Ethiopia (Sorted by Popularity Ascending)
1. Difret (2014)
Unrated | 99 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
A young lawyer travels to an Ethiopian village to represent Hirut, a 14-year-old girl who shot her would-be husband as he and others were practicing one of the nation's oldest traditions: abduction into marriage.
Director: Zeresenay Mehari | Stars: Meron Getnet, Tizita Hagere, Abel Abebe, Shitaye Abraha
Votes: 1,209 | Gross: $0.04M
2. Running Against the Wind (II) (2019)
116 min | Drama
In Ethiopia, two men are running to achieve their dreams.
Director: Jan Philipp Weyl | Stars: Mikias Wolde, Ashenafi Nigusu, Joseph Reta Belay, Samrawit Desalegn
Votes: 49
3. Faya Dayi (2021)
120 min | Documentary | Completed
A spiritual journey into the highlands of Harar, immersed in the rituals of khat, a leaf Sufi Muslims chewed for centuries for religious meditations - and Ethiopia's most lucrative cash crop today.
Director: Jessica Beshir
4. Lamb (II) (2015)
94 min | Drama, Family
When an Ethiopian boy moves in with distant relatives he takes his pet sheep with him but the upcoming holidays spell danger for his beloved friend.
Director: Yared Zeleke | Stars: Rediat Amare, Kidist Siyum, Welela Assefa, Rahel Teshome
Votes: 689
5. Teza (2008)
Not Rated | 140 min | Drama
The Ethiopian intellectual Anberber returns to his native country during the repressive totalitarian regime of Haile Mariam Mengistu and the recognition of his own displacement and ... See full summary »
Director: Haile Gerima | Stars: Aaron Arefe, Abiye Tedla, Takelech Beyene, Teje Tesfahun
Votes: 529
6. Price of Love (2015)
99 min | Drama
A young Addis Ababa taxi driver gets caught up in the dark side of love, causing his taxi to be stolen. He finds himself stuck in a relationship with a prostitute, making him confront his past and discover what is the price of love.
Director: Hermon Hailay | Stars: Fereweni Gebregergs, Kassahun Getatchew, Dawit Gulilat, Eskindir Tameru
Votes: 34
7. Min Alesh? (2019)
84 min | Drama
The story is set in Merkato, a sprawling market in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, considered to be Africa's largest open-air market, narrating the story of a girl, Selam, whose kindness and ... See full summary »
Director: Amleset Muchie | Stars: Alebachew Mekonnen, Amleset Muchie, Dirbwork Seyifu, Henok Wondimu
8. Lambadina (2015)
103 min | Drama
Lambadina is a full feature film focusing on a journey of little boy whose story starts in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia and ends in Los Angeles, CA.
Director: Messay Getahun
Votes: 10
9. Framing the Other (2012)
Documentary
Framing The Other is about a tourist whose comfortable ideas about taking photos of exotic tribal people in Ethiopia are shaken by her encounter with a Mursi woman.
Directors: Ilja Kok, Willem Timmers
Votes: 34
10. Harvest: 3,000 Years (1975)
150 min | Drama
In Ethiopia; there is a slow boiling of a feud between a wealthy Lord and a protester who feels he is mistreating his laborers. While the viewer gets to closely examine the culture, conversations, and lives of the locals who surround them.
Director: Haile Gerima | Stars: Kasu Asfaw, Gebru Kasa, Worke Kasa, Melaku Makonen
Votes: 160
11. Roaring Abyss (2015)
Not Rated | 87 min | Documentary, Music
A sound journey accros the mountains, deserts and forests of Ethiopia and its cultural universe. Roaring Abyss will take you through an inedit collection of music recordings of unvaluable ... See full summary »
Director: Quino Piñero
Votes: 11
12. Arsenal and Dashen and the Penalty (2017)
Short, Sport
An Ethiopian beer company unites with players from Arsenal F.C. to recreate a famous penalty.
Director: Jordan Stone | Stars: Per Mertesacker, Aaron Ramsey, Vincent Stone, Danny Welbeck
13. Hairat (2017)
6 min | Documentary, Short
For over 35 years Yussuf Mume Saleh journeys at night to the outskirts of the walled city of Harar to bond with his beloved hyenas.
Director: Jessica Beshir | Stars: Yussuf Mume Saleh, Elias Shagiz Adonay Tesfaye
Votes: 68
14. Triangle (I) (2012)
Drama
A film that will span three continents and deal with the issue of illegal immigration to America.
Director: Theodros Teshome | Stars: Kristos Andrews, Mahder Assefa, Abebe Balcha, Isabella Rain Barbieri
Votes: 11
15. Town of Runners (2012)
PG | 80 min | Documentary, Sport
Town of Runners is a feature documentary about young runners from the Ethiopian rural town of Bekoji, home to the current Olympic and World Champions Tirunesh Dibaba and Kenenisa Bekele. ... See full summary »
Director: Jerry Rothwell
Votes: 130
16. Enchained (2019)
98 min | Drama, History, Romance
Ethiopia, 1916: Gobeze is a timid, peace-loving, young man of 25; a brilliant student who dedicates his whole life to "Sem Ina Werq" (riddles with dual meaning). He is caught in bed with ... See full summary »
Director: Moges Tafesse | Stars: Zerihun Mulatu, Yemesrach Girma, Tesfaye Yimam, Firehiwot Kelkilew
17. Menged (2006)
20 min | Short
A lot can happen on the long way to the market in the Ethiopian countryside. A father and his son follow all the people's good advice... and come back to their senses.
Director: Daniel Taye Workou | Stars: Alemu Gebre Arb, Bewketu Belete, Shewaferaw Dessalegn, Tesfaye Gesesse
Votes: 29
18. Here Come the Problems (2013)
Not Rated | 11 min | Short, Comedy, Sci-Fi
One night, a strange clone of Hitler comes to Fendika - a grassroots tavern in Addis Ababa...
Directors: Fanta Ananas, Miguel Llansó, Israel Seoane | Star: Daniel Tadesse
Votes: 36
19. Yegna: The Story of All of Us (2019– )
Drama
Stars: Blen Alem, Tirhas Gebru, Tsedenya Lemma, Betelehem Sherefedin
20. Abay vs. Vegas (2010)
Romance
Director: Theodros Teshome | Stars: Gabrielle Abitol, Mestawot Aragaw, Wolela Assefa, Tesfu Birhanie
21. Two Worlds: Blood Bound (2019)
Action
When Phil discovers that he wasn't an Orphan at adoption, he risks everything - including his life, to uncover the tortuous corruption between his developing birth-country and the Western World.
Director: Gebrehiwot Cherkos | Stars: Dawit Abate, Abebe Alemu, Alemayehu Belayneh, Sharon Darragh
22. Mud road (2019)
11 min | Documentary, Short
In South Ethiopia, an ambulance's driver has to bring a young lady to the hospital for delivery. It's a long journey along a road full of mud.
Director: Francesco de Giorgi
23. New Voices in an Old Flower (2017)
TV-PG | 69 min | Documentary
"It was an era, it was the start of a new vision" says Amha Eshete, the first Ethiopian music producer back in the Golden Age, the days of Swingin' Addis. The album releases that have ... See full summary »
Director: Quino Piñero
Votes: 10
24. Ballad of the Spirits (2016)
13 min | Short, Drama, History
Ballad of the Spirits tells a story of a man who is resistant to change. As a grander picture, Its a quiet love letter to a city, whose culture and identity is being degraded with every ... See full summary »
Director: Beza Hailu Lemma | Stars: Redeat Abate, Kirubel Atnafu
Votes: 10
27. ASNI: the Life of Asnaketch Worku - Courage, Passion & Glamor in Ethiopia (2013)
80 min | Documentary, Biography, History | Completed
A documentary film on an extraordinary artist called Asnaketch Worku who is as much a cultural icon to Ethiopians as Billie Holiday is to Americans and Edith Piaf to the French. Asnaketch ... See full summary »
Director: Rachel Samuel
Votes: 5
28. The Seed (2010)
101 min | Fantasy
Fikir, a ten-year-old street urchin, wakes up one morning after dreaming of an angel and finds an orange outside of his makeshift dwelling. After a bully steals his shoeshine rig, he is ... See full summary »
Director: Joshua Bee Alafia | Stars: Melaku Barbisa, Wassyehun Belay, Kistet Bogale, Egla Gebreyesus Damessa
30. Lamba (2015)
Director: Anteneh Haile | Stars: Welela Assefa, Meron Engeda, Girum Ermias, Lidya Moges
31. Ewir Amora Kelabi (2016)
85 min | Documentary | Completed
Based on a true story of Zekarias Tibebu Mesfin. Major Tibebu Mesfin has two children including myself. He was working for the Dergue Regine in Ethiopian. During the time he was working, ... See full summary »
Director: Sewmehon Yismaw | Star: Zekarias Mesfin
32. Ferenj: A Graphic Memoir in Virtual Reality (2020)
Documentary, Animation, History
This experimental graphic memoir is set in an afrosurrealist VR dreamscape that explores the meaning of "home" and reclaims Ainslee's Ethiopian-American mixed-race identity. Ferenj ... See full summary »
Director: Ainslee Alem Robson | Star: Ainslee Alem Robson
33. Rebuni (2015)
113 min | Drama
A wealthy businessman tries to buy land for a new factory, but develops a complicated relationship with the young woman who owns the land.
Director: Kidist Yilma | Star: Ruta Mengisteab
Votes: 5
34. Where Is My Dog? (2010)
28 min | Short, Comedy
One day, Tokola's dog Leman disappeared. Tokola is a closed friend of Yohannes Feleke and Miguel Llanso, so that's why the filmmakers reflected on the value of a dog and the great amount of... See full summary »
Directors: Yohannes Feleke, Miguel Llansó | Star: Tekola Tekle Ab
Votes: 8
35. Run (III) (2006)
8 min | Short, Horror
Director: Semagngeta Aychiluhem | Stars: Seyoum Belay Seyoum, Betelhem Damena, Biniyam Demse, Christina Lilay
36. Guzo (2009)
101 min | Drama
A Japanese mafia member is given the emotional job of killing his superior and taking him to the disposal area. Enroute, control is taken from him and events take a strange turn when he ... See full summary »
Director: Aida Ashenafi | Stars: Shewangizaw Astatke, Belgnesh Belayneh
37. The Strong Force (2017)
14 min | Short, Drama, War
At the outbreak of war, an elderly rancher refuses to evacuate, instead struggling to reach his cows while reliving his most cherished memories.
Director: Isabelle Zaugg
38. I Won't Bear No More (2016)
118 min | Drama, History, Sport | Completed
"Yenegen Alewldem" (I will not bear tomorrow) causes a stir for depicting - through football - what may be Ethiopia's most bloody period in history."Ye Negen Alewdlem" - nearly two hours ... See full summary »
Director: Abraham Gezahagne Assefa
39. China in Ethiopia (2017)
30 min | Documentary, Short | Completed
China in Ethiopia is a documentary that tells the stories of two employees from a Chinese manufacturing company in Ethiopia which produces plastic products; the first subject is an ... See full summary »
Director: You Zhou
41. Aster (1991)
90 min | Drama, Family
Director: Solomon Bekele | Stars: Bakale Endale, Michael Endale
42. The Nanny (2003)
142 min | Drama
In Washington, DC, an aging and spiteful housewife takes her frustration out on her just-hired nanny, a newly arrived immigrant from Ethiopia.
Director: Nikodimos Fikru | Stars: Nafkote Fikru, Hamza Abdo, Hiruy Abdu, Meseret Bekele
43. Merkato (2012)
18 min | Documentary, Short, Adventure
Merkato is a visually gripping and nuanced documentary of three personal stories that reflect a community of people surviving in one of the oldest and largest open air markets in Africa. ... See full summary »
Director: Sosena Solomon
44. The Walk of Abuka (2017)
12 min | Short
Directors: Tofik Hussen, Yidnekachew Gashaw Wendimagegn | Star: Yabsera Nuredin
45. The 11th Hour (II) (2007)
PG | 95 min | Drama
A family drama set in Addis, revolves around a father struggling to save his only daughter from a heart problem that can not be treated locally
Director: Zelalem Woldemariam | Stars: Solomon Bogale, Bersabeh Melaku
Votes: 17
48. Taza (2017)
111 min | Drama, Romance
In 1990G.C, Selam, a young beautiful and intelligent woman was aboard to study In Cuba comes back to her mother land and lives in the same house a caring older couple that rented her a ... See full summary »
Director: Kidest Yilma | Star: Yafet Henock
49. Forged Ways (2010)
Not Rated | 15 min | Documentary, Short, Biography
Forged Ways combines elements of documentary, narrative, and experimental form to create an experience that brings the viewer in as an active participant as opposed to a passive witness. ... See full summary »
Director: Ephraim Asili