Descolonización africana y conflictos posteriores
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1. Africa: Blood and Guts (1966)
R | 122 min | Documentary, Horror
The cruel acts of animal poaching and violence, executions, and tribal slaughtering, all taking place on the African continent.
Directors: Gualtiero Jacopetti, Franco Prosperi | Stars: Sergio Rossi, Gualtiero Jacopetti, Jomo Kenyatta, Julius Nyerere
Votes: 1,877
2. Lumumba (2000)
Not Rated | 115 min | Biography, Drama, History
The true story of controversial leader of independent Congo Patrice Lumumba.
Director: Raoul Peck | Stars: Eriq Ebouaney, Alex Descas, Théophile Sowié, Maka Kotto
Votes: 2,083 | Gross: $0.68M
3. 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: 3,540
4. 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: 14,183
5. Guns at Batasi (1964)
Approved | 103 min | Drama, History, War
Anachronistic strict Regimental Sergeant Major Lauderdale (Sir Richard Attenborough), on a remote colonial African army caught in a local coup d'etat, must use his experience to defend those in his care.
Director: John Guillermin | Stars: Richard Attenborough, Jack Hawkins, Flora Robson, John Leyton
Votes: 1,958
6. Outside the Law (2010)
R | 138 min | Crime, Drama, War
A drama about the Algerian struggle for independence from France after WWII.
Director: Rachid Bouchareb | Stars: Jamel Debbouze, Roschdy Zem, Sami Bouajila, Chafia Boudraa
Votes: 4,120
7. Lost Command (1966)
Approved | 129 min | Action, Drama, War
French Army Colonel Raspeguy leads his paratroopers in battle against the Communist Viet Minh in Indochina and against Algerian guerrilla during the Algerian War.
Director: Mark Robson | Stars: Anthony Quinn, Alain Delon, George Segal, Michèle Morgan
Votes: 2,278
8. The Battle of Algiers (1966)
Not Rated | 121 min | Drama, War
In the 1950s, fear and violence escalate as the people of Algiers fight for independence from the French government.
Director: Gillo Pontecorvo | Stars: Brahim Hadjadj, Jean Martin, Yacef Saadi, Samia Kerbash
Votes: 65,700 | Gross: $0.06M
9. The Battle of Algiers, a Film Within History (2017)
117 min | Documentary
The Battle of Algiers is one of the most celebrated films of all time. Made in 1966, it documented Algeria's war for independence. Returning to the roots of the production and the ... See full summary »
Director: Malek Bensmaïl | Stars: Brahim Hadjadj, Gillo Pontecorvo, Yacef Saadi
Votes: 35
11. Black Jesus (1968)
GP | 89 min | Drama
Rebel Maurice Lalubi is arrested by the military on trumped up charges and tortured, which turns him into a martyr. Inspired by the final days of the first democratic Congolese leader, Patrice Lumumba.
Director: Valerio Zurlini | Stars: Woody Strode, Franco Citti, Jean Servais, Pier Paolo Capponi
Votes: 324 | Gross: $0.33M
12. Tuareg: The Desert Warrior (1984)
PG-13 | 97 min | Adventure, Action
In a desolate section of the Sahara once ruled by the French, two thirsty men stumble into the camp of a Tuareg warrior where they're given water and shelter. Soldiers from the new Arab ... See full summary »
Director: Enzo G. Castellari | Stars: Mark Harmon, Luis Prendes, Ritza Brown, Paolo Malco
Votes: 545
13. The Professional (1981)
Not Rated | 108 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Victim of a plot which has resulted in his imprisonment in a Central African jail for two years, a French secret agent arrives in Paris to settle accounts.
Director: Georges Lautner | Stars: Jean-Paul Belmondo, Jean Desailly, Cyrielle Clair, Marie-Christine Descouard
Votes: 17,278
14. Exilio en Africa (2019)
70 min | Documentary
This documentary tells the story of several Argentine exiles who worked as aid workers in Mozambique, a recently independent former Portuguese colony mired in a terrible civil war.
Directors: Ernesto Aguilar, Marcela Suppicich
15. Palm Trees in the Snow (2015)
163 min | Drama, Romance
After the death of her father, a young Spanish woman discovers a partial letter. As she searches for the answers, she embarks on a journey that takes her back to Africa, where she unfolds the secrets of her family.
Director: Fernando González Molina | Stars: Mario Casas, Adriana Ugarte, Macarena García, Alain Hernández
Votes: 12,498
16. Lejos de África (1996)
115 min | Drama
The friendship of Susana (white Spanish girl) and Rita (black native) in the Spanish colony of African guinea. The adventures of the girls and the evolution of the political situation through the eyes of the innocence.
Director: Cecilia Bartolomé | Stars: Alicia Bogo, Xabier Elorriaga, Isabel Mestres, Carlos Cruz
Votes: 54
17. Yvone Kane (2014)
117 min | Drama
After her daughter's death, Rita returns to the African country of her childhood to investigate the death of Yvone Kane, a former political activist and guerrilla fighter. There, she ... See full summary »
Director: Margarida Cardoso | Stars: Irene Ravache, Beatriz Batarda, Gonçalo Waddington, Mina Andala
Votes: 94
18. The Murmuring Coast (2004)
Not Rated | 120 min | Drama
Based on the novel by Lidia Jorge.
Director: Margarida Cardoso | Stars: Beatriz Batarda, Filipe Duarte, Monica Calle, Adriano Luz
Votes: 312
19. Licínio de Azevedo: Crónicas de Moçambique (2011)
90 min | Documentary, War
Director: Margarida Cardoso
20. Echoes From a Somber Empire (1990)
91 min | Documentary
Documentary examining Bokassa's rule in the Central African Republic using the testimony of witnesses and visits to key sites.
Director: Werner Herzog | Stars: Michael Goldsmith, Werner Herzog, Augustine Assemat, David Dacko
Votes: 728
21. Le complot (1973)
120 min | Action, Drama, History
By the early 1960s, the OAS is desperate to stop de Gaulle's freeing of Algeria. A small group, mostly from the military, steal weapons and rob a bank to prepare for a raid on Tulle prison ... See full summary »
Director: René Gainville | Stars: Michel Bouquet, Michel Duchaussoy, Raymond Pellegrin, Jean Rochefort
Votes: 144
22. L'insoumis (1964)
115 min | Drama, Thriller
1961. Luxemburger Thomas Vlassenroot deserted the French Foreign Legion during the Algiers Putsch. His lieutenant, Fraser, initiated the desertion for the two of them, Fraser believing he ... See full summary »
Director: Alain Cavalier | Stars: Alain Delon, Lea Massari, Georges Géret, Maurice Garrel
Votes: 986
23. Mesrine: Killer Instinct (2008)
R | 113 min | Action, Biography, Crime
The story of the notorious French gangster Jacques Mesrine, with the focus on his life before the early 1970s and the events that led to him being declared Public Enemy No. 1 in France.
Director: Jean-François Richet | Stars: Vincent Cassel, Cécile de France, Gérard Depardieu, Gilles Lellouche
Votes: 35,300 | Gross: $0.55M
24. Wild Reeds (1994)
Not Rated | 110 min | Drama
The fates of two partners are divided.
Director: André Téchiné | Stars: Élodie Bouchez, Gaël Morel, Stéphane Rideau, Frédéric Gorny
Votes: 6,647 | Gross: $0.92M
25. Operation Leopard (1980)
96 min | Adventure, Drama, War
In 1978, a group of heavily armed rebels from Katanga attacked the mining town of Kolwezi in Zaire and started killing the civilians among whom many Europeans. France sent the legion to evacuate the civilian population.
Director: Raoul Coutard | Stars: Bruno Cremer, Jacques Perrin, Laurent Malet, Pierre Vaneck
Votes: 399
26. Tabataba (1988)
76 min | Drama
Tabataba tells the story of a small Malagasy village during the independence uprising which took place in 1947 in the south of the country. For several months, part of the Malagasy ... See full summary »
Director: Raymond Rajaonarivelo | Stars: Philippe Nahoun, François Botozandry, Lucien Dadakisy, Soatody
Votes: 57
27. Half of a Yellow Sun (2013)
R | 111 min | Drama, Romance
Sisters Olanna and Kainene return home to 1960s Nigeria, where they soon diverge on different paths. As civil war breaks out, political events loom larger than their differences as they join the fight to establish an independent republic.
Director: Biyi Bandele | Stars: Chiwetel Ejiofor, Thandiwe Newton, Anika Noni Rose, Joseph Mawle
Votes: 2,150 | Gross: $0.05M
28. October 1 (2014)
PG-13 | 148 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
As Nigeria prepares for independence from the British in 1960, a seasoned police detective rushes to find the serial killer slaughtering its native young women.
Director: Kunle Afolayan | Stars: Sadiq Daba, Kayode Olaiya, Ademola Adedoyin, David Bailie
Votes: 531
29. BIAFRA - Forgotten Mission (2018)
50 min | Documentary
Fifty years ago, Nigeria was embroiled in a brutal civil war. Irish missionaries defied a cynical international cartel to save millions from starvation, becoming international media celebrities in the process.
Director: Irina Maldea
Votes: 8
30. Jesus Christ Airlines (2001 TV Movie)
58 min | Documentary, History, War
During the Biafra war in Nigeria 1967-70, Joint Church Aid (JCA) or "Jesus Christ Airlines" provided an air-bridge to aid the starving people of Biafra. This documentary tells the story behind this unique and daring relief operation.
Director: Lasse Jensen | Star: Frederick Forsyth
Votes: 10
31. 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: 196,088 | Gross: $17.61M
32. 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: 372,366 | Gross: $23.53M
33. 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: 130,593 | Gross: $43.73M
34. Shooting Dogs (2005)
R | 115 min | Drama, History, War
A Catholic Priest and an English teacher get stranded in a school in Kigali during the 1994 Rwandan genocide.
Director: Michael Caton-Jones | Stars: John Hurt, Hugh Dancy, Dominique Horwitz, Louis Mahoney
Votes: 11,971
35. Shake Hands with the Devil (2007)
R | 112 min | Drama, History, War
The story of General Romeo Dallaire's frustrated efforts to stop the madness of the Rwandan Genocide, despite the complete indifference of his superiors.
Directors: Jennifer Capraru, Roger Spottiswoode | Stars: Roy Dupuis, Owen Sejake, James Gallanders, Michel Ange Nzojibwami
Votes: 3,699
36. Lord of War (2005)
R | 122 min | Crime, Drama
An arms dealer confronts the morality of his work as he is being chased by an INTERPOL Agent.
Director: Andrew Niccol | Stars: Nicolas Cage, Ethan Hawke, Jared Leto, Bridget Moynahan
Votes: 337,068 | Gross: $24.15M
37. 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: 9,441
38. Amin: The Rise and Fall (1981)
R | 91 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
The chronicle of Ugandan dictator Idi Amin and his tyranic rule from 1971 to his overthrow in 1979.
Director: Sharad Patel | Stars: Joseph Olita, Thomas Baptiste, Leonard Trolley, Geoffrey Keen
Votes: 496
39. General Idi Amin Dada: A Self Portrait (1974)
Not Rated | 92 min | Documentary
A documentary on the military dictator of Africa's Uganda.
Director: Barbet Schroeder | Stars: Idi Amin, Fidel Castro, Golda Meir
Votes: 2,019
40. Mobutu, roi du Zaïre (1999)
135 min | Documentary
Thiery Michel takes an in-depth look at the reign of Mobutu Sese Seko. A man of "modest roots" who had a Catholic upbringing, Mobutu was sent to the army by his father for insubordination. ... See full summary »
Director: Thierry Michel | Stars: Raymond Barre, Jacques Chirac, Valéry Giscard d'Estaing, Mobutu Sese Seko
Votes: 216
41. When We Were Kings (1996)
PG | 88 min | Documentary, Sport
Boxing documentary on the 1974 world heavyweight championship bout between defending champion, George Foreman, and the underdog challenger, Muhammad Ali.
Director: Leon Gast | Stars: Muhammad Ali, George Foreman, Don King, James Brown
Votes: 19,139 | Gross: $2.79M
42. Victory at Entebbe (1976 TV Movie)
Unrated | 119 min | Action, Drama, History
In 1976, terrorists hijack an Air France airplane, and divert it to Uganda, where they demand to exchange their hostages for fellow terrorists held in Israeli jails.
Director: Marvin J. Chomsky | Stars: Helmut Berger, Linda Blair, Kirk Douglas, Richard Dreyfuss
Votes: 1,274
43. The Baader Meinhof Complex (2008)
R | 150 min | Action, Biography, Crime
A look at Germany's terrorist group, The Red Army Faction (RAF), which organized bombings, robberies, kidnappings, and assassinations in the late 1960s and '70s.
Director: Uli Edel | Stars: Martina Gedeck, Moritz Bleibtreu, Johanna Wokalek, Bruno Ganz
Votes: 40,137 | Gross: $0.48M
Final del secuestro del vuelo 181 de Lufthansa por la RAF y el FLP con la intervención de un comando de la RFA en Mogadiscio.
44. 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: 423,803 | Gross: $108.64M
45. Mogadischu (2008 TV Movie)
90 min | Crime, Drama
In 1977, skyjackers abduct Lufthansa Flight 181, subsequently involving Germany's special operations unit GSG 9 to free all the hostages.
Director: Roland Suso Richter | Stars: Thomas Kretschmann, Nadja Uhl, Saïd Taghmaoui, Herbert Knaup
Votes: 1,309
46. Live and Become (2005)
Unrated | 140 min | Drama
A Christian boy escapes to Israel from famine-stricken Ethiopia by pretending to be Jewish.
Director: Radu Mihaileanu | Stars: Yaël Abecassis, Roschdy Zem, Moshe Agazai, Moshe Abebe
Votes: 6,312
47. Cry Freedom (1987)
PG | 157 min | Biography, Drama, History
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.
Director: Richard Attenborough | Stars: Denzel Washington, Kevin Kline, Josette Simon, Wabei Siyolwe
Votes: 14,468 | Gross: $5.90M
48. Lethal Weapon 2 (1989)
R | 114 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
Riggs and Murtaugh are on the trail of South African diplomats who are using their immunity to engage in criminal activities.
Director: Richard Donner | Stars: Mel Gibson, Danny Glover, Joe Pesci, Patsy Kensit
Votes: 188,928 | Gross: $147.25M
49. Shepherds and Butchers (2016)
R | 102 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A lawyer takes on a case of a prison guard in South Africa who is traumatized by the executions he's witnessed.
Director: Oliver Schmitz | Stars: Steve Coogan, Andrea Riseborough, Garion Dowds, Eduan van Jaarsveldt
Votes: 3,137
50. Escape from Pretoria (2020)
PG-13 | 106 min | Biography, Crime, Mystery
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.
Director: Francis Annan | Stars: Daniel Radcliffe, Daniel Webber, Ian Hart, Mark Leonard Winter
Votes: 43,599
51. Somalia: The Forgotten Story (2016)
46 min | Documentary
The story of Somalia's decline from stability to chaos revealing the problems facing its people at home and abroad.
Directors: Mohamed Dawood, Omar Elkholy | Stars: Abukar Awale, Hussein Dualeh, Mohamed Hashi Elmi, Mary Harper
Votes: 15
52. Peacekeeper (2014)
11 min | Short, Drama, War
A former Australian Peacekeeper reflects on his time served in Africa during peacekeeping operations.
Director: Joshua Hoareau | Stars: Thomas Banda, Tatiana Barrie, Addam Bramich, Lliam Murphy
Votes: 20
53. Peacekeepers
Action, Drama, War | Announced
Australian soldier Aaron Jacobs leaves the SASR to join U.N peacekeeping forces in Africa only to find that life as a peacekeeper and a soldier are two sides to the same coin.
Director: Joshua Hoareau | Stars: James Schaw, Franco Flammia, Lliam Murphy, Ben Steel
54. Eye in the Sky (2015)
R | 102 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
Col. Katherine Powell, a military officer in command of an operation to capture terrorists in Kenya, sees her mission escalate when a girl enters the kill zone triggering an international dispute over the implications of modern warfare.
Director: Gavin Hood | Stars: Helen Mirren, Aaron Paul, Alan Rickman, Barkhad Abdi
Votes: 91,518 | Gross: $18.70M
55. Ilaria Alpi - Il più crudele dei giorni (2003)
120 min | Drama, History
Ilaria Alpi, a young, Italian war-corespondent, was on a dangerous mission in Somalia. While she covered the civil war, she also discovered a big and secret international environmental ... See full summary »
Director: Ferdinando Vicentini Orgnani | Stars: Giovanna Mezzogiorno, Rade Serbedzija, Giacinto Ferro, Angelo Infanti
Votes: 241
56. The Constant Gardener (2005)
R | 129 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance
A widower's transcontinental quest to find answers about his wife's death leads him to explosive secrets.
Director: Fernando Meirelles | Stars: Ralph Fiennes, Rachel Weisz, Danny Huston, Hubert Koundé
Votes: 148,506 | Gross: $33.58M
57. Sons of Africa (2014)
Not Rated | 57 min | Documentary, Adventure, Biography
Uganda's Idi Amin and Tanzania's Julius Nyerere were bitter enemies who went to war in 1978. Today, the dictator Amin is reviled as the 'Butcher of Uganda', while the socialist Nyerere is ... See full summary »
Director: James Becket | Stars: Jaffar Amin, James Becket, Madaraka Nyerere
Votes: 7
58. Angola the war (2017 Video)
120 min | Documentary, History
A faraway war - A clash of ideologies - And some of the biggest battles fought on African soil since World War Two.
Director: Peter Lamberti | Stars: Anton Beukman, Pik Botha, Jan Breytenbach, Fidel Castro
Votes: 24
59. Another Day of Life (2018)
85 min | Animation, Biography
A gripping story of a three-month-long journey that renowned Polish reporter Ryszard Kapuscinski took across Angola, ravaged by a war in which the front lines shifted like a kaleidoscope, from one day to the next.
Directors: Raúl de la Fuente, Damian Nenow | Stars: Artur Queiroz, Luis Alberto Ferreira, Carlota Machado, Joaquim António Lopes Farrusco
Votes: 2,744
60. O Herói (2004)
Not Rated | 97 min | Drama, War
A 20-year veteran of the Angolan civil war returns to the capital city of Luanda where he faces the challenges of assimilation and survival.
Director: Zézé Gamboa | Stars: Makena Diop, Milton 'Santo' Coelho, Maria Ceiça, Patrícia Bull
Votes: 166
61.
Les mercredis de l'histoire (1995– )
Episode:
Afrique rouge
(1997)
59 min | Documentary
Directors: Michel Vuillermet, Ilios Yannakakis | Star: Alexandre Adler
62.
Les mercredis de l'histoire (1995– )
Episode:
L'insurrection de l'île rouge, Madagascar 1947
(1995)
57 min | Documentary
Directors: Corinne Godeau, Danièle Rousselier | Star: Alexandre Adler
63.
Les mercredis de l'histoire (1995– )
Episode:
Siegfried Müller, un mercenaire au Congo
(2011)
52 min | Documentary
Director: Siegfried Ressel
64. Finding Sally (2020)
78 min | Documentary
A personal investigation into the mysterious life of the director's Aunt Sally, an Ethiopian aristocrat-turned-communist-rebel who disappeared after the revolution that lead to the overthrow of Emperor Haile Selassie.
Director: Tamara Mariam Dawit | Stars: Tsehai Tesfamichael, Abrehet Asefa, Tamara Mariam Dawit, Kibre Dawit
Votes: 83
65. Twilight Revelations: Episodes in the Life & Times of Emperor Haile Selassie (2009)
58 min | Documentary
Explores key moments, both public and private, in the life and reign of the Emperor.
Director: Yemane I. Demissie
Votes: 7
66. Footsteps of the Emperor (1999 TV Movie)
50 min | Documentary
This documentary explores the life and times of former Ethiopian Emperor Haile Selassie I and the period he spent living in the city of Bath in England, during the Italian invasion of his ... See full summary »
Director: Shawn Naphtali Sobers | Star: Benjamin Zephaniah
67. Haile Selassie I: Apogeo y Ocaso del León de Judá (2007 Video)
23 min | Short, Biography, Drama
Based on the life of the Ras Tafari Makkonen, then Emperor Haile Selassie I of Ethiopia (1892-1975). Dedicated to pull his country out of isolation, pursued a policy of modernization and ... See full summary »
Director: Horacio Ojeda Lacognata | Stars: Horacio Ojeda Lacognata, Jorge López, Luciana Paredes
68. The Dictator Hunter (2007)
75 min | Documentary
An account of the brutal torture, imprisonment and murder carried out by Chadian dictator Hissene Habre during the 1980s.
Director: Klaartje Quirijns | Stars: Reed Brody, Souleymane Guengueng
Votes: 49
69. Inkotanyi (2017)
126 min | Documentary, War
For the first time, light is shed on the Inkotanyi politico-military movement that ended the genocide of the Rwandan Tutsi in 1994 and is led by Paul Kagame, currently President of Rwanda.
Director: Christophe Cotteret
Votes: 21
70.
Frontline (1983– )
Episode:
Ghosts of Rwanda
(2004)
TV-MA | 120 min | Documentary, News
Story of Rwandian genocide in 1994, 800.000 people were slaughtered by their own goverment.
Director: Greg Barker | Stars: Madeleine Albright, Gromo Alex, Kofi Annan, Henry Anyidoho
Votes: 242
71. Farouk: Last of the Pharaohs (1970)
50 min | Documentary, Biography, History
Using rare archival film clips and photographs, this film focuses heavily on biographical details of the remarkable life story of King Farouk (1920-1965), penultimate King of Egypt and the Sudan, overthrown in 1952 by Nasser's revolution.
Director: Peter Batty | Stars: Bernard Archard, King Faroukh, Gamal Abdel Nasser
73. Le lion (2003 TV Movie)
105 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
In Africa in the fifties, during the Mau-Mau war, young Patricia's friendship with a lion she raised for years.
Director: José Pinheiro | Stars: Alain Delon, Anouchka Delon, Ornella Muti, Heino Ferch
Votes: 145
74. Mau Mau (1970)
Not Rated | 51 min | Documentary
In October 1952 the British government declared a State of Emergency in Kenya. Its object: the defeat of "Mau Mau." In the war that followed, fewer than 40 of Kenya's 40,000 white settlers ... See full summary »
Directors: Anthony Howarth, David Koff | Stars: James Cameron, Eliud Mathu, Solomon Memia, Joseph Murumbi
Votes: 5
75. Mau-Mau (1955)
58 min | Documentary, Drama
Newsman Chet Huntley narrates this documentary showing the rise of the African resistance movement known as the "Mau-Mau" against British rule in East Africa in the early 1950s.
Director: Elwood Price | Star: Chet Huntley
Votes: 27
76. Simba (1955)
Not Rated | 99 min | Adventure, Drama
A European family in East Africa finds itself caught up in an uprising by local black Africans against their white colonial masters. Based on the Mau-Mau rebellion in Kenya in the early 1950s.
Director: Brian Desmond Hurst | Stars: Dirk Bogarde, Virginia McKenna, Basil Sydney, Donald Sinden
Votes: 469
77. Beyond Mombasa (1956)
90 min | Action, Adventure, Mystery
An American travels to East Africa, where he tries to find out how his brother died.
Director: George Marshall | Stars: Cornel Wilde, Donna Reed, Leo Genn, Ron Randell
Votes: 413
78. Safari (1956)
Approved | 90 min | Adventure
During the Mau Mau Uprising in British Kenya in the 1950s, settler-hunter Ken Duffield is a hired guide for a lion hunting party but he also hopes to find the Mau Mau rebel who killed his family.
Director: Terence Young | Stars: Victor Mature, Janet Leigh, John Justin, Roland Culver
Votes: 671
79. Something of Value (1957)
Approved | 113 min | Drama, War
In British Colonial Kenya during the Mau Mau uprising, Peter and Kimani, who grew up together, find themselves on the opposite sides.
Director: Richard Brooks | Stars: Rock Hudson, Dana Wynter, Wendy Hiller, Juano Hernandez
Votes: 1,307
80. The Kitchen Toto (1987)
PG-13 | 96 min | Drama
The son of a priest slain by the Mau Mau moves in with a police officer and his wife in 1950 Kenya.
Director: Harry Hook | Stars: Bob Peck, Edwin Mahinda, Phyllis Logan, Nicholas Charles
Votes: 274 | Gross: $0.10M
81. His to Keep (2013)
15 min | Short, Drama
HIS TO KEEP is a short film about the consequences of Kenya's fight for freedom as seen through the heart broken words of a Mau Mau veteran who feels he lost more than he won during the struggle.
Director: Amirah M. Tajdin | Stars: Ashford Kirimi, Ruth Maingi, Njeri Mukoma, Michael Ndichu
82. Muigwithania (2010)
88 min | Drama, History, Thriller
In 1954, in Kenya, 2 MAU MAU fighters seek shelter in an ASIAN shopkeepers house for the night. This movie is about what happens in the interaction between them through the night
Director: Amit Tyagi | Stars: Tom Alter, Tonny Ernest Njuguna, Mehul Savani
83. The Oath (2005)
Not Rated | 23 min | Drama, Short
In present-day Kenya, the legacy of the Mau Mau is kept alive, never to be forgotten.
Director: Nathan Collett | Stars: Gary Cattermole, George Maina Gakiri, Joseph Kimani, Simon J. Smithers
Votes: 17
84. Hemingway, the Hunter of Death (2001)
Adventure, Drama
During the Kenyan struggle for independence from the British in the late 1950s, a scientific safari led by Ernest Hemingway undertakes the ascent of Mount Kenya. Hemingway has been warned ... See full summary »
Director: Sergio Dow | Stars: Albert Finney, Paul Guilfoyle, Fele Martínez
Votes: 20
85. Les amants du Tage (1992 TV Movie)
84 min
Director: David Delrieux | Stars: Philippe Volter, Coralie Seyrig, Geoffrey Bateman, François Champeau
86. La règle de l'homme (1994 TV Movie)
85 min | Adventure
Director: Jean-Daniel Verhaeghe | Stars: Bernard Fresson, Jean-Pierre Bisson, Virginie Ledoyen, Jean Benguigui
Votes: 23
87.
The Dictator's Playbook
Episode:
Idi Amin
(2018)
TV-14 | 53 min | Documentary, Drama, History
See how Idi Amin used lessons learned in the colonial British army to build a powerful dictatorship in Uganda. Through a combination of populist charm and brutal violence, he ruled for ... See full summary »
Directors: Mark Stevenson, Mark Stevenson | Stars: Tim Beckmann, Idi Amin, Alicia C. Decker, Deo Katono
Votes: 54
88.
La case du siècle (2010– )
Episode:
Mémoires tsiganes, l'autre génocide: Les Tsiganes dans l'Europe de la Seconde Guerre mondiale
(2011)
76 min | Documentary, History, War
This is the first documentary film that tells the forgotten story of the annihilation of the Gypsies by the Nazis and their allies from one end to the other of Europe. With interviews of ... See full summary »
Directors: Idit Bloch, Juliette Jourdan
Votes: 14
89.
La case du siècle (2010– )
Episode:
Une histoire algérienne
(2012)
53 min | Documentary, History, War
Director: Ben Salama | Stars: Gerard Belorgey, Fatima Besnaci-Lancou, Maïssa Bey, Raphaël Draï
90.
La case du siècle (2010– )
Episode:
L'Algérie à l'épreuve du pouvoir, 1962-2012: 1 - L'ère autoritaire, 1962-1988
(2012)
60 min | Documentary, History, War
Director: Jérôme Sesquin | Stars: Ahmed Ben Bella, Abdelaziz Bouteflika, Khaled Nezzar
91.
La case du siècle (2010– )
Episode:
L'Algérie à l'épreuve du pouvoir, 1962-2012: 2 - L'ère des tempêtes, 1988- 2012
(2012)
60 min | Documentary, History, War
Director: Jérôme Sesquin | Stars: Ahmed Ben Bella, Abdelaziz Bouteflika, Khaled Nezzar
92. Ethiopia Terror on Trial (1994 TV Special)
45 min | History
Correspondent George Alagiah reveals the shocking brutality of the former regime of Colonel Mengistu.
Director: Charlotte Metcalf | Star: George Alagiah
93. Teza (2008)
Not Rated | 140 min | Drama
The Ethiopian intellectual Anberber returns to his native country during the repressive totalitarian regime of Haile Mariam Mengistu and the recognition of his own displacement and ... See full summary »
Director: Haile Gerima | Stars: Aaron Arefe, Abiye Tedla, Takelech Beyene, Teje Tesfahun
Votes: 630
94. ZeroZeroZero (2019–2020)
TV-MA | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A cocaine shipment makes its way to Europe, starting from the moment a powerful cartel of Italian criminals decides to buy it, to its journeys through Mexico, to its shipment across the Atlantic Ocean.
Stars: Andrea Riseborough, Dane DeHaan, Giuseppe De Domenico, Harold Torres
Votes: 29,380
95. Abortion Democracy: Poland/South Africa (2008)
50 min | Documentary
This documentary feature contrasts changes in Poland and South Africa regarding abortion laws and their impact on the lives of women. In the 90's, Poland banned abortion due to the ... See full summary »
Director: Sarah Diehl | Stars: Wanda Nowicka, Alicja Tysiac, Marijke Alblas, Nurrudin Farrah
Votes: 12
96. Retour à Kigali, Une affaire française (2019 TV Movie)
76 min | Documentary
Jean-Christophe Klotz was one of the few French journalists to visit Rwanda in 1994, in the midst of the genocide. He returns there to capture the reverse shot of the terrible images he had... See full summary »
Director: Jean-Christophe Klotz
97. Kigali, des images contre un massacre (2006 TV Movie)
94 min | Documentary
June 1994. Kigali, the capital of Rwanda, is given over to the butchers of the extremist Hutu militia and the Rwandan army. During an attack on a parish in which a hundred refugees have ... See full summary »
Director: Jean-Christophe Klotz | Star: Bernard Kouchner
Votes: 30
98. Black Out (2009)
95 min | Drama
Antoine Rives, a young independent journalist, is shooting news about the return of Westerners fleeing human slaughters in Rwanda... He meets Clement, a Hutu student whose Tutsi girlfriend ... See full summary »
Director: Jean-Christophe Klotz | Stars: Jalil Lespert, Cyril Gueï, Patrick Rameau, Jean-François Stévenin
Votes: 80
99. Décolonisations (2020– )
Documentary, History
An history of decolonization, told through the colonized point of view, in 3 chapters: 'Learning', 'Liberation' and 'The world is ours'
Stars: Reda Kateb, Sebastian Kowski, Laurent Lederer, Alice Seeley Harris
Votes: 81
100. Blood and Tears: French Decolonization (2020)
135 min | Documentary, History, War
This documentary gives voice to those who rose up to demand independence for their country in the aftermath of World War II, as well as their children and grandchildren.
Stars: Lucien Jean-Baptiste, Charles de Gaulle
Votes: 30
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