Nollywood is still giving us premium content for free on YouTube. Whether you’re in the mood for family drama or romance, YouTube Nollywood has a seat for everyone at the table. Since the library is an endless scroll, I’ve scoured the Nollywood movie channels on the streamer to find the gems currently streaming.
Check out the 10 best Nigerian movies you can watch on YouTube this month.
10. The Other Woman (2025)
Running time: 1h 45m
Director: Akay Mason
Genre: Drama
Meet the Greggs, a couple currently proving that twenty-five years of marriage doesn’t guarantee a happily ever after. Frank (William Benson) has officially checked out of the marriage, deciding that a mid-life pivot toward a younger babe named Amanda (Uche Montana) is exactly what his life is missing.
But Queen (Shaffy Bello) isn’t about to sit home and fry chin-chin while her marriage goes up in flames. Instead of the typical shouting match route, she decides to go full undercover agent, befriending her husband’s mistress to see exactly what she’s up against.
Watch The Other Woman on YouTube.
9. A Bride For the Season (2025)
Running time: 1h 43
Director: Uduak-Obong Patrick
Genre: Romance
Ayoola (Timini Eguson), a data analyst, wants to have his own person and get married, but he is unlucky when it comes to stable relationships. One day, out of frustration and faith, he does something unusual. He decides he must be married by Christmas. He consults a wedding planner and pays $5000 to begin preparations — but without a bride in his life.
His meeting with Kamsi (Omawunmi “BamBam” Adenibuyan), the wedding planner (who also happens to have her wedding coming up, though shaky), starts a new, unexpected chapter in this movie. They begin to bond. They share values; one thing leads to another, and they become entangled.
Watch A Bride For the Season on YouTube.
8. The Last Days of Always (2025)
Running time: 2h 10m
Director: Kingsley Fresh Onyenma
Genre: Romance
In a world where everyone is rushing, Cathy (Sandra Okunzuwa) is literally running out of time. She’s the quiet, selfless babe who has always put everyone first, but she’s carrying a life-changing diagnosis that puts her life on a countdown. Then there’s Manny (Uzor Arukwe), a man who’s sleepwalking through life until he meets Cathy.
It’s the “wrong time, right person” situation, where his world finally starts to wake up just as hers is beginning to fade out. As they navigate second chances and the beauty of fragile moments, Cathy and Manny prove that some connections are powerful enough to outrun the clock.
Watch The Last Days of Always on YouTube.
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7. She Said No (2026)
Running time: 1h 38m
Director: Mo Fakorede
Genre: Drama, Romance
Akin is a high-flying exec who moves like he owns the Lagos skyline and believes every “no” is just a “yes” waiting for a bigger bribe. He lives for the grand entrance and the perfect aesthetic, so naturally, he stages a proposal meant to break the internet. Instead, Teni (Adetola Jones) breaks his heart in 4K. That public “no” bruises his ego and entire personality.
Ini (Imem King), his ride-or-die bestie, refuses to let him drown in his own shame. With Ini’s help, he begins to push away the pride that got him into this mess. He goes from “Big Boy” to become a real man after learning that he can’t micromanage his way into someone’s heart, and the only thing he can control is personal growth.
6. The Bloom After (2026)
Running time: 1h 28m
Director: Great Valentine Edochie
Genre: Romance
After twenty years of playing the perfect wife and keeping a home that could rival a Pinterest board, Inara (Bolaji Ogunmola) gets a shocker: her husband has tapped out and wants to divorce. Suddenly, she’s single in a world that looks nothing like the one she left two decades ago. Trading her housewife personality for a dating profile, she reluctantly dives into the world of the modern dating, expecting a total disaster.
But instead, she finds a midlife awakening. She uncovers a version of herself that has been completely buried under years of domestic duty. She gives herself a chance again to be whimsy and find love anew. It turns out there’s a whole lot of joy and confidence waiting for her on the other side of heartbreak.
Watch The Bloom After on YouTube.
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5. With Love, Hazel (2026)
Running time: 1h 37m
Director: Great Valentine Edochie
Genre: Romance
Hazel (Teniola Aladese), a heartbroken and single lady, takes on the role of personal assistant to Omari (Deyemi Okanlawon), a grieving single father. Immediately after resuming work, she gets swayed by her boss’s aura, up to the point she schemes to make him her man. Her plans work and they become an item, even locking lips publicly at work.
But drama starts after Omari introduces Hazel to his friend, and it turns out that the friend is her ex who she leaves at the altar after she was caught cheating. Now she has to make amends.
Watch With Love, Hazel on YouTube.
4. A Busy Night (2026)
Running time: 1h 20
Director: Olu-Abraham Emmanuel
Genre: Drama
Abiola (Ayoola Ayoola) is currently the poster child for “God, abeg.” He juggles a life that’s a high-stakes game of jenga, and everything is about to topple. He has a sneaky link situation happening right in the office (clutch your pearls!), a marriage that is actively entering the trenches, and a sick father who needs him. All this, while his boss is sitting on his neck, breathing fire over a deadline that isn’t moving for anyone.
We see him in extreme navigation mode, trying to go through this 24-hour course of professional pressure and personal chaos without losing his mind, or his job. The ongoing drama also shows the heavy silence at home and mostly especially how he tries to keep it all together.
Watch A Busy Night on YouTube.
3. Made For You (2025)
Running time: 1h 32m
Director: Moses Imohbio
Genre: Romance
Buchi (Eso Dike) is currently in the trenches. His father’s business is on life support, and the only way to save the family legacy is to put a ring on it. One day, he reconnects with Ihuoma (Bamike “Bambam” Olawunmi-Adenibuyan), his childhood bestie. After many drinks one night, they end up in a spicy moment. Buchi then asks her to be his fake fiancée. Naturally, Ihuoma is insulted that she’s being relegated to a business strategy and walks away.
By the time Buchi is ready to stop playing and start loving, Ihuoma is pregnant. The spicy night has become a baby, a new connective part of the two friends.
Watch Made For You on YouTube.
2. After the Chase (2026)
Running time: 2h 4m
Director: Uduak Obong Patrick
Genre: Romance
Bella Bakare (Cynthia Clarke) is the IT girl in real estate. But behind the brilliance and elegance, she’s being squeezed between the “deliver or die” pressure of her career and a family that won’t stop asking, “When is the wedding?” Soon, we meet Dr. Omar Danjuma (Tayo Arimoro), a surgeon who’s also lowkey fighting his own war against his family’s must-follow traditions.
When a crisis forces their worlds to collide, Bella and Omar realise they’re both tired of running someone else’s race. Between toxic exes, cultural must-dos and the struggle of living in Lagos, they have to decide to stop performing and start living. This becomes the fuel that drives their bond.
Watch After the Chase on YouTube.
1. I Get To Love You (2025)
Running time: 2h 6m
Director: Uduak Obong Patrick
Genre: Romance
Tiwa (Detola Jones) was living her best life in the village until a series of unfortunate events decided to change her direction. Next thing she knows, she’s been moved into the middle of Lagos. It’s a total culture shock and she’s still trying to get used to her new reality when a man (Chris Attoh) starts giving her butterflies and making her question her entire moral compass.
Suddenly, her old-school ideas about loyalty and destiny are looking a bit blurry. As things get serious, Tiwa is caught in the middle: to stick to the principled village girl personality, or fully embrace this new version of herself.
Watch I Get To Love You on YouTube.
