With The Film Factory (Sorted by Popularity Ascending)
1. Fiela se Kind (2019)
120 min | Drama
A coloured woman living in the arid Karoo takes in a lost white child and raises him as her own. Nine years later, the boy is removed and forced to live in the Knysna Forest with a family of woodcutters who claim that he is theirs.
Director: Brett Michael Innes | Stars: Zenobia Kloppers, Luca Bornman, Wayne Smith, Drikus Volschenk
Votes: 92
2. Vir Altyd (2016)
100 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Childhood friends Nina and Hugo chose different paths in life. Years later, Hugo returns to his hometown and discovers that Nina is getting married the next day. Events on the wedding day ... See full summary »
Director: Jaco Smit | Stars: Ivan Botha, DonnaLee Roberts, Elize Cawood, Wilson Dunster
Votes: 427
3. Ballade vir 'n Enkeling (2015)
139 min | Mystery
After a prolific South African writer disappears, a journalist is motivated by ambition to uncover the writer's secret history.
Director: Quentin Krog | Stars: DonnaLee Roberts, Armand Aucamp, Rolanda Marais, Jacques Bessenger
Votes: 332
4. Hoofmeisie (2011)
98 min | Family
Nadia van Heerden is a loving, ambitious orphan who dreams of becoming the head-girl of her school. Other girls have the same ambition but are not worried about how they achieve it. Nadia ... See full summary »
Director: Morné du Toit | Stars: Mish'a el de Beer, Christel van den Bergh, Karen Fourie, Nazli George
Votes: 103
5. Bakgat! (2008)
Not Rated | 96 min | Comedy
Wimpie Koekemoer--the biggest geek in school. He is constantly embarrassed by his conservative mother and his strange father, especially in front of girls. Wimpie dreams of being popular. ... See full summary »
Director: Henk Pretorius | Stars: Ivan Botha, Cherie van der Merwe, Altus Theart, Andrew Thompson
Votes: 308
6. Road to your Heart (2014)
Not Rated | 112 min | Adventure, Romance
Basson has five days to get to his father's funeral in Cape Town, but he needs to complete certain tasks on this trip before he can call the family company his own. On the road he meets ... See full summary »
Director: Jaco Smit | Stars: Ivan Botha, DonnaLee Roberts, Marius Weyers, Franci Swanepoel
Votes: 766
7. For the Birds (2016)
121 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
During the South African 70's, a young nurse ruffles feathers as she shows a small town, and its golden boy, what it means to be an independent woman.
Director: Quentin Krog | Stars: Simoné Pretorius, Francois Jacobs, Lara Kinnear, Bennie Fourie
Votes: 262
8. Vaselinetjie (2017)
98 min | Drama
Vaselinetjie, a white girl, is raised by her loving brown grandparents in a remote rural village. When the welfare finds out that she is not their biological grandchild, they send her to an orphanage in the faraway city of Johannesburg.
Director: Corne van Rooyen | Stars: Nicole Bond, Marguerite van Eeden, Shaleen Surtie-Richards, Royston Stoffels
Votes: 88
9. Vergeet my nie (2020)
112 min | Romance
Director: Andre Velts | Stars: Marguerite van Eeden, Sean-Marco Vorster, Kenley Swart, Amalia Uys
Votes: 37
10. Stroomop (2018)
106 min | Adventure, Drama
A support group travels to the Orange River. A doctor, 2 moms, a daughter and a suicidal woman leave for their "veldskool" trip. Many trials, tribulations and truths are revealed as they go on this epic adventure.
Director: Ivan Botha | Stars: DonnaLee Roberts, Simoné Pretorius, Chanelle de Jager, Ilse Klink
Votes: 153
11. Night Drive (I) (2010)
103 min | Horror, Thriller
A group of tourists face the fight of their lives in a South African game reserve.
Director: Justin Head | Stars: Christopher Beasley, Corine du Toit, Brandon Auret, Greg Melvill-Smith
Votes: 364
12. Toorbos (2019)
120 min | Drama
"Toorbos" explores the uprooting of a young forest woman and her community during the time of the last forest inhabitants of South Africa's Knysna forest of the 1930s.
Director: Rene van Rooyen | Stars: Elani Dekker, Stiaan Smith, Ira Blanckenberg, Clare Marshall
Votes: 65
13. Wolwedans in die Skemer (2012)
94 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
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 receptionist. However, following a... See full summary »
Director: Jozua Malherbe | Stars: Rolanda Marais, David Louw, Gérard Rudolf, Desiré Gardner
Votes: 150
14. Thys & Trix (2018)
95 min | Comedy
In order to catch a drug king-pin, a brother and sister team of hapless detectives must go undercover as husband and wife to infiltrate the high society of a golfing estate.
Director: Quentin Krog | Stars: Leandie du Randt, Bouwer Bosch, Brendon Daniels, Deon Coetzee
Votes: 55
15. Meerkat Maantuig (2017)
96 min | Action, Drama, Fantasy
Gideonette, a timid and visionary girl, lives with her parents in a small town. Her dad Gideon battles daily to allay her fears about the curse of the Gideon de La Reys. Throughout their ... See full summary »
Director: Hanneke Schutte | Stars: Anchen du Plessis, Rika Sennett, Pierre van Pletzen, Thembalethu Ntuli
Votes: 71
16. Bakgat! II (2010)
98 min | Comedy
Wimpie Koekemoer enters the challenging world of university rugby, where dreams seem unreachable and the chosen legends of tomorrow are shaped.
Director: Henk Pretorius | Stars: Ivan Botha, Cherie van der Merwe, Altus Theart, Andrew Thompson
Votes: 123
17. Verraaiers (2012)
122 min | Drama, War
Upon hearing that the enemy (the British) are planning a "scorched-earth" policy, a loving father and husband who is also a well-respected Boer officer decides to go home and protect his ... See full summary »
Director: Paul Eilers | Stars: Gys de Villiers, Vilje Maritz, Andrew Thompson, Neil-Bennett Grib
Votes: 175
18. Jou Romeo (2016)
90 min | Comedy, Romance
When the budget gets cut for Romeo and Juliet, the drama geeks Yvette and Tyler have to think of a plan to save their production. However, this plan involves unforeseen consequences for the new hero of the show, Marko Marais.
Director: Andre Velts | Stars: Elani Dekker, Ruan Wessels, Christopher Van Der Westhuizen, Ruan Blum
Votes: 52
19. Agent 2000: Die Laksman (2014)
97 min | Adventure
Walter du Toit is a secret agent known "Agent 2000". He is hired to find the bully terrorizing the school, known only as the Laksman (The Executioner). Before unmasking his foe he finds friendship and the girl of his dreams.
Director: Stefan Nieuwoudt | Stars: Paul Loots, Izel Bezuidenhout, Karen Wessels, David James
Votes: 33
20. Bakgat! tot die mag 3 (2013)
100 min | Comedy
Landing in England, an aspiring rugby player who struggles to fit in with the locals decides to put his own team together in order to win the rugby league prize money to pay for his wedding... See full summary »
Director: Stefan Nieuwoudt | Stars: Ivan Botha, Cherie van der Merwe, Altus Theart, Neil Sharim
Votes: 93
21. Sy klink soos lente (2016)
97 min | Comedy
(She Sounds Like Spring) is about Ben, a mechanic at a car dealership in Johannesburg, and Linda, a beautiful, brainy redhead. Their paths cross one evening and he recognizes her as his ... See full summary »
Director: Corne van Rooyen | Stars: Stiaan Smith, Amalia Uys, Bennie Fourie, James Cunningham
Votes: 46
22. Vlugtig (2021)
96 min | Thriller
Things take a turn for the unexpected when up-and-coming actor, Simon Berg, receives an invitation to be part of the cast of world renowned theatre director Andreas Vog's latest Red Riding Hood reinvention.
Director: Marinus Gubitz | Stars: Arno Greeff, Jane de Wet, Ernst Van Wyk, Simoné Pretorius
23. Beurtkrag (2021)
Drama
Director: Jozua Malherbe | Stars: Ivan Botha, DonnaLee Roberts, Marion Holm, Greta Pietersen
24. Vuil Wasgoed (2017)
97 min | Crime
Wim and Kevin work at a laundromat. Things are boring by day, but when the sun sets they party in their clients' clothes. During a party, they discover a chopped-off finger in a client's ... See full summary »
Director: Morné du Toit | Stars: Bennie Fourie, Bouwer Bosch, Tim Theron, Stiaan Smith
Votes: 90
25. Ek Joke Net 2 (2014)
92 min | Comedy
South Africans get pranked for the second time by the candid kings testing their reactions in some awkward situations.
Director: Stefan Nieuwoudt | Stars: Solomon Cupido, Hannes Brummer, Lelia Etsebeth, Yolandi Malherbe
Votes: 13
26. Ek Joke Net (2011)
96 min | Comedy
You're a normal citizen minding your own business. You're pulled into a situation by a strange character that is turning your reality upside-down. The thought that this cannot be real ... See full summary »
Director: Stefan Nieuwoudt | Stars: Andrew Thompson, Solomon Cupido, Christel van den Bergh, Thokozani Ntuli
Votes: 25
27. Musiek vir die Agtergrond (2013)
124 min | Drama, Music, Romance
A young singer songwriter performs his music in small pubs, barely making ends meet, until a big time record executive gives him the opportunity of a lifetime. All he has to give up for fame and fortune is his name and integrity.
Director: Salmon de Jager | Stars: John-Henry Opperman, Lizelle de Klerk, Brümilda van Rensburg, Ian Roberts
Votes: 37
28. Roepman (2011)
115 min | Drama
Tells the story of a 1966 railway community, told through the eyes of an eleven year old boy, called Timus.
Director: Paul Eilers | Stars: Paul Loots, John-Henry Opperman, Deon Lotz, Rika Sennett
Votes: 86
29. Superhelde (2011)
Comedy
In a country where police sirens are an everyday melody and survival is an ongoing struggle, we see Albert and Peet step in and give us hope that there is Superheroes among us who will stand up and fight for the man on the street.
Director: Stefan Nieuwoudt | Stars: Ivan Botha, Neil Sharim, Andrew Thompson, Lelia Etsebeth
Votes: 26