Top-rated Mali movies

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

1 The Last Shelter (2021)

Deep in Mali, on the edge of the Sahel Desert, lies the peaceful city of Gao—a quiet way station for passersby with their eyes set on Europe in hopes of opportunity, safety and a better future.

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2021-04-29 | Documentary

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2 Lessons from the Garbage (1986)

A young brother and sister try to balance school and their menial jobs in order to be able to continue their education and so that their impoverished family can make ends meet.

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1986-01-02 | Drama

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Chaka Diarra, Alikaou Kanté

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3 Bamako (2006)

Caught in the stranglehold of debt and structural adjustment, Africa is fighting for its survival. In the face of disaster, representatives of African society bring an action against international financial institutions. The trial takes place in Bamako, in the yard of a house, among its inhabitants.

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2006-06-21 | Drama

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Aïssa Maïga, Tiécoura Traoré

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  1. Ranked #30 for
    spoon-feeding
  2. Ranked #88 for
    cross-cut editing
  3. Ranked #143 for
    Courtroom Drama

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4 The Great Green Wall (2020)

An epic journey along Africa's Great Green Wall — an ambitious vision to grow a wall of trees stretching across the entire continent to fight against increasing drought, desertification and climate change.

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2020-10-22 | Documentary

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Inna Modja, Didier Awadi

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rating icon 6.8
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  1. Ranked #11 for
    uncool character
  2. Ranked #17 for
    blinkered
  3. Ranked #18 for
    unenlightening

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5 Skirt Power (1997)

A group of woman in an African village finds a mystical mask. Using the mask, they reverse gender roles, women act like men, and men act like women.

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1997-01-01 | Comedy / Drama

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Fanta Berete, Dumu Berté

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  1. Ranked #3698 for
    mythology extending
  2. Ranked #6839 for
    fish out of water
  3. Ranked #7077 for
    capricious

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6 Work (1978)

A young manager of a factory encounters a man walking along a road who says his family traditionally are servants to the manager's family. The manager offers him a job, and as he watches out for the other man's welfare, begins to see how the company mistreats its workers. The manager is challenged between his ethics and the pressure from others to protect his own interests as dire problems surface at the factory

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1978-08-07 | Drama

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Balla Moussa Keita, Baba Niare

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rating icon 6.2
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  1. Ranked #5492 for
    formidable villain
  2. Ranked #5836 for
    vivid depiction
  3. Ranked #6744 for
    indefatigable character

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7 Genesis (1999)

Inspired by the book of Genesis, this film tells the power struggle between two families: a clan of herders led by Jacob and another clan of hunters fronted by his brother Esau. Caught in the crossfire is their cousin, Hamor and his tribe of farmers.

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1999-09-08 | Drama

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Sotigui Kouyaté, Salif Keita

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rating icon 5.6
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  1. Ranked #403 for
    with biblical reference
  2. Ranked #3621 for
    canonical
  3. Ranked #3696 for
    great story

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8 The Wind (1983)

Two Malian teenagers, Bah and Batrou, from different backgrounds, meet at secondary school. Bah is the descendent of a great tribal chieftain. Batrous father, a provincial military governor, represents the new ruling power. The two teenagers are part of a generation that rejects the established order and challenges the society in which they live.

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1983-09-24 | Drama

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Fousseyni Sissoko, Goundo Guissé

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9 Mali Blues (2016)

Mali's Music defines the country's cultural identity. Radical Islamists are threatening the musicians. Together with the stars of Malian Global Pop - Fatoumata Diawara, Bassekou Kouyaté Master Soumy and Ahmed Ag Kaedi - we embark on a musical journey to Mali's agitated heart. Can their music reconcile the country?

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2016-09-29 | Documentary / Music

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Fatoumata Diawara, Ahmed Ag Kaedi

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10 Here is So Far (2013)

From saved memories of a long journey, a letter is sent to the future. Alone, away from home and on the eve of her 30th birthday, a Brazilian is on a journey through Africa. In the letter to her daughter, she tells of encounters with women living in their cultures and times. A diary, a road movie and an invitation to all the people who lead their own paths.

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2013-01-03 | Documentary

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Eliza Capai

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