List of the best Darrell James Roodt movies: Little One(2012), Cry, the Beloved Country(1995), Sarafina!(1992), Zimbabwe(2008), To the Death(1992), Second Skin(2000), Alles Wat Mal Is(2013), The Furnace(2019), Prey(2007), Dangerous Ground(1997), Safari(2013), Sumuru(2003) ... ...
Drama
South Africa
2012
84 Minutes
Director
Lindiwe Ndlovu Vuyelwa Msimang Mutodi Neshehe Luzuko Nqeto Vusi Msimang Thuli Msimang
Sometimes healing comes from the most unexpected places.
Drama
South Africa|USA
1995
111 Minutes
Director
James Earl Jones Richard Harris Vusi Kunene Leleti Khumalo Charles S. Dutton Eric Miyeni Dambisa Kente Ian Robers Jack Robinson
priest bigot son preacher father bleak emotional powerful south africa johannesburg, south africa village farm apartheid murder case healing redemption fall sacrifice love transformation
A South African preacher goes to search for his wayward son, who has committed a crime in the big city.
Musical, Drama
South Africa|UK|France|USA
1992
98 Minutes
Director
Leleti Khumalo Whoopi Goldberg Miriam Makeba John Kani Mbongeni Ngema Dumisani Dlamini Tertius Meintjes Nhlanhla Ngema
student teacher mother racist principal police officer uplifting rousing profound south africa school street apartheid protest school struggle race relations growing up sacrifice discovery
South African teenagers fight against apartheid in the Soweto Uprising.
Drama
South Africa
2008
84 Minutes
Director
Kudzai Chimbaira Farai Veremu Natasha Gandi Mildred Chipuriro Phinneus Ncube Masimba Mukoki Folen Murapa Tongayi Chirisa
Zimbabwe is an orphan. Her parents and sister have died of AIDS. The members of her community are not able to look after her and she is forced to travel to a family member in Beitbridge, a town on the border with South Africa, for support.
Sports & Fitness, Action
USA|South Africa
1992
90 Minutes
Director
John Barrett Michel Qissi Robert Whitehead Michelle Bestbier Greg Latter Norman Anstey Claudia Udy
A retired Kickboxing champ is forced to fight back to avenge his girlfriend's murder.
Mystery & Thriller
Canada|South Africa|UK
2000
95 Minutes
Director
Natasha Henstridge Angus Macfadyen Peter Fonda Liam Waite Norman Anstey Andre Jacobs
A man opens a small-town bookstore in order to escape his connections to a mobster, but is reluctantly drawn back to his dark past by a mysterious woman.
Comedy, Drama
South Africa
2013
92 Minutes
Director
Erica Wessels Louw Venter Meme Ditshego
mother wife blogger journalist alter ego maid woman husband amusing heartwarming hilarious lighthearted melodramatic outlandish south africa house home motherhood alter ego change
Everything begins to go wrong in Helena's life. The chaos finally reaches breaking point and Helena's challenging alter ego makes her appearance and decides to intervene.
Drama
South Africa
2019
90 Minutes
Director
Jamie Bernadette Luthuli Dlamini Laura Linn Thandi Puren Bonnie Lee Bouman Marie-Louise Gouws
THE FURNACE Africa's toughest race becomes her biggest test of faith. Newlyweds Mary and Matt celebrate Christmas, and their passion for running, with two honeymoon tickets to Africa's ... See full summary »
Horror, Mystery & Thriller
South Africa
2007
92 Minutes
Director
Bridget Moynahan Peter Weller Carly Schroeder Jamie Bartlett Connor Dowds Marius Roberts Muso Sefatsa Jacob Makgoba Ashley Taylor Tumisho K. Masha Thijs Ocenasek
wife husband son daughter thrilling safari africa lions horror survival pursuit
An American family on holiday in Africa becomes lost in a game reserve and stalked by lions.
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
USA|South Africa
1997
95 Minutes
Director
Ice Cube Elizabeth Hurley Ving Rhames Eric Miyeni Sechaba Morajele Thokozani Nkosi Ron Smerczak Wilson Dunster Peter Khubeke Roslyn Morapedi Mabel Mafuya
activist brother stripper drug lord drug addict girlfriend fiery melodramatic suspenseful soweto, south africa johannesburg, south africa club funeral airplane family apartheid debt drug addiction homecoming brother relationship
Vusi Madlazi returns to the South African village he left as a young boy (he was organizing against apartheid, and left in fear of his life) to bury his father. He meets up with his brother... See full summary »
Mystery & Thriller
South Africa
2013
81 Minutes
Director
Kim Argetsinger Carly Bailey Carl Beukes Chloe Kirby Rocky Myers Lee-Anne Summers Robert Palmer Watkins
A found footage film set in the South African wild, where animals and poachers rule. A Young Zulu girl, Mbali, meets an American tourist group on safari. The group enter uncharted hunting ... See full summary »
Sci-Fi, Adventure, Fantasy
South Africa|Canada|UK|Germany
2003
90 Minutes
Director
Alexandra Kamp Michael Shanks Simona Williams Terence Bridgett Casey B. Dolan David Lazarus
Based on Sax Rohmer's cult novels "Sumuru", this futuristic fantasy takes you to an Earth-colony in the far future, in which women rule and men are used to propagate the race and work in the mines.
Mystery & Thriller
South Africa
1988
96 Minutes
Director
Joe Stewardson Ian Yule Susan Coetzer
A medical examiner investigating a series of prostitute murders discovers that the culprit is an ancient tribal witch doctor come back to life.
Horror
2017
125 Minutes
Director
Brandon Auret Reine Swart Deànré Reiners Thandi Puren Dorothy Ann Gould Shayla-Rae McFarlane
A 19-year-old woman falls into a deep depression after the birth of her first son. In her paranoia, she begins to hear voices and comes to believe that a strange entity is haunting her child.
Horror
2018
90 Minutes
Director
Katherine Barrell Tim Rozon Luke Newton Craig Stein Greg Kriek
predator monster activist thrilling tense jungle abandoned factory monsters animal attack adventure rescue 21st century
Explorers stumble upon an island that harbors an abandoned facility and a deadly predator that is eager to feast on naive visitors.
Mystery & Thriller
2008
96 Minutes
Director
Melissa Leo Joey Dedio Lisa-Marie Schneider Renier Basson Meren Reddy Fiona Ramsay
A Tennessee woman (Melissa Leo) travels to Johannesburg, South Africa, where a drug lord (Joey Dedio) holds her son (Renier Basson) for ransom.
Biography, Drama, History
2011
104 Minutes
Director