Top 10 Nigerian Movies Of All Time

Top 10 Nollywood Movies Of All Time

Top 10 Nigerian Movies Of All Time

Nollywood movies, over the years, have grown to become one of the biggest movie industry in the world. It is arguably the largest in Africa, and third largest in the world.

However, some of its best and earliest movies were created back in 70s, 80s and 90s of the last century.

The Yoruba movies or the Yoruba Travelling Theatre Groups will always be credited in their role in what the Nollywood as we all Know has become.

The groups were the foundation of Nigerian movies, which started when they decided to expand their art outside the theater and start filming. The first Nigerian movie was filmed in 1973. It was the film version of the famous Wole Soyinka play called Kongi’s Harvest.

Our list of the 10 best Nigerian Nollywood movies of all time will remind you of some of the classics.

10. Osuofia in London

Osuofia in London

Nkem Owoh performs the key role in this award winning comedy movie. He plays a country man from Nigeria that comes to London and gets a share of riches left for him by a relative. It was filmed in 2003. This movie will make you laugh and forget your stressed day.

9. Glamour Girls

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Glamour Girls Nollywood movies Here is another classic movie on our list of 10 best Nigerian Nollywood movies of all time. Glamour Girls was released in 1994. It talks about hardships and survival of young girls being on their own in this world. It features Liz Benson and Sola Fasudo.

8. Dangerous Twins

Dangerous Twins

Dangerous Twins Nollywood movies The movie was produced in 2004. This drama lasts for 135 minutes. It features Ramsey Nouah and Stella Damasus-Aboderin in main roles. The film has been celebrated by the AMAA for the best special effects. Before you start watching the part 1, better go ahead and find all three of them. You would surely be eager to keep on watching, once you get started.

7. Half of a Yellow Sun

Half of a Yellow Sun

The movie was released in 2013. It is a historical fiction drama and a film version of the novel written by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. It has a great collection of Nigerian Nollywood stars in it, such as Genevieve Nnaji and John Boyega. It shares a story of the lives of two sisters, who have made pretty odd and unexpected choices if they are viewed from the standpoint of traditional Nigerian community. The movie is an obvious success and its BO sales rose up to 2 + million dollars.

6. Most wanted

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It is another one of Nollywood Yoruba movies. It was produced in 1998. This story tells us of four girls, who were loyal friends and decided to go for a robbery. For a long while, no one could even believe those robberies were performed by ladies. There is the unexpected turn in the movie: one of the girls falls in love with the police officer, who was supposed to be tracing her down. This was the very movie, where presently famous comedian actress Patience Ozokwor was featured for the first time ever on the screen.

5. Maami

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This is one of the 10 best Nigerian Yoruba Nollywood movies. This film depicts a destiny of a person, who comes from poor background and has to overcome many sufferings and hardships in life. Two leading actors starring in it are Funke Akindele and Wole Ojo. It also features famous Nigerian musician Fatai Rolling Dollar. The film was released in 2011. It has been nominated four times on AMAA. The BO sales did not equal the hopes of its creator and it has become a failure in box office. Still, many pirates copied it and distributed in DVDs.
4. Irapada

Irapada Nollywood movies

 This movie has gotten lots of acknowledgment from different sources. It was produced in 2006. In 2013 CNN proclaimed it to be one of the best African films of the present century. Plus, it got the reward from AMAA, as the best African language movie. It has collected about N5m in BO sales. It has a fascinating script (it is a thriller movie) and a great cast. The film has all the chances of becoming a new classic of Nollywood.
3. October 1

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The movie was produced in 2014. The genre is stimulating; it is a thriller, which tells us about a crime story and a life of police officer, who got involved investigating several murders. It has actors such as Sadiq Daba and Kayode Aderupoko starring in it. This film has won three awards from the African International Film Festival. Plus, it has the likings of the Nigerian movie fans, collecting over 60 million naira in the box office sales.

2. Living in Bondage

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Another Nigeria drama film was taken in 1992. It is a tale of an unhappy family, where the husband joins some cult and murders his wife to perform a ritual and become rich. Consequently, she ends up dead and he ends up mad. It has Okechukwu Ogunjiofor and Francis Agu starring. This movie is a sort of the first robin of the Nollywood. It’s the classics you can’t miss. That is why it is on our top 10 best Nigerian Nollywood movies of all time.

1. Mr. and Mrs.

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This Naija movie was produced in 2012. The two key parts of it are performed by Nse Ikpe Etim, Joseph Benjamin. It is a family drama with two families in the center of our attention. In these two homes, a man and a woman find themselves in a rather difficult situation, but they discover the way out and have a lesson we all can learn and benefit from. In 2013 Nse Ikpe was nominated for the Nollywood Movies Awards for playing the leading role in this film. The BO sales of this movie rose up to 6 million naira.
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