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51. 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: 999
52. Steal This Movie (2000)
R | 107 min | Biography, Drama, Romance
After years of hiding, the notorious American leftist radical, Abbie Hoffman, discusses his life, his cause and the opposition he endured.
Director: Robert Greenwald | Stars: Vincent D'Onofrio, Janeane Garofalo, Jeanne Tripplehorn, Kevin Pollak
Votes: 2,412 | Gross: $0.08M
53. Long Night's Journey Into Day (2000)
Not Rated | 94 min | Documentary
This documentary tells four stories of Apartheid in South Africa, as seen through the eyes of the Truth and Reconciliation commission. White soldiers who have killed ANC activists, black ... See full summary »
Directors: Deborah Hoffmann, Frances Reid | Stars: Helen Mirren, Mary Burton, Pumla Gobodo-Madikizela, Mongezi Manqina
Votes: 473 | Gross: $0.01M
54. Paul Simon, Graceland: The African Concert (1987 TV Special)
Not Rated | 90 min | Documentary, Music
A concert given in Zimbabwe, Africa, by singer Paul Simon, featuring such South African musicians as Miriam Makeba and Hugh Masakela.
Director: Michael Lindsay-Hogg | Stars: Paul Simon, Hugh Masekela, Miriam Makeba, Ladysmith Black Mambazo
Votes: 149
55. 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: 679
56. Forever Young, Forever Free (1975)
G | 85 min | Drama, Family
When the chips are down and everything seems lost, it's good to have a best friend.
Director: Ashley Lazarus | Stars: José Ferrer, Karen Valentine, Bess Finney, Muntu Ndebele
Votes: 230
57. 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: 406 | Gross: $0.04M
58. Conviction (2002 TV Movie)
R | 99 min | Drama, Thriller
True story about author and activist Carl Upchurch, a hardcore felon who managed to educate himself and developed a spiritual awakening during one of his numerous stints inside prison.
Director: Kevin Rodney Sullivan | Stars: Omar Epps, Dana Delany, Bentley Mitchum, Charles S. Dutton
Votes: 377
59. Treurgrond (2015)
91 min | Crime, Drama
Treurgrond shows how a farm attack on one family can affect an entire community.
Director: Darrell Roodt | Stars: Steve Hofmeyr, Shaleen Surtie-Richards, Jana Kruger, Boikie Pholo
Votes: 107
60. An Act of Defiance (2017)
TV-14 | 123 min | Biography
In apartheid-ruled South Africa, a renowned lawyer struggles to hide his secret affiliation to the nation's chief resistance movement - as he takes on defending a group of its arrested members, including its leader, Nelson Mandela.
Director: Jean van de Velde | Stars: Peter Paul Muller, Antoinette Louw, José Domingos, Conrad Kemp
Votes: 544
61. Jimmy Carter Man from Plains (2007)
PG | 125 min | Documentary, Biography, History
A chronicle of the former president's tour recent for his book "Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid."
Director: Jonathan Demme | Stars: Jimmy Carter, Rosalynn Carter, Lillian Carter, Elizabeth Hayes
Votes: 958 | Gross: $0.11M
62. Madiba (2017– )
TV-PG | Biography, Drama, History
A landmark six-part miniseries on the life of Nelson Mandela.
Stars: Laurence Fishburne, Orlando Jones, David Harewood, Michael Nyqvist
Votes: 314
63. Come Back, Africa (1959)
95 min | Documentary, Drama
Come Back, Africa chronicles the life of Zachariah, a black South African living under the rule of the harsh apartheid government in 1959.
Director: Lionel Rogosin | Stars: Zacharia Mgabi, Vinah Bendile, Miriam Makeba, Lewis Nkosi
Votes: 359
64. The Fall (IV) (2016)
90 min | Documentary, Biography, History
The story of Mary Decker and Zola Budd and their lives building up to the infamous 1984 Olympics 3000M race in which both of them collide.
Director: Daniel Gordon | Stars: Zola Budd, Kyle Keiderling, Mary Decker Slaney, Richard Slaney
Votes: 213
65. 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: 264
66. Sophiatown (2003)
82 min | Documentary, Music
Director: Pascale Lamche | Stars: Jonas Gwangwa, Abdullah Ibrahim, Nelson Mandela, Hugh Masekela
Votes: 42
67. Amandla! (2002)
PG-13 | 108 min | Documentary, History, Music
Interviews, archival footage, and filmed performances highlight the role of music in the South African struggle against apartheid.
Director: Lee Hirsch | Stars: Abdullah Ibrahim, Duma Ka Ndlovu, Vusi Mahlasela, Walter Cronkite
Votes: 625 | Gross: $0.40M
68. The Stick (1988)
90 min | Action, Horror, War
During the apartheid era in South Africa, a young naive soldier is assigned to a unit of racist white soldiers. After they annihilate a remote village led by a witch doctor, the spirits of those they've killed target them.
Director: Darrell Roodt | Stars: Greg Latter, Sean Taylor, Frantz Dobrowsky, James Whyle
Votes: 192
69. Friends (1993)
105 min | Drama, Romance
At the end of the 1980s, three female friends share a house in Johannesburg, South Africa. Each has her own way to live with apartheid. Thoko is a Black teacher and practices non-violent ... See full summary »
Director: Elaine Proctor | Stars: Kerry Fox, Dambisa Kente, Michele Burgers, Marius Weyers
Votes: 140
70. Sing Your Song (2011)
Not Rated | 104 min | Documentary, Biography, Music
Most people know the lasting legacy of Harry Belafonte, the entertainer. This film unearths his significant contribution to and his leadership in the civil rights movement in America and to social justice globally.
Director: Susanne Rostock | Stars: Harry Belafonte, Sidney Poitier, Marge Champion, Fran Scott Attaway
Votes: 503 | Gross: $0.05M
71. The March (1990)
100 min | Drama
A group of several thousand Africans migrate westward across northern Africa and sail across the Strait of Gibraltar to Europe. Their message is: "We are poor because you are rich."
Director: David Wheatley | Stars: Malick Bowens, Juliet Stevenson, Joseph Mydell, Dermot Crowley
Votes: 154
72. Mama Africa (2011)
90 min | Documentary, Biography, Music
Documentary about Miriam Makeba.
Director: Mika Kaurismäki | Stars: Miriam Makeba, Bageot Bah, Harry Belafonte, Stokely Carmichael
Votes: 352 | Gross: $0.01M
73. 1960 (2022)
91 min | Drama
When the remains of an apartheid-era policeman are discovered 60 years after he went missing, a retired singer revisits her past to help with the investigation. But how much does she know, and what is she holding back?
Directors: Michael Mutombo, King Shaft | Stars: Zandile Madliwa, Clyde Berning, Chris Gxalaba, Anele Matoti
Votes: 14
74. Cape of Good Hope (2004)
PG-13 | 107 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A Drama revolving around 3 women's lives and how they are intertwined.
Director: Mark Bamford | Stars: Debbie Brown, Farouk Valley-Omar, Parinita Jeaven, David Isaacs
Votes: 291
75. Classified People (1988)
55 min | Documentary
About people who lived thru the reclassification and relocation of 'black' and 'white' people in South Africa. Mainly featuring the story of a man who was reclassified as 'black' after ... See full summary »
Director: Yolande Zauberman
Votes: 14
76. Inside (1996 TV Movie)
R | 94 min | Crime, Drama
A South African political prisoner is tortured to obtain information on apartheid conspirators. Ten years later, the head officer in charge of the questioning is similarly held as prisoner and questioned about his past offenses.
Director: Arthur Penn | Stars: Nigel Hawthorne, Eric Stoltz, Louis Gossett Jr., Ian Roberts
Votes: 322
77. Pure Blood (2001)
Not Rated | 90 min | Horror
A young police rookie in South Africa stands up against a band of pro-Apartheid vampires in need of his racially pure blood.
Director: Ken Kaplan | Stars: Carl Beukes, Danny Keogh, Aletta Bezuidenhout, Amanda Lane
Votes: 83
78. The Lobby - USA (2018)
Documentary
Stars: Max Blumenthal, John Mearsheimer, Jacob Baime, Jim Moran
Votes: 21
79. A Place for Weeping (1986)
PG | 88 min | Drama
South Africa has a conflicted past, a beautiful landscape, and Africa's strongest economic engine. The multiple ethnic groups give the country vitality and instability. View the multicultural cities, and the striking rural environments.
Director: Darrell Roodt | Stars: James Whyle, Gcina Mhlophe, Charles Comyn, Norman Coombes
Votes: 87
80. Seun: 81457397BG (2014)
88 min | Drama
A young man, Paul, born and raised in the Karroo, is conscripted in the South African military during the border war in the 1980s. While saving a fellow soldier's life, Paul sustains a tragic injury leaving him paralyzed.
Director: Darrell Roodt | Stars: Deànré Reiners, Elzette Maarschalk, Chris de Clerq, Candice Weber
Votes: 41
81. Quest for Love (1988)
94 min | Drama
Set against a political backdrop in Africa, the story spanning several years, unfolds around the powerful interaction between two women, their strong sexual allure, and their search to find meaning through it all.
Director: Helena Nogueira | Stars: Jana Cilliers, Sandra Prinsloo, Andrew Buckland, Joanna Weinberg
Votes: 42
82. The Biko Inquest (1984 TV Movie)
102 min | Drama, History
Based on the official transcripts of the investigation that followed after the very suspicious notorious death in prison of one of the most important leading men of the South African anti-apartheid movement, Steven Biko.
Directors: Graham Evans, Albert Finney | Stars: Michael Aldridge, Nigel Davenport, Mark Dignam, Albert Finney
Votes: 36
83. All Power to the People! (the Black Panther Party and Beyond) (1996)
Not Rated | 115 min | Documentary
A recap of the Black Panther Party's often distorted history and an expose of apparent governmental plots that hastened its demise.
Director: Lee Lew Lee | Stars: Mumia Abu-Jamal, Dennis Banks, Marlon Brando, David Brinkley
Votes: 148
84. Moses Sithole: The South African Strangler (2007 TV Movie)
Documentary, Crime
Stars: Michael Allen, Tamsen DeBeer, Gerard Labuschagne, Irma Labuschagne
Votes: 10
85. A Force More Powerful (1999)
TV-G | 110 min | Documentary
This two-part Emmy-nominated series explores one of the 20th century's most important but least understood stories: how nonviolent power has overcome oppression and authoritarian rule all ... See full summary »
Director: Steve York | Stars: Ben Kingsley, Mohandas K. Gandhi, Salvador Allende, Shahla Arasteh
Votes: 62
86. Stellenbosch (2007– )
50 min | Drama, Romance
Stellenbosch tells the history of the Dutch Keppel family, who settled on the Arkadia estate in the 1950s to grow wine, but were forced to return to the Netherlands due to the economic ... See full summary »
Stars: Jeroen Willems, Rajesh Gopie, Monic Hendrickx, Moshidi Motshegwa
Votes: 112
87. Syphon Filter 3 (2001 Video Game)
M | Action, Adventure, Mystery
"The Agency" has put Lian and Gabe on trial for crimes they did not commit while they secretly plot to distribute Syphon Filter, a deadly virus, throughout the population. And with Gabe and Lian on trial there would be no one to stop them.
Stars: John Chacon, Zoe Galvez, Shannon Tilton, Bryan Session
Votes: 389
88. Roepman (2011)
115 min | Drama
Tells the story of a 1966 railway community, told through the eyes of an eleven year old boy, called Timus.
Director: Paul Eilers | Stars: Paul Loots, John-Henry Opperman, Deon Lotz, Rika Sennett
Votes: 93
89. Sharpeville Spirit (1986 TV Movie)
52 min | Documentary
An anti-apartheid documentary about resistance organisation and culture in the Sharpeville township on the 25th anniversary of the 1960 massacre, and under a newly declared state of emergency.
Director: Elaine Proctor | Star: Elaine Proctor
90. The Occupation; Jenin and the Second Intifada (2012)
104 min | Documentary, History, News
Many describe the Israeli Palestinian conflict using such words as 'occupation', 'apartheid, 'ethnic cleansing' and 'endless cycle of violence'. Yet, none of these terms characterizes the ... See full summary »
Director: Stephen Timpe
91. Patu! (1983)
112 min | Documentary, Sport
A documentary about demonstrations against apartheid when South Africa's rugby team tours New Zealand.
Director: Merata Mita
Votes: 55
92. The Voice Behind the Wall (Die Ongetemde Stem) (2022)
98 min | Documentary
this film is an examination of the Afrikaans music industry and the racial imbalances that persist almost 30 years since the end of Apartheid and exposes the erasure of brown contributions to the Afrikaans culture.
Directors: Gideon Breytenbach, Riku Lätti | Stars: Deniel Barry, Frazer Barry, Gideon Breytenbach, Die Briels
93. Stolz (2014)
3 min | Short
A mockumentary about an art project at the college of education in Sankt Gallen, Switzerland (PHSG), which plays with the reactions of preferential treatment and favoritism of a certain group.
Director: Reinhard J. Steiner
94. City Lovers (1982)
56 min | Drama, Romance
This socially conscious film, set in South Africa, presents an interracial love story between a German geologist and a young black woman. The German is only visiting South Africa. He meets ... See full summary »
Director: Barney Simon | Stars: Joe Stewardson, Denise Newman, Rachel Frey, Charlotte Oosthuizen
Votes: 17
95. Sun City: Artists United Against Apartheid (1985 Video)
51 min | Documentary, Music
A protest organization of rock musicians musically declare their boycott of a major South African resort and the making of that video is discussed.
Director: Steve Lawrence | Stars: Via Afrika, Iqbal Akhund, Tina B., Afrika Bambaataa
Votes: 55
96. Rage (II) (2011)
95 min | Drama
Rage is the story of star-crossed lovers set against the turbulent 1981 Springbok Tour of New Zealand - a time when a small rugby-playing nation made a stand against the cruel and brutal ... See full summary »
Director: Danny Mulheron | Stars: Maria Walker, Ryan O'Kane, Paul Harrop, Mike Minogue
Votes: 32
97. Behind the Rainbow (2008)
PG | 124 min | Documentary
Behind the Rainbow explores the transition of the ANC from a liberation organization into South Africa's ruling party, through the evolution of of the relationship between two of its most ... See full summary »
Director: Jihan El-Tahri | Stars: Kader Asmal, Pallo Jordan, Ronnie Kasrils, Mac Maharaj
Votes: 35
98. Children of the Light (2014)
Not Rated | 92 min | Documentary, Biography, History
A documentary on the life story of Desmond Tutu and his journey during the crucial years of anti-apartheid struggle in South Africa.
Director: Dawn Gifford Engle | Stars: Nelson Mandela, Desmond Tutu, Naomi Tutu
Votes: 27
99. William Kentridge: Anything Is Possible (2010)
55 min | Documentary
"William Kentridge: Anything Is Possible" gives viewers an intimate look into the mind and creative process of William Kentridge, the South African artist whose acclaimed charcoal drawings,... See full summary »
Directors: Charles Atlas, Susan Sollins | Stars: William Kentridge, Nokrismesi Skota, Philip Miller, Samuel Kentridge
Votes: 21
100. Last Grave at Dimbaza (1973)
42 min | Documentary, Short
A vivid color portrait of the contrast between white South Africans who enjoy one of the world's highest living standards and Black South Africans, almost all of whom are deprived of the most basic human rights.
Directors: Chris Curling, Pascoe Macfarlane, Nana Mahamo | Star: B.J. Vorster
Votes: 37