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Kenya, officially the Republic of Kenya (Swahili: Jamhuri ya Kenya), is a country in East Africa. A member of the African Union with a population of more than 47.6 million in the 2019 census, Kenya is the 28th most populous country in the world and 7th most populous in Africa. Kenya's capital and largest city is Nairobi, while its oldest and second largest city, is the major port city of Mombasa, situated on Mombasa Island in the Indian Ocean and the surrounding mainland. Mombasa was the capital of the British East Africa Protectorate, which included most of what is now Kenya and southwestern Somalia, from 1889 to 1907. Other important cities include Kisumu and Nakuru. Kenya is bordered by South Sudan to the northwest, Ethiopia to the north, Somalia to the east, Uganda to the west, Tanzania to the south, and the Indian Ocean to the southeast. Kenya's geography, climate and population vary widely, ranging from cold snow-capped mountaintops (Batian, Nelion and Point Lenana on Mount Kenya) with vast surrounding forests, wildlife and fertile agricultural regions to temperate climates in western and rift valley counties and further on to dry less fertile arid and semi-arid areas and absolute deserts (Chalbi Desert and Nyiri Desert). Kenya's earliest inhabitants were hunter-gatherer... ()
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Endangered Species(2021)

R
| 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

The Good Lie(2014)

PG-13
| 1h 50min | Drama
3.7/5 (with 222 votes)

A young refugee of the Sudanese Civil War who wins a lottery for relocation to the United States with three other lost boys. Encountering the modern world for the first time, they develop an unlikely friendship with a brash American woman assigned to help them, but the young man struggles to adjust to this new life and his feelings of guilt about the brother he left behind.

Rafiki(2018)

1h 22min | Drama, Romance / Love
3.5/5 (with 63 votes)

Kena and Ziki long for something more. Despite the political rivalry between their families, the girls resist and remain close friends, supporting each other to pursue their dreams in a conservative society. When love blossoms between them, the two girls will be forced to choose between happiness and safety.

Directed by Wanuri Kahiu - With Samantha Mugatsia, Sheila Munyiva, Nini Wacera, Charlie Karumi, Muthoni Gathecha, Patricia Amira, ...

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.

Supa Modo(2018)

1h 14min | Drama
3.7/5 (with 15 votes)

Jo, a witty 9-year old terminally ill girl is taken back to her rural village to live out the rest of her short life. Her only comfort during these dull times are her dreams of being a superhero, which prove to be something her rebellious teenage sister Mwix, overprotective mother Kathryn and the entire village of Maweni think they can fulfill.

Directed by Likarion Wainaina

Disconnect: The Wedding Planner(2023)

3.4/5 (with 4 votes)

After falling victim to a scam, a desperate man races the clock as he attempts to plan a luxurious destination wedding for an important investor.

Veve(2014)

1h 30min | Drama, Crime
3.1/5 (with 5 votes)

VEVE follows the lives of multiple characters trying to find themselves in a world of political intrigue, revenge, love and longings for success complemented by the background of the thriving yet unregulated veve business. Amos, an ambitious politician, is running for another term as Maua MP whilst facing his opponent Wadu in the extension of his veve empire.

Directed by Simon Mukali

Nairobi Half Life(2012)

1h 36min | Drama
3.4/5 (with 3 votes)

Mwas, a young aspiring actor from upcountry Kenya dreams of becoming an accomplished actor one day, and in pursuit of this, he makes his way to Nairobi, the city of opportunity. He quickly understands why Nairobi is nicknamed Nairrobery as he is bereaved of all his money and belongings and left alone in a city where he doesn’t know a soul. Luck or the lack of it brings Mwas face to face with the city’s criminals and forms a friendship with a small time crook who takes him in. He is quickly drawn into a world of crime as he struggles to pursue his dream of becoming an actor. Keeping the two worlds separate proves to be a challenge for Mwas as he steps into this unknown world called Nairobi.

Directed by David Gitonga

Disconnect(2018)

1.0/5 (with 1 vote)

A romantic comedy that brings out the intricacies and absurdities of the Nairobi dating scene.

Directed by David Gitonga, Michael Jones

In the Shadow of Kilimanjaro(1986)

1h 37min | Horror
3.2/5 (with 4 votes)

There's a big drought in Africa. Food and water are scarce. 90,000 wild baboons suddenly start attacking humans and eating them in order to survive. Some people find themselves being hunted by the starving monkeys and must do whatever they can to stay alive.

To Walk with Lions(1999)

1h 50min | Adventure, Drama
2.9/5 (with 7 votes)

Drama based loosely on the final years of Kenya game warden and lion-raiser George Adamson's life. An unofficial sequel to 'Born Free' (1966) and 'Living Free' (1972), which also dramatised the life of Adamson, this film picks up the life of George (Richard Harris) on the African wildlife preserve he runs with the help of his brother Terrence (Ian Bannen). When drifter Tony Fitzjohn (John Michie) arrives to work for the old men he initially takes poorly to the task, almost savaged by a lion on his first day and on the verge of leaving when he hears that his predecessor was killed in a similar incident. The arrival of a lion cub that Fitzjohn must care for and raise changes everything. Soon he finds himself helping the brothers in their fight to save lions - and, ultimately, the park itself - from the poachers, soldiers and corrupt government officials that threaten them.

Watu Wote: All of Us(2017)

22min | Drama
3.2/5 (with 12 votes)

For a decade Kenya has been targeted by terrorist attacks of the Al-Shabaab. An atmosphere of anxiety and mistrust between Muslims and Christians is growing. Until in December 2015, Muslim bus passengers showed that solidarity can prevail.

Directed by Katja Benrath
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Soul boy(2010)

G
| 1h 1min | Drama
3.3/5 (with 5 votes)

Abila (14) lives in one of the most miserable slums in Africa. His girlfriend Shiku belongs to a different tribe, as the result of which he is not really allowed to fraternize with her. And then one drunken night his father gambles away his own soul.

Directed by Hawa Essuman

Just in Time(2021)

1h 32min | Comedy, Drama
5.0/5 (with 1 vote)

A meticulous clerk for a bookstore that has just been shuttered suddenly finds herself taking care of her cousin's witty 11-year-old daughter.

Rise and Fall of Idi Amin(1981)

R
| 1h 31min | Drama, History, Crime, Thriller, War
3.9/5 (with 2 votes)

The chronicle of Ugandan dictator Idi Amin and his tyranic rule from 1971 to his overthrow in 1979.

Directed by Sharad Patel - With Joseph Olita, Denis Hills

Face to Face(1990)

1h 33min | Adventure, Drama, TV Movie
2.5/5 (with 2 votes)

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

The Dreams of Elibidi(2010)

1h 15min | Drama

The story of two brothers who travel to Nairobi to find work.

Directed by Nick Reding, Kamau Ndungu

18 Hours(2017)

1h 8min | Drama

A rookie paramedic spends 18 hours in an ambulance with a road crash victim who struggles to be admitted to any hospital.

Directed by Njue Kevin

The Battle for Laikipia(2024)

1h 34min | Documentary

The stakes escalate in a longstanding conflict between Indigenous pastoralists and white landowners in Laikipia, Kenya, as unresolved historical injustices and the impact of climate change come to the forefront.

Tourist Ömer Among the Cannibals(1970)

1h 22min | Comedy, Adventure
3.1/5 (with 8 votes)

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Directed by Hulki Saner - With Sadri Alışık

Safari Rally(1978)

1h 27min | Action
4.0/5 (with 1 vote)

6000 km di paura, internationally released as Safari Rally, is a 1978 action-thriller film directed by Bitto Albertini.

Cinema Dadaab(2018)

58min | Documentary
3.0/5 (with 1 vote)

In one of the world's largest and oldest refugee camps, Dadaab, the inhabitans survive by watching films and dreaming. The refugees cannot leave the camp, but they let their minds escape the harsh reality: by going to the simple cinema hall run by Abdikafi Mohamed, the film's protagonist.

Directed by Kati Juurus

Married to Work(2023)

1h 16min
1.9/5 (with 1 vote)

To save their real estate agency, an ambitious businesswoman and her entitled boss must convince an investor they're married -- despite hating each other.

Superpower Dogs(2019)

45min | Documentary
4.7/5 (with 2 votes)

The life-saving superpowers and extraordinary bravery of some of the world’s most amazing dogs. The film follows six pups on their adventures: Halo, a puppy training to join an elite American disaster response team; Henry; an avalanche rescue dog in the Canadian Rockies; Reef, a Newfoundland lifeguard in the Italian Coast Guard; Ricochet, a surf and therapy boi in California; and the dynamic duo Tipper and Tony, who work to save endangered species in Africa.

Directed by Daniel Ferguson

Train Station(2015)

1h 37min | Drama, Comedy, Crime
2.9/5 (with 2 votes)

When a mysterious train accident forces a man to change his plans, he is confronted with a series of choices. Each decision he makes leads to a different scenario, each one filmed by a different director with a different cast.

Directed by Xavier Agudo, Tony Pietra Arjuna, Ryan Bajornas, Surya Balakrishnan, Nicola Barnaba, Petras Baronas, ...

Sincerely Daisy(2020)

1h 27min | Drama, Romance / Love
4.0/5 (with 1 vote)

Sincerely Daisy is a 2020 Kenyan coming-of-age romantic comedy film produced and directed by popular actor Nick Mutuma. The film stars Ella Maina, Brian Abejah, Sam Psenjen and Mbeki Mwalimu in the lead roles. The film was released in Netflix on 9 October 2020 and became the first ever Kenyan feature film to be released via Netflix.

Directed by Nick Mutuma

Pumzi(2009)

3.3/5 (with 8 votes)

A sci-fi film about futuristic Africa, 35 years after World War III, 'The Water War'.

Directed by Wanuri Kahiu

Something Necessary(2013)

1h 25min | Drama
3.4/5 (with 3 votes)

SOMETHING NECESSARY is an intimate moment in the lives of Anne and Joseph. A woman struggling to rebuild her life after the civil unrest that swept Kenya after the 2007 elections claiming the life of her husband, the health of her son and leaving her home on an isolated farm in the Kenyan countryside in ruins, she now has nothing but her resolve to rebuild her life left. A young man, troubled gang member who participated in the countrywide violence is drawn to Anne and her farm seemingly in search of redemption. Both, Joseph and Anne need something that only the other can give to allow them to shed the painful memories of their past and move on.

Directed by Judy Kibinge

Where the River Divides(2023)

NR
| 33min | History, Drama

When the son of a clan leader returns to his village following his baptism, he must choose whether to inherit his father's legacy, or fulfill his newfound purpose and risk his life.

Unlicensed(2022)

11min | Action, Crime
5.0/5 (with 1 vote)

An unlicensed Private Investigator gets hired to find out who killed a doctor.

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