Best award winning movies with an overarching theme from Nigeria
Check out today’s highest ranked movies with an overarching theme from Nigeria! Looking for the greatest movies of all times? Here is the list of the best movies with an overarching theme from Nigeria, based on the crowd's interest and popular searches from the country.
1 The Figurine: Araromire (2009)
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...
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- 2009-10-02 | Drama / Horror
Cast
- Ramsey Nouah, Omoni Oboli
Rating
4.4
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2 Juju Stories (2021)
Juju Stories tackles juju in contemporary Lagos through three stories. In Love Potion, by Omonua, an unmarried woman agrees to use juju to find herself an ideal mate. In Yam, by Makama, consequences arise when a street urchin picks up seemingly random money from the roadside. In Suffer the Witch, by Obasi, love and friendship turns into obsession, when a young college woman attracts her crush's interest.
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- 2021-08-12 | Horror / Drama
Cast
- Belinda Yanga-Agedah, Paul Utomi
Rating
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5.4
3 Lionheart (2018)
In order to save her father's ailing bus company, competent but perennially overlooked Adaeze must find a way to work alongside feckless uncle Godswill.
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- 2018-09-08 | Drama / Comedy
Cast
- Genevieve Nnaji, Nkem Owoh
Rating
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6.1
4 October 1 (2014)
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...
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- 2014-10-01 | Thriller
Cast
- Sadiq Daba, Kehinde Bankole
Rating
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6.0
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5 Rattlesnake: The Ahanna Story (2020)
Ahanna, a young gentleman who decides to rob the life he always wanted and dreamt of. He assembles a group of men called "The Armadas" with several different skills, carrying out a series of spectacular heists. But things takes a swift u-turn and the gang suddenly find themselves with better enemies on both sides.
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- 2020-11-13 | Action / Crime
Cast
- Stan Nze, Osas Ighodaro
Rating
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5.0
6 Seven (2019)
After his affluent father passes, a man must survive seven days in the Nigerian neighborhood of Ajegunie, where obstacles keep him from his inheritance.
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- 2019-11-29 | Drama
Cast
- Efa Iwara, Bimbo Manuel
Rating
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8.0
7 Abeni (2006)
Abeni is in love with Akanni, the son of Chief Bello's former gateman. But Chief Bello is not in support of his daughter's intention to marry a pauper's son. Will Chief Bello succeed in breaking the bond between the lovebirds?
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- 2006-03-31 | Romance
Cast
- Kareem Adepoju, Moufoutaou Akadiri
Rating
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0.0
8 The Amazing Grace (2006)
John Newton is captain of a slave ship moored off the coast of Nigeria. He stands at a crossroads in his life, his morality and religion at odds with the brutality of his chosen profession. Stepping ashore, he starts on a journey of redemption that will end in tragedy but prove the catalyst for greater achievements. A local anthem sung in adversity by the slaves whom he captures punctuates the film. It will be the inspiration for Newton's redemption and for his writing of the hymn Amazing Grace.
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- 2006-05-20 | Drama / History
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6.0
9 Gold Statue (2021)
After tracing an artifact to his ancestry, a young man and his friend's search for a gilded statue lands them in a maximum-security prison.
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- 2021-06-01 | Comedy / Drama
Cast
- Motunrayo Adeyemi, Kemi Afolabi
Rating
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6.0
10 Up North (2018)
A young rebellious heir from a wealthy family is sent away to National Service in Northern Nigeria. Things don't quite go according to plan as the spoiled heir begins to find himself.
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- 2018-12-28 | Drama
Cast
- Banky Wellington, Adesua Etomi-Wellington
Rating
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4.2