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1. Babar (1989–2002)
TV-Y7 | 30 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
The adventures of the King of the elephants, his family, and friends.
Stars: Richard Binsley, Gordon Pinsent, Dawn Greenhalgh, Stuart Stone
Votes: 5,528
2. Babar: The Movie (1989)
G | 70 min | Animation, Adventure, Family
In his spectacular film debut, young Babar, King of the Elephants, must save his homeland from certain destruction by Rataxes and his band of invading rhinos.
Director: Alan Bunce | Stars: Gordon Pinsent, Gavin Magrath, Elizabeth Hanna, Lisa Jai
Votes: 1,114 | Gross: $1.31M
3. Babar: King of the Elephants (1999)
G | 80 min | Family, Animation
Based on the classic tale by Jean de Brunhoff, this fully-animated feature is the heart-warming story of a little orphan elephant named Babar who grows up to be King of the Elephants.
Director: Raymond Jafelice | Stars: Philip Williams, Wayne Robson, Ellen-Ray Hennessy, Kristin Fairlie
Votes: 589 | Gross: $0.05M
4. Babar and the Adventures of Badou (2010– )
TV-Y | 11 min | Animation, Family
An updated version of the classic series, following King Babar, and Badou, his 8-year-old grandson.
Stars: Gordon Pinsent, Dallas Jokic, Samantha Weinstein, Dwayne Hill
Votes: 131
5. The Lion King (1994)
G | 88 min | Animation, Adventure, Drama
Lion prince Simba and his father are targeted by his bitter uncle, who wants to ascend the throne himself.
Directors: Roger Allers, Rob Minkoff | Stars: Matthew Broderick, Jeremy Irons, James Earl Jones, Whoopi Goldberg
Votes: 1,141,643 | Gross: $422.78M
6. The Lion King II: Simba's Pride (1998 Video)
G | 81 min | Animation, Adventure, Drama
Simba's daughter is the key to a resolution of a bitter feud between Simba's pride and the outcast pride led by the mate of Scar.
Directors: Darrell Rooney, Rob LaDuca | Stars: Matthew Broderick, Neve Campbell, Andy Dick, Robert Guillaume
Votes: 75,391
7. The Lion King 1½ (2004 Video)
G | 77 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
Timon the meerkat and Pumbaa the warthog retell the story of The Lion King (1994) from their own perspective.
Director: Bradley Raymond | Stars: Nathan Lane, Ernie Sabella, Julie Kavner, Jerry Stiller
Votes: 45,943
8. Madagascar (2005)
PG | 86 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
A group of animals who have spent all their life in a New York zoo end up in the jungles of Madagascar, and must adjust to living in the wild.
Directors: Eric Darnell, Tom McGrath | Stars: Chris Rock, Ben Stiller, David Schwimmer, Jada Pinkett Smith
Votes: 437,301 | Gross: $193.60M
9. Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa (2008)
PG | 89 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
The Madagascar animals fly back to New York City, but crash-land on an African nature reserve in Kenya, where they meet others of their own kind, and Alex especially discovers his royal heritage as prince of a lion pride.
Directors: Eric Darnell, Tom McGrath | Stars: Ben Stiller, Chris Rock, David Schwimmer, Jada Pinkett Smith
Votes: 247,345 | Gross: $180.01M
10. Mighty Joe Young (1998)
PG | 114 min | Action, Adventure, Family
A legendary fifteen-foot tall mountain gorilla named Joe is taken to an animal sanctuary in California by zoologist Gregg O'Hara (Bill Paxton) and Jill Young (Charlize Theron), with whom he grew up. Poacher Strasser (Rade Serbedzija) returns from the past to seek vengeance on Joe.
Director: Ron Underwood | Stars: Bill Paxton, Charlize Theron, Rade Serbedzija, Peter Firth
Votes: 30,798 | Gross: $50.63M
11. Curious George (2006)
G | 87 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
The Man in the Yellow Hat is an oddball museum employee who looks after his pet monkey, an inquisitive and wonderful creature whose enthusiasm often gets the best of him.
Director: Matthew O'Callaghan | Stars: Will Ferrell, Drew Barrymore, Eugene Levy, Frank Welker
Votes: 18,092 | Gross: $58.64M
12. Curious George 3: Back to the Jungle (2015)
G | 81 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
Curious George goes on an epic adventure to space that crash lands in the jungles of Africa leading to an unforgettable journey with some new animal friends.
Director: Phil Weinstein | Stars: Frank Welker, Jeff Bennett, Gwendoline Yeo, John Goodman
Votes: 694
13. Baby: Secret of the Lost Legend (1985)
PG | 95 min | Adventure, Family, Sci-Fi
A paleontologist and her husband discover a mother and baby brontosaurus in Africa, and try to protect them from a group of hunters intent on capturing the dinosaurs.
Director: Bill Norton | Stars: William Katt, Sean Young, Patrick McGoohan, Julian Fellowes
Votes: 3,506 | Gross: $14.97M
14. Adventures in Zambezia (2012)
G | 83 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
A young high-spirited falcon journeys to the famed bird city of Zambezia.
Director: Wayne Thornley | Stars: Leonard Nimoy, Jeremy Suarez, Abigail Breslin, Jeff Goldblum
Votes: 7,619
15. Khumba (2013)
Not Rated | 85 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
Rejected by his superstitious herd, a half-striped zebra embarks on a daring quest to earn his stripes but finds the courage and self-acceptance to save all the animals of the Great Karoo.
Director: Anthony Silverston | Stars: Jake T. Austin, Adrian Rhodes, Sam Riegel, Bryce Papenbrook
Votes: 6,471 | Gross: $0.00M
16. Tinga Tinga Tales (2010– )
TV-Y | 12 min | Animation, Family
Perfect little stories entertaining to children and adults alike. Colorful and humorous with a diversity of English dialects and characters. Always positive and a refreshing youthful score. A must watch for pre-school and up.
Stars: Isabella Cascarano, Lenny Henry, Patrice Naiambana, Shaun Parkes
Votes: 148
17. The Gods Must Be Crazy (1980)
PG | 109 min | Adventure, Comedy
A comic allegory about a traveling Bushman who encounters modern civilization and its stranger aspects, including a clumsy scientist and a band of revolutionaries.
Director: Jamie Uys | Stars: N!xau, Marius Weyers, Sandra Prinsloo, Louw Verwey
Votes: 59,439 | Gross: $30.03M
18. The Gods Must Be Crazy II (1989)
PG | 98 min | Comedy
Six people meet in the Kalahari desert: a female NYC lawyer flying with a local zoologist/pilot in a mini-plane, a Cuban and an African soldier taking each other POW, a Boer elephant poacher, and a Bushman looking for his two children.
Director: Jamie Uys | Stars: N!xau, Lena Farugia, Hans Strydom, Eiros
Votes: 18,047 | Gross: $6.29M
19. Crazy Safari (1991)
96 min | Comedy, Fantasy
Two guys, one of them a magician, are transporting an ancient Chinese vampire who can only be controlled by a series of yellow tapes and is the ancestor of the other man. On the way, their ... See full summary »
Director: Billy Chan | Stars: N!xau, Ching-Ying Lam, Sam Christopher Chow, Lung Chan
Votes: 1,279
20. Kirikou and the Wild Beasts (2005)
75 min | Animation, Adventure, Family
Kirikou's Grandfather says that the story of Kirikou and The Witch was too short, so he proceeds to explain more about Kirikou's accomplishments. We find out how little boy became a ... See full summary »
Directors: Bénédicte Galup, Michel Ocelot | Stars: Pierre-Ndoffé Sarr, Awa Sene Sarr, Robert Liensol, Marie-Philomène Nga
Votes: 1,750
21. Kirikou and the Sorceress (1998)
TV-PG | 71 min | Animation, Adventure, Family
Kirikou, an unusual little boy, must search the wisdom of the forbidden mountain in order to save his village from a spell cast by the evil sorceress Karaba
Directors: Michel Ocelot, Raymond Burlet | Stars: Doudou Gueye Thiaw, Maimouna N'Diaye, Awa Sene Sarr, Robert Liensol
Votes: 10,802 | Gross: $0.06M
22. Zarafa (2012)
TV-PG | 78 min | Animation, Adventure, Family
After escaping the clutches of a slave trader, a bold ten-year-old Sudanese boy befriends a young giraffe and a kind Bedouin, who takes them on a splendid journey via a hot-air balloon as far as the palace of King Charles X of France.
Directors: Rémi Bezançon, Jean-Christophe Lie | Stars: Max Renaudin Pratt, Simon Abkarian, Abraham Adesoye, Sjaak Caderyn
Votes: 1,915
23. Mama Mirabelle's Home Movies (2007–2008)
TV-Y | Animation, Family
Mama Mirabelle helps a zebra, an elephant and a tiger to understand the nature with her Home Videos.
Stars: Julianna Rose Mauriello, Phillipa Alexander, Jules de Jongh, Teresa Gallagher
Votes: 85
24. Roots (2016)
TV-MA | 388 min | Drama, War
An adaptation of Alex Haley's "Roots." Chronicles the history of an African man and his descendants sold into slavery in America.
Stars: Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Malachi Kirby, Forest Whitaker, Laurence Fishburne
Votes: 8,466
25. Roots (1977)
TV-14 | 74 min | Biography, Drama, History
A dramatization of author Alex Haley's family line from ancestor Kunta Kinte's enslavement to his descendants' liberation.
Stars: LeVar Burton, Robert Reed, John Amos, Louis Gossett Jr.
Votes: 18,868
26. Roots: The Next Generations (1979)
120 min | Biography, Drama, History
The dramatization of Alex Haley's family line from post Civil War America to the writer's search for his roots.
Stars: Debbi Morgan, Dorian Harewood, Paul Koslo, Stan Shaw
Votes: 2,780
27. The Dogs of War (1980)
R | 102 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Mercenary James Shannon, on a reconnaissance job to the African nation of Zangaro, is tortured and deported. He returns to lead a coup.
Director: John Irvin | Stars: Christopher Walken, Tom Berenger, Colin Blakely, Hugh Millais
Votes: 9,423
28. The Wild Geese (1978)
R | 134 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
A British banker hires a group of British mercenaries to rescue a deposed African President from the hands of a corrupt African dictator.
Director: Andrew V. McLaglen | Stars: Richard Burton, Roger Moore, Richard Harris, Hardy Krüger
Votes: 14,171
29. The Last King of Scotland (2006)
R | 123 min | Biography, Drama, History
Based on the events of the brutal Ugandan dictator Idi Amin's regime as seen by his personal physician during the 1970s.
Director: Kevin Macdonald | Stars: James McAvoy, Forest Whitaker, Gillian Anderson, Kerry Washington
Votes: 195,976 | Gross: $17.61M
30. Mandela (1987 TV Movie)
TV-14 | 135 min | Drama
Nelson Mandela (1918-2013) become South Africa's first Black President, and was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his leadership in negotiating a bloodless revolution in that country.
Director: Philip Saville | Stars: Danny Glover, Tam Mpofu, Priscilla Mundawarara, Mike Davey
Votes: 263
31. Mandela (1996)
118 min | Documentary, Biography, History
Follows Nelson Mandela, from his early protests against racial discrimination, to his election as South Africa's first Democratically elected leader.
Directors: Angus Gibson, Jo Menell | Stars: Winnie Mandela, Nelson Mandela, Patrick Shai, George Bizos
Votes: 405 | Gross: $0.04M
32. Goodbye Bafana (2007)
R | 118 min | Biography, Drama, History
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.
Director: Bille August | Stars: Joseph Fiennes, Dennis Haysbert, Diane Kruger, Patrick Lyster
Votes: 12,234
33. Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom (2013)
PG-13 | 141 min | Biography, Drama, History
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.
Director: Justin Chadwick | Stars: Idris Elba, Naomie Harris, Terry Pheto, Robert Hobbs
Votes: 29,188 | Gross: $8.32M
34. Winnie Mandela (2011)
R | 104 min | Biography, Drama, History
A drama that chronicles the life of Winnie Mandela from her childhood through her marriage and her husband's incarceration.
Director: Darrell Roodt | Stars: Jennifer Hudson, Terrence Howard, Elias Koteas, Wendy Crewson
Votes: 997
35. Invictus (2009)
PG-13 | 134 min | Biography, Drama, History
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.
Director: Clint Eastwood | Stars: Morgan Freeman, Matt Damon, Tony Kgoroge, Patrick Mofokeng
Votes: 167,831 | Gross: $37.49M
36. Mandela and de Klerk (1997 TV Movie)
PG-13 | 114 min | Drama
On June 12, 1964, Nelson Mandela, along with numerous political detainees, was sentenced to life imprisonment in what remains the most sensational treason trial in the history of South ... See full summary »
Director: Joseph Sargent | Stars: Sidney Poitier, Michael Caine, Tina Lifford, Gerry Maritz
Votes: 678
37. Gandhi (1982)
PG | 191 min | Biography, Drama, History
The life of the lawyer who became the famed leader of the Indian revolts against the British rule through his philosophy of nonviolent protest.
Director: Richard Attenborough | Stars: Ben Kingsley, John Gielgud, Rohini Hattangadi, Roshan Seth
Votes: 240,164 | Gross: $52.77M
38. Hotel Rwanda (2004)
PG-13 | 121 min | Biography, Drama, History
Paul Rusesabagina, a hotel manager, houses over a thousand Tutsi refugees during their struggle against the Hutu militia in Rwanda, Africa.
Director: Terry George | Stars: Don Cheadle, Sophie Okonedo, Joaquin Phoenix, Xolani Mali
Votes: 372,159 | Gross: $23.53M
39. Out of Africa (1985)
PG | 161 min | Biography, Drama, Romance
In 20th-century colonial Kenya, a Danish baroness/plantation owner has a passionate love affair with a free-spirited big-game hunter.
Director: Sydney Pollack | Stars: Meryl Streep, Robert Redford, Klaus Maria Brandauer, Michael Kitchen
Votes: 86,318 | Gross: $87.10M
40. The African Queen (1951)
PG | 105 min | Adventure, Drama, Romance
In WWI East Africa, a gin-swilling Canadian riverboat captain is persuaded by a strait-laced English missionary to undertake a trip up a treacherous river and use his boat to attack a German gunship.
Director: John Huston | Stars: Humphrey Bogart, Katharine Hepburn, Robert Morley, Peter Bull
Votes: 84,289 | Gross: $0.54M
41. Outbreak (1995)
R | 127 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
Army doctors struggle to find a cure for a deadly virus spreading throughout a California town that was brought to America by an African monkey.
Director: Wolfgang Petersen | Stars: Dustin Hoffman, Rene Russo, Morgan Freeman, Kevin Spacey
Votes: 137,714 | Gross: $67.82M
42. Tears of the Sun (2003)
R | 121 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
A Special-Ops commander leads his team into the Nigerian jungle in order to rescue a doctor who will only join them if they agree to save 70 refugees too.
Director: Antoine Fuqua | Stars: Bruce Willis, Cole Hauser, Monica Bellucci, Eamonn Walker
Votes: 130,505 | Gross: $43.73M
43. Black Hawk Down (2001)
R | 144 min | Action, Drama, History
The story of 160 elite U.S. soldiers who dropped into Mogadishu in October 1993 to capture two top lieutenants of a renegade warlord, but found themselves in a desperate battle with a large force of heavily armed Somalis.
Director: Ridley Scott | Stars: Josh Hartnett, Ewan McGregor, Tom Sizemore, Eric Bana
Votes: 423,396 | Gross: $108.64M
44. Stanley and Livingstone (1939)
Approved | 101 min | Adventure, Drama, History
Tasked by his editor, American reporter Henry M. Stanley travels to a dangerous and uncharted region of East Africa to find the missing Scottish pioneer missionary Dr. David Livingstone.
Directors: Henry King, Otto Brower | Stars: Spencer Tracy, Nancy Kelly, Richard Greene, Walter Brennan
Votes: 1,544
45.
The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles (1992–1993)
Episode:
British East Africa, September 1909
(1992)
TV-G | Action, Adventure, Family
Professor Indiana Jones visits the Metropolitan Foundation for Educational Quality where the Annual Celebrity tennis shoe auction and dinner is being held. He begins to entertain the snobby... See full summary »
Directors: Carl Schultz, Ellery Ryan | Stars: Corey Carrier, Margaret Tyzack, Ruth de Sosa, Lloyd Owen
Votes: 204
46.
The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles (1992–1993)
Episode:
German East Africa, December 1916
(1992)
TV-G | Action, Adventure, Family
In a the waiting room of a hospital, Professor Indiana Jones recounts a harrowing time he had in Africa, December 1916. Indy was promoted to Captain and then ordered to cross the jungle ... See full summary »
Directors: Simon Wincer, Carl Schultz | Stars: Sean Patrick Flanery, Ronny Coutteure, George Hall, Bryan Pringle
Votes: 162
47.
The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles (1992–1993)
Episode:
Congo, January 1917
(1992)
TV-G | Action, Adventure, Family
Being treated for a bee-sting to his toe, old man Indy recounts the time he spent in Albert Schweitzer's jungle hospital in Africa during the Great War. Schweitzer and his orderlies had ... See full summary »
Directors: Simon Wincer, Carl Schultz | Stars: Sean Patrick Flanery, Ronny Coutteure, George Hall, Bryan Pringle
Votes: 156
48.
The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles (1992–1993)
Episode:
Young Indiana Jones and the Phantom Train of Doom
(1993)
TV-G | 93 min | Action, Adventure, Family
November, 1916. Indiana Jones and Remy Baudouin have managed to get a transfer from the European trenches to the plains of Africa. On arrival they both receive a promotion to the rank of ... See full summary »
Director: Peter MacDonald | Stars: Sean Patrick Flanery, Ronny Coutteure, Paul Freeman, Freddie Jones
Votes: 200
49. The Librarian: Return to King Solomon's Mines (2006 TV Movie)
TV-PG | 92 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
Librarian-turned-adventurer Flynn Carsen endeavors to find King Solomon's mines.
Director: Jonathan Frakes | Stars: Noah Wyle, Gabrielle Anwar, Bob Newhart, Jane Curtin
Votes: 15,834
50. Tsotsi (2005)
R | 94 min | Crime, Drama
Six days in the violent life of a young Johannesburg gang leader.
Director: Gavin Hood | Stars: Presley Chweneyagae, Mothusi Magano, Israel Matseke-Zulu, Terry Pheto
Votes: 31,602 | Gross: $2.91M
51. District 9 (2009)
R | 112 min | Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Violence ensues after an extraterrestrial race forced to live in slum-like conditions on Earth finds a kindred spirit in a government agent exposed to their biotechnology.
Director: Neill Blomkamp | Stars: Sharlto Copley, David James, Jason Cope, Vanessa Haywood
Votes: 716,588 | Gross: $115.65M
52. Chappie (2015)
R | 120 min | Action, Crime, Drama
In the near future, crime is patrolled by a mechanized police force. When one police droid, Chappie, is stolen and given new programming, he becomes the first robot with the ability to think and feel for himself.
Director: Neill Blomkamp | Stars: Sharlto Copley, Dev Patel, Hugh Jackman, Sigourney Weaver
Votes: 269,529 | Gross: $31.57M
53. Coming to America (1988)
R | 117 min | Comedy, Romance
An extremely pampered African prince travels to Queens, New York and goes undercover to find a wife that he can respect for her intelligence and strong will.
Director: John Landis | Stars: Eddie Murphy, Paul Bates, Garcelle Beauvais, Feather
Votes: 223,479 | Gross: $128.15M
54. The Phantom (1996)
PG | 100 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
The Phantom, descendent of a line of African superheroes, travels to New York City to thwart a wealthy criminal genius from obtaining three magic skulls which would give him the secret to ultimate power.
Director: Simon Wincer | Stars: Billy Zane, Kristy Swanson, Treat Williams, Catherine Zeta-Jones
Votes: 35,806 | Gross: $17.30M
55. Blood Diamond (2006)
R | 143 min | Adventure, Drama, Thriller
A fisherman, a smuggler, and a syndicate of businessmen match wits over the possession of a priceless diamond.
Director: Edward Zwick | Stars: Leonardo DiCaprio, Djimon Hounsou, Jennifer Connelly, Kagiso Kuypers
Votes: 585,820 | Gross: $57.37M
56. Askari (2001)
TV-PG | 85 min | Drama, Family
A girl is living with her aunt and uncle who run a game reservation in Africa. When their shady boss decides it's time to cull certain species to prevent overpopulation, poachers appear.
Director: David Lister | Stars: Marlee Matlin, C. Thomas Howell, Amanda Fuller, Ian Roberts
Votes: 187
57. Master of the Game (1984)
413 min | Drama
Elderly Kate Blackwell looks back at her family's life beginning with her Scottish father Jamie McGregor's journey to South Africa to make his fortune in diamonds. The family history is ... See full summary »
Stars: Dyan Cannon, Harry Hamlin, Ian Charleson, Cliff De Young
Votes: 530
58. Faith Like Potatoes (2006)
PG | 116 min | Drama
Frank Rautenbach leads a strong cast as Angus Buchan, a African farmer on steroids of Scottish heritage, who leaves his farm to his loyal subjects in the midst of political unrest and ... See full summary »
Director: Regardt van den Bergh | Stars: Frank Rautenbach, Jeanne Neilson, Hamilton Dlamini, Candice D'Arcy
Votes: 3,510
59. Zulu Dawn (1979)
PG | 98 min | Adventure, Drama, History
A dramatization of the Battle of Isandlwana, where the British Army met its match against the Zulu nation.
Director: Douglas Hickox | Stars: Burt Lancaster, Peter O'Toole, Simon Ward, Denholm Elliott
Votes: 7,593
60. Zulu (1964)
Not Rated | 138 min | Drama, History, War
Outnumbered British soldiers do battle with Zulu warriors at Rorke's Drift.
Director: Cy Endfield | Stars: Stanley Baker, Jack Hawkins, Ulla Jacobsson, James Booth
Votes: 42,734
61. Zulu (2013)
R | 110 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Policemen Ali Sokhela and Brian Epkeen investigate the brutal murder of a young white woman, apparently provoked by the availability of a new illegal drug and somehow connected to the disappearance of black street children.
Director: Jérôme Salle | Stars: Orlando Bloom, Forest Whitaker, Conrad Kemp, Inge Beckmann
Votes: 19,843
62. Sheena (1984)
PG | 117 min | Adventure, Fantasy
Sheena grew up in the African wild, raised by a mystical witch woman. When her foster mother is framed for a murder Sheena is forced to flee, helped by her ability to talk to animals and her knowledge of the jungle.
Director: John Guillermin | Stars: Tanya Roberts, Ted Wass, Donovan Scott, Elizabeth of Toro
Votes: 5,559 | Gross: $5.78M
63. Attack on Darfur (2009)
R | 98 min | Drama, War
American journalists in Sudan are confronted with the dilemma of whether to return home to report on the atrocities they have seen, or to stay behind and help some of the victims they have encountered.
Director: Uwe Boll | Stars: Kristanna Loken, David O'Hara, Noah Dalton Danby, Matt Frewer
Votes: 2,764
64. Cobra Verde (1987)
Not Rated | 111 min | Adventure, Drama
During the 1800s, paroled Brazilian bandit Cobra Verde is sent to West Africa with a few troops to man an old Portuguese fort and to convince the local African ruler to resume the slave trade with Brazil.
Director: Werner Herzog | Stars: Klaus Kinski, King Ampaw, José Lewgoy, Salvatore Basile
Votes: 8,422
65. Dark of the Sun (1968)
Approved | 100 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
A band of mercenaries led by Captain Curry travel through war-torn Congo across deadly terrain, battling rival armies, to steal $50 million in uncut diamonds. But infighting, sadistic rebels and a time lock jeopardize everything.
Director: Jack Cardiff | Stars: Rod Taylor, Yvette Mimieux, Peter Carsten, Jim Brown
Votes: 3,534
66. All Hail King Julien (2014–2017)
TV-Y7 | 23 min | Animation, Short, Action
Animated misadventures of a hard-partying lemur and his wild friends in Madagascar.
Stars: Danny Jacobs, Andy Richter, Kevin Michael Richardson, India de Beaufort
Votes: 2,419
67. Jane and the Lost City (1987)
PG | 93 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
Jane and the colonel must journey to Africa to the lost city to retrieve the diamonds before the Germans do. Based on the classic adult UK comic strip "Jane," especially popular during World War II for its strong pin-up elements.
Director: Terry Marcel | Stars: Sam J. Jones, Maud Adams, Jasper Carrott, Kirsten Hughes
Votes: 625
68. Desert Flower (2009)
R | 120 min | Biography, Drama
Waris Dirie, born 1965 in Somalia, flees at thirteen when sold to be a mans fourth wife. She works as a maid at the Somalian embassy in London, then in a McDonald's where she's discovered and becomes an international top model. Then, in 1997 she speaks up against female genital mutilation.
Director: Sherry Hormann | Stars: Soraya Omar-Scego, Idriss Abdillahi Houfaneh, Awa Saïd Darar, Roun Daher Aïnan
Votes: 14,195 | Gross: $0.04M
69. Mistress of the Apes (1979)
R | 84 min | Adventure
The wife of a famous anthropologist is rushed to hospital in labor. At the same time, druggies raid the hospital looking for drugs, causing the baby to be stillborn. While recovering from ... See full summary »
Director: Larry Buchanan | Stars: Jenny Neumann, Barbara Leigh, Garth Pillsbury, Walt Robin
Votes: 248
70. Hatari! (1962)
Approved | 157 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
A group of men trap wild animals in Africa and sell them to zoos before the arrival of a female wildlife photographer threatens to change their ways.
Director: Howard Hawks | Stars: John Wayne, Elsa Martinelli, Hardy Krüger, Red Buttons
Votes: 14,231 | Gross: $14.00M
71. She (I) (1965)
Unrated | 106 min | Adventure, Fantasy
An Edwardian archaeologist and two companions stumble upon a lost city in East Africa, run by a beautiful queen whose love holds the promise of immortality.
Director: Robert Day | Stars: Ursula Andress, Peter Cushing, Bernard Cribbins, John Richardson
Votes: 3,624
72. The Vengeance of She (1968)
G | 101 min | Adventure, Fantasy
Carol, a beautiful young girl is possessed by Ayesha's spirit who was once the queen of Kuma. Ayesha's spirit gains control over Carol to achieve her malevolent goals.
Director: Cliff Owen | Stars: John Richardson, Olga Schoberová, Edward Judd, Colin Blakely
Votes: 1,042
73. The Wild (2006)
G | 82 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
An adolescent lion is accidentally shipped from the New York Zoo to Africa. Now running free, his zoo pals must put aside their differences to help bring him back.
Director: Steve 'Spaz' Williams | Stars: Kiefer Sutherland, Jim Belushi, Eddie Izzard, Janeane Garofalo
Votes: 27,650 | Gross: $37.38M
74. Born Free (1966)
PG | 95 min | Adventure, Biography, Drama
The story of George and Joy Adamson and the orphaned lion cub, Elsa, they adopt.
Directors: James Hill, Tom McGowan | Stars: Virginia McKenna, Bill Travers, Geoffrey Keen, Peter Lukoye
Votes: 7,018
75. Sahara (2005)
PG-13 | 124 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
Master explorer Dirk Pitt goes on the adventure of a lifetime of seeking out a lost Civil War battleship known as the "Ship of Death" in the deserts of West Africa while helping a WHO doctor being hounded by a ruthless dictator.
Director: Breck Eisner | Stars: Matthew McConaughey, Penélope Cruz, Steve Zahn, Mark Aspinall
Votes: 103,602 | Gross: $68.67M
76. A Tale of Africa (1980)
120 min | Drama
An old man (Jimmy Stewart) has settled in Kenya, in a remote cabin, with his adult granddaughter and several of her "animal friends". They live an idyllic life amongst the wildlife, unseen ... See full synopsis »
Directors: Susumu Hani, Simon Trevor | Stars: James Stewart, Philip Sayer, Kathy, Eleonora Vallone
Votes: 170
77. White Hunter Black Heart (1990)
PG | 112 min | Adventure, Drama
A thinly fictionalized account of a legendary movie director, whose desire to hunt down an animal turns into a grim situation with his movie crew in Africa.
Director: Clint Eastwood | Stars: Clint Eastwood, Jeff Fahey, Charlotte Cornwell, Norman Lumsden
Votes: 13,208 | Gross: $2.32M
78. Nowhere in Africa (2001)
R | 141 min | Biography, Drama, History
Due to Hitler's threat, Walter Redlich, a Jewish lawyer, immigrates to Kenya with his wife Jettel and daughter Regina. Things take a turn when the family is ordered to move by the British officers.
Director: Caroline Link | Stars: Juliane Köhler, Merab Ninidze, Matthias Habich, Sidede Onyulo
Votes: 13,956 | Gross: $6.17M
79. Mister Moses (1965)
115 min | Adventure, Romance
In 1960s Kenya, American snake-oil salesman and diamond smuggler Joe Moses is chased out of many villages and pursued by the authorities until fate entrusts him with helping a native tribe that believes he is a holy man.
Director: Ronald Neame | Stars: Robert Mitchum, Carroll Baker, Ian Bannen, Alexander Knox
Votes: 333
80. Carry on Up the Jungle (1970)
Not Rated | 89 min | Adventure, Comedy
Lady Evelyn Bagley mounts an expedition to find her long-lost baby. Bill Boosey is the fearless hunter and guide. Prof. Tinkle is searching for the rare Oozalum bird. Everything is going swimmingly until a gorilla enters the camp.
Director: Gerald Thomas | Stars: Frankie Howerd, Sidney James, Charles Hawtrey, Joan Sims
Votes: 3,165
81. Blended (2014)
PG-13 | 117 min | Comedy, Romance
After a bad blind date, a man and woman find themselves stuck together at a resort for families, where their attraction grows as their respective kids benefit from the burgeoning relationship.
Director: Frank Coraci | Stars: Adam Sandler, Drew Barrymore, Wendi McLendon-Covey, Kevin Nealon
Votes: 144,031 | Gross: $46.29M
82. The Southern Star (1969)
M/PG | 104 min | Adventure, Comedy, Crime
In 1912 West Africa, diamond tycoon Kramer hires penniless American fortune hunter Dan Rockland, who's posing as a geologist, but when a huge diamond is found, everyone wants to steal it.
Directors: Sidney Hayers, Orson Welles | Stars: George Segal, Ursula Andress, Orson Welles, Ian Hendry
Votes: 609
83. I Dreamed of Africa (2000)
PG-13 | 114 min | Adventure, Biography, Drama
A bored Italian socialite (Kim Basinger) abandons her jet-set lifestyle for the rigors and rewards of rural Kenya in this true story, based on the best-selling memoir by Kuki Gallmann. Directed by Hugh Hudson (Chariots of Fire).
Director: Hugh Hudson | Stars: Kim Basinger, Vincent Perez, Liam Aiken, Garrett Strommen
Votes: 4,893 | Gross: $6.54M
84. Black Panther (2018)
PG-13 | 134 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
T'Challa, heir to the hidden but advanced kingdom of Wakanda, must step forward to lead his people into a new future and must confront a challenger from his country's past.
Director: Ryan Coogler | Stars: Chadwick Boseman, Michael B. Jordan, Lupita Nyong'o, Danai Gurira
Votes: 837,226 | Gross: $700.06M
85. Ernest Goes to Africa (1997 Video)
PG | 90 min | Comedy, Family
Diamond smugglers kidnap the girl of his dreams, and Ernest P. Worrell goes to Africa to confront them and rescue her.
Director: John R. Cherry III | Stars: Jim Varney, Linda Kash, Jamie Bartlett, Clare Marshall
Votes: 2,346
86. A Good Man in Africa (1994)
R | 94 min | Comedy
In a West African nation, the womanizing British 1st Secretary of the High Commissioner deals with different issues.
Director: Bruce Beresford | Stars: Colin Friels, Sean Connery, Joanne Whalley, John Lithgow
Votes: 2,718 | Gross: $2.31M
87. Skeleton Coast (1988)
R | 98 min | Action, History, War
During the Angola Civil War, CIA agent Michael Smith is captured by the Communists, prompting a rescue mission organized by his father aided by hired mercenaries.
Director: John 'Bud' Cardos | Stars: Ernest Borgnine, Robert Vaughn, Oliver Reed, Herbert Lom
Votes: 527
88. The Lion of Africa (1987 TV Movie)
115 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
An idealistic young female doctor hires a hard drinking cynical truck driver to take her to town to buy medical supplies for a tribe stricken with cholera. She offers him payment in diamonds sought out by sinister parties.
Director: Kevin Connor | Stars: Brian Dennehy, Brooke Adams, Yosef Shiloach, Don Warrington
Votes: 251
89. A United Kingdom (2016)
PG-13 | 111 min | Biography, Drama, History
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.
Director: Amma Asante | Stars: David Oyelowo, Rosamund Pike, Tom Felton, Jack Davenport
Votes: 16,982 | Gross: $3.90M
90. Queen of Katwe (2016)
PG | 124 min | Biography, Drama, Sport
A Ugandan girl sees her world rapidly change after being introduced to the game of chess.
Director: Mira Nair | Stars: Madina Nalwanga, David Oyelowo, Lupita Nyong'o, Martin Kabanza
Votes: 18,675 | Gross: $8.81M
91. Malika - Warrior Queen Pilot (2019 TV Short)
15 min | Animation, Short
Set in fifteenth-century West Africa, Malika (pronounced "Ma-LIE-ka"): Warrior Queen follows the exploits of Queen and military commander, Malika, who struggles to keep the peace in her ... See full summary »
Director: Roye Okupe | Stars: Adesua Etomi-Wellington, Femi Branch, Deyemi Okanlawon, Blossom Chukwujekwu
Votes: 12
92. Breathe (I) (2017)
PG-13 | 118 min | Biography, Drama, Romance
The inspiring true love story of Robin and Diana Cavendish, an adventurous couple who refuse to give up in the face of a devastating disease.
Director: Andy Serkis | Stars: Andrew Garfield, Claire Foy, Hugh Bonneville, Ed Speleers
Votes: 24,665 | Gross: $0.49M
93. Lost (2004–2010)
TV-14 | 5,445 min | Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
The survivors of a plane crash are forced to work together in order to survive on a seemingly deserted tropical island.
Stars: Jorge Garcia, Josh Holloway, Yunjin Kim, Evangeline Lilly
Votes: 594,784
94. The Wilby Conspiracy (1975)
PG | 105 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
A black anti-Apartheid activist and a British engineer are forced to run from South African Secret Police.
Director: Ralph Nelson | Stars: Sidney Poitier, Michael Caine, Nicol Williamson, Prunella Gee
Votes: 2,277
95. Allan Quatermain and the Lost City of Gold (1986)
PG | 99 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
Allan Quatermain once again teams up with Jesse Huston where the discovery of a mysterious old gold piece sends Quatermain looking for his long-lost brother, missing in the wilds of Africa after seeking a lost white race.
Director: Gary Nelson | Stars: Richard Chamberlain, Sharon Stone, James Earl Jones, Henry Silva
Votes: 10,371 | Gross: $3.75M
96. King Solomon's Mines (1985)
PG-13 | 100 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
Fortune hunter Allan Quatermain teams up with a resourceful woman to help her find her missing father lost in the wilds of 1900s Africa while being pursued by hostile tribes and a rival German explorer.
Director: J. Lee Thompson | Stars: Richard Chamberlain, Sharon Stone, Herbert Lom, John Rhys-Davies
Votes: 14,911 | Gross: $15.06M
97. King Solomon's Mines (2004)
TV-PG | 87 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
An adventurous quest for a treasure hidden in King Solomon's mines, based on H. Rider Haggard's timeless tale.
Stars: Patrick Swayze, Alison Doody, Roy Marsden, John Standing
Votes: 3,961
98. King Solomon's Mines (1950)
Passed | 103 min | Action, Adventure, Romance
Adventurer Allan Quartermain leads an expedition into uncharted African territory in an attempt to locate an explorer who went missing during his search for the fabled diamond mines of King Solomon.
Directors: Compton Bennett, Andrew Marton | Stars: Deborah Kerr, Stewart Granger, Richard Carlson, Hugo Haas
Votes: 7,007
99. Allan Quatermain and the Temple of Skulls (2008 Video)
R | 98 min | Action, Adventure, Romance
Allan Quatermain has been recruited to lead an expedition in search of a fabled treasure, deep within Africa. He must avoid hidden dangers.
Director: Mark Atkins | Stars: Sean Cameron Michael, Christopher Adamson, Natalie Stone, Daniel Bonjour
Votes: 1,522
100. King Solomon's Treasure (1979)
88 min | Adventure, Fantasy
Three adventurers lead an expedition into darkest Africa in search of the treasure of King Solomon, and on the way encounter hostile natives, volcanoes, dinosaurs and a lost Phoenician city ruled by a beautiful queen.
Director: Alvin Rakoff | Stars: David McCallum, John Colicos, Patrick Macnee, Britt Ekland
Votes: 328
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