Nollywood has always had a special way of blending entertainment with life lessons, and nowhere is that more evident than in its Christian movies. These movies are snapshots of how faith, family, temptation and redemption play out in Nigerian society.
From tales of betrayal and forgiveness to thrilling spiritual battles between light and darkness, Nollywood’s Christian movies have a reputation for being as dramatic as they are inspiring. They give us flawed but relatable characters. And while you’re getting drawn into all the twists and turns, the stories sneak in powerful lessons about resilience, hope, and the belief that God shows up even in the messiest situations.
Thanks to YouTube, many of these classics and new releases are just a click away. Whether you want something uplifting, reflective, or so dramatic, this list has you covered.
Here are the 10 best Christian Nollywood movies to watch on YouTube right now.
1. High Calling (2020)
Running time: 1h 10m
Director: Gloria Bamiloye
Genre: Drama
John (Fiyinfolu C.P. Okedare) is a young devout Christian who has just completed his undergraduate studies with a third-class degree. Despite his academic setback, John remains steadfast in his faith, believing his success is not tied to earthly achievements but to God’s high calling on his life.
In contrast, his brother Edward (Damilola Mike-Bamiloye) and their father (Kayode Owojori) dismiss John’s church involvement as excessive. Edward views Christian service as “religious stuff,” and their father pressures them into secular priorities based on life’s harsh realities. The movie looks at how at one stays steadfast on the face of immense pressure.
Watch High Calling on YouTube.
2. The Mask (2025)
Running time: 1h 36m
Director: Sunny Peters
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Kay (Tioluwalogo Olakunbi-Black) and Jay (Ibitoye Ayodele) are two down-on-their-luck friends, forever running late. One morning, Kay’s marathon prayer session—and an unexpected visit from their pastor—delays them even further. By the time they set out, it isn’t for work or a job interview, but for a meeting with a babalawo preparing a ritual meant to secure their success.
Just as they are about to seal the deal, fortune seems to smile on them. They abandon the ritual, convinced they no longer need it—only to discover that walking away from a covenant is never that simple.
Sunny Peters’s comedy-drama probes the uneasy intersection of faith, desperation, and superstition in contemporary Nigeria, asking what people are willing to risk in the pursuit of prosperity.
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3. Anchor (2025)
Running time: 1h 14m
Director: Mike Ilemobola
Genre: Romance
From the start, Felix (Joshua Banjo) and Glory (Aanu Kolade) believe their union has been divinely ordained. A prophecy seals their love, promising a bright and certain future together. As their dreams begin to materialize, however, an unforeseen darkness intrudes, threatening to unravel everything they have built. Faced with trials that test both their faith and their bond, the couple must decide whether love alone is enough to withstand forces determined to break them apart.
Mike Ilemobola’s romance fable doubles as a spiritual allegory, exploring the tension between destiny and free will, and the resilience required to hold on to hope when the future turns uncertain
4. Perfect Prison (2025)
Running time: 1h 49m
Director: John Oguntuase
Genre: Drama, Romance
One Sunday service spirals into chaos when three women, all vying for Ayomide’s (Jacob James Namah) affection, confront one another in church. But Ayomide, quick to dismiss them all, is less a romantic prize than a chronic heartbreaker. On each new date, his pattern emerges: an obsession with perfection and a disdain for flaws.
As his story unfolds, it becomes clear that Ayomide is not liberated by choice but bound by his own desires—shaped by confusion, carnality, and the scars of a troubled childhood. His relentless pursuit of an ideal woman becomes its own cage.
John Oguntuase’s drama examines how unhealed trauma and rigid ideals can imprison the heart, turning love into a battlefield of projection and pain.
Watch Perfect Prison on YouTube.
5. Prophet Suddenly (2023)
Running time: 1h 48m
Director: Ohis Muyiwa Ojeikere
Genre: Drama
Michael (Ohis Muyiwa Ojeikere) is a devoted family man with one consuming ambition: to become a man of God. Struggling to grow his ministry and desperate for recognition, he seizes what seems like a shortcut to success. After a single, fateful encounter with a spirit, he finds himself catapulted into instant fame—at the cost of his soul.
As Michael’s ministry flourishes, the cracks begin to show, exposing troubling questions about his motives, his integrity, and the true foundation of his faith.
This movie is both a cautionary tale and a moral inquiry, probing the dangers of ambition without conviction and the perilous trade-offs hidden in the pursuit of spiritual power.
Watch Prophet Suddenly on YouTube.
6. Enoch (2023)
Running time: 1h 58m
Directors: John Oguntuase and Damilola Mike-Bamiloye
Genre: Biopic
This sweeping biopic retraces the life of Pastor E.A. Adeboye, beginning with his childhood in Ede, Osun State, where poverty threatened his dream of an education. Structured in five chapters, the film charts his academic brilliance, his romance with Foluke, and the spiritual encounter with Pastor Josiah Akindayomi that transformed the course of his life.
Featuring Abolaji Adebola, Tomiwa Samson and Mike Bamiloye, Enoch portrays not only Adeboye’s struggles and sacrifices but also the divine calling that carried him from obscurity to global influence.
At its heart, the film is less about celebrity than about devotion, presenting Adeboye’s journey as a meditation on faith, resilience, and the power of surrender to a higher purpose.
7. Under Siege (2025)
Running time: 2h 7m
Director: Damilola Mike-Bamiloye
Genre: Drama, Musical
Kolade (Greatman Takit) is a gifted musician caught between two worlds. Raised in a devout household, his father, Rev. Emmanuel (Mike Bamiloye), expects him to carry on the family’s ministry. But Kolade’s passion lies elsewhere—in the rhythms and acclaim of secular music. His pursuit of that path draws him into a dangerous web of spiritual conflict, eventually leading to cult entanglement and battles far darker than he ever imagined.
Blending drama with musical performance, Damilola Mike-Bamiloye’s film examines the high stakes of choice and identity, exploring the costs of straying from expectation and the perilous intersections of faith, talent, and temptation.
8. Miracle Next Door (2025)
Running time: 1h 45m
Director: Mike Ilemobola
Genre: Drama
Comfort (Omolara Ayoola) has spent years in prayer and fasting, clinging to every prophecy and promise that one day she will have a husband and family of her own. Yet as time passes, she watches her deepest hopes realized instead by a couple living next door. Their happiness becomes her torment, each shared smile cutting like a wound.
What begins as quiet anguish hardens into resentment, then curdles into bitterness. Soon, envy consumes her, threatening to pull her into choices with devastating consequences. At the breaking point, Comfort must decide whether to release her pain to faith—or let jealousy destroy her and those around her.
Mike Ilemobola’s drama is both intimate and cautionary, probing the corrosive power of envy while reflecting on the fragility of hope when faith is tested by delay.
Watch Miracle Next Door on YouTube.
9. Broken Hallelujah (2025)
Running time: 2h 22m
Director: Great Valentine Edochie
Genre: Drama
Odukwudili and Moroundiya (Daniel Etim-Effiong and Bimbo Ademoye) are a young couple whose marriage begins to fracture under the weight of infertility. Despite their wealth and access to medical options, the one thing they desire most remains out of reach.
Their journey takes them from fervent fasting and tireless prayer to the promise of IVF, but each attempt ends in fresh disappointment. As hope wanes, faith falters, and their bond is tested, Moroundiya teeters on the edge of despair—until the unexpected finally arrives.
Great Valentine Edochie’s drama is both tender and unflinching, examining the strains infertility places on love, faith, and identity, and the quiet resilience required to keep believing in the face of heartbreak.
Watch Broken Hallelujah on YouTube.
10. Under Lock (2025)
Running time: 1h 49m
Director: John Oguntuase
Genre: Thriller
On his way home to his anxious, paranoid mother, a man (Tolu Adegbo) hears breaking news: a dangerous criminal is on the loose and residents are urged to stay indoors. When he reaches their house, it is eerily empty—his mother nowhere in sight, her Bible left half-open on the table.
As he searches frantically, he is suddenly knocked unconscious. He wakes bound and helpless, confronted with a chilling ultimatum: produce ₦30 million within thirty minutes or watch his mother die.
John Oguntuase’s thriller fuses suspense with moral urgency, exploring fear, desperation, and the crushing weight of impossible choices when love collides with danger.
