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Kanopy
85
7.3
/1671/
73
/53/
75
/43/
4.1
/8356/
100
/38/
91
/3/
91
/11/

This Is Not a Burial, It's a Resurrection (2020)
Amongst the mountains of Lesotho, an 80-year-old widow winds up her affairs and makes arrangements for her burial. But when her village is threatened with resettlement due to the construction of a reservoir, she finds a new will to live and ignites a spirit of resistance within her community.
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Netflix
82
8.1
/70251/
78
/2889/
78
/995/
3.8
/139107/
93
/43/
91
/308/
82
/5/
cc age 8+

My Octopus Teacher (2020)
After years of swimming every day in the freezing ocean at the tip of Africa, Craig Foster meets an unlikely teacher: a young octopus who displays remarkable curiosity. Visiting her den and tracking her movements for months on end he eventually wins the animal’s trust and they develop a never-before-seen bond between human and wild animal.
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Kanopy
77
7.2
/32241/
72
/538/
69
/336/
3.5
/11335/
82
/130/
86
/1673/
70
/35/
cc age 17+

Tsotsi (2005)
A young South African boy from the Johannesburg ghetto named Tsotsi, meaning Gangster, leaves home as a child to get away from his helpless parents. Now a teenage thug, Tsotsi finds a baby in the back seat of a car he's just stolen. He decides that it is his responsibility to care for the infant and in the process learns that maybe the criminal life isn’t the best way.
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Plex
75
7.3
/62608/
73
/1968/
72
/1272/
3.4
/30869/
85
/27/
84
/1962/
73
/6/
cc age 10+

The Gods Must Be Crazy (1980)
A Coca-Cola bottle dropped from an airplane raises havoc among a normally peaceful tribe of African bushmen who believe it to be a utensil of the gods.
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Amazon Prime Video
74
6.9
/3833/
70
/67/
64
/50/
3.3
/1122/
86
/63/
79
/152/
62
/16/
cc age 15+

Skin (2009)
Based on the true story of a black girl who was born to two white Afrikaner parents in South Africa during the apartheid era.
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Kanopy
74
6.8
/2184/
65
/66/
62
/60/
3.6
/3108/
91
/53/
67
/11/
80
/14/

The Wound (2017)
Eastern Cape, South Africa. A lonely factory worker, Xolani, takes time off his job to assist during an annual Xhosa circumcision initiation into manhood. In a remote mountain camp that is off limits to women, young men, painted in white ochre, recuperate as they learn the masculine codes of their culture. In this environment of machismo and aggression, Xolani cares for a defiant initiate from Johannesburg, Kwanda, who quickly learns Xolani's best kept secret, that he is in love with another man.
poster
Netflix
72
6.9
/949/
65
/62/
75
/13/
3.2
/3193/
91
/65/
83
/50/
74
/16/
cc age 15+

Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight (2025)
Eight-year-old Bobo grows up on her family farm in Rhodesia in 1980 during the final days of the Bush War to end British colonial rule. Her eyes see conflict, the family's bond to the land, and the lasting wounds that war imprints on those who live through it.
poster
70
7.2
/3558/
74
/27/
78
/21/
3.2
/6819/
55
/6/
cc age 6+

David (2025)
From the songs of his mother’s heart to the whispers of a faithful God, David’s story begins in quiet devotion. When the giant Goliath rises to terrorize a nation, a young shepherd armed with only a sling, a few stones, and unshakable faith steps forward. Pursued by power and driven by purpose, his journey tests the limits of loyalty, love, and courage—culminating in a battle not just for a crown, but for the soul of a kingdom.
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Kanopy
67
6.8
/4747/
68
/219/
66
/92/
3.6
/7718/
91
/97/
73
/12/
69
/12/
cc age 17+

Moffie (2020)
A young man in 1981 South Africa must complete his brutal and racist two years of compulsory military service while desperately maintaining the secrecy of his homosexuality.
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Kanopy
67
6.1
/1040/
70
/72/
56
/27/
3.4
/1101/
76
/34/
88
/17/
73
/12/

Five Fingers for Marseilles (2018)
Years ago, the young Five Fingers fought for the rural town of Marseilles against brutal police oppression. Now, after fleeing in disgrace, Tau, one of them, returns to Marseilles, seeking only a peaceful life. When he finds the town under new threat, he must reluctantly fight to free it.
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Kanopy
65
6.7
/20582/
66
/908/
66
/505/
3.3
/5645/
60
/70/

Zulu (2013)
As a child, Ali Neuman narrowly escaped being murdered by Inkhata, a militant political party at war with Nelson Mandela's African National Congress. Only he and his mother survived the carnage of those years. But as with many survivors, the psychological scars remain.
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Plex
64
6.8
/18945/
69
/756/
70
/530/
3.2
/6622/
50
/14/
70
/381/
51
/17/
cc age 10+

The Gods Must Be Crazy II (1989)
Xixo is back again. This time, his children accidentally stow away on a fast-moving poachers' truck, unable to get off, and Xixo sets out to rescue them. Along the way, he encounters a couple of soldiers trying to capture each other and a pilot and passenger of a small plane, who are each having a few problems of their own.
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Starz
64
7.1
/29965/
71
/1031/
68
/561/
3.3
/10192/
61
/145/
68
/640/
60
/32/
cc age 15+

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 South Africa.
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Kanopy
62
5.6
/7608/
59
/620/
59
/229/
3.0
/14218/
84
/67/
45
/47/
64
/11/

Gaia (2021)
In the depths of an ancient forest, something has been growing. Something older than humanity itself, and perhaps greater too. When a park ranger discovers a man and his son living wild, she stumbles onto a secret that is about to change the world.
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The Roku Channel
62
6.7
/11937/
72
/958/
68
/246/
3.3
/4984/
63
/19/
69
/39/
54
/11/

The Pirates of Somalia (2017)
After an inspiring chance encounter with his idol, rookie journalist Jay Bahadur uproots his life and moves to Somalia looking for the story of a lifetime. Hooking up with a local fixer, he attempts to get embedded with the local Somali pirates, only to quickly find himself in over his head.
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Amazon Prime Video
61
5.2
/4543/
61
/194/
60
/90/
2.7
/1440/
73
/11/
66
/15/

8 (2020)
An old man, fated to collect souls for eternity, seeks atonement after trading his daughter's soul.
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70
60
7.3
/11105/
73
/126/
67
/61/
3.5
/1109/
77
/22/
79
/61/
53
/8/

Gangster's Paradise: Jerusalema (2008)
This South African movie tracks the rise of a once-petty criminal to the heights of the criminal underworld. After cutting his teeth on hijacking, before moving onto bigger game, an ambitious man hits a setback when most of his gang are shot.
poster
69
60
6.6
/2938/
68
/132/
70
/55/
3.3
/2196/
80
/10/
69
/41/

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 boys only private boarding school. John Milton is a boy from an ordinary background who wins a scholarship to a private school in Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa. Surrounded by boys with nicknames like Gecko, Rambo, Rain Man and Mad Dog, Spud has his hands full trying to adapt to his new home. Along the way Spud takes his first tentative steps along the path to manhood. (The path it seems could be a rather long road). Spud is an only child. He is cursed with parents from well beyond the lunatic fringe and a senile granny. His dad is a fervent anti-communist who is paranoid that the family domestic worker is running a shebeen from her room at the back of the family home. His mom is a free spirit and a teenager's worst nightmare, whether it's shopping for Spud's underwear in the local supermarket
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Netflix
64
59
6.3
/4792/
68
/393/
63
/148/
3.1
/2606/
71
/7/
61
/18/
cc age 15+

Silverton Siege (2022)
After a failed sabotage mission, a trio of anti-apartheid freedom fighters ends up in a tense bank hostage situation. Based on a true story.
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Hoopla
59
5.6
/3469/
61
/268/
51
/87/
2.9
/8747/
80
/56/
58
/30/

Fried Barry (2020)
Barry is a drug-addled, abusive bastard who - after yet another bender - is abducted by aliens. Barry takes a backseat as an alien visitor assumes control of his body and takes it for a joyride through Cape Town. What follows is an onslaught of drugs, sex, and violence as our alien tourist enters the weird and wonderful world of humankind.
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Netflix
63
58
4.5
/4897/
52
/223/
54
/116/
2.5
/781/
cc age 15+

Office Invasion (2022)
Three friends come together to defend their valuable mining company from…aliens?! What could possibly go wrong?
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Netflix
70
56
4.7
/2319/
62
/568/
58
/123/
2.4
/2007/
80
/5/
43
/25/
cc age 15+

Heart of the Hunter (2024)
A retired assassin is pulled back into action when his friend uncovers a dangerous conspiracy at the heart of the South African government.
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Amazon Prime Video
58
56
4.7
/2170/
60
/479/
53
/55/
2.4
/2101/
72
/68/

The Fix (2024)
When a troubled model takes a new drug at a party, she suffers a shocking transformation. Pursued by authorities and a dangerous gang, she hunts for a fix to reverse these effects, only to discover her mutations could save the human race.
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YouTube TV
55
5.0
/6514/
56
/579/
61
/655/
2.5
/11687/
45
/11/
70
/70/

Leprechaun Returns (2018)
A group of unwitting sorority sisters accidentally awaken the serial-killing Leprechaun after they build a sorority house on his hunting grounds.
poster
61
55
6.5
/5030/
70
/166/
71
/100/
3.2
/3933/
30
/27/
69
/55/

The World Unseen (2007)
A drama centered on two women who engage in a dangerous relationship during South Africa's apartheid era.
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Amazon Prime Video
54
4.8
/8737/
53
/330/
52
/127/
2.4
/2735/
50
/26/
74
/15/
48
/5/

Triggered (2020)
Nine friends, all harboring a dark secret, go camping in the woods. After a wild night of partying, they wake up with suicide bombs strapped to their chests, all with varying times on their countdown clocks. They decide to work out how to disarm the bombs or find help - until they discover they can 'take' one another's time by killing each other.
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Amazon Prime Video
53
6.2
/6854/
64
/534/
62
/197/
3.1
/3112/
63
/32/
43
/18/
46
/7/
cc age 17+

Detour (2017)
A young law student, grieving for his dying mother, struggles to decide whether he should kill his unfaithful step-father.
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HBO Max Amazon Channel
59
53
6.3
/7390/
60
/144/
60
/115/
3.0
/3290/
70
/44/
41
/78/
cc age 15+

The Girl (2012)
Director Alfred Hitchcock is revered as one of the greatest creative minds in the history of cinema. Known for his psychological thrillers, Hitchcock’s leading ladies were cool, beautiful and preferably blonde. One such actress was Tippi Hedren, an unknown fashion model given her big break when Hitchcock’s wife saw her on a TV commercial. Brought to Universal Studios, Hedren was shocked when the director, at the peak of his career, quickly cast her to star in his next feature, 1963’s The Birds. Little did Hedren know that as ambitious and terrifying as the production would be to shoot, the most daunting aspect of the film ended up coming from behind the camera.
poster
52
6.8
/282186/
70
/16916/
68
/8301/
3.1
/227139/
32
/226/
56
/3147/
41
/39/
cc age 17+

Chappie (2015)
Every child comes into the world full of promise, and none more so than Chappie: he is gifted, special, a prodigy. Like any child, Chappie will come under the influence of his surroundings—some good, some bad—and he will rely on his heart and soul to find his way in the world and become his own man. But there's one thing that makes Chappie different from any one else: he is a robot.
poster
68
50
6.7
/3705/
70
/65/
72
/57/
2.9
/826/
75
/142/

Faith Like Potatoes (2006)
Frank Rautenbach leads a strong cast as Angus Buchan, a Zambian farmer of Scottish heritage, who leaves his farm in the midst of political unrest and racially charged land reclaims and travels south with his family to start a better life in KwaZulu Natal,South Africa.
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Hoopla
49
5.2
/542/
50
/46/
42
/10/
3.1
/1607/
84
/43/
33
/2/
59
/9/
cc age 15+

Good Madam (2021)
In post-apartheid South Africa, Tsidi, a single mother, is forced to move in with her own estranged mother Mavis, a live-in domestic worker caring obsessively for her catatonic white ‘Madam’. And as Tsidi tries to heal her family, a sinister spectre begins to stir.
poster
76
49
7.5
/2582/
66
/37/
74
/30/
3.6
/735/
93
/180/

Yesterday (2004)
After falling ill, Yesterday learns that she is HIV positive. With her husband in denial and young daughter to tend to, Yesterday's one goal is to live long enough to see her child go to school.
poster
Netflix
65
49
5.5
/1470/
63
/220/
69
/118/
2.6
/1008/
77
/28/
cc age 5+

Jungle Beat: The Movie (2020)
The Jungle Beat animals think it’s the best thing ever when an alien arrives in the jungle bringing with him the power of speech. They also surprisingly think it’s the best thing ever when they find out that he’s been sent to conquer them.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
52
49
5.5
/10675/
55
/232/
59
/266/
2.6
/2306/
43
/168/

Wake of Death (2004)
Ben Archer, an ex-mob enforcer, seeks revenge against a ruthless Chinese kingpin responsible for his wife's brutal murder. When Archer joins forces with his old underworld friends, an all-out war is waged against the Chinese Triad.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
49
5.7
/6852/
64
/610/
60
/264/
2.6
/4748/
44
/18/
44
/57/
40
/6/
cc age 6+

Khumba (2013)
A half-striped zebra is blamed for the drought and leaves his herd in search of his missing stripes. He is joined on his quest by an overprotective wildebeest and a flamboyant ostrich; they defeat the tyrannical leopard and save his herd.
poster
Netflix
75
46
7.5
/1322/
78
/116/
74
/26/
3.7
/2571/
cc age 8+

Pangolin: Kulu's Journey (2025)
Rescued from poachers, an endangered baby pangolin embarks on a journey back to the wild with help from a devoted human guardian in this documentary.
poster
Netflix
62
46
5.6
/2014/
61
/285/
69
/234/
2.9
/1817/
66
/15/
cc age 6+

Seal Team (2021)
After his best friend is killed in a shark attack, Quinn, a lovable yet tenacious seal assembles a SEAL TEAM to fight back against a gang of sharks overtaking the neighborhood. But this merry band of international seals are not at all trained for such a mission. They seek the help of a much more skillful combatant, Claggart, but even his tricks and flips can’t whip these guys into shape. However, with a little bit of ingenuity, intelligence and a lot of heart, our SEAL TEAM may actually be able to bring peace back to their undersea community.
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Netflix
61
46
3.9
/1100/
48
/120/
57
/199/
2.7
/299/

Santana (2020)
Two brothers — one a narcotics agent and the other a general — finally discover the identity of the drug lord who murdered their parents decades ago. They may kill each other before capturing the bad guys.
poster
The Roku Channel
63
45
6.3
/2102/
53
/52/
57
/34/
3.3
/818/
84
/19/
60
/45/

Beauty (2011)
François van Heerden, a mid-40s Afrikaans family man, has become devoid of any care or concern for his own measure of happiness, and so convinced of his ill-fated existence, that he is wholly unprepared when a chance encounter unravels his clean, controlled life.
poster
42
5.2
/12654/
61
/1365/
54
/356/
2.3
/13779/
16
/50/
27
/204/
36
/19/
cc age 17+

Action Point (2018)
A daredevil designs and operates his own theme park with his friends.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
62
41
5.5
/935/
56
/94/
57
/27/
3.1
/784/
78
/36/
65
/5/

Glasshouse (2021)
A mother and her three daughters — romantic Bee, sensible Evie, and child of nature Daisy — occupy the titular glass building, which has been completely sealed off to protect its occupants from a dementia-inducing toxin called the Shred that’s poisoning the air outside. Fearful of becoming like the lost souls who wander the abyss outside, the family keep a grasp on their past by performing sacred rituals. When Bee breaks the rules and lets an injured stranger into their midst, the family dynamic is shattered forever, as hidden truths upend the illusions the women have worked so hard to protect.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
55
40
3.9
/1772/
47
/76/
58
/68/
2.6
/444/
73
/11/
72
/33/
48
/4/

The Lullaby (2018)
Returning to her home town, overwhelmed by the birth of her firstborn, nineteen-year-old Chloe van Heerden tries to come to terms with motherhood. Despite the support from her own mother, Chloe struggles with the demands of caring for a newborn child. The incessant crying of her baby, the growing sense of guilt and paranoia send her into a dark depression. With a heightened urge to protect her son, she sees danger everywhere.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
71
40
6.3
/835/
61
/31/
58
/22/
3.4
/435/
94
/16/
75
/16/
78
/4/

Number 37 (2018)
Entrapped in his apartment, Randal, a recent paraplegic, is given a gift of binoculars by his devoted girlfriend, Pam. But Randal is in financial debt to a sadistic loan shark, and when he witnesses a powerful criminal commit a murder while observing his neighbours through binoculars, he initiates a treacherous blackmail scheme.
poster
Netflix
54
38
4.9
/891/
62
/177/
66
/45/
2.1
/3111/
cc age 10+

Disaster Holiday (2024)
A workaholic dad, trying to win over his kids, heads to the coast of Durban for a big work meeting — under the guise of a family road trip vacation.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
61
37
4.6
/543/
51
/67/
51
/25/
2.9
/1032/
100
/5/

Breathing In (2023)
1901, South Africa. As the Second Anglo-Boer War rages on, a wounded General seeks refuge in the small home of a woman and her young daughter. As the hurt man settles in, he begins noticing that something is off about the two women, particularly the daughter, and before long, he’ll learn the real reason for why they’ve invited him and for how they’ve survived on their own for so long.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
71
36
7.1
/1531/
66
/70/
62
/18/
3.6
/6545/
87
/12/

Lilies Not for Me (2025)
Haunted by a forbidden affair, a young man in a 1920s “conversion” clinic finds hope in a compassionate nurse who challenges the era’s cruel norms.
poster
56
36
4.8
/3084/
52
/69/
60
/41/
2.9
/1157/
66
/20/

Mr. Bones (2001)
A medicine man is sent looking for the son of his tribal king, and brings back an American golfer and a host of goons intent on keeping him in the golf tournament.
poster
Netflix
52
36
4.6
/1397/
56
/139/
69
/135/
2.5
/1245/
67
/6/
29
/7/
cc age 15+

Seriously Single (2020)
While her free-living bestie urges her to embrace singlehood, a commitment-craving social media expert can't stop following the life of a former love.


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