Movie List for "south africa"

Red Dust (2004) Drama Movie

Police officer Dirk Hendricks files an amnesty application for Alex Mpondo, a member of the South African Parliament who can’t remember the torture he once endured as a captive political activist. South African-born attorney Sarah Ba Year 2004.

Generes: Drama
Director: Tom Hooper
Writer: Troy Kennedy-Martin, Gillian Slovo
Actors: Jamie Bartlett, Hilary Swank, Ian Roberts

Goodbye Bafana (2007) Biography Drama History Movie

Goodbye Bafana is the true story of a white South African racist whose life was profoundly altered by the black prisoner he guarded for twenty years. The prisoner’s name was Nelson Mandela. Year 2007.

Generes: Biography, Drama, History
Director: Bille August
Writer: Bille August, Bob Graham, James Gregory
Actors: Joseph Fiennes, Dennis Haysbert, Diane Kruger

Skin (2008) Biography Drama Movie

Based on the true story of a black girl who was born to two white Afrikaner parents in South Africa during the apartheid era. Year 2008.

Generes: Biography, Drama
Director: Anthony Fabian
Writer: Helen Crawley, Jessie Keyt, Helena Kriel
Actors: Sophie Okonedo, Sam Neill, Alice Krige

Country of My Skull (2004) Drama Romance Movie

A journalist and a poetess meet during the hearings of South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission. Year 2004.

Generes: Drama, Romance
Director: John Boorman
Writer: Antjie Krog, Ann Peacock
Actors: Juliette Binoche, Samuel L. Jackson, Brendan Gleeson

Stander (2003) Action Biography Crime Movie

The life and career of Andre Stander, a South African police officer turned bank robber. Year 2003.

Generes: Action, Biography, Crime
Director: Bronwen Hughes
Writer: Bima Stagg
Actors: Thomas Jane, David O’Hara, Dexter Fletcher

Hearts & Minds (1995) Drama History Thriller Movie

Set when the apartheid government was still in control, this powerful South African thriller is based on the true story of a policeman belonging to an elite government squad who was assigned to masquerade as a supporter and infiltrat Year 1995.

Generes: Drama, History, Thriller
Director: Ralph Ziman
Writer: Ralph Ziman, Patrick Shai
Actors: Danny Keogh, Patrick Shai, Seputla Sebogodi

A Dry White Season (1989) Drama Thriller Movie

A white middle class South African suburbanite with no interest in politics agrees to help his black gardener find his jailed son. His investigation opens his eyes to the horrors committed by the secret police and turns him into a ta Year 1989.

Generes: Drama, Thriller
Director: Euzhan Palcy
Writer: André P. Brink, Colin Welland, Euzhan Palcy
Actors: Donald Sutherland, Janet Suzman, Zakes Mokae

Bopha! (1993) Drama Movie

In this story of a black policeman during South African apartheid, Danny Glover plays the cop, who believes he’s trying to help his people, even while serving as a pawn of the racist government. When his son gets involved in the anti Year 1993.

Generes: Drama
Director: Morgan Freeman
Writer: Percy Mtwa, Brian Bird, John Wierick
Actors: Danny Glover, Malcolm McDowell, Alfre Woodard

Le secret de Chanda (2010) Drama Movie

A touching mother-daughter relationship that reflects the modern South Africa. Year 2010.

Generes: Drama
Director: Oliver Schmitz
Writer: Dennis Foon, Oliver Schmitz, Allan Stratton
Actors: Khomotso Manyaka, Keaobaka Makanyane, Harriet Lenabe

Uncle Kruger (1941) Biography War Movie

Rousing biopic of Paul Kruger, the Boer guerilla fighter turned statesman and first president of South Africa. Year 1941.

Generes: Biography, War
Director: Hans Steinhoff, Karl Anton, Herbert Maisch
Writer: Harald Bratt, Kurt Heuser, Arnold Krieger (novel)
Actors: Emil Jannings, Lucie Höflich, Werner Hinz, Ernst Schröder

Rashna:The Ray of Light (2018) Mystery Thriller Movie

Rishabh Thakkar has just arrived from Durban,South Africa and is enjoying his life in India before joining his Dad’s business but as the events turn upside down he is seen busy chasing the … Year 2018.

Generes: Mystery, Thriller
Director: Vibhas Joshi
Writer: Vibhas Joshi (screenplay), Manish Sharma (dialogue), Sheilly Sharma, Shelly Sharma (screenplay)
Actors: Nargis Fakhri, Sidharth Malhotra, Tisca Chopra, Shruti Haasan

Escape from Pretoria (2020) Thriller Movie

Based on the real-life prison break of two political captives, Escape From Pretoria is a race-against-time thriller set in the tumultuous apartheid days of South Africa. Year 2020.

Generes: Thriller
Director: Francis Annan
Writer: Francis Annan (screenplay by), L.H. Adams (screenplay by), Tim Jenkin (inspired by the book “Escape from Pretoria” by), Karol Griffiths (Story Development)
Actors: Daniel Radcliffe, Daniel Webber, Ian Hart, Mark Leonard Winter

The Journeymen (2016)

Filmed entirely from first person point of view, the Journeymen documentary follows three young South African photographers, from different walks of life, as they travel 24 000km throughout…

Rashna:The Ray of Light (2018)

Rishabh Thakkar has just arrived from Durban,South Africa and is enjoying his life in India before joining his Dad’s business but as the events turn upside down he is seen busy chasing the … Year 2018.

Generes: Mystery, Thriller
Director: Vibhas Joshi
Writer: Vibhas Joshi (screenplay), Manish Sharma (dialogue), Sheilly Sharma, Shelly Sharma (screenplay)
Actors: Nargis Fakhri, Sidharth Malhotra, Tisca Chopra, Shruti Haasan

Escape from Pretoria (2020)

Based on the real-life prison break of two political captives, Escape From Pretoria is a race-against-time thriller set in the tumultuous apartheid days of South Africa. Year 2020.

Generes: Thriller
Director: Francis Annan
Writer: Francis Annan, L.H. Adams, Karol Griffiths (Story Development), Tim Jenkin (book)
Actors: Daniel Radcliffe, Ian Hart, Daniel Webber, Nathan Page