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English-language South African films
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The list English-language South African films includes
Sarafina!, Safe House, Spud, The World Unseen and The Scorpion King: Rise of a Warrior.
The list consists of 239 members.
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Sarafina!
1992 American film
Overview: Sarafina! is a 1992 musical drama film based on Mbongeni Ngema's 1987 musical of the same name. The film was directed by Darrell Roodt and written by Ngema Mbongeni and William Nicholson, and stars Leleti ...
Release date: 11 September 1992Genre: Drama, MusicalDirector: Darrell RoodtProducer: Kirk D'Amico, Tania JenkinsWriter: Mbongeni Ngema, William NicholsonSouth African teenagers fight against apartheid in the Soweto Uprising.
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The Last House on the Left
2009 film
Overview: The Last House on the Left is a 2009 rape and revenge film directed by Dennis Iliadis and written by Adam Alleca and Carl Ellsworth. A remake of the 1972 film of the same name, it stars Tony Goldwyn, Monica ...
Release date: 13 March 2009Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror, ThrillerDirector: Dennis IliadisProducer: Greig Buckle, Jonathan CravenWriter: Adam Alleca, Carl EllsworthAfter 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: ... 0
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Cry Freedom
1987 British-South African drama film
Overview: Cry Freedom is a 1987 epic biographical drama film directed and produced by Richard Attenborough, set in late-1970s apartheid-era South Africa. The screenplay was written by John Briley based on a pair ...
Release date: 5 November 1987Genre: Biography, DramaDirector: Richard AttenboroughCast: Josette Simon, Wabei Siyolwe, John Matshikiza, Juanita Waterman, Evelyn Sithole, Xoliswa SitholeProducer: Richard Attenborough, John BrileyWriter: Donald Woods, John BrileySouth African journalist Donald Woods is forced to flee the country after attempting to investigate the death in custody of his friend, the Black anti ... 0
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Dredd
2012 film directed by Pete Travis
Overview: Dredd is a 2012 science fiction action film directed by Pete Travis and written and produced by Alex Garland. It is based on the 2000 AD comic strip Judge Dredd and its eponymous character created by John ...
Release date: 1 December 2011Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, CrimeDirector: Pete TravisProducer: Michael Elson, Stuart FordWriter: John Wagner, Carlos EzquerraIn a violent, futuristic city where the police have the authority to act as judge, jury and executioner, a cop teams with a trainee to take down a gang ... 0
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Safe House
2012 film by Daniel Espinosa
Overview: Safe House is a 2012 American action thriller film directed by Daniel Espinosa, written by David Guggenheim, and starring Denzel Washington and Ryan Reynolds. The film follows Matt Weston (Reynolds), a ...
Release date: 10 February 2012Genre: Action, Horror, Thriller, Crime, MysteryDirector: Daniel EspinosaProducer: Scott Aversano, John BernardWriter: David GuggenheimA young CIA agent is tasked with looking after a fugitive in a safe house. But when the safe house is attacked, he finds himself on the run with his charge ... 0
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Spud
2010 South African film
Overview: Spud is a 2010 South African comedy-drama film written and directed by Donovan Marsh, based on the novel of the same name by John van de Ruit. The film stars Troye Sivan as the title character, alongside ...
Release date: 3 December 2010Genre: ComedyDirector: Donovan MarshProducer: Nic Evans, Ross GarlandWriter: Donovan Marsh, John van de RuitIt's South Africa 1990. Two major events are about to happen: The release of Nelson Mandela and, more importantly, it's Spud Milton's first year at an ... 0
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Tsotsi
2005 film directed by Gavin Hood
Overview: Tsotsi is a 2005 crime drama film written and directed by Gavin Hood and produced by Peter Fudakowski. It is an adaptation of the novel Tsotsi by Athol Fugard, and is a South African/UK co-production ...
Release date: 18 August 2005Genre: Crime, DramaDirector: Gavin HoodProducer: Sam Bhembe, Joseph D'MoraisWriter: Gavin Hood, Athol FugardSix days in the violent life of a young Johannesburg gang leader. 0
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The World Unseen
2007 South African film
Overview: The World Unseen is a 2007 historical drama film, written and directed by Shamim Sarif, adapted from her own novel. The film is set in 1950s Cape Town, South Africa during the beginning of apartheid ...
Genre: DramaDirector: Shamim SarifProducer: Daisy Allsop, Aseem BajajWriter: Shamim SarifA drama centered on two women who engage in a dangerous relationship during South Africa's apartheid era. 0
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The Scorpion King 2: Rise of a Warrior
2008 film by Russell Mulcahy
Overview: The Scorpion King 2: Rise of a Warrior is a 2008 direct-to-DVD sword and sorcery action adventure film prequel to the 2002 film The Scorpion King, itself a prequel to the 1999 reimagining of The Mummy ...
Release date: 17 August 2008Director: Russell MulcahyProducer: Thomas Becker, Sean DanielWriter: Randall McCormick, Stephen SommersAfter witnessing his father's murder by the hand of the ruthless General Sargon, Mathayus travels to the Underworld to retrieve the enchanted Sword of ... 0
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Invictus
2009 biographical sports drama film
Overview: Invictus is a 2009 biographical sports film directed by Clint Eastwood and starring Morgan Freeman and Matt Damon, making it the third collaboration between Eastwood and Freeman after Unforgiven (1992) ...
Release date: 3 December 2009Genre: Biography, Drama, History, SportDirector: Clint EastwoodProducer: Gary Barber, Roger BirnbaumWriter: Anthony Peckham, John CarlinNelson Mandela, in his first term as President of South Africa, initiates a unique venture to unite the Apartheid-torn land: enlist the national rugby ... 0
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The Gods Must Be Crazy
1980 South African film by Jamie Uys
Overview: The Gods Must Be Crazy is a 1980 comedy film written, produced, edited and directed by Jamie Uys. An international co-production of South Africa and Botswana, it is the first film in The Gods Must Be Crazy ...
Release date: 21 August 1981Genre: Action, Comedy, AdventureDirector: Jamie UysProducer: Boet Troskie, Jamie UysWriter: Jamie UysA comic allegory about a traveling Bushman who encounters modern civilization and its stranger aspects, including a clumsy scientist and a band of revolutionaries ... 0
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Prey
2007 South African film
Overview: Prey is a 2007 South African adventure thriller horror film written by Jeff Wadlow, Beau Bauman, and Darrell Roodt. The film was directed by Roodt. At a South African game reserve, a woman and her two ...
Release date: 3 November 2006Genre: Thriller, Horror, Adventure, DramaDirector: Darrell RoodtProducer: Sudhir Pragjee, Peter SchlesselWriter: Darrell Roodt, Beau BaumanAn American family on holiday in Africa becomes lost in a game reserve and stalked by lions. 0
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Mr. Bones
2001 South African comedy film by Gray Hofmeyr
Overview: Mr. Bones is a 2001 South African comedy film directed by Gray Hofmeyr. Leon Schuster starred in the title role. He also created the story and co-wrote the screenplay. The film sets African "tradition" ...
Release date: 30 November 2001Genre: ComedyDirector: Gray HofmeyrProducer: Lesley Fox, Nicci PerrowWriter: Gray Hofmeyr, Greg LatterA medicine man is sent looking for the son of his tribal king, and brings back an American golfer and a host of goons intent on keeping him in the golf ... 0
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Mama Jack
Film
Overview: Mama Jack is a 2005 South African comedy film by Leon Schuster. It was directed by Gray Hofmeyr and distributed by Nu Metro. It is one of Leon Schuster's most successful films.Genre: ComedyDirector: Gray HofmeyrCast: Leon Schuster, Mary-Ann Barlow, Alfred Ntombela, Sean Cameron Michael, Sean Higgs, Jerry MofokengProducer: Anant Singh, Helena Spring 0
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Goodbye Bafana
2007 film by Bille August
Overview: Goodbye Bafana, or The Color of Freedom (US), is a 2007 drama film, directed by Bille August, about the relationship between Nelson Mandela (Dennis Haysbert) and James Gregory (Joseph Fiennes), his censor ...
Genre: Biography, Drama, HistoryDirector: Bille AugustProducer: Carola Ash, Frédéric BalWriter: Bille August, Bob GrahamGoodbye Bafana is the true story of a white South African racist whose life was profoundly altered by the black prisoner he guarded for twenty years. The ... 0
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Detour
2016 British thriller film
Overview: Detour is a 2016 British thriller film written and directed by Christopher Smith. The film stars Tye Sheridan, Stephen Moyer, Emory Cohen, Bel Powley, John Lynch, Gbenga Akinnagbe and Reine Swart. The ...
Release date: 20 January 2017Genre: ThrillerDirector: Christopher SmithProducer: Julie Baines, Laurie CookWriter: Christopher SmithA young law student blindly enters into a pact with a hoodlum who offers to kill his stepfather - a man he feels is responsible for the accident that sent ... 0
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Adventures in Zambezia
2012 South African 3D computer-animated comedy-drama adventure film
Overview: Adventures in Zambezia, or simply Zambezia, is a 2012 animated adventure comedy film directed by Wayne Thornley, written by Andrew Cook, Raffaella Delle Donne, and Anthony Silverston, and stars the voices ...
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, FamilyDirector: Wayne ThornleyCast: Leonard Nimoy, Jeremy Suarez, Abigail Breslin, Jeff Goldblum, Samuel L. Jackson, Jenifer LewisProducer: Kofi Amparbeng, Claire BeckerWriter: Raffaella Delle Donne, Anthony SilverstonA young high-spirited falcon journeys to the famed bird city of Zambezia. 0
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Mozambique
1965 film
Overview: Mozambique is a 1964 British drama film directed by Robert Lynn from a screenplay by Peter Yeldham, starring Steve Cochran in his final film role, Hildegard Knef, Paul Hubschmid and Vivi Bach.Release date: 26 March 1965Genre: Drama, Crime, ActionDirector: Robert LynnProducer: Harry Alan Towers, Peter Yeldham 0
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Mercenary for Justice
2006 American film
Overview: Mercenary for Justice is a 2006 action thriller film directed and shot by Don E. FauntLeRoy. It stars Steven Seagal, Luke Goss, Jacqueline Lord and Roger Guenveur Smith. The film was released direct-t ...Release date: 25 April 2006Director: Don E. FauntLeRoyCast: Steven Seagal, Jacqueline Lord, Roger Guenveur Smith, Luke Goss, Michael Kenneth Williams, Adrian GalleyProducer: Steve Collins, Joe HalpinA mercenary gets involved in a mission that threatens the lives of his kin. In order to succeed, he must break into one of the most wellguarded prisons ... 0
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Spring Break Shark Attack
2005 South African-American thriller film
Overview: Spring Break Shark Attack is a 2005 joint South African/American made-for-TV thriller film. It was the brainchild of executive producer J.J. Jamieson, who wrote the initial story and sold it to CBS. The ...Release date: 20 March 2005Genre: Drama, Thriller, Adventure, HorrorDirector: Paul ShapiroCast: Shannon Lucio, Riley Smith, Justin Baldoni, Bianca Lishansky, Genevieve Howard, Warren McAslanProducer: Ted Babcock, Leslie BelzbergWriter: James LaRosaKiller sharks invade the waters off the Florida coast as co-eds celebrate spring break. 0
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