Throwback: Old Ghanaian movies you have to watch

In this 21st century, we find it difficult to believe that there were classic movies in the 90’s in the Ghana Movie Industry. But yes, there are movies everyone enjoyed, and some of us grew up having a feel of these movies. Let’s go back to some throwbacks on old Ghanaian movies that will refresh our memory.

1.Kukurantumi Road To Accra

Kukurantumi: Road to Accra was produced in 1983. It is said to be one of the first Ghanaian films to be aired on many European countries’ televisions.

It was directed by King Ampaw, a hard-working family man who makes his living driving a lorry between Accra, the capital, and his small village of Kukurantumi, which, in a local dialect, means the place where everything is too heavy to pick up.

When he is dismissed from his job for reasons beyond his control, Addey arranges a marriage between his pretty daughter, Abena, and a rich, middle-aged businessman she doesn’t love.

Abena rebels and, with Bob, the poor young man she loves, runs off to Accra where things go from bad to worse. Kukurantumi. Road to Accra is a comparatively lively, good-humored film about a very sad subject. The breakdown of family relationships under the pressures of what’s called progress.

2.Matters of The Heart

“Matters of The Heart” is a 1993 Ghanaian love story.

This love story brought couples together, and they enjoyed themselves as they watched the movie.

The movie emphasized on two love birds who were madly in love with each other. Nico in the movie was deeply in love with Sekina. Nico’s family would not agree to the relationship between the two lovebirds.

The reason was that Sekina was from a very poor background, and Nico was from a wealthy family, and his family won’t agree with their relationship.

3.Diabolo

The popular film released in 1992 is a Ghanaian classic movie that tells a story of a man who has the power to transform into a serpent.

He used this power to sexually assault and kill women, mostly prostitutes. This role was played by Bob Smith Jnr, now referred to as Diabolo Man or Snake Man in acting circles. 

Other actors in the film were, the late Rev. Eddie Coffie, Eunice Banini, and Prince Yawson known as “Waakye”.

The film has also been studied as an example of a Pentecostal influence in Ghanaian film.

4.I Told You So

The movie depicts Ghanaians and their way of life in a satirical style. It also gives insight into the life of a young lady who did not take her father’s advice when about to marry a man she did not know anything about but rather took her mother’s and uncle’s advice because of the wealth and power the money has.

The young lady later finds out that the man she was supposed to marry was an armed robber. She was very upset about the whole incident, and her dad asked what happened. She told him that the man she was supposed to marry was an armed robber. Her father ended by saying, “I told you so.” The film featured Lord Bob Cole, the Agya Ntow, and the late Araba Stamp. I Told You So is a 1970 Ghanaian movie.

5.Love Brewed in the African Pot

Romantic Drama Ghanaian film directed by Kwaw Ansah. It was reportedly the first privately financed Ghanaian feature film and is considered a classic

The film takes place in Ghana during the colonial period. Aba Appiah, a woman born to a family of privileged settlers, falls in love with Joe Quansah, a fitting mechanic and son of a simple fisherman. Aba’s father, Kofi Appiah, a retired civil servant, is opposed to their marriage, which goes against his plans for his daughter, to whom he had already chosen a husband.

This family conflict leads to complex and unforeseen consequences

6.No Time To Die

“No Time To Die” portrays love and comedy. The film tells the story of David Dontoh, a hearse driver who will do anything to win the love of a lady whom he has fallen in love with, Esi, a beautiful dancer who is planning an elaborate homegoing celebration for her mother.

King Apaw explained that his film was meant to break the jinx of the trend in other African movies. “Most of the African movies we see are either about poverty, HIV/AIDS, and so forth.” African filmmakers could also make people laugh, he said. And he sure did break the jinx and set a standard.

These are some of the old Ghanaian movies I want to talk about. Ghanaian movies that left us with memories while we were growing up. It gave us the best childhood ever.

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