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1. Blood Diamond (2006)
R | 143 min | Adventure, Drama, Thriller
A fisherman, a smuggler, and a syndicate of businessmen match wits over the possession of a priceless diamond.
Director: Edward Zwick | Stars: Leonardo DiCaprio, Djimon Hounsou, Jennifer Connelly, Kagiso Kuypers
Votes: 586,832 | Gross: $57.37M
2. Lord of War (2005)
R | 122 min | Crime, Drama
An arms dealer confronts the morality of his work as he is being chased by an INTERPOL Agent.
Director: Andrew Niccol | Stars: Nicolas Cage, Ethan Hawke, Jared Leto, Bridget Moynahan
Votes: 337,334 | Gross: $24.15M
3. Fair Game (I) (2010)
PG-13 | 108 min | Biography, Drama, Thriller
CIA operative Valerie Plame discovers her identity is allegedly leaked by the government as payback for an op-ed article her husband wrote criticizing the Bush administration.
Director: Doug Liman | Stars: Naomi Watts, Sean Penn, Sonya Davison, Vanessa Chong
Votes: 51,080 | Gross: $9.53M
4. The Last Face (2016)
R | 130 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
In the midst of African social horror, a love between two volunteers fades out and is reborn.
Director: Sean Penn | Stars: Charlize Theron, Javier Bardem, Brandon Phillips, Anna Strelkov
Votes: 5,534
5. Young MacGyver (2003 TV Movie)
Action, Adventure, Comedy
Angus MacGyver's nephew Clay quits school and joins the Phoenix Foundation. However, he finds it difficult to follow in the shoes of his famous uncle. His first mission is to stop an anti-American African terrorist group.
Director: Stephen Herek | Stars: Jared Padalecki, Alan Loayza, Lee Burns, Ron Canada
Votes: 211
6. Diamonds Are Forever: The Radio Play (2015 Video)
87 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
James Bond is sent undercover by MI6 to New York to follow the illegal diamond pipeline. Masquerading as a courier he meets enticing, ice-cold, Tiffany Case.
Director: Martin Jarvis | Stars: Toby Stephens, Lisa Dillon, Jared Harris, Alan Shearman
Votes: 18
7. Ezra (I) (2007)
Not Rated | 110 min | Drama
Ezra is the first film to give an African perspective on the disturbing phenomenon of abducting child soldiers into the continent's recent civil wars. Ezra is structured around the ... See full summary »
Director: Newton I. Aduaka | Stars: Mamoudu Turay Kamara, Mariame N'Diaye, Mamusu Kallon, Richard Gant
Votes: 290
8. Diamonds (2009 TV Movie)
240 min | Drama
A complex tale about small and big players in the African diamond business, wrapped around a murder of a United States Senator's daughter.
Director: Andy Wilson | Stars: James Purefoy, Judy Davis, Derek Jacobi, Joanne Kelly
Votes: 265
9. Pray the Devil Back to Hell (2008)
Unrated | 72 min | Documentary
A group of women rise up to peace to Liberia and help bring to power the country's first female head of state.
Director: Gini Reticker | Stars: Janet Johnson Bryant, Etweda Cooper, Vaiba Flomo, Leymah Gbowee
Votes: 574 | Gross: $0.08M
10. The Heart of the Matter (1983– )
60 min | Drama, Romance, War
Major Scobie is a British official in a West African colony during WWII. Both he and his wife are devout Catholics, and thoroughly unhappy. After he starts an affair with a young girl and breaks the law to hide it, he's consumed by guilt.
Stars: Jack Hedley, Erica Rogers, Manfred Seipold, Wolfgang Kieling
Votes: 10
11. They Are We (2014)
Not Rated | 77 min | Documentary, History
Afro-Cubans preserve ancestral traditions. A filmmaker traces roots to Sierra Leone, where villagers recognize lost kin's customs. A joyous festival reunites the long-separated family through shared cultural heritage.
Director: Emma Christopher | Stars: Joe Allie, Lucy Amara, Cuco Casanova, Emma Christopher
Votes: 35 | Gross: $0.00M
12. Sing, Freetown (2021)
94 min | Documentary
Two friends from one of the world's poorest countries go on a journey to the stage the most ambitious play in the nation's history. It doesn't go as planned.
Director: Clive Patterson | Stars: Sorious Samura, Charlie Haffner
Votes: 18
13. Les quarantièmes rugissants (1982)
132 min | Adventure
Julien is an electronics professional who is down on his luck when he decides to enter a sailing competition.
Director: Christian de Chalonge | Stars: Jacques Perrin, Julie Christie, Michel Serrault, Gila von Weitershausen
Votes: 100
14. Going Viral (2019 TV Movie)
Documentary
The story of the origins of the Ebola virus featuring interviews with scientific researchers, Ebola survivors, policy and decision makers, the author of 'The Hot Zone'.
Stars: Alexander Salamat, Reid Wilson, Nancy K. Jaax, Jerry Jaax
Votes: 40
16. Fambul Tok (2011)
TV-MA | 83 min | Documentary
Fambul Tok tells the story of healing in post-conflict Sierra Leone through the intimate stories of perpetrators and victims. In HD.
Director: Sara Terry
Votes: 43
17. Bling: A Planet Rock (2007)
Not Rated | 87 min | Documentary
BLING is a feature documentary that will take a satirical, hard-hitting look at how "blinging" in the flashy world of commercial hip-hop played a role in the 10-year civil war in Sierra ... See full summary »
Director: Raquel Cepeda | Stars: Ishmael Beah, Tego Calderon, Adonis Kapsalis, Raekwon
Votes: 91
18. Flukten fra Dakar (1951)
101 min | Documentary, Drama, War
MS "Lidvard" transported grain from Vietnam to Dakar in Senegal where it arrived on 30 May 1940. The boat was immediately detained by the authorities with crew. After over a year the boat fled from Dakar to Freetown in Sierra Leone.
Director: Titus Vibe-Müller | Stars: Nicolai Fredrik Lindtner, Kåre Wicklund, Alf G. Henriksen, Karl Haraldstad
Votes: 19
19. Ray of Light (2016)
11 min | Short, Drama
Aminata suffers from Ebola. While going through a difficult time in hospital, she finds a friend in fellow patient Abigail. But Abigail soon succumbs to her illness. This means that Aminata... See full summary »
Director: Arthur Pratt | Stars: Isatu Alie, Ibrahim Bangura, Zola Bangura, Abdulai Barrie
20. Cry Freetown (2000)
27 min | Documentary, Short
Directors: Ron McCullagh, Sorious Samura | Star: Sorious Samura
Votes: 13
21. Brownstones to Red Dirt (2010)
Not Rated | 85 min | Documentary, Drama
Kids from Brooklyn, NY housing projects try to change the world when they are paired with Sierra Leonean pen pals orphaned by a civil war.
Directors: Dave LaMattina, Chad N. Walker
Votes: 18
22. Kimmie (2006)
90 min | Documentary
This is the story of Kimmie Weeks, child rights activist from Liberia who fled his homeland when Charles Taylor's government tried to assassinate him. He found refuge in the USA and 6 years later he returns home.
Director: Hazel Chandler
23. Sudden and Unexpected (2016)
9 min | Documentary, Short
Manor Koyya has gained sad notoriety in Sierra Leone. The village was particularly badly affected by the Ebola outbreak. In this film, the chief of the village, Mohamed Simra Kamara, ... See full summary »
Director: Mohamed J. Sessy Kamara
24.
The Styxhexenhammer666 Channel (2010– )
Episode:
The Time Has Come to Stand Against the European Union on Censorship and Legalism
(2017)
G | 17 min | News
Styx stands for free speech against the European Union.
Star: Styxhexenhammer666
25. Lost Freetown (2009)
Documentary
Documentary showing how lack of planning, migration from the countryside and poor sanitation is destroying the environment around Freetown, Sierra Leone. Deforestation in the countryside is... See full summary »
Director: Nazia Parvez | Stars: Bala Amarasekaran, Yatta Aruna, Geert Cappalaere, Eugene Cole
26. Fields of Endless Day (1978)
58 min | Documentary, History
The ethnic history of the Black population in Canada.
Director: Terence Macartney-Filgate | Stars: Lili Francks, Winston Sutton, Ricardo Keens-Douglas, Mireille Metellus
27. Sierra Leone (1966)
G | 10 min | Documentary, Short
A travelogue through Freetown, the capital and largest city of West African country Sierra Leone.
Director: Richard Carrickford | Star: Carl Conway
28. Pride of Lions (2009)
Documentary
PRIDE OF LIONS presents Sierra Leone in a new light - the story of what it means for a country and its people brutalized by an 11-year civil war to move beyond their scars. Through personal... See full summary »
Directors: John Woehrle, Louise Woehrle
29. Catwalk and Couture from Post-Conflict Sierra Leone (2010)
5 min | Short
As Sierra Leone's first haute couture fashion designer to achieve international recognition, Adama Kai (Adama Sallie Kargbo) speaks of the joys and challenges of returning to Freetown in order to pursue her dreams.
Director: Felicity Thompson | Stars: Adama Sallie Kargbo, Yeniva Sisay-Sogbeh
30. All Night Service (2016)
13 min | Short, Drama
K.D. claims to be spending the night at a church service, but secretly goes to see her lover instead. Unfortunately, as fate would have it, the lover's house is put under quarantine on this... See full summary »
Director: Simeonette Uwanie Pontis | Stars: Paul S. Bockarie, Brian Fofanah, Isatu Fornah, Hadiatu N. Kamara
31. Making Life: A Risky Proposition (2011 TV Movie)
44 min | Documentary
Making Life: A Risky Proposition documents the lives of pregnant mothers around the world.
Director: Muriel Pearson
32. Stories from Lakka Beach (2011)
77 min | Documentary
In Lakka, a picturesque beach village in post-conflict Sierra Leone, a colorful mix of villagers reveal their deepest and most profound moments in life. Stories about the ocean and the land... See full summary »
Director: Daan Veldhuizen
Votes: 14
33. Jattu (2016)
11 min | Short, Drama
Jattu survived Ebola and knows that there is a real danger she could pass on the virus to other people over the next three months. That's why she rejects her husband's amorous advances. He ... See full summary »
Director: Henrietta Mbawah | Stars: Mohamed Alarini Bah, Arnolda Cole, Aminata Finda Massaquoi, Simeonette Uwanie Pontis
34. The White Man's Law (1918)
50 min | Drama
The story is simply that of misplaced confidence, that of deception practiced by a renegade Englishman of attractive personality and high social training upon characters more simple and ... See full summary »
Director: James Young | Stars: Sessue Hayakawa, Florence Vidor, Jack Holt, Herbert Standing
35. Healing the Wounds (2016)
12 min | Documentary, Short
A deep rift divides Rochain. Because the chief of the village called the emergency services as soon as he suspected that the Ebola virus might have broken out there, the Kargbo family ... See full summary »
Director: Salamatu Kuyateh
36. Ebola Checkpoint (2016)
13 min | Short, Drama
Foday will try anything to make enough money to ensure that his son has the medical treatment he needs, even if this means abusing his position as police officer. Working at a checkpoint, ... See full summary »
Director: Mohamed Janneh | Stars: Mohamed Alarini Bah, Abbas Foday Fofonah, Mathew Johnson, Fatmata Marian Kargbo
37. Diana's Diary (2016)
17 min | Short, Drama
Sandy, a wealthy businessman, took in Diana and her mother when they were living on the street. Now life finally seems to be treating them both well. However, Diana soon realizes that Sandy... See full summary »
Director: Mohamed Janneh | Stars: Isatu L. Barrie, Mohamed Conteh, Komrabai T. Kamara, Almamy Mansaray
38. A Day Without Mines (2009)
Documentary, Short
The filmmakers set out to do a film on child miners working in the Kono District of Sierra Leone. They were shocked by what they encountered. After making a pact to improve the lives of ... See full summary »
Director: Adisa
39. A Million Waves (2016)
8 min | Documentary, Short, Sport
'A Million Waves' is a portrait piece about 19 year old Kadiatu Kamara, the only female surfer in Sierra Leone.
Directors: Daniel Ali, Louis Leeson | Star: Kadiatu Kamara
Votes: 10
40. Health Workers (2016)
9 min | Documentary, Short
The emergency services - they are the real heroes. Putting their lives on the line, they managed to keep the Ebola virus in check. At the same time, they themselves became increasingly ... See full summary »
Director: Sia Nyandemoh
41. Solidarios: Iker Casillas (2007)
Documentary, Short
Directors: Ricardo Moges, Alvaro Ripoll, Flor Paola Rodríguez
42. Pennsylvania Folklore: Woven Together (2017)
27 min | Short
The story of folk art in Pennsylvania is a story of the many cultures that make the Commonwealth what it is. Pennsylvania Folklore: Woven Together explores some of the many textile arts ... See full summary »
Director: Lindsey Whissel Fenton | Stars: Tina Williams Brewer, Ansumana Komba Gbembo, Zinnia Maldonado, Alexandria 'Allie' Zupan Marguccio
43. The Making of She Go Say I Be Lady (2009)
3 min | Short
Inspired by the legendary song of Fela Kuti, Adama Kai (Adama Sallie Kargbo), creator of Aschobi Designs, memorializes her "She Go Say I Be Lady" Collection with photographer Henry Jacobson.
Director: Adama Sallie Kargbo | Stars: Henry Jacobson, Adama Sallie Kargbo
44. Salone Will Never Walk Alone the Movie (2015)
Short, Drama
Director: Jonathan Kojo Mammah | Stars: Mohamed A. Kamara, Alpha Bah, Mohamed Bah, Lamin Conteh
45. Nothing But the Truth (2016)
9 min | Documentary, Short
Pastor Arthur Pratt was among the first human rights activists in Sierra Leone who sought to educate people about Ebola by making films and showing them. He knew that he had to scotch the ... See full summary »
Director: Mariama Kamara
46. Los hijos de Mama Wata (2010)
55 min | Documentary
Mama Wata is a goddess that provides Sierra Leone with riches. The waters of Goderich Bay, in Freetown, have been blessed with an abundance of fish. Idrissa, a local fisherman, and his ... See full summary »
Directors: Juan Antonio Moreno Amador, Silvia Venegas Venegas
47. Shooting Freetown (2011 Video)
29 min | Documentary, Short, Drama
A decade since Sierra Leone's devastating civil war, from the ashes rises a new dawn of creativity in audio-visual media. Inspired by Jean Rouch's 'shared anthropology' and 'ethno-fiction',... See full summary »
Director: Kieran Hanson
48. Beauty Queens to the Rescue in Sierra Leone (2017 TV Movie)
Documentary
Director: Maïla Mendy | Stars: Lorraine Bash-Taqi, Natasha Beckley, Haja Bintou Jalloh, Hawa Kamara
49. An Education: The Story of a Witness (2018)
63 min | Documentary
A young man who survived the horrors of the Sierra Leonean civil war as a child and elevated himself through education has set on a journey to face his past and rebuild the country he once saw destroyed.
Directors: Liat Krawczyk, Anthony Mancilla
Votes: 11
50. Calamity: Around the World (1998 Video Game)
E | Adventure, Family, Sci-Fi
The final entry in the "Calamity" edutainment FMV game trilogy. Solve language puzzles based on inspiring articles on careers, hobbies, brave children and common people who made a difference to finally send Mona and Moki home.
Directors: Gary Bulkin, Al Lowenheim | Stars: Jeana LaVardera, Agatha Drake, Ross Thierry, Mark Ewert