somalia movies

Black Hawk Down (2001)
7.373 / 10

Action, War, History

When U.S. Rangers and an elite Delta Force team attempt to kidnap two underlings of a Somali warlord, their Black Hawk helicopters are shot down, and...

Captain Phillips (2013)
7.549 / 10

Action, Drama, Thriller

The true story of Captain Richard Phillips and the 2009 hijacking by Somali pirates of the US-flagged MV Maersk Alabama, the first American cargo...

Escape from Mogadishu (2021)
7.085 / 10

War, Action, Thriller, Drama

Diplomats from the North and South Korean embassies in Somalia attempt a daring joint escape from Mogadishu when the outbreak of civil war leaves...

Desert Flower (2009)
7.577 / 10

Drama

The autobiography of a Somalian nomad who was sold in marriage at 13, fled from Africa a while later to become finally an American supermodel and is...

Submergence (2017)
5.5 / 10

Drama, Thriller, Romance

While James More is held captive by terrorists in Somalia, thousands of miles away on the Greenland Sea, his lover Danny Flinders prepares to dive...

The Pirates of Somalia (2017)
6.9 / 10

Drama

After an inspiring chance encounter with his idol, rookie journalist Jay Bahadur uproots his life and moves to Somalia looking for the story of a...

The Journey Is the Destination (2016)
6.5 / 10

Drama

The inspiring life story of the late photojournalist, artist and activist Dan Eldon, who abandoned a comfortable life in London to document the...

Malbatt: Misi Bakara (2023)
5.7 / 10

Action, History, Drama, War

In 1993, 19 soldiers from the Royal Malay Soldier Regiment (RAMD), the most senior regiment within the Malaysian army, are sent on a dangerous...

Caasha (2005)
5 / 10

Drama

25-year-old Karri is stuck with his life: days at a job as a guard at a shopping mall, nights out with his friends. Then Karri meets Caasha, a Somali...

Escape from the World's Most Dangerous Place (2012)
0 / 10

Documentary

Successful model Samira Hashi makes an emotional return to Somalia, one of the most dangerous places in the world and the place she was born. Civil...

The True Story of Black Hawk Down (2003)
6.4 / 10

Documentary

On October 3rd, 1993, 120 Delta Force Commandos and Army Rangers were dropped into the heart of Mogadishu, Somalia. Their mission was a fast daylight...

The Somali Dervish (1985)
1 / 10

Drama

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

The President vs. the Pirates (2013)
0 / 10

Documentary

The make or break story of a Somali-Australian refugee who went back to where he came from to do battle with ruthless pirates and Islamic militants -...

Secret Violence (1963)
8 / 10

Drama

An Italian in East Africa having an affair with a coloured woman realises that his treatment of her is as tyrannical as more overt superior...

Hungry Minds (2012)
7 / 10

Α Bengalese architect builds library boats that can bring books to people even during the monsoon season. Α Mongolian author packs two boxes full...

Nice People (2015)
7.5 / 10

Documentary

As the first African team ever to do so, Somalia has just signed up for the Bandy World Championships. The young players don't live in Somalia; they...

Pirates: Threatening Global Trade (2016)
8.5 / 10

Documentary

The French researcher Bertrand Monnet visits pirates in Nigeria and Somalia to learn how they make money from oil theft and kidnapping.

Pirating pirates (2014)
0 / 10

Documentary

Cinema Dadaab (2018)
6 / 10

Documentary

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)
0 / 10

Drama, Family

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...