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1. Blood Diamond (2006)
R | 143 min | Adventure, Drama, Thriller
A fisherman, a smuggler, and a syndicate of businessmen match wits over the possession of a priceless diamond.
Director: Edward Zwick | Stars: Leonardo DiCaprio, Djimon Hounsou, Jennifer Connelly, Kagiso Kuypers
Votes: 587,681 | Gross: $57.37M
2. Samsara (I) (2011)
PG-13 | 102 min | Documentary, Music
Filmed over nearly five years in twenty-five countries on five continents, and shot on seventy-millimetre film, Samsara transports us to the varied worlds of sacred grounds, disaster zones, industrial complexes, and natural wonders.
Director: Ron Fricke | Stars: Balinese Tari Legong Dancers, Ni Made Megahadi Pratiwi, Puti Sri Candra Dewi, Putu Dinda Pratika
Votes: 38,117 | Gross: $2.67M
3. Fair Game (I) (2010)
PG-13 | 108 min | Biography, Drama, Thriller
CIA operative Valerie Plame discovers her identity is allegedly leaked by the government as payback for an op-ed article her husband wrote criticizing the Bush administration.
Director: Doug Liman | Stars: Naomi Watts, Sean Penn, Sonya Davison, Vanessa Chong
Votes: 51,102 | Gross: $9.53M
4. Deutschland 86 (2018)
TV-MA | 472 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
Abandoned by Moscow and desperate for cash, the East German leadership pushes their secret operatives to experiment with global capitalism and save their sinking socialist ship. Long ... See full summary »
Stars: Jonas Nay, Maria Schrader, Florence Kasumba, Sylvester Groth
Votes: 5,311
5. Another Day of Life (2018)
85 min | Animation, Biography
A gripping story of a three-month-long journey that renowned Polish reporter Ryszard Kapuscinski took across Angola, ravaged by a war in which the front lines shifted like a kaleidoscope, from one day to the next.
Directors: Raúl de la Fuente, Damian Nenow | Stars: Artur Queiroz, Luis Alberto Ferreira, Carlota Machado, Joaquim António Lopes Farrusco
Votes: 2,766
6. A Única Mulher (2015–2017)
60 min | Drama
A story of the almost impossible love between Luís Miguel and Mara, set in Lisbon and Luanda. The relationship of Luís and Mara will be affected with the conspiracies and secrets of their ... See full summary »
Stars: Nawal Lamrini, Alexandra Lencastre, José Wallenstein, Lourenço Ortigão
Votes: 197
7. April Captains (2000)
123 min | Drama, History, War
Story of the 1974 coup that overthrew the right-wing Portuguese dictatorship--which continued the fascist policies of long-time dictator Antonio Salazar--and of two young army captains who were involved in it.
Director: Maria de Medeiros | Stars: Stefano Accorsi, Maria de Medeiros, Joaquim de Almeida, Frédéric Pierrot
Votes: 3,420
8. Tommy Guns (2022)
Unrated | 120 min | Adventure, Drama, War
In 1974, after years of liberation war, the Portuguese and their descendants fled the colony of Angola where pro-independence groups gradually claimed their territory back. A tribal girl ... See full summary »
Director: Carlos Conceição | Stars: João Arrais, Anabela Moreira, Gustavo Sumpta, Leonor Silveira
Votes: 263
9. Catch a Fire (2006)
PG-13 | 101 min | Biography, Drama, History
A drama about terrorism in Apartheid-era South Africa, revolving around a policeman and a young man who carries out solo attacks against the regime.
Director: Phillip Noyce | Stars: Derek Luke, Tim Robbins, Bonnie Mbuli, Mncedisi Shabangu
Votes: 11,057 | Gross: $4.29M
10. Farewell Amor (2020)
Unrated | 95 min | Drama, Music, Romance
Reunited after 17 years, an Angolan immigrant is joined in the U.S. by his wife and daughter. Now strangers sharing a one-bedroom apartment, they discover a shared love of dance that may help them overcome the distance between them.
Director: Ekwa Msangi | Stars: Ntare Guma Mbaho Mwine, Zainab Jah, Jayme Lawson, Joie Lee
Votes: 1,561
11. Fatal Contact: Bird Flu in America (2006 TV Movie)
TV-14 | 83 min | Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi
An outbreak of avian flu mutates into a virus that becomes transmittable from human to human.
Director: Richard Pearce | Stars: Joely Richardson, Scott Cohen, Justina Machado, Ann Cusack
Votes: 963
12. Sweepers (1998)
R | 96 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
A humanitarian minesweeping operation in Angola uncovers a covert operation that is planting new and deadly mines.
Director: Keoni Waxman | Stars: Dolph Lundgren, Bruce Payne, Claire Stansfield, Ian Roberts
Votes: 1,948
13. Nayola (2022)
83 min | Animation, Drama, Fantasy
Angola. Three generations of women in a 25-year-long civil war: Lelena (the grandmother), Nayola (the daughter) and Yara (the granddaughter). Past and present interlace. Nayola goes in ... See full summary »
Director: José Miguel Ribeiro | Stars: Feliciana Délcia Guia, Vitória Adelino Dias Soares, Elisângela Rita, Marinela Furtado Veloso
Votes: 258
14. Adventures on the Red Plane (2014)
Not Rated | 70 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
A film about imagination, in which the protagonist goes on internal journeys around the world, overcoming fears and making new discoveries.
Directors: José Maia, Frederico Pinto | Stars: Pedro Yan, Milton Gonçalves, Lázaro Ramos, Fernando Alves Pinto
Votes: 157
15. Skeleton Coast (1988)
R | 98 min | Action, History, War
During the Angola Civil War, CIA agent Michael Smith is captured by the Communists, prompting a rescue mission organized by his father aided by hired mercenaries.
Director: John 'Bud' Cardos | Stars: Ernest Borgnine, Robert Vaughn, Oliver Reed, Herbert Lom
Votes: 530
16. 'Non', ou A Vã Glória de Mandar (1990)
110 min | Drama, History, War
Episodes from entire military history of Portugal are told through flashbacks as a professorish soldier recounts them while marching through a Portuguese African colony in 1973. He easily ... See full summary »
Director: Manoel de Oliveira | Stars: Luís Miguel Cintra, Diogo Dória, Miguel Guilherme, Luís Lucas
Votes: 984
17. The Legend of Rita (2000)
103 min | Drama, History, Romance
The riveting true story of Rita Vogt, a 1970s West German terrorist who escapes to the East with the help of the Stasi. She lives in constant fear of having her cover blown, until it unavoidably happens after the German re-unification.
Director: Volker Schlöndorff | Stars: Bibiana Beglau, Richard Kropf, Martin Wuttke, Nadja Uhl
Votes: 2,473 | Gross: $0.67M
18. The Big House (1998– )
Documentary
History channel goes inside some of the toughest prisons in America
Stars: Paul Sorvino, Jim Perry, George Kelly, Robert Stroud
Votes: 47
19. Unlawful Killing (2011)
78 min | Documentary
A documentary about the allegedly conspiratorial killing of Diana, Princess of Wales and Dodi Fayed
Director: Keith Allen | Stars: Keith Allen, Piers Morgan, Mohamed Al-Fayed, Howard Stern
Votes: 393
20. A Reasonable Man (1999)
103 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
With issues of his own, an ex-army officer-turned-lawyer defends an impoverished young cowherd of killing a baby.
Director: Gavin Hood | Stars: Gavin Hood, Nigel Hawthorne, Janine Eser, Vusi Kunene
Votes: 428
21. Will Our Heroes Be Able to Find Their Friend Who Has Mysteriously Disappeared in Africa? (1968)
130 min | Adventure, Comedy
A pompous, adventure-seeking businessman journeys through Africa with a clumsy employee to find his own disappeared brother-in-law.
Director: Ettore Scola | Stars: Alberto Sordi, Bernard Blier, Alfredo Marchetti, Franca Bettoia
Votes: 1,055
22. The Farm: Angola, USA (1998)
88 min | Documentary
Documentary depicting day to day life in Angola Prison mostly from an inmate's perspective. Interviews are with several inmates including one with a life sentence who is about to die.
Directors: Liz Garbus, Wilbert Rideau, Jonathan Stack | Stars: Bernard Addison, Burl Cain, George Crawford, Wilbert Rideau
Votes: 819
23. American Eagle (1989)
R | 92 min | Action
Twenty years ago, Vietnam turned three American boys into men, but amidst the horror, Johnny Burke cracked. When his friends, Max and Rudy, stop him from torturing an innocent Cambodian ... See full summary »
Director: Robert J. Smawley | Stars: Asher Brauner, Robert F. Lyons, Vernon Wells, Kai Baker
Votes: 123
24. Merchants of War (1989)
R | 84 min | Action
The heroes are best friends and commandos sent on a covert mission by the CIA. The mission is a success, but the two incur the wrath of the world's most feared terrorist, a fanatical Islamic, when they set out to do one last mission.
Director: Peter Mackenzie | Stars: Asher Brauner, Jesse Vint, John Barrett, Robin Smith
Votes: 81
25. Air Conditioner (2020)
72 min | Drama
When the air-conditioners mysteriously start to fall in city of Luanda, Matacedo (security guard) and Zezinha (housemaid) have the mission of retrieving their boss's ac.
Director: Fradique | Stars: José Kiteculo, Filomena Manuel, David Caracol, Tito Spyck
Votes: 713
26. Lähiöbotox: African Metal Tour (2024)
30 min | Documentary
Stars: Seksikäs-Suklaa, Hanad Hassan, Harto Haukkaluoma, Juho Rantanen
Votes: 18
27. Escape from Angola (1976)
G | 95 min | Adventure
A farmer and his family must flee from Angolan rebels by escaping through hazardous unchartered territory. .
Director: Leslie H. Martinson | Stars: Stan Brock, Anne Collings, Steven Tors, Peter Tors
Votes: 83
28. High Explosive (2001)
Action
Medical and de-mining personnel for the United Nations must escape from war-torn Angola before revolutionaries kill them.
Director: Timothy Bond | Stars: Patrick Bergin, Désirée Nosbusch, Dan Petronijevic, Nina Muschallik
Votes: 177
29. On Company Business (1980)
Not Rated | 174 min | Documentary, History
A controversial three part critical documentary on the history of the CIA.
Director: Allan Francovich | Stars: William Colby, Philip Agee, Harry S. Truman, George C. Marshall
Votes: 58
30. Pavarotti & Friends 2002 for Angola (2002 TV Special)
Documentary, Music
Director: Stefano Vicario | Stars: Luciano Pavarotti, Andrea Bocelli, James Brown, Grace Jones
Votes: 22
31. Unknown Africa (2008– )
30 min | Documentary
This is the Africa you have never seen - not even in your wildest dreams. Saba Douglas-Hamilton travels way off the beaten path to three African countries which are not on the tourist map. ... See full summary »
Star: Saba Douglas-Hamilton
Votes: 9
32. Kaminey: Deleted Scenes (2009 Video)
22 min | Short, Action
Deleted scenes from the film Kaminey (2009).
Director: Vishal Bhardwaj | Stars: Shahid Kapoor, Priyanka Chopra Jonas, Amole Gupte, Hrishikesh Joshi
Votes: 36
33. My Heart of Darkness (2010)
93 min | Documentary
Four war-veterans, former enemies journey back to past battlefields deep within the African interior in search of reconciliation, forgiveness and ... atonement?
Directors: Staffan Julén, Marius van Niekerk | Stars: Samuel Machado Amaru, Patrick Johannes, Mario Mahonga, Marius van Niekerk
Votes: 51
34. Podia Acabar o Mundo (2008–2009)
Drama, Romance
A story of a couple, the woman can't stand the countryside and the man can't stand the city. One day their son gets really hurt and the break.
Stars: Diogo Morgado, Joana Seixas, Cláudia Vieira, João Reis
Votes: 44
35. Angola (1991)
55 min | Documentary
Documentary about life in Angola after independence from its colonial status, revealing how Angolan society is structured in the 1990s, and offering views of the country's music, economy and life on its many rural communities.
Director: Roberto Berliner
36. The Last Child: The Global Race to End Polio (2004 TV Movie)
G | 56 min | Documentary, History
From the frontlines in Nigeria, India, Haiti and elsewhere, "The Last Child" takes you behind the scenes where you'll witness the victories and challenges of trying to wipe out a disease for only the second time in history.
Director: Scott Thigpen
Votes: 9
37. Escape from Luanda (2007)
72 min | Documentary, Music, War
In Luanda, one of the world's poorest and most dangerous places, three students from Angola's only music school work towards their end-of-year concert. The Music School is Angola's first ... See full summary »
Directors: Phil Grabsky, David Notman-Watt | Stars: Joana Adão da Silva Miguel, Alfredo Pedro Luis, Domingas Africana Mendes
Votes: 21
38. Cuba y Angola: Respuesta a la escalada sudafricana (1988)
180 min | Documentary
Cuban military personnel tell the story of the intervention of Cuba's armed forces on behalf of Angola's revolutionary government in the 1980s to defend it from attack by the pro-apartheid forces of South Africa.
Director: Víctor Martín | Star: Oscar de los Reyes
39. Tshibinda
Documentary | Announced
The stolen masks of Angola are being rediscovered and recuperated from countries all over the world. This documentary is tracing the adventure of this quest.
40. Zambian Forge: Refugees of Meheba (2007)
84 min | Documentary
Director: David Mallin | Stars: Rachel Chipombe, Zezito Emmanuel Epandji, Eugenio Lopez Matos, Domingo Mate
41. Keep the Dance Alive (2007)
75 min | Documentary, Music
A film about the music dance and spirit possession practices of the Ojtiherero language-speaking groups of north-western Namibia and south-western Angola.
Director: Rina Sherman
42. Angola: voyna, kotoroy ne bylo (2015 TV Movie)
42 min | Documentary
Director: Natalya Panova | Star: Aleksey Pobortsev
43. O'Kung: Africa's Last Indigenous People (1961)
49 min | Documentary
Documentary chronicling the life of the Kung people living in the Kalahari Desert.
Director: Jens Bjerre
44. Africa Light: Gray Zone (2009)
13 min | Short, Adventure, Music
Africa is full of nature's colors. A colorful experience! The social, political and economical problems of the continent, however, are unsaturated. Neither black nor white, but endless gray... See full summary »
Director: Tino Schwanemann
45. Nascidos na luta, vivendo na vitória (1978 TV Special)
18 min | Documentary, Short, History
The film recounts the MPLA pioneers' participation in the 1st and 2nd wars of liberation of Angola from colonialism (1961-1975) and imperialism (1976 onward , via support to other parties).
Director: Asdrubal Rebelo
46. Namibia: Behind the Lines (1981 TV Movie)
30 min | Documentary
An exclusive, behind the scenes report filmed in Angola on Namibia's independence movement, SWAPO, fighting against South African rule of Namibia (aka South West Africa).
Stars: Libertina Amathila, Jane Bergerol, Moses Garoeb, Pendukine Kaulinge
47. Kayak the Kwanza (2016)
52 min | Documentary
In June 2016, our two man team completed the first ever source-to-mouth expedition along the Kwanza River in Angola. We used a 40 year-old foldable wooden kayak that we paddled and carried ... See full summary »
Director: Oscar Scafidi | Stars: Oscar Scafidi, Alfred Weston
Votes: 10
49. The Kitchen (2022)
27 min | Short, Drama
The Angolan Civil War still casts its shadow across the life of a young widow. The camera wanders through the rooms in her house, recording everyday objects and activities, while she ... See full summary »
Director: Ondjaki | Stars: Njaya Almeida, Matamba Joaquim, Kaila Nahary, Luana Nahary
50.
The Timcast Channel (2017– )
Episode:
Migrant Caravan from Africa Caught in Texas??!?
(2019)
News
Star: Tim Pool