| Citation (2020) | 6.1 | |
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Movies and TV shows set in nigeria
The list contains the best, new and most relevant movies set in nigeria ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out captivating, realistic, serious, suspense, suspenseful and tense films and TV shows about / with life is a bitch, friendship, urban, social commentary, society, redemption, moral dilemma, corruption, african and violence plots mostly in Drama, Thriller and Action genres shot in USA, Nigeria, UK and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as nigeria: Half of a Yellow Sun (2013), Joy (2018), Farming (2018), Nigerian Prince (2018), State of Affairs (2014), Iwájú (2024), 2103: The Deadly Wake (1997), Abby (1974), Sudani from Nigeria (2018), Trafficked (2017).
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Nigeria, UK
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
An epic love story: Olanna and Kainene are glamorous twins, living a privileged city life in newly independent 1960s Nigeria. The two women make very different choices of lovers, but rivalry and betrayal must be set aside as their lives are swept up ...
Style:
bleak, serious, realistic, disturbing, captivating ...
Plot:
genocide, against humanity, political unrest, revolution, life is a bitch, wartime life, hopes, fall in love, rebellion, evacuation, african, sister sister relationship ...
Time:
20th century, 60s, 70s
Place:
nigeria, africa, iraq, indiana
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2K
Genre: Drama
Country: Austria
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Close to paying off her debts, a Nigerian sex worker in Austria coaches a reluctant novice, and assesses the risks of taking a faster path to freedom.
Style:
bleak, crime drama, intercultural, art house
Plot:
sex trafficking, sex worker, human trafficking, abuse, forced prostitution, exploitation, survival, social commentary, female protagonist, trauma, motherhood, desperation ...
Place:
nigeria, vienna, africa, austria
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Genre: Drama
Country: UK, USA, France
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Based on the writer/director's childhood, FARMING tells the story of a young Nigerian boy, 'farmed out' by his parents to a white British family in the hope of a better future. Instead, he becomes the feared leader of a white skinhead ...
Style:
serious, psychological, rough, suspense, independent film ...
Plot:
skinhead, racism, family relations, prejudice, racial prejudice, humiliation, interracial adoption, hate, rebelliousness, youth, hate crime, bigotry ...
Place:
britain, nigeria
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Nigeria
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
After being sent to Nigeria against his will, a stubborn Nigerian-American teenager, joins forces with an internet scammer, in order to return to the United States.
Style:
suspense, captivating, contemplative, suspenseful, unusual plot structure ...
Plot:
rebellious teenager, teenager, cyberbullying, divorce, violence, police brutality, school, police, friends, deportation, life is a bitch, society ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
nigeria, africa
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
Each day the President is faced with dozens of life and death decisions, and to prioritize the biggest international crises facing the country, one top CIA analyst - Charleston Tucker - assembles the President's Daily Briefing.
This list of ...
Style:
serious, tense, realistic, suspenseful, suspense ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
politics, national security, cia, dead son, white house, spy, workplace situations, usa president, u.s. president, president, female protagonist, death ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
colombia, nigeria, washington d.c., afghanistan, usa
Is relevant?
1K
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Drama, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, UK, Canada, Nigeria
Duration: 136 min.
TV show
Story:
Two friends in a futuristic Nigeria discover secrets and dangers hidden in their different worlds.
Style:
3d animation, feel good, entertaining, captivating, futuristic ...
Audience:
kids, teens
Plot:
afrofuturism, friend, teamwork, adventure hero, friendship, friends, technology, black, city, black woman, black man, african
Time:
future, 2020s, 21st century
Place:
nigeria, africa
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Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Canada, UK
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Proxate Corporation recruits a boozy former ship captain and offers him a new identity: Sean Murdoch. His job: to take charge of large ship on one voyage. Once aboard, Murdoch realizes that the ship is a prison ship, and the cargo are criminally ...
Style:
tech noir, independent film, exciting, serious, suspenseful ...
Plot:
evil alien, prison, dystopian future, spacecraft, chaos, chases and races, space and aliens, escapades, investigation, life is a bitch, androids and robots, society ...
Time:
future
Place:
nigeria
Is relevant?
1K
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
When a minister's wife becomes posessed by Eshu, the Nigerian god of sexuality, an exorcist is called in to drive the evil spirit away.
Style:
satanic, grindhouse, psychotronic, supernatural thriller, mockbuster ...
Plot:
blaxploitation, possession, exorcism, demonic possession, supernatural, black, demon, exorcist, occult, father in law, marriage counselor, evil woman ...
Time:
70s
Place:
nigeria, africa, asia, china
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Sport
Country: India
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
When a soccer club manager brings one of his injured foreign players home to recuperate, they form an unlikely bond despite their cultural differences.
Style:
feel good, intercultural, comedy drama, touching, realistic ...
Plot:
friendship, humanity, language barrier, football, community, small town, empathy, identity, village life, recovery, underdog, tradition ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
nigeria, africa
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
In this story inspired by real characters, three girls from America, Nigeria and India are trafficked through an elaborate global network and enslaved in a Texas brothel, and must together attempt a daring escape to reclaim their freedom.
Style:
disturbing, realistic, serious, rough, sexual ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
human trafficking, slavery, sex slavery, forced labor, captivity, abduction, woman in danger, forced prostitution, life is a bitch, female friendship, sex trafficking, rape ...
Place:
northern california, new delhi, nigeria, houston texas
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
When shy, straitlaced George (Tunde Adebimpe) meets vivacious, adorable Alicia (Natalia Verbeke), he's instantly smitten -- which puts his imminent arranged marriage in jeopardy. He vows to do the right thing, but then he falls in with Gerard ...
Style:
humorous, sweet, romantic, feel good, touching ...
Audience:
girls' night, chick flick
Plot:
unlikely couple, road trip, family relations, eccentricity, opposites attract, introspection, love triangle, looking for love, fall in love, love affair, friendship, comedy of errors ...
Time:
year 2001, 70s
Place:
new york, usa, nigeria
Is relevant?
Genre: Action
Country: Nigeria
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Regina asks her friend, Zaya to look after her younger brother while she travels with her fiancée, Major Egan to Nigeria. Healing from the recent war, Zaya and the other villagers try to begin the process of healing when an American company takes ...
Style:
thrilling, psychological, captivating, tense, action thriller ...
Plot:
soldier, life is a bitch, problem, military, survival, danger, african, rescue, conspiracy, corruption, escape, political intrigue ...
Place:
nigeria
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Genre: Drama, History, Thriller
Country: Nigeria
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
Set in the 1980s, Tolani Ajao is a bank secretary in Lagos, who finds herself persuaded by her friend Rose Adamson to enter the world of drug trafficking.
Style:
tense, suspense, disturbing, captivating, suspenseful ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
drug dealing, drug dealer, drug traffic, smuggling, drug, illegal drugs, bandit, criminal, life is a bitch, social problems, drug smuggling, money problems ...
Time:
80s
Place:
nigeria
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Nigeria
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
Three sons try to make their mother’s dreams come true by bringing home wives for Christmas.
Style:
satirical, entertaining, captivating, semi serious, family comedy ...
Plot:
christmas, sibling rivalry, brothers, mother and son, eccentric family, brother brother relationship, parents and children, holiday, satire, family problems, competitor, family relations ...
Place:
nigeria
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Nigeria
Duration: 151 min.
Story:
A bright student in Nigeria takes on the academic establishment when she reports a popular professor who tried to rape her. Based on real events.
Style:
realistic, educational, psychological, captivating, thrilling ...
Plot:
female protagonist, black history, child abuse, university, sexual harassment, campus, attempted rape, teacher, rape, social problems, problem, sexual assault ...
Place:
nigeria
Is relevant?
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: Nigeria
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
A group of friends who each have to navigate their own destiny, growing up on the bustling streets and neighborhood of Isale Eko, Lagos.
Style:
tense, psychological, captivating, crime drama, realistic ...
Plot:
gang, group, street life, bandit, urban setting, criminal gang, urban ghetto, life is a bitch, urban ghetto life, city life, youth, gang violence ...
Place:
nigeria
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama
Country: Nigeria
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
Bimbo Akintola, Danny Glover and TIFF Rising Star Somkele Iyamah-Idhalama star in director Steve Gukas’ riveting real-life thriller about courageous health-care workers in Lagos battling the Ebola outbreak of 2014.
Style:
captivating, disturbing, suspense, realistic, suspenseful ...
Plot:
epidemic, real life, virus, pandemic, infection, virus outbreak, deadly virus, struggle for survival, race against time, urban setting, death threat, biopic ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
nigeria, africa, west africa
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama
Country: Nigeria
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
When Sade, the central character suffers a personal tragedy, she is taken on a journey of self-discovery and faith which transforms the lives all those around her. God Calling shines a spotlight on modern day spirituality by imaginatively exploring ...
Style:
captivating, thrilling, psychological, religious drama, emotional ...
Plot:
faith, christianity, redemption, self discovery, god, religious, crisis of faith, social problems, spirituality, religious faith, belief in god, female protagonist ...
Place:
africa, nigeria
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Genre: Thriller
Country: Nigeria
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Two cops must contend with the uncooperative tenants of an apartment complex as they try to solve a murder before the crime scene is wiped clean.
Style:
detective, tense, captivating, psychological, suspenseful ...
Plot:
investigation, murder mystery, murder, murder investigation, murderer, police detective, homicide detective, police, crime investigation, police officer, police investigation, uncover truth ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
nigeria
Is relevant?
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Trinidad and Tobago, Canada
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
Inspired by the life and times of Caribbean war hero, judge and diplomat Ulric Cross whose amazing life spanned key moments of the 20th Century like WW2, African independence movements, Black Power, the rise of a new brand of Black leadership around ...
Style:
tense, captivating, reflective, multicultural, educational ...
Plot:
civil rights, real life, biopic, heroism, inspiration, civil rights movement, social issues, social problems, human rights, historical figure, historical event, society ...
Time:
20th century
Place:
caribbean, ghana, nigeria, london, france
Is relevant?
Genre: Adventure, Crime, Thriller
Country: Nigeria, France, Côte d'Ivoire
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Three women from Nigeria, Côte d'Ivoire and Benin reunite seventeen years after surviving sex trafficking to dismantle the powerful men behind their pain. From the streets of Lagos to the shadows of Abidjan and Cotonou, they execute a cold, ...
Style:
dark, crime drama, emotional, tense, suspenseful ...
Plot:
revenge, vigilante, sisterhood, human trafficking, survival, justice, urban, trauma, female bonding, strategy, social commentary, heist ...
Place:
west africa, nigeria, africa
Is relevant?
2K
Genre: Drama
Country: Turkey, USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
A bag full of money lands in front of you. Is it luck? The answer to your prayers? Part of a predetermined plan? Or all of the above? Set in the chaotic streets of Istanbul, 40 is a story of three strangers making their way in a city of 12 million, ...
Style:
realistic, atmospheric, psychological, captivating, serious ...
Plot:
human nature, bag of money, society, change of luck, immigrant, culture clash, chase, down on your luck, rivalry, destiny, greed, death ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
turkey, nigeria, istanbul turkey
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, History
Country: Nigeria, UK
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
John Newton is captain of a slave ship moored off the coast of Nigeria. He stands at a crossroads in his life, his morality and religion at odds with the brutality of his chosen profession. Stepping ashore, he starts on a journey of redemption that ...
Style:
captivating, serious, realistic, epic
Plot:
fighting the system, righting the wronged, introspection, hopes, state affairs, interracial relations, life is a bitch, escapades, injustice, redemption, moral dilemma, politics ...
Time:
18th century
Place:
nigeria
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Nigeria, USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A volatile, oil-rich Nigerian community wages war against their corrupt government and a multi-national oil corporation to protect their land from being destroyed by excessive drilling and spills. To seek justice, a rebel organization kidnaps an ...
Style:
realistic, suspenseful, rough, serious, exciting ...
Plot:
kidnapping, racism, terrorism, state affairs, political conspiracy, confined, danger, heroes, dishonesty, conspiracy, environmentalism, corruption ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
africa, nigeria
Is relevant?
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Germany, Iceland, UK
Duration: 147 min.
Story:
Following the events of Age of Ultron, the collective governments of the world pass an act designed to regulate all superhuman activity. This polarizes opinion amongst the Avengers, causing two factions to side with Iron Man or Captain America, ...
Style:
saga, humorous, action adventure, epic, exciting ...
Audience:
family friendly, teens, chick flick, adult
Plot:
superhero, revenge, disagreement, vigilante, costumed hero, ex soldier, heroes, super powers, female agent, friendship between men, supernatural power, chase ...
Time:
year 2016, 2010s, year 1991, future, 90s
Place:
africa, eastern europe, vienna, europe, berlin germany ...
Is relevant?
162K
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
After discovering a once-in-a-lifetime player with a rocky past abroad, a down on his luck basketball scout takes it upon himself to bring the phenom to the States without his team's approval. Against the odds, they have one final shot to prove ...
Style:
inspirational, feel good, disturbing, psychological, captivating ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
basketball player, basketball, coping, basketball coach, opportunity, training, sport team, teenage pregnancy, career, manager, ambition, athlete's life ...
Place:
spain, new york, philadelphia, china, nigeria ...
Is relevant?
901K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 134 min.
Story:
King T'Challa returns home from America to the reclusive, technologically advanced African nation of Wakanda to serve as his country's new leader. However, T'Challa soon finds that he is challenged for the throne by factions within ...
Style:
futuristic, suspense, stylized, saga, action adventure ...
Audience:
teens, family outing, kids, chick flick, girls' night ...
Plot:
superhero, martial arts, black hero, strong female character, loss of father, black superhero, warrior, good versus evil, female spy, chase, new world order, tragic villain ...
Time:
2010s, future, 90s, 20th century, year 1992 ...
Place:
africa, indiana, south africa, london, oakland california ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 76 min.
Story:
A New York insurance company sends in a team of high levels investigators to assess a claim related to the accidental death of six workers on an oil platform off the coast of Nigeria. As the investigation unfolds it becomes clear that the dead men ...
Plot:
slaughter, killing, army, massacre, blood, pirate, aids, corruption, violence, nightmare, bomb, terrorism ...
Place:
nigeria, africa, atlantic ocean, london, pacific ocean ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
A man confronts jealously and rage as a love affair falters.
Style:
sexual, independent film, fast, exciting, realistic ...
Plot:
profanity, couples, haunted by the past, infidelity, dishonesty, obsession, destructive relationship, mentally unstable, nudity, jealousy, stand up comedian, strip club ...
Time:
year 1987, 80s, 20th century
Place:
california, san francisco, usa, nigeria
Is relevant?
267K
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Tarzan was a small orphan who was raised by an ape named Kala since he was a child. He believed that this was his family, but on an expedition Jane Porter is rescued by Tarzan. He then finds out that he's human. Now Tarzan must make the ...
Style:
touching, fairy tale, light, sweet, entertaining ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, family friendly, girls' night, chick flick ...
Plot:
jungle, happy ending, ape man, orphan, love and romance, childhood, tarzan, adoption, friendship, betrayal, death of mother, wildlife ...
Time:
90s, year 1999, 1800s, 1880s, 20th century ...
Place:
africa, nigeria
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