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Swahili Movies: New Releases & Every Film on the Site

29 Swahili-language films are on What’s After the Movie, 18 of them (62%) from the 2010s. Drama leads with 18, then documentary (5) and crime (3). The newest release is The Rock Speaks, out Feb 8, 2025.

Swahili films on the site
29
first release (latest 2025)
2010
plot summaries
2
busiest decade (18 films)
2010s
Genres

What Kinds of Swahili Movies Are There?

Drama is part of 62% of Swahili films (18); documentary (5) and crime (3) follow. Compared with the whole catalogue, Swahili films lean most towards drama: 62% of them, against 41% of all films. Films can have several genres. Each bar opens the full list filtered to that genre, with its best-rated film underneath.

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Browse All 29 Swahili Movies

Filter all 29 Swahili films by genre, decade or year and sort them by rating, box office, release date or title. The list starts with the 29 released Swahili films, newest first.

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29 released Swahili films

Swahili movies, newest first. Page 1 of 1.

  1. Shimoni (2022) movie poster

    Shimoni

    2022 · 1h 37m

    Released Sep 11, 2022

    • Drama
  2. Neptune Frost (2022) movie poster

    Neptune Frost

    2022 · 1h 45m

    79 Echo Released Jun 3, 2022

    • Sci-Fi
    • Musical
  3. Uradi (2021) movie poster

    Uradi

    2021 · 1h 55m

    Released Dec 13, 2021

    • Crime
    • Drama
    • Thriller
  4. Tug of War (2021) movie poster

    Tug of War

    2021 · 1h 32m

    Released Sep 9, 2021

    • Drama
    • Romance
  5. 40 Sticks (2020) movie poster

    40 Sticks

    2020 · 1h 33m

    71 Echo Released Nov 20, 2020

    • Crime
    • Thriller
  6. Galore (2020) movie poster

    Galore

    2020 · 1h 24m

    Released Aug 28, 2020

    • Documentary
  7. Subira (2019) movie poster

    Subira

    2019 · 1h 30m

    Released Nov 1, 2019

    • Drama
  8. Fatuma (2018) movie poster

    Fatuma

    2018 · 1h 25m

    Released Nov 3, 2018

    • Drama
  9. Makala (2018) movie poster

    Makala

    2018 · 1h 36m

    75 Echo Released Aug 24, 2018

    • Documentary
  10. Supa Modo (2018) movie poster

    Supa Modo

    2018 · 1h 14m

    Released Feb 18, 2018

    • Drama
  11. Madness (2018) movie poster

    Madness

    2018 · 12 min

    Released Feb 17, 2018

  12. Our Madness (2018) movie poster

    Our Madness

    2018 · 1h 28m

    Released Feb 17, 2018

    • Drama
  13. Pili (2017) movie poster

    Pili

    2017 · 1h 23m

    Released Sep 27, 2017

    • Drama
  14. Gun Runners (2016) movie poster

    Gun Runners

    2016 · 1h 29m

    Released Oct 7, 2016

    • Documentary
  15. Kati Kati (2016) movie poster

    Kati Kati

    2016 · 1h 15m

    Released Sep 10, 2016

    • Fantasy
    • Drama
  16. Mhuni (2016) movie poster

    Mhuni

    2016 · 7 min

    • Drama
    • Action
  17. Soul Boy (2010) movie poster

    Soul Boy

    2010 · 1h 1m

    Released Jan 30, 2010

    • Drama
Related languages

Sub-Saharan Africa has 25 languages on the site. Besides Swahili, the biggest are Afrikaans (101 films), Wolof (28 films) and Zulu (21 films).

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Swahili Movies: Questions & Answers

Answers from the 29 Swahili films on the site.

How many Swahili movies are there?

29 Swahili-language films are on What’s After the Movie, released from 2010 to 2025. 2 are ranked by rating and 4 have reported box office.

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What are the newest Swahili movies?

The Rock Speaks (released Feb 8, 2025), Fight Like A Girl (released Nov 1, 2023) and A Woman in Makueni (released Feb 18, 2023).

New Swahili releases