1,636 Films & TV Shows Set In Africa
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Death on the Nile
๐ช๐ฌ Egypt The 1930sMurder was just the beginning. โ Belgian sleuth Hercule Poirotโs Egyptian vacation aboard a glamorous river steamer turns into a terrifying search for a murderer when a picture-perfect coupleโs idyllic honeymoon is tragically cut short.
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Coming 2 America
Africa - General New York The 2020sA sequel is in the heir. โ Prince Akeem Joffer is set to become King of Zamunda when he discovers he has a son he never knew about in America โ a street savvy Queens native named Lavelle. Honoring his royal father's dying wish to groom this son as the crown prince, Akeem and Semmi set off to America once again.
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Black Widow
Ohio New York ๐ณ๐ด Norway ๐จ๐บ Cuba ๐ญ๐บ Hungary ๐ท๐บ Russia ๐ฒ๐ฆ Morocco The 1990s The 2010sHer world. Her secrets. Her legacy. โ Natasha Romanoff, also known as Black Widow, confronts the darker parts of her ledger when a dangerous conspiracy with ties to her past arises. Pursued by a force that will stop at nothing to bring her down, Natasha must deal with her history as a spy and the broken relationships left in her wake long before she became an Avenger.
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Red Notice
๐ซ๐ท France ๐ช๐ธ Spain ๐ฎ๐น Italy ๐ช๐ฌ EgyptThey're as dangerous as they come. โ An Interpol-issued Red Notice is a global alert to hunt and capture the world's most wanted. But when a daring heist brings together the FBI's top profiler and two rival criminals, there's no telling what will happen.
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Eggs Run
๐ฒ๐ฝ Mexico Africa - GeneralA rooster and his fowl partner embark on a dangerous trip to the Congo to recover their stolen eggs from a group of Russian goons.
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Casablanca Beats
๐ฒ๐ฆ Morocco The 2000sA realistic drama set in the cultural center in Casablancaโs Sidi Moumen neighborhood, a poor suburb that became infamous in 2003 due to a terrorist attack perpetrated by locals.
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The Gravediggerโs Wife
๐ฉ๐ฏ Djibouti ๐ธ๐ด SomaliaGuled and Nasra are a loving couple, living in the outskirts of Djibouti city with their teenage son, Mahad. However, they are facing difficult times: Nasra urgently needs an expensive surgery to treat a chronic kidney disease. Guled is already working hard as a gravedigger to make ends meet.
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OSS 117: From Africa with Love
Africa - General The 1980sThe third entry in secret agent OSS 117's parodic spy adventures.
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Escape from Mogadishu
๐ฐ๐ช Kenya ๐ธ๐ด Somalia The 1990sDiplomats from the North and South Korean embassies in Somalia attempt a daring joint escape from Mogadishu when the outbreak of civil war leaves them stranded.
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The Mauritanian
New Mexico New York Louisiana ๐จ๐บ Cuba ๐ฒ๐ท Mauritania The 2000s The 2010s The 1980sA detainee at the U.S military's Guantanamo Bay detention center is held without charges for over a decade and seeks help from a defense attorney for his release.
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Night of the Kings
๐จ๐ฎ Cรดte dIvoireA film about resistance and the power of words in the face of violence. โ A young man is sent to "La Maca," a prison in the middle of the Ivorian forest ruled by its inmates. As tradition goes with the rising of the red moon, he is designated by the Boss to be the new "Roman" and must tell a story to the other prisoners. Learning what fate awaits him, he begins to narrate the mystical life of the legendary outlaw named "Zama King" and has no choice but to make his story last until dawn.
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Eyimofe (This Is My Desire)
๐ณ๐ฌ NigeriaYou have a dream. Life has other plans. โ A man and a woman in Lagos want to escape their everyday lives, but extricating themselves is no easy task. Two stories narrated with tenderness and restraint that only fleetingly touch, the dream of migrating to Europe floating above them all the while.
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Neptune Frost
๐ท๐ผ RwandaA sci-fi musical which follows an intersex African hacker, a coltan miner and the virtual marvel born as a result of their union.
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The Last Mercenary
๐ซ๐ท France ๐ธ๐ฉ Sudan The 1990s The 2020sThe daddy of all secret agents. โ A mysterious former secret service agent must urgently return to France when his estranged son is falsely accused of arms and drug trafficking by the government, following a blunder by an overzealous bureaucrat and a mafia operation.
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Heliopolis
๐ฉ๐ฟ Algeria The 1940sA Story Inspired by Real Events โ In the city of Guelma, which was once called Heliopolis in ancient times, the daily life of an Algerian family takes its usual course. But on May 8, 1945, the day the end of World War II was announced, demonstrations by the Algerian people against the French colonial power and for the country's independence took place, which were bloodily suppressed by the French army and French settler militias. The event went down in history as the Sรฉtif and Guelma massacre.
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Redemption Day
New York ๐ฒ๐ฆ Morocco ๐ฉ๐ฟ AlgeriaTaking his wife was their last mistake. โ Having just returned home, decorated U.S. Marine Captain Brad Paxton's wife, Kate, is kidnapped by a terrorist group while working in Morocco. He is forced back into action for a daring and deadly operation to save the woman he loves.
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Lingui: The Sacred Bonds
๐น๐ฉ ChadThirty-year-old Amina, a practicing Muslim, lives alone with her only child, the fifteen-year-old Maria. When Amina learns Maria is not only pregnant but wishes to abort the child, the two women face an impossible situation in a country where abortion is legally and morally condemned.
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One Lagos Night
๐ณ๐ฌ NigeriaA desperate man attempts to burglarize the home of a wealthy woman, but finds himself face-to-face with a crew of armed robbers who have the same idea.
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Swallow
๐ณ๐ฌ Nigeria The 1980sSet in the 1980s, Tolani Ajao is a bank secretary in Lagos, who finds herself persuaded by her friend Rose Adamson to enter the world of drug trafficking.
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Bloodshot
England ๐ญ๐บ Hungary ๐ฒ๐พ Malaysia ๐ฐ๐ช KenyaBeing a superhero is in his blood โ After he and his wife are murdered, marine Ray Garrison is resurrected by a team of scientists. Enhanced with nanotechnology, he becomes a superhuman, biotech killing machineโ'Bloodshot'. As Ray first trains with fellow super-soldiers, he cannot recall anything from his former life. But when his memories flood back and he remembers the man that killed both him and his wife, he breaks out of the facility to get revenge, only to discover that there's more to the conspiracy than he thought.
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Mosquito
๐ฒ๐ฟ Mozambique ๐ต๐น Portugal The 1910sDreaming of great adventures and of standing up for his homeland, a young Portuguese man enlists in the army during World War I and is sent to the front line in Mozambique, Africa. Left behind by his platoon, he sets out on a grueling trek across the mystic Makua native land, walking for over a thousand kilometers, in search of his dream.
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Wonder Woman 1984
District of Columbia Virginia England ๐ท๐บ Russia ๐ช๐ฌ Egypt ๐จ๐ณ China Tokyo Prefecture The 1980sA new era of wonder begins. โ A botched store robbery places Wonder Woman in a global battle against a powerful and mysterious ancient force that puts her powers in jeopardy.
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The Rhythm Section
New York Scotland England ๐ซ๐ท France ๐ช๐ธ Spain ๐ฒ๐ฆ MoroccoWitness The Birth Of An Assassin โ Blake Lively stars as Stephanie Patrick, a woman on a path of self-destruction after her family is tragically killed in a plane crash. When she discovers the wreck was no accident, Stephanie enters the dark, complex world of international espionage seeking vengeance. Her search leads to Iain Boyd (Jude Law), a former MI6 agent who trains her to hunt down those responsible. With nothing left to lose, Stephanie transforms from victim to assassin and discovers that neither revenge nor the truth are what they appear in this action-packed thriller from the producers of James Bond.
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Bill & Ted Face the Music
California Louisiana England ๐ฆ๐น Austria ๐จ๐ณ China Africa - General The 1960s The 1920s The 2020s The 2030s The 2060s The 18th CenturyThe future awaits โ Yet to fulfill their rock and roll destiny, the now middle-aged best friends Bill and Ted set out on a new adventure when a visitor from the future warns them that only their song can save life as we know it. Along the way, they are helped by their daughters, a new batch of historical figures and a few music legendsโto seek the song that will set their world right and bring harmony to the universe.
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