Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "cape-town-south-africa"

1. Blood Diamond (2006)

R | 143 min | Adventure, Drama, Thriller

A fisherman, a smuggler, and a syndicate of businessmen match wits over the possession of a priceless diamond.

Director: Edward Zwick | Stars: Leonardo DiCaprio, Djimon Hounsou, Jennifer Connelly, Kagiso Kuypers

Votes: 586,097 | Gross: $57.37M

2. Safe House (2012)

R | 115 min | Action, Thriller

A young CIA agent is tasked with looking after a fugitive in a safe house. But when the safe house is attacked, he finds himself on the run with his charge.

Director: Daniel Espinosa | Stars: Denzel Washington, Ryan Reynolds, Robert Patrick, Vera Farmiga

Votes: 235,578 | Gross: $126.37M

3. Escape from Pretoria (2020)

PG-13 | 106 min | Biography, Crime, Mystery

Based on the real-life prison break of two political captives, Escape From Pretoria is a race-against-time thriller set in the tumultuous apartheid days of South Africa.

Director: Francis Annan | Stars: Daniel Radcliffe, Daniel Webber, Ian Hart, Mark Leonard Winter

Votes: 43,558

4. Invictus (2009)

PG-13 | 134 min | Biography, Drama, History

Nelson Mandela, in his first term as President of South Africa, initiates a unique venture to unite the Apartheid-torn land: enlist the national rugby team on a mission to win the 1995 Rugby World Cup.

Director: Clint Eastwood | Stars: Morgan Freeman, Matt Damon, Tony Kgoroge, Patrick Mofokeng

Votes: 167,885 | Gross: $37.49M

5. The Gods Must Be Crazy (1980)

PG | 109 min | Adventure, Comedy

A comic allegory about a traveling Bushman who encounters modern civilization and its stranger aspects, including a clumsy scientist and a band of revolutionaries.

Director: Jamie Uys | Stars: N!xau, Marius Weyers, Sandra Prinsloo, Louw Verwey

Votes: 59,456 | Gross: $30.03M

6. Momentum (I) (2015)

Not Rated | 96 min | Action, Crime, Thriller

Four criminals steal diamonds from a safety deposit box in Cape Town, including a drive containing a US senator's evil plans. He'll do anything to get it back from Alexis.

Director: Stephen S. Campanelli | Stars: Olga Kurylenko, James Purefoy, Morgan Freeman, Greg Kriek

Votes: 16,940

7. Searching for Sugar Man (2012)

PG-13 | 86 min | Documentary, Biography, Music

Two South Africans set out to discover what happened to their unlikely musical hero, the mysterious 1970s rock n roller, Rodriguez.

Director: Malik Bendjelloul | Stars: Rodriguez, Stephen 'Sugar' Segerman, Dennis Coffey, Mike Theodore

Votes: 72,904 | Gross: $3.97M

8. Rendition (2007)

R | 122 min | Drama, Thriller

When a terrorist bombing in North Africa kills 19 incl. an American, an Egyptian chemical engineer flying from South Africa to his wife in USA, is arrested upon arriving USA. He disappears. His wife asks senator for help.

Director: Gavin Hood | Stars: Reese Witherspoon, Jake Gyllenhaal, Peter Sarsgaard, Alan Arkin

Votes: 58,214 | Gross: $9.74M

9. Zulu (2013)

R | 110 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Policemen Ali Sokhela and Brian Epkeen investigate the brutal murder of a young white woman, apparently provoked by the availability of a new illegal drug and somehow connected to the disappearance of black street children.

Director: Jérôme Salle | Stars: Orlando Bloom, Forest Whitaker, Conrad Kemp, Inge Beckmann

Votes: 19,849

10. Mercenary for Justice (2006 Video)

R | 91 min | Action, Drama, Thriller

A mercenary gets involved in a mission that threatens the lives of his kin. In order to succeed, he must break into one of the most well guarded prisons in Eastern Europe and free the son of the most notorious drug lord in the world today.

Director: Don E. FauntLeRoy | Stars: Steven Seagal, Jacqueline Lord, Roger Guenveur Smith, Luke Goss

Votes: 4,474

11. 24 Hours to Live (2017)

R | 93 min | Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller

An assassin seeks redemption after being given a second chance at life.

Director: Brian Smrz | Stars: Ethan Hawke, Qing Xu, Paul Anderson, Rutger Hauer

Votes: 16,134

12. Before the Fall (2004)

110 min | Drama, Sport, Thriller

Friedrich's boxing skills gets him in an elite Nazi high school in a castle in 1942. He enrolls against his dad's wish as it promises a brighter future. It's not what he expected.

Director: Dennis Gansel | Stars: Max Riemelt, Tom Schilling, Devid Striesow, Jonas Jägermeyr

Votes: 17,129 | Gross: $0.14M

13. The Last Face (2016)

R | 130 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

In the midst of African social horror, a love between two volunteers fades out and is reborn.

Director: Sean Penn | Stars: Charlize Theron, Javier Bardem, Brandon Phillips, Anna Strelkov

Votes: 5,531

14. The Last Kiss (2006)

R | 104 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Michael, at 30, has a great job, still have his four best friends, and has a beautiful girlfriend, but his life seems predictable. Until he meets a college girl. It seems that everybody's having relationship problems.

Director: Tony Goldwyn | Stars: Zach Braff, Jacinda Barrett, Rachel Bilson, Casey Affleck

Votes: 42,257 | Gross: $11.60M

15. King Solomon's Mines (2004)

TV-PG | 87 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy

An adventurous quest for a treasure hidden in King Solomon's mines, based on H. Rider Haggard's timeless tale.

Stars: Patrick Swayze, Alison Doody, Roy Marsden, John Standing

Votes: 3,964

16. Dark Tide (2012)

PG-13 | 114 min | Adventure, Drama, Thriller

A professional diver tutor returns to deep waters after 1 year, following an almost fatal encounter with a great white shark. The nightmare from the deep is still lurking - more carnivorous and hungry than ever.

Director: John Stockwell | Stars: Halle Berry, Olivier Martinez, Ralph Brown, Sizwe Msutu

Votes: 9,433

17. The Endless Summer (1966)

Not Rated | 95 min | Documentary, Sport

The crown jewel to ten years of Bruce Brown surfing documentaries. Brown follows two young surfers around the world in search of the perfect wave, and ends up finding quite a few in addition to some colorful local characters.

Director: Bruce Brown | Stars: Robert August, Michael Hynson, Lord James Blears, Bruce Brown

Votes: 6,216

18. Eraser: Reborn (2022)

R | 102 min | Action, Crime, Thriller

It is based on U.S. Marshal Mason Pollard who is specialized in engineering the fake deaths of witnesses that leaves no trace of their existence.

Director: John Pogue | Stars: Dominic Sherwood, Jacky Lai, McKinley Belcher III, Eddie Ramos

Votes: 2,476

19. The Color of Friendship (2000 TV Movie)

TV-G | 87 min | Biography, Drama, Family

A white South African girl finds herself in a difficult situation when she is sent to spend a term with a Black family in America.

Director: Kevin Hooks | Stars: Lindsey Haun, Shadia Simmons, Carl Lumbly, Penny Johnson Jerald

Votes: 4,310

20. Rope of Sand (1949)

Approved | 104 min | Action, Adventure, Crime

A man abused by a sadistic mining company cop before he could tell where on their desert property he'd found diamonds decides to steal them instead.

Director: William Dieterle | Stars: Burt Lancaster, Paul Henreid, Claude Rains, Peter Lorre

Votes: 1,795

21. Sherlock Holmes: Incident at Victoria Falls (1992 TV Movie)

PG | 188 min | Adventure, Crime, Drama

King Edward asks Sherlock Holmes to perform one more task before his retirement: to safeguard the Star of Africa on a trip to Cape Town. Soon the fabled jewel is stolen and several people end up being murdered.

Director: Bill Corcoran | Stars: Christopher Lee, Patrick Macnee, Jenny Seagrove, Joss Ackland

Votes: 686

22. The Deal (I) (2008)

R | 100 min | Comedy, Romance

A Hollywood producer starts with his nephew's script on Disraeli, Jewish PM in 1800s UK, and ends filming in Cape Town with a black action star. Will a movie be made? Will he score Deidre?

Director: Steven Schachter | Stars: William H. Macy, Meg Ryan, LL Cool J, Elliott Gould

Votes: 3,690

23. Anni: The Honeymoon Murder (2021)

195 min | Documentary, Crime, Drama

British true crime documentary mini-series following the family of Anni Dewani as they hunt for the truth behind her mysterious murder while on honeymoon in South Africa in 2010.

Votes: 197

24. Endgame (I) (2009)

PG-13 | 109 min | Drama, History

A story based on the covert discussions that brought down the Apartheid regime in South Africa.

Director: Pete Travis | Stars: William Hurt, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Jonny Lee Miller, Mark Strong

Votes: 2,865 | Gross: $0.01M

25. Beauty (2011)

Unrated | 99 min | Drama

Portrait of a closeted gay husband/father living a life of quiet middle-aged desperation who becomes fixated on a friend's handsome collegiate son, leading to an incident.

Director: Oliver Hermanus | Stars: Deon Lotz, Charlie Keegan, Michelle Scott, Albert Maritz

Votes: 2,009

26. Race (I) (2008)

Not Rated | 149 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Destiny makes two brothers- Ranvir and Rajiv - enemies of each other. Everything is fair in love and war.

Directors: Abbas Alibhai Burmawalla, Mastan Alibhai Burmawalla | Stars: Saif Ali Khan, Akshaye Khanna, Bipasha Basu, Katrina Kaif

Votes: 16,011 | Gross: $1.37M

27. Untamed (1955)

Approved | 111 min | Adventure, Drama, Romance

In 1847, the Irish potato famine forces Katie O'Neill and her husband to emigrate to a troubled South Africa where Katie runs into an old flame.

Director: Henry King | Stars: Tyrone Power, Susan Hayward, Richard Egan, John Justin

Votes: 893

28. The Cape Town Affair (1967)

Not Rated | 96 min | Drama, Thriller

South African secret agents attempt to save confidential microfilm before it falls into the hands of Communists.

Director: Robert D. Webb | Stars: James Brolin, Jacqueline Bisset, Claire Trevor, Bob Courtney

Votes: 484

29. The Piano Player (2002)

R | 94 min | Action, Drama, Thriller

Alex, a piano playing assassin, gets a job as bodyguard in Capetown for Robert and his cute daughter, Erika. When Alex saves Robert 2nd time, they head for the mountains.

Director: Jean-Pierre Roux | Stars: Christopher Lambert, Dennis Hopper, Diane Kruger, Simon Mabija

Votes: 942

30. Urbanized (2011)

Not Rated | 85 min | Documentary

A documentary about the design of cities, which looks at the issues and strategies behind urban design and features some of the world's foremost architects, planners, policymakers, builders, and thinkers.

Director: Gary Hustwit | Stars: Amanda M. Burden, Rem Koolhaas, Norman Foster, Jan Gehl

Votes: 2,304

31. Code 7, Victim 5 (1964)

Not Rated | 89 min | Action, Adventure, Crime

When a millionaire's valet is murdered he hires a detective to discover by who and why his valet was killed.

Director: Robert Lynn | Stars: Lex Barker, Ann Smyrner, Ronald Fraser, Walter Rilla

Votes: 358

32. Testing Hope: Grade 12 in the New South Africa (2007)

39 min | Documentary, Short

"Testing Hope: Grade 12 in the new South Africa" chronicles the lives of four young people in Nyanga township, just outside Cape Town, as they work towards their crucial Matric exams, which... See full summary »

Director: Molly Blank

Votes: 7

33. Kicking It (2008)

Not Rated | 98 min | Documentary, Sport

The lives of homeless people are changed forever through an international soccer competition. This film follows six players as they set off for Cape Town, South Africa to play in the Homeless World Cup.

Directors: Susan Koch, Jeff Werner | Stars: Colin Farrell, Brandon Francis

Votes: 391

34. Kongo (1932)

Passed | 86 min | Drama, Horror

This remake of West of Zanzibar (1928) made four years later tries to outdo the Lon Chaney original in morbidity. From a wheelchair a handicapped white man rules an area of Africa as a ... See full summary »

Director: William J. Cowen | Stars: Walter Huston, Lupe Velez, Conrad Nagel, Virginia Bruce

Votes: 1,123

35. Diamonds (2009 TV Movie)

240 min | Drama

A complex tale about small and big players in the African diamond business, wrapped around a murder of a United States Senator's daughter.

Director: Andy Wilson | Stars: James Purefoy, Judy Davis, Derek Jacobi, Joanne Kelly

Votes: 265

36. Boy Called Twist (2004)

TV-PG | 115 min | Drama

Boy Called Twist is the harrowing tale of a South African street-kid's search for love, based on Charles Dickens' classic Oliver Twist. Growing up neglected in a rural orphanage, Twist ... See full summary »

Director: Tim Greene | Stars: Jarrid Geduld, Lesley Fong, Bart Fouche, Bill Curry

Votes: 174

37. Shirley Adams (2009)

92 min | Drama

Shirley Adams spends her days caring for her disabled son, Donovan - he was shot in the back of the neck on his way home from school one afternoon over a year ago. Since then the Adams ... See full summary »

Director: Oliver Hermanus | Stars: Denise Newman, Keenan Arrison, Emily Child, Theresa Sedras

Votes: 130

38. Just Nuisance (1991)

Action, Adventure, Family

Based on a true story, Just Nuisance is a hilarious, happily-ever-after misadventure of the only dog ever enlisted in the Royal Navy. A gigantic Great Dane, who bumbled his way into the ... See full summary »

Director: Ken Leach | Stars: Edward Baker-Duly, James Borthwick, Chantelle De Carvalho, Andrew Edwards

39. 419 (2012)

TV-MA | 84 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

When a struggling New York actor loses everything in a scam based in South Africa, his two best friends take him to Cape Town to find the scammer with the help of a smooth-talking local. The search begins well, but soon takes a dark turn.

Director: Ned Thorne | Stars: Mike Ivers, Scott Kerns, Ned Thorne, Ezra Mabengeza

Votes: 72

40. Hand Off (2019)

Not Rated | 24 min | Short, Drama, Fantasy

A rugby player admits to having a crush on his best friend/teammate, causing a rift. He retreats into a fantasy world with an imaginary friend, as he struggles to confront his real friend, while trying to fit into the macho world of rugby.

Director: Chadlee Skrikker | Stars: Andahr Cotton, Arnold Horn, Aidan Scott, Rebecca Patrick

Votes: 111

41. Cape of Good Hope (2004)

PG-13 | 107 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

A Drama revolving around 3 women's lives and how they are intertwined.

Director: Mark Bamford | Stars: Debbie Brown, Farouk Valley-Omar, Parinita Jeaven, David Isaacs

Votes: 291

42. Wings and the Woman (1942)

Approved | 94 min | Biography, Drama

The story of flyer Amy Johnson who won the hearts of the British public in the 1930s with her record-breaking solo flights around the world. Her marriage to fellow aviator Jim Mallison was less noteworthy.

Director: Herbert Wilcox | Stars: Anna Neagle, Robert Newton, Edward Chapman, Nora Swinburne

Votes: 249

43. Lovers Courageous (1932)

Passed | 77 min | Drama, Romance

Aspiring playwright jumping from job to job falls for admiral's daughter.

Director: Robert Z. Leonard | Stars: Robert Montgomery, Madge Evans, Roland Young, Frederick Kerr

Votes: 232

44. Calling on Cape Town (1952)

Approved | 9 min | Documentary, Short

This Traveltalks visit to Cape Town, South Africa includes grand vistas from atop Table Mountain, varied architecture in the city center, trips to suburbs to see a winery and the former estate of Cecil Rhodes, and a seaside resort.

Star: James A. FitzPatrick

Votes: 74

45. Passion Gap (2017)

21 min | Short, Drama

Elani survived her brutal childhood by carefully watching people. Now she plans to use her relationship with Mikey to get out of Cape Town for good. All she has to do is manage his ego for ... See full summary »

Directors: Jason Donald, Matt Portman | Stars: Aaron Jacobs, Shuraigh Meyer, Marguerite van Eeden

Votes: 61

46. Recompense (1925)

Passed | 70 min | Drama, Romance, War

France, South Africa and England featured prominently in the narrative about Julie Gmelyn (Marie Prevost), a bright-eyed, single-minded Red Cross nurse and Peter Graham (Monte Blue) a clergyman who gives up his chaplaincy and goes to war.

Director: Harry Beaumont | Stars: Marie Prevost, Monte Blue, John Roche, George Siegmann

47. Anthrax War (2009 TV Movie)

90 min | Documentary, Crime, History

Filmmakers investigate 2001 anthrax attacks and uncover a nightmare world.

Director: Bob Coen | Stars: Bob Coen, Francis E. Boyle, Jean Patterson, Stuart Jacobson

Votes: 53

48. Long Street (2009)

97 min | Drama, Family, Music

An intimate portrait of the fragile relationship between SIA who is recovering from doing drugs and her mother MARIA.

Director: Revel Fox | Stars: Sannie Fox, Roberta Fox, David Butler, Busi Mhlongo

Votes: 14

49. We're Going to Be Rich (1938)

78 min | Comedy, Drama, History

A drifter Dobbie and his wife Kit leave Australia in the 1880s for South African gold fields. She discovers happiness is where her husband is.

Director: Monty Banks | Stars: Gracie Fields, Victor McLaglen, Brian Donlevy, Coral Browne

Votes: 35

50. Hell's Headquarters (1932)

Passed | 63 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance

Doctor Smith and his wife, Mary,depart a riverboat and are met by Phil Talbot. Phil informs Dr. Smith that Jessup, the only other white man in the village, has died while the doctor and his... See full summary »

Director: Andrew L. Stone | Stars: Jack Mulhall, Barbara Weeks, Frank Mayo, Phillips Smalley

Votes: 67