18 Best Nigerian Movies to Watch

A pregnant army wife's husband is implicated in a real, failed military coup in 1976.

Directed by Izu Ojukwu · 1h 58m · Rated PG-13

A daughter fights to keep her ailing father's transport company from collapsing.

Directed by Genevieve Nnaji · 1h 35m

An undercover journalist infiltrates a sex-trafficking ring to expose it from the inside.

Directed by Kenneth Gyang · 1h 46m

A student's sexual harassment case against a professor exposes a university's culture of silence.

Directed by Kunle Afolayan · 2h 31m

Two sisters' lives are torn apart by the Biafran War, adapted from Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's novel.

Directed by Biyi Bandele · 1h 46m · Rated R

A chaotic Lagos wedding spirals through one family disaster after another.

Directed by Kemi Adetiba · 1h 50m

A wandering weaver gains the power to bring back the dead, and it costs him everything.

Directed by Kunle Afolayan · 2h 22m · Rated R

A detective investigates a serial killer in the tense final days before Nigerian independence.

Directed by Kunle Afolayan · 2h 28m

A man's ritual pact for wealth curses his family, the film that effectively launched modern Nollywood.

Directed by Chris Obi Rapu · 2h 43m

A powerful businesswoman's political ambitions expose Lagos's underworld of crime and corruption.

Directed by Kemi Adetiba · 2h 49m

Three friends raised in a tight-knit Lagos slum are pulled in different directions by politics, crime and loyalty.

Directed by Jadesola Osiberu · 2h 04m

Three teenage friends set off on a chaotic quest through Lagos and Ibadan to recover a stolen laptop.

Directed by Kunle Afolayan · 1h 56m

A deacon turns vigilante after his son is killed in a police cover-up tied to a corrupt political circle.

Directed by Editi Effiong · 2h 04m · Rated R

A resourceful single mother's five sons pull off a heist to rescue her from a debt crisis.

Directed by Adeoluwa Owu & Funke Akindele · 2h 14m

A wealthy patriarch's sudden death sends his sprawling family scrambling to claim their share of the estate.

Directed by Niyi Akinmolayan · 1h 38m

A single Nigerian woman under pressure to marry is torn between her family's expectations and a future of her own choosing.

Directed by Jadesola Osiberu · 1h 40m

A cursed forest shrine gives two friends unbelievable luck, until the seven-year deadline arrives.

Directed by Kunle Afolayan · 2h 02m

Two strangers on the same flight accidentally swap phones, forcing them to live each other's chaotic lives.

Directed by Kunle Afolayan · 1h 51m