senegal movies

Io Capitano (2023)
7.797 / 10

Adventure, Drama

Longing for a brighter future, two Senegalese teenagers embark on a journey from West Africa to Italy. However, between their dreams and reality lies...

Atlantics (2019)
6.8 / 10

Drama, Romance, Fantasy

Arranged to marry a rich man, young Ada is crushed when her true love goes missing at sea during a migration attempt — until a miracle reunites...

Wonderful World (2009)
5.2 / 10

Comedy, Drama, Romance

Ben Singer is a failed children's folk singer, a career proofreader, a less-than-extraordinary weekend dad, and perhaps the most negative man alive....

Touki Bouki (1973)
6.625 / 10

Drama, Romance

Mory, a cowherd, and Anta, a university student, try to make money in order to go to Paris and leave their boring past behind.

Camp de Thiaroye (1988)
7.2 / 10

War, Drama

A Senegalese platoon of soldiers from the French Free Army are returned from combat in France and held for a temporary time in a military encampment...

Le Franc (1994)
6 / 10

Comedy

A penniless, fast-thinking musician buys a lottery ticket which he glues to his back door, in hopes of eventually retrieving his instrument from his...

Angel (2018)
4.2 / 10

Drama, Romance

Thierry, a world-famous cyclist, meets Fae, a sex worker, on his holiday in Senegal, and they sense in each other the love they seek. However,...

Toubab Bi (1992)
5.8 / 10

Drama

Soriba Samb is a Senegalese who has just received a much sought after internship to study filmmaking in Paris. Soriba heads to Paris, accompanied by...

L'afrance (2001)
5.6 / 10

Drama

El Hadj is studying in Paris. He is one of the young Senegalese men who have come to Paris since the French colony became independent to get a good...

Le radeau de la Méduse (1998)
6.3 / 10

Drama, History

Iranian Iradj Azimi directed this French historical drama re-creating events depicted in the famous 1819 painting The Raft of the Medusa by Jean...

Karmen Gei (2001)
4.5 / 10

Drama, Music, Romance

Bizet's Carmen gets a modern adaptation. Seducting, provocating, sensual. All the ingredients for a perfect drama. With her charm, Karmen gets out of...

Laamb (2013)
0 / 10

Documentary

The rules are simple in Senegalese wrestling: First man down, loses. The sport derives from ritual manhood trials and has developed into a national...

Binta and the Great Idea (2004)
5.7 / 10

Family, Drama

Binta, a little girl from Senegal, tells us about the everyday life in her village, the importance of education for the girls, and about her father's...

Break Free - Two People. Two Years. One Dream (2019)
7.7 / 10

Documentary

When Lena and Ulli start the engine of their old Land Rover, Lady Terés, they have a plan: to drive from Hamburg to South Africa in six months. What...

Joe Ouakam (2012)
0 / 10

Documentary

A day with the artist Joe Ouakam.

Rocking Poponguine (1994)
5.4 / 10

Comedy, Drama, Music

A tale of growing up in 1960s Senegal. Bacc narrates his early years of living in Popenguine, a town divided by culture and musical tastes.

King of Sanwi (2020)
8 / 10

A companion piece to Pelourinho: They Don’t Really Care About Us (NYFF57), King of Sanwi continues Akosua Adoma Owusu’s exploration of Michael...

Silent Stories (2011)
6.2 / 10

Documentary

Two women and two men tell their stories of exile caused by being lesbian, transgender, bisexual and gay.

Ken Bugul: Nobody Wants Her - Portait of an Author (2013)
0 / 10

Documentary

N'Diangane (1975)
7 / 10

Drama

This film presents a harsh critique of the Koranic teaching through the tragic story of a small talibé, student of a beggar.