Can you name the movies set in Africa?

Year Actor	Movie	African Setting
2009 - Matt Damon		South Africa
2006 - Leonardo DiCaprio		Sierra Leone
2006 - Forest Whitaker		Uganda
2005 - Ralph Fiennes		Kenya
2005 - Matthew McConaughey		Mali
2005 - Ben Stiller (animated)		Madagascar
2004 - Don Cheadle		Rwanda
2001 - Josh Hartnett		Somalia
1998 - Val Kilmer (animated)		Egypt
1996 - Ralph Fiennes		Sahara desert
1996 - Michael Douglas		Uganda
1995 - James Earl Jones		South Africa
1994 - Matthew Broderick (animated)		Africa
1992 - Whoopi Goldberg		South Africa

Year Actor	Movie	African Setting
1990 - Clint Eastwood		East Africa
1989 - Donald Sutherland		South Africa
1988 - Sigourney Weaver		Rwanda
1987 - Dustin Hoffman		Morocco
1987 - Denzel Washington		South Africa
1985 - Meryl Streep		Kenya
1981 - N!xau		Kalahari desert
1978 - Peter Ustinov		Egypt
1966 - Elsa		Kenya
1965 - James Stewart		Sahara desert
1964 - Michael Caine		Natal (former British colony)
1963 - Elizabeth Taylor		Egypt
1951 - Humphrey Bogart		German East Africa
1942 - Humphrey Bogart		Morocco
2006 - Brad Pitt	Morocco
2003 - Sean Connery	Morocco
1984 - Christopher Lambert	Morocco

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Movies Set in Africa Quiz

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Created by: livfred -
Contributed: September 30th, 2009
Published: August 31st, 2011
Category: Movies
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	caramba:	Aug 31st, 2011 at 16:41 GMT	1 point
	White Mischief and The Wind And The Lion were two that immediately came to mind.

	enfuegos2k:	Aug 31st, 2011 at 16:47 GMT	3 points
	What, not Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls?

	kidcanada:	Aug 31st, 2011 at 16:47 GMT	2 points
	The Ten Commandments...The Air Up There...

	ckrubin:	Aug 31st, 2011 at 17:00 GMT	7 points
	Raiders of the Lost Ark; District 9...

	ronnymexico:	Aug 31st, 2011 at 17:41 GMT	5 points
	Re "The Ghost and the Darkness," it is set in Tsavo, Kenya (although it was filmed in South Africa), rather than Uganda.

	rockgolf:	Aug 31st, 2011 at 17:54 GMT	11 points
	What I learned from this quiz: 80% of the population of Africa is white Americans.

	barnztormre:	Aug 31st, 2011 at 18:05 GMT	1 point
	I love the irony that "Out of Africa" is actually IN Africa. :D

	dudemanbearpig:	Aug 31st, 2011 at 18:49 GMT	1 point
	Ernest Goes to Africa

	TajaReyul:	Aug 31st, 2011 at 19:08 GMT	7 points
	A second vote for District 9.

	TLHKnight:	Aug 31st, 2011 at 19:34 GMT	1 point
	I Dreamed of Africa

	tronners:	Aug 31st, 2011 at 19:39 GMT	3 points
	The film Congo with the killer gorillas is a good one. Although whether its set in DRC or Rep. Congo i'm not sure!

	sweeprower:	Aug 31st, 2011 at 19:55 GMT	3 points
	ten commandments

	Thadmay:	Aug 31st, 2011 at 20:03 GMT	3 points
	surprised the reese witherspoon teenage movie "A Far Off Place" didn't make this list for Namibia.

	irishheadgear:	Aug 31st, 2011 at 20:42 GMT	2 points
	Red Scorpion with Dolph Lundgren as well.

	booklover12:	Aug 31st, 2011 at 21:06 GMT	1 point
	Breaker Morant, maybe?

	LordHydronium:	Aug 31st, 2011 at 22:16 GMT	1 point
	I'm just so tired of all this traffic, I can't wait until I get Out of Africa.

	grapegravy27:	Aug 31st, 2011 at 22:55 GMT	4 points
	As ronnymexico pointed out The Ghost and the Darkness takes place in Tsavo, Kenya - about 500 miles away from Uganda. Netflix's description of the movie also erroneously lists this movie as taking place in Uganda. I wonder how this "rumor" started? Also, soon you can add Machine Gun Preacher to the next Africa movie quiz.

	mrgenova:	Sep 1st, 2011 at 02:19 GMT	3 points
	I guess I'm the only person who remembers "Congo"...yikes.

	Propellerhead:	Sep 1st, 2011 at 02:57 GMT	1 point
	Mister Johnson?

	olapa12:	Sep 1st, 2011 at 03:59 GMT	1 point
	Catch a Fire?

	TeganX7:	Sep 1st, 2011 at 04:37 GMT	2 points
	These are good ... I will also offer up "Patton" (though not completely set there), and the Howard Hanks/John Wayne classic "Hatari!" with Mancini's famed "Baby Elephant Walk" .. and for those into the "killer baboon" genre, "In the Shadow of Kilimanjaro".

	ethellu:	Sep 1st, 2011 at 04:43 GMT	3 points
	How about The Snows of Kilimanjaro?

	Cockroach:	Sep 1st, 2011 at 08:00 GMT	1 point
	Never stopped to realize how many "African" movies Bogie was in.

	kepswa:	Sep 1st, 2011 at 09:31 GMT	2 points
	As already mentioned, The Ghost and the Darkness takes place at Tsavo in Kenya.

	jefrunner:	Sep 1st, 2011 at 13:25 GMT	2 points
	How about Tsotsi?! It won an Oscar, even! It's a little disappointing that almost all of these are Hollywood films set in Africa. To diversify, it would be great if you could also include at least Tsotsi, The Battle of Algiers, and District 9 for some of the more well-known examples of African cinema.

	shanecleg:	Sep 1st, 2011 at 20:07 GMT	4 points
	No 'Coming to America'? ;-D Viva Zamunda!

	hodgetiger:	Sep 1st, 2011 at 21:03 GMT	1 point
	Ice cold in alex ? Roar ? Tarzan ? Lawrence of Arabia(partly)?

	statephone:	Sep 2nd, 2011 at 01:43 GMT	3 points
	i saw the clue "Elsa" and my brain just spat out "Elsa the lion - Born Free." I havent thought of that movie since I was 6 years old, 35 years ago. Its amazing whats rattling around in our heads, just waiting for that prompt someday. And boom, its right there.

	Roman:	Sep 6th, 2011 at 14:43 GMT	1 point
	Yesterday and Tsotsi should really be here. You have one Leleti Khumalo film (Sarafina) why not Yesterday?