Best Nigerian Movies

This page is updated regularly. Subscribe, so you don't miss new recommendations. The list of "Best Nigerian Movies" contains films with the following parameters. Style: captivating, disturbing, suspense, psychological, realistic and serious. Plot: family relations, society, african, love and romance, life is a bitch, relationships, female protagonist, african american, love affair and black. Genre: Drama, Comedy and Romance. Country: Nigeria, UK and USA.
Best Nigerian Movies
Best Nigerian Movies
TOP Movies: Òlòtūré (2019), Lionheart (2018), Swallow (2021), Namaste Wahala (2021), Mother of George (2013), Fifty (2015), Citation (2020), A Naija Christmas (2021), Amina (2021), Farming (2018), A Sunday Affair (2023), Nigerian Prince (2018), Black November (2012), Legacy (2010), Chief Daddy (2018), Gone Too Far! (2013), The Price (2017), Nneka the Pretty Serpent (2020), Glamour Girls (2022), Okafor's Law (2016).

List of Best Movies

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 5.6
 886
Òlòtūré (2019)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Nigeria
Duration: 106 min.
Story: In Lagos, Nigeria, young, naive Nigerian journalist Òlòtūré goes undercover to expose the shady underworld of human trafficking. Unused to this brutal environment, crawling with ruthless traders and pimps, Òlòtūré finds warmth and friendship ...
Style: disturbing, suspense, tense, captivating
Plot: journalism, female journalist, sex trafficking, human trafficking, investigative reporter, fighting crime, organized crime, prostitute, investigation, forced prostitution, prostitution, street prostitution ...
Place: africa
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 5.7
 2K
Lionheart (2018)
Genre: Comedy
Country: Nigeria
Duration: 95 min.
Story: In order to save her father's ailing bus company, competent but perennially overlooked Adaeze must find a way to work alongside feckless uncle Godswill.
Style: entertaining, captivating, light
Plot: woman, black history, businesswoman, sexism, family business, female sexism, businessman, problem solving, family relations, coping, father daughter relationship, financial problem ...
Time: 2010s
Place: africa
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 4.0
 225
Swallow (2021)
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, suspenseful, captivating, disturbing, suspense
Plot: drug dealing, drug, society, criminal, money problems, bandit, smuggling, drug traffic, drug dealer, drug smuggling, illegal drugs, social problems ...
Time: 80s
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Namaste Wahala (2021)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Nigeria
Duration: 106 min.
Story: A Nigerian woman and an Indian man won't let cultural differences get in the way of their romance.
Style: romantic, intercultural, light, multicultural, romantic drama
Plot: interracial romance, true love, traditional versus modern, interracial relations, culture clash, love and romance, forbidden love, family tradition, love story, racial prejudice, cultural conflict, cross cultural relations ...
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Mother of George (2013)
Genre: Drama
Country: Nigeria, USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story: A story about a woman willing to do anything and risk everything for her marriage.
Style: realistic, touching, serious, psychological, captivating ...
Plot: immigrant, couple relations, society, couples, lifestyle, afrofuturism, african, trying to get pregnant, family relations, female protagonist, parents and children, cultural difference ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: usa, africa
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 6.1
 280
Fifty (2015)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Nigeria
Duration: 101 min.
Story: FIFTY captures a few pivotal days in the lives of four Nigeria women at the pinnacle of their careers. Meet Tola, Elizabeth, Maria and Kate four friends forced at midlife to take inventory of their personal lives, while juggling careers and family ...
Style: disturbing, psychological, captivating
Plot: african, male female relationship, love and romance, relationships, relationship problems, friends, career, husband wife relationship, friendship, love story, middle aged woman, social problems ...
Place: africa, indiana
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 6.1
 1K
Citation (2020)
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: suspenseful, realistic, psychological, thrilling, captivating
Plot: black history, attempted rape, teacher student sex, rape, social problems, female protagonist, teacher, problem, child abuse, student
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A Naija Christmas (2021)
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: entertaining, captivating, satirical, semi serious
Plot: christmas, mother and son, eccentric family, parents and children, sibling rivalry, brother brother relationship, kids and family, competitor, family problems, black people, brothers, family relations ...
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 4.1
 474
Amina (2021)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Biography, Drama, History
Country: Nigeria
Duration: 105 min.
Story: In 16th-century Zazzau, now Zaria, Nigeria, Amina must utilize her military skills and tactics to defend her family's kingdom. Based on a true story.
Style: captivating, tense, suspense, disturbing
Plot: female warrior, tactics, military training, battles, female protagonist, protector, kingdom, fight, knight, war, biopic, fear ...
Time: 16th century
Place: africa, nigeria
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 6.2
 2K
Farming (2018)
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: rough, serious, suspense, psychological, independent film ...
Plot: skinhead, racism, family relations, prejudice, racial prejudice, interracial adoption, hate, brutality, racial slur, hate crime, youth, violence spree ...
Place: britain, nigeria
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A Sunday Affair (2023)
Genre: Romance
Country: Nigeria
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Two best friends, Uche and Toyin, fall in love with Sunday, a charming, yet flawed eligible bachelor. A love triangle ensues with the women unaware that they are dating the same man.
Style: thrilling, psychological, romantic, captivating
Plot: love triangle, couple relations, fall in love, love and romance, male female relationship, romantic triangle, love story, girlfriend girlfriend relationship, relationship problems, romantic relationship, best friends in love, relationships ...
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Merry Men: The Real Yoruba Demons (2018)
Genre: Action, Comedy
Country: Nigeria
Duration: 106 min.
Story: Four promiscuous businessmen must scheme to save the poor people of a village after a corrupt politician challenges them.
Style: semi serious, funny, captivating, satirical
Plot: money, intrigue, corruption, problem, fighting the system, rich, satire, government corruption, political corruption, rich and poor, male female relationship
Place: africa, nigeria
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Nigerian Prince (2018)
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, suspenseful, unusual plot structure, contemplative
Plot: rebellious teenager, teenager, school, police, cyberbullying, divorce, police brutality, violence, friends, deportation, life is a bitch, escapades ...
Time: 21st century
Place: nigeria, africa
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 5.3
 710
Black November (2012)
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: suspenseful, realistic, rough, exciting, serious
Plot: kidnapping, terrorism, racism, political conspiracy, confined, state affairs, dishonesty, danger, heroes, conspiracy, african, inspiration ...
Time: 21st century
Place: nigeria, africa
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 5.1
 1K
Legacy (2010)
Genre: Thriller
Country: Nigeria, UK
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Taking refuge in a shabby Brooklyn motel after narrowly surviving a failed mission in Eastern Europe, Black Ops soldier Malcolm Gray (Idris Elba) begins to disintegrate mentally as he broods over the legacy of his actions in this taut psychological ...
Style: psychological, disturbing, tense, suspenseful, captivating ...
Plot: soldier, conspiracy, obsession, rivalry, haunted by the past, mission gone awry, breaking point, dishonesty, losing-it hero, isolation, military, locked in a room ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, new york, brooklyn new york city
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The Wedding Party 2: Destination Dubai (2017)
Genre: Comedy
Country: Nigeria
Duration: 98 min.
Story: In "The Wedding Party" sequel, Nonso has continued his romance with Deirdre, the bridesmaid from London. Nonso manages to propose by accident, while on a dinner date, and sets off a chain of events too powerful to stop.
Style: captivating, semi serious, satirical
Plot: wedding, love interest, love affair, relationships, couple relations, satire, male female relationship, family relations, love and romance, wedding planning, love story, arranged marriage ...
Place: africa, dubai
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 4.6
 321
Chief Daddy (2018)
Genre: Comedy
Country: Nigeria
Duration: 99 min.
Story: Chief Daddy tells the story of billionaire industrialist Chief Beecroft, a flamboyant benefactor to a large extended family of relatives, household staff and assorted mistresses. Chief lives large, like there’s no tomorrow, until the day he dies ...
Style: humorous, feel good, light, entertaining, captivating ...
Plot: family relations, wealthy family, lifestyle, inheritance, parents and children, rich, heir, rich man, humour, kids and family, wealth, relationships ...
Place: africa
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 5.7
 424
Gone Too Far! (2013)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK, Nigeria
Duration: 88 min.
Story: GONE TOO FAR follows two estranged teenage brothers over the course of a single day as they meet for the first time, and struggle to accept each other for who they are. Yemi can't wait for his big brother to join him on the estate in Peckham - ...
Style: semi serious, uplifting, humorous, captivating, psychological ...
Plot: racism, immigrant, youth, society, family relations, teenage love, social differences, life is a bitch, brother brother relationship, urban, working class, black ...
Time: 21st century
Place: england, indiana, london, africa
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 5.0
 295
The Price (2017)
Genre: Drama
Country: Nigeria, USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Seyi, a 24-year-old Nigerian-American, works on Wall Street. Desperate to succeed because of his outsider status-due to class and race-he commits a crime, insider trading, which brings his entire world crashing down on him. Seyi's troubled ...
Style: suspense, psychological, captivating, disturbing
Plot: nypd, interracial relations, insider trading, male female relationship, criminal, marital problem, life is a bitch, relationship problems, family relations, love affair, uncover truth, family problems ...
Place: new york
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Nneka the Pretty Serpent (2020)
Genre: Horror, Mystery
Country: Nigeria
Duration: 140 min.
Story: Years after the mysterious murder of her parents, a traumatized woman gains supernatural powers that aid in her quest for revenge against the killers.
Style: suspense, captivating, tense, disturbing
Plot: revenge, female vigilante, vengeance, female assassin, female protagonist, murder, lifestyle change, killings, murder investigation, murder mystery, murderer, changing lives ...
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 3.5
 226
Glamour Girls (2022)
Genre: Drama
Country: Nigeria
Duration: 125 min.
Story: Their life as luxury escorts offered these women glamour, money and a chance to reinvent themselves…until a murder and a robbery ruined everything.
Style: suspense, psychological, disturbing, captivating
Plot: women, prostitute, female protagonist, prostitution, risk, social problems, threat, murder, seductress, escort, problem, big booty ...
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 5.1
 55
Okafor's Law (2016)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Nigeria
Duration: 110 min.
Story: A slick serial seducer bets his friends that he can bed three old flames in six weeks, in this risqué comedy from the director of the smash hit Wives on Strike.
Style: independent film
Plot: cinema
Place: africa
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The Amazing Grace (2006)
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, realistic, serious, epic
Plot: righting the wronged, fighting the system, introspection, hopes, interracial relations, life is a bitch, escapades, state affairs, moral dilemma, injustice, self discovery, politics ...
Time: 18th century
Place: nigeria
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Slave Warrior: The Beginning (2007)
Genre: Action, Drama, Romance, Thriller, War
Country: Nigeria, USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story: A man travels back in time to fight slavery.
Style: romantic, tense, captivating, independent film, neo noir ...
Plot: african, african american, slavery, warrior, captivity, romantic relationship, love and romance, saving a life, battles, social problems, society, fight ...
Place: africa
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666 (Beware the End Is at Hand) (2007)
Genre: Horror
Country: Nigeria
Duration: 71 min.
Story: Lucifer sends his trusty minions out into the world to lead the good folk of Nigeria unto temptation in order to lock them into his cage. The good pastor Lazarus who has noticed the signs, realizing that hell is about to be unleashed on Earth, sets ...
Style: psychotronic, bleak, scary, rough, religious horror ...
Plot: pastor, hell, good versus evil, supernatural power, preacher, supernatural, demon, religious, faith, cell, religion, fire ...
Place: nigeria
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The Secret Laughter of Women (1999)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: UK, Canada, Nigeria
Duration: 99 min.
Story: Oscar-winner Colin Firth stars in this heart-warming cross-cultural romantic comedy set in the idyllic South of France. Nimi, a beautiful Nigerian single mother to son Sammy, is under pressure from her family to find a suitable husband and who ...
Style: independent film, semi serious, realistic, sexual, humorous ...
Plot: interracial couple, white male black female relationship, interracial love, interracial, family relations, single parent, interracial relations, cultural difference, fall in love, estrangement, couples, family problems ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
Place: africa, france, south of france
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 6.4
 290
Ezra (2007)
Genre: Drama
Country: France, Nigeria, USA, UK, Austria
Duration: 110 min.
Story: Ezra, jeune ex-soldat Sierra-Léonais, essaie tant bien que mal de retrouver des repères pour revenir à une vie normale après la guerre civile qui a ravagé son pays. Son quotidien est partagé entre un centre de réhabilitation psychologique et ...
Style: captivating, rough, disturbing, serious, bleak ...
Plot: military, kidnapping, wartime life, youth, life is a bitch, danger, legal, against humanity, haunted by the past, starting over, kids in trouble, life turned upside down ...
Time: 21st century
Place: africa, sierra leone
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End of the Wicked (1999)
Genre: Horror
Country: Nigeria
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Christian horror
Style: christian film, psychotronic, christian horror
Plot: magic, faith, supernatural power, evangelical christianity, shapeshifting, evil child, good versus evil, torture, animal sacrifice, devil, animal cruelty, cannibalism ...
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Amin: The Rise and Fall (1981)
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, History, Thriller, War
Country: UK, Nigeria, Kenya
Duration: 101 min.
Story: The chronicle of Ugandan dictator Idi Amin and his tyranic rule from 1971 to his overthrow in 1979.
Style: grindhouse, political thriller, sinister, suspense, slasher
Plot: dictator, cannibal, cannibalism, black history, dictatorship, revolution, african, erotica, international law, afrikaans, conflict, atrocity ...
Place: africa, uganda
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Half of a Yellow Sun (2013)
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, captivating, serious, disturbing, realistic ...
Plot: genocide, political unrest, against humanity, revolution, fall in love, hopes, evacuation, rebellion, wartime life, life is a bitch, african, sister sister relationship ...
Time: 20th century, 60s, 70s
Place: nigeria, africa, iraq, indiana
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