South Africa has had some of the best movies to come from Africa and we are proud to say some of our movies have won Oscar awards and gotten numerous nominations! Below are the Top 10 South African Movies Of All Time which are definitely on every movie fanatics list.
Sarafina (Leleti Khumalo) is a young black South African struggling for freedom during the apartheid. While she has remained relatively silent in her opposition of the racist government in her country, the movement to make the language of Afrikaans the official language in her school leads her to protest in the streets with her fellow students. Her anti-government views become even more intense when her favourite teacher (Whoopi Goldberg) is arrested for protesting.
2. Tsotsi
Set in an Alexandra slum, in Johannesburg, South Africa, the film tells the story of Tsotsi, a young street thug who steals a car only to discover a baby in the back seat. The film won the 2006 Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film and was nominated for the Golden Globe for Best Foreign Language Film in 2006.
3. Invictus
Third, on our list of South African Movies is Invictus. Invictus is a 2009 biographical sports drama film directed by Clint Eastwood and starring Morgan Freeman and Matt Damon. The story is based on the 2008 John Carlin book Playing the Enemy: Nelson Mandela and the Game That Made a Nation about the events in South Africa before and during the 1995 Rugby World Cup.
4. Mandela Long Walk To Freedom
Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom is a 2013 British-South African biographical film directed by Justin Chadwick from a script written by William Nicholson and starring Idris Elba and Naomie Harris.
5. The Bang Bang Club
The Bang-Bang Club is a 2010 Canadian-South African biographical drama film written and directed by Steven Silver and stars Ryan Phillippe as Greg Marinovich, Malin Åkerman as Robin Comley, Taylor Kitsch as Kevin Carter, Frank Rautenbach as Ken Oosterbroek and Neels Van Jaarsveld as João Silva.
6. Cry Freedom
Cry Freedom. Cry Freedom is a 1987 epic drama film directed by Richard Attenborough, set in late-1970s apartheid-era, South Africa. The screenplay was written by John Briley based on a pair of books by journalist Donald Woods.
7. The Gods Must Be Crazy
The Gods Must Be Crazy is a 1980 South African comedy film written and directed by Jamie Uys. Financed only from local sources, it is the most commercially successful release in the history of South Africa’s film industry. Originally released in 1980, the film is the first in The Gods Must Be Crazy series. Most people enjoyed the movie and this makes it one of the Top 10 South African movies we mostly enjoyed.
8. There is a Zulu on my stoep
There’s a Zulu On My Stoep, known as Yankee Zulu outside South Africa, is a 1993 South African comedy film by the comedy filmmaker Gray Hofmeyr starring Leon Schuster and John Matshikiza. It has received considerable popularity and cult status in South Africa and Eastern Europe.
9. Mr Bones
Mr. Bones is a 2001 slapstick comedy film made and set in South Africa. Leon Schuster starred in the title role. He also created the story and co-wrote the screenplay.
10.District 9
District 9 is a 2009 science fiction action film directed by Neill Blomkamp, written by Blomkamp and Terri Tatchell, and produced by Peter Jackson and Carolynne Cunningham. It is a co-production of New Zealand, the United States and South Africa.
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