2000s
| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | ||||||
| Angels in a Cage | Jeremy Crutchley, Sylvaine Strike | |||||
| Apostles of Civilised Vice | ||||||
| Hijack Stories | Oliver Schmitz | Screened at the 2001 Cannes Film Festival | ||||
| Glory Glory | Paul Johannsen, Steven Bauer, Amanda Donohoe, Gideon Emery, Ana Alexander | |||||
| 2001 | ||||||
| Mr Bones | Leon Schuster | Leon Schuster, David Ramsey, Faizon Love, Robert Whitehead, Jane Benney | Comedy | Highest-grossing film in South Africa on release. | ||
| Diamond Cut Diamond | Darrell Roodt | Gary Daniels, Nick Boraine, Gideon Emery | ||||
| 2002 | ||||||
| Amandla!: A Revolution in Four-Part Harmony | Documentary | |||||
| The Sorcerer's Apprentice | David Lister | Robert Davi, Kelly LeBrock, Gideon Emery | ||||
| 2003 | ||||||
| Adrenaline | ||||||
| Red Water | Charles Robert Carner | Lou Diamond Phillips, Kristy Sawnson, Gideon Emery | ||||
| 2004 | ||||||
| Boy called Twist | Kim Engelbrecht | |||||
| Cape of Good Hope | Mark Bamford | Debbie Brown, Eriq Ebouaney, Nthathi Moshesh, Gideon Emery | ||||
| Drum | Taye Diggs | |||||
| A Case of Murder | Clive Morris | Steve Hofmeyr, Candice Hillebrand, Gideon Emery, Anthony Fridjhon, Ben Kruger, Nicky Rebello, Ramalao Makhene | ||||
| Forgiveness | Zane Meas, Arnold Vosloo, Quanita Adams | |||||
| Max and Mona | ||||||
| Oh Shucks, I'm Gatvol! | Leon Schuster | Leon Schuster, Alfred Ntombela, Gerry the Clown, Bill Flynn | ||||
| Yesterday | Darrell Roodt | Leleti Khumalo | Nominated for Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film at the 77th Academy Awards | |||
| 2005 | ||||||
| Engagement | Caroline Nicou | Romantic comedy | ||||
| The Flyer | Kim Engelbrecht | |||||
| Mama Jack | Leon Schuster | Leon Schuster | ||||
| Tsotsi | Gavin Hood | Presley Chweneyagae, Ian Roberts, Zola, Terry Pheto | Won Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film at the 78th Academy Awards | |||
| U-Carmen eKhayelitsha | Mark Dornford-May | Won Golden Bear at the 55th Berlin International Film Festival | ||||
| 2006 | ||||||
| Bunny Chow | Kim Engelbrecht | |||||
| Angels in the Dust | ||||||
| Faith Like Potatoes | Regardt van den Bergh | Frank Rautenbach, Hamilton Dlamini | Inspirational/Docu-Drama | |||
| Son of Man | Mark Dornford-May | |||||
| 2007 | ||||||
| Anner House | ||||||
| Counting Headz: South Afrika's Sistaz in Hip Hop | Vusi Magubane & Erin Offer | Documentary | ||||
| Ouma se Slim Kind | Quinne Brown | |||||
| Tengers | Michael Rix | Animation | ||||
| 2008 | ||||||
| Jerusalema | ||||||
| Mr Bones 2: Back from the Past | Gray Hofmeyer | Leon Schuster | Comedy | Highest-grossing film in South Africa on release. | ||
| The World Unseen | Shamim Sarif | Lisa Ray, Sheetal Sheth | Drama | |||
| 2009 | ||||||
| District 9 | Neill Blomkamp | Sharlto Copley | Science fiction | Nominated for Best Film at the 82nd Academy Awards | ||
| Invictus | Clint Eastwood | Morgan Freeman, Matt Damon | Drama non-fiction | |||
| 2010 | ||||||
| Five Roads to Freedom: From Apartheid to the World Cup | Robin Benger & Jane Thandi Lipman | Documentary | ||||
| Life, Above All | Oliver Schmitz | Drama | ||||
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