If you’ve spent more time scrolling through Netflix than actually watching something, we get it — choosing a Nollywood movie these days feels like another full-time job. Luckily, we’ve done the hard work for you.
From chaotic love stories to tear-jerking family dramas and laugh-out-loud comedies, Netflix is packed with gems that remind us why Nollywood stays undefeated.
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Here are ten of the best Nollywood films on Netflix to add to your October watchlist — no skips, no stress.
1. King of Boys (2018)
Running time: 2h 49m
Director: Kemi Adetiba
Genre: Action/Thriller
At nearly three hours long, King of Boys is as ambitious as its protagonist. The film follows Eniola Salami (Sola Sobowale), a formidable businesswoman and political power broker whose public influence is matched only by her ruthless control of Lagos’s criminal underworld.
When her pursuit of legitimacy collides with the violent realities of the empire she built, she’s forced to navigate betrayal, loss, and the high price of power in a man’s world.
Directed by Kemi Adetiba, King of Boys is a sprawling narrative about ambition and survival.
Watch King of Boys on Netflix.
2. Ijakumo: Born Again Stripper (2022)
Running time: 2h
Director: Adebayo Tijani
Genre: Drama
Ashabi (Toyin Abraham) was once the adored daughter of a powerful Pentecostal pastor — until a scandal exiled her from the pulpit’s glow to society’s shadows. Years later, she returns transformed, a stripper with fire in her eyes and vengeance on her mind.
Her target: Pastor (Kunle Remi), her father’s protégé and the congregation’s saintly idol, whose charm masks moral decay.
What follows is a glossy, slow-burning drama of temptation and revenge, where faith becomes theatre and desire a weapon. Adebayo Tijani stages his story with the heightened energy of a moral thriller — all neon lights, whispered confessions, and the irresistible pull of sin.
Watch Ijakumo: Born Again Stripper on Netflix.
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3. Kasala (2017)
Runtime: 1h 24m
Director: Emamode Edosio
Genre: Comedy
When Tunji (Emeka Nwagbaraocha) “borrows” his uncle’s prized car for a quick joyride, he and his friends imagine a night of freedom and fun. Instead, they crash headlong into chaos.
With the car wrecked and the clock ticking before Uncle Taju (Jide Kosoko) returns, the boys have just five hours to scrape together a miracle — or face certain doom.
Kasala! is a fast-paced, sun-drenched Lagos adventure that captures the restlessness and resilience of youth.
4. 93 Days (2016)
Running time: 2h 5m
Director: Steve Gukas
Genre: Drama
93 Days is a gripping, deeply human retelling of Nigeria’s 2014 Ebola crisis — a moment when courage, sacrifice, and science collided to save an entire nation. At its heart is Dr. Ameyo Adadevoh (Bimbo Akintola), whose quick action and moral clarity contained the outbreak before it could devastate Lagos.
Director Steve Gukas builds the tension like a medical thriller, but the story’s power lies in its realism: the exhaustion in hospital corridors, the quiet fear behind each mask, and the defiance of ordinary people facing the unthinkable.
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5. Love Is War (2019)
Director: Omoni Oboli
Running time: 1h 49 m
Genre: Drama
In Love Is War, Omoni Oboli turns the domestic into the political — and back again — with striking precision.
She stars opposite Richard Mofe-Damijo as a married couple whose playful argument about ambition snowballs into a real-life political contest. Both decide to run for governor, and suddenly campaign posters replace family portraits.
What begins as marital mischief quickly becomes a referendum on ego, loyalty, and the fragile balance between love and power. Every campaign scene brims with subtext — debates sound like couples’ therapy sessions, and private arguments spill into public view.
6. The Wildflower (2024)
Running time: 1h 47m
Director: Biodun Stephen
Genre: Drama
In The Wildflower, Biodun Stephen turns an ordinary compound into a crucible of gender, power, and survival. Three women live side by side — Rolake (Damilare Kuku), harassed at work; Mama Adaolisa (Toyin Abraham), trapped in a violent marriage; and her daughter, Adaolisa (Sandra Okunzuwa), coming of age in a world that teaches fear as self-preservation.
Their stories unfold in quiet, parallel beats until one act of resistance shatters the routine. Rolake’s decision to fight back becomes the spark that binds them all, forcing silence to give way to reckoning.
Watch The Wildflowers on YouTube.
7. Man of God (2022)
Running time: 1h 51m
Director: Bolanle Austen-Peters
Genre: Drama
In Man of God, Bolanle Austen-Peters examines the uneasy marriage between faith and ambition through the life of Samuel Obalolu (Akah Nnani), the rebellious son of a fire-and-brimstone pastor.
Raised under the weight of piety and punishment, Samuel flees home in search of freedom — and finds it in the seductive mix of music, romance, and reckless independence that university life promises.
But the rebellion that once felt like salvation curdles into something more complicated. Years later, Samuel reemerges as a charismatic preacher, adored by his congregation and haunted by his past.
8. Glamour Girls (2022)
Running time: 2h 5m
Director: Bunmi Ajakaiye
Genre: Drama/Thriller
Bunmi Ajakaiye’s Glamour Girls, a reimagining of the 1994 cult classic, dives headfirst into the seductive chaos of Lagos’s elite nightlife — a world where money buys access, but never safety.
At its centre is Emma (Sharon Ooja-Nwoke), a young woman whose sudden job loss pushes her from the strip club to the penthouse, from survival to spectacle.
The film unravels in glitter and shadows, charting Emma’s transformation as she joins a circle of high-end escorts orbiting the city’s most powerful men. Every encounter feels like a transaction, every promise a trap.
Watch Glamour Girls on Netflix.
9. Sugar Rush (2019)
Running time: 1h 59m
Director: Kayode Kasum
Genre: Action/Comedy
Kayode Kasum’s Sugar Rush takes the classic heist caper and gives it a deliriously Nigerian spin — loud, fast, and unapologetically over the top.
When three sisters (Adesua Etomi-Wellington, Bimbo Ademoye, and Bisola Aiyeola) stumble upon $800,000 at a crime scene, their impulsive decision to keep it sets off a chain reaction of chaos.
What follows is a riotous sprint through Lagos’s underworld, where corrupt agents, gangsters, and the supernatural all collide in the pursuit of misplaced money.
Beneath the laughter, Sugar Rush plays like a satire of greed and luck — a reminder that in Nigeria, even miracles come with small print.
10. Ada Omo Daddy (2023)
Runtime: 2h 3m
Directors: Adebayo Tijani and Akay Mason
Genre: Comedy/Drama
At once boisterous and heartfelt, Ada Omo Daddy unfolds within the joyful pandemonium of a Nigerian wedding — where music, money, and emotion all compete for attention.
Pero (Omowunmi Dada) is preparing to marry the love of her life, Victor (Tayo Faniran), when her long-estranged biological father (Charles Okafor) reappears, threatening to upend years of delicate family equilibrium.
Ada Omo Daddy is both spectacle and study — a vibrant meditation on love, forgiveness, and the complicated choreography of family.
Watch Ada Omo Daddy on Netflix.
