Serenity (
2019) | IMDb:
5.4
The quiet life of Baker Dill, a fishing boat captain who lives on the isolated Plymouth Island, where he spends his days obsessed with capturing an elusive tuna while fighting his personal demons, is interrupted when someone from his past comes to him searching for help.
Starring:
Matthew McConaughey
,
Anne Hathaway
,
Jason Clarke
,
Diane Lane
,
Djimon Hounsou
,
Jeremy Strong
The Forgiven (
2018) | IMDb:
6
After the end of Apartheid, Archbishop Desmond Tutu meets with a brutal murderer seeking redemption.
Starring:
Forest Whitaker
,
Eric Bana
,
Jeff Gum
,
Debbie Sherman
,
Terry Norton
,
Dominika Jablonska
Directed by:
Roland Joffé
Chappie (
2015) | IMDb:
6.8
Every child comes into the world full of promise, and none more so than Chappie: he is gifted, special, a prodigy. Like any child, Chappie will come under the influence of his surroundings—some good, some bad—and he will rely on his heart and soul to find his way in the world and become his own man. But there's one thing that makes Chappie different from any one else: he is a robot.
The Salvation (
2014) | IMDb:
6.7
In 1870s America, a peaceful American settler kills his family's murderer which unleashes the fury of a notorious gang leader. His cowardly fellow townspeople then betray him, forcing him to hunt down the outlaws alone.
Starring:
Mads Mikkelsen
,
Eva Green
,
Jeffrey Dean Morgan
,
Éric Cantona
,
Mikael Persbrandt
,
Douglas Henshall
Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom (
2013) | IMDb:
7.1
A chronicle of Nelson Mandela's life journey from his childhood in a rural village through to his inauguration as the first democratically elected president of South Africa.
Directed by:
Justin Chadwick
Safe House (
2012) | IMDb:
6.7
A dangerous CIA renegade resurfaces after a decade on the run. When the safe house he's remanded to is attacked by mercenaries, a rookie operative escapes with him. Now, the unlikely allies must stay alive long enough to uncover who wants them dead.
Starring:
Denzel Washington
,
Ryan Reynolds
,
Vera Farmiga
,
Brendan Gleeson
,
Sam Shepard
,
Rubén Blades
Invictus (
2009) | IMDb:
7.3
Newly elected President Nelson Mandela knows his nation remains racially and economically divided in the wake of apartheid. Believing he can bring his people together through the universal language of sport, Mandela rallies South Africa's rugby union team as they make their historic run to the 1995 Rugby World Cup Championship match.
Starring:
Morgan Freeman
,
Matt Damon
,
Tony Kgoroge
,
Patrick Mofokeng
,
Matt Stern
,
Julian Lewis Jones
District 9 (
2009) | IMDb:
7.9
Thirty years ago, aliens arrive on Earth. Not to conquer or give aid, but to find refuge from their dying planet. Separated from humans in a South African area called District 9, the aliens are managed by Multi-National United, which is unconcerned with the aliens' welfare but will do anything to master their advanced technology. When a company field agent contracts a mysterious virus that begins to alter his DNA, there is only one place he can hide: District 9.
Starring:
Sharlto Copley
,
Jason Cope
,
Nathalie Boltt
,
Sylvaine Strike
,
Elizabeth Mkandawie
,
John Sumner
Catch a Fire (
2006) | IMDb:
6.7
The true story of anti-apartheid activists in South Africa, and particularly the life of Patrick Chamusso, a timid foreman at Secunda CTL, the largest synthetic fuel plant in the world. Patrick is wrongly accused, imprisoned and tortured for an attempt to bomb the plant, with the injustice transforming the apolitical worker into a radicalised insurgent, who then carries out his own successful sabotage mission.
Starring:
Tim Robbins
,
Derek Luke
,
Bonnie Mbuli
,
Mncedisi Shabangu
,
Tumisho Masha
,
Sithembiso Khumalo
Directed by:
Phillip Noyce
In My Country (
2004) | IMDb:
6
An American reporter and an Afrikaans poet meet and fall in love while covering South Africa's Truth and Reconciliation Commission hearings.
Starring:
Samuel L. Jackson
,
Juliette Binoche
,
Brendan Gleeson
,
Langley Kirkwood
,
Harriet Lenabe
,
Warona Seane
Directed by:
John Boorman