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1. 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: 234,369 | Gross: $108.39M
2. Zulu (1964)
Not Rated | 138 min | Drama, History, War
Outnumbered British soldiers do battle with Zulu warriors at Rorke's Drift.
Director: Cy Endfield | Stars: Stanley Baker, Jack Hawkins, Ulla Jacobsson, James Booth
Votes: 42,891
3. Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes (1984)
PG | 143 min | Adventure, Drama
A missing heir of respected Scottish family, raised in African jungles by animals, finally returns to his estate only to realize that difference between the two worlds is really significant.
Director: Hugh Hudson | Stars: Christopher Lambert, Andie MacDowell, Ralph Richardson, Ian Holm
Votes: 21,322 | Gross: $45.90M
4. Tarzan the Ape Man (1932)
Passed | 100 min | Action, Adventure, Romance
A trader and his daughter set off in search of the fabled graveyard of the elephants in deepest Africa, only to encounter a wild man raised by apes.
Director: W.S. Van Dyke | Stars: Johnny Weissmuller, Neil Hamilton, C. Aubrey Smith, Maureen O'Sullivan
Votes: 8,244
5. King Solomon's Mines (1950)
Passed | 103 min | Action, Adventure, Romance
Adventurer Allan Quartermain leads an expedition into uncharted African territory in an attempt to locate an explorer who went missing during his search for the fabled diamond mines of King Solomon.
Directors: Compton Bennett, Andrew Marton | Stars: Deborah Kerr, Stewart Granger, Richard Carlson, Hugo Haas
Votes: 7,049
6. I Dreamed of Africa (2000)
PG-13 | 114 min | Adventure, Biography, Drama
A bored Italian socialite (Kim Basinger) abandons her jet-set lifestyle for the rigors and rewards of rural Kenya in this true story, based on the best-selling memoir by Kuki Gallmann. Directed by Hugh Hudson (Chariots of Fire).
Director: Hugh Hudson | Stars: Kim Basinger, Vincent Perez, Liam Aiken, Garrett Strommen
Votes: 4,903 | Gross: $6.54M
7. Tarzan Escapes (1936)
Passed | 89 min | Action, Adventure, Family
An expedition seeking to bring Jane back to civilization, and Tarzan into captivity, gets more than it's bargained for.
Directors: Richard Thorpe, John Farrow, James C. McKay, George B. Seitz, William A. Wellman | Stars: Johnny Weissmuller, Maureen O'Sullivan, John Buckler, Benita Hume
Votes: 3,611
8. Emmanuelle's Magic (1993 TV Movie)
90 min | Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Young Emmanuelle and her friend Coco visit a friend whose sculptor husband is infatuated with one of his plaster creations. Emmanuelle uses her magic to get him interested again, jump ... See full summary »
Director: Francis Leroi | Stars: Marcela Walerstein, George Lazenby, Sylvia Kristel, Joel Bui
Votes: 271
9. The Seven Red Berets (1969)
90 min | Action, Drama
Seven mercenaries on a mission into Simba controlled Congo territory requisite with typical sterotypes.
Director: Mario Siciliano | Stars: Ivan Rassimov, Sieghardt Rupp, Kirk Morris, Pamela Tudor
Votes: 101
10. Tarzan Finds a Son! (1939)
Passed | 82 min | Action, Adventure, Family
Tarzan finds a boy from a crashed plane and raises him with Jane in the jungle. A search party comes looking for the plane.
Director: Richard Thorpe | Stars: Johnny Weissmuller, Maureen O'Sullivan, Johnny Sheffield, Ian Hunter
Votes: 3,629 | Gross: $2.27M
11. King Solomon's Mines (1937)
Not Rated | 77 min | Action, Adventure, Family
White hunter Allan Quartermain and his enigmatic guide help a young Irish woman locate her missing father in unexplored Darkest Africa.
Directors: Robert Stevenson, Geoffrey Barkas | Stars: Paul Robeson, Cedric Hardwicke, Roland Young, John Loder
Votes: 1,454
12. The Sins of Rachel Cade (1961)
Approved | 124 min | Drama, Romance
While the Nazi regime subjugates European nations during World War II, in the Belgian Congo nurse Rachel Cade tries to cure the local people. Colonel Derode falls in love with her, but an injured young American pilot upsets his plans.
Director: Gordon Douglas | Stars: Angie Dickinson, Peter Finch, Roger Moore, Errol John
Votes: 607
13. 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
14. Kirikou (2001 Video Game)
Animation, Action, Adventure
3D platformer based on the animated film Kirikou and the Sorceress (1998) about a young West African child hero Kirikou who must reach, outsmart and defeat the evil witch Karaba, who brought drought and famine to the land.
Director: Jean-Marie Nazaret
15. The Royal African Rifles (1953)
76 min | Adventure
A shipment of Vickers machine guns is stolen from a British warship in Bombasa Harbor, Africa, in 1914, and Denham is assigned to track them down. He poses as a hunter and follows a trail ... See full summary »
Director: Lesley Selander | Stars: Louis Hayward, Veronica Hurst, Michael Pate, Angela Greene
Votes: 92
16. Toshi wo totta wani (2005)
Not Rated | 12 min | Animation, Short, Adventure
A very old crocodile is shunned by his family after eating one of them.
Director: Kôji Yamamura | Star: Peter Barakan
Votes: 272
17. Yefon
Drama, History, Romance | Announced
An illiterate village girl defies the customs of her tribe, discriminatory to women, only to become the spark of a Literary Revolution.
Director: Kevin Natera | Stars: Adriana Barraza, Leleti Khumalo, Kalu Ikeagwu, Sahndra Fon Dufe
18. La grande case (1949)
22 min | Documentary, Short
Director: Jacques Dupont | Star: Louis Arbessier
19. Agossou le petit Africain (1962 TV Short)
6 min | Documentary, Short, Family
Director: Jean-Claude Bergeret | Star: Patrick Lemaître
21. Nous irons à Tombouctou (1934)
Short, Comedy
Directors: Max Eddy, René Petit | Stars: Habib Benglia, Camille François, Madame Girardin-Floquet, Jean Gold
22. Touaregs in Their Country (1908)
Documentary, Short
The barbaric negro inhabitants of an African village are shown in their various forms of activity, the first view being a photograph of a number of children of all sizes, shapes and degrees... See full summary »
23.
Jungle Jim (1955–1956)
Episode:
The Golden Parasol
(1955)
30 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
King Otumfo accuses Skipper's pet chimpanzee of stealing his golden parasol and orders him executed if Jungle Jim can't find the parasol by sundown. In order to save Tamba's life, Jim must locate the two escaped convicts who actually committed the crime.
Director: Don McDougall | Stars: Johnny Weissmuller, Martin Huston, Dean Fredericks, Paul Thompson
Votes: 24
24.
Jungle Jim (1955–1956)
Episode:
The Silver Locket
(1956)
30 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
Jungle Jim discovers a lion he has just captured is wearing the locket of a baby who was lost in the jungle years ago. He leads an expedition to find the missing girl.
Director: Don McDougall | Stars: Johnny Weissmuller, Martin Huston, Dean Fredericks, Ruth Clifford
Votes: 34
25.
Madventures (2002– )
Episode:
Afrikka 1
(2005)
40 min | Documentary
Director: Tuomas Milonoff | Stars: Tuomas Milonoff, Riku Rantala
Votes: 20
26.
Madventures (2002– )
Episode:
Afrikka 2
(2005)
40 min | Documentary
Director: Tuomas Milonoff | Stars: Tuomas Milonoff, Riku Rantala
Votes: 20
27.
Michael Palin's Hemingway Adventure (1999– )
Episode:
Episode #1.1
(1999)
45 min | Documentary, Adventure
Michael Palin travels to Pamplona Spain for the annual Running of the Bulls festival and to Kenya where he encounters very large animals in the wild and joins park rangers in the search for poachers.
Director: David F. Turnbull | Star: Michael Palin
Votes: 19
28.
Pole to Pole (1992– )
Episode:
Crossing the Line
(1992)
49 min | Adventure, Documentary
In the old Ethiopian capital of Gondar Palin visits the former home of Emperor Haile Selassie, as well as his pet lion. After a couple of hitchhiking rides he arrives at the Kenya border. ... See full summary »
Directors: Roger Mills, Clem Vallance | Stars: Michael Palin, Graham Hancock
Votes: 93
29.
Pole to Pole (1992– )
Episode:
Shifting Sands
(1992)
49 min | Adventure, Documentary
Arriving in Wadi Halfa, Sudan, Palin boards a train bound for Khartoum, the capital. There he receives some bad news: he will be unable to journey further south into Sudan due to the ... See full summary »
Director: Clem Vallance | Star: Michael Palin
Votes: 94
30.
Madventures (2002– )
Episode:
West Africa
(2009)
40 min | Documentary
Director: Tuomas Milonoff | Stars: Riku Rantala, Tuomas Milonoff
Votes: 23
31.
Sahara with Michael Palin (2002– )
Episode:
Destination Timbuktu
(2002)
60 min | Documentary
Michael Palin crosses the Sénégal River from Rosso, Mauritania to Saint-Louis "French port", Gorée Island "Slavery port", to Dakar "capital" in Senegal. He takes the Bamako Express train to... See full summary »
Director: John-Paul Davidson | Star: Michael Palin
Votes: 32
32.
Tommy & Oscar (1999–2002)
Episode:
Jurassic Mystery
Animation, Comedy, Family
When Professor Leonard receives an urgent request to come to the aid of an old friend working with Africa, he leaves a box that came with the message in Tommy's care. Shortly thereafter, ... See full summary »
Director: Iginio Straffi | Stars: Peter Cunnington, Justin Bradley, Jaclyn Linetsky, A.J. Henderson
33.
Joel & Nish vs the World (2017–2018)
Episode:
Kenya
(2017)
60 min | Documentary, Comedy
Director: Mus Mustafa | Stars: Joel Dommett, Nish Kumar
Votes: 7