This is a list of movies about Nelson Mandela, the people around him and also the time periods significant to his life.

1. Mandela

Nelson Mandela (1918-2013) become South Africa’s first Black President, and was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his leadership in negotiating a bloodless revolution in that country.

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Rating: 6.5 (264 ratings)
Content Rating: 16
Genre: Drama
IMDb Link: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0093490/

2. Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom

A chronicle of Nelson Mandela life journey from his childhood in a rural village through to his inauguration as the first democratically elected president of South Africa.

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Rating: 7.1 (29334 ratings)
Content Rating: 12
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
IMDb Link: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2304771/

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3. Goodbye Bafana

Goodbye Bafana is the true story of a white South African racist whose life was profoundly altered by the black prisoner he guarded for twenty years. The prisoner’s name was Nelson Mandela.

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Rating: 7.1 (12278 ratings)
Content Rating: 12
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
IMDb Link: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0438859/

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4. Mandela and de Klerk

On June 12, 1964, Nelson Mandela, along with numerous political detainees, was sentenced to life imprisonment in what remains the most sensational treason trial in the history of South Africa. The incarceration of Mandela and other…

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Rating: 7 (679 ratings)
Content Rating: PG-13
Genre: Drama
IMDb Link: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0119607/

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5. Winnie Mandela

A drama that chronicles the life of Winnie Mandela from her childhood through her marriage and her husband’s incarceration.

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Rating: 6.1 (1007 ratings)
Content Rating: R
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
IMDb Link: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1551641/

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6. Endgame

A story based on the covert discussions that brought down the Apartheid regime in South Africa.

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Rating: 6.2 (2874 ratings)
Content Rating: 12
Genre: Drama, History
IMDb Link: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1217616/

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7. Mandela

Follows Nelson Mandela, from his early protests against racial discrimination, to his election as South Africa’s first Democratically elected leader.

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Rating: 7 (406 ratings)
Content Rating: N/A
Genre: Documentary, Biography, History
IMDb Link: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0116980/

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8. Invictus

Nelson Mandela, in his first term as President of South Africa, initiates a unique venture to unite the Apartheid-torn land: enlist the national rugby team on a mission to win the 1995 Rugby World Cup.

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Rating: 7.3 (168765 ratings)
Content Rating: AL
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
IMDb Link: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1057500/

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9. Cry Freedom

South African journalist Donald Woods is forced to flee the country after attempting to investigate the death in custody of his friend, the Black anti-Apartheid activist Steve Biko.

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Rating: 7.4 (14607 ratings)
Content Rating: 12
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
IMDb Link: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0092804/

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10. A Dry White Season

A white middle class South African suburbanite with no interest in politics agrees to help his black gardener find his jailed son. His investigation opens his eyes to the horrors committed by the secret police and turns him into a…