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Aníkúlápó(2022)

2h 22min | Drama, Fantasy
3.4/5 (with 15 votes)

It tells the story of Saro, a man seeking for greener pasture, but unfolding events and his affair with the king's wife, he encounters his untimely death and with Akala, a mystical bird believed to give and take life.

Directed by Kunle Afolayan - With Kunle Remi, Bimbo Ademoye, Hakeem Kae-Kazim, Sola Sobowale, Taiwo Hassan, Fathia Balogun, ...

Sugar Rush(2019)

4.2/5 (with 2 votes)

The Sugar Sisters discover a whopping $800,000, the financial crimes commission and the supposed owners of the money come for them. Now they team up with unlikely allies and it’s a race against the clock to set things right.

Directed by Kayode Kasum - With Adesua Etomi, Bimbo Ademoye, Idowu Philips, Tobi Bakre, Toke Makinwa, Omoni Oboli, ...

King of Boys(2018)

2h 49min | Drama
3.2/5 (with 5 votes)

The story of Alhaja Eniola Salami, a businesswoman and philanthropist with a checkered past and a promising political future. As her political ambitions see her outgrowing the underworld connections responsible for her considerable wealth, she's drawn into a power struggle that threatens everything she holds dear.

Directed by Kemi Adetiba - With Sola Sobowale, Adesua Etomi, Jide Kosoko, Akin Lewis, Sharon Ooja, Illbliss, ...

Merry Men: The Real Yoruba Demons(2018)

1h 46min | Comedy
2.5/5 (with 3 votes)

Four promiscuous businessmen must scheme to save the poor people of a village after a corrupt politician challenges them.

Directed by Toka McBaror - With Ayo Makun, Jim Iyke, Richard Mofe Damijo, Ramsey Nouah, Falz, Damilola Adegbite, ...

The Figurine: Araromire(2009)

2h 2min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
2.0/5 (with 6 votes)

Two buddies and a girl, down on their luck, have their lives changed when one of them discovers a mysterious figurine in an abandoned shrine which, according to legend, bestows seven years of good luck. But no one told them about the next seven years...

Directed by Kunle Afolayan - With Ramsey Nouah, Omoni Oboli, Kunle Afolayan, Funlola Aofiyebi-Raimi, Jide Kosoko, Muraina Oyelami, ...

Mokalik (Mechanic)(2019)

1h 40min | Drama
2.5/5 (with 4 votes)

'Mokalik' follows the career of an 11-year-old boy, Ponmile, from the middle-class suburbs who spends the day as a lowly apprentice at a mechanic workshop in order to view life from the other side of the tracks - When his father arrives to take him home; Ponmile has to make up his mind if he wants to return to school or take on his apprenticeship full time.

Directed by Kunle Afolayan - With Femi Adebayo, Tobi Bakre, Simi, Igwe 2pac (Charles Okocha, Ayo Adesanya, Lateef Adedimeji, ...

Taxi Driver: Oko Ashewo(2015)

1h 40min | Comedy, Crime
2.4/5 (with 6 votes)

A small-town mechanic turned chauffeur for the mob gets caught up in the troubles of a beautiful sex worker, in this Scorsese-meets-Nollywood crime comedy that transforms the fast-paced and vibrant city of Lagos into an expressionistic film noir metropolis.

Directed by Daniel Oriahi - With Odunlade Jonathan Adekola

Elesin Oba: The King's Horseman(2022)

1h 36min | Drama
3.3/5 (with 8 votes)

Inspired by true life events, in the Oyo Empire in the 1940's, Elesin Oba, the king's chief horseman, succumbs to the lure of beauty and sexual desire on the very evening he is set to die in order to fulfil his lifelong debt of ritual suicide to accompany the dead Alaafin to the realm of the ancestors, he derails from a very important generational and spiritual transaction. This sets in motion a series of catastrophic consequences, in a spell-binding film of emotions, humour, and tragic role reversals that puts ancient beliefs and customs on trial in an ever increasingly post-modern and Western world.

Directed by Biyi Bandele

Phone Swap(2012)

2.3/5 (with 4 votes)

Akin and Mary meet for the first time at an airport where they accidentally bump into each other and mistakenly swap their identical phones . This leads to a destination mix up after they receive one another's text regarding a travel destination. Consequently, Akin ends up traveling to where Mary is supposed to go and vice versa. Neither knows about the swap until they have reached their opposite destinations and "the phone" stops ringing (In Mary's case) and "Won't stop ringing" (In Akins's case) . As a result of the phone swap, they agree to help carry out each other's missions, armed with the information and data on each other's phone. But it's not as easy as they both think as new obstacles and complications rise at every turn as they both struggle to adapt to their alien environment and situation. Mary has to walk in Akins shoes and represent him in a company meeting while Akin has to represent Mary in her the family meeting. This they do with hilarious results.

Directed by Kunle Afolayan - With Nse Ikpe Etim, Wale Ojo, Joke Silva, Chika Chukwu, Ada Ameh, Chris Iheuwa, ...

October 1(2014)

2h 29min | Thriller
2.9/5 (with 7 votes)

Its September 1960, and with Nigeria on the verge of independence from British colonial rule, a northern Nigerian Police Detective, DAN WAZIRI, is urgently despatched by the Colonial Government to the trading post town of Akote in the Western Region of Nigeria to solve a series of female murders that have struck horror in the hearts and minds of the local community. On getting to Akote, more murders are committed, and with local tension high and volatile, Waziri has a race on his hands to solve the case before even more local women are killed. Set against the backdrop of the national celebratory mood of the impending independence, Waziri is pulled into a game of cat and mouse as he and the killer try to outwit each other...

Directed by Kunle Afolayan - With Kunle Afolayan, Femi Adebayo, Sadiq Daba, Kehinde Bankole, Kanayo O. Kanayo, Bimbo Manuel, ...

Lara and the Beat(2018)

1.0/5 (with 1 vote)

Two young and beautiful sisters are caught in the center of a financial scandal with their late parents' media empire. The two are forced out of their privileged bubble and must learn to build their own future - through music and enterprise - to salvage their family's past.

Directed by Tosin Coker - With Seyi Shay, Wale Ojo, Somkele Iyamah, Sharon Ooja, Shafy Bello, Vector the Viper, ...

Mother of George(2013)

R
| 1h 46min | Drama
2.9/5 (with 12 votes)

A story about a woman willing to do anything and risk everything for her marriage.

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Merry Men 2: Another Mission(2019)

1h 55min | Action, Comedy
2.7/5 (with 2 votes)

Four men have stopped robbing the rich to give to the poor and now are focusing on running their businesses.

Directed by Moses Inwang - With Ramsey Nouah, Ayo Makun, Jim Iyke, Damilola Adegbite, Iretiola Doyle, Rosaline Ufuoma Meurer, ...

Omo Ghetto: The Saga(2020)

1h 50min | Comedy
2.2/5 (with 2 votes)

Omo Ghetto (Child of the Ghetto) franchise tells the story of twin sisters leading separate lives but are reunited by series of dramatic twists.

Directed by Funke Akindele-Bello, JJC - With Funke Akindele-Bello, Nancy Isime, Zubby Michael, Tina Mba, Blossom Chukwujekwu, Chioma Omeruah, ...

Workingman's Death(2005)

2h 2min | Documentary
3.7/5 (with 13 votes)

Is heavy manual labour disappearing or is it just becoming invisible? Where can we still find it in the 21st century? Workingman's Death follows the trail of the HEROES in the illegal mines of the Ukraine, sniffs out GHOST among the sulphur workers in Indonesia, finds itself face to face with LIONS at a slaughterhouse in Nigeria, mingles with BROTHERS as they cut a huge oil tanker into pieces in Pakistan, and joins Chinese steel workers in hoping for a glorious FUTURE.

Directed by Michael Glawogger

Oga Bolaji(2018)

1h 31min | Drama

Oga Bolaji is a story that is centered around the simple happy-go-lucky life of a 40 year old retired musician (Gold Ikponmosa). His life takes a drastic turn when he crosses paths with a seven year old girl which could lead to the worst or best days of his life.

Directed by Kayode Kasum - With Idowu Philips, Omowumi Dada, Gregory Ojefua

The Campus Queen(2004)

1h 36min

Life on a university campus with its own unconventional but dynamic culture ascribes to itself so many unusual privileges which provide unique opportunities for taking liberties mostly in a broad antisocial sense. In the university, several interests groups or clubs are commonplace. Against the Heavy Weights Club, another club Silver Lines Movement is born. SLM vows to oppose all antisocial, antidemocratic tendencies including economic exploitation on campus. The ensuing battle between the two clubs reveals the frenzied struggles for supremacy in all aspects of campus life. It also exposes the special interests of godfathers from inside and outside campus.

Directed by Tunde Kelani

Ìfé(2020)

0.5/5 (with 1 vote)

Ìfé and Adaora fall in love over a 3-day date, but will their love withstand the realities of being lesbian in Nigeria?

Directed by Uyaiedu Ikpe-Etim

Introducing the Kujus(2023)

2h 5min | Comedy

Introducing The Kujus tells the story of siblings who have been at crossroads since their mother's death.

Directed by Biodun Stephen - With Bisola Aiyeola, Timini Egbuson, Femi Jacobs, Kunle Remi, Ronke Odusanya, Bimbo Ademoye, ...

Irapada(2023)

2h

2006 Nigerian supernatural thriller film, produced and directed by Kunle Afolayan.

Directed by Kunle Afolayan - With Kunle Afolayan

Arugbá(2008)

1h 32min

Adetutu faces many responsibilities. She must juggle her role as Arugba (the virgin) in the annual community festival with her studies at the university. She must also care for an ailing and grieving friend. Other plot points include Adejare, a demanding king, Adetutu's blossoming musical career, and her growing fondness for a gifted artist named Makinwa which places a strain on Adutu's relationship with the other members of her all female musical group.

Directed by Tunde Kelani - With Aderounmu Adejumoke

The Meeting(2012)

2h 12min

Makinde is at the mercy of political patronage when he tries to secure a government contract.

Directed by Mildred Okwo - With Nse Ikpe Etim

Ti Oluwa Ni Ilẹ́(1993)

1h 30min | Drama

A Nigerian melodrama where a clique of land speculators enlists the help of a traditional chief to sell ancestral land fraudulently to a business man who plans to build a petrol station.

Directed by Tunde Kelani - With Kareem Adepoju, Yemi Shodimu, Oyin Adejobi, Dele Odule

Maami(2012)

1h 33min | Drama
2.0/5 (with 1 vote)

A poor Nigerian woman named Maami protects her young son, Kashimawo, from his father who carries a terrible secret.

Directed by Tunde Kelani

Owo-Blow: The Genesis(1997)

1h 49min

Mr. Owolabi is a father of four whose quest to create a just society unwittingly earns him a ten year jail term. His incarceration wreaks havoc on his family, who are forced to do whatever it takes to survive.

Directed by Tade Ogidan - With Racheal Oniga

Ojuju(2014)

1h 35min

Romero is at a crossroads. News of his girlfriend's pregnancy has motivated him to make good of his life, but something strange is happening in his neighborhood. The local water supply has been tainted causing people to suddenly manifest symptoms of rabid river blindness. Romero recruits his friends Emmy and Peju to get to the bottom of the epidemic in a race against time for their own survival.

Directed by C.J. Obasi - With Gabriel Afolayan, Omowumi Dada, Kelechi Udegbe, Meg Otanwa, Klint da Drunk, Brutus Richard, ...

Man On Ground(2011)

1h 20min

Ade and Femi are expatriate Nigerian brothers. Ade is a successful banker in London, while Femi, once a political dissident in his home country, has had to escape to South Africa, live in refugee tenements and work menial jobs. The brothers have not only been physically estranged, their relationship is riddled with unspoken betrayal, guilt and scorn, which they have carried since the early days of their youth. During a short visit to Johannesburg, Ade discovers that his brother has been missing for a week. He sets out to investigate Femi's mysterious disappearance, reconstructing the pieces of his everyday life and the cruel hardships he endured just to survive. A riot erupts while Ade is visiting Femi's former boss in one of the townships. Ade is forced to take shelter with the employer. The mounting violence outside seeps into their exchanges and, eventually, prompts an explosion of revelation.

Saworoide(1999)

1h 43min
2.5/5 (with 1 vote)

When a usurper, Lapita, seizes the throne of Jogbo the scene is set for a film about the power struggles and corruption of a mythical African state tied up to the rituals of kingship – principally the beating of the Saworoide (or brass bell) drum. A homespun political parable emerges drawing interest by converting the typically unstable African political stereotypes into a fable complete with songs and a Greek Chorus that reflect upon the plot.

Directed by Tunde Kelani, Bukky Wright - With Kola Oyewo, Akinwunmi Isola, Kunle Afolayan, Jab Adu, Adebayo Faleti, Kunle Bamtefa, ...

Agogo Eewo(2002)

1h 45min

Agogo Eewo is the story of Jogbo. A new king was poised to improve the economy of Jogbo. Advisers hinted to the king about a cultural pact binding on the chiefs, but the chiefs stop at nothing to derail the oath-taking process.

Directed by Tunde Kelani
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