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1. Congo (1995)
PG-13 | 109 min | Action, Adventure, Mystery
When an expedition to the African Congo ends in disaster, a new team is assembled to find out what went wrong.
Director: Frank Marshall | Stars: Laura Linney, Tim Curry, Dylan Walsh, Ernie Hudson
Votes: 48,809 | Gross: $81.02M
2. Outbreak (1995)
R | 127 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
Army doctors struggle to find a cure for a deadly virus spreading throughout a California town that was brought to America by an African monkey.
Director: Wolfgang Petersen | Stars: Dustin Hoffman, Rene Russo, Morgan Freeman, Kevin Spacey
Votes: 138,142 | Gross: $67.82M
3. When We Were Kings (1996)
PG | 88 min | Documentary, Sport
Boxing documentary on the 1974 world heavyweight championship bout between defending champion, George Foreman, and the underdog challenger, Muhammad Ali.
Director: Leon Gast | Stars: Muhammad Ali, George Foreman, Don King, James Brown
Votes: 19,179 | Gross: $2.79M
4. Sweetness in the Belly (2019)
110 min | Drama
Based on the novel by Camilla Gibb, Lilly is an English child abandoned in Africa, forced to flee Ethiopia for England amid civil war. There she befriends Amina, an Ethiopian refugee, and they begin a mission to reunite scattered families.
Director: Zeresenay Mehari | Stars: Wunmi Mosaku, Rafael Goncalves, Dakota Fanning, Chris McHallem
Votes: 804
5. Africa: Blood and Guts (1966)
R | 122 min | Documentary, Horror
The cruel acts of animal poaching and violence, executions, and tribal slaughtering, all taking place on the African continent.
Directors: Gualtiero Jacopetti, Franco Prosperi | Stars: Sergio Rossi, Gualtiero Jacopetti, Jomo Kenyatta, Julius Nyerere
Votes: 1,884
6. Curious George 3: Back to the Jungle (2015)
G | 81 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
Curious George goes on an epic adventure to space that crash lands in the jungles of Africa leading to an unforgettable journey with some new animal friends.
Director: Phil Weinstein | Stars: Frank Welker, Jeff Bennett, Gwendoline Yeo, John Goodman
Votes: 703
7. Rise of the Warrior Apes (2017)
86 min | Documentary
For more than 20 years anthropologists have been researching the social behavior of a chimpanzee clan in Uganda's Kibale National Park. They gained new insights about the violence, brutal ... See full summary »
Director: James Reed | Stars: David Watts, John Mitani, Kevin Langergraber, Kevin Potts
Votes: 278
8. Amin: The Rise and Fall (1981)
R | 91 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
The chronicle of Ugandan dictator Idi Amin and his tyranic rule from 1971 to his overthrow in 1979.
Director: Sharad Patel | Stars: Joseph Olita, Thomas Baptiste, Leonard Trolley, Geoffrey Keen
Votes: 496
9. 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
10. General Idi Amin Dada: A Self Portrait (1974)
Not Rated | 92 min | Documentary
A documentary on the military dictator of Africa's Uganda.
Director: Barbet Schroeder | Stars: Idi Amin, Fidel Castro, Golda Meir
Votes: 2,024
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. Echoes From a Somber Empire (1990)
91 min | Documentary
Documentary examining Bokassa's rule in the Central African Republic using the testimony of witnesses and visits to key sites.
Director: Werner Herzog | Stars: Michael Goldsmith, Werner Herzog, Augustine Assemat, David Dacko
Votes: 732
13. 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
14. Operation Thunderbolt: Entebbe (2000 TV Movie)
Documentary, History
The story of the hijacking of Air France Flight AF139 on 27 June 1976 from Athens and the subsequent mission to rescue the hostages from the airport terminal at Entebbe in Uganda. The movie... See full summary »
Director: Eyal Sher | Stars: Janet Almog, Michel Bacos, Ehud Barak, Muki Betser
Votes: 74
15. Our Lady of the Nile (2019)
93 min | Drama
A coming-of-age story about of a group of Rwandan schoolgirls at a Belgian-run Catholic boarding school.
Director: Atiq Rahimi | Stars: Amanda Mugabezaki, Albina Kirenga, Malaika Uwamahoro, Clariella Bizimana
Votes: 725
16. 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
17. Der lachende Mann - Bekenntnisse eines Mörders (1966)
66 min | Documentary, War
An interview with former Nazi and mercenary Siegfried Müller about his life and war campaigns.
Directors: Walter Heynowski, Gerhard Scheumann | Star: Siegfried Müller
Votes: 182
18. Eruption (1962)
98 min | Drama
In Congo during the revolution, an Italian journalist is in love with the wife of a Belgian businessman.
Director: Giuseppe Bennati | Stars: Gabriele Ferzetti, Jean Seberg, Carla Bizzarri, Bachir Touré
Votes: 25
19. Birds Are Singing in Kigali (2017)
113 min | Drama
In 1994 Rwanda, a Polish woman ornithologist saves a Tutsi girl from certain death. After a few years they both revisit Africa on an emotional journey full of painful memories.
Directors: Joanna Kos-Krauze, Krzysztof Krauze | Stars: Jowita Budnik, Eliane Umuhire, Witold Wielinski, Ciza Remy Muhirwa
Votes: 345
20. Mobutu, roi du Zaïre (1999)
135 min | Documentary
Thiery Michel takes an in-depth look at the reign of Mobutu Sese Seko. A man of "modest roots" who had a Catholic upbringing, Mobutu was sent to the army by his father for insubordination. ... See full summary »
Director: Thierry Michel | Stars: Raymond Barre, Jacques Chirac, Valéry Giscard d'Estaing, Mobutu Sese Seko
Votes: 216
21. African Manhunt (1954)
Approved | 65 min | Adventure
Kirby, Davis and Drover escort the wanted criminal Rene Carvel from central Africa to the coast, stopping every so often to watch wild animals attack one another.
Director: Seymour Friedman | Stars: Myron Healey, Karin Booth, John Kellogg, Lawrence Dobkin
Votes: 18
22. A Mother's Love: Rosamond Carr and a Lifetime in Rwanda (2010)
Documentary
The extraordinary story of Rosamond Carr.
Director: Eamonn Gearon | Stars: Rosamund Carr, Kenneth Carr, Zachary Dusingizimana, Cathy Emmerson
23. Uganda Rising (2006)
90 min | Documentary
Directors: Pete McCormack, Jesse James Miller | Stars: Kavan Smith, Kevin Spacey
Votes: 50
24. Congo: A Journey to the Heart of Africa (2018 TV Movie)
47 min | Documentary
The Democratic Republic of the Congo is a vast, mineral rich country the size of Western Europe. Alastair Leithead takes an epic journey from the Atlantic Ocean to the far reaches of the ... See full summary »
Stars: Alastair Leithead, Ilungama Ayanda, Elias Rodrigues Martins Filho, Osambia-Kpwata Fyfy
Votes: 12
25. Wrong Elements (2016)
133 min | Documentary
Uganda, 1989. A young rebel who claims to be visited by spirits, Joseph Kony, forms a movement against the central power: the LRA, The Lord's Resistance Army. An "army" that grew by ... See full summary »
Director: Jonathan Littell | Stars: Geofrey, Nighty, Mike, Lapisa Evelyn
Votes: 78
26. Rivers of Fire and Ice (1964)
G | 98 min | Documentary
An engrossing, intriguing look at the exciting and sometimes hair-raising adventures of animal collector Ronald E. Shanin, as he travels through Central and East Africa.
Director: Ronald E. Shanin | Star: Michael Rye
Votes: 79
27. Touch the Sky (1974)
G | 74 min | Documentary
A high adventure film that captures the beauty and excitement of Africa with spectacular displays of wildlife and tense, intriguing action.
Director: Ronald E. Shanin | Star: Ronald E. Shanin
28. Mountain Gorilla (1992)
40 min | Documentary, Short
Mountain Gorilla takes the viewer to a remote range of volcanic mountains in Rwanda, Africa, described by those who have been there as ""one of the most beautiful places in the world"", and... See full summary »
Director: Adrian Warren | Star: Rebecca Jenkins
Votes: 87
29. Amours exotiques (1927)
Documentary
This film was made during the shooting of La croisière noire (1926) organized by Citroën-Centre Afrique, second Haardt-Audoin-Dubreuil mission. Part 1 is Zazavindrano, légende de Madagascar and part 2 is L'amour en Afrique.
Director: Léon Poirier | Stars: Suzanne Bianchetti, Laurence Myrga, Rama-Tahé
30. Sunday in Brazzaville (2012)
Not Rated | 52 min | Documentary
A young radio talk host, Carlos La Menace, unveils in his weekend show three figures of Congo's capital, Brazzaville.
Directors: Enric Bach, Adrià Monés
Votes: 38
32. Med prins Wilhelm på afrikanska jaktstigar (1922)
91 min | Documentary
The film describes the 300-mile-long journey during the period January - October, conducted by the 1921 Swedish Zoological Expedition to Central Africa.
Stars: Kenneth Carr, Carl Vilhelm Ludvig, Prince Vilhelm of Sweden
33. Die Rächer Lumumbas: Eine Kongo-Reportage (1964 TV Movie)
45 min | Documentary
Director: Peter Scholl-Latour | Stars: Peter Scholl-Latour, Patrice Lumumba
34. Croisade américaine en Afrique (2019 TV Movie)
59 min | Documentary
So gigantic the success, so reprehensible the backgrounds. The video of the social campaign 'KONY 2012' of the NPO 'Invisible Children, Inc.' was clicked one hundred million times within a ... See full summary »
Director: Jean-Baptiste Renaud | Stars: Milton Allimadi, Joseph Bowo, Guillaume Cailleaux, Colonel W.
Votes: 6
35. Trump to Shrink Some National Monuments for Economic Purposes (2017 Video)
12 min | Short, News
Styx has good and bad things, mostly good, to say about Donald Trump shrinking National Monuments.
Star: Styxhexenhammer666
36. Mercs (1990 Video Game)
T | Action, Adventure, War
the (presumably American) ex-president has been kidnapped by revolutionaries so the mercenary squad Wolf Force is sent in to save him.
Votes: 57
37.
HBO Boxing (1973– )
Episode:
The Rumble in the Jungle: Ali vs. Foreman
(1974)
TV-14 | Documentary, Sport
Heavyweights Muhammad Ali and George Foreman fight in Kinshasa, Zaire, for the WBA and WBC championship. Ali upsets Foreman and knocked him out in the eighth round.
Stars: Nourridine Adalla, Muhammad Ali, Drew Bundini Brown, Jim Brown
Votes: 17
38.
Universum (1987– )
Episode:
Mythos Kongo - Im Reich der Menschenaffen
(2013)
Documentary
Star: Otto Clemens
Votes: 10