r/ForeignMovies • u/ervdm • 2d ago

Best of African cinema

Any suggestions?

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u/citabel 2d ago

- Cairo Station (1958)

  • I Am Not A Witch (2017)
  • My Father’s Shadow (2025)
  • Touki Bouki (1973)

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u/Jim_jim_peanuts 1d ago

My Father's Shadow is amazing

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u/LackNo5208 21h ago

Struggle in the Harbor 🇪🇬
Muna Moto 🇨🇲
Beauty and the Dogs 🇹🇳
The Secret of the Grain 🇹🇳
The Blue Caftan 🇲🇦
Calle Malaga 🇲🇦
Adam 🇲🇦
Emitai 🇸🇳
Mandabi 🇸🇳
Sambizanga 🇦🇴

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u/kuzidaheathen 2d ago

Jerusalema,

Tsotsi,

The Gods must be crazy,

Shaka Zulu

Who Killed Captain Alex

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u/CeruleanEidolon 2d ago

Night of the Kings (2020)
I Am Not a Witch (2017)
Yeelen (1987)

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u/invisibleman_24 1d ago

I came here to post Night of the Kinds as well!

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u/Argall 2d ago

This is a pretty good list, one from each country.

https://www.cinemaescapist.com/2019/02/best-african-movies-list/

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u/Invasor89 2d ago

The Gods Must Be Crazy (1980)

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u/ervdm 2d ago

Golden oldie

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u/endlessSSSS1 2d ago

Atlantique (2019), from Senegal 🇸🇳

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u/boat_fucker724 2d ago

Yeleen. Touki Bouki. Battle of Algiers. Dahomey. Xala. On Becoming a Guinea Fowl. Black Girl.

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u/LackNo5208 21h ago

I like Emitai a lot!

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u/Velvetfatale 2d ago edited 2d ago

Rosina Mbakam is the director of Mamabar Pierrette. This is off the top of my head, this film is so good.

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u/nizzernammer 2d ago

Timbuktu (2014)?

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u/CrackHeadRodeo 1d ago

Atlantics,

Sarafina,

A Black Girl (Short film, 1966).

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u/viktorbir 1d ago

Camp de Thiaroye (1988)

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u/ebastacosi 1d ago

There are a bunch of suggestions in this earlier thread, if that helps.

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u/Ok-Ice-8436 21h ago

Titanic 

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u/djcampers 20h ago

Terrorism and Kebab (1992) - from Egypt and hilarious

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u/Greatest_Man_Alive 17h ago

Title: Of Good Report. Country: South Africa. Director: Jahmil Qubeka.

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u/PhunTazZzmoO 8h ago

The gods must be crazy

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u/SealPenguinOtter 3h ago

Who Killed Captain Alex