9 Best Movies from Uganda to Watch First

9 Essential Films from Uganda

Ranked native cinema in Uganda’s own creative voice.

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   1. Who Killed Captain Alex?

   2010

   Recognized as Uganda's first action film, this gleefully low-budget, hyper-violent Wakaliwood romp follows the fallout of a Kampala police raid that leaves a captain dead and a gang out for revenge. A cult do-it-yourself sensation.

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   2. Bad Black

   2010

   A mild-mannered doctor robbed of a treasured family heirloom is trained in the ways of commando vengeance by a tough ghetto kid, in a wildly energetic, homemade action extravaganza. A Wakaliwood cult favorite.

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   3. Kony: Order from Above

   2017

   Abducted at eleven and raised as a fighter in the Lord's Resistance Army, a young man's enduring love for the girl he left behind survives the horrors of war, as he is torn between devotion and the brutal duty forced upon him. A Ugandan war drama.

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   4. Bala Bala Sese

   2015

   A Ugandan drama of love, betrayal, and reckoning, following its characters through the tangled consequences of their choices. A well-received local feature.

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   5. 27 Guns

   2018

   This biographical war film dramatizes Yoweri Museveni and his fellow fighters during the Ugandan Bush War of the 1980s, and their guerrilla struggle to seize power. A patriotic historical epic.

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   6. Veronica's Wish

   2018

   A Ugandan drama in which a woman named Veronica navigates love, loss, and family secrets in her search for happiness. A tender local production.

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   7. Battle of the Souls

   2007

   Billed as one of Uganda's first polished features, this supernatural thriller pits faith against dark forces as its characters confront a battle for their very souls. A pioneering Ugandan genre film.

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   8. The Only Son

   2016

   A Ugandan family drama centered on the pressures and expectations placed on an only son, and the secrets that threaten to tear the family apart. A well-received local film.

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   9. Rehema

   2017

   A young Ugandan Muslim woman defies her family and community to fight for the right to choose her own love over a forced marriage. A romantic social drama.