouye
Votes: 24
41.
ZeroZeroZero (2019–2020)
Episode:
Transshipment
(2020)
TV-MA | 48 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
While the Lynwoods ensure that their shipment continues its journey to Gioia Tauro, Manuel and his team spread terror and death among the narcos of Monterrey.
Director: Janus Metz | Stars: Andrea Riseborough, Dane DeHaan, Harold Torres, Claudia Pineda
Votes: 806