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1. 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: 838,261 | Gross: $700.06M
2. Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (2022)
PG-13 | 161 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
The people of Wakanda fight to protect their home from intervening world powers as they mourn the death of King T'Challa.
Director: Ryan Coogler | Stars: Letitia Wright, Lupita Nyong'o, Danai Gurira, Winston Duke
Votes: 306,068 | Gross: $453.72M
3. The Woman King (2022)
PG-13 | 135 min | Action, Drama, History
A historical epic inspired by true events that took place in The Kingdom of Dahomey, one of the most powerful states of Africa in the 18th and 19th centuries.
Director: Gina Prince-Bythewood | Stars: Viola Davis, Thuso Mbedu, Lashana Lynch, Sheila Atim
Votes: 73,264 | Gross: $67.33M
4. 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: 223,725 | Gross: $128.15M
5. Coming 2 America (2021)
PG-13 | 110 min | Comedy, Music
The African monarch Akeem learns he has a long-lost son in the United States and must return to America to meet this unexpected heir and build a relationship with his son.
Director: Craig Brewer | Stars: Eddie Murphy, Arsenio Hall, Shari Headley, Jermaine Fowler
Votes: 75,495
6. Kate & Koji (2020–2022)
TV-PG | 30 min | Comedy
A working-class woman who runs an old-fashioned café in a neglected seaside town develops a strong, if sometimes volatile, friendship with an asylum-seeking African doctor.
Stars: Brenda Blethyn, Blake Harrison, Victor McGuire, Barbara Flynn
Votes: 1,054
7. 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: 10,819 | Gross: $0.06M
8. Catembe (1965)
80 min | Documentary
A week in Lourenço Marques, the capital of Mozambique, seen from a perspective unlike the touristic banalities.
Director: Faria de Almeida | Stars: Manuela Arraiano, António Revez, Amílcar Botica, Afonso Branco
Votes: 14
9. Kirikou (2001 Video Game)
Animation, Action, Adventure
3D platformer based on the animated film Kirikou and the Sorceress (1998) about a young West African child hero Kirikou who must reach, outsmart and defeat the evil witch Karaba, who brought drought and famine to the land.
Director: Jean-Marie Nazaret