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51. Born Free (1974)

60 min | Adventure, Family

The adventures of two married game wardens in Kenya.

Stars: Gary Collins, Diana Muldaur, Hal Frederick, Joseph De Craft

Votes: 198

52. Sunday Premiere (1986–1988)
Episode: The Happy Valley (1986)

PG-13 | 90 min

In 1940 Kenya as their country prepares for war, the local aristocratic social set lives a decadent, self-indulgent lifestyle that leads to murder.

Director: Ross Devenish | Stars: Denholm Elliott, Holly Aird, Kathryn Pogson, Michael Byrne

Votes: 173

53. On the Way to School (2013)

Not Rated | 77 min | Documentary

Jackson, the Kenyan; Carlito, the Argentinian; Zahira, the Moroccan; Samuel, the Indian: four children who live light years away from each other and who have never met but who have a common... See full summary »

Director: Pascal Plisson | Stars: Jackson Saikong, Salome Saikong, Samuel J. Esther, Gabriel J. Esther

Votes: 1,284

54. The Exception (2019)

115 min | Drama, Thriller

Four women work together at a small NGO in Copenhagen that specialises in genocide. When two of them receive death threats, they suspect a Serbian war criminal; but then they start suspecting and turning against each other.

Director: Jesper W. Nielsen | Stars: Danica Curcic, Amanda Collin, Sidse Babett Knudsen, Lene Maria Christensen

Votes: 1,067

55. Gentlemen Don't Eat Poets (1995)

R | 99 min | Comedy, Drama, Horror

Sir Hugo (Sir Alan Bates) is more interested in reconstructing dinosaur bones than in paying attention to his wife, Lady Harriet (Theresa Russell). He's not thrilled when daughter Cleo (... See full summary »

Director: John-Paul Davidson | Stars: Alan Bates, Theresa Russell, Sting, Lena Headey

Votes: 683

56. Heat of the Sun (1998)

334 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Set in the 1930s, a former Scotland Yard detective is sent to colonial Kenya to head the new criminal investigation unit.

Stars: Trevor Eve, Susannah Harker, Michael Byrne, Julian Rhind-Tutt

Votes: 657

57. Something of Value (1957)

Approved | 113 min | Drama, War

In British Colonial Kenya during the Mau Mau uprising, Peter and Kimani, who grew up together, find themselves on the opposite sides.

Director: Richard Brooks | Stars: Rock Hudson, Dana Wynter, Wendy Hiller, Juano Hernandez

Votes: 1,310

58. Killers of Kilimanjaro (1959)

91 min | Adventure

In the 19th century, during the German colonial rule, railway engineer Robert Adamson arrives in the Kilimanjaro Region to finish building a railroad through hostile territory.

Director: Richard Thorpe | Stars: Robert Taylor, Anthony Newley, Anne Aubrey, Grégoire Aslan

Votes: 409

59. Born to Be Wild (2011)

G | 40 min | Documentary, Short, Adventure

This heartwarming film documents orphaned orangutans and elephants and the extraordinary people who rescue and raise them-saving endangered species one life at a time.

Director: David Lickley | Stars: Birute Galdikas, Daphne Sheldrick, Morgan Freeman, Chris Fries

Votes: 3,146 | Gross: $25.89M

60. 2016: Obama's America (2012)

PG | 87 min | Documentary

A documentary that examines the question, "If Barack Obama wins a second term, where will we be in 2016?"

Directors: Dinesh D'Souza, John Sullivan | Stars: Jay Bastian, Joe Biden, Cait Brasel, Gene Burris Jr.

Votes: 11,027 | Gross: $33.45M

61. Mother (VII) (2022)

117 min | Drama

Elena, a theatre director, finds out at the age of 32 that she cannot conceive in a natural way. Trying therapies and failing to convince her husband Leon, to stay with her in Bulgaria, Elena develops a theatre program for orphans.

Director: Zornitsa Sophia | Stars: Daria Simeonova, Leon Lucev, Virginia Clay, Daria Dimitrova

Votes: 178

62. Living Free (1972)

G | 90 min | Adventure, Drama, Family

When Elsa's three mischievous cubs begin wreaking havoc on the nearby villages, Joy and her husband are forced to move them hundreds of miles to a game preserve.

Director: Jack Couffer | Stars: Nigel Davenport, Susan Hampshire, Geoffrey Keen, Edward Judd

Votes: 639 | Gross: $0.19M

63. Recep Ivedik 6 (2019)

110 min | Comedy

Surprisingly Recep founds himself in Kenya instead of Konya (an Anatolian city of Turkey) and the adventure begins.

Director: Togan Gökbakar | Stars: Sahan Gökbakar, Nurullah Celebi, Somer Karvan, Chidi Benjamin John

Votes: 9,067

64. The Lion (1962)

Approved | 96 min | Adventure, Drama

In Kenya, when young Tina befriends a lion and embraces local customs, her mother summons Tina's American father to help bring Tina back to civilization and give her a civilized upbringing.

Director: Jack Cardiff | Stars: William Holden, Trevor Howard, Capucine, Pamela Franklin

Votes: 767

65. The Devil to Pay! (1930)

TV-G | 72 min | Comedy, Romance

Spendthrift Willie Leyland again returns to the family home in London penniless. His father is none too pleased but Willie smooth-talks him into letting him stay. At the same time, he turns... See full summary »

Director: George Fitzmaurice | Stars: Ronald Colman, Loretta Young, Frederick Kerr, David Torrence

Votes: 817

66. Superpower Dogs (2019)

G | 47 min | Documentary

Discover the life-saving superpowers and extraordinary bravery of some of the world's most remarkable dogs.

Director: Daniel Ferguson | Stars: Chris Evans, Max Ivutin, Dayna Hilton, Ricochet

Votes: 320

67. The Way I See It (2020)

PG-13 | 100 min | Documentary

Former Chief Official White House Photographer Pete Souza's journey as a person with top secret clearance and total access to the President.

Director: Dawn Porter | Stars: Pete Souza, Barack Obama, Ben Rhodes, Patti Lease

Votes: 1,916 | Gross: $0.05M

68. The Astrologer (1976)

R | 96 min | Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi

Alexander is running a con game at a circus as a psychic. When he finds that he actually does possess psychic powers, he uses them for his own ends.

Director: Craig Denney | Stars: Craig Denney, Darrien Earle, Rocky Barbanica, Boyd Hamlyn

Votes: 302

69. The Kitchen Toto (1987)

PG-13 | 96 min | Drama

The son of a priest slain by the Mau Mau moves in with a police officer and his wife in 1950 Kenya.

Director: Harry Hook | Stars: Bob Peck, Edwin Mahinda, Phyllis Logan, Nicholas Charles

Votes: 275 | Gross: $0.10M

70. The Great Elephant Escape (1995 TV Movie)

Not Rated | 96 min | Adventure

Matt Cunningham is a thirteen-year-old whiz kid from Los Angeles who's completely absorbed by his laptop computer. Preferring his travels on the information highway, Matt is dismayed to ... See full summary »

Director: George Miller | Stars: Stephanie Zimbalist, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Leo Burmester, Adetokumboh M'Cormack

Votes: 173

71. Money (1991)

PG-13 | 105 min | Drama, Thriller

A young man whose father's fortune was stolen by his closest friends sets out to get revenge in this odyssey through the world's major financial centers.

Director: Steven Hilliard Stern | Stars: Eric Stoltz, Maryam d'Abo, Bruno Cremer, Mario Adorf

Votes: 222

72. Pole to Pole (1992– )

50 min | Adventure, Documentary

Michael Palin undertakes a journey by the most direct route possible with the most land to cross from the North Pole to the South Pole.

Stars: Michael Palin, Neil Hardwick, Lasse Lehtinen, Graham Hancock

Votes: 1,434

73. Inside Story (2011)

Not Rated | 98 min | Action, Drama, Sport

Meet Kalu, a gifted football star whose journey to soccer stardom is complicated when he learns that he is HIV-positive. What follows is an entertaining and educational ride that follows Kalu and the virus within his young body.

Director: Rolie Nikiwe | Stars: Kevin Ndege Mamboleo, Joel Phiri, Rosemary Waweru, Mike Rewa

Votes: 71

74. Mister Moses (1965)

115 min | Adventure, Romance

In 1960s Kenya, American snake-oil salesman and diamond smuggler Joe Moses is chased out of many villages and pursued by the authorities until fate entrusts him with helping a native tribe that believes he is a holy man.

Director: Ronald Neame | Stars: Robert Mitchum, Carroll Baker, Ian Bannen, Alexander Knox

Votes: 333

75. The Bushbaby (1969)

G | 100 min | Adventure, Drama, History

The young daughter of a park ranger in Kenya is distressed to learn that she and her father must permanently return to England, thus separating her from the one thing she loves most, a pet ... See full summary »

Director: John Trent | Stars: Margaret Leclere, Louis Gossett Jr., Donald Houston, Laurence Naismith

Votes: 76

76. The African Lion (1955)

G | 75 min | Family, Documentary

Experience the thrill of the hunt and the heartwarming fun of a mother lion caring for her playful cubs as wildlife experts Elma Milotte and Alfred Milotte spend three years on the plains of Africa studying the king of beasts.

Director: James Algar | Star: Winston Hibler

Votes: 592

77. Operation Delta Force 5: Random Fire (2000)

R | 91 min | Action

An elite task force is assigned to handle a Middle-Eastern terrorist mastermind who is using mind-control techniques to create an army of willing suicide bombers.

Director: Yossi Wein | Stars: Trae Thomas, Todd Jensen, Anthony Bishop, Gray Lawson

Votes: 426

78. Will Our Heroes Be Able to Find Their Friend Who Has Mysteriously Disappeared in Africa? (1968)

130 min | Adventure, Comedy

A pompous, adventure-seeking businessman journeys through Africa with a clumsy employee to find his own disappeared brother-in-law.

Director: Ettore Scola | Stars: Alberto Sordi, Bernard Blier, Alfredo Marchetti, Franca Bettoia

Votes: 1,056

79. To Walk with Lions (1999)

PG-13 | 108 min | Adventure, Biography, Drama

George Adamson fights to save Kenya's wildlife. Together with his young assistant Tony Fitzjohn, he battles to keep the animals on his game reserve, and "Kora", from dangerous poachers.

Director: Carl Schultz | Stars: Richard Harris, John Michie, Kerry Fox, Ian Bannen

Votes: 929

80. Tanganyika (1954)

Approved | 81 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

In Kenya, in 1903, when escaped murderer Abel McCracken instigates the Nukumbi tribe to raid white settlements, colonist John Gale organizes a human hunt to capture McCracken.

Director: André De Toth | Stars: Van Heflin, Ruth Roman, Howard Duff, Jeff Morrow

Votes: 254 | Gross: $1.30M

81. Gabriel and the Mountain (2017)

Not Rated | 131 min | Adventure, Biography, Drama

Before entering a prestigious American university, Gabriel Buchmann decided to travel the world for one year, his backpack full of dreams. After ten months on the road, he arrived in Kenya ... See full summary »

Director: Fellipe Barbosa | Stars: João Pedro Zappa, Caroline Abras, Alex Alembe, Rashidi Athuman

Votes: 1,471 | Gross: $0.02M

82. Store danskere (2003– )

38 min | Documentary, Biography, History

Documentary series portraying significant Danes throughout history.

Stars: Ulf Pilgaard, Kirsten Passer, Lone Hertz, Ruth Brejnholm

Votes: 17

83. Face to Face (1990 TV Movie)

PG | 93 min | Adventure, Drama

An American paleontologist and a British miner get in a conflict over who has the rights to dig on a site in Kenya.

Director: Lou Antonio | Stars: Elizabeth Montgomery, Robert Foxworth, Lou Antonio, Shanni Chagger

Votes: 126

84. The Lion Who Thought He Was People (1971)

G | 89 min | Adventure, Documentary

A zoo-born lion gets put in the pet department of Harrods, the cellar of an antique shop, and then released into the wilds of Africa.

Director: Bill Travers | Stars: Bill Travers, Virginia McKenna, George Adamson, Terence Adamson

Votes: 281

85. The Last Safari (1967)

Not Rated | 110 min | Adventure

Miles Gilchrist is a big game hunter in Africa. He goes on a safari to shoot an elephant who killed his friend.

Director: Henry Hathaway | Stars: Kaz Garas, Stewart Granger, Gabriella Licudi, Johnny Sekka

Votes: 284

86. Wo es weh tut (2010)

90 min | Drama

Two very different German couples meet during vacation in Kenya. A poker game takes an unexpected turn when a wife's body becomes the stake.

Director: Daniel Krauss | Stars: Anna Eger, Antoine Monot Jr., Nike Martens, Thorsten Wien

Votes: 13

87. Verdensmænd (2020–2022)

TV-PG | 30 min | Comedy, Reality-TV

Rejseprogram med Tobias Dybvad og Bo Lydmand, med følgeskab af en komiker gæst.

Stars: Tobias Dybvad, Bo Lydmand, Nikolaj Stokholm, Mark Le Fêvre

Votes: 25

88. Sing Your Song (2011)

Not Rated | 104 min | Documentary, Biography, Music

Most people know the lasting legacy of Harry Belafonte, the entertainer. This film unearths his significant contribution to and his leadership in the civil rights movement in America and to social justice globally.

Director: Susanne Rostock | Stars: Harry Belafonte, Sidney Poitier, Marge Champion, Fran Scott Attaway

Votes: 503 | Gross: $0.05M

89. Odongo: An Adventure of the African Frontier (1956)

85 min | Adventure, Drama

In Kenya, a white trader of exotic animals is mentoring and caring for an African boy but is annoyed by his new female replacement veterinarian and must deal with a disgruntled former employee.

Director: John Gilling | Stars: Rhonda Fleming, Macdonald Carey, Juma, Eleanor Summerfield

Votes: 165

90. 2003 Cricket World Cup (2003)

Sport

South Africa, Zimbabwe and Kenya to host the world's top cricket teams as they gathered to do battle for the game's ultimate prize, the World Cup.

Stars: Sachin Tendulkar, Ricky Ponting, Sourav Ganguly, Adam Gilchrist

Votes: 57

91. The Ascent (1994)

PG | 96 min | Adventure, War

A highly fictionalized real-life adventure of an Italian soldier who escapes a British prisoner-of-war camp to climb the challenging 17,000-foot Mt. Kenya and plant the Italian flag on the ... See full summary »

Director: Donald Shebib | Stars: Vincent Spano, Ben Cross, Tony Lo Bianco, Rachel Ward

Votes: 207

92. Mario Is Missing! (1992 Video Game)

Unrated | Adventure, Family

Bowser has kidnapped Mario and locked him somewhere in his giant castle in Antarctica. So it's up to Luigi and Yoshi to find him.

Director: Jon Mandel | Stars: Kathy Fitzgerald, Rob Wallace, Bob Sorenson, Nicholas Glaeser

Votes: 228

93. Daybreak in Udi (1949)

Approved | 47 min | Documentary

This 47-minute documentary, financed by HRH's government, won an Oscar in the special category, and most of it was later edited into a 1953 two-segment documentary called "Savage World" by ... See full summary »

Director: Terry Bishop | Stars: E.R. Chadwick, Harford Anerobi, Fanny Elumeze, Joseph Amalu

Votes: 93

94. We Have a Dream (2023)

96 min | Documentary

Who said giving up one's biggest dreams because of a disability? Director Pascal Plisson traveled the globe and met exceptional kids who will demonstrate the power of courage and inclusive education.

Director: Pascal Plisson | Stars: Maud Pruvost, Romy Pruvost, Antonio Luis Santana Cruz, Xavier Cyiza

Votes: 12

95. Mvera (2023)

117 min | Drama

After being trapped by an organ trafficking ring, a woman tries to make it back to her community to warn them of the dangers that are being sold to them as new opportunities.

Director: Daudi Anguka | Stars: Susan Khadide, Carolyne Rita Mutua, Hillary Namanje, Patrick Owino

Votes: 8

96. Intrepid Journeys (2003– )

60 min | Adventure, Documentary

New Zealand Celebrities take individual journeys to exotic, sometimes difficult and out of the way locations and share their experiences in an honest and often amusing way. Season 1 sees ... See full summary »

Stars: Peter Elliott, Peta Mathias, Robyn Malcolm, Pio Terei

Votes: 14

97. World Without Walls (1986 TV Movie)

60 min | Documentary, Biography

"World Without Walls" is the story of Beryl Markham, an English woman who grew up in Kenya, becoming a race horse trainer and a bush pilot. In 1936, she flew solo across the Atlantic and wrote a celebrated memoir, "West With the Night."

Director: Andrew Maxwell-Hyslop | Stars: Bunny Allen, Michael Blundell, Kay Boyle, Sonny Bumpus

98. An Elephant Called Slowly (1970)

G | 91 min | Comedy, Action, Adventure

Bill and Ginny are invited by a naturalist friend to take care of his home in Africa while he is away, and they find themselves adopted by three orphan elephants.

Director: James Hill | Stars: Virginia McKenna, Bill Travers, Vinay Inambar, Joab Collins

Votes: 147

99. The Queen of Trees (2005)

52 min | Documentary

The remarkable story of an African fig tree and the special relationship it has with the animals who depend on it.

Directors: Mark Deeble, Victoria Stone | Star: Ian Holm

Votes: 120

100. Bin Laden: War on Terror (2016)

Documentary, History, War

A re-telling of the events leading up to the death of the world's most wanted man. Includes details of the bold military operation that found, hunted and killed Osama Bin Laden.

Director: Marilyn Higgins | Stars: Barack Obama, Osama bin Laden, Yasser Arafat, George W. Bush