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1. Coming 2 America (2021)

PG-13 | 110 min | Comedy, Music

The African monarch Akeem learns he has a long-lost son in the United States and must return to America to meet this unexpected heir and build a relationship with his son.

Director: Craig Brewer | Stars: Eddie Murphy, Arsenio Hall, Shari Headley, Jermaine Fowler

Votes: 75,753

2. Can't Buy Me Love (1987)

PG-13 | 94 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

An outcast secretly pays the most popular girl in school one thousand dollars to pretend to be his girlfriend for a month.

Director: Steve Rash | Stars: Patrick Dempsey, Amanda Peterson, Courtney Gains, Tina Caspary

Votes: 42,239 | Gross: $31.62M

3. Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls (1995)

PG-13 | 90 min | Adventure, Comedy, Crime

Ace Ventura, Pet Detective, returns from a spiritual quest to investigate the disappearance of a rare white bat, the sacred animal of a tribe in Africa.

Director: Steve Oedekerk | Stars: Jim Carrey, Ian McNeice, Simon Callow, Maynard Eziashi

Votes: 234,271 | Gross: $108.39M

4. La piovra (1984–2001)

TV-14 | 360 min | Action, Crime, Drama

An epic crime saga of power, money, violence and corruption. the mafia controls everything through local and international networks like an octopus, anyone who tries to bring them down pays the ultimate price.

Stars: Remo Girone, Patricia Millardet, Michele Placido, François Périer

Votes: 3,974

5. Voodoo Passion (1977)

Not Rated | 89 min | Adventure, Crime, Drama

Susan comes to Haiti to be with her husband. His naked sister asks her, if she's ever made love to a woman. Susan dreams vividly of nudity, Voodoo rituals and killing.

Director: Jesús Franco | Stars: Vicky Adams, Ada Tauler, Karine Gambier, Jack Taylor

Votes: 794

6. Kirikou and the Sorceress (1998)

TV-PG | 71 min | Animation, Adventure, Family

Kirikou, an unusual little boy, must search the wisdom of the forbidden mountain in order to save his village from a spell cast by the evil sorceress Karaba

Directors: Michel Ocelot, Raymond Burlet | Stars: Doudou Gueye Thiaw, Maimouna N'Diaye, Awa Sene Sarr, Robert Liensol

Votes: 10,842 | Gross: $0.06M

7. Call Me Bwana (1963)

Not Rated | 93 min | Comedy

A returning moon capsule with vital information goes off-course and lands in Africa, where the little-known Ekele tribesmen find it. Washington orders African expert, Matthew Merriwether - ... See full summary »

Director: Gordon Douglas | Stars: Bob Hope, Anita Ekberg, Edie Adams, Lionel Jeffries

Votes: 882

8. The Southern Star (1969)

M/PG | 104 min | Adventure, Comedy, Crime

In 1912 West Africa, diamond tycoon Kramer hires penniless American fortune hunter Dan Rockland, who's posing as a geologist, but when a huge diamond is found, everyone wants to steal it.

Directors: Sidney Hayers, Orson Welles | Stars: George Segal, Ursula Andress, Orson Welles, Ian Hendry

Votes: 612

9. Trader Horn (1931)

Passed | 122 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

Two white traders in the darkest Africa of the 1870s find a missionary's daughter, who was captured as a child by a savage tribe and now worshiped as a goddess.

Director: W.S. Van Dyke | Stars: Harry Carey, Edwina Booth, Duncan Renaldo, Mutia Omoolu

Votes: 1,129

10. Kwagga Strikes Back (1990)

92 min | Comedy

Kwagga Robbertse owns a farm shop in the fictional Southern African country of Nambabwe and usually cons foreign tourists by pretending to kill a lion, thus earning him the nickname 'Urumbo... See full summary »

Director: David Lister | Stars: Leon Schuster, Bill Flynn, Casper de Vries, Michelle Bestbier

Votes: 375

11. Flight of the Lost Balloon (1961)

91 min | Adventure

A professor is hired to navigate across Africa in a hot-air balloon to rescue a lost explorer, but a mysterious local villain named "Hindu" commandeers the balloon for his own nefarious purposes.

Director: Nathan Juran | Stars: Mala Powers, Marshall Thompson, James Lanphier, Douglas Kennedy

Votes: 178

12. The Black Decameron (1972)

98 min | Adventure, Comedy, Romance

The endless search for pleasure and love by African men and women.

Director: Piero Vivarelli | Stars: Beryl Cunningham, Serigne Ndiaye Gonzales, Jacqueline Scott, Fatou Djame

Votes: 70

13. Statues also Die (1953)

30 min | Documentary, Short

A documentary of black art.

Directors: Ghislain Cloquet, Chris Marker, Alain Resnais | Stars: Jean Négroni, François Mitterrand, Pope Pius XII, Sugar Ray Robinson

Votes: 1,379

14. Throw Down Your Heart (2008)

Not Rated | 97 min | Documentary, Family, Music

A film crew follows the well-known banjo player Bela Fleck on his travels to Africa, where he learns about the instrument's origins.

Director: Sascha Paladino | Stars: Bela Fleck, The Jatta Family, Bassékou Kouyaté, Anania Ngoliga

Votes: 209 | Gross: $0.09M

15. Nora (2008)

35 min | Short, Biography, Drama

"Nora" is based on true stories of the dancer Nora Chipaumire, who was born in Zimbabwe in 1965. In the film, Nora returns to the landscape of her childhood and takes a journey through some... See full summary »

Directors: David Hinton, Alla Kovgan | Stars: Nora Chipaumire, Souleymane Badolo

Votes: 31

16. Sound of Tears (2014)

15 min | Short, Action, Drama

Amina and her family have fled the city to escape her estranged lover Josh and the stamp of shame from their patriarchal community; but Josh tracks them down.

Director: Dorothy A. Atabong | Stars: Dorothy A. Atabong, Edsson Morales, Eugene Paul, Rhoma Spencer

Votes: 8

17. Hollow City (2004)

90 min | Drama

A group of children, fleeing the war, is taken to Luanda accompanied by a nun. When they reach the airplane, 11-year-old N'dala decides to leave the group and to explore the city. The nun ... See full summary »

Director: Maria João Ganga | Stars: João Roldan, Domingos Fernandes Fonseca, Júlia Botelho, Ana Bustorff

Votes: 286

18. Movement (R)evolution Africa (2007)

65 min | Documentary

In an astonishing exposition of choreographic fomentation, nine African choreographers tell stories of an emergent art form and their diverse and deeply contemporary expressions of self. ... See full summary »

Directors: Joan Frosch, Alla Kovgan | Stars: Beatrice Kombe, Nadia Beugre, Nora Chipaumire, Sello Pesa

19. I Is a Long Memoried Woman (1990)

50 min | Documentary, Adventure, Drama

This award winning documentary charts the journey of the African woman from slavery in the caribbean to slavery, through music dance and poetry.

Director: Frances-Anne Solomon | Stars: Adjoa Andoh, Leonie Forbes

Votes: 22

20. Nossos Irmãos, os Africanos (1963)

85 min | Documentary, Music

Unofficially sponsored by the Portuguese Government, this documentary is rich in African music and dances, but gives an extended overview of ratiallty integrated black-and-white communities... See full summary »

Director: Ed Keffel

21. World's Fair Spectacular (1965 TV Special)

60 min | Music

Gordon and Sheila MacRae host a tour of the 1965 World's Fair held in New York City. The hosts, along with Al Hirt and the New Christy Minstrels, provide the music while stunt drivers, ... See full summary »

Director: Gilbert Cates | Stars: Al Hirt, Marty Krofft, Sid Krofft, Gordon MacRae

22. Regresso à Terra do Sol (1967)

20 min | Documentary, Short

A realistic view of street scenes of Luanda, with no racial segregation, and just a hint of the colonial war by the presence of some soldiers in the esplanades. Some historic monuments, the... See full summary »

Director: José Fonseca e Costa | Star: Artur Costa de Macedo

23. Open Windows (1991)

28 min | Documentary, Short

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Director: Anne Lewis | Stars: Earl Gilmore, Francisco Gonzalez, Liz Lerman

24. The History and Usage of Kanga in East Africa (1991)

15 min | Documentary, Short

No East African woman can be without a pair. It's the colorful kanga cloths worn by East African women for many occasions. They wear them, for religious ceremonies, social occasions, ... See full summary »

Directors: Fatma Alloo, Leila Sheikh | Stars: Ummie Mahfouda Alley, Chemi Che-Mponda, Muhidin Issa Michuzi, Bibi Titi Mohamed

25. ABC Weekend Specials (1977–1995)
Episode: Jirimpimbira: An African Folk Tale (1995)

TV-Y | 30 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy

As Temba returns to his village bearing a bundle of wood for his mother, members of his village take a stick or two from the bundle for their own use as he passes. Each thanks him and ... See full synopsis »

Director: Ron Myrick | Stars: Diahann Carroll, Paul Winfield, James Avery, Meshach Taylor

Votes: 9

26. The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour (1969–1972)
Episode: Neil Diamond, Linda Ronstadt, Liberace, Larry Storch (1971)

Not Rated | 51 min | Comedy

Traditional variety show featuring musical performances and comedy sketches by the host and his guest stars. This episode features a pirate sketch starring Liberace and Larry Storch, and a ... See full summary »

Director: Jack Shea | Stars: Glen Campbell, Neil Diamond, Linda Ronstadt, Larry Storch

Votes: 7

27. I Love Lucy (1951–1957)
Episode: Cuban Pals (1952)

TV-Y | 30 min | Comedy

Lucy tries to emulate Ricky's former dance partner from Cuba.

Director: Marc Daniels | Stars: Lucille Ball, Desi Arnaz, Vivian Vance, William Frawley

Votes: 392

28. The Richard Pryor Show (1977)
Episode: Episode #1.2 (1977)

Comedy

Richard Pryor is a Black samurai, a Mississippi prosecutor, the owner of a pet head, an archeologist in Egypt, a come-from man, and a rock-star from Black Death.

Director: John Moffitt | Stars: Richard Pryor, Jeff Corey, Charles Fleischer, Roger Jacobs

Votes: 29

29. I, Claudius (1976)
Episode: A Touch of Murder (1976)

Not Rated | 98 min | Biography, Drama, History

In 54 AD, Emperor Claudius - elderly and lame from birth - is writing his biography and the history of his family. He recalls an encounter with the Sibyl, who recognizes him from his ... See full summary »

Director: Herbert Wise | Stars: Derek Jacobi, Siân Phillips, Brian Blessed, George Baker

Votes: 517

30. So You Think You Can Dance Canada (2008– )
Episode: Top 4 (2008)

120 min | Music, Reality-TV

Dan Karaty choreographs a hip-hop group performance for Allie, Nico, Natallie, and Miles. Each dancer performs with each other as partners. Top 4 also dance a solo performance.

Directors: Don Weiner, Mike Bickerton | Stars: Jean-Marc Généreux, Tre Armstrong, Blake McGrath, Luther Brown

31. Celebrity Five Go To... (2011– )
Episode: Episode #2.5 (2011)

Reality-TV

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Stars: Jane McDonald, Christopher Biggins, Sheila Ferguson, Ed Giddins

32. Roots (2016)
Episode: Part 1 (2016)

TV-14 | 99 min | Drama, War

In the river region of the Gambia in 1750, Omoro Kinte and his wife, Binta, have a son named Kunta. Kunta is kidnapped in 1767 and sold to British slave traders. After he arrives in ... See full summary »

Director: Phillip Noyce | Stars: Laurence Fishburne, Matthew Goode, Malachi Kirby, Derek Luke

Votes: 528

33. The Young Pope (2016)
Episode: Episode #1.8 (2016)

TV-MA | 61 min | Drama

The Pope deals with his grief after experiencing a personal loss, and he travels to Africa where his eyes are opened to wider suffering.

Director: Paolo Sorrentino | Stars: Jude Law, Diane Keaton, Silvio Orlando, Javier Cámara

Votes: 1,426

34. Roots (2016)
Episode: Part 3 (2016)

TV-14 | 104 min | Drama, War

George becomes an accomplished trainer of gamecocks and earns the nickname of Chicken George; George marries Matilda, a preacher's daughter, and fathers many children; Tom Lea loses a wager... See full summary »

Director: Thomas Carter | Stars: Chad L. Coleman, Shannon Lucio, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Regé-Jean Page

Votes: 388