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1. Five Weeks in a Balloon (1962)
PG | 101 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama
In 1862, the British commission inventor Fergusson to claim uncharted land in West Africa for Britain by flying his giant hot air balloon there.
Director: Irwin Allen | Stars: Red Buttons, Fabian, Barbara Eden, Cedric Hardwicke
Votes: 1,396
2. Road to Zanzibar (1941)
Passed | 91 min | Adventure, Comedy, Musical
Stranded in Africa, Chuck and his pal Fearless have comic versions of jungle adventures, featuring two attractive con-women.
Director: Victor Schertzinger | Stars: Bing Crosby, Bob Hope, Dorothy Lamour, Una Merkel
Votes: 3,378
3. Things I Never Told You (1996)
93 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Ann, a cute video camera store clerk, calls a suicide hotline when her boyfriend breaks up. She speaks with Don, who volunteers there when he's not selling real estate for his dad. By chance, he finds out who Ann is.
Director: Isabel Coixet | Stars: Andrew McCarthy, Lili Taylor, Peggy West, Leslie Mann
Votes: 1,590
4. Stanley and Livingstone (1939)
Approved | 101 min | Adventure, Drama, History
Tasked by his editor, American reporter Henry M. Stanley travels to a dangerous and uncharted region of East Africa to find the missing Scottish pioneer missionary Dr. David Livingstone.
Directors: Henry King, Otto Brower | Stars: Spencer Tracy, Nancy Kelly, Richard Greene, Walter Brennan
Votes: 1,543
5. Hugo the Hippo (1975)
G | 91 min | Animation, Family, Drama
The Sultan of Zanzibar has a problem--his harbor is infested with sharks. To solve the problem, he brings in twelve hippos to keep the sharks away, and it works. But once the hippos are no ... See full summary »
Director: Bill Feigenbaum | Stars: Burl Ives, Robert Morley, Paul Lynde, Jesse Emmett
Votes: 545
6. Gentlemen Don't Eat Poets (1995)
R | 99 min | Comedy, Drama, Horror
Sir Hugo (Sir Alan Bates) is more interested in reconstructing dinosaur bones than in paying attention to his wife, Lady Harriet (Theresa Russell). He's not thrilled when daughter Cleo (... See full summary »
Director: John-Paul Davidson | Stars: Alan Bates, Theresa Russell, Sting, Lena Headey
Votes: 682
7. Kongo (1932)
Passed | 86 min | Drama, Horror
This remake of West of Zanzibar (1928) made four years later tries to outdo the Lon Chaney original in morbidity. From a wheelchair a handicapped white man rules an area of Africa as a ... See full summary »
Director: William J. Cowen | Stars: Walter Huston, Lupe Velez, Conrad Nagel, Virginia Bruce
Votes: 1,126
8. Families (2015)
113 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Jérôme Varenne, a French financier, lives and works in Shanghai with Chen-Li, his life and business partner. One day, during a short stay in Paris, while paying a call to his mother, he is ... See full summary »
Director: Jean-Paul Rappeneau | Stars: Mathieu Amalric, Marine Vacth, Gilles Lellouche, Nicole Garcia
Votes: 1,034
9. Flight of the Lost Balloon (1961)
91 min | Adventure
A professor is hired to navigate across Africa in a hot-air balloon to rescue a lost explorer, but a mysterious local villain named "Hindu" commandeers the balloon for his own nefarious purposes.
Director: Nathan Juran | Stars: Mala Powers, Marshall Thompson, James Lanphier, Douglas Kennedy
Votes: 178
10. Verdensmænd (2020–2022)
TV-PG | 30 min | Comedy, Reality-TV
Rejseprogram med Tobias Dybvad og Bo Lydmand, med følgeskab af en komiker gæst.
Stars: Tobias Dybvad, Bo Lydmand, Nikolaj Stokholm, Mark Le Fêvre
Votes: 25
11. Zanzibar (1989)
95 min | Drama
A penniless producer sets out to shoot the film "Zanzibar" with a famously difficult filmmaker and drug addict.
Director: Christine Pascal | Stars: Fabienne Babe, André Marcon, Francis Girod, Dominique Maurin
Votes: 47
12. Skeem (2011)
112 min | Comedy, Crime
Forced to spend the night at a creepy old holiday resort, two wannabe gangsters run into trouble when, unpacking the car, their box of cash splits open, spilling a million bucks in eye-catching bundles all over the driveway.
Director: Tim Greene | Stars: Wandile Molebatsi, Kurt Schoonraad, Lilani Prinsen, Grant Swanby
Votes: 91
13. Rise and Fall: China's Greatest Explorer (Zheng He) (2024)
73 min | Documentary
When China ruled the seas, he was the face of a nation. Master of the seas. A forgotten hero. Nat Geo's own legend retraces the epic journey of Zheng He. The Silk Road by Sea. A photographer's journey. And a warning for all great powers.
Director: Farland Chang | Stars: Farland Chang, Michael Yamashita
Votes: 22
14. Where the Hell is Matt? 2008 (2008 Video)
4 min | Short
A man dances in over forty countries to the song Praan by Gary Schyman.
Director: Matt Harding
15. As Old as My Tongue: The Myth and Life of Bi Kidude (2006)
66 min | Documentary, Music
A portrait of Bi Kidude, a living legend on her home island of Zanzibar. She has beguiled audiences around the world on her wide and varied travels.
Director: Andy Jones | Stars: Iddi Farhan, Maryam Hamdani, Nasra Hilal, Bi Kidude
Votes: 11
16. Tanzanie, de Zanzibar à Kilwa (2018 TV Movie)
53 min | Documentary
Beginning of the journey in Stone Town, Zanzibar: this place of Africa has been famous because its spice trade and the slavery.In the old the Indian house doors are quite famous (there were... See full summary »
Director: Eric Bacos
17. Zanzibar (2023)
9 min | Short, Sci-Fi
After a long and overdue vacation to the planet Earth, Zanzibar heads back to his ship to destroy the planet but decides to take a quick stop at the local music store where he meets Bill ... See full summary »
Director: Dylan Grey Martin | Stars: Bob Broomfield, Greg Maslyn, Bill Mueller
18. Spice Trip (2012)
47 min | Documentary
Chef Stevie Parle and spice expert Emma Grazette travel to six different countries, experiencing six difference spices - chilli, cloves, black pepper, nutmeg, cumin and cinnamon.
Stars: Kelly Hunter, Stevie Parle, Emma Grazette
19. The Swahili Beat (2008)
28 min | Documentary, Short, History
An introduction to the history of East Africa's Swahili Coast, including live music and dance of the indigenous coastal peoples of Kenya and Tanzania.
Director: Kenny Mann
20. Africa (2001– )
480 min | Documentary
An eight-part exploration of the diverse peoples that make up the African continent.
Stars: Joe Morton, Abba Defar, Annan Cedi, Adam Ilius
Votes: 32
22. The Teacher's Country (2013)
Not Rated | 70 min | Documentary, Adventure, Biography
A personal, honest and empathetic film about feeling home in Tanzania on its 50th birthday.
Director: Benjamin Leers | Star: Madaraka Nyerere
23. Nzuri: East Africa (1970)
33 min | Documentary, Short
An impression of life in Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania, including a tour through Nairobi and Kilimanjaro, featuring a native safari.
Directors: Roger C. Brown, Robert E. Fulton
24. Colorful Ports of Call (1934)
Approved | 9 min | Documentary, Short
This Traveltalk short visits three African locations on the Indian Ocean that used to be administered by Great Britain. The first stop is the Seychelles island group. Then it's on to the ... See full summary »
Star: James A. FitzPatrick
Votes: 19
25.
Madventures (2002– )
Episode:
Afrikka 2
(2005)
40 min | Documentary
Director: Tuomas Milonoff | Stars: Tuomas Milonoff, Riku Rantala
Votes: 20
26.
Beautiful Excursions (2006– )
Episode:
Zanzibar et la Tanzanie
(2021)
90 min | Documentary
Tanzania is a wild sanctuary, with breathtaking landscapes and incredibly rich wildlife. By entering the villages, off the beaten track, a completely different face is revealed. For its ... See full summary »
Director: Erwan Loussot | Star: Jérôme Pitorin
27.
TopTenz (2010– )
Episode:
10 More of History's Most Unfair Battles
(2022)
15 min | Documentary
Only the biggest war buffs won't be unfamiliar with at least a couple battles featured here, so the suspense will be there once again whether the underdogs pulled it off or whether numbers, weapons, and equipment carried the day.
Star: Simon Whistler
28.
Secrets of the Dead (2000– )
Episode:
The Lost Diary of Dr. Livingstone
(2014)
Not Rated | 53 min | Documentary, History, War
On his third and final journey to Africa, David Livingstone, one of the greatest explorers in history, kept a diary that's only now being deciphered. It shines a new light on the horrors of slave trade in Africa, and Livingstone himself.
Directors: Melisa Akdogan, Ben Mole | Stars: Peter De Jersey, Jay O. Sanders, Adrian Wisnicki, Neil Wilson
Votes: 70
29.
Penny Dreadful (2014–2016)
Episode:
The Day Tennyson Died
(2016)
TV-MA | 60 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
With Ethan, Sir Malcolm and Dr. Frankenstein now scattered around the world facing their own demons, a shattered and despondent Vanessa seeks the help of Dr. Seward to battle a new evil.
Director: Damon Thomas | Stars: Reeve Carney, Timothy Dalton, Eva Green, Rory Kinnear
Votes: 2,295
30.
Africa's Great Civilizations (2017)
Episode:
Commerce and the Clash of Civilizations
(2017)
TV-PG | 52 min | Documentary, History
As nations like Ethiopia, Ghana, Zanzibar and South Africa begin their economic rise thanks to their natural resources, the late 19th century Scramble for Africa violently splits the continent into European colonies.
Director: Karen McGann | Stars: Henry Louis Gates Jr., Malik Kaddu
Votes: 25