English-language South African films

Africa United

Film Age rating: 8 Year: 2010 IMDB Rating: 6.5

The extraordinary story of three Rwandan children who attempt to realize the dream of their life: to attend the opening ceremony of the FIFA World Cup 2010 at Johannesburg.

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White Lion

Film Age rating: 6 Year: 2010 IMDB Rating: 6.5

According to the legend of the Shangaan, white lions are the messengers of the gods, but it has been years since one has been seen in their remote African valley. When a white lion is miraculously bor...

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Sarafina!

Film Age rating: 12 Year: 1992 IMDB Rating: 6.3

The plot centers on students involved in the Soweto Riots, in opposition to the implementation of Afrikaans as the language of instruction in schools. The stage version presents a school uprising simi...

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3 Days to Go

Film Age rating: n/a Year: 2019 IMDB Rating: 6.2

The story of adult siblings who, after the sudden death of their father, are forced to return to their childhood home.

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Winnie

Film Age rating: 14 Year: 2017 IMDB Rating: 6.2

While her husband served a life sentence, paradoxically kept safe and morally uncontaminated, Winnie Mandela rode the raw violence of apartheid, fighting on the front line and underground. This is the...

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Detour

Film Age rating: 16 Year: 2017 IMDB Rating: 6.2

A young law student, grieving for his dying mother, struggles to decide whether he should kill his unfaithful step-father.

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The Empty Man

Film Age rating: 16 Year: 2020 IMDB Rating: 6.2

Retired cop James Lasombra is asked by a friend to investigate the disappearance of her daughter, who seemingly packed in the night and left an ominous message on the bathroom mirror - "The Empty Man...

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Spud 2: The Madness Continues

Film Age rating: n/a Year: 2013 IMDB Rating: 6.1

The year is 1991, and Spud Milton's long walk to manhood is still creeping along at an unnervingly slow pace. Approaching the ripe old age of fifteen and still no signs of the much anticipated ball-dr...

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