7 Best Ivorian Movies to Watch

By Vlad Zakh · December 25, 2025

Ivory Coast’s film industry is small, but it has produced a handful of internationally screened dramas that deal with political instability and civil conflict directly. Dancing in the Dust has a chief’s young new bride upsetting his household, Black and White in Color has a French colonial outpost in Africa declaring its own absurd war on a German neighbour, and Run follows a young man through the country’s political chaos across fractured chapters. Burkinabe Bounty, Adanggaman, Le Sixieme Doigt and The Rue Princesse Street round out the list.

Dancing in the Dust (1989)

TMDB ★ 5.7

A chief's new young bride upends the delicate balance among his household's other wives.

Directed by Henri Duparc · 1h 31m

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Black and White in Color (1976)

TMDB ★ 5.8

A remote French colonial outpost in Africa declares its own absurd war on a nearby German settlement.

Directed by Jean-Jacques Annaud · 1h 32m

Where to watch

Stream: Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads · Rent or buy: Amazon Video

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Burkinabé Bounty (2018)

TMDB ★ 5.9

A documentary-style look at how Ivorian farmers navigate the brutal economics of the global cocoa trade.

Directed by Iara Lee · 0h 36m

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Run (2014)

TMDB ★ 6.4

A young man's path through Ivory Coast's political chaos is retold across several fractured chapters of his life.

Directed by David Boyd · 1h 54m · Rated PG-13

Where to watch

Stream: Amazon Prime Video, Angel Studios, UP Faith & Family Apple TV channel, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, UP Faith & Family Amazon Channel · Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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Adanggaman (2000)

TMDB ★ 6.4

A young man sold into slavery by a rival African kingdom looks for a way to win back his freedom.

Directed by Roger Gnoan M'Bala · 1h 30m

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Le Sixième Doigt (1990)

TMDB ★ 6.2

A cursed sixth finger passed between owners brings each of them ruin in a small Ivorian town.

Directed by Henri Duparc · 1h 30m

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The Rue Princesse Street (1994)

TMDB ★ 6.1

A young woman navigating Abidjan's notorious red-light district searches for a way out.

Directed by Henri Duparc · 1h 26m

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Vlad Zakh

Founder, Movieix

Founder of Movieix. He started the site because most recommendation pages felt like noise. Here, lists are sorted by who's in the film, where it's from and what mood you're in tonight.

7 Best Ivorian Movies to Watch

Dancing in the Dust (1989)

Black and White in Color (1976)

Burkinabé Bounty (2018)

Run (2014)

Adanggaman (2000)

Le Sixième Doigt (1990)

The Rue Princesse Street (1994)

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