Best Swahili-Language Movies & TV Series

Looking for the best Swahili-language movies and TV series? These 46 are the highest-rated on 3eyedraven, weighted by vote count so a handful of glowing reviews never beats a proven favourite.

Inception 2010 ★ 8.4
Virunga 2014 ★ 7.9
The Last King of Scotland 2006 ★ 7.4
Black Panther 2018 ★ 7.4
The African Queen 1952 ★ 7.3
Mean Girls 2004 ★ 7.2
Out of Africa 1985 ★ 7.2
The Ivory Game 2016 ★ 7.6
The Nun's Story 1959 ★ 7.2
Lorenzo's Oil 1992 ★ 7.1
The Constant Gardener 2005 ★ 7.0
Nowhere in Africa 2001 ★ 7.1
The First Grader 2010 ★ 7.2
Rafiki 2018 ★ 7.0
Muganga 2025 ★ 7.4
Phone Booth 2003 ★ 6.9
The Widow 2019 ★ 6.9
Hatari! 1962 ★ 6.8
Country Queen 2022 ★ 7.2
Darwin's Nightmare 2005 ★ 6.9
Paradise: Love 2012 ★ 6.7
2040 2019 ★ 6.7
Besieged 1998 ★ 6.7
Gabriel and the Mountain 2017 ★ 6.6