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1. The Legend of Tarzan (2016)

PG-13 | 110 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

Tarzan, having acclimated to life in London, is called back to his former home in the jungle to investigate the activities at a mining encampment.

Director: David Yates | Stars: Alexander Skarsgård, Rory J Saper, Christian Stevens, Christoph Waltz

Votes: 189,188 | Gross: $126.64M

2. The Nun's Story (1959)

Approved | 149 min | Drama

After leaving a wealthy Belgian family to become a nun, Sister Luke struggles with her devotion to her vows during crisis, disappointment, and World War II.

Director: Fred Zinnemann | Stars: Audrey Hepburn, Peter Finch, Edith Evans, Peggy Ashcroft

Votes: 11,757 | Gross: $12.80M

3. JFK Revisited: Through the Looking Glass (2021)

TV-14 | 118 min | Documentary, History

Declassified files related to President Kennedy's assassination in a far larger context, aiming to shine more light on what really happened in 1963.

Director: Oliver Stone | Stars: Donald Sutherland, Whoopi Goldberg, Oliver Stone, Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

Votes: 4,262

4. 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: 7,044

5. Khartoum (1966)

Approved | 128 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

In the Sudan, in 1884 to 1885, Egyptian forces led by British General Charles "Chinese" Gordon (Charlton Heston) defend Khartoum against an invading Muslim Army led by a religious fanatic, Mohammed Ahmed el Mahdi (Sir Laurence Olivier).

Directors: Basil Dearden, Eliot Elisofon | Stars: Charlton Heston, Laurence Olivier, Richard Johnson, Ralph Richardson

Votes: 8,302 | Gross: $6.54M

6. The Kiss (1988)

R | 101 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror

After the death of her mother, a teenage girl is faced with bizarre supernatural occurrences when her mother's estranged sister arrives and begins to infiltrate her and her father's lives.

Director: Pen Densham | Stars: Joanna Pacula, Meredith Salenger, Mimi Kuzyk, Nicholas Kilbertus

Votes: 1,930 | Gross: $1.87M

7. Virunga (2014)

Not Rated | 100 min | Documentary, War

A team of brave individuals risk their lives to protect the last mountain gorillas.

Director: Orlando von Einsiedel | Stars: André Bauma, Emmanuel de Merode, Mélanie Gouby, Rodrigue Mugaruka Katembo

Votes: 12,277

8. Torpedo (2019)

102 min | Action, Adventure, History

Resistance fighters led by commander Stan must transport a stolen German submarine carrying uranium to America during WWII while evading German forces determined to sink the U-boat.

Director: Sven Huybrechts | Stars: Koen De Bouw, Thure Riefenstein, Ella-June Henrard, Joren Seldeslachts

Votes: 2,950

9. My Afternoons with Margueritte (2010)

Not Rated | 82 min | Comedy, Drama

A semi-literate and lonely odd-job man bonds with a much older and well-read woman.

Director: Jean Becker | Stars: Gérard Depardieu, Gisèle Casadesus, Maurane, Sophie Guillemin

Votes: 7,646

10. The Seven Red Berets (1969)

90 min | Action, Drama

Seven mercenaries on a mission into Simba controlled Congo territory requisite with typical sterotypes.

Director: Mario Siciliano | Stars: Ivan Rassimov, Sieghardt Rupp, Kirk Morris, Pamela Tudor

Votes: 99

11. King Leopold's Ghost (2006)

PG-13 | 108 min | Documentary

A documentary about the exploitation of the Congo by King Leopold II of Belgium.

Directors: Pippa Scott, Oreet Rees | Stars: Philippe Bergeron, Don Cheadle, James Cromwell, Frank McCourt

Votes: 389

12. 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: 328 | Gross: $0.33M

13. White Witch Doctor (1953)

Passed | 96 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

In 1907, a nurse arrives in the Belgian Congo to work for a missionary doctor but meets a grumpy animal hunter who secretly plans to search for gold in the dangerous Bakuba tribal region.

Director: Henry Hathaway | Stars: Susan Hayward, Robert Mitchum, Walter Slezak, Mashood Ajala

Votes: 763

14. The Sins of Rachel Cade (1961)

Approved | 124 min | Drama, Romance

While the Nazi regime subjugates European nations during World War II, in the Belgian Congo nurse Rachel Cade tries to cure the local people. Colonel Derode falls in love with her, but an injured young American pilot upsets his plans.

Director: Gordon Douglas | Stars: Angie Dickinson, Peter Finch, Roger Moore, Errol John

Votes: 607

15. Ingagi (1930)

Passed | 85 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy

An expedition enters an area of the Congo jungle to investigate reports of a gorilla-worshipping tribe. After many dangerous adventures, they come upon the tribe they sought, only to watch ... See full summary »

Director: William Campbell | Stars: Sir Hubert Winstead, Charles Gemora, Arthur Clayton, Louis Nizor

Votes: 216 | Gross: $4.00M

16. Congo Crossing (1956)

Approved | 85 min | Adventure, Crime, Drama

Attractive Louise Whitman catalyzes action and adventure in an African country that offers haven to foreign fugitives.

Director: Joseph Pevney | Stars: Virginia Mayo, George Nader, Peter Lorre, Michael Pate

Votes: 278

17. Lumumba: Death of a Prophet (1991)

Not Rated | 69 min | Documentary, Biography, History

Documentary about African political leader Patrice Lumumba, who was Prime Minister of Zaire (now Congo) when he was assassinated in 1961.

Director: Raoul Peck | Star: Patrice Lumumba

Votes: 179

18. White King, Red Rubber, Black Death (2003 TV Movie)

84 min | Documentary, History

Documentary about how King Leopold II of Belgium acquired Congo as a colony and exploited it by reign of terror.

Director: Peter Bate | Stars: Elie Lison, Roger May, Steve Driesen, Tshilombo Imhotep

Votes: 211

19. Masters of the Congo Jungle (1958)

Approved | 88 min | Documentary

Documentary showing the struggles of the inhabitants--both human and animal--of what was then called the Belgian Congo.

Directors: Henry Brandt, Heinz Sielmann | Stars: Jean Desailly, Georges Aminel, Kazuo Aoki, Bert Brauns

Votes: 66

20. Zamba (1949)

Approved | 75 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

The story of a boy raised by gorillas.

Director: William Berke | Stars: Jon Hall, June Vincent, Jane Nigh, Beau Bridges

Votes: 62

21. Africa Speaks! (1930)

Passed | 75 min | Documentary, Adventure, History

Explorer Paul Hoefler leads a safari into central Africa and what was then called the Belgian Congo, in the regions inhabited by the Wassara and the famous Ubangi tribes.

Director: Walter Futter | Stars: Harald Austin, Paul L. Hoefler, Lowell Thomas, Charles Gemora

Votes: 138

22. The Gorilla Hunt (1926)

Passed | 65 min | Documentary, Action, Adventure

Another in the seemingly-endless run of the Darkest-Africa exposed genre of documentary features, some of which weren't filmed in Africa. This one was, but the hand-to-hand combat between ... See full summary »

Director: Ben Burbridge | Star: Ben Burbridge

23. Katanga: The Untold Story (1962)

54 min | Documentary

This film, from the early 1960s, documents how the United Nations waged war on the anti-Communist state of Katanga, forcing it under Communist rule.

Director: Stanford Stuart | Stars: Donald L. Jackson, Joseph Kasavubu, King Baudouin, Patrice Lumumba

Votes: 6

24. Jasper Goes Hunting (1944)

Approved | 7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy

Jasper and Scarecrow daydream elephant hunting in the jungles of a Technicolor Congo. First-time Bugs Bunny cameo outside of a Warner Bros. cartoon and the only time in a stop-motion and cel animation sequence © Arnold Leibovit

Directors: George Pal, Robert Clampett | Stars: Mel Blanc, Sara Berner, Alvin Childress, Glenn Leedy

Votes: 72

25. Perils of the Jungle (1953)

Approved | 63 min | Adventure, Drama

Hunter tracks down lions on the Congo jungle.

Director: George Blair | Stars: Clyde Beatty, Stanley Farrar, Phyllis Coates, John Doucette

Votes: 60

26. Africa, I Will Fleece You (1992)

Not Rated | 88 min | Documentary, History

A documentary examining political repression in Cameroon, Central Africa.

Director: Jean-Marie Téno | Stars: Jean-Marie Téno, Narcisse Kouokam, Marie Claire Dati, Essindi Mindja

Votes: 112

27. Formation du Personnel Médical (1955)

10 min | Documentary, Short

In 1949 the Kalenda medical school was founded in Kasai, where nurses, laboratory staff and medical assistants were trained. A dispensary adjacent to the hospital allowed students to ... See full summary »

Director: Gérard De Boe

28. Spectres (2011)

102 min | Documentary

Fifty years after his assassination, Patrice Lumumba, Prime Minister of the newly independent Congo, is back to haunt Belgium. Through commemorations, encounters and a return visit, a top-ranking Belgian civil servant confronts the past.

Director: Sven Augustijnen

Votes: 14

29. Perils of the Jungle (1941)

Approved | 21 min | Short, Adventure, Thriller

Some of the last footage shot in the Belgian Congo following the outbreak of World War II, this short consists of just part of the footage shot by Commander Attilio Gatti, during a year's ... See full summary »

Director: Attilio Gatti | Stars: Knox Manning, Attilio Gatti

30. Ubangi (1931)

Passed | 59 min | Documentary, Action, Adventure

This travelogue covers the highlights of an expedition into the Belgian Congo---yes, Virginia, there used to be a Belgian Congo--- with scientists Dr. Louis Neuman and Dr. Jacques Maus, ... See full summary »

Directors: Jacques Maus, Louis Neuman | Stars: Louis Neuman, Jacques Maus, Daniel Davenport

31. JFK: Destiny Betrayed (2021)
Episode: Chapter One (2021)

TV-MA | 234 min | Documentary, History

Oliver Stone gives background on the Assassination Records Review Board, created by an act of Congress following the controversy of his 1991 film; exploring the aftermath of President ... See full summary »

Director: Oliver Stone | Stars: Whoopi Goldberg, Donald Sutherland, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., David Talbot

Votes: 29

32. Invisible Wars (2021)
Episode: Creatures of Contagion (2021)

Documentary

Dr Norman Swan presents the compelling stories of scientists, doctors and public health experts who fight the deadly viruses that cross-over from animals to humans.

Director: Emma Watts | Stars: Timothy Ray Brown, Matt Cooper, Mark Honigsbaum, Sharon Lewin