Best movies with a multiple interpretations from Nigeria

Check out today’s highest ranked movies with a multiple interpretations from Nigeria! Looking for the greatest movies of all times? Here is the list of the best movies with a multiple interpretations from Nigeria, based on the crowd's interest and popular searches from the country.

1 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

rating icon 5.4
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #4 for
    well conceived
  2. Ranked #4 for
    testy
  3. Ranked #5 for
    strange twist

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2 King of Boys (2018)

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.

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2018-10-26 | Drama

Cast

Sola Sobowale, Remilekun Reminisce Safaru

Rating

rating icon 6.3
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #178 for
    putting a foot wrong
  2. Ranked #265 for
    technical feat
  3. Ranked #387 for
    never faltering

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3 Citation (2020)

A bright student in Nigeria takes on the academic establishment when she reports a popular professor who tried to rape her. Based on real events.

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2020-11-05 | Drama / Thriller

Cast

Jimmy Jean-Louis, Temi Otedola

Rating

rating icon 7.5
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #78 for
    travelogue
  2. Ranked #170 for
    Multiple POV
  3. Ranked #231 for
    backstabbing

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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

rating icon 6.0
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #75 for
    like Knives Out
  2. Ranked #207 for
    scrawny
  3. Ranked #248 for
    innocent man

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5 All the Colours of the World Are Between Black and White (2023)

Bambino and Bawa meet in Lagos and hit it off immediately. During their long trips around the city they develop a deep affection for each other. But in a society which considers homosexuality taboo, they feel the pressure of social norms.

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2023-11-02 | Drama

Cast

Tope Tedela, Riyo David

Rating

rating icon 6.333
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #162 for
    confusing
  2. Ranked #367 for
    tenuous
  3. Ranked #491 for
    demanding multiple views

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6 Elesin Oba: The King's Horseman (2022)

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.

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2022-09-10 | Drama

Cast

Odunlade Adekola, Shaffy Bello

Rating

rating icon 6.4
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #14 for
    off-key acting
  2. Ranked #14 for
    ignorant
  3. Ranked #17 for
    completely ignorant

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7 Aníkúlápó (2022)

After an affair with a queen leads to his demise, an eager traveler encounters a mystical bird with the power to give him another life.

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2022-09-30 | Drama / Fantasy

Cast

Kunle Remi, Bimbo Ademoye

Rating

rating icon 6.9
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #202 for
    great dance choreography
  2. Ranked #241 for
    visual marvel
  3. Ranked #248 for
    Byzantine

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8 The Man of God (2022)

Samuel forsakes his harsh religious upbringing to live his own life — but his soul remains caught between the world and the faith he left behind.

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2022-04-16 | Drama

Cast

Akah Nnani, Osas Ighodaro

Rating

rating icon 5.9
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1719 for
    ramshackle house
  2. Ranked #1952 for
    dreadfully dull
  3. Ranked #2057 for
    laborious

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9 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

rating icon 0.0
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #142 for
    hoary
  2. Ranked #2374 for
    with marital problems
  3. Ranked #4094 for
    po-faced

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10 Gone (2021)

In search of a better life as a boxer, Ani leaves his family in Nigeria for New York. After years of turmoil, he returns to find his old life changed.

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2021-07-16 | Drama

Cast

Bimbo Ademoye, Jumoke Aderounmu

Rating

rating icon 0.0
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #2352 for
    clapping at the end
  2. Ranked #4533 for
    cheering and clapping
  3. Ranked #8835 for
    intense drama

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