Letterboxd’s Top 150 African films, based on the average weighted rating of all letterboxd users.
Films must have a minimum of ~100 ratings to be eligible. Must be produced by an African country and have African talent attached.
African cinema is largely unexplored by many on this app so I thought this might be useful when trying to navigate the space. Let me know if I’m missing anything, I’ll be trying to update it consistently. This is by no means an authoritative list on African cinema at large, as much of it remains undiscovered on the internet and I am new to the space. Let me know if there are any changes I need to make and I will try…
Letterboxd’s Top 150 African films, based on the average weighted rating of all letterboxd users.
Films must have a minimum of ~100 ratings to be eligible. Must be produced by an African country and have African talent attached.
African cinema is largely unexplored by many on this app so I thought this might be useful when trying to navigate the space. Let me know if I’m missing anything, I’ll be trying to update it consistently. This is by no means an authoritative list on African cinema at large, as much of it remains undiscovered on the internet and I am new to the space. Let me know if there are any changes I need to make and I will try to make them.
Directors with the most entries:
Mohamed Khan: 8
Salah Abu Seif: 7
Youssef Chaine: 7
Ousmane Sembène: 6
Daoud Abdel Sayed: 5
Atef El-Tayeb: 5
Henry Barakat: 5
Ali Abdel-Khalek: 4
Djibril Diop Mambéty: 4
Hussein Kamal: 4
Haile Gerima: 4
The country with the most entries is Egypt with 85 films
Wishing this can be as helpful to you as I hope it will be for me!
