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1. 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: 59,505 | Gross: $30.03M
2. The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency (2008–2009)
TV-PG | 60 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Precious Ramotswe launches the first-ever female detective agency in Botswana. She embarks on various adventures while investigating cases and must also overcome several challenges in her quest.
Stars: Jill Scott, Anika Noni Rose, Lucian Msamati, Desmond Dube
Votes: 3,850
3. 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: 16,991 | Gross: $3.90M
4. Nomad (III)
Adventure, Drama, Romance | Post-production
The plot is unknown at this time.
Director: Taron Lexton | Stars: Leo Woodall, Abbey Hoes, Jordi Webber, Sana'a Shaik
5. Kiseichuu: kiraa pusshii (2004 Video)
60 min | Comedy, Horror
Five teenagers enter a deserted jungle and trespass inside an abandoned house only to haunted by a woman with a monster hidden inside her reproductive organs.
Director: Takao Nakano | Stars: Sachika Uchiyama, Natsumi Mitsu, Sakurako Kaoru, Tôgo Okumoto
Votes: 729
6. The Last Lions (2011)
PG | 88 min | Documentary, Family
Fifty years ago there were close to half-a-million lions in Africa. Today there are around 20,000. To make matters worse, lions, unlike elephants, which are far more numerous, have ... See full summary »
Director: Dereck Joubert | Star: Jeremy Irons
Votes: 4,377 | Gross: $0.64M
7. Whispers: An Elephant's Tale (2000)
G | 72 min | Adventure, Family
A baby elephant named Whispers finds himself separated from his mother. On his search to find her, he pairs up with an outcast from another herd and together they brave the wilds of Africa.
Director: Dereck Joubert | Stars: Angela Bassett, Joanna Lumley, Anne Archer, Debi Derryberry
Votes: 412 | Gross: $0.50M
8. Human Cargo (2004)
Drama
A riveting thriller shot on location in Vancouver and South Africa, HUMAN CARGO is an unflinching look at the world of refugees in the post 9/11 world and of the people who sacrifice their ... See full summary »
Stars: Nthati Moshesh, Hakeem Kae-Kazim, Veena Sood, Wright Ngubeni
Votes: 118
9. Okavango: The Wild Frontier (1993– )
Drama, Family
American family inherits a wildlife reserve near the Okavango Delta in Botswana, Africa.
Stars: Connie Nielsen, Steve Kanaly, Michele Scarabelli, Eddie Albert
Votes: 35
10. ¡Vivan las antípodas! (2011)
Not Rated | 108 min | Documentary
What would be the shortest route between Entre Rios in Argentina and the Chinese metropolis Shanghai? Simply a straight line through the center of the earth, since the two places are ... See full summary »
Director: Victor Kossakovsky
Votes: 719
11. The Brown Hyena of Makgadikgadi (2021)
50 min | Documentary
This is the story of the lonely inhabitants of the edge of Botswana's enormous and desolate Pans. The elusive Brown Hyena lives here all year round, but its territory visited by flamingoes,... See full summary »
Director: Peter Lamberti
12. Mother Warthog (2009 TV Movie)
50 min | Documentary
Half-Tusk is the matriarch of a small family group of warthogs and has recently given birth to this season's litter, three tiny females. Half-Tusk has never raised an entire litter to ... See full summary »
Votes: 12
13. After We Lost Shima
Documentary | Post-production
Years later after 9 year old Shima Green succumbed to AIDS, the wildlife conservationists and community who loved him use soccer to inculcate a new respect for life in the Okavango Delta.
Director: Ashley Ellis
14. Moipolai (2022)
13 min | Short, Thriller
A woman with no recollection of the night before is chased by a stranger in the forest. What she doesn't know that she is running away from the best hope she has to better understand her ... See full summary »
Director: Tricia L. Sello | Stars: Tshoganetso Chester, Special Ramatudung
15. The Ghosts of the Great Salt Lake (2001)
PG | 50 min | Documentary
Hop on a high-speed endurance adventure through one of the harshest environments on Earth. Glyn Maude follows a family of brown hyenas in Botswana's desolate saltpans of the Makgadikgadi.
Directors: Peter Lamberti, Anton Truesdale | Star: Glynn Maude
16. Cheetah Blood Brothers (2007 TV Movie)
16+ | 50 min | Documentary
Will the Cheetah blood brothers survive the odds stacked against them?
Votes: 15
18. Positive to Positive (2010)
Documentary, Short
After learning of her HIV positive status, a young girl from Botswana decides to lead a life of courage and hope educating and empowering her fellow youth. As part of the Ghetto Artists and... See full summary »
Directors: Matt Diamond, Amber Hurley, Virginia Tomasi Paiva, James M. Parker, Trisha Vo
19. South Africa Under Siege (1986 TV Movie)
30 min | Documentary
Reporter Stephen Talbot goes behind the scenes to meet activists and leaders of the imprisoned Nelson Mandela's African National Congress (ANC), the main liberation movement fighting to end... See full summary »
Stars: P.W. Botha, Gaositwe Chiepe, Jonas Gwangwa, Kenneth Kaunda
20. A House Without Snakes (2016)
28 min | Documentary, Short
In Botswana, two young Bushmen struggle to build their futures in the wake of their people's relocation from their ancestral homeland. Ketelelo looks to education as a way to reinvent ... See full summary »
Director: Daniel Koehler | Stars: Kitsiso Gakelekgolelwe, Ketelelo Moapare
21. Thibelo Ya HIV: E Simolola Ka Nna (2011 Video)
Animation, Short
Founded at Stanford University, TeachAIDS is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit social venture that creates breakthrough software addressing numerous persistent problems in HIV and AIDS prevention ... See full summary »
Director: Piya Sorcar | Stars: Game 'Zeus' Bantsi, Oratile Jazzelle Kebakile, Thato 'Scar' Malthabaphiri, Thato Tref Maruping
22. Where the Hell is Matt? 2006 (2006 Video)
4 min | Short
Director: Matt Harding | Star: Matt Harding
23. Predator Battleground (2009 TV Movie)
50 min | Documentary
On Botswana's Savuti Channel, two armies wage war. The Duma Tau wild dog pack and the Savuti hyena clan compete savagely for territory and prey all in an effort to rear the next generation ... See full summary »
Votes: 7
25. The Kalahari Transfrontier Park (2009)
20 min | Short
For more than 20,000 years, the San people have lived in harmony with the vast Kalahari Desert.
Director: Fred Heiman | Star: Peggy Heiman
26. The Secret Creatures of Jao (2009)
TV-G | 30 min | Documentary, Short, Family
This magical series takes place deep in the heart of the Okavango Delta in Botswana. Isolated by the surrounding flood water, a collection of secretive and mysterious creatures are imprisoned on the paradise island of Jao.
Star: Kira Ivanoff
Votes: 16
27. O'Kung: Africa's Last Indigenous People (1961)
49 min | Documentary
Documentary chronicling the life of the Kung people living in the Kalahari Desert.
Director: Jens Bjerre
28. Swamp Troop (2009 TV Movie)
50 min | Documentary
Against the dramatic backdrop of riverine forests and wildlife-rich floodplains of Botswana's Okavango Delta, Swamp Troop takes us into the heart of baboon society. We meet Boro, the ... See full summary »
Director: Adrian Bailey
Votes: 10
29. Africa Open for Business (2005)
58 min | Documentary
Imagine an Africa with entrepreneurial spirit, striving to take care of itself and find African solutions to African problems. That is what you will see in this groundbreaking one-hour ... See full summary »
Director: Carol Pineau
30. The High Cost of Cheap Gas (2015)
56 min | Documentary, News
The environmental problems caused by fracking in America have been well publicized but what's less known are the gas industry's plans for expansion in other countries. This investigation, ... See full summary »
Directors: Jeffrey Barbee, Mira Dutschke
Votes: 8
31. Deported (I) (2020)
121 min | Documentary
Christians on a soul-winning trip to South Africa face deportation.
Director: Paul Wittenberger | Stars: Paul Wittenberger, Caleb Akinosho, Steven L. Anderson, Tyler Baker
Votes: 8
32. Prevention of HIV: It Begins with Me, Male Version (2011 Video)
Animation, Short
Founded at Stanford University, TeachAIDS is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit social venture that creates breakthrough software addressing numerous persistent problems in HIV and AIDS prevention ... See full summary »
Director: Piya Sorcar | Stars: Game 'Zeus' Bantsi, Thato 'Scar' Malthabaphiri
33. Prevention of HIV: It Begins with Me, Female Version (2011 Video)
Animation, Short
Founded at Stanford University, TeachAIDS is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit social venture that creates breakthrough software addressing numerous persistent problems in HIV and AIDS prevention ... See full summary »
Director: Piya Sorcar | Stars: Oratile Jazzelle Kebakile, Thato Tref Maruping
34. Gobe: the gift (2019)
5 min | Short
A meek young woman goes through a traumatic experience to reach self-actualization when her father's sworn enemy attacks her. In order to survive, she awakens a power within her that she ... See full summary »
Directors: Masego Mohwasa, Gape Ndlovu, Kevin Sebolao | Stars: Nicky Bazhuzha, Mimi Koyabe, Jethro Ndebele, Bambino Ndiwenyu
35.
Lifesense: Our Lives Through Animal Eyes (1991– )
Episode:
Life and Soul
(1991)
30 min | Documentary
Director: John Downer | Star: Andrew Sachs
36.
Massive Africa (2019– )
Episode:
Mashatu
(2019)
50 min | Documentary
Bordering the parameter of the Mapungubwe trans-frontier park, lies an an¬cient land where infinite vistas are only broken by the wild giants that dwell in its wide-open planes.
Director: Peter Lamberti | Star: Peter Terry
37.
Natural World (1983– )
Episode:
Hippos: Africa's River Giants
(2019)
TV-PG | 57 min | Documentary
Go beneath the surface and meet Africa's river giants, the hippos. Discover an unexpected side of these aquatic mammals that can't even swim as hippos protect their families, face their ... See full summary »
Director: Brad Bestelink | Star: David Attenborough
Votes: 56
38.
Top Gear (2002–2022)
Episode:
Botswana Special
(2007)
TV-MA | 52 min | Adventure, Sport, Talk-Show
Jeremy, James and Richard each buy a used two-wheel drive car for £1500 and drive it for 1,000 miles (1,600 kilometres) across Botswana from the Zimbabwe border across the Makgadikgadi salt... See full summary »
Director: James Bryce | Stars: Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond, James May, The Stig
Votes: 766
39.
SciShow Space (2014– )
Episode:
How Do You Trace a Meteorite Back to Its Home?
(2021)
6 min | Documentary, News
Twenty-two million years ago a meteor collided with the asteroid Vesta creating the Rubria crater and launching a rock a bit larger than a meter in diameter into space. In 2018 that rock ... See full summary »
Star: Reid Reimers
40.
Drive with Us Podcast (2019– )
Jeep Rolled Over in Africa + How to Get out of a Ticket Abroad
(2021 Podcast Episode)
Talk-Show
What if your cars brakes failed and your Jeep rolled down a hill into a rock wall? Dan was on a road trip in Africa in his Jeep when he decided to park it on a hill to get some pictures of ... See full summary »
41.
OBF (2020– )
Episode:
Why the World's Shortest Border is so Strange
(2021)
10 min | Documentary
On the north coast of Morroco are three little points of land that belong to Spain. One was an uninhabited Island until recently when a storm washed in so much sand that it connected it to ... See full summary »
Star: Oliver Bahl
42.
Ushuaïa, le magazine de l'extrême (1987–2012)
Episode:
Les migrations étonnantes
(2011)
Documentary
Southern Africa annually experience major land - and sea animal migrations. Whales and dolphins arrive, like some prey fish species such as sardines and other fish-eaters, including birds ... See full summary »
43.
Born to Explore (2011– )
Episode:
Botswana: Living with Elephants
(2012)
TV-Y | 21 min | Adventure
Journey to Okavango Delta, a wild kingdom that is home to giraffes, lions, other big game. Richard travels to Botswana to meet a family of orphaned elephants and the human parents who adopted them, Doug and Sandy Groves.
Star: Richard Wiese
44.
Nature (1982– )
Episode:
Hippos: Africa's River Giants
(2020)
TV-PG | 53 min | Documentary, Family
David Attenborough narrates a look at hippopotamuses as they protect their families, face their enemies, and contend with a drought.
Director: Brad Bestelink | Star: David Attenborough
Votes: 12
45.
Wildest Africa (2010– )
Episode:
Okavango: Water in the Desert
(2010)
TV-PG | 52 min | Documentary
The Okavango Delta, in northern Botswana, comprises various wetlands, some (river arms and marshes) deep enough for hippopotamuses to live in, many drying out many months, some barely ... See full summary »
Director: Richard Kirby | Star: Colin Salmon
Votes: 18
46.
Wildest Africa (2010– )
Episode:
Zambezi: River of Life
(2010)
TV-PG | 52 min | Documentary
For 2000 miles, the mighty Zambezi flows from the Zambian highlands trough Angola, Botwsana and Zimbabwe to Mocambique, to end in the Indian Ocean. Its immense water volume has a massive ... See full summary »
Director: Richard Kirby | Star: Colin Salmon
Votes: 16
47.
The Amazing Race (2001– )
Episode:
My Cheese Is Out of Control
(2013)
TV-PG | 44 min | Adventure, Family, Reality-TV
The six remaining teams travel from Maun, Botswana to Grindelwald, Switzerland, where at the Switchback, they revisit a classic challenge when they grapple with giant wheels of cheese.
Director: Bertram van Munster | Stars: Phil Keoghan, Caroline Cutbirth, Jennifer Wayne, Bates Battaglia
Votes: 58
48.
The Why Minutes with Nick Freitas (2021– )
Episode:
Why Africa is so Poor (Hint: It isn't Colonialism)
(2023)
3 min | Documentary
Blaming African poverty on colonialism and even poor geography limiting trade are easily refuted. The problem is really routed in economics.
Star: Nick Freitas
49.
Gangland Killers (2014– )
Episode:
Mongoose Gangs
(2014)
50 min | Documentary, Horror
The Okavango Delta in Botswana is so large it is visible from space. This is home to an alphabet of wild animals, from aardvark to zebra. And some of the smallest mammals live here. Meet ... See full summary »
Director: Peter Lamberti
50.
Zoo (2015–2017)
Episode:
First Blood
(2015)
TV-14 | 42 min | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Jackson Oz finds a link between his late father's theories and mysterious animal attacks.
Director: Brad Anderson | Stars: James Wolk, Kristen Connolly, Nonso Anozie, Nora Arnezeder
Votes: 1,035