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1. Layla Fourie (2013)
Not Rated | 107 min | Thriller
Layla Fourie, a young single-mother in South Africa, receives a job assignment as polygraphist. In the constant presence of mistrust, lies and fear Layla soon becomes a suspect herself.
Director: Pia Marais | Stars: Rayna Campbell, August Diehl, Rapule Hendricks, Terry Norton
Votes: 220
2. Beauty (2011)
Unrated | 99 min | Drama
Portrait of a closeted gay husband/father living a life of quiet middle-aged desperation who becomes fixated on a friend's handsome collegiate son, leading to an incident.
Director: Oliver Hermanus | Stars: Deon Lotz, Charlie Keegan, Michelle Scott, Albert Maritz
Votes: 2,009
3. Shooting Bokkie (2003)
72 min | Crime, Drama
Film crew document a week in the life of a juvenile courier running for gangs in the ghettos of 'The Cape Flats', in Cape Town. The drugs he delivers. The stores he robs. The people he kills.
Directors: Rob De Mezieres, Adam Rist | Stars: Christo Davids, Charlton George, Rob De Mezieres, John Fredericks
Votes: 29
4. Sweetheart (II) (2010)
27 min | Short, Drama, Mystery
When her husband and stepsons don't return from a routine trip, a young 1950s housewife must force herself out of her remote farmhouse to find them. She must navigate a series of strange ... See full summary »
Director: Michael Matthews | Stars: Inge Beckmann, Anthony Oseyemi, Andre Weideman, Pope Jerrod
Votes: 22
5. Long Street (2009)
97 min | Drama, Family, Music
An intimate portrait of the fragile relationship between SIA who is recovering from doing drugs and her mother MARIA.
Director: Revel Fox | Stars: Sannie Fox, Roberta Fox, David Butler, Busi Mhlongo
Votes: 14
6. Bunny Chow: Know Thyself (2006)
Not Rated | 92 min | Comedy
Three comedians and a weird guy named Cope embark on a raucous weekend journey to Oppikoppi, South Africa's biggest rock festival. The guys slip out of the city for a few dusty and ... See full summary »
Director: John Barker | Stars: David Kibuuka, Kim Engelbrecht, Kagiso Lediga, Joey Rasdien
Votes: 366
7. Triomf (2008)
118 min | Drama
Adaptation of award winning novel by Marlene van Niekerk. "Triomf' is about the ultimate dysfunctional family, the Benades, poor white working class Afrikaner trailer trash on the eve of the country's first democratic election.
Director: Michael Raeburn | Stars: Lionel Newton, Vanessa Cooke, Eduan van Jaarsveldt, Paul Lückhoff
Votes: 46
8. The Fall (I) (2006)
R | 117 min | Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
In 1920s Los Angeles, a bedridden patient in a hospital captivates a young girl with a fantastic tale of heroes, myths, and villains on a desert island.
Director: Tarsem Singh | Stars: Lee Pace, Catinca Untaru, Justine Waddell, Kim Uylenbroek
Votes: 116,671 | Gross: $2.28M
9. Stander (2003)
R | 111 min | Action, Biography, Crime
The life and career of Andre Stander, a South African police officer turned bank robber.
Director: Bronwen Hughes | Stars: Thomas Jane, David O'Hara, Dexter Fletcher, Deborah Kara Unger
Votes: 9,225 | Gross: $0.02M
10. The Girl (2012 TV Movie)
TV-14 | 91 min | Biography, Drama
The turbulent relationship between filmmaker Sir Alfred Hitchcock (Toby Jones) and actress Tippi Hedren (Sienna Miller).
Director: Julian Jarrold | Stars: Sienna Miller, Toby Jones, Imelda Staunton, Conrad Kemp
Votes: 7,207
11. Cape of Good Hope (2004)
PG-13 | 107 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A Drama revolving around 3 women's lives and how they are intertwined.
Director: Mark Bamford | Stars: Debbie Brown, Farouk Valley-Omar, Parinita Jeaven, David Isaacs
Votes: 291
12. Mary and Martha (2013 TV Movie)
TV-PG | 95 min | Drama
Two mothers lose their sons to malaria.
Director: Phillip Noyce | Stars: Hilary Swank, Brenda Blethyn, Sam Claflin, Frank Grillo
Votes: 3,614
13. Women in Love (2011)
180 min | Drama
Powerful adaptation of DH Lawrence's novel about the lives of two sisters, Ursula and Gudrun Brangwen, as they struggle with their own desires and passions.
Stars: Rory Kinnear, Rachael Stirling, Joseph Mawle, Olivia Grant
Votes: 608
14. Amelia (2009)
PG | 111 min | Adventure, Biography, Drama
A look at the life of legendary American pilot Amelia Earhart, who disappeared while flying over the Pacific Ocean in 1937 in an attempt to make a flight around the world.
Director: Mira Nair | Stars: Hilary Swank, Richard Gere, Ewan McGregor, Christopher Eccleston
Votes: 13,618 | Gross: $14.24M
15. Natalee Holloway (2009 TV Movie)
PG-13 | 96 min | Biography, Drama, Mystery
An 18 year old girl, Natalee Holloway, goes on a senior class trip to Aruba, only to mysteriously disappear after meeting a man at bar.
Director: Mikael Salomon | Stars: Tracy Pollan, Grant Show, Catherine Dent, Amy Gumenick
Votes: 1,068
16. Skin (I) (2008)
PG-13 | 107 min | Biography, Drama
Based on the true story of a black girl who was born to two white Afrikaner parents in South Africa during the apartheid era.
Director: Anthony Fabian | Stars: Sophie Okonedo, Sam Neill, Alice Krige, Tony Kgoroge
Votes: 3,714
17. Chronicle (2012)
PG-13 | 84 min | Action, Drama, Sci-Fi
Three high school friends gain superpowers after making an incredible discovery underground. Soon they find their lives spinning out of control and their bond tested as they embrace their darker sides.
Director: Josh Trank | Stars: Dane DeHaan, Alex Russell, Michael B. Jordan, Michael Kelly
Votes: 264,422 | Gross: $64.58M
18. Generation Kill (2008)
TV-MA | 10 min | Drama, War
A Rolling Stone reporter, embedded with The 1st Recon Marines chronicles his experiences during the first wave of the American-led assault on Baghdad in 2003.
Stars: Alexander Skarsgård, James Ransone, Lee Tergesen, Jon Huertas
Votes: 59,192
19. Capitalist Pigs (2013)
75 min | Comedy | Completed
A young South African petrol-jockey named Moolah thinks his dreams have come true when he meets and marries Babe, the latest and coolest product from Capitalist Pigs Industries. When he ... See full summary »
Director: Matthew Dylan Roberts | Stars: Matthew Dylan Roberts, Alistair Moulton Black, Porteus Xandau, Marty Kintu
20. The Deal (I) (2008)
R | 100 min | Comedy, Romance
A Hollywood producer starts with his nephew's script on Disraeli, Jewish PM in 1800s UK, and ends filming in Cape Town with a black action star. Will a movie be made? Will he score Deidre?
Director: Steven Schachter | Stars: William H. Macy, Meg Ryan, LL Cool J, Elliott Gould
Votes: 3,690
21. I Now Pronounce You Black and White (2010)
81 min | Comedy, Romance
True love tries to conquer all, against all odds.
Director: Oliver Rodger | Stars: Tyrel Meyer, Astara Mwakalumbwa, Ian Roberts, Sylvia Mdunyelwa
Votes: 28
22. Bordering on Bad Behavior (2014)
Not Rated | 85 min | Action, Comedy, Drama
Three soldiers from different countries find themselves trapped in a military base in the Middle East.
Director: Jac Mulder | Stars: Tom Sizemore, Oz Zehavi, Bernard Curry, Kym Jackson
Votes: 183
23. Boy Called Twist (2004)
TV-PG | 115 min | Drama
Boy Called Twist is the harrowing tale of a South African street-kid's search for love, based on Charles Dickens' classic Oliver Twist. Growing up neglected in a rural orphanage, Twist ... See full summary »
Director: Tim Greene | Stars: Jarrid Geduld, Lesley Fong, Bart Fouche, Bill Curry
Votes: 174
24. The Piano Player (2002)
R | 94 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
Alex, a piano playing assassin, gets a job as bodyguard in Capetown for Robert and his cute daughter, Erika. When Alex saves Robert 2nd time, they head for the mountains.
Director: Jean-Pierre Roux | Stars: Christopher Lambert, Dennis Hopper, Diane Kruger, Simon Mabija
Votes: 942
25. Charlie (2004)
R | 95 min | Action, Crime, Drama
The story of Charlie Richardson, the man who ran a brutal gang in the 1960s.
Director: Malcolm Needs | Stars: Luke Goss, Leslie Grantham, Marius Weyers, Steven Berkoff
Votes: 759
26. The Last House on the Left (2009)
R | 110 min | Horror, Thriller
After kidnapping and brutally assaulting two young women, a gang unknowingly finds refuge at a vacation home belonging to the parents of one of the victims: a mother and father who devise an increasingly gruesome series of revenge tactics.
Director: Dennis Iliadis | Stars: Garret Dillahunt, Monica Potter, Tony Goldwyn, Michael Bowen
Votes: 100,360 | Gross: $32.75M
27. The Abyss Boys (2009)
26 min | Short, Drama
Set in the slums of a small fishing community on the southern coast of South Africa, the drowning depths of illegal abalone poaching has become a dangerous life that Jimmy, a legendary ex ... See full summary »
Directors: Jan-Hendrik Beetge, Joshua H Walker | Stars: Moegammad Ja'Qoob Isaacs, Travis Snyders
Votes: 15
28. The Creators (2012)
89 min | Documentary, History, Music
Born into separate areas of the formerly-segregated country, The Creators recraft history in their own artistic languages. Weaving through the lives of Faith47 (street art), Warongx (... See full summary »
Directors: Laura Gamse, Jacques de Villiers | Stars: Athenkosi Jaza, Faith47, Emile Jansen, Mthetho Mapoyi
Votes: 42
29. Slash (2002)
R | 93 min | Comedy, Horror, Thriller
A rock band gets stuck on a haunted farm while visiting their lead singer's family.
Director: Neal Sundstrom | Stars: Adam Woolf, Danny Keogh, Milan Murray, Guy Raphaely
Votes: 1,653
30. Dollar$ + White Pipes (2005)
96 min | Drama
Based on the true life story of Bernhard Baatjies who moved from Hanover Park to Cape Town in search of fame and fortune. Before long, however, he found himself immersed in a world of drugs and murder.
Director: Donovan Marsh | Stars: Clint Brink, Joey Rasdien, Kevin Smith, Jonathan Pienaar
Votes: 83
31. Spoon (III) (2010)
Action, Drama, Fantasy
A thriller with supernatural overtones about a man with a medical condition that causes him to black out during moments of extreme stress and leads him to make a remarkable discovery about himself.
Directors: Sharlto Copley, Simon Hansen | Stars: Darren Boyd, Rutger Hauer, Jason Cope, Shane Manie
Votes: 125
32. Stellenbosch (2007– )
50 min | Drama, Romance
Stellenbosch tells the history of the Dutch Keppel family, who settled on the Arkadia estate in the 1950s to grow wine, but were forced to return to the Netherlands due to the economic ... See full summary »
Stars: Jeroen Willems, Rajesh Gopie, Monic Hendrickx, Moshidi Motshegwa
Votes: 111
33. Swop! (2008)
84 min | Comedy
What happens when a Black Diamond trades lives with a street smart foreigner? Two wealthy fat cats set the wheels in motion with an outrageous bet ... that changes everyone's lives. Brian ... See full summary »
Director: Hlomla Dandala | Stars: Aubrey Poo, Kabelo Nkagane, Dawn Matthews, Clint Brink
Votes: 13
34. Winnie Mandela (2011)
R | 104 min | Biography, Drama, History
A drama that chronicles the life of Winnie Mandela from her childhood through her marriage and her husband's incarceration.
Director: Darrell Roodt | Stars: Jennifer Hudson, Terrence Howard, Elias Koteas, Wendy Crewson
Votes: 997
35. Krakatoa: Volcano of Destruction (2006 TV Movie)
87 min | Drama
A documentary on the 1883 eruption of Krakatoa in the Sunda Strait of Indonesia, bringing tsunamis, rains of pumice and ash, and a deadly flow of hot steam, sulfuric acid, and ash. More than 36,000 died; survivors had bad burns.
Director: Sam Miller | Stars: Rupert Penry-Jones, Olivia Williams, Kevin McMonagle, Ramon Tikaram
Votes: 841
36. The World Unseen (2007)
PG-13 | 93 min | Drama, Romance
A drama centered on two women who engage in a dangerous relationship during South Africa's apartheid era.
Director: Shamim Sarif | Stars: Lisa Ray, Sheetal Sheth, Parvin Dabas, Nandana Sen
Votes: 4,682 | Gross: $0.02M
38. Copposites (2012)
94 min | Comedy, Crime, Family
A cop and a crook are exposed a DNA altering formula that switches them into each other's bodies and forces them to work together in order to switch back.
Director: Oliver Rodger | Stars: Rob van Vuuren, Sivuyile Ngesi, Lukhanyo Bele, Precious Kofi
Votes: 38
39. The Shores (2012– )
24 min | Drama
Four gorgeous American girls leave the US to live, work and play in the world's hottest destination: Cape Town, South Africa.
Stars: Katy Johnson Evans, Destiny Moniz, Judd Lasarow, Toby Moniz
Votes: 53
40. Outcasts (2010–2011)
TV-14 | 50 min | Drama, Sci-Fi
With Earth rapidly becoming uninhabitable, pioneers seek to colonize the harsh terrain of the planet Carpathia. 10 years later, the town of Forthaven faces danger as the planet's dark secrets are revealed.
Stars: Hermione Norris, Daniel Mays, Amy Manson, Ashley Walters
Votes: 5,840
41. White Wedding (2009)
PG-13 | 93 min | Comedy, Romance
A young groom and his best man lost on the road trip to the wedding, run into a young English doctor.
Director: Jann Turner | Stars: Kenneth Nkosi, Rapulana Seiphemo, Jodie Whittaker, Zandile Msutwana
Votes: 645 | Gross: $0.01M
42. Fynbos (2012)
96 min | Drama
A real estate developer, on the brink of bankruptcy, travels with his wife to a lavish and remote property to close a prospective deal in a last ditch attempt to save his life as he knows ... See full summary »
Director: Harry Patramanis | Stars: Warrick Grier, Jessica Haines, Susan Danford, S'Thandiwe Kgoroge
Votes: 66
43. The Bang Bang Club (2010)
R | 106 min | Biography, Drama, History
A drama based on the true-life experiences of four combat photographers capturing the final days of apartheid in South Africa.
Director: Steven Silver | Stars: Ryan Phillippe, Malin Akerman, Taylor Kitsch, Neels van Jaarsveld
Votes: 11,527
44. Bloodlines (2010– )
Biography
In 1999, South African emigrant psychiatrist Colin Bouwer murdered his wife in what he thought was an undetectable manner. He was not counting on the skills and tenacity of New Zealand police and his colleagues in the medical profession.
Stars: Mark Mitchinson, Nathalie Boltt, Craig Hall, Will Hall
Votes: 494
45. Alive in Joburg (2005)
6 min | Short, Sci-Fi
An eerie tale of a close encounter of the third kind in Johannesburg.
Director: Neill Blomkamp | Stars: Braam Greyling, Godfrey Seome, Dawie Ackermann, Sweetness Hlomza
Votes: 4,110
46. Van der Merwe P.I. (1985)
96 min | Comedy
Director: Regardt van den Bergh | Stars: Jurgen Hellberg, Andre Jacobs, Anneline Kriel, Louis Minnaar
Votes: 11
47. Faith Like Potatoes (2006)
PG | 116 min | Drama
Frank Rautenbach leads a strong cast as Angus Buchan, a African farmer on steroids of Scottish heritage, who leaves his farm to his loyal subjects in the midst of political unrest and ... See full summary »
Director: Regardt van den Bergh | Stars: Frank Rautenbach, Jeanne Neilson, Hamilton Dlamini, Candice D'Arcy
Votes: 3,510
48. Black Butterflies (2011)
Not Rated | 100 min | Biography, Drama
In Apartheid-torn South Africa, poet Ingrid Jonker (Carice van Houten) struggles tragically in search of love and a sense of home.
Director: Paula van der Oest | Stars: Carice van Houten, Liam Cunningham, Rutger Hauer, Graham Clarke
Votes: 2,353
49. Final Solution (2001)
R | 102 min | Action, Drama
The indoctrination of Gerrit Wolfaardt is complete: his family traditions, history, culture- even his church-have taught him that black South Africans are a cancer in the land. Under the ... See full summary »
Director: Cristobal Krusen | Stars: John Kani, Jan Ellis, Vusi Kunene, David S. Lee
Votes: 184
50. Daisy de Melker (1993 TV Movie)
192 min | Drama
Director: Annie Basson | Stars: Susan Coetzer, Graham Armitage, Charlotte Butler, Dean Fourie
Votes: 20
51. Inside (1996 TV Movie)
R | 94 min | Crime, Drama
A South African political prisoner is tortured to obtain information on apartheid conspirators. Ten years later, the head officer in charge of the questioning is similarly held as prisoner and questioned about his past offenses.
Director: Arthur Penn | Stars: Nigel Hawthorne, Eric Stoltz, Louis Gossett Jr., Ian Roberts
Votes: 322
52. Skeem (2011)
112 min | Comedy, Crime
Forced to spend the night at a creepy old holiday resort, two wannabe gangsters run into trouble when, unpacking the car, their box of cash splits open, spilling a million bucks in eye-catching bundles all over the driveway.
Director: Tim Greene | Stars: Wandile Molebatsi, Kurt Schoonraad, Lilani Prinsen, Grant Swanby
Votes: 91
54. Forgiveness (2004)
112 min | Drama
A disgraced ex-cops arrival in a small town triggers a cathartic journey of Forgiveness and revenge for himself and the family of the activist he killed.
Director: Ian Gabriel | Stars: Arnold Vosloo, Zane Meas, Denise Newman, Quanita Adams
Votes: 328
55. Material (2012)
Unrated | 94 min | Comedy, Drama
Cassim is a young Muslim man who works in his father's fabric shop in Johannesburg. However, Cassim wants to be a stand-up comedian, which his father disproves of. When he gets a gig at a local bar, he has to find a way of keeping it a secret.
Director: Craig Freimond | Stars: Riaad Moosa, Vincent Ebrahim, Joey Rasdien, Denise Newman
Votes: 1,164
56. Casting Me... (2012)
Not Rated | 97 min | Comedy
Paul is a frustrated but like able Casting Director who has dreams of finally making his own feature film. To get his life on track again and win back his girlfriend he decides to make a ... See full summary »
Director: Quinton Lavery | Stars: Paul Snodgrass, Roxanne Prentice, Jonathan Hearns, Raph Kossew
Votes: 44
57. How to Steal 2 Million (2011)
Not Rated | 82 min | Action, Drama
It's a jungle out there. That's how we meet our lead character Jack. It's been five years since he's seen his partner and best friend Twala. Jack did five years for a robbery gone bad. ... See full summary »
Director: Charlie Vundla | Stars: Menzi Ngubane, Terry Pheto, Rapulana Seiphemo, John Kani
Votes: 103
58. 24: Redemption (2008 TV Movie)
TV-14 | 84 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
Jack Bauer confronts African general/aspiring dictator Benjamin Juma, whose forces have been ordered to capture the children Bauer oversees for malicious military training.
Director: Jon Cassar | Stars: Kiefer Sutherland, Cherry Jones, Bob Gunton, Colm Feore
Votes: 29,013
59. Adrenaline (2003)
97 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
Jason joins a group of criminal thrill-seekers to find out what happened with his vanished girlfriend.
Director: Roel Reiné | Stars: Jason Fijal, Georgina Verbaan, Daniel Louis Rivas, Keren Tahor
Votes: 477
60. The Blind Photographer (2011)
6 min | Short, Drama
A look through a hipster photographers lens as he embarks on a project to capture the faces of desperate souls discovering planted treasures in the city's foraging hot spots. The ... See full summary »
Director: Carl Houston Mc Millan | Stars: Ino ., Thiru Naidoo
61. What Boys Like (2003)
R | 85 min | Comedy
Three groomsmen try to hook up with the wedding's bridesmaids.
Director: Lawrence Gay | Stars: Christopher Wiehl, Lisa Brenner, Alex Nesic, Duane Martin
Votes: 597
62. What Boys Like (2003)
R | 85 min | Comedy
Three groomsmen try to hook up with the wedding's bridesmaids.
Director: Lawrence Gay | Stars: Christopher Wiehl, Lisa Brenner, Alex Nesic, Duane Martin
Votes: 597
63. URBO: The Adventures of Pax Afrika (2006–2009)
TV-Y7 | 24 min | Animation
Stars: Nicholas Pauling, Anelisa Phewa, Nicola Jackman, Precious Kofi
Votes: 80
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