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Kanopy
86
8.0
/112600/
77
/1686/
75
/1241/
4.1
/52096/
94
/176/
92
/7604/
92
/36/
cc age 16+

The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (2007)
Jean-Dominique Bauby, editor-in-chief of French fashion bible Elle magazine, has a devastating stroke at age 43. The damage to his brain stem results in locked-in syndrome, with which he is almost completely paralyzed and only able to communicate by blinking an eye. Bauby painstakingly dictates his memoir via the only means of expression left to him.
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Disney Plus
86
8.5
/1244963/
84
/42230/
82
/19320/
4.2
/1891152/
92
/172/
93
/84581/
88
/30/
cc age 6+

The Lion King (1994)
Young lion prince Simba, eager to one day become king of the Pride Lands, grows up under the watchful eye of his father Mufasa; all the while his villainous uncle Scar conspires to take the throne for himself. Amid betrayal and tragedy, Simba must confront his past and find his rightful place in the Circle of Life.
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HBO Max Amazon Channel
86
IMDb 72
8.8
/2780392/
86
/84783/
83
/38588/
4.2
/3651002/
87
/363/
91
/41622/
74
/42/
cc age 14+

Inception (2010)
Cobb, a skilled thief who commits corporate espionage by infiltrating the subconscious of his targets is offered a chance to regain his old life as payment for a task considered to be impossible: "inception", the implantation of another person's idea into a target's subconscious.
poster
Hulu
85
7.8
/6193/
78
/319/
75
/148/
4.0
/11280/
98
/107/
86
/38/
87
/24/
cc age 8+

Jane (2017)
Drawing from never-before-seen footage that has been tucked away in the National Geographic archives, director Brett Morgen tells the story of Jane Goodall, a woman whose chimpanzee research revolutionized our understanding of the natural world.
poster
85
8.4
/25126/
81
/711/
81
/660/
4.3
/32473/
94
/95/
90
/118/
83
/29/

The Salt of the Earth (2014)
During the last forty years, the photographer Sebastião Salgado has been travelling through the continents, in the footsteps of an ever-changing humanity. He has witnessed the major events of our recent history: international conflicts, starvations and exodus… He is now embarking on the discovery of pristine territories, of the wild fauna and flora, of grandiose landscapes: a huge photographic project which is a tribute to the planet's beauty. Salgado's life and work are revealed to us by his son, Juliano, who went with him during his last journeys, and by Wim Wenders, a photographer himself.
poster
84
7.6
/4352/
75
/79/
72
/74/
4.0
/5639/
99
/74/
84
/153/
91
/26/

Moolaadé (2004)
When a woman shelters a group of girls from suffering female genital mutilation, she starts a conflict that tears her village apart.
poster
MGM Plus
84
8.1
/389904/
79
/6316/
77
/3060/
3.9
/134504/
91
/188/
94
/12274/
79
/40/
cc age 15+

Hotel Rwanda (2004)
Inspired by true events, this film takes place in Rwanda in the 1990s when more than a million Tutsis were killed in a genocide that went mostly unnoticed by the rest of the world. Hotel owner Paul Rusesabagina houses over a thousand refuges in his hotel in attempt to save their lives.
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Netflix
84
8.0
/736788/
79
/25560/
75
/11402/
4.0
/872796/
94
/265/
90
/55079/
80
/46/
cc age 14+

Casino Royale (2006)
Le Chiffre, a banker to the world's terrorists, is scheduled to participate in a high-stakes poker game in Montenegro, where he intends to use his winnings to establish his financial grip on the terrorist market. M sends Bond—on his maiden mission as a 00 Agent—to attend this game and prevent Le Chiffre from winning. With the help of Vesper Lynd and Felix Leiter, Bond enters the most important poker game in his already dangerous career.
poster
The Roku Channel
83
7.9
/20272/
77
/516/
75
/244/
4.1
/21235/
100
/50/
94
/466/
83
/21/
cc age 14+

When We Were Kings (1996)
It's 1974. Muhammad Ali is 32 and thought by many to be past his prime. George Foreman is ten years younger and the heavyweight champion of the world. Promoter Don King wants to make a name for himself and offers both fighters five million dollars apiece to fight one another, and when they accept, King has only to come up with the money. He finds a willing backer in Mobutu Sese Suko, the dictator of Zaire, and the "Rumble in the Jungle" is set, including a musical festival featuring some of America's top black performers, like James Brown and B.B. King.
poster
YouTube TV
83
7.7
/109833/
77
/3093/
75
/1828/
4.3
/181010/
89
/83/
91
/2301/
73
/15/
cc age 13+

Malcolm X (1992)
A tribute to the controversial black activist and leader of the struggle for black liberation. He hit bottom during his imprisonment in the '50s, he became a Black Muslim and then a leader in the Nation of Islam. His assassination in 1965 left a legacy of self-determination and racial pride.
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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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Disney Plus
82
7.3
/900451/
75
/52821/
73
/23111/
3.7
/2591785/
96
/526/
79
/9118/
88
/55/
cc age 12+

Black Panther (2018)
King T'Challa returns home to the reclusive, technologically advanced African nation of Wakanda to serve as his country's new leader. However, T'Challa soon finds that he is challenged for the throne by factions within his own country as well as without. Using powers reserved to Wakandan kings, T'Challa assumes the Black Panther mantle to join with ex-girlfriend Nakia, the queen-mother, his princess-kid sister, members of the Dora Milaje (the Wakandan 'special forces') and an American secret agent, to prevent Wakanda from being dragged into a world war.
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JustWatch TV
81
7.4
/432/
75
/35/
90
/6/
3.7
/804/
97
/36/
71
/12/
80
/10/
cc age 11+

Liyana (2017)
A talented group of orphaned children in Swaziland create a fictional heroine and send her on a dangerous quest.
poster
81
7.0
/892/
73
/37/
56
/14/
3.7
/1872/
93
/15/
89
/35/
93
/9/

Sankofa (1993)
On a photo shoot in Ghana, an American model slips back in time, becomes enslaved on a plantation and bears witness to the agony of her ancestral past.
poster
81
7.7
/88312/
75
/1498/
74
/1022/
3.7
/55511/
96
/52/
86
/1535/
91
/15/
cc age 10+

The African Queen (1952)
At the start of the First World War, in the middle of Africa’s nowhere, a gin soaked riverboat captain is persuaded by a strong-willed missionary to go down river and face-off a German warship.
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Kanopy
81
7.1
/18926/
68
/588/
70
/506/
3.8
/17885/
98
/123/
77
/140/
92
/31/

Timbuktu (2014)
Just outside of the Malian city of Timbuktu, now occupied by militant Islamic rebels who impose the Sharia on civilians and inconvenience their daily life, a cattleman kills a fisherman.
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Criterion Channel
80
7.4
/39789/
73
/813/
73
/916/
4.0
/147689/
88
/50/
86
/644/

Pierrot le Fou (1965)
Pierrot escapes his boring society and travels from Paris to the Mediterranean Sea with Marianne, a girl chased by hit-men from Algeria. They lead an unorthodox life, always on the run.
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Amazon Prime Video
80
7.7
/45749/
75
/989/
74
/550/
3.8
/26712/
97
/29/
91
/1435/
77
/9/
cc age 12+

Zulu (1964)
In 1879, during the Anglo-Zulu War, man-of-the-people Lt. Chard and snooty Lt. Bromhead are in charge of defending the isolated and vastly outnumbered Natal outpost of Rorke's Drift from tribal hordes.
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Kanopy
80
7.7
/450817/
78
/13689/
74
/6186/
3.7
/251911/
77
/172/
88
/18043/
74
/33/
cc age 17+

Black Hawk Down (2001)
When U.S. Rangers and an elite Delta Force team attempt to kidnap two underlings of a Somali warlord, their Black Hawk helicopters are shot down, and the Americans suffer heavy casualties, facing intense fighting from the militia on the ground.
poster
Criterion Channel
80
7.4
/446/
61
/9/
66
/7/
3.7
/790/
100
/9/
86
/3/

Guelwaar (1993)
Burial of a Christian political activist in a Muslim cemetary forces a conflict imbued with religious fervor.
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Amazon Prime Video
80
7.6
/6824/
77
/231/
71
/132/
3.8
/12522/
100
/23/
91
/296/
82
/12/
cc age 11+

The Endless Summer (1966)
Bruce Brown's The Endless Summer is one of the first and most influential surf movies of all time. The film documents American surfers Mike Hynson and Robert August as they travel the world during California’s winter (which, back in 1965 was off-season for surfing) in search of the perfect wave and ultimately, an endless summer.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
80
7.5
/11907/
74
/693/
73
/1146/
4.0
/84874/
96
/26/
87
/185/
77
/16/
cc age 5+

Kirikou and the Sorceress (1998)
Drawn from elements of West African folk tales, it depicts how a newborn boy, Kirikou, saves his village from the evil witch Karaba.
poster
80
7.8
/516152/
78
/16500/
75
/7308/
3.8
/365847/
93
/280/
89
/6809/
82
/48/
cc age 14+

Captain Phillips (2013)
The true story of Captain Richard Phillips and the 2009 hijacking by Somali pirates of the US-flagged MV Maersk Alabama, the first American cargo ship to be hijacked in two hundred years.
poster
80
79
7.4
/28437/
72
/432/
72
/527/
4.0
/40678/
88
/77/
84
/510/
90
/20/

The Passenger (1975)
David Locke is a world-weary American journalist who has been sent to cover a conflict in northern Africa, but he makes little progress with the story. When he discovers the body of a stranger who looks similar to him, Locke assumes the dead man's identity. However, he soon finds out that the man was an arms dealer, leading Locke into dangerous situations. Aided by a beautiful woman, Locke attempts to avoid both the police and criminals out to get him.
poster
Disney Plus
79
8.4
/1349123/
84
/66518/
82
/31394/
4.0
/3214043/
85
/487/
92
/11974/
68
/54/
cc age 13+

Avengers: Infinity War (2018)
As the Avengers and their allies have continued to protect the world from threats too large for any one hero to handle, a new danger has emerged from the cosmic shadows: Thanos. A despot of intergalactic infamy, his goal is to collect all six Infinity Stones, artifacts of unimaginable power, and use them to inflict his twisted will on all of reality. Everything the Avengers have fought for has led up to this moment - the fate of Earth and existence itself has never been more uncertain.
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Kanopy
79
7.5
/14690/
73
/200/
70
/175/
3.6
/3860/
85
/101/
88
/329/
72
/31/

Nowhere in Africa (2001)
A Jewish woman named Jettel Redlich flees Nazi Germany with her daughter Regina, to join her husband, Walter, on a farm in Kenya. At first, Jettel refuses to adjust to her new circumstances, bringing with her a set of china dishes and an evening gown. While Regina adapts readily to this new world, forming a strong bond with her father's cook, an African named Owuor.
poster
79
7.3
/155077/
71
/2942/
69
/1658/
3.6
/55703/
83
/189/
82
/7483/
82
/39/
cc age 16+

The Constant Gardener (2005)
Justin Quayle is a low-level British diplomat who has always gone about his work very quietly, not causing any problems. But after his radical wife Tessa is killed he becomes determined to find out why, thrusting himself into the middle of a very dangerous conspiracy.
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Netflix
79
7.7
/90749/
76
/3744/
76
/1830/
4.0
/93216/
91
/149/
92
/543/
79
/30/
cc age 18+

Beasts of No Nation (2015)
Based on the experiences of Agu, a child fighting in the civil war of a West African country. Follows Agu's journey as he's forced to join a group of soldiers. While he fears his commander and many of the men around him, his fledgling childhood has been brutally shattered by the war raging through his country, and he is at first torn between conflicting revulsion and fascination.
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Netflix
79
7.9
/747818/
77
/24085/
74
/10090/
3.8
/509050/
90
/309/
82
/39344/
81
/36/
cc age 17+

District 9 (2009)
Thirty years ago, aliens arrive on Earth. Not to conquer or give aid, but to find refuge from their dying planet. Separated from humans in a South African area called District 9, the aliens are managed by Multi-National United, which is unconcerned with the aliens' welfare but will do anything to master their advanced technology. When a company field agent contracts a mysterious virus that begins to alter his DNA, there is only one place he can hide: District 9.
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Kanopy
78
7.6
/810/
77
/21/
69
/11/
3.5
/1147/
88
/26/
78
/1/
71
/12/

Makala (2017)
Kabwita, a young man living with his wife and daughters in Kolwezi, a town in the southwest of the Democratic Republic of Congo, dreams of buying land to build a house. To do so, he produces charcoal (makala), extracted from the ashes of a mighty hardwood tree. Carrying the sacks of charcoal on the back of his bicycle, he embarks on a dangerous journey to sell them on the market.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
81
78
7.8
/15312/
74
/288/
70
/156/
4.0
/9069/
100
/23/
91
/272/
73
/11/

Breaker Morant (1980)
During the Boer War, three Australian lieutenants are on trial for shooting Boer prisoners. Though they acted under orders, they are being used as scapegoats by the General Staff, who hopes to distance themselves from the irregular practices of the war. The trial does not progress as smoothly as expected by the General Staff, as the defence puts up a strong fight in the courtroom.
poster
78
7.1
/9054/
73
/199/
73
/201/
3.5
/3478/
95
/60/
80
/411/
82
/21/
cc age 8+

Duma (2005)
An orphaned cheetah becomes the best friend and pet of a young boy living in South Africa.
poster
78
7.6
/204602/
75
/3705/
74
/2296/
3.7
/79140/
87
/183/
89
/15313/
74
/36/
cc age 17+

The Last King of Scotland (2006)
Young Scottish doctor, Nicholas Garrigan decides it's time for an adventure after he finishes his formal education, so he decides to try his luck in Uganda, and arrives during the downfall of President Obote. General Idi Amin comes to power and asks Garrigan to become his personal doctor.
poster
78
6.8
/20205/
70
/1220/
3.6
/103013/
81
/256/
95
/2246/
cc age 14+

Lotus (2023)
Lili wants to hang out with her cool friends, but the family Buddhist bracelet that she wears keeps reminding her that she is watched by superior divinity. Although she tries very hard to blend in the new environment, she is always too self-conscious about it. In order to fully enjoy herself at a party, she decides to take the bracelet off, but eventually she loses it. Now she needs to do something to cover it, otherwise there will be some consequences.
poster
78
7.4
/385/
81
/15/
68
/13/
3.6
/328/
100
/23/
69
/3/
88
/8/

Democrats (2014)
An intriguing look at an authoritarian state on the verge of democratization: how Zimbabwe got a new constitution. Two political enemies are forced on a joint mission to write Zimbabwe's new constitution. The ultimate test that will either take the country a decisive step closer to democracy and away from President Mugabe's dictatorship, or toward renewed repression. In a country with little respect for human rights, impeded by economic sanctions and hyperinflation running rampant, failure is not an option.
poster
78
7.1
/6722/
69
/91/
67
/80/
3.6
/3566/
96
/25/
76
/131/

Flirting (1991)
Two freethinking teenagers - a boy and a girl - confront with authoritarian teachers in their boarding schools. The other students treat this differently.
poster
Criterion Channel
78
7.3
/17763/
70
/470/
70
/347/
4.1
/124082/
87
/47/
76
/166/
91
/20/

Beau Travail (2000)
Foreign Legion officer Galoup recalls his once glorious life, training troops in the Gulf of Djibouti. His existence there was happy, strict and regimented, until the arrival of a promising young recruit, Sentain, plants the seeds of jealousy in Galoup's mind.
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Kanopy
80
78
7.7
/12955/
76
/296/
74
/259/
4.2
/43933/
88
/16/
86
/245/

Sans Soleil (1983)
A woman narrates the thoughts of a world traveler, meditations on time and memory expressed in words and images from places as far-flung as Japan, Guinea-Bissau, Iceland, and San Francisco.
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Plex
78
7.9
/14931/
78
/696/
76
/360/
3.9
/7044/
87
/94/
82
/2428/
72
/26/
cc age 6+

Earth (2007)
An epic story of adventure, starring some of the most magnificent and courageous creatures alive, awaits you in EARTH. Disneynature brings you a remarkable story of three animal families on a journey across our planet – polar bears, elephants and humpback whales.
poster
Disney Plus
78
7.4
/19841/
79
/1410/
72
/458/
3.6
/19345/
94
/188/
86
/279/
73
/40/
cc age 10+

Queen of Katwe (2016)
A young girl overcomes her disadvantaged upbringing in the slums of Uganda to become a Chess master.
poster
Disney Plus
78
7.8
/916735/
78
/62552/
74
/23693/
3.6
/1995062/
90
/431/
89
/9723/
75
/52/
cc age 13+

Captain America: Civil War (2016)
Following the events of Age of Ultron, the collective governments of the world pass an act designed to regulate all superhuman activity. This polarizes opinion amongst the Avengers, causing two factions to side with Iron Man or Captain America, which causes an epic battle between former allies.
poster
MUBI
77
6.7
/3214/
66
/128/
65
/64/
3.7
/34785/
97
/97/
85
/23/

Dahomey (2024)
Thousands of royal artifacts of Dahomey, a West African kingdom, were taken by French colonists in the 19th century for collection and display in Paris. Centuries later, a fraction returned to their home in modern-day Benin. This dramatized documentary follows the journey of 26 of the treasures as told by cultural art historians, embattled university students, and one of the repatriated statues himself.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
77
7.6
/16185/
73
/783/
72
/214/
3.8
/41382/
93
/123/
89
/121/

Val (2021)
For over 40 years Val Kilmer, one of Hollywood’s most mercurial and/or misunderstood actors has been documenting his own life and craft through film and video. He has amassed thousands of hours of footage, from 16mm home movies made with his brothers, to time spent in iconic roles for blockbuster movies like Top Gun, The Doors, Tombstone, and Batman Forever. This raw, wildly original and unflinching documentary reveals a life lived to extremes and a heart-filled, sometimes hilarious look at what it means to be an artist and a complex man.
poster
77
7.4
/186/
50
/4/
57
/7/
100
/5/
94
/19/

The Greatest Silence: Rape in the Congo (2007)
Since the late 1990s, more people have died in war-torn Congo than in any conflict since World War II. In addition to the dead, hundreds of thousands of woman and girls have been raped. Rape, explains a British colonel, is a weapon of war, part of a destabilization covering the theft of valuable minerals. Rape victims are traumatized, injured, abandoned by husbands, pregnant, and ravaged by disease.
poster
77
7.1
/1952/
68
/24/
63
/31/
3.4
/609/
91
/11/
80
/19/

A World Apart (1988)
A White enclave in Johannesburg, South Africa, in the 1960s. Molly Roth, 13 years old, is the daughter of leftist parents, and she must piece together what's happening around her when her father disappears one night, barely evading arrest, and, not long after, her mother is detained by the authorities. Some of Molly's White friends turn against her, and her family's friendships with Blacks take on new meaning. Relationships are fragile in the world of apartheid. How will she manage?
poster
Kanopy
77
7.6
/8752/
74
/289/
69
/127/
3.7
/6279/
85
/98/
83
/813/
73
/28/

Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson (2008)
Fueled by a raging libido, Wild Turkey, and superhuman doses of drugs, Thompson was a true "free lance, " goring sacred cows with impunity, hilarity, and a steel-eyed conviction for writing wrongs. Focusing on the good doctor's heyday, 1965 to 1975, the film includes clips of never-before-seen (nor heard) home movies, audiotapes, and passages from unpublished manuscripts.
poster
77
7.4
/75443/
73
/1757/
74
/1518/
3.7
/90057/
89
/44/
84
/1159/
76
/10/
cc age 10+

The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956)
An American doctor and his wife, a former singing star, witness a murder while vacationing in Morocco, and are drawn into a twisting plot of international intrigue when their young son is kidnapped.
poster
77
7.2
/159938/
74
/6400/
72
/4211/
4.1
/500650/
79
/89/
90
/175/
64
/26/
cc age 8+

The Prince of Egypt (1998)
The strong bond between two brothers is challenged when their chosen responsibilities set them at odds, with extraordinary consequences.


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