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- DirectorGavin HoodStarsPresley ChweneyagaeMothusi MaganoIsrael Matseke-ZuluSix days in the violent life of a young Johannesburg gang leader.Oscar winning glory for South African director Gavin Hood. A hard hitting look at life inside the "slums" of Johannesburg.
- 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.My friend Ronnie Apteker produced this gem. If you like movies about the underdog making it, you'll love this story also set in the modern day Johannesburg aka Egoli, the city of gold. Intense and gripping from the opening scene to the end.
- DirectorTeddy MatteraStarsMpho LovingaJerry MofokengPercy MatsemelaMax Bua leaves his country life behind in hopes of becoming a doctor in Johannesburg, though the big city has different plans for him.A young man from the rural areas moves to Johannesburg, the New York City of Africa, and encounters a series of adventures as a praise singer at funerals. I took my best friend from US to watch this and it was so much fun explaining the dialogue called tsotsi-taal (something like township language) to him.
- DirectorCy EndfieldStarsStanley BakerJack HawkinsUlla JacobssonOutnumbered British soldiers do battle with Zulu warriors at Rorke's Drift.A historic battle the Zulu nation and the British empire. Acting legends like Michael Caine were still newcomers at the time this was filmed but already showed great promise.
- DirectorEdward ZwickStarsLeonardo DiCaprioDjimon HounsouJennifer ConnellyA fisherman, a smuggler, and a syndicate of businessmen match wits over the possession of a priceless diamond.Leonard DiCaprio transforms himself into a South African soldier for hire doing dirty work for a corrupt general played by Arnold Vosloo (The Mummy, The Mummy Returns). A great adventure and buddy-film from start to finish.
- DirectorRichard AttenboroughStarsDenzel WashingtonKevin KlineJosette SimonSouth African journalist Donald Woods is forced to flee the country after attempting to investigate the death in custody of his friend, the Black anti-Apartheid activist Steve Biko.Denzel Washington at his best playing Steve Biko, the founder of the Black Consciousness movement in South Africa. Biko was murdered by the police working for Apartheid government at age 31.
- DirectorBronwen HughesStarsThomas JaneDavid O'HaraDexter FletcherThe life and career of Andre Stander, a South African police officer turned bank robber.The most notorious bank robber in South African history played by an American actor ;-)
- DirectorJustin ChadwickStarsIdris ElbaNaomie HarrisTerry PhetoA chronicle of Nelson Mandela's life journey from his childhood in a rural village through to his inauguration as the first democratically elected president of South Africa.A great adaptation of the memoirs of Nelson Mandela. Enough said!
- DirectorDarrell RoodtStarsRichard HarrisJames Earl JonesVusi KuneneA South African preacher goes to search for his wayward son, who has committed a crime in the big city.An incredibly deep story of a preacher and his son who committed a crime in the big city. Richard Harris and James Earl-Jones show case why they are acting legends.
- DirectorClint EastwoodStarsMorgan FreemanMatt DamonTony KgorogeNelson Mandela, in his first term as President of South Africa, initiates a unique venture to unite the Apartheid-torn land: enlist the national rugby team on a mission to win the 1995 Rugby World Cup.Thank you Clint Eastwood for making this film while Nelson Mandela was still alive. The incredible victory of South Africa during 1995 Rugby Worldcup is used by Mandela to unite a nation on the cusp of civil war.
- 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.One of the funniest movies I watched growing up. The story about a Bushman (Khoisan) man who encounters modern civilisation after a Coke bottle is dropped from a plane and hilarious consequences that follow.
- DirectorSteve JacobsStarsJohn MalkovichNatalie BeckerJessica HainesAfter having an affair with a student, a Cape Town professor moves to the Eastern Cape, where he gets caught up in a mess of post-apartheid politics.An intense drama involving a brutal rape of a white South African woman, and how her racist father's reconciles with reality of her choice to keep the baby of her rapist. Based on the Nobel Prize winner JM Coetzee's novel.
- DirectorAnthony FabianStarsSophie OkonedoSam NeillAlice KrigeBased on the true story of a black girl who was born to two white Afrikaner parents in South Africa during the apartheid era.A black girl born to white parents during Apartheid South Africa was a national sensation. The true consequences was not a blessing to her, and her children. Amazingly she's still alive and shown at the end of this beautiful and intense drama about racism.
- DirectorNeill BlomkampStarsSharlto CopleyDavid JamesJason CopeIn a future Earth in which aliens are isolated in a remote ghetto, a government agent finds himself banished there.Maybe the best South African movie ever made in my opinion. Certainly it stands out for it's depth of story telling, the character development and humour. Aliens "land" above Soweto, the largest black township west of Johannesburg and chaos ensues as the world tries to understand this phenomenon. A breakthrough for the lead actor and director who've both gone onto Hollywood in a big way. This was also the most expensive film made in my country at $30 million budget from Peter Jackon's production company.
- DirectorGray HofmeyrStarsLeon SchusterDavid RamseyFaizon LoveA 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 tournament.South Africa's greatest comedian at his very best. Leon Schuster has made people laugh for decades and this may be his peak. It's so hard to top the story and humour of this comedic adventure.
- 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.Another gem produced by my friend Ronnie Apteker. Riaad Moosa stars as a son of a Indian-muslim shopkeeper in Fordsburg, Johannesburg - a suburb known for it's muslim and Indian culture. A story about family, about father and son, about old and new South Africa, and finding your voice. Beautiful, funny, emotional, deep and surprising at moments.
- DirectorKatinka HeynsStarsShaleen Surtie-RichardsAndré RossouwLida BothaA coloured woman in South Africa finds a white baby on her doorstep and raises him as her own. Nine years later, he is discovered and taken away.A white boy is somehow raised by a Coloured (mixed race) woman in South Africa. I watched this when I was growing up and don't recall the details but it was controversial upon release and deserves to be watched again.
- DirectorGray HofmeyrStarsLeon SchusterJohn MatshikizaWilson DunsterChildhood friends Rhino and Zulu reunite as adults. Zulu, a wanted criminal after years in the US, drags Rhino into a wild chase with racist group T. U. R. D and lots of money.Maybe the movie that brought Leon Schuster, South Africa's most successful comedic actor to prominence. A true classic for slapstick and humour, and a must see.
- DirectorAshley LazarusStarsJosé FerrerKaren ValentineBess FinneyWhen the chips are down and everything seems lost, it's good to have a best friend.This film was released when I was born but I only watched in 2013. It will make you laugh, it will make you cry. A story based on childhood friendship between a young white and black South African boys. And what happens to them as they grow up.
- DirectorBruce BeresfordStarsEdward WoodwardJack ThompsonJohn WatersThree Australian lieutenants are court martialed for executing prisoners as a way of deflecting attention from war crimes committed by their superior officers.Australian soldiers working for the British Empire in South Africa during the Anglo-Boer war get the short-end of the stick when they try to stand up for truth and justice. This film clearly shows the British hypocrisy in Africa.
- DirectorJamie UysStarsN!xauLena FarugiaHans StrydomSix people meet in the Kalahari desert: a female NYC lawyer flying with a local zoologist/pilot in a mini-plane, a Cuban and an African soldier taking each other POW, a Boer elephant poacher, and a Bushman looking for his two children.
- DirectorJamie UysStarPaddy O'ByrneHilarious documentary on the wildlife of the Namib Desert.Must Watch!!
(Best Description about African Animals!) - DirectorDavid ListerStarsLeon SchusterBill FlynnCasper de VriesKwagga 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' (Lion Killer) from the country's natives. Kwagga is upset when the UN sends a platoon of incompetent soldiers with the United Nations Transition Assistance Group (U.N.T.A.G), to monitor the peace process, and ensure free and fair elections after the Nambabwean War for Independence. The U.N.T.A.G's American leader, Major Braddock D. Mackay and his second-in-command, Captain Zapman are offered a diamond worth a lot of money in the U.S., and they must pay 200,000 USD to Doon Robbertse, Kwagga's competitive brother trying to buy a farm left to them by their late father.Oh Shucks! Here Comes UNTAG
(The Official Name for this Film) - DirectorDarrell RoodtStarsSteve HofmeyrShaleen Surtie-RichardsJana KrugerTreurgrond shows how a farm attack on one family can affect an entire community.
- DirectorGray HofmeyrStarsLeon SchusterCasper de VriesJoanna WeinbergA disgraced sports presenter falls victim to an accidental head trauma and slips into a coma. He awakens months later to find that South Africa was not as he left it, he is now in the New South Africa, and his multimillion-Rand idea has been stolen from beneath him.
