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David
2025· 1h 49m· Animation, Family, Drama· en
8.0186
Best South African Drama Movies
This collection ranks 500 south african drama movies. The list is ranked using a weighted combination of audience ratings, vote volume and popularity data, so movies with only a handful of votes never outrank widely acclaimed films. At the top of the list is David.
500 qualifying moviesRanked using a weighted combination of ratings, vote volume and popularity data
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Redeeming Love
2022· 2h 14m· Romance, Drama, Western· en
7.9771 - 3
Hotel Rwanda
2004· 2h 2m· Drama, History, War· en
7.73.2K - 4
The Last House on the Left
2009· 1h 53m· Crime, Thriller, Horror· en
6.52.0K - 5
Escape from Pretoria
2020· 1h 42m· Drama, History, Thriller· en
7.21.5K - 6
Remember
2015· 1h 34m· Drama, Thriller, Mystery· en
7.4763 - 7
Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom
2013· 2h 21m· Drama, History· en
6.9584 - 8
Duma
2005· 1h 40m· Adventure, Drama, Family· en
7.4212 - 9
Goodbye Bafana
2007· 1h 55m· History, Drama· en
6.9154 - 10
Mia and the White Lion
2018· 1h 38m· Adventure, Family, Drama· fr
7.3920 - 11
The Salvation
2014· 1h 32m· Drama, Western· da
6.5972 - 12
Ellen: The Ellen Pakkies Story
2018· 2h 3m· Drama· af
8.65 - 13
Ali
2001· 2h 37m· Drama· en
6.81.9K - 14
Hector and the Search for Happiness
2014· 1h 54m· Adventure, Drama, Comedy· en
6.7971 - 15
Beast
2022· 1h 33m· Action, Adventure, Horror· en
6.51.8K - 16
Gangster's Paradise: Jerusalema
2008· 2h 0m· Action, Crime, Drama· en
6.761 - 17
Zulu
2013· 1h 50m· Crime, Drama, Thriller· en
6.7524 - 18
Tsotsi
2005· 1h 34m· Crime, Drama· tn
6.9352 - 19
Lemon!
2014· 1h 31m· Comedy, Drama· af
—0 - 20
The Pirates of Somalia
2017· 1h 57m· Drama· en
6.9250 - 21
The Visual Bible: Matthew
1993· 4h 19m· Drama, History· en
8.830 - 22
Hearts & Minds
1995· 1h 53m· Drama, Thriller, Documentary· en
—0 - 23
Spud
2010· 1h 47m· Comedy, Drama· en
7.056 - 24
Berlin Alexanderplatz
2020· 3h 4m· Drama, Crime· de
6.990 - 25
Mama Africa
2011· 1h 32m· Drama, Documentary· en
6.47 - 26
Stander
2003· 1h 56m· Action, Crime, Drama· en
6.2114 - 27
Umjolo: Day Ones
2024· 1h 26m· Romance, Drama· zu
6.33 - 28
Rafiki
2018· 1h 22m· Drama, Romance· sw
7.0158 - 29
Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight
2025· 1h 38m· Drama· en
6.830 - 30
Poppie Nongena
2020· 1h 35m· Drama· af
8.011 - 31
Yesterday
2004· 1h 36m· Drama· zu
7.432 - 32
Faith Like Potatoes
2006· 1h 56m· Drama· en
7.462 - 33
Broke
2025· 1h 44m· Western, Drama· en
7.054 - 34
Treurgrond
2015· 1h 32m· Drama· af
7.32 - 35
Atlantis
2021· 1h 31m· Action, Crime, Drama· af
—0 - 36
The World Unseen
2007· 1h 34m· Romance, Drama· en
7.0105 - 37
Susters
2018· 1h 48m· Comedy, Drama· af
7.06 - 38
Umjolo: The Gone Girl
2024· 1h 34m· Romance, Drama, Comedy· zu
7.726 - 39
The Bang Bang Club
2011· 1h 46m· Drama, History· en
6.6177 - 40
Moffie
2020· 1h 44m· Drama, War, Romance· af
6.798 - 41
Hard to Forget
1998· 1h 35m· TV Movie, Drama, Romance· en
4.73 - 42
High Fantasy
2017· 1h 14m· Drama, Comedy· en
7.99 - 43
Museo
2018· 2h 6m· Crime, Drama· es
6.5153 - 44
Sink
2016· 1h 55m· Drama· af
8.94 - 45
Zulu Dawn
1979· 1h 57m· Adventure, Drama, History· en
6.1113 - 46
180
2026· 1h 34m· Thriller, Crime, Drama· en
5.8140 - 47
Love on Safari
2018· 1h 24m· TV Movie, Drama, Romance· en
6.7115 - 48
Cry, the Beloved Country
1995· 1h 46m· Drama· en
6.828 - 49
This Is Not a Burial, It's a Resurrection
2020· 2h 0m· Drama· st
7.543 - 50
Umjolo: My Beginning, My End!
2025· 1h 14m· Romance, Drama· zu
7.920
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Frequently asked questions
How many qualifyingmovies are in this list?
500 movies with real rating data match this collection.
How are these movies ranked?
By a weighted score combining audience ratings, vote volume and popularity. Movies with very few votes are statistically shrunk toward the global average, so they cannot dominate the top of the list.
Which movie is ranked #1?
David currently holds the top position in this collection.
How often is this list updated?
Rankings are recalculated whenever the underlying movie data changes.