Isaach De Bankolé Movies

Manderlay

74/100

A story of slavery, set in the southern U.S. in the 1930s.

The Limits of Control

63/100

The story of a mysterious loner, a stranger in the process of completing a criminal job.

Battle in Seattle

67/100

Activists arrive in Seattle, Washington en masse to protest a meeting of the World Trade Organization. Riots and chaos ensue as demonstrators successfully stop the WTO meetings.

White Material

70/100

Amidst turmoil and racial conflict in a Francophone African state, a white French woman fights for her coffee crop, her family and ultimately for her life.

The Guitar

65/100

The life of a woman is transformed after she is diagnosed with a terminal disease, fired from her job and abandoned by her boyfriend. Given two months to live, she throws caution to the wind to pursue her dreams.

Chocolat - Verbotene Sehnsucht

74/100

A young French woman returns to the vast silence of West Africa to contemplate her childhood days in a colonial outpost in Cameroon. Her strongest memories are of the family's houseboy, ... See full summary »

Heart of Darkness

58/100

A trading company manager travels up an African river to find a missing outpost head and discovers the depth of evil in humanity's soul.

I Am Slave

68/100

A thriller set in London's slave trade and centered on a woman's fight for freedom.

Mother of George

63/100

Adenike and Ayodele, a Nigerian couple living in Brooklyn, are having trouble conceiving a child - a problem that defies cultural expectations and leads Adenike to make a shocking decision that could either save or destroy her family.

Before It Had a Name

33/100

A young Italian woman inherits from her deceased lover an enigmatic modern house in the New York country side, and goes to see it for the first time. When she arrives she meets the caretaker of the house...

Down to Earth

71/100

The film tells a story of Mariana, a nurse who leaves Lisbon to accompany an immigrant worker in a comatose sleep on his trip home to Cape Verde. The devoted Portuguese nurse took a journey only to find herself lost in abstract drama.

No Fear, No Die

69/100

Dah and Jocelyn come from Benin, Africa, to coach their rooster, "S'en fout la mort", for an illicit cock-fight in the basement of a restaurant.

A Violent Man

67/100

A struggling mixed martial arts fighter finds himself in a fight for his life after his one night stand is found dead in her home.

Mirage

55/100

Mirage tells the story of an African football player in a small Hungarian town, who commits a crime and has to flee. He finds refuge on a farm deep in the Hungarian flatland. Soon he ... See full summary »

The Fifth Patient

53/100

John Reilly wakes up in an African Hospital with only fragments of his memory in tact. An officer of the local regime, Mugambe, accuses him of being an American spy.

Cherry

56/100

At age 19, a young woman is jilted at the altar. This leads to a declaration that she will swear off men forever...

Die Kunst einen Neger zu lieben, ohne müde zu werden

45/100

A warm summer in Montreal. Two black men, Man and Bouba, share an apartment. Man is an ambitious author, writing on The Great Novel. Bouba is a lazy amateur philosopher who quotes the Koran... See full summary »

Vanille fraise

47/100

Ancienne espionne ayant arrêté depuis 10 ans, Clarisse vit une vie tranquille. Tout irait pour le mieux si son mari...

Black Mic Mac

53/100

The Keeper

62/100

Paul Lamont, a corrections officer and law student, leads a comfortable if culturally bankrupt, middle-class existence. Lamont's marriage is already in trouble when he bails out a ... See full summary »

Otomo

64/100

The true story of Otomo, a black man seeking work and asylum in the German city of Stuttgart. However, all he finds is racism, police trouble and his final destiny.

Les keufs

45/100

Double Play

68/100

Poverty and wealth are two sides of the same coin in a high stakes game of dominoes, where the players confront their lust, desperation, rage, and remorse with deadly consequences.

From Other Worlds

47/100

A depressed Brooklyn housewife sleepwalks through her life until she is abducted by UFOs. Determined to solve the mystery of her otherworldly experiences, she embarks on a journey that ... See full summary »

Where the Road Runs Out

61/100

George, a scientist living in Rotterdam is growing wary of the world of academia. The sudden death of an old friend is the incentive he needs to return to his African roots where he takes ... See full summary »