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Gandhi (1982)

Summary: The life of the lawyer who became the famed leader of the Indian revolts against the British rule through his philosophy of nonviolent protest.

Release Date: February 25, 1983

Genres: Drama, Biography, History

Director: Richard Attenborough

Writer: John Briley

Runtime: 3 h 11 min

MPAA: PG

Production: International Film Investors, National Film Development Corporation of India (NFDC), Goldcrest Films International

Distributor: RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video, Embassy Television, CBS, Disney Channel, Video Collection International, Pioneer Entertainment, Columbia TriStar Home Video, Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment

Countries: United Kingdom, India

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 22,000,000

Domestic: $ 52,767,889

International: $ 530

3.6 - MovieMeter
441 votes

Jerusalema (2008)

Summary: A young hoodlum's rise from a small-time criminal to a powerful crime entrepreneur during the turbulent years before and after the fall of apartheid.

Release Date: August 29, 2008

Genres: Action, Drama, Crime

Director: Ralph Ziman

Writer: Ralph Ziman

Runtime: 1 h 59 min

MPAA: R

Production: Muti Films

Country: South Africa

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 2,000,000

Domestic: $ 7,294

International: $ 414,299

3.6 - MovieMeter
355 votes

My Octopus Teacher (2020)

Summary: A filmmaker forges an unusual friendship with an octopus living in a South African kelp forest, learning as the animal shares the mysteries of her world.

Release Date: September 07, 2020

Genres: Drama, Documentary

Directors: Pippa Ehrlich

, James Reed

Writers: Pippa Ehrlich

, James Reed

Runtime: 1 h 25 min

MPAA: TV-G

Production: A Netflix Original Documentary, Off The Fence, The Sea Change Project

Distributor: Netflix

Country: South Africa

Language: English

3.5 - MovieMeter
54 votes

The World Unseen (2007)

Summary: A drama centered on two women who engage in a dangerous relationship during South Africa's apartheid era.

Release Date: April 03, 2009

Genres: Drama, Romance

Director: Shamim Sarif

Writer: Shamim Sarif

Runtime: 1 h 33 min

MPAA: PG-13

Production: Enlightenment Productions, DO Productions, Archis Films

Distributor: Lesflicks, Regent Releasing, Entertainment One

Countries: South Africa, United Kingdom

Language: English

Domestic: $ 17,808

International: $ 5,293

3.5 - MovieMeter
1 votes

Plot for Peace (2013)

Summary: A documentary that reveals the untold story of apartheid's fall, and the mysterious French businessman who was instrumental in Nelson Mandela's release from jail.

Release Date: October 31, 2014

Genres: Thriller, Documentary, History

Directors: Carlos Agulló

, Mandy Jacobson

Writer: Stephen Smith

Runtime: 1 h 24 min

MPAA: Not Rated

Production: Indelible Media, African Oral History Archive, Morocco Film Assistance

Country: South Africa

Language: English

Domestic: $ 7,051

International: $ 32,760

3.5 - MovieMeter
1 votes

Professionals (2020)

Summary: After their advanced medical satellite explodes on deployment, billionaire futurist Peter Swann, and his fiancée, medical visionary Dr. Graciela "Grace" Davila, turn to a hardened former counterintelligence officer.

Release Date: October 11, 2022

Genres: Action, Adventure

Runtime: 0 h 48 min

Countries: Latvia, Ireland, South Africa, United States

Language: English

3.4 - MovieMeter
488 votes

Catch a Fire (2006)

Summary: A drama about terrorism in Apartheid-era South Africa, revolving around a policeman and a young man who carries out solo attacks against the regime.

Release Date: October 27, 2006

Genres: Drama, Biography, History

Director: Phillip Noyce

Writer: Shawn Slovo

Runtime: 1 h 41 min

MPAA: PG-13

Production: Focus Features, StudioCanal, Working Title Films, Mirage Enterprises

Distributor: Focus Features, Universal Pictures Home Entertainment (UPHE)

Countries: France, United Kingdom, South Africa, United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 14,000,000

Domestic: $ 4,299,773

International: $ 1,410,463

3.4 - MovieMeter
419 votes

Cry Freedom (1987)

Summary: South African journalist Donald Woods is forced to flee the country after attempting to investigate the death in custody of his friend, the Black anti-Apartheid activist Steve Biko.

Release Date: November 06, 1987

Genres: Drama, Biography, History

Director: Richard Attenborough

Writers: John Briley

, Donald Woods

Runtime: 2 h 37 min

MPAA: PG

Production: Universal Pictures, Marble Arch Productions

Distributor: Universal Pictures, Universal Pictures Home Entertainment (UPHE), Disney Channel, Kino Lorber, TNT

Countries: United Kingdom, Zimbabwe, United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 29,000,000

Domestic: $ 5,899,797

3.4 - MovieMeter
28 votes

Dhoom 2 (2006)

Summary: Back in action DHOOM:2 reinvents the action comedy genre and propels it into the 21st century. Go on and enjoy the ride once again with Jai and Ali.

Release Date: November 24, 2006

Genres: Action, Crime, Thriller

Director: Sanjay Gadhvi

Writers: Vijay Krishna Acharya

, Aditya Chopra

Runtime: 2 h 32 min

MPAA: Not Rated

Production: Utopia Films, Yash Raj Films

Country: India

Language: Hindi

Franchise: Dhoom

Movie budget: $ 350,000,000

Domestic: $ 2,643,586

International: $ 29,752,841

3.4 - MovieMeter
5 votes

Proteus (2003)

Summary: An interracial gay love story set in early 18th century South Africa about two men -- a black prisoner living in a Cape Town penal colony and a Dutch sailor -- who weather injustices as a result of their affair.

Release Date: September 07, 2003

Genres: Drama, Romance

Directors: John Greyson

, Jack Lewis

Writers: John Greyson

, Jack Lewis

Runtime: 1 h 37 min

MPAA: Not Rated

Production: Pluck Productions, Big World Cinema, Corus Entertainment, Idol Pictures

Countries: Canada, South Africa

Language: English

Domestic: $ 62,031

3.4 - MovieMeter
5 votes

Trophy (2017)

Summary: This in-depth look into the powerhouse industries of big-game hunting, breeding and wildlife conservation in the U.S. and Africa unravels the complex consequences of treating animals as commodities.

Release Date: September 08, 2017

Genre: Documentary

Directors: Christina Clusiau

, Shaul Schwarz

Runtime: 1 h 48 min

MPAA: Not Rated

Production: Candescent Films, Chicago Media Project, Pulse Films, Reel Peak Films

Distributor: CNN Films, The Orchard

Countries: United Kingdom, Namibia, South Africa, Zimbabwe, United States

Language: English

Domestic: $ 21,439

International: $ 1,114

3.3 - MovieMeter
796 votes

Tsotsi (2005)

Summary: Six days in the violent life of a young Johannesburg gang leader.

Release Date: December 23, 2005

Genres: Drama, Crime

Director: Gavin Hood

Writers: Gavin Hood

, Athol Fugard

Runtime: 1 h 35 min

MPAA: 14A

Production: The UK Film & TV Production Company PLC, Industrial Development Corporation of South Africa, The National Film and Video Foundation of SA, Moviworld, Tsotsi Films

Distributor: Miramax, Universal Pictures Home Entertainment (UPHE)

Countries: United Kingdom, South Africa

Language: Afrikaans

Movie budget: $ 3,000,000

Domestic: $ 2,912,606

International: $ 6,978,697

3.3 - MovieMeter
652 votes

Escape from Pretoria (2020)

Summary: 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.

Release Date: March 06, 2020

Genres: Crime, Biography, Mystery

Director: Francis Annan

Writers: Francis Annan

, L.H. Adams

, Tim Jenkin

Runtime: 1 h 46 min

MPAA: PG-13

Production: Footprint Films, Beagle Pug Films, MEP Capital, Momentum Films, Hamilton Entertainment

Countries: United Kingdom, Australia, United States, South Africa, Germany

Language: English

3.3 - MovieMeter
448 votes

The Gods Must Be Crazy (1980)

Summary: A comic allegory about a traveling Bushman who encounters modern civilization and its stranger aspects, including a clumsy scientist and a band of revolutionaries.

Release Date: October 04, 1985

Genres: Adventure, Comedy

Director: Jamie Uys

Writer: Jamie Uys

Runtime: 1 h 49 min

MPAA: PG

Production: C.A.T. Films, Mimosa Films

Distributor: Jensen Farley Pictures, Twentieth Century Fox, Playhouse Video, Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment, Columbia TriStar Home Video, LowesVideos

Countries: South Africa, Botswana

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 5,000,000

Domestic: $ 30,031,783

3.3 - MovieMeter
71 votes

Moffie (2019)

Summary: 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.

Release Date: April 09, 2021

Genres: Drama, Romance, War

Director: Oliver Hermanus

Writers: Oliver Hermanus

, Jack Sidey

, André Carl van der Merwe

Runtime: 1 h 44 min

MPAA: Not Rated

Production: Portobello Productions, Department of Trade and Industry of South Africa

Countries: South Africa, United Kingdom

Language: Afrikaans

Domestic: $ 24,520

International: $ 4,184

3.3 - MovieMeter
57 votes

Shepherds and Butchers (2016)

Summary: A lawyer takes on a case of a prison guard in South Africa who is traumatized by the executions he's witnessed.

Release Date: March 23, 2017

Genres: Drama, Crime, Mystery

Director: Oliver Schmitz

Writers: Brian Cox

, Chris Marnewick

Runtime: 1 h 42 min

MPAA: R

Production: Westdeutscher Rundfunk (WDR), ARTE, Department of Trade and Industry of South Africa, Videovision Entertainment, Distant Horizon, Times Media Films

Distributor: Netflix, Twentieth Century Fox

Countries: South Africa, United States, Germany

Language: English

3.3 - MovieMeter
35 votes

Good Omens (2019)

Summary: The End of the World is coming, which means a fussy Angel and a loose-living Demon who've become overly fond of life on Earth are forced to form an unlikely alliance to stop Armageddon.

Release Date: May 31, 2019

Genres: Comedy, Fantasy

Runtime: 0 h 55 min

MPAA: TV-MA

Production: Amazon Studios, BBC Studios, BBC Worldwide

Countries: United Kingdom, United States

Language: English

3.3 - MovieMeter
7 votes

Ludik (2022)

Summary: To save a kidnapped family member, an enterprising furniture tycoon must use his secret diamond smuggling operation to transport guns across the border.

Release Date: August 26, 2022

Genres: Drama, Crime

Runtime: 1 h 00 min

MPAA: TV-MA

Production: Rose and Oaks Media

Country: South Africa

Language: English

TV Series budget: $ 1,000,000

3.2 - MovieMeter
2070 votes

Safe House (2012)

Summary: A young CIA agent is tasked with looking after a fugitive in a safe house. But when the safe house is attacked, he finds himself on the run with his charge.

Release Date: February 10, 2012

Genres: Action, Thriller

Director: Daniel Espinosa