14 - Top 50 South African Films You Have Never Heard Of
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Today's episode lists Gino's top 50 South African films you have probably never heard of. Time to explore the incredible variety of home grown productions that are well worth watching.
Here they are in no particular order:
1. Mia and the White Lion (2018)
2. Tremors 5: Bloodlines (2015)
3. The Color of Friendship (2000)
4. Poena is Koning (2007)
5. Storm Riders: The Story of Racheltjie De Beer (2019)
6. Flatland (2019)
7. 204: Getting Away With Murder (2014)
8. Max and Mona (2004)
9. Stander (2003)
10. 10 Days in Sun City (2017)
11. Fiela se Kind (1988)
12. Yankee Zulu (1993)
13. Forever Young, Forever Free (1975)
14. Van der Merwe (2017)
15. Running Riot (2006)
16. Alison (2016)
17. High Fantasy (2017)
18. Call Me Thief (2016)
19. Dis Ek, Anna (2015)
20. Frank and Fearless (2018)
21. The Windmill (2014)
22. Die Stropers / The Harvesters (2019)
23. Poppie Nongena (2019)
24. Die Pro / The Pro (2015)
25. Wonderlus (2017)
26. Elelwani (2012)
27. Recipes for Love and Murder (2022)
28. Slumber Party Massacre (2021)
29. Space Mutiny (1988)
30. Triggered (2020)
31. The World Unseen (2007)
32. The Naked Prey (1965)
33. Projek Dina (2020)
34. Hunting Emma (2017)
35. Revelation Road (2023)
36. Girl From Nowhere (2017)
37. Sleeper’s Wake (2012)
38. Kampvuur (2023)
39. Death of a Whistleblower (2023)
40. The Day We Didn’t Meet (2021)
41. Unsex Me (2018)
42. Donkerbos (2022)
43. Hand Off (2019)
44. You’re Next (2023)
45. Shark Attack 2 (2000)
46. A Good Man in Africa (1994)
47. Hell Trip (2018)
48. This Is Not a Burial, It’s a Resurrection (2019)
49. Model (2020)
50. Shepherds and Butchers (2016)
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