South African Films Ranked
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- DirectorGavin HoodStarsPresley ChweneyagaeMothusi MaganoIsrael Matseke-ZuluSix days in the violent life of a young Johannesburg gang leader.
- DirectorChristiaan OlwagenStarsSchalk BezuidenhoutHannes OttoGermandt GeldenhuysDrafted into the South African army during apartheid, a young soldier joins the military's travelling choir, and romance on the battlefield causes him to deal with his long-repressed sexual identity.
- DirectorJamie UysStarsStanley BakerJuliet ProwseKen GampuA film about an African tribesman seeking revenge against the people who murdered his daughter. His crusade leads him to commit murder himself, and to trial before a court.
- DirectorMark Dornford-MayStarsPauline MalefaneAndile TshoniLungelwa BlouA version of Georges Bizet's Carmen, set in a modern-day South African township.
- DirectorJamie UysStarsPaddy O'ByrneHilarious documentary on the wildlife of the Namib Desert.
- DirectorJamie UysStarsWynand UysJamie UysLady Frolic of BelvedaleAfter a plane crash a young boy and his dog wander through the Kalahari desert.
- DirectorJamie UysStarsN!xauMarius WeyersSandra PrinslooA comic allegory about a traveling Bushman who encounters modern civilization and its stranger aspects, including a clumsy scientist and a band of revolutionaries.
- DirectorChristiaan OlwagenStarsClementine MosimaneAnna-Mart van der MerweNomsa NeneBased on Elsa Joubert's novel "The Long Journey of Poppie Nongena," regarded as one of the best African novels of the 20th century.
- DirectorJohn TrengoveStarsNakhaneBongile MantsaiNiza JayXolani, a lonely factory worker, travels to the rural mountains with the men of his community to initiate a group of teenage boys into manhood.
- DirectorChristiaan OlwagenStarsRolanda MaraisAlbert PretoriusIlana CilliersIn 2002, Johannes Kerkorrel, lead singer of the Gereformeerde Blues Band, has just committed suicide, and a group of friends gathers to celebrate his life and the end of an era. Flashbacks and voiceovers recreate the rise of the Voëlvry movement and the rebellion of young Afrikaans students in the buildup to the fall of the National Party and share the friends' confusion of being young and finding their places in the world.
- DirectorNeill BlomkampStarsSharlto CopleyDavid JamesJason CopeViolence ensues after an extraterrestrial race forced to live in slum-like conditions on Earth finds a kindred spirit in a government agent exposed to their biotechnology.
- DirectorEtienne FourieStarsLlandi BeeslaarJacques BessengerPaul du ToitAn actor secretly moonlighting at a failing drag club has to fight for his marriage after being caught red-handed by his wife, as well as deliver the performance of his life to avert suspicion regarding the mysterious death of a colleague.
- DirectorChristiaan OlwagenStarsSandra PrinslooMarius WeyersAlbert PretoriusA modern adaption of Anton Chekhov's THE SEAGULL: a famous actress pays summer visits to her brother and her son on their country estate, and one year she brings along her lover, a successful writer. This leads to familial conflict, heartbreak, and tragedy.
- DirectorAmy JephtaStarsVinette EbrahimJoey RasdienMortimer WilliamsAn aging matriarch aims to bring together her fractured, dysfunctional family over Eid-al-Fitr to break the news about her new romance.
- DirectorRalph ZimanStarsRapulana SeiphemoJeffrey SekeleRonnie NyakaleA young hoodlum's rise from a small-time criminal to a powerful crime entrepreneur during the turbulent years before and after the fall of apartheid.
- DirectorCraig FreimondStarsRiaad MoosaVincent EbrahimJoey RasdienCassim 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.
- DirectorAshley LazarusStarsJosé FerrerKaren ValentineBess FinneyWhen the chips are down and everything seems lost, it's good to have a best friend.
- DirectorDaryne JoshuaStarsDann Jaques MoutonGantane KuschChristian BennettA film based on the true life story of a young man who becomes a storyteller in jail.
- DirectorJamie UysStarsJamie UysBob CourtneyMadeleine UsherHaving inherited the title of Lord from one of his forefathers, Oom Piet is keen to give the title, as it will hamper his chances of winning an election. But only his opponent, Sir David, can remove the title.
- DirectorPierre de WetStarsPierre de WetGert van den BerghPaula StygerAfter a young doctor arrives in a small town, he learns that no-one living there ever gets sick. Soon after announcing free consultations, though, the whole town is sick in bed and the hotel is converted into a hospital.
- DirectorJans RautenbachStarsGert van den BerghMarié du ToitCobus RossouwA Committee struggles to reach consensus regarding their candidate as more personal details are revealed about him.
- DirectorOliver HermanusStarsKai Luke BrummerBarbara-Marié ImmelmanMichael KirchA young man in 1981 South Africa must complete his brutal and racist two years of compulsory military service while desperately maintaining the secrecy of his homosexuality.
- DirectorJamie UysStarsJamie UysHettie UysJurg du PreezThe film is a comedy about a shy farmer named Hans Botha who is asked to pick up a young school teacher named Martie du Toit. When Hans arrives at the bus stop to pick up Martie he is completely dumbstruck by her beauty and only able to say the phrases, "It looks like rain." and "It was an accident." The two experience many difficulties along the way, mostly due to Hans' ancient car.
- DirectorJahmil X.T. QubekaStarsEzra MabengezaPeter KurthKandyse McClureIn a racially-charged and violent 1950's rural South Africa, a liberal journalist recounts the epic chase, edge-of-your-seat capture and intriguing trial of a flamboyant, native "Robin Hood". His captivating re-imagining, paints a portrait of a divisive outlaw - hunted by the government, elusive even to his loved ones, all whilst remaining a champion of the disenchanted.
- DirectorTruida LouwStarsBabs LakerDawid van der WaltCor NortjéDr. Karel Beyers - whose marriage and practice are threatened by a subdued smearing campaign of gossip stories, phone calls and nameless letters - decide to take matters into his own hands.