WEB RESOURCES: AFRICAN FILMOGRAPHY
This filmography lists (alphabetically by main title) commercial feature films produced for mass audience viewing via general theatrical release. (Some documentaries are also included.) However, a word of caution: the filmography does not include only films that we would recommend for your viewing pleasure, which, regrettably, are few and far between. Rather an effort has been made to include all films that have Africa at the center of their textual (surface) narrative, at the very least.
        Remember, the filmography is for the purposes of research, and from this perspective all films, good and bad, are of relevance.  Films occupy the center stage of popular culture, consequently, they remain among the most powerful medium of ideological socialization to date; yet as a research terrain it is woefully undeveloped. We hope that this filmography will be of some assistance to those who may want to do their part in correcting this situation. 

Where possible film titles are linked to, either, the massive film database on the internet called The Internet Movie Database (IMDB) , or the databases of Facets and Amazon.Com. Depending upon the film title and/or the database, you will have access to such information as plot summaries, film reviews, cast members, etc., etc.  (Some of the films listed in the filmography are available on video/ DVD for purchase from either Facets or Amazon.Com.) 

 


  1. 2nd Service Battalion, Canadian Infantry, Embarking for So. Africa (1899)
  2. 2nd Special Service Battalion, Canadian Infantry: Parade (1899)
  3. Abby (1974)

  4. ...aka Possess My Soul (1974)
  5. ABC Africa (2001)
  6. Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls (1995)

  7. ...aka Ace Ventura Goes to Africa (1995)
  8. Adanggaman (2000)
  9. Adventures of Captain Africa, Mighty Jungle Avenger! (1955)
  10. Adventures of Rex and Rinty, The (1935)
  11. Adventures of the Flying Cadets (1943)
  12. Africa Adventure (1954)
  13. Africa Express (1975)

  14. ...aka Africa Expreß - Ein Teufelskerl in Africa (1975) (West Germany)
    ...aka Tropical Express (1975)
  15. Africa Screams (1949)

  16. ...aka Abbott and Costello in Africa (1949)
  17. Africa: The Serengeti (1994)
  18. African Diary (1945)
  19. African Manhunt (1955)
  20. African Queen, The (1951)
  21. Air Up There, The (1994)
  22. Alarm (Gordon Highlanders), The (1897)
  23. Allan Quatermain and the Lost City of Gold (1987)
  24. Amuleto de Ogum, O (1974)

  25. ...aka Amulet of Ogum, The (1974)
  26. Andaaz (2003)
  27. Animal Crackers (1930)
  28. Another Planet (1999)
  29. Anthony Adverse (1936)
  30. Anthropos pou gyrise apo tin zesti, O (1972)
  31. Arrivano i dollari! (1957)
  32. Ashanti (1979)

  33. ...aka Ashanti, Land of No Mercy (1979)
  34. Aventure, c'est l'aventure, L' (1972)

  35. ...aka Avventura è l'avventura, L' (1972) (Italy)
    ...aka Money Money Money (1972)
  36. Baby Blood (1990)

  37. ...aka Evil Within, The (1990)
  38. Battleship Texas: The Lone Star Ship (2001)
  39. Beat the Devil (1953)

  40. ...aka Tesoro dell'Africa, Il (1953) (Italy)
  41. Beau Geste (1926)
  42. Beau Geste (1939)
  43. Beau Geste (1966)
  44. Believe It or Not #3 (1930)
  45. Believe It or Not (1930)
  46. Besieged (1998)

  47. ...aka Assedio, L' (1999) (Italy)
    ...aka Siege, The (1998/II) (Canada: English title)
  48. Beyond Borders (2003)
  49. Beyond Borders: Arab Feminists Talk About Their Lives... East and West (1999)
  50. Bintou in Paris (1995)
  51. Black King, The (1932)

  52. ...aka Harlem Hot Shot (1932)
  53. Bloodlines: Legacy of a Lord (1997)
  54. Blue Water, White Death (1971)
  55. Bobo, O (1987)

  56. ...aka Jester, The (1987)
  57. Boyhood Daze (1957)
  58. Bright Victory (1951)

  59. ...aka Lights Out (1951) (UK)
  60. Britannia (1993)
  61. Bwana Magoo (1959)
  62. Bwana Toshi no uta (1965)

  63. ...aka Bwana Toshi (1965)
    ...aka Song of Bwana Toshi, The (1965)
    ...aka Song of the Bwana Toshi, The (1965)
  64. Call Me Bwana (1963)
  65. Calle 54 (2000)

  66. ...aka Calle 54 (2000) (France)
  67. Campaña del Riff (1909)

  68. ...aka Guerra de Melilla (1909) (Spain)
  69. Carve Her Name with Pride (1958)
  70. Chocolat (1988)

  71. ...aka Chocolat - Verbotene Sehnsucht (1988) (West Germany)
  72. City Lovers (1982)
  73. City of Blood (1983)
  74. Closer Walk, A (2003)
  75. Comic Book Confidential (1988)
  76. Command & Conquer: Tiberian Sun (1999) (VG)

  77. ...aka Command & Conquer: Tiberian Sun Firestorm (1999) (VG) (USA)
  78. Comment j'ai tué mon père (2001)

  79. ...aka How I Killed My Father (2002) (USA)
  80. Compartiment tueurs (1965)

  81. ...aka Sleeping Car Murder, The (1965)
    ...aka Sleeping Car Murders, The (1965)
  82. Congo Crossing (1956)
  83. Costa d'África, O (1954)
  84. Cotton Comes to Harlem (1970)
  85. Country of My Skull (2003)
  86. Cry Freedom (1987)
  87. Crying Freeman 3: Hiyoku renri (1990) (V)
  88. Curse of Simba (1965)

  89. ...aka Curse of the Voodoo (1965) (USA)
    ...aka Lion Man (1965)
    ...aka Voodoo Blood Death (1965) (USA)
  90. Dame d'onze heure, La (1947)
  91. Dance Can Do All That (2002)
  92. Dancing at Lughnasa (1998)
  93. Deadly Heroes (1994)
  94. Diamond City (1949)
  95. Diosa virgen, La (1973)

  96. ...aka Virgin Goddess, The (1973) (South Africa: English title)
  97. Doc's Kingdom (1987)
  98. Dough for the Do-Do (1949)
  99. Dreaming of Joseph Lees (1999)
  100. Due bianchi nell'Africa nera (1970)
  101. Educated Chimpanzee, The (1901)
  102. Elephant Called Slowly, An (1969)
  103. Emanuelle nera (1975)

  104. ...aka Black Emanuelle (1975)
    ...aka Emanuelle negra (1978) (Spain)
    ...aka Emmanuelle in Africa (1975)
    ...aka Emmanuelle's Holiday (1975) (USA: cable TV title)
  105. Emmanuelle's Magic (1992)
  106. English Army in the Battlefield (1902)
  107. Ernest Film Festival, The (1986) (V)

  108. ...aka Ernest's Greatest Hits Volume 1 (1986) (V) (USA)
  109. Ernest Goes to Africa (1997)
  110. Evergreen (1934)
  111. Exorcist II: The Heretic (1977)
  112. Exorcist: The Beginning (2004)
  113. Fei zhou he shang (1991)

  114. ...aka Crazy Safari (1991)
    ...aka Gods Must Be Crazy III, The (1991)
    ...aka Vampires Must Be Crazy (1991)
  115. Feiying gaiwak (1990)

  116. ...aka Armour of God II (1990)
    ...aka Armour of God II: Operation Condor (1990)
    ...aka Lunghing fudal tsuksap (1990) (China: Mandarin title)
    ...aka Operation Condor (1997) (USA)
    ...aka Operation Eagle (1990)
    ...aka Project Eagle (1990)
    ...aka Superfly (1990) (Philippines: English title)
  117. Fiercest Heart, The (1961)
  118. Fightin Pals (1940)
  119. Final Solution (2001)
  120. Fiume del grande caimano, Il (1979)

  121. ...aka Alligators (1979)
    ...aka Big Alligator River (1979)
    ...aka Big Caimano River, The (1979)
    ...aka Great Alligator River (1979) (Australia: video title)
    ...aka Great Alligator, The (1979)
  122. Five Weeks in a Balloon (1962)
  123. Flame of Araby (1951)

  124. ...aka Flame of the Desert (1951) (USA)
  125. Flesh and the Devil (1926)
  126. For the Boys (1991)
  127. Forbidden Woman, The (1927)
  128. Fort Saganne (1984)
  129. Friends (1993)
  130. Gandhi (1982)

  131. ...aka Richard Attenborough's Film: Gandhi (1982) (USA: complete title)
  132. Garça e a Serpente, A (1952)
  133. George of the Jungle (1997)
  134. Ghost and the Darkness, The (1996)
  135. Grazie di tutto (1998)
  136. Great Impersonation, The (1942)
  137. Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes (1984)
  138. Headhunter (1990)
  139. Here Come the Littles (1985)
  140. Hideous Kinky (1998)

  141. ...aka Marrakech express (1998) (France)
  142. Hot Rock, The (1972)

  143. ...aka How to Steal a Diamond in Four Uneasy Lessons (1972) (UK)
  144. Huggetts Abroad, The (1949)
  145. I Cover the War (1937)
  146. I Dreamed of Africa (2000)
  147. I Was Monty's Double (1958)

  148. ...aka Hell, Heaven or Hoboken (1958)
  149. Ice-Cold in Alex (1958)

  150. ...aka Desert Attack (1961) (USA)
  151. Ill Gotten Gains (1997)
  152. In Fighting Trim (1899)

  153. ...aka Two Companies, Royal Canadian Regiment (1902) (USA: copyright title)
  154. In the Shadow of Kilimanjaro (1986)
  155. Instinct (1999)
  156. Io sto con gli ippopotami (1979)

  157. ...aka I'm for the Hippopotamus (1979)
  158. Jackals, The (1967)
  159. Jaguár (1967/I)
  160. Jerry and the Lion (1950)

  161. ...aka Hold That Lion (1950)
  162. Jolson Sings Again (1949)
  163. Jonker Diamond, The (1936)
  164. Josh and S.A.M. (1993)
  165. Jungle Drums of Africa (1953)
  166. Jungle Goddess, The (1922)
  167. Jungle Queen (1945)
  168. Katrina (1969)
  169. King of the Congo (1952)

  170. ...aka Mighty Thunda, The (1952)
    ...aka Thunda (1952)
  171. King of the Wild (1931)
  172. King Solomon's Mines (1950)
  173. Kirikou et la sorcière (1998)

  174. ...aka Kirikou and the Sorceress (2000) (USA)
  175. Konga (1961)
  176. Kongo (1932)
  177. Last Remake of Beau Geste, The (1977)
  178. Law of the Jungle (1942)
  179. Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
  180. Leech Woman, The (1961)
  181. Legionnaire (1998)
  182. Lion King, The (1994)
  183. Living Sands of Namib, The (1978)

  184. ...aka Creatures of the Namib Desert (1978) (USA)
  185. Long Night's Journey Into Day (2000)
  186. Long Run, The (2000)
  187. Lord of the Jungle (1955)
  188. Lost City, The (1935/I)

  189. ...aka Lost City of the Ligurians, The (1935)
  190. Lost Jungle, The (1934/I)
  191. Lost World, The (1992)
  192. Maangamizi: The Ancient One (2001)
  193. Madragoa (1952)
  194. Magia nuda (1975)

  195. ...aka Mondo magic (1975) (USA)
    ...aka Naked Magic (1975) (Australia)
    ...aka Shocking Cannibals (1984) (USA: reissue title)
  196. Major Lied Till Dawn, The (1938)
  197. Malunde (2001)
  198. Mamba (1930)
  199. Man Who Knew Too Much, The (1956)
  200. Mann mit Grundsätzen?, Ein (1943)

  201. ...aka Man with Principles, A (1943) (Australia)
  202. Manxman, The (1916)
  203. Meine Tante, deine Tante (1956)

  204. ...aka My Aunt, Your Aunt (1956) (USA)
  205. Men Against the Sun (1952)
  206. Metal Gear (1987) (VG)
  207. Metamorphosis: The Remarkable Journey of Granny Lee (2000)
  208. Middle of the Moment (1995)
  209. Mighty Joe Young (1949)

  210. ...aka Mr. Joseph Young of Africa (1949)
  211. Miniere del Kilimangiaro, Le (1987)

  212. ...aka Afrikanter (1987) (Italy)
    ...aka Mines of Kilimanjaro (1987)
  213. Missing Link (1988)
  214. Missionary, The (1982)
  215. Mistress of the Apes (1981)
  216. Monster from Green Hell (1958)
  217. Moschops, The (2000)
  218. Muzungu (1999)
  219. My Daughter's Keeper (1993)

  220. ...aka Au Pair (1993)
  221. Na komete (1970)

  222. ...aka Archa Pana Servadacha (1970)
    ...aka Hector Servadac's Ark (1970)
    ...aka Na kometì (1970) (Czechoslovakia)
    ...aka On the Comet (1970)
  223. Nabonga (1944)

  224. ...aka Girl and the Gorilla, The (1944)
    ...aka Gorilla (1944)
    ...aka Jungle Woman, The (1944/II) (UK)
    ...aka Nabonga Gorilla (1944) (USA)
  225. Naked Prey, The (1966)
  226. Natgwa bam (1984)

  227. ...aka Day and Night (1984) (International: English title)
  228. Nemesis 2: Nebula (1995) (V)

  229. ...aka Nemesis 2 (1995) (V)
  230. Nemesis III: Prey Harder (1995) (V)

  231. ...aka Nemesis 3 (1995) (V)
    ...aka Nemesis 3: Timelapse (1995) (V)
  232. New Adventures of Tarzan, The (1935/I)

  233. ...aka Tarzan and the Lost Goddess (1935)
    ...aka Tarzan in Guatemala (1935)
  234. New Adventures of Tarzan, The (1935/II)

  235. ...aka Tarzan's New Adventure (1935) (USA: TV title)
  236. Nice to Meet You, Please Don't Rape Me! (1995)
  237. No Time to Die (1958)

  238. ...aka Tank Force (1958) (USA)
  239. Noirs et blancs en couleur (1976)

  240. ...aka Black and White in Color (1977) (USA)
    ...aka Sehnsucht nach Afrika (1976) (West Germany)
    ...aka Victoire en chantant, La (1976) 
  241. Nowhere in Africa (2001)

  242. ...aka Nirgendwo in Afrika (2001) (Germany) 
  243. Nudo e crudele (1984)
  244. Obliteration (1984)
  245. Of Kith and Kin (1998) (V)
  246. Orion's Key (1996)

  247. ...aka Alien Chaser (1996)
    ...aka Project Shadowchaser 4 (1996)
    ...aka Shadowchaser: The Gates of Time (1999) (UK: video title)
  248. Out of Africa (1985)
  249. Outbreak (1995)
  250. Panther Girl of the Kongo (1955)

  251. ...aka Claw Monsters, The (1955) (USA: recut version)
    ...aka Panther Girl of the Congo (1955)
  252. Parting Glances (1986)
  253. Patton (1970)

  254. ...aka Blood and Guts (1970) (UK)
    ...aka Patton: A Salute to a Rebel (1970)
    ...aka Patton: Lust for Glory (1970) (UK)
  255. Piedone l'africano (1978)

  256. ...aka Inspecteur Bulldozer (1978)
    ...aka Plattfuß in Afrika (1978) (West Germany)
    ...aka Trinity: Tracking for Trouble (1978)
  257. Pink (2003)
  258. Pink Ice (1965)
  259. Plastered in Paris (1966)
  260. Pole Pole (1999)
  261. Porky in Wackyland (1938)
  262. Power of One, The (1992)

  263. ...aka Puissance de l'ange, La (1992) (France)
  264. Private Eye Popeye (1954)
  265. Professione: reporter (1975)

  266. ...aka Passenger, The (1975)
    ...aka Profession: reporter (1975)
    ...aka Reportero, El (1975) (Spain)
  267. Quarry, The (1998)

  268. ...aka Faille, La (2000) (France)
  269. Queen Kelly (1929)
  270. Rabbia, La (1963)
  271. Rats of Tobruk, The (1944)

  272. ...aka Fighting Rats of Tobruk, The (1951) (USA)
    ...aka Rats of Tobruk, The (1944) (USA)
  273. Reasonable Man, A (1999)
  274. Red Scorpion (1989)
  275. Revenge of Tarzan, The (1920)

  276. ...aka Return of Tarzan, The (1920)
  277. Rhino! (1964)
  278. Rise and Fall of Idi Amin (1980)

  279. ...aka Amin: The Rise and Fall (1982) (USA)
  280. Riusciranno i nostri eroi a ritrovare l'amico misteriosamente scomparso in Africa? (1968)

  281. ...aka Will Our Friends Succeed in Finding Their Friend Who Disappeared In (1968)
    ...aka Will Our Heroes Be Able to Find Their Friend Who Has Mysteriously Disappeared in Africa? (1968)
  282. Roots of Heaven, The (1958)
  283. Roughest Africa (1923)
  284. Round-Up Time in Texas (1937)
  285. Royal African Rifles, The (1953)

  286. ...aka Storm Over Africa (1953) (UK)
  287. Royal Tour of Queen Elizabeth and Philip, The (1954)
  288. Rue cases nègres (1983)

  289. ...aka Black Shack Alley (1983)
    ...aka Sugar Cane Alley (1983)
  290. Running Free (1999)
  291. Sacy Perere (1984)
  292. Sad Sack, The (1957)
  293. Safari Drums (1953)

  294. ...aka Bomba and the Safari Drums (1953) (UK)
  295. Sahara (1943)
  296. Sailor from Gibraltar, The (1967)
  297. Sands of the Kalahari (1965)
  298. Sankofa (1993)
  299. Sarafina (1992)
  300. Scampolo (1928)
  301. Schwimmer in der Wüste (2001)

  302. ...aka Swimmers in the Desert (2001) (Europe: English title)
  303. Secret Service in Darkest Africa (1943)

  304. ...aka Baron's African War, The (1943) (USA: TV title)
    ...aka Manhunt in the African Jungles (1943)
  305. See Jack Run (1991)
  306. Seven Footprints to Satan (1929)
  307. Shaft in Africa (1973)
  308. Shark Attack (1999)
  309. She Asked for It (1937)
  310. Sheltering Sky, The (1990)

  311. ...aka Tè nel deserto, Il (1990) (Italy)
  312. Shikari (2000)
  313. Shounen Keniya (1984)

  314. ...aka Kenya Boy (1984)
  315. Simon: An English Legionnaire (2002)

  316. ...aka Deserter (2003) (USA: new title)
  317. So This Is Africa (1933)
  318. South of Suez (1940)
  319. Space is the Place (1974)

  320. ...aka Sun Ra & His Intergalactic Arkestra: Space Is the Place (1974)
  321. Stander (2003)
  322. Stanley and Livingstone (1939)
  323. Starrcade (1990) (V)
  324. Storekeeper, The (1998)
  325. Story of G.I. Joe (1945)

  326. ...aka Ernie Pyle's Story of G.I. Joe (1945) (USA: complete title)
    ...aka G.I. Joe (1945) (USA: short title)
    ...aka War Correspondent (1945)
  327. Sundown (1941)
  328. Suor Letizia (1957)

  329. ...aka Awakening, The (1958) (USA)
    ...aka Più grande amore, Il (1957) (Italy: alternative title)
    ...aka When Angels Don't Fly (1957)
  330. Surf Adventures - O Filme (2002)
  331. Talaash (2003)
  332. Tarzan and His Mate (1934)
  333. Tarzan and the Leopard Woman (1946)
  334. Tarzan of the Apes (1918)
  335. Tarzan the Ape Man (1932)
  336. Tarzan's Greatest Adventure (1959)
  337. Tarzan's Savage Fury (1952)

  338. ...aka Tarzan, the Hunted (1952)
  339. Tarzan, the Ape Man (1981)
  340. Thirty-Nine Steps, The (1978)

  341. ...aka 39 Steps, The (1978)
  342. Three Hunters (2004)
  343. Three Missing Links (1938)
  344. Tim Tyler's Luck (1937)
  345. Time (1999)
  346. Touki Bouki (1973)

  347. ...aka Journey of the Hyena (1973)
  348. Trader Horn (1931)
  349. Tumba de los muertos vivientes, La (1983)

  350. ...aka Abgrund der lebenden Toten, Der (1983) (West Germany)
    ...aka Abîme des morts vivants, L' (1983) (France)
    ...aka Bloodsucking Nazi Zombies (1983) (video title)
    ...aka Desierto de los zombies, El (1983)
    ...aka Grave of the Living Dead (1983)
    ...aka Oase der Zombies (2001) (Germany: DVD title)
    ...aka Oasis of the Living Dead, The (1983) (USA)
    ...aka Oasis of the Zombies (2001) (USA: DVD title)
    ...aka Treasure of the Living Dead, The (1983)
    ...aka Trésor des morts vivants, Le (1983) (France)
  351. Umm Kulthum (1996)

  352. ...aka Umm Kulthum: A Voice Like Egypt (1996)
  353. Unique Oneness of Christian Savage, The (2000)
  354. United Trash (1996)

  355. ...aka Slit, The (1996) (USA)
  356. Unsafe and Seine (1966)
  357. Untamed (1955)
  358. Vaudou (1973)

  359. ...aka Entre vivants et morts le sang (1972) (France: subtitle)
  360. Vision From the Edge: Breyten Breytenbach Painting the Lines (1998)
  361. Voodoo Tiger (1952)
  362. W pustyni i w puszczy (2001)

  363. ...aka In Desert and Wilderness (2001) (International: English title)
  364. Way Ahead, The (1944)

  365. ...aka Immortal Battalion, The (1945) (USA: cut version)
  366. West of Zanzibar (1928)
  367. What a Lion! (1938)
  368. White Cargo (1942)
  369. White Goddess (1953)
  370. White Gorilla, The (1945)
  371. White Hunter, Black Heart (1990)
  372. White Sister, The (1923)
  373. White Witch Doctor (1953)
  374. Widerstand in Guadeloupe (1983)

  375. ...aka Resistance in Guadeloupe (1983) (Europe: English title)
  376. Wild Elephinks (1933)
  377. Wild Geese, The (1978)
  378. Wild Thornberrys Movie, The (2002)
  379. Wild Women (1951)

  380. ...aka Bowanga Bowanga (1951)
    ...aka White Sirens of Africa (1951)
  381. Wings Over Africa (1937)
  382. Witchdoctor In Tails (1966)
  383. Witches, The (1966)

  384. ...aka Devil's Own, The (1967) (USA)
  385. Word Universe: A Journey to West Africa, The (1995)
  386. World's Greatest Athlete, The (1973)
  387. Yibola bing du (1996)

  388. ...aka Ebola Syndrome (1996)
  389. Yoroiden Samurai Trooper: Kikôtei densetsu (1989) (V)
  390. Young Winston (1972)


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