Top-rated Ethiopia movies

View the greatest movies of all time within Ethiopia movie category, based on popular searches across the country. Check out the list of movies you shouldn’t miss out on.

1 Faya Dayi (2021)

A spiritual journey into the highlands of Harar, immersed in the rituals of khat, a leaf Sufi Muslims chewed for centuries for religious meditations – and Ethiopia’s most lucrative cash crop today. A tapestry of intimate stories offers a window into the dreams of youth under a repressive regime.

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2021-09-03 | Documentary

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Mohammed Arif, Hashim Abdi

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  1. Ranked #252 for
    impressionistic
  2. Ranked #413 for
    hallucinatory
  3. Ranked #499 for
    content

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2 Rift Finfinnee (2020)

Socio-geographic explorations on the periphery of Addis Ababa, run through by a variety of borders and rifts – between agrarian and urban spatial practices, between economic and linguistic floes, between perspective and dilemma. A polyphonic audiovisual narrative of people who are forced to experience the impetuous urbanisation of African societies the hard way, recorded as a case study that expands into a complex allegory.

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2020-10-28 | Documentary

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3 Anbessa (2019)

Asalif and his mother defy Ethiopia’s omnipresent modern housing development culture, by continuing to live a life characterised by proximity to nature and rootedness in community. The boy counters the ruptures in his accustomed surroundings and the threat posed by the hyena that haunts his neighbourhood by reinventing himself as a hero: as Anbessa, the lion.

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2019-02-11 | Documentary / Drama

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Asalif Tewold

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rating icon 5.9
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  1. Ranked #101 for
    extrovert
  2. Ranked #495 for
    Mockumentary
  3. Ranked #548 for
    cinema verite

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4 Crumbs (2015)

Dormant for decades, a mothership hovering over post-apocalyptic Ethiopia awakens. Resolved to board the craft, a collector of late 20th century pop memorabilia embarks on a surreal journey to uncover its secrets.

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2015-01-27 | Adventure / Drama

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Daniel Tadesse, Selam Tesfayie

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rating icon 5.696
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  1. Ranked #860 for
    interplanetary
  2. Ranked #1360 for
    Apocalypse Film
  3. Ranked #1998 for
    ramshackle house

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5 Jesus Shows You the Way to the Highway (2019)

CIA agents Palmer and Gagano are tasked with the perilous mission of destroying “The Soviet Union!" As they enter the system using a VR simulation, their mission quickly turns into a delirious trap, far more complex than expected, as the fabric of reality starts unraveling around them.

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2019-10-19 | Science Fiction / Thriller

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Daniel Tadesse, Guillermo Llansó

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rating icon 5.4
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  1. Ranked #56 for
    shenanigans
  2. Ranked #92 for
    dadaism
  3. Ranked #129 for
    pop-cultural

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6 Price of Love (2015)

A young Addis Ababa taxi driver gets caught up in the dark side of love, causing his taxi to be stolen. He finds himself stuck in a relationship with a prostitute, making him confront his past and discover what is the price of love.

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2015-09-13 | Drama / Romance

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Solomon Teka, Eskindir Tameru

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rating icon 5.0
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7 Sost Maezen (2013)

Kaleab and Jemal are two who are willing to endure any travail to reach America and what they deem as a promise of a better life, but is it? Along the way Kaleab meets Winta, who is from neighboring Eritrea and on a similar journey as Kaleab. Kaleab and Winta fall in love with each other as the group of Ethiopians and Eritreans travel an arduous and illegal path from East Africa through Libya, Italy, Mexico and finally to America, but their love for each other is tested thoroughly as the group meets up with violence, sickness and, ultimately, tragedy.

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2013-01-01 |

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Mahder Assefa, Solomon Bogale

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8 Circus Movements (2019)

An examination of bodies, movement and the stillness of landscape brought to you by the entrancing Circus Debre Berhan.

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2019-03-30 | Documentary

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Liya Awrares, Beza Abebe

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9 Among Us Women (2021)

In rural Ethiopia the staff of a health centre are fighting maternal mortality. They tirelessly appeal to women to give birth in the clinic. But reservations are strong, and so are the practical obstacles. How are heavily pregnant women supposed to arrive in time when the ambulance comes hours later or not at all? Against medical advice, Hulu Ager decides to give birth at home, assisted by a traditional midwife.

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2021-10-26 | Documentary

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10 Here Come the Problems (2013)

One night, a strange clone of Hitler comes to Fendika - a grassroots tavern in Addis Ababa...

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2013-08-15 |

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Daniel Tadesse

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  1. Ranked #4354 for
    surrealist
  2. Ranked #4801 for
    pythonesque
  3. Ranked #5893 for
    misshapen

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