14 - Top 50 South African Films You Have Never Heard Of

EPISODE · Oct 9, 2023 · 15 MIN

14 - Top 50 South African Films You Have Never Heard Of

from African Couch Potato · host Gino Shelile

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)Yes? No? Send us a textLet us know what you think, what movie or series you would like to see featured, or just to tell us how brilliant it all is:instagram.com/africancouchpotatox.com/[email protected] Channel: Mzansi Film News, Views and Reviews YouTube; African Couch Potato - YouTube https://www.patreon.com/c/AfricanCouchPotato Gino Shelile’s profile • LetterboxdMember of the Film Critics Association of South Africa (FCASA)Produced by Ted Loukes and A10 Consulting [email protected] Music by The_Mountain from PixabayCHqjHqS2RAMkVSeydGo7© SANTE MEDIA 2026

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