Somalia Movies

The most popular movies from Somalia which are currently the most visited by most of our visitors, if you want to choose the best movies from Somalia, you can do so here very easily and we guarantee you will find the best and most watched movies. No one can predict how much the audience will like the film. People's needs are also influenced by many external factors, so different stories will be at the top of the list in winter and summer. Nor should we forget the best of the best, as some films offer more than we might expect, turning them into history. These films will become audience favorites and then be available on the top podium regardless of season or year. In our case, however, your opinion is just as important as the critics' opinion, so with your vote you can influence a film's rating. Don't want to miss out on the best creations? Are you planning to see the best film ever made? Then you will find them all here!

The Village Next to Paradise (2024)

The Village Next to Paradise (2024)

In a windy Somali village, a newly assembled family must navigate between their different aspirations and the complex world surrounding them. Love,...

Fishing Without Nets (2014)

Fishing Without Nets (2014)

In Somalia, principled, young husband and father Abdi turns to piracy to support his family. While his wife and child wait for him in Yemen, an...

Neighbour Abdi (2022)

Neighbour Abdi (2022)

How can you understand a violent past? Somali-born Abdi is furniture designer and support worker. He reenacts his life, marked by war and...

The Somali Dervish (1985)

The Somali Dervish (1985)

Centering on the revolutionary Dervish State and its influential leader, Muhammad Abdullah Hassan (the "Mad Mullah") is an epic on the grandest...

Cinema Dadaab (2018)

Cinema Dadaab (2018)

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...

Samia - Little Dreamer (1969)

Samia - Little Dreamer (1969)

Samia Yusuf Omar is just 9 years old when she discovers her special talent: she is faster than all the other boys and girls. With her friend Ali, who...

Waryaa (2018)

Waryaa (2018)

An insight into young Somali men's experience in Sweden.

Youth (2017)

Youth (2017)

Dhalinyaro tells the story of three 18-year-old high school girls, coming from different social classes, rooted in their culture but also turned to...

The Countryside and the City (1963)

The Countryside and the City (1963)

Somalia's first full-length feature film.

Will My Parents Come to See Me (2022)

Will My Parents Come to See Me (2022)

Somalia. A policewoman sits in her parked car. After a while, she gets out, puts on her service cap, and enters the prison. There, decisive hours...

Prima + Lebsi (1969)

Prima + Lebsi (1969)

Prima and Lebsi are two young Afro-descendant women who grew up on the outskirts of Lisbon, daughters of immigrants who occasionally meet at a house...

My Wife Araweelo (2006)

My Wife Araweelo (2006)

Jama and Samira are newly married and very happy, but when Jama's friend Yonis show up and claim that Samira is a dangerous killer, it changes...

Mom, Why Here? (2022)

Mom, Why Here? (2022)

After many years of waiting, two Somali descendants are finally Hungarians. Despite this win, questions of belonging and what is home never leave...

The Tree of Life (1988)

The Tree of Life (1988)

In a small town, a nomad cuts down a tree he needs to use. However, he accidentally chops down the wrong tree, felling the tree that sustains life...

A Song from the Future (2017)

A Song from the Future (2017)

A Somali migrant seeks refuge in the underground of a building near the Swiss-Italian border. A popular song from his country awakens in him the...

Life on the Horn (2020)

Life on the Horn (2020)

For over a decade, toxic waste has been dumped illegally on the coastline of Somalia. The earthquake and tsunami in 2004 damaged the toxic containers...

Burta Djinka (1972)

Burta Djinka (1972)

Local film from Djibouti.