Senegalese drama films

2017 film by Alain Gomis

Atlantics () is a 2019 internationally co-produced supernatural romantic drama film directed by Mati Diop, in her feature directorial debut. It was selected to compete for the Palme d'Or at the 2019 Cannes Film Festival. Diop made history when the film premiered at Cannes, becoming the first Black woman to direct a film featured in competition at the festival.

1973 film by Djibril Diop Mambéty

Moolaadé ("magical protection") is a 2004 film by the Senegalese writer and director Ousmane Sembène. It addresses the subject of female genital mutilation, a common practice in a number of African countries, from Egypt to Nigeria. The film was a co-production between companies from several Francophone nations: Senegal, France, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Morocco, and Tunisia. It was filmed in the remote village of Djerrisso, Burkina Faso. The film argues strongly against the practice, depicting a village woman, Collé, who uses moolaadé (magical protection) to protect her daughter and a group of y

1966 film directed by Ousmane Sembène

1977 Sengalese drama film

Mandabi (French: Le Mandat, "The Money Order") is a 1968 film written and directed by Senegalese filmmaker Ousmane Sembène. The film is based on Sembène's francophone novel The Money-Order and it is the first feature film in the Wolof language, Sembène's native tongue, and the first feature-length film in an African language. Since most of the Senegalese population at the time did not understand French, Sembène wanted to create cinema for Wolof speakers.

2023 film by Ramata-Toulaye Sy

1983 film by Souheil Ben-Barka

Emitaï (, name of a Diola deity) is a 1971 Senegalese drama film directed by Ousmane Sembène.

1962/1963 film by Ousmane Sembène

2022 film directed by Mathieu Vadepied

2012 film by Alain Gomis

2019 film

Mossane is a 1996 Senegalese drama film directed by Safi Faye. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1996 Cannes Film Festival. Unlike some of Faye's earlier films which use a documentary style, Mossane is purely fictional.

2021 film directed by Jean Luc Herbulot

'''''L'Absence ''''' is a 2009 film.

2023 drama film by Apolline Traoré

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.

1975 film by Safi Faye

2000 film by Ousmane Sembène

2009 film by Léandre-Alain Baker

2001 film

2001 film by Mansour Sora Wade

2012 film directed by Philippe Niang

1998 film by Djibril Diop Mambéty

1962 film by Yves Ciampi