List of South African films

• Sarie Marais
  Sarie Marais
  Sarie Marais is a traditional Afrikaans folk song, created during either the First Anglo-Boer War or the Second Anglo-Boer War . The tune was taken from a song called Ellie Rhee dating from the American Civil War, and the words translated into Afrikaans...
  
  (1931)
• Die kaskenades van Dr. Kwak (1948)
• Kom saam, vanaand (1949)
• Daar doer in die bosveld (1951)
• Altyd in my drome (1952)
• Come Back, Africa
  Come Back, Africa
  Come Back, Africa is the second feature-length film written, produced, and directed by American independent filmmaker Lionel Rogosin. The film had a profound effect on African Cinema, and remains of great historical and cultural importance as a document preserving the unique heritage of the...
  
  (1959)
• Lord Oom Piet (1962)
• Dingaka
  Dingaka
  Dingaka is a 1965 film by South African director Jamie Uys with the soundtrack by Bertha Egnos, Eddie Domingo and Basil Gray.-Synopsis:Dingaka tells the story of a tribesman, Ntuku Makwena, who avenges the murder of his daughter according to custom tribal laws...
  
  (1965)
• Seven Against the Sun (1967)
• Oupa for sale (1968)
• Die Ruiter in die nag (1968)
• Doctor Kalie (1968)
• Die Geheim van Nantes (1969)
• Dirkie (1969)
• Katrina
  Katrina (film)
  Katrina is a 1969 South African drama film directed by Jans Rautenbach and starring Katinka Heyns, Jill Kirkland and Don Leonard. The screenplay was written by Emil Nofal...
  
  (1969)
• Vicki
  Vicki
  Vicki is a fictional character played by Maureen O'Brien in the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. An orphan from the 25th century, she was a companion of the First Doctor and a regular in the programme in Seasons 2 and 3 in 1965...
  
  (1970)
• Satan's Harvest
  Satan's Harvest
  Satan's Harvest is a 1970 South African film directed by George Montgomery.After inheriting a farm in South Africa, Cutter Murdock, an American private detective travels to South Africa to claim his inheritance and almost immediately finds himself in serious danger...
  
  (1970)
• Shangani Patrol
  Shangani Patrol (film)
  Shangani Patrol is a war film based upon the non-fiction book "A Time to Die" by Robert Cary , and the historical accounts of the Shangani Patrol, with Brian O'Shaughnessy as Major Allan Wilson and Will Hutchins as the lead Scout Frederick Russell Burnham...
  
  (1970)
• Kaptein Caprivi (1972)
• Mr Kingstreet's War (1973)
• Die Voortrekkers (1973)
• Maxhosa
• Snip en Rissiepit (1973)
• Animals Are Beautiful People
  Animals Are Beautiful People
  Animals Are Beautiful People is a 1974 nature documentary about the wildlife in Southern Africa. It was filmed in the Namib Desert, the Kalahari Desert and the Okavango River and Okavango Delta...
  
  (1974)
• Boesman and Lena
  Boesman and Lena
  Boesman and Lena is a play by South Africa's Athol Fugard.The play was inspired by an incident in 1965 when Fugard was driving down a rural road in South Africa. He noticed an old lady walking along the road in the boiling-hot sun, miles from anywhere, and offered her a lift. She was overcome and...
  
  (1974)
• Ongewenste Vreemdeling (1974)
• Dans van die Flamink (1974)
• Dooie Duikers deel nie (1974)
• Dingetjie is Dynamite (1975)
• Target of an Assassin
  Target of an Assassin
  Target of an Assassin is a 1976 film directed by Peter Collinson. It stars Anthony Quinn and John Phillip Law. Target of an Assassin was completed in South Africa in 1976 as Tigers Don't Cry, but was not put into general American release for nearly nine years...
  
  (1976)
• Tigers Don't Cry (1977)
• Funeral for an Assassin
  Funeral for an Assassin
  Funeral for an Assassin is a 1977 American / South Africa film directed by Ivan Hall.- Cast :*Vic Morrow as Michael Cardiff*Peter Van Dissel as Capt...
  
  (1977)
• The Gods Must Be Crazy
  The Gods Must Be Crazy
  The Gods Must Be Crazy is a 1980 film, written and directed by Jamie Uys. The film is the first in The Gods Must Be Crazy series of films. Set in Botswana and South Africa, it tells the story of Xi, a Sho of the Kalahari Desert whose band has no knowledge of the world beyond...
  
  (1980)
• Karate Olympia (1980)
• Marigolds in August
  Marigolds in August
  -Plot:The play portrays the tension between three people trying to eke out a living.The play takes place near Port Elizabeth. Daan is walking to work at an apartheid whites-only resort where he works as a gardener...
  
  (1980)
• Siener in die Suburbs (1983)
• Boetie gaan border toe (1984)
• Flashpoint Africa (1984)
• Vyfster: Die Slot (1985)
• You Must Be Joking! (1986)
• Saturday Night at the Palace
  Saturday Night at the Palace
  Saturday Night at the Palace is a play by South Africa's Paul Slabolepszy and Bill Flynn.-Plot:The play relates the story of two working class whites who arrive at an isolated roadhouse just as it is closing....
  
  (1987)
• Vengeance Cops (1987)
• Shaka Zulu (1987)
• Fiela se Kind (1988)
• The Gods Must Be Crazy II
  The Gods Must Be Crazy II
  The Gods Must Be Crazy II is a sequel to Jamie Uys' 1980 comedy film, The Gods Must Be Crazy, and it is the second film in The Gods Must Be Crazy film series. It was made by Weintraub Entertainment Group and released by Columbia Pictures in the U.S. and released in the rest of the world by 20th...
  
  (1988)
• Mapantsula
  Mapantsula
  Mapantsula is a 1988 South African crime film directed by Oliver Schmitz. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1988 Cannes Film Festival.-Cast:* Thomas Mogotlane - Panic* Marcel Van Heerden - Stander* Thembi Mtshali - Pat...
  
  (1988)
• A Dry White Season
  A Dry White Season
  A Dry White Season is a film released in 1989 by Davros Films and Sundance Productions and distributed by MGM. It was directed by Euzhan Palcy and produced by Paula Weinstein, Mary Selway and Tim Hampton. The screenplay was by Colin Welland and Euzhan Palcy, based upon André Brink's novel of the...
  
  (1989)
• Nag van die 19de (1990)
• Jock of the Bushveld
  Jock of the Bushveld
  Jock of the Bushveld is a true story by South African author Sir James Percy Fitzpatrick. The book tells of Fitzpatrick's travels with his dog, Jock, a Staffordshire Bull Terrier, during the 1880s, when he worked as a storeman, prospector's assistant, journalist and ox-wagon transport-rider in the...
  
  (1992)
• Sarafina
  Sarafina
  Sarafina! is a South African musical by Mbongeni Ngema depicting students involved in the Soweto Riots, in opposition to apartheid. It was also adapted into a 1992 film starring Whoopi Goldberg and Leleti Khumalo....
  
  (1992)
• The Road to Mecca
  The Road to Mecca
  The Road to Mecca is a play by South Africa's Athol Fugard.It was inspired by the story of Helen Martins who lived in Nieu-Bethesda, Eastern Cape, South Africa and created The Owl House, now a national monument....
  
  (1992)
• Master Harold and the Boys (1993)
• Cry, the Beloved Country
  Cry, the Beloved Country (1995 film)
  Cry, the Beloved Country is a 1995 film directed by Darrell Roodt. Based on the novel Cry, The Beloved Country by Alan Paton it stars James Earl Jones and Richard Harris. It features the song Exile by Enya. The score was composed by John Barry....
  
  (1995)
• Jump the Gun (1997)
• Paljas
  Paljas
  Paljas is a South African film, in the language of Afrikaans released in 1998. Paljas was written by Chris Barnard and directed by Katinka Heyns.-Awards:...
  
  (1998)
• Have you seen Drum recently?
  Have you seen Drum recently?
  Have you seen Drum recently? is a 1998 film which uses photographs from the Drum archives to tell the story of the magazine and documents its contribution to the cultural and political life of South Africa....
  
  (1998)
• The Sexy Girls (1998)
• A Reasonable Man
  A Reasonable Man
  A Reasonable Man is a 1999 French-South African drama film directed by Gavin Hood....
  
  (1999)
• Inside Out (2000)
• Long Night's Journey into Day: South Africa's Search for Truth & Reconciliation(2000)
• Mr Bones
  Mr Bones
  Mr. Bones is a 2001 slapstick comedy film made and set in South Africa. Leon Schuster, well-known figure in the South African film industry, starred in the title role. He also created the story and co-wrote the screenplay...
  
  (2001)
• Promised Land
  Promised Land (2002 movie)
  Promised Land is a 2002 film based on the 1978 English translation of the award-winning Afrikaans novel, Na die Geliefde Land by the South African author, Karel Schoeman....
  
  (2002)
• Amandla!: A Revolution in Four-Part Harmony
  Amandla!: A Revolution in Four-Part Harmony
  Amandla!: A Revolution in Four-Part Harmony is a 2002 documentary film depicting the struggles of black South Africans against the injustices of Apartheid through the use of music. The film takes its name from the Nguni word amandla, which means power.The film was Produced by Sherry Simpson Dean...
  
  (2003)
• Stander
  Stander (film)
  Stander is a 2003 biographical film about Captain André Stander, a South African police officer who turned into a bank robber, starring Thomas Jane.-Reception:...
  
  (2003)
• State of Denial (film) (2003)
• Wooden Camera (2003)
• Drum
  Drum (2004 film)
  Drum is a 2004 film based on the life of South African investigative journalist Henry Nxumalo, who worked for the popular Drum magazine, called "the first black lifestyle magazine in Africa." It was director Zola Maseko's first film and deals with the issues of apartheid and the forced removal of...
  
  (2004)
• Forgiveness (2004)
• The Story of an African Farm
  The Story of an African Farm
  For the 2004 film of The Story of an African Farm see The Story of an African Farm The Story of an African Farm was South African author Olive Schreiner's first published novel...
  
  (2004)
• Yesterday (2004)
• Cape of Good Hope
  Cape of Good Hope (film)
  The Cape of Good Hope is a 2004 South African comedy drama film written and produced by Suzanne Kay Bamford and her husband Mark Bamford under the direction of Mark Bamford...
  
  (2004)
• Vadertjie Langbeen (2004)
• Gums and Noses (2004)
• In My Country
  In My Country
  In My Country is a 2004 English-language film directed by John Boorman, starring Samuel L. Jackson and Juliette Binoche. The screenplay, written by Ann Peacock, was based on Antjie Krog's memoir Country of My Skull....
  
  (2005)
• U-Carmen e-Khayelitsha (2005)
• Red Dust (2005)
• The Flyer (2005)
• Tsotsi
  Tsotsi
  Tsotsi is a 2005 film written and directed by Gavin Hood. The film is an adaptation of the novel Tsotsi, by Athol Fugard. The soundtrack features Kwaito music performed by popular South African artist Zola as well as a score by Mark Kilian and Paul Hepker featuring the voice of South African...
  
  (2005)
• Bunny Chow
  Bunny Chow (film)
  Bunny Chow is a South African comedy film by John Barker, partnered by MTV. It premiered on 7 September 2006 at the Toronto International Film Festival....
  
  (2006)
• Number Ten (2006)
• Faith Like Potatoes (2006)
• Straight Outta Benoni (2006)
• Son of Man (film)
  Son of Man (film)
  Son of Man is a 2005 movie directed by South African director Mark Dornford-May. It was the first South African movie to make its debut at Sundance Film Festival.-Plot:...
  
  (2006)
• "Don't Touch(film)" (2006)
• Big Fellas
  Big Fellas
  Big Fellas is a South African comedy film produced by Rogue Star Films. It was released on November 23, 2007 at all NuMetro Cinemas.Big Fellas was written by Ross Garland, directed by Philip Roberts and stars a South African cast. The film was shot on various locations that range from Cape Town to...
  
  (2007)
• Ouma se slim kind (2007)
• Footskating 101
  Footskating 101
  - Plot :In order to save his grandmother, his town, and his own skin, Vince, a poor miner's son, takes part in a skateboarding competition without a skateboard. He invents the extreme sport of footskating.- Trivia :...
  
  (2007)
• Poena is koning (2007)
• Bakgat! (2008)
• Jerusalema
  Jerusalema
  Gangster's Paradise: Jerusalema, originally titled Jerusalema, is a 2008 South African crime film written and directed by Ralph Ziman. The film was submitted to the Academy Awards to qualify as a nominee for Best Foreign Language Film, but it was not selected.-Production:Gangster's Paradise:...
  
  (2008)
• Hansie
  Hansie
  Hansie is a feature film, produced in South Africa by Global Creative Studios and directed by Regardt van den Bergh. It is based on the true story of cricketer Hansie Cronje...
  
  (2008)
• Mr Bones 2 (2008)
• Skin
  Skin (2009 film)
  Skin is a British-South African 2008 biographical film directed by Anthony Fabian, about Sandra Laing, a South African woman born to white parents who was classified as "coloured" during the apartheid era. Skin premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival on 7 September 2008. The film was...
  
  (2008)
• The World Unseen
  The World Unseen
  The World Unseen is a 2008 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...
  
  (2008)
• District 9
  District 9
  District 9 is a 2009 South African science fiction thriller film directed by Neill Blomkamp. It was written by Blomkamp and Terri Tatchell, and produced by Peter Jackson and Carolynne Cunningham. The film stars Sharlto Copley, Jason Cope, and David James...
  
  (2009)
• Jozi (2009)
• The Chameleon (2009)
• Invictus
  Invictus (film)
  Invictus is a 2009 biographical sports drama film directed by Clint Eastwood starring Morgan Freeman and Matt Damon.The story is based on the John Carlin book Playing the Enemy: Nelson Mandela and the Game That Changed a Nation about the events in South Africa before and during the 1995 Rugby World...
  
  (2009)
• White Wedding
  White Wedding (film)
  White Wedding is a South African romantic comedy. It tells the story of a road trip adventure embarked by a groom and his best friend as they race across South Africa to attend a wedding....
  
  (2009)
• Liefling (2010)
• Spud
  Spud (film)
  Spud is a South African film 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. It was released in South Africa on 3 December 2010.-Plot:...
  
  (2010)
• Eternity (2010)
• Bakgat! 2 (2010)
• paradise Stop (2010)
• Life, Above All
  Life, Above All
  Life, Above All is a 2010 South African drama film directed by Oliver Schmitz. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section of the 2010 Cannes Film Festival. The film was selected as the South African entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 83rd Academy Awards and made the final...
  
  (2010)
• Night Drive (2011)
• Getroud Met Rugby (2011)

The 4 major South African film distributors

• Nu Metro: Paramount Pictures
  Paramount Pictures
  Paramount Pictures Corporation is an American film production and distribution company, located at 5555 Melrose Avenue in Hollywood. Founded in 1912 and currently owned by media conglomerate Viacom, it is America's oldest existing film studio; it is also the last major film studio still...
  
  , Warner Bros.
  Warner Bros.
  Warner Bros. Entertainment, Inc., also known as Warner Bros. Pictures or simply Warner Bros. , is an American producer of film and television entertainment.One of the major film studios, it is a subsidiary of Time Warner, with its headquarters in Burbank,...
  
  , New Line Cinema
  New Line Cinema
  New Line Cinema, often simply referred to as New Line, is an American film studio. It was founded in 1967 by Robert Shaye and Michael Lynne as a film distributor, later becoming an independent film studio. It became a subsidiary of Time Warner in 1996 and was merged with larger sister studio Warner...
  
  , Bollywood Films
  Bollywood
  Bollywood is the informal term popularly used for the Hindi-language film industry based in Mumbai , Maharashtra, India. The term is often incorrectly used to refer to the whole of Indian cinema; it is only a part of the total Indian film industry, which includes other production centers producing...
  
  , Miramax Films
  Miramax Films
  Miramax Films is an American entertainment company known for distributing independent and foreign films. For its first 14 years the company was privately owned by its founders, Bob and Harvey Weinstein...
  
  , Universal Pictures
  Universal Pictures
  -1920:* White Youth* The Flaming Disc* Am I Dreaming?* The Dragon's Net* The Adorable Savage* Putting It Over* The Line Runners-1921:* The Fire Eater* A Battle of Wits* Dream Girl* The Millionaire...
  
   (video), DreamWorks SKG, DreamWorks Animation SKG.
• Ster-Kinekor
  Ster-Kinekor
  Ster Kinekor is a South Africa-based cinema company. Its head office is in the Ster-Kinekor Office Park in Sandton, City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality.-History:...
  
  : PolyGram Filmed Entertainment
  PolyGram Filmed Entertainment
  PolyGram Filmed Entertainment was a film studio, founded in 1979 as a European competitor to Hollywood, but eventually sold and merged with Universal Pictures in 1999....
  
  , Focus Features
  Focus Features
  Focus Features is the art house films division of NBC Universal's Universal Pictures, and acts as both a producer and distributor for its own films and a distributor for foreign films....
  
  , Walt Disney Pictures
  Walt Disney Pictures
  Walt Disney Pictures is an American film studio owned by The Walt Disney Company. Walt Disney Pictures and Television, a subsidiary of the Walt Disney Studios and the main production company for live-action feature films within the Walt Disney Motion Pictures Group, based at the Walt Disney...
  
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• United International Pictures
  United International Pictures
  United International Pictures is a joint venture of Paramount Pictures and Universal Studios , to distribute some of the two studios' films theatrically outside the United States , Canada, and the Anglophone...
  
  : Universal Pictures
  Universal Pictures
  -1920:* White Youth* The Flaming Disc* Am I Dreaming?* The Dragon's Net* The Adorable Savage* Putting It Over* The Line Runners-1921:* The Fire Eater* A Battle of Wits* Dream Girl* The Millionaire...
  
   (theatrical)
• Next Entertainment: 20th Century Fox
  20th Century Fox
  Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation — also known as 20th Century Fox, or simply 20th or Fox — is one of the six major American film studios...
  
  
• [Indigenous Films]

External links

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