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Sarafina! (1992)

Summary: South African teenagers fight against apartheid in the Soweto Uprising.

Release Date: September 25, 1992

Genres: Drama, Musical

Director: Darrell Roodt

Writers: Mbongeni Ngema

, William Nicholson

Runtime: 1 h 57 min

MPAA: PG-13

Production: British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), Distant Horizon, Hollywood Pictures, Miramax, Vanguard Productions (II), Videovision Entertainment

Distributor: Image Entertainment, Echo Bridge Home Entertainment

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

Language: English

Domestic: $ 7,306,242

International: $ 3,747

9.7 - ZR Critics

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

8.7 - ZR Critics
1 votes

C.S.A.: The Confederate States of America (2004)

Summary: Through the eyes of a British "documentary", this film takes a satirically humorous, and sometimes frightening, look at the history of an America where the South won the Civil War.

Release Date: June 24, 2005

Genres: Comedy, Drama, War

Director: Kevin Willmott

Writer: Kevin Willmott

Runtime: 1 h 29 min

MPAA: PG-13

Production: Hodcarrier Films

Country: United States

Language: English

Domestic: $ 672,156

International: $ 72,009

7.6 - ZR Critics
2 votes

Searching for Sugar Man (2012)

Summary: Two South Africans set out to discover what happened to their unlikely musical hero, the mysterious 1970s rock n roller, Rodriguez.

Release Date: July 26, 2012

Genres: Music, Documentary, Biography

Director: Malik Bendjelloul

Writers: Malik Bendjelloul

, Stephen 'Sugar' Segerman

, Craig Bartholomew Strydom

Runtime: 1 h 26 min

MPAA: PG-13

Production: Red Box Films, Passion Pictures, Canfield Pictures, The Documentary Company, Hysteria Film, Saperi Film, Sveriges Television (SVT), YLE Co-Productions

Distributor: Sony Pictures Classics, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, The Criterion Channel

Countries: Sweden, United Kingdom, Finland

Language: English

Domestic: $ 3,696,196

International: $ 5,684,166

6.6 - ZR Critics
1 votes

Cry, the Beloved Country (1995)

Summary: A South African preacher goes to search for his wayward son, who has committed a crime in the big city.

Release Date: December 15, 1995

Genres: Drama, Thriller

Director: Darrell Roodt

Writers: Ronald Harwood

, Alan Paton

Runtime: 1 h 46 min

MPAA: PG-13

Production: Alpine Pty Limited, Distant Horizon, Miramax, Videovision Entertainment

Countries: South Africa, United States

Language: English

Domestic: $ 670,727

6.2 - ZR Critics
2 votes

Jimmy Carter Man from Plains (2007)

Summary: A chronicle of the former president's tour recent for his book "Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid."

Release Date: August 15, 2008

Genres: Documentary, Biography, History

Director: Jonathan Demme

Writer: Jonathan Demme

Runtime: 2 h 05 min

MPAA: PG

Production: Armian Pictures, Clinica Estetico, Participant

Country: United States

Language: English

Domestic: $ 108,807

International: $ 10,456

6.1 - ZR Critics
7 votes

Invictus (2009)

Summary: Nelson Mandela, in his first term as President of South Africa, initiates a unique venture to unite the Apartheid-torn land: enlist the national rugby team on a mission to win the 1995 Rugby World Cup.

Release Date: December 11, 2009

Genres: Drama, Biography, History

Director: Clint Eastwood

Writers: Anthony Peckham

, John Carlin

Runtime: 2 h 14 min

MPAA: PG-13

Production: Warner Bros., Spyglass Entertainment, Revelations Entertainment, Mace Neufeld Productions

Distributor: Home Box Office (HBO), Hotstar, Warner Home Video

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 60,000,000

Domestic: $ 37,491,364

International: $ 84,935,428

6 - ZR Critics
3 votes

Cold Case Hammarskjöld (2019)

Summary: Danish director Mads Brügger and Swedish private investigator Göran Björkdahl are trying to solve the mysterious death of Dag Hammarskjöld. As their investigation closes in, they discover a crime far worse than killing the Secreta...

Release Date: August 16, 2019

Genres: Documentary, Animation, History

Director: Mads Brügger

Writer: Mads Brügger

Runtime: 2 h 08 min

MPAA: Not Rated

Countries: Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Belgium, United Kingdom, Germany

Language: English

Domestic: $ 104,965

6 - ZR Critics

Endgame (2009)

Summary: A story based on the covert discussions that brought down the Apartheid regime in South Africa.

Release Date: June 11, 2010

Genres: Drama, History

Director: Pete Travis

Writers: Robert Harvey

, Paula Milne

Runtime: 1 h 49 min

MPAA: PG-13

Production: Daybreak Pictures, Film Afrika Worldwide

Distributor: Dalton Pictures, Monterey Media, BayView Entertainment, Public Broadcasting Service (PBS)

Countries: United Kingdom, South Africa

Language: English

Domestic: $ 9,645

International: $ 16,615

5.5 - ZR Critics
4 votes

Blood Diamond (2006)

Summary: A fisherman, a smuggler, and a syndicate of businessmen match wits over the possession of a priceless diamond.

Release Date: December 08, 2006

Genres: Adventure, Drama, Thriller

Director: Edward Zwick

Writers: Charles Leavitt

, C. Gaby Mitchell

Runtime: 2 h 23 min

MPAA: R

Production: Warner Bros., Virtual Studios, Spring Creek Productions, LSG Productions, Liberty Pictures (II), Lonely Film Productions GmbH & Co. KG.

Distributor: Warner Bros., Amazon Prime Video, HBO Max, Warner Home Video

Countries: United States, Germany, United Kingdom

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 100,000,000

Domestic: $ 57,377,916

International: $ 114,342,482

5.4 - ZR Critics
1 votes

The Bang Bang Club (2010)

Summary: A drama based on the true-life experiences of four combat photographers capturing the final days of apartheid in South Africa.

Release Date: July 22, 2011

Genres: Drama, Biography, History

Director: Steven Silver

Writers: Steven Silver

, Greg Marinovich

, João Silva

Runtime: 1 h 46 min

MPAA: R

Production: Foundry Films, Instinctive Film, Out of Africa Entertainment, The Harold Greenberg Fund

Distributor: Tribeca Film

Countries: Canada, South Africa

Language: English

5.3 - ZR Critics
29 votes

The Butler (2013)

Summary: As Cecil Gaines serves eight presidents during his tenure as a butler at the White House, the civil rights movement, Vietnam, and other major events affect this man's life, family, and American society.

Release Date: August 16, 2013

Genres: Drama, Biography

Director: Lee Daniels

Writers: Danny Strong

, Wil Haygood

Runtime: 2 h 12 min

MPAA: PG-13

Production: Follow Through Productions, Salamander Pictures, Laura Ziskin Productions, Windy Hill Pictures

Distributor: The Weinstein Company, Anchor Bay Entertainment

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 30,000,000

Domestic: $ 116,632,095

International: $ 60,681,700

4 - ZR Critics
6 votes

Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom (2013)

Summary: 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.

Release Date: November 28, 2013

Genres: Drama, Biography, History

Director: Justin Chadwick

Writers: William Nicholson

, Nelson Mandela

Runtime: 2 h 21 min

MPAA: PG

Production: Videovision Entertainment, Distant Horizon, Film Afrika Worldwide, Industrial Development Corporation of South Africa, Long Walk to Freedom, National Empowerment Fund, Origin Pictures, Pathe UK

Distributor: The Weinstein Company, Anchor Bay Entertainment

Countries: United Kingdom, France, South Africa

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 35,000,000

Domestic: $ 8,323,085

International: $ 19,662,703

4 - ZR Critics
1 votes

Hijack 1971 (2024)

Summary: The movie depics the story of people fighting for their lives in an extreme situation when a passenger plane is hijacked in the airspace of Korea in 1971.

Release Date: June 21, 2024

Genres: Action, Crime, Thriller

Director: Kim Sung-han-I

Writer: Kyung-chan Kim

Runtime: 1 h 40 min

MPAA: R

Production: Perfect Storm Film

Distributor: Sony Pictures Releasing

Country: South Korea

Language: Korean

Movie budget: $ 13,400,000

Domestic: $ 242,069

International: $ 14,360,545

3.9 - ZR Critics
6 votes

A United Kingdom (2016)

Summary: The story of King Seretse Khama of Botswana and how his loving but controversial marriage to a British white woman, Ruth Williams, put his kingdom into political and diplomatic turmoil.

Release Date: February 10, 2017

Genres: Drama, Biography, History

Director: Amma Asante

Writers: Guy Hibbert

, Susan Williams

Runtime: 1 h 51 min

MPAA: PG-13

Production: Searchlight Pictures, Pathe UK, BBC Films, Canal+, Ciné+, Yoruba Saxon Productions, Harbinger Pictures, Perfect Weekend, Film United, Advantage Entertainment, The Czech Republic State Fund for Support and Development of Cinematography, Fox Searchlight Pictures

Distributor: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment, KVH Media Group

Countries: Czechia, United Kingdom, France, United States, Czech Republic

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 14,000,000

Domestic: $ 3,902,185

International: $ 10,557,145

3.1 - ZR Critics
1 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 - ZR Critics
2 votes

In My Country (2004)

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

Release Date: May 07, 2004

Genres: Drama, Romance

Director: John Boorman

Writers: Antjie Krog

, Ann Peacock

Runtime: 1 h 45 min

MPAA: R

Production: Chartoff Productions, Film Afrika Worldwide, Film Consortium, Phoenix Pictures, Studio Eight Productions, UK Film Council

Distributor: Sony Pictures Classics, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment

Countries: United Kingdom, Ireland, South Africa

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 12,000,000

Domestic: $ 163,893

International: $ 1,327,541

2.8 - ZR Critics

Gold (1974)

Summary: A South African gold mine foreman is unwittingly manipulated by an unscrupulous gang of financiers who want to flood the mine to raise the price of gold on the world market.

Release Date: October 16, 1974

Genres: Adventure, Thriller

Director: Peter R. Hunt

Writers: Wilbur Smith

, Stanley Price

Runtime: 2 h 04 min

MPAA: PG

Production: Avton Films, Killarney Film Studios

Distributor: American Broadcasting Company (ABC), CBS/Fox, Kino Lorber, Lorimar-Telepictures, Reel Media International, Tubi TV, Westlake Entertainment Group, World Film Magic Distribution

Country: United Kingdom

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 1,000,000

2.5 - ZR Critics
3 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