Chappie

Chappie 2015

6.79

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.

2015

District 9

District 9 2009

7.40

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.

2009

Prey

Prey 2007

5.84

An American family on holiday in Africa becomes lost in a game reserve and stalked by vicious killer lions.

2007

Tsotsi

Tsotsi 2005

6.90

The South African multi-award winning film about a young South African boy from the ghetto named Tsotsi, meaning Gangster. Tsotsi, who left home as a child to get away from helpless parents, finds a baby in the back seat of a car that he has just stolen. He decides that it his responsibility to take care of the baby and in the process learns that maybe the gangster life isn’t the best way.

2005

12th Warrior

12th Warrior 2011

1

A documentary that tries to explain the reason for the passion of the Mexican football fandom.

2011

Stander

Stander 2003

6.30

The life and career of Andre Stander, a South African police officer turned bank robber.

2003

Poena Is Koning

Poena Is Koning 2007

6.00

Poena is Koning follows the sexual awakening of Poena Pieterse and his high school buddy Vaatjie, who have decided that they have to lose their virginity by the time they finish school. But they've picked the worst moment to embark on their sexual escapade – it's matric exam time and their quest results in major distractions from their studies. The consequences are dire.

2007

Sumuru

Sumuru 2003

5.00

Based on Sax Rohmer's cult novels "Sumuru", the futuristic fantasy take you to an Earth colony in the far future in which woman rule and men are used to propagate the race and work in the mines..

2003

The Demon

The Demon 1979

4.40

Random people are terrorized by a malevolent man who brings their worst fears to life.

1979

Yesterday

Yesterday 2004

7.60

After falling ill, Yesterday learns that she is HIV positive. With her husband in denial and young daughter to tend to, Yesterday's one goal is to live long enough to see her child go to school.

2004

Cry, the Beloved Country

Cry, the Beloved Country 1951

5.90

In the back country of South Africa, black minister Stephen Kumalo journeys to the city to search for his missing son, only to find his people living in squalor and his son a criminal. Reverend Misimangu is a young South African clergyman who helps find his missing son-turned-thief and sister-turned-prostitute in the slums of Johannesburg.

1951

Come Back, Africa

Come Back, Africa 1959

6.70

Come Back, Africa chronicles the life of Zachariah, a black South African living under the rule of the harsh apartheid government in 1959.

1959

The State Against Mandela and the Others

The State Against Mandela and the Others 2018

6.70

South Africa, July 11th, 1963. Several members of the African National Congress, an organization declared illegal, are arrested in Rivonia, a country house near Johannesburg. The detainees, along with Nelson Mandela, imprisoned since 1962, are charged with serious crimes for their radical activism against the apartheid regime…

2018

A World Apart

A World Apart 1988

6.20

A White enclave in Johannesburg, South Africa, in the 1960s. Molly Roth, 13 years old, is the daughter of leftist parents, and she must piece together what's happening around her when her father disappears one night, barely evading arrest, and, not long after, her mother is detained by the authorities. Some of Molly's White friends turn against her, and her family's friendships with Blacks take on new meaning. Relationships are fragile in the world of apartheid. How will she manage?

1988

The Godless City

The Godless City 1958

1

One of the earliest exploitation films from South Africa, directed and produced by independent film maker Pierre D. Botha. This is a classic example of a ‘restless youth’ film. The action takes place in Johannesburg (The Godless city of the title) and focuses on the youth sub culture of the ‘Ducktails’ (“a white youth gang subculture which emerged within post Second World War South Africa. Rebellious, hedonistic, apolitical and showing little respect for the law, education or work”).

1958

The Final Alliance

The Final Alliance 1990

5.90

A drifter and his pet puma stand up against a motorcycle gang in a small American town.

1990

Black Trash

Black Trash 1976

4.80

A white cop and a black reporter join forces to investigate apparent vigilante killings in the South African underworld.

1976

Aleph

Aleph 2021

6.70

Structured as a labyrinth-like game and inspired by Jorge Luis Borges, Aleph is a travelogue of experience, a dreamer's journey through the lives, experiences, stories and musings of protagonists spanning ten countries and five continents.

2021

Catching Feelings

Catching Feelings 2017

4.70

Set in a chic and middle class Johannesburg, a jaded academic and his journalist wife have their lives turned upside down when a celebrated and hedonistic older writer unexpectedly moves into their home.

2017

PUNTER

PUNTER 2024

1

Young Brett must navigate the underbelly of the Johannesburg gambling world as a seemingly harmless horse-racing bet jeopardizes the surprise he's prepared for his father's birthday.

2024

7de Laan

7de Laan 2000

5.00

7de Laan is an extraordinary microcosm where good and bad, evil and wholesome characters find themselves forming part of a wholesome community where no matter what – everyone counts and everyone cares…

2000

Hard Copy

Hard Copy 2005

1

A struggling tabloid finds new direction when a crime reporter takes the helm and pivots writers back to bold investigative journalism.

2005

Kings of Jo'Burg

Kings of Jo'Burg 2020

7.00

The Masire brothers rule Johannesburg's criminal underworld, but a supernatural family curse and a tangled web of betrayal threaten to destroy them.

2020