This one goes out to the people who spend more time searching for what to watch on Netflix than they do actually watching stuff. Choosing a good Nollywood movie on Netflix can feel like a daunting task because of how many truly terrible ones there are to sift through. However, I’ve done the deep dive, so you don’t have to.
For this month, here’s a lineup of the best Nigerian movies currently streaming on Netflix, featuring everything from high-stakes, chaotic thrillers and complex family dramas to tear-jerking rom-coms that remind you that Nollywood still sabi the work.
Here are ten of the best Nollywood films on Netflix right now to add to your November watch.
1. Obara’M (2022)
Running time: 1h 40m
Director: Kayode Kasum
Genre: Family Drama, Musical
It’s been ten years since Oluchi (Nancy Isime) left her village to chase money and stardom in Lagos as a singer. She’s so dedicated to the grind that she’s become a woman in a male-dominated field: Deadbeat-ism. Turns out that poverty wasn’t the only thing Oluchi left behind when she skipped the village. She also abandoned her daughter, Ihunnaya (Darsimi Nadi), with her father, Humphrey (Nkem Owoh).
Oluchi only returns when a family tragedy hits. Now, the music star wannabe has to finally face the baby mama responsibilities she ran from and experience a rebirth she didn’t plan for.
2. The Rise of Igbinogun (2022)
Running time: 1h 52m
Director: Ideh Chukwuma Innocent
Genre: Drama
Igbinogun (Damilare Kuku) is a modern day Robin Hood. Using the skills she learned from her father, Ogbu (Enyinna Nwigwe), she leads a gang of thieves and is on a mission to save her community by stealing from the rich and giving to the poor.
Igbinogun defeats the entire palace guard and challenges the Prince (Blossom Chukwujekwu), who is so humiliated by the loss that he commits suicide on the spot. This throws the entire kingdom into chaos, leaving her with no choice but to lead her village.
Watch The Rise of Igbinogun on Netflix.
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3. Farmer’s Bride (2024)
Runtime: 1h 52m
Director: Jack’enneth Opukeme and Adebayo Tijani
Genre: Drama
Funmi (Gbubemi Ejeye), a young woman with big-city dreams, is married off against her will to Odun (Femi Branch), a wealthy, ageing farmer from a neighbouring village, in exchange for a few plots of land. Funmi makes it clear to everyone that she hates the arrangement.
Things get dramatically worse — or better, depending on your moral compass — when Femi (Tobi Bakre), Odun’s stubborn, and eternally shirtless nephew, comes back from school in the city. The two are instantly consumed by a visceral and forbidden attraction to each other. An attraction that eventually throws the entire family into chaos.
Watch Farmer’s Bride on Netflix.
4. The One For Sarah (2022)
Running time: 1h 37m
Director: Lyndsey Efejuku
Genre: Drama, Romance
Sarah (Beverly Naya) is a young woman struggling to heal and reconnect with the world after escaping a highly abusive relationship. Her friend, Lizzy (Bimbo Ademoye), keeps pressuring her to get back out there, so Sarah reluctantly finds herself in a messy love triangle with two friends, Fred (Uzor Arukwe) and Michael (Bucci Franklin).
On top of dealing with a Twilight-style romance, she also has to deal with her monstrous ex, Dare (Daniel Etim Effiong), sending her threatening messages.
Watch The One For Sarah on Netflix.
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5. Thin Line (2024)
Running time: 1h 55m
Director: Akay Mason
Genre: Drama
Pastor Raymond Njoku (Uzor Arukwe) constantly preaches about faith, purity, and the ideal of perfect marriage. That’s until he stumbles into a dangerous affair with a manipulative prostitute named Annie (Uche Montana).
Annie, known for defrauding clients, starts blackmailing the good Pastor with threats to expose him and destroy his congregation. When Raymond confesses to his wife, Damilola (Mercy Aigbe), and thinks the worst is over, until Annie turns up dead, with all the evidence pointing straight to him.
6. Jolly Roger (2022)
Running time: 1h 28m
Director: Walter Taylaur
Genre: Drama
Brume (Daniel Etim-Effiong) is having the worst year: he’s mourning the sudden loss of his mother and silently grappling with his wife’s infertility struggles. To compound his misery, he’s extorted by two corrupt police constables (Frank Donga and Toyin Oshinaike) demanding an immediate payoff. Then it becomes worse; his wife gets murdered.
Consumed by grief and a thirst for vengeance, he recruits his friend, Dammy (Deyemi Okanlawon), to kidnap the two corrupt officers by posing as a big-time fraudster. The aftermath is a chaotic, tense hostage drama where the air is thick with betrayal, desperation and revenge.
7. Ijogbon (2023)
Running time: 1h 55m
Director: Kunle Afolayan
Genre: Drama
Four mischievous teenagers ditch school and stumble across a bag of diamonds on a mountain. This huge discovery plunges them into an insane adventure that includes escaping all the dangerous people who also want the diamonds. Though dangerous, the things they go through test the bonds of their friendship and force them to grow up fast.
8. Shina (2024)
Runtime: 1h 38m
Directors: Muyiwa Adesokun and Carmen Lilian Ike-Okoro
Genre: Drama
Shina (Timini Egbuson) is an ex-addict, ex-cultist trying to turn his life around by driving a taxi. When his grandmother falls critically ill, his desperate quest to raise money for her medical treatment forces him to re-enter the dark criminal underworld he worked so hard to escape.
He’s trying to make good choices, but the system, made up of corrupt police, dysfunctional hospitals, and crime bosses, is working hard to drag him back to the abyss.
9. Kambili: The Whole 30 Yards (2020)
Running time: 2h
Director: Kayode Kasum
Genre: Romcom
Kambili (Nancy Isime) is a glamorous but messy and impulsive shopaholic who is facing the dreaded 30-year deadline to be both married and a CEO. Her life plans quickly go sideways when her boyfriend, John (Mawuli Gavor), dumps her for not being wife material.
Desperate to prove she can be a disciplined babe, Kambili embarks on a self-improvement mission, complete with a strict checklist from her loyal bestie, Chidi (Jide Kene Achufusi). It’s on this journey that she realises that the love she’s been searching for has been in front of her the whole time.
Watch Kambili: The Whole 30 Yards on Netflix.
10. The Waiter (2024)
Running time: 1h 40m
Director: Toka McBaror
Genre: Comedy, Thriller
Akpos (Ayo Makun), the beloved mischief-maker from the 30 Days in Atlanta movie, is now working his first day as a waiter in a fancy Abuja hotel. that’s set to host a grand event for the Minister of Poverty Alleviation, Okon Edet (Shaffy Bello). Chaos ensues when Tonye (Bucci Franklin), a heavily armed former army captain, and his crew storm the building, taking everyone hostage.
It quickly becomes a full-blown “revolution” that forces viewers to ask the classic Nigerian question: who is really to blame for the country’s woes?
