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1. The Green Inferno (2013)
R | 100 min | Adventure, Horror
A group of student activists travels to the Amazon to save the rain forest and soon discover that they are not alone, and that no good deed goes unpunished.
Director: Eli Roth | Stars: Lorenza Izzo, Ariel Levy, Aaron Burns, Kirby Bliss Blanton
Votes: 49,639 | Gross: $7.19M
2. American Mary (2012)
R | 103 min | Drama, Horror
The allure of easy money sends Mary Mason, a medical student, into the world of underground surgeries which ends up leaving more marks on her than her so-called "freakish" clients.
Directors: Jen Soska, Sylvia Soska | Stars: Katharine Isabelle, Antonio Cupo, Tristan Risk, David Lovgren
Votes: 28,420
3. Shaft in Africa (1973)
R | 112 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
Private investigator John Shaft is recruited to go undercover to break up a modern slavery ring where young Africans are lured to Paris to do chain-gang work.
Director: John Guillermin | Stars: Richard Roundtree, Frank Finlay, Vonetta McGee, Neda Arneric
Votes: 3,228 | Gross: $3.18M
4. Mountains of the Moon (1990)
R | 136 min | Adventure, Drama, History
The legendary true-story of Capt. Richard Francis Burton and Lt. John Hanning Speke's tumultuous expedition to find the source of the Nile river.
Director: Bob Rafelson | Stars: Patrick Bergin, Iain Glen, Richard E. Grant, Fiona Shaw
Votes: 4,275 | Gross: $4.01M
5. The White Massai (2005)
131 min | Drama, Romance
A girl leaves her boyfriend to stay with a Masai man she meets on vacation in Kenya. She adapts to the tribe's customs, foods and gender roles as she integrates into her new community.
Director: Hermine Huntgeburth | Stars: Nina Hoss, Jacky Ido, Katja Flint, Antonio Prester
Votes: 4,109
6. Phat Girlz (2006)
PG-13 | 99 min | Comedy
An edgy comedy about two frustrated plus-sized women obsessed with their weight while struggling to find love and acceptance in a world full of "hot-bodied" babes.
Director: Nnegest Likké | Stars: Mo'Nique, Kendra C. Johnson, Jimmy Jean-Louis, Godfrey
Votes: 9,427 | Gross: $7.06M
7. Dead Nude Girls (2013)
54 min | Horror
A man obsessed with bird-watching takes on a new hobby, killing young ladies.
Director: Ryan Nicholson | Stars: Carley Anderson, Beka Bootay, Amanda Finnamore, Laura Lay
Votes: 93
8. Penance (I) (2009)
Not Rated | 85 min | Horror, Thriller
A young mother decides to become a stripper to earn some fast cash, only to find her worst nightmares are about to begin.
Director: Jake Kennedy | Stars: Marieh Delfino, Jason Connery, Michael Rooker, Graham McTavish
Votes: 1,202
9. Moolaadé (2003)
Unrated | 124 min | Drama
When a woman shelters a group of girls from suffering female genital mutilation, she starts a conflict that tears her village apart.
Director: Ousmane Sembene | Stars: Fatoumata Coulibaly, Maimouna Hélène Diarra, Salimata Traoré, Dominique Zeïda
Votes: 4,162 | Gross: $0.21M
10. Shocking Africa (1982)
Not Rated | 96 min | Documentary
A look at the fast disappearing tribal customs of North Africa.
Directors: Alfredo Castiglioni, Angelo Castiglioni | Star: Kenneth Belton
Votes: 130
11. Dunia (2005)
112 min | Drama, Romance
After studying literature at Cairo University, Dunia, 23 years old, wants to become a professional dancer. She attends audition for an oriental dance contest where she recites Arabian ... See full summary »
Director: Jocelyne Saab | Stars: Hanan Turk, Mohamed Mounir, Fathi Abdulwahhab, Sawsan Badr
Votes: 321
12. Fair Sex (2012)
89 min | Drama
Would-be filmmaker Sophie left Africa for Canada as a child. After graduating, she films the daily doings as part of a summer job at a fair. When pointing the camera at herself, she reveals painful secrets from the past..
Director: Martin Laroche | Stars: Marie-Evelyne Lessard, Marc-André Brunet, Normand Daoust, Stephanie Dubois
Votes: 112
13. Finzan (1989)
107 min | Drama
Two women rebel against the traditions of a village society.
Director: Cheick Oumar Sissoko | Stars: Diarrah Sanogo, Oumar Namory Keita, Koti, Sadou Touré
Votes: 64
14. Banaz: A Love Story (2012)
69 min | Documentary, Biography, Crime
This is a documentary film chronicling the brutal Honour Killing of Banaz Mahmod, a young British Kurdish woman in London, killed by her own family for choosing a life for herself.
Directors: Deeyah Khan, Darin Prindle | Stars: Nazir Afzal, Bobbie Cheema, Andy Craig, Caroline Goode
Votes: 248
15. A Scream from Silence (1979)
96 min | Drama
A director and an editor, both woman, cannot work on a movie presenting the rape of a nurse without reacting on the scenes they're working on, the situation of womenhood in general, and the way the 'Justice' handle those cases of rape.
Director: Anne Claire Poirier | Stars: Julie Vincent, Germain Houde, Paul Savoie, Monique Miller
Votes: 196
16. The Day I Will Never Forget (2002)
Not Rated | 90 min | Documentary
The practice of female genital mutilation is explored through personal stories of Kenyan women.
Director: Kim Longinotto
Votes: 143
17. Des marelles et des petites filles (1999)
52 min | Documentary
Hopscotch is universal. Girls around the world trace squares on the ground, then hop through them, trying hard to reach the end. Girls share other interests too; they all like to talk about... See full summary »
Director: Marquise Lepage | Stars: Archana Anand, Aminatou Bandé, Patralkha Chaterjee, Isabelle Chen
Votes: 18
18. Africa Rising (2009)
TV-G | 62 min | Documentary
Every day, six thousand girls from the Horn of Africa to the sub-Saharan nations are subjected to female genital mutilation (FGM). With little more than fierce determination and deep love ... See full summary »
Director: Paula Heredia
19. Dabla! Excision (2003)
52 min | Documentary
Follows the growing movement across Africa to stop the traditional custom of female circumcision.
Director: Erica Pomerance
Votes: 10
20. L'excision - un thème pour tout le monde (2009)
52 min | Documentary
Directors: Johanna Richter, Tassére Derra
22. Kokonainen (2005)
Short
Director: Alexis Kouros | Stars: Maryan Guuleed, Maryan Ali Waes, Badal Ahmed Hassan, Nafisa Ali
Votes: 10
23. Bintou in Paris (1995)
Not Rated | 15 min | Documentary, Drama, Short
The film concerns female excision which has long been a practice in various African cultures and has taken a variety of forms. In those European countries and more recently in the United ... See full summary »
Directors: Kirsten Johnson, Julia Pimsleur
25. Warrior Marks (1994)
54 min | Documentary
Documentary about female genital mutilation in Africa. Includes interviews with victims, activists against female circumcision, and circumcisers.
Director: Pratibha Parmar
Votes: 31
28. Schnitt ins Leben - Afrikanerinnen bekämpfen ein Ritual (2000 TV Movie)
60 min | Documentary
Directors: Dagmar Brendecke, Anke Müller-Belecke
29. Mila Tu, devenir femme massaï sans excision (2009)
52 min | Documentary
Directors: Charlotte Bruneau, Laurène Lepeytre | Stars: Engobe, Herieth, Nasumbar Kepara, Leboy
30.
Penn & Teller: Bullshit! (2003–2010)
Episode:
Circumcision
(2005)
TV-MA | 29 min | Comedy, Documentary
Is circumcision a valid practice? Penn & Teller look at the various justifications behind the procedure and try to determine whether there exists a medical or social cause.
Directors: Star Price, Tim Rogan, Ted Saad, Scott Schaefer, Chip Selby | Stars: Penn Jillette, Teller, Ron Jeremy, Shmuley Boteach
Votes: 210
31.
The Jesse Lee Peterson Show (1991– )
Michael Jackson Innocent? Democrats: The 'Anti-Israel Party'; Muslim Girls Circumcised
(2019 Podcast Episode)
News
Director: Jesse Lee Peterson | Stars: Jesse Lee Peterson, James Hake
32.
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999– )
Episode:
Snitch
(2007)
TV-14 | 41 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A 15-year-old African immigrant is murdered and the evidence points to a neighborhood thug who intimidates murder witnesses. However, the case is complicated by the discovery that she was married to a 35-year-old polygamist.
Director: Jonathan Kaplan | Stars: Christopher Meloni, Mariska Hargitay, Richard Belzer, Diane Neal
Votes: 856
33.
Sahara with Michael Palin (2002– )
Episode:
Destination Timbuktu
(2002)
60 min | Documentary
Michael Palin crosses the Sénégal River from Rosso, Mauritania to Saint-Louis "French port", Gorée Island "Slavery port", to Dakar "capital" in Senegal. He takes the Bamako Express train to... See full summary »
Director: John-Paul Davidson | Star: Michael Palin
Votes: 32
34.
The Good Doctor (2017–2024)
Episode:
Middle Ground
(2018)
TV-14 | 43 min | Drama
As Shaun pushes back against Dr. Melendez in order to treat a gravely ill hospital janitor and deal with the return of Lea, Dr. Lim risks a lawsuit and her career to help a teenage girl ... See full summary »
Director: Steve Robin | Stars: Freddie Highmore, Nicholas Gonzalez, Antonia Thomas, Tamlyn Tomita
Votes: 1,501