The best films about apartheid
The top 3 according to 17 votes from people: The Power of One (1992) · Sarafina! (1992) · Invictus (2009). (Updated May 29, 2025.)
Steve Biko, Nelson Mandela, Soweto and the 1995 Rugby World Cup: the films about apartheid South Africa recommended by Donc Voilà Quoi and Apaixonados por História.
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Top 11
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1
The Power of One (1992)
John G. Avildsen. An English boy grows up boxing under apartheid, from Bryce Courtenay's novel.
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2
Sarafina! (1992)
Darrell Roodt. A Soweto schoolgirl and her teacher, with Whoopi Goldberg. A musical.
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3
Invictus (2009)
Clint Eastwood. Mandela and the 1995 Rugby World Cup, with Morgan Freeman and Matt Damon.
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4
Goodbye Bafana (2007)
Bille August. The white guard who watched over Mandela in prison.
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5
A Dry White Season (1989)
Euzhan Palcy. A white teacher discovers police brutality, with Donald Sutherland and Marlon Brando.
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6
Catch a Fire (2006)
Phillip Noyce. A worker wrongly accused who becomes an ANC fighter.
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7
In My Country (2004)
John Boorman. The Truth and Reconciliation Commission, with Juliette Binoche and Samuel L. Jackson.
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8
Black Butterflies (2011)
Paula van der Oest. The Afrikaans poet Ingrid Jonker.
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9
Madiba (2017)
Miniseries with Laurence Fishburne as Nelson Mandela.
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10
Cry Freedom (1987)
Richard Attenborough. Journalist Donald Woods and activist Steve Biko, with Denzel Washington.
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11
Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom (2013)
Justin Chadwick. Idris Elba as Nelson Mandela, from the autobiography.
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