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Inception(2010)

Κ-15

| 2h 28min | Action, Science Fiction, Adventure

4.2/5 (with 17,012 votes)

Cobb, a skilled thief who commits corporate espionage by infiltrating the subconscious of his targets is offered a chance to regain his old life as payment for a task considered to be impossible: "inception", the implantation of another person's idea into a target's subconscious.

Directed by Christopher Nolan - With Leonardo DiCaprio, Ken Watanabe, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Marion Cotillard, Elliot Page, Tom Hardy, ...

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Mean Girls(2024)

1h 52min | Comedy

3.1/5 (with 170 votes)

New student Cady Heron is welcomed into the top of the social food chain by the elite group of popular girls called ‘The Plastics,’ ruled by the conniving queen bee Regina George and her minions Gretchen and Karen. However, when Cady makes the major misstep of falling for Regina’s ex-boyfriend Aaron Samuels, she finds herself prey in Regina’s crosshairs. As Cady sets to take down the group’s apex predator with the help of her outcast friends Janis and Damian, she must learn how to stay true to herself while navigating the most cutthroat jungle of all: high school.

Directed by Samantha Jayne, Arturo Perez Jr. - With Angourie Rice, Reneé Rapp, Auliʻi Cravalho, Jaquel Spivey, Bebe Wood, Avantika Vandanapu, ...

Emanuelle and the White Slave Trade(1978)

1h 28min | Drama

2.3/5 (with 15 votes)

While attempting to interview an elusive gangster, photojournalist Emanuelle notices a man pushing a girl in a wheelchair through the airport. Later, in another country she sees the same man and the girl up and walking. Intrigued, she does a bit of investigating and uncovers an organization dealing in the buying and selling of young women. She goes undercover into the organization but finds that getting out again could cost her her career...and her life.

Directed by Joe D'Amato - With Laura Gemser, Venantino Venantini, Ely Galleani, Gabriele Tinti, Tom Felleghy, Simone-Diane Brahmann, ...

The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen(2003)

1h 50min | Fantasy, Action, Thriller, Science Fiction

3.0/5 (with 1,796 votes)

To prevent a world war from breaking out, famous characters from Victorian literature band together to do battle against a cunning villain.

Directed by Stephen Norrington - With Sean Connery, Naseeruddin Shah, Peta Wilson, Tony Curran, Stuart Townsend, Shane West, ...

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The Ghost and the Darkness(1996)

| 1h 49min | Adventure, Action, Thriller

3.4/5 (with 419 votes)

Sir Robert Beaumont is behind schedule on a railroad in Africa. Enlisting noted engineer John Henry Patterson to right the ship, Beaumont expects results. Everything seems great until the crew discovers the mutilated corpse of the project's foreman, seemingly killed by a lion. After several more attacks, Patterson calls in famed hunter Charles Remington, who has finally met his match in the bloodthirsty lions.

Directed by Stephen Hopkins - With Michael Douglas, Val Kilmer, John Kani, Brian McCardie, Emily Mortimer, Tom Wilkinson, ...

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Captain Phillips(2013)

Κ-15

| 2h 14min | Action, Drama, Thriller

3.8/5 (with 3,078 votes)

The true story of Captain Richard Phillips and the 2009 hijacking by Somali pirates of the US-flagged MV Maersk Alabama, the first American cargo ship to be hijacked in two hundred years.

Directed by Paul Greengrass - With Tom Hanks, Catherine Keener, Chris Mulkey, Max Martini, Yul Vazquez, David Warshofsky, ...

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Lara Croft: Tomb Raider - The Cradle of Life(2003)

| 1h 57min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Thriller

2.9/5 (with 1,937 votes)

Lara Croft is tasked by MI6 to find the mythologicalPandora's Box, an object from ancient legends which supposedly contains one of the deadliest plagues on Earth, before evil Nobel Prize-winning scientist turned bioterroristJonathan Reiss can get his hands on it. Lara ventures to an underwater temple in search of a magical luminous orb, the key to finding Pandora's Box, but after securing it, it is promptly stolen by the villainous leader of a Chinese crime syndicate who in turn plans to sell the orb to Reiss. Lara must recover the box before evil mastermind Reiss uses it to construct a weapon of catastrophic capabilities.

Directed by Jan de Bont - With Angelina Jolie, Ciarán Hinds, Gerard Butler, Noah Taylor, Djimon Hounsou, Til Schweiger, ...

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The Constant Gardener(2005)

| 2h 9min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller

3.5/5 (with 623 votes)

Justin Quayle is a low-level British diplomat who has always gone about his work very quietly, not causing any problems. But after his radical wife Tessa is killed he becomes determined to find out why, thrusting himself into the middle of a very dangerous conspiracy.

Directed by Fernando Meirelles - With Ralph Fiennes, Rachel Weisz, Danny Huston, Bill Nighy, Pete Postlethwaite, Richard McCabe, ...

Endangered Species(2021)

1h 41min | Thriller, Action

3.0/5 (with 65 votes)

Jack Halsey takes his wife, their adult kids, and a friend for a dream vacation in Kenya. But as they venture off alone into a wilderness park, their safari van is flipped over by an angry rhino, leaving them injured and desperate. Then, as two of them go in search of rescue, a bloody, vicious encounter with a leopard and a clan of hyenas incites a desperate fight for survival.

Directed by M. J. Bassett

Out of Africa(1985)

| 2h 41min | History, Romance / Love, Drama

3.6/5 (with 589 votes)

Out of Africa tells the story of the life of Danish author Karen Blixen, who at the beginning of the 20th century moved to Africa to build a new life for herself. The film is based on the autobiographical novel by Karen Blixen from 1937.

Directed by Sydney Pollack - With Robert Redford, Meryl Streep, Klaus Maria Brandauer, Michael Gough, Suzanna Hamilton, Michael Kitchen, ...

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Dying of the Light(2014)

| 1h 34min | Thriller, Drama

2.4/5 (with 140 votes)

Evan Lake, a veteran CIA agent, has been ordered to retire. But when his protégé uncovers evidence that Lake's nemesis, the terrorist Banir, has resurfaced, Lake goes rogue, embarking on a perilous, intercontinental mission to eliminate his sworn enemy.

Directed by Paul Schrader - With Nicolas Cage, Anton Yelchin, Irène Jacob, Victor Webster, Alexander Karim, Geff Francis, ...

Paradise: Love(2012)

Κ-18

| 2h | Drama

3.4/5 (with 77 votes)

On the beaches of Kenya they're known as "Sugar Mamas" -- European women who seek out African boys selling love to earn a living. Teresa, a 50-year-old Austrian and mother of a daughter entering puberty, travels to this vacation paradise. She goes from one Beach Boy to the next, from one disappointment to the next and finally she must recognize: On the beaches of Kenya love is a business.

Directed by Ulrich Seidl - With Margarethe Tiesel, Maria Hofstätter, Inge Maux, Dunja Sowinetz

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The Wild Thornberrys Movie(2002)

1h 25min | Animation, Adventure, Kids & Family

3.2/5 (with 114 votes)

Eliza and Debbie are two sisters who don't always get along. But their relationship is put to the test when Debbie's life is in danger, and Eliza might have to give up her power to talk to animals....

Directed by Cathy Malkasian, Jeff McGrath

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I Dreamed of Africa(2000)

1h 54min | Romance / Love, Drama, Adventure

2.8/5 (with 32 votes)

Inspired by the true story of indomitable Kuki Gallmann, the film tells of a beautiful and inquisitive woman who had the courage to escape from her comfortable yet monotonous life in Italy to start anew in the African wilderness with her son, Emanuele, and her new husband, Paolo. Gallmann faces great danger there but eventually becomes a celebrated conservationist.

Directed by Hugh Hudson - With Kim Basinger, Vincent Perez, Liam Aiken, Eva Marie Saint, Daniel Craig, Valeria Cavalli, ...

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Born Free(1966)

1h 35min | Adventure

3.4/5 (with 50 votes)

At a national park in Kenya, English game warden George Adamson and his wife, Joy, care for three orphaned lion cubs. After the two larger lions are shipped off to a zoo in the Netherlands, the smallest of the three, Elsa, stays with the couple. When Elsa is blamed for causing an elephant stampede in the nearby village, head warden John Kendall demands the young lion either be trained to survive in the wilds of the Serengeti or be sent to a zoo.

Directed by James Hill - With Virginia Anne McKenna, Bill Travers, Geoffrey Keen

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The Snows of Kilimanjaro(1952)

| 1h 57min | Adventure, Romance / Love, Drama

3.0/5 (with 40 votes)

Writer Harry Street reflects on his life as he lies dying from an infection while on safari in the shadow of Mount Kilimanjaro.

Directed by Henry King - With Gregory Peck, Ava Gardner, Susan Hayward, Hildegard Knef, Leo G. Carroll, Marcel Dalio, ...

African Cats(2011)

1h 29min | Documentary, Adventure

3.7/5 (with 108 votes)

African Cats captures the real-life love, humor and determination of the majestic kings of the savanna. The story features Mara, an endearing lion cub who strives to grow up with her mother’s strength, spirit and wisdom; Sita, a fearless cheetah and single mother of five mischievous newborns; and Fang, a proud leader of the pride who must defend his family from a once banished lion.

Directed by Alastair Fothergill, Keith Scholey

The White Masai(2005)

2h 11min | Drama

3.2/5 (with 27 votes)

A girl, Carola, whose vacation in Kenya takes an interesting turn when she becomes infatuated with a Masai. Carola decides to leave her boyfriend to stay with her lover. There, she has to adapt to the Masai's way of life and get used to their food which includes milk mixed with blood. She also has to face her husband's attitude towards women and what he expects from a wife. Nonetheless, Carola is welcomed warmly into the tribe she has chosen to join.

Directed by Hermine Huntgeburth - With Nina Hoss, Jacky Ido, Nino Prester, Katja Flint

White Mischief(1988)

1h 47min | Crime, Drama, Romance / Love, Thriller

3.0/5 (with 18 votes)

A millionaire past his prime and his young wife arrive in Kenya circa 1940 to find that the other affluent British expatriates are living large as the homefront gears up for war. They are busy swapping partners, doing drugs, and attending lavish parties and horse races. She begins a torrid affair with one of the bon vivants, and her husband finds out and confronts them. The husband and wife decide to break up peacefully, but the bon vivant is murdered and all the evidence points to the husband.

Directed by Michael Radford - With Greta Scacchi, Charles Dance, Joss Ackland, Sarah Miles, John Hurt, Alan Dobie, ...

Nowhere in Africa(2001)

2h 20min | Drama

3.5/5 (with 69 votes)

A Jewish woman named Jettel Redlich flees Nazi Germany with her daughter Regina, to join her husband, Walter, on a farm in Kenya. At first, Jettel refuses to adjust to her new circumstances, bringing with her a set of china dishes and an evening gown. While Regina adapts readily to this new world, forming a strong bond with her father's cook, an African named Owuor.

Directed by Caroline Link - With Juliane Köhler, Merab Ninidze, Matthias Habich, Lea Kurka, Hildegard Schmahl, Sidede Onyulo, ...

The Air Up There(1994)

1h 47min | Kids & Family, Comedy

3.2/5 (with 72 votes)

Jimmy Dolan is a college basketball coach who wants a big promotion. To get it, he needs to make a dramatic find. He ends up deep in Africa, hoping to recruit Saleh, a huge basketball prodigy Jimmy glimpsed in a home movie. But Saleh is the chief's son and has responsibilities at home, since the tribe's land is threatened by a mining company with its own hotshot basketball team.

Directed by Paul Michael Glaser - With Kevin Bacon, Yolanda Vazquez, Sean McCann, Winston Ntshona

Big Cat Dairy(2008)

25min per episode | Documentary, Drama

4.5/5 (with 2 votes)

Big Cat Diary, also known as Big Cat Week or Big Cat Live, is a long-running nature documentary series on BBC television which follows the lives of African big cats in Kenya's Maasai Mara. The first series, broadcast on BBC One in 1996, was developed and jointly produced by Keith Scholey, who would go on to become Head of the BBC's Natural History Unit. Eight further series have followed, most recently Big Cat Live, a live broadcast from the Mara in 2008. The original presenters, Jonathan Scott and Simon King, were joined by Saba Douglas-Hamilton from 2002 onwards. Kate Silverton and Jackson Looseyia were added to the presenting team for Big Cat Live.

The First Grader(2010)

1h 43min | Romance / Love, Drama

3.6/5 (with 43 votes)

The true story of an 84 year-old Kenyan villager and ex Mau Mau freedom fighter who fights for his right to go to school for the first time to get the education he could never afford.

Directed by Justin Chadwick - With Naomie Harris, Tony Kgoroge

Cheetah(1989)

1h 23min | Drama, Kids & Family

3.1/5 (with 16 votes)

An American boy and girl, spending six months in Kenya with their scientist parents adopt a cheetah, only to realize that they must set it loose so that it can learn to hunt and be free. However, when the animal is captured by poachers planning to race it against greyhounds, the two city kids, together with a young African goat herder they befriended, head off into the wild to rescue the cheetah.

Directed by Jeff Blyth - With Keith Coogan, Lucy Deakins, Collin Mothupi

The Flame Trees of Thika(1981)

1h per episode | Drama

3.0/5 (with 1 vote)

Elspeth and her unconventional parents decide to settle down in Kenya and begin a coffee plantation. This is a time of discovery for Elspeth, as she encounters the incredible beauty and cruelty of nature, and new friendships with both Africans and British expatriates. A side plot involves the beautiful and bored British Lettice Palmer who enters into an affair with a handsome safari guide. Eventually, however, the excitement of Elspeth's life is disrupted by the onset of WW I, and the changes it brings.

Directed by Roy Ward Baker - With Hayley Mills

Tolo Tolo(2020)

1h 30min | Comedy, Drama, Kids & Family

3.1/5 (with 568 votes)

Checco is a young Apulian entrepreneur dreamer who has opened a sushi restaurant in his Apulia. However, after one month, the restaurant went bankrupt and he chose to emigrate to Africa to escape from debt. Here he adapts to being a waiter in a resort in Kenya, but at the outbreak of a civil war he decides to embark on a stowaway trip on a boat for migrants to Europe and chooses to do it with his African friends. However, he would not like to return to Italy, but rather to go to Liechtenstein where banking secrecy is in force and there is a lower tax burden than in Italy.

Directed by Checco Zalone - With Checco Zalone

Recep Ivedik 6(2019)

1h 50min | Comedy

2.3/5 (with 39 votes)

Recep İvedik is at home watching television, when postman brings him a surprise invitation for the annual dried beans festival of Konya province. Very excited with the news, Recep convinces his best friend Nurullah to join him but due to a miscommunication with the travel agency, they get plane tickets for Kenya, Africa, instead of Konya, Turkey. After arriving at Kenya and getting on a safari tour, our hapless companions find themselves lost in endless savannah and at the middle of two rival local tribes. Many adventures await Recep in this unfamiliar and exotic land, who will try anything and everything to return home, mostly to hilarious results.

Directed by Togan Gökbakar - With Şahan Gökbakar

The Loss of Sexual Innocence(1999)

1h 46min | Drama

2.8/5 (with 14 votes)

The story of the sexual development of a filmmaker through three stages of his life.

Directed by Mike Figgis - With Julian Sands, Saffron Burrows, Stefano Dionisi, Kelly Macdonald, Gina McKee, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, ...

Born to Be Wild(2011)

40min | Documentary, Adventure

3.6/5 (with 30 votes)

Born to Be Wild observes various orphaned jungle animals and their day-to-day behavioural interactions with the individuals who rescue them and raise them to adulthood. The film unfurls in two separate geographic spheres. Half of it takes place in the rain forests of Borneo, where celebrated primatologist Dr. Birute Galdikas assists baby orangutans; the other half takes place on the arid savannahs of Kenya, where zoologist Dame Daphne Sheldrick works with baby elephant calves.

Directed by David Lickley - With Morgan Freeman, Birutė Galdika, Daphne Sheldrick

Two of a Kind(1983)

1h 32min | Comedy

2.8/5 (with 46 votes)

Italian comedy in two episodes starring a house painter who emigrated to Switzerland who pretends to be a millionaire and an employee on holiday in Kenya, the victim of catastrophic misadventures.

Directed by Neri Parenti - With Lino Banfi, Paolo Villaggio, Milly Carlucci, Marina Confalone, Silvano Spadaccino, Antonio Allocca, ...

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Movies Set in Kenya

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Inception(2010)

Mean Girls(2024)

Emanuelle and the White Slave Trade(1978)

The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen(2003)

The Ghost and the Darkness(1996)

Captain Phillips(2013)

Lara Croft: Tomb Raider - The Cradle of Life(2003)

The Constant Gardener(2005)

Endangered Species(2021)

Out of Africa(1985)

Dying of the Light(2014)

Paradise: Love(2012)

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The Wild Thornberrys Movie(2002)

I Dreamed of Africa(2000)

Born Free(1966)

The Snows of Kilimanjaro(1952)

African Cats(2011)

The White Masai(2005)

White Mischief(1988)

Nowhere in Africa(2001)

The Air Up There(1994)

Big Cat Dairy(2008)

The First Grader(2010)

Cheetah(1989)

The Flame Trees of Thika(1981)

Tolo Tolo(2020)

Recep Ivedik 6(2019)

The Loss of Sexual Innocence(1999)

Born to Be Wild(2011)

Two of a Kind(1983)

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