7 Best Ivorian Movies to Watch

By Vlad Zakh · October 15, 2026

Ivory Coast Drama thought provoking

Ivory Coast’s film industry is small but has produced a handful of internationally screened dramas confronting the country’s political instability and civil conflict directly.

Dancing in the Dust (1989) 01

Dancing in the Dust (1989)

IMDb ★ 5.7

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

Black and White in Color (1976) 02

Black and White in Color (1976)

IMDb ★ 5.8

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

Burkinabé Bounty (2018) 03

Burkinabé Bounty (2018)

IMDb ★ 5.9

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

Run (2014) 04

Run (2014)

IMDb ★ 6.4

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

Adanggaman (2000) 05

Adanggaman (2000)

IMDb ★ 6.4

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

Le Sixième Doigt (1990) 06

Le Sixième Doigt (1990)

IMDb ★ 6.2

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

The Rue Princesse Street (1994) 07

The Rue Princesse Street (1994)

IMDb ★ 6.1

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

Vlad Zakh

Vlad Zakh

Founder, Movieix

Founder of Movieix, built to fix a specific annoyance: most recommendation sites are just algorithm-driven noise. Our lists are researched and organized by who's in a film, where it's from, and the mood you're actually in tonight.