Malian drama films

Yeelen (Bambara for "brightness"/"light") is a 1987 Malian film written, directed and produced by Souleymane Cissé. It is filmed in the Bambara and Fula languages, and is based on a legend told by the Bambara people. Though the era is undefined, it is presumably set in the 13th century in the Mali Empire and is a heroic quest narrative featuring magic and precognition.

2006 film by Abderrahmane Sissako

2023 film by Ramata-Toulaye Sy

1982 film directed by Souleymane Cissé

Waati is a 1995 Malian drama film directed by Souleymane Cissé. It was entered into the 1995 Cannes Film Festival.

2007 film by Salif Traoré

1995 film directed by Cheick Oumar Sissoko

1998 film directed by Abderrahmane Sissako

1999 film by Cheick Oumar Sissoko

Baara (French: Le Travail), released internationally as Work, is a 1978 film directed by Souleymane Cissé. It was the first ever feature film to be produced in Mali. The film has been screened at multiple international film festivals, and it has won a number of awards.

Bamunan is a 1990 drama film directed by Falaba Issa Traoré.

1975 film by Souleymane Cissé

Wùlu, the Malian Scarface is a 2016 Malian crime drama film directed by Marseille-born French-Malian director Daouda Coulibaly and co-produced by Éric Névé and Oumar Sy. The film stars Ibrahim Koma and Inna Modja with Quim Gutiérrez, Olivier Rabourdin, and Ndiaye Ismaël in supporting roles. The film is about Ladji, a 20-year-old van driver in Mali who becomes a West African drug lord during the 2012 Mali War. He started committing crimes so that his older sister could quit working as a prostitute.

1998 film directed by Pablo César

2009 film by Souleymane Cissé

1991 film directed by Adama Drabo

Sabriya is a 1997 film.