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The following is a '''list of African films'''. It is arranged alphabetically by country of origin.
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==[[Algeria]]==
{{main|List of Algerian films}}

==[[Angola]]==
{{Main|List of Angolan films}}

==[[Benin]]==
{{Main|List of Beninese films}}

==[[Botswana]]==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Year
! Title
! Director
! Genre
! class="unsortable" | Notes
|-
| 1980 || {{sort|Gods Must Be Crazy|''[[The Gods Must Be Crazy]]''}} || [[Jamie Uys]] || [[comedy film|comedy]] || the first of [[The Gods Must Be Crazy (film series)|''The Gods Must Be Crazy'' film series]]
|-
| 1989 || {{sort|Gods Must Be Crazy II|''[[The Gods Must Be Crazy II]]''}} || [[Jamie Uys]] || [[comedy film|comedy]] || part of [[The Gods Must Be Crazy (film series)|''The Gods Must Be Crazy'' film series]]
|}

==[[Burkina Faso]]==
{{Main|List of Burkinabé films}}

==[[Burundi]]==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Year
! Title
! Director
! Genre
! class="unsortable" | Notes
|-
| 1992 || ''[[Gito l'ingrat]]'' ||[[Léonce Ngabo]]  || ||
|}

==[[Cameroon]]==
{{Main|List of Cameroonian films}}

==[[Cape Verde]]==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Year
! Title
! Director
! Genre
! class="unsortable" | Notes
|-
| 2000 || ''[[Amílcar Cabral (film)|Amílcar Cabral]]'' || Ana Ramos Lisoba|| documentary ||
|-
| 2024 || ''[[Hanami (film)|Hanami]]'' || Denise Fernandes || Drama || 
|}

==[[Central African Republic]]==
{{Main|List of Central African films}}

==[[Chad]]==
{{Main|List of Chadian films}}

==[[Democratic Republic of the Congo|Congo, Democratic Republic of]]==
{{Main|Cinema of the Democratic Republic of the Congo}}

==[[Republic of the Congo|Congo, Republic]]==
{{Main|List of Republic of Congo films}}

==[[Djibouti]]==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Year
! Title
! Director
! Genre
! class="unsortable" | Notes
|-
| 2011 || ''[[Laan = girls, friends = Les copines]]'' || [[Lula Ali Ismail]] || [[Drama film|drama]] || 
<ref>{{cite web |url=https://catalogue.leidenuniv.nl/primo-explore/fulldisplay?docid=UBL_ALMA21308719130002711&context=L&vid=UBL_V1&search_scope=lib_asc&tab=leiden&lang=en_US |title=Catalogue African Studies Centre |access-date=2018-09-23}}</ref>
|}

==[[Egypt]]==
{{main|List of Egyptian films}}

==[[Equatorial Guinea]]==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Year
! Title
! Director
! Genre
! class="unsortable" | Notes
|-
| 2015 || {{sort|Aricó caliente|''[[Aricó caliente]]''}} || [[Raimundo Bernabé Nnandong]] || [[Drama film|drama]] || 
<ref>{{cite web |url=https://catalogue.leidenuniv.nl/primo-explore/fulldisplay?docid=UBL_ALMA51320809610002711&context=L&vid=UBL_V1&search_scope=lib_asc&tab=leiden&lang=en_US |title=Catalogue African Studies Centre |access-date=2018-09-23}}</ref>
|-
| 2016 || {{sort|Desamparad@s|''[[Desamparad@s]]''}} || [[Raimundo Bernabé Nnandong]] || [[Drama film|drama]] || 
<ref>{{cite web |url=https://catalogue.leidenuniv.nl/primo-explore/fulldisplay?docid=UBL_ALMA51320809400002711&context=L&vid=UBL_V1&search_scope=lib_asc&tab=leiden&lang=en_US |title=Catalogue African Studies Centre |access-date=2018-09-23}}</ref>
|}

==[[Eritrea]]==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Year
! Title
! Director
! Genre
! class="unsortable" | Notes
|-
| 2001 || ''[[White Hotel (film)|White Hotel]]'' || [[Dianne Griffin]], [[Tobi Solvang]] || [[documentary film|documentary]] || 
|}

==[[Ethiopia]]==
{{main|List of Ethiopian films}}

==[[Gabon]]==
{{Main|List of Gabonese films}}

==[[Gambia]]==
* ''[[Welcome to the Smiling Coast: Living in the Gambian Ghetto]]''
* ''[[Jaha's Promise]]''

==[[Ghana]]==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Year
! Title
! Director
! Genre
! class="unsortable" | Notes
|-
| 1952 || ''[[The Boy Kumasenu]]'' || [[Sean Graham]]|| || 
|-
| 1980 || ''[[Love Brewed in the African Pot]]'' || [[Kwaw Ansah]] || ||
|-
| 1987 || ''[[Zinabu]]'' || William Akuffo and Richard Quartey || ||
|-
| 1993 || ''[[Sankofa (1993 film)|Sankofa]]'' || [[Haile Gerima]] || [[Drama film|drama]] || This film is [[Burkina Faso|Burkinabé]],{{clarify|date=January 2016}} but shot in [[Ghana]].
|-
| 2005 || ''[[Emmanuel's Gift]]'' || Lisa Lax and Nancy Stern|| [[Documentary film|documentary]] ||
|-
| 2006 || ''[[Run Baby Run (2006 film)|Run Baby Run]]'' || Emmanuel Apea || [[Action film|action]] ||
|-
| 2006 || ''[[A Goat's Tail]]'' || Julius Amedume || ||
|-
| 2007 || ''[[Princess Tyra]]'' || [[Frank Rajah Arase]] || [[Drama film|drama]] ||
|-
| 2009 || ''[[A Sting in a Tale]]'' || [[Shirley Frimpong-Manso]] || [[thriller (genre)|thriller]] ||
|-
| 2010 || ''[[Coz Ov Moni]]'' || King Luu || [[Musical film|musical]] ||
|-
| 2010 || ''[[Sinking Sands]]'' || [[Leila Djansi]] || [[Drama film|drama]] ||
|-
| 2011 || ''[[An African Election]]'' || Jarreth and Kevin Merz || [[Documentary film|documentary]] ||
|-
| 2011 || ''[[Ties That Bind (film)|Ties That Bind]]'' || [[Leila Djansi]] || [[Drama film|drama]] ||
|-
| 2012 || ''[[Contract (2012 film)|Contract]]'' || [[Shirley Frimpong-Manso]] || ||
|-
| 2013 || ''[[Coz Ov Moni 2 (FOKN Revenge)]]'' || King Luu || [[Musical film|musical]] ||
|-
| 2015 || ''[[Heaven (2015 film)|Heaven]]'' || Abu Idi - Haus of Euphorium || thriller ||
|-
| 2021 || ''{{Ill|Borga (film)|de|3=Borga (Film)|lt=Borga}}'' || {{ill|York-Fabian Raabe|de}} || drama || German-Ghanaian co-production
|}

==[[Guinea]]==
{{Main|List of Guinean films}}

==[[Guinea-Bissau]]==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Year
! Title
! Director
! Genre
! class="unsortable" | Notes
|-
| 1988 || ''[[Mortu Nega]]'' || [[Flora Gomes]] || [[historical drama film|historical drama]] || 
|}

==[[Ivory Coast]]==
{{Main|List of Ivorian films}}

==[[Kenya]]==
{{Main|List of Kenyan films}}

==[[Lesotho]]==
* ''[[Goldwidows: Women in Lesotho 1991]]''

==[[Libya]]==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Year
! Title
! Director
! Genre
! class="unsortable" | Notes
|-
| 1972 || ''When Fate Hardens''<br />(also known as ''Destiny is Very Hard'') || [[Abdella Zarok]] || feature film || <ref name=AFF>Hans-Christian Mahnke and [[Ramadan Salim]], [https://www.africanfilmny.org/2014/on-film-and-cinema-in-libya-interview-with-libyan-film-critic-and-festival-director-ramadan-salim/ On Film and cinema in Libya – Interview with Libyan film critic and festival director Ramadan Salim], [[African Film Festival, Inc.]], 2014.</ref>
|-
| 1974 || ''The Road'' || Mohamed Shaaban || feature film || <ref name=AFF/>
|-
| 1976 || ''[[Mohammad, Messenger of God]]''<br />(also known as ''The Message'') || [[Moustapha Akkad]] || [[biographical film|biographical]] [[adventure film|adventure]] [[drama film|drama]]  ||
|-
| 1977 || ''[[Les Ambassadeurs (film)|Les Ambassadeurs]]'' || [[Naceur Ktar]] || [[drama film|drama]] ||
|-
| 1977 || ''The Green Light'' (al-Daw’ al-Akhdar) || Abedalla Mushbahi || || <ref name=AFF/>
|-
| 1981 || ''[[Lion of the Desert]]'' || [[Moustapha Akkad]] || [[biographical film|biographical]] [[war film|war]] [[drama film|drama]] ||
|-
| 1983 || ''Battle of Tagrift'' (Ma’rakat Taqraft) || [[Mushafa Kashem]] and [[Mohamed Ayad Driza]] || [[war film|war]] [[drama film|drama]] || <ref name=AFF/>
|-
| 1985 || ''The Bomb Shell'' (al-Shaziya)<br />(also known as ''The Splinter'') || [[Mohamed Ferjani]] || || <ref name=AFF/>
|-
| 1986 || ''Love in Narrow Alleys'' (Hub fi al-aziqa al-dayiqa) || [[Muhamad Abd al-Jalil Qanidi]] || || <ref>[http://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/acref/9780199587261.001.0001/acref-9780199587261-e-0408 Film in Libya], in [[Annette Kuhn]] & Guy Westwell, ''A Dictionary of Film Studies'', Oxford University Press, online version, 2012.</ref>
|-
| 1993/4 || ''Symphony of Rain'' (Ma’azufatu al-matar) || Abdella Zarok || || <ref name=AFF/>
|}

==[[Madagascar]]==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Year
! Title
! Director
! Genre
! class="unsortable" | Notes
|-
| 1988 || ''[[Tabataba (film)|Tabataba]]'' || [[Raymond Rajaonarivelo]] || || 
|-
| 2004 || ''[[Souli (film)|Souli]]'' || [[Alexander Abela]] || [[drama film|drama]] ||
|}

==[[Malawi]]==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Year
! Title
! Director
! Genre
! class="unsortable" | Notes
|-
| 2003 || ''Lifecycles: A Story of AIDS in Malawi'' || [[Sierra Bellows]], Doug Karr || [[documentary film|documentary]] ||
|}

==[[Mali]]==
{{Main|List of Malian films}}

==[[Mauritania]]==
{{Main|List of Mauritanian films}}

==[[Mauritius]]==
{{Main|List of Mauritian films}}

==[[Morocco]]==
{{Main|List of Moroccan films}}
* ''[[Tes Cheveux Noirs Ihsan]]'' (2006)

==[[Mozambique]]==
{{Main|List of Mozambican films}}

==[[Namibia]]==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Year
! Title
! Director
! Genre
! class="unsortable" | Notes
|-
| 1989 || ''[[Red Scorpion]]'' || [[Joseph Zito]] || [[action film|action]] [[adventure film|adventure]] || 
|-
| 2007 || ''[[Namibia: The Struggle for Liberation]]'' || [[Charles Burnett (director)|Charles Burnett]] || [[drama film|drama]] ||
|-
| 2009 || ''[[Rider without a Horse]]'' || [[Tim Huebschle]] || [[short film]] ||
|-
| 2011 || ''[[Looking for Iilonga]]'' || [[Tim Huebschle]] || [[short film]] ||
|-
| 2015 || ''[[Katutura (film)|Katutura]]'' || [[Florian Schott]] || [[drama film|drama]] ||
|-
| 2019 || ''[[Hairareb]]'' || Oshoveli Shipoh || [[drama film|drama]] ||
|-
| 2019 || ''#LANDoftheBRAVEfilm'' || [[Tim Huebschle]] || [[Thriller film|thriller]] ||
|-
| 2020 || ''[[Walking Forward]]'' || [[Tim Huebschle]], Ndinomholo Ndilula || [[web series]] ||
|}

==[[Niger]]==
{{Main|List of Nigerien films}}

==[[Nigeria]]==
{{Main|List of Nigerian films}}

==[[Rwanda]]==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Year
! Title
! Director
! Genre
! class="unsortable" | Notes
|-
| 2001 || ''[[100 Days (2001 film)|100 Days]]'' || [[Nick Hughes]] || [[drama film|drama]] || 
|-
| 2004 || ''[[Hotel Rwanda]]'' || [[Terry George]] || [[historical drama film|historical drama]] [[war film|war]] ||
|-
| 2005 || ''[[Sometimes in April]]'' || [[Raoul Peck]] || [[historical drama film|historical drama]] [[war film|war]] [[television film]] ||
|-
| 2007 || ''[[Munyurangabo]]'' || [[Lee Isaac Chung]]|| ||
|-
| 2012 || ''Ibara'' ||Tom Nkusi/Emmy Ruzindana  ||action ||
|}

==[[São Tomé and Príncipe]]==
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==[[Sierra Leone]]==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Year
! Title
! Director
! Genre
! class="unsortable" | Notes
|-
| 2000 || ''[[Cry Freetown]]'' || [[Sorious Samura]] || [[documentary film|documentary]] ||
|-
|2012 || ''[[SALAY (film)|SALAY]]'' || Ali Kamanda || short-film ||
|}

==[[Somalia]]==
{{Main|List of Somali films}}
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Year
! Title
! Director
! Genre
! class="unsortable" | Notes
|-
| 1987 || ''[[Geedka nolosha]]'' || [[Abdulkadir Ahmed Said]] || || 
|-
| 1992 || ''[[La Conchiglia]]'' || Abdulkadir Ahmed Said || || 
|}

==[[South Africa]]==
{{Main|List of South African films}}

==[[South Sudan]]==
* ''[[Jebel Nyoka]]''
* ''[[The Nuer (film)|The Nuer]]''

==[[Sudan]]==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Year
! Title
! Director
! Genre
! class="unsortable" | Notes
|-
| 2005 || ''[[God Grew Tired of Us]]'' || [[Christopher Dillon Quinn]], [[Tommy Walker (filmmaker)|Tommy Walker]] || [[documentary film|documentary]] ||
|}

==[[Tanzania]]==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Year
! Title 
! Director 
! Genre 
! class="unsortable" | Notes
|-
| 2001 || ''[[Maangamizi: The Ancient One]]'' || [[Martin Mhando]], [[Ron Mulvihill]] || [[Drama film|drama]] || 
|-
| 2003 || ''Bongoland'' || [[Josiah Kibira]] || ||
|}

==[[Togo]]==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Year
! Title
! Director
! Genre
! class="unsortable" | Notes
|-
| 1972 || ''[[Kouami]]'' || Metonou Do Kokou || short ||
|-
| 1979 || ''[[Au rendez-vous du rêve abêti]]'' || Kodjo Goncalves || short documentary ||
|-
| 1986 || ''[[The Blooms of Banjeli]]'' || Carlyn Saltman || short documentary ||
|-
| 1988 || ''[[Bawina]]'' || Minza Bataba || short ||
|-
| 1991 || ''[[Ashakara]]'' || [[Gérard Louvin]] || ||
|-
| 1994 || ''[[Femmes aux yeux ouverts]]'' || [[Anne-Laure Folly]] || documentary ||
|-
| 1996 || ''[[Les Oubliées]]'' || [[Anne-Laure Folly]] || documentary ||
|-
| 1999 || ''[[Sarah Maldoror ou la nostalgie de l'utopie]]'' || [[Anne-Laure Folly]] || documentary ||
|-
| 2002 || ''Le Dilemme d'Eya'' || [[Adjiké Assouma]] || short drama ||
|-
|}

==[[Tunisia]]==
{{Main|List of Tunisian films}}

==[[Uganda]]==

{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Year
! Title
! Director 
! Genre
! class="unsortable" | Notes
|-
| 1998|| ''[[Guns for Sale]]'' || [[Richard Alwyn]] || [[documentary film|documentary]] ||
|-
| 2001 || ''[[ABC Africa]]'' || [[Abbas Kiarostami]] || [[documentary film|documentary]] ||
|-
| 2006 || ''[[Invisible Children]]'' || || [[short film|short]] [[documentary film|documentary]] ||
|-
|2010 || ''[[Who Killed Captain Alex?]]'' || Nabwana IGG ||[[action film]]||
|-
|2010 || ''[[Yogera]]'' || Donald Mugisha || drama film || 
|-
|2011 || ''[[Hello (2011 film)|Hello]]'' || [[Usama Mukwaya]] ||[[short film|short]]||
|-
|2011 || ''[[State Research Bureau (film)|State Research Bureau]]'' || ||||
|-
|2012 || ''[[The Life (2012 Film)|The Life]]'' ||[[Nana Kagga]] ||[[drama film]]||
|-
|2013 || ''[[In Just Hours]]'' || [[Usama Mukwaya]] ||[[short film|short]]|| <ref>{{cite web |url=http://ugscreen.net/ugandan-movie/just-hours |title=In Just Hours &#124; Ugscreen &#124; Ugandan Movies, Actors, Movie News |access-date=2014-05-04 |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141129041800/http://ugscreen.net/ugandan-movie/just-hours |archive-date=2014-11-29 }}</ref>
|-
|2013 || ''[[The Route (film)|The Route]]'' || ||||
|-
|2014 || ''[[Bala Bala Sese]]'' || ||||
|-
|2015 || ''[[Tiktok (film)|Tiktok]]'' || [[Usama Mukwaya]]||[[short film|short]]||
|-
|2015 || ''[[Sipi (film)|Sipi]]'' || ||||
|-
|2016 || ''[[Queen of Katwe]]'' ||Mira Nair  ||[[sports drama]] ||
|-
|2016 || ''[[Bad Black]]'' || Nabwana IGG ||[[action film]]||
|-
|2017 || ''[[Kony: Order from Above]]'' || Steve T. Ayeny ||[[war film]]||
|-
| 2018 || ''[[Veronica's Wish]]'' || [[Rehema Nanfuka]] || [[feature film]] || Drama film 
|-
| 2018 || ''[[BreadWinner]]'' || [[Ochwo emmax]] || [[short film]] || [[Drama film]]
|-
|2021 || ''[[Black Glove (2021 film)|Black Glove]]''
|| Angella Emurwon ||Mystery-thriller||
Produced at Sebamala Arts in conjunction with SOLOFX in Uganda.
|-
|}

==[[Western Sahara]]==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Year
! Title
! Director
! Genre
! class="unsortable" | Notes
|-
| 1976 || ''[[Sahara Occidental indépendance ou génocide?]]'' || Collective direction || [[documentary]] || <ref>{{cite web |title=SAHARA OCCIDENTAL INDÉPENDANCE OU GÉNOCIDE ? - Bruno MUEL - 1976 |url=http://www.cinearchives.org/recherche_avancee-424-314-0-0.html |website=Ciné-Archives |access-date=17 December 2023 |language=fr-FR}}</ref>
|-
| 2011 || ''[[Wilaya (film)|Wilaya]]'' || Pedro Pérez Rosado || [[drama]] ||
|-
| 2012 || ''[[La Badil (No Other Choice)]]'' || [[Dominic Brown (filmmaker)|Dominic Brown]] || [[short film|short]] [[documentary]] ||
|}

==[[Zaire]]==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Year
! Title
! Director
! Genre
! class="unsortable" | Notes
|-
| 1996 || ''[[Macadam tribu]]'' || [[Zeka Laplaine|José Zeka Laplaine]]|| ||
|}

==[[Zambia]]==
{{Main|List of Zambian films}}

==[[Zimbabwe]]==
{{Main|List of Zimbabwean films}}
* ''[[Forbidden Fruit (2000 film)|Forbidden Fruit]]'' (2000)

==See also==
{{Portal|Africa|Film|Lists}}
*[[Cinema of Africa]]
*[[Lists of films]]
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== References ==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://www.africanmedia.msu.edu/ African Media Program Database, Michigan State University] - comprehensive database of more than 14,000 African films and videos

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