Nollywood comedy understands Nigerian life better than most things we watch. It knows our families, churches, neighbourhoods and the way we react to things. Netflix has plenty of it, and I sorted through the pile so you don’t have to.
These are the ten Nollywood comedies worth your time, whether you want a good laugh or a movie to watch with the whole family.
10. (2021)
Runtime: 2h 14m
Director: Niyi Akinmolayan
Prince (Bovi Ugboma), a womaniser, goes home to the village for his sister鈥檚 (Venita Akpofure) traditional wedding and, true to form, ends up spending the night with a young maiden. But he has no idea that she鈥檚 a witch, and that her mother is the village Dibia (Theresa Edem). When she wants him to say he loves her, he refuses. That becomes the worst decision of his life 鈥 a spirit wife starts showing up in his dreams, taunting him to do the needful.
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9. (2025)
Runtime: 2h 7m
Director: Toyin Abraham
Toun (Toyin Abraham) is the religious woman who corrects everybody鈥檚 children except her own. While she polices other people鈥檚 morals, her four kids are falling apart at home. Then her first daughter鈥檚 wedding turns into a mess between the Yor霉b谩 and Igbo families. Her perfect Christian image collapses, and the woman who has been an hypocritic for years has to face her own.
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8. (2018)
Running time: Niyi Akinmolayan
Director: 1h 39m
Chief Beecroft, the man everyone calls Chief Daddy, dies, and his mansion fills up fast. His wife (Joke Silva), his rapper son (Falz) and his two older half-sisters are already fighting for position when the mistresses, a love child and a set of twins show up too. His lawyers (Richard Mofe-Damijo and Dakore Akande) announce that he wanted a lively funeral with every one of them contributing, and nobody gets to hear the will until it happens. But the problem is none of these people can stand each other.
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7. (2022)
Runtime: 1h 40m
Director: Jide Oyegbile
Ovie (Paul Olope) has just buried his father when a local don (Richard Mofe-Damijo) shows up at the door with a bill. The old man died owing 鈧2 million, and the don wants it paid. He takes Ovie鈥檚 sister (Ilekhua Anthonia) as collateral and leaves with her. So Ovie packs up and leaves Warri for Lagos, hunting for a serious job and serious money. Lagos has other plans. Somewhere between the hustle and the hunger, he stumbles into stand-up comedy, and the stage ends up being the place that might save his sister.
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6. (2018)
Runtime: 1h 42m
Director: Odunlade Adekola
Gbadebo (Odunlade Adekola) is a newspaper vendor in his 30s who complains about his hard life all the time. Then a better job comes along, and later, he finds out his father (Jide Kosoko) is rich. He becomes lazier and his employer decides he has had enough of it.
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5. (2022)
Runtime: 1h 50m
Director: Dimeji Ajibola
Oscar (Jim Iyke) was on his way to the airport when thieves got him. Then he checked his bag and his passport was gone. No passport, no London. With his flight waiting, he has nowhere to turn but the slums, where he finds Kopiko (Mercy Johnson), a fearless tomboy who knows the street. She agrees to help him get his passport back, and Oscar, who has never needed street connections before, is about to need them badly.
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4. (2020)
Runtime: 1h 50m
Directors: Funke Akindele and Abdulrasheed 鈥淛JC鈥 Bello
Lefty and Ayomide (both played by Funke Akindele) are twins, and that鈥檚 the only thing they have in common. Lefty is the ghetto queen who runs with her gang and never had a fight she didn鈥檛 like. Ayomide is her bougie, well-spoken opposite, and she carries herself like the street has never touched her.
Then the two meet for the first time, and the past they never talked about comes knocking so they have to work together.
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3. (2021)
Runtime: 2h 24m
Director: Niyi Akinmolayan
Ajoke (Toyin Abraham) calls herself a prophetess, but the only thing she has ever seen in the spirit is her next payday. Her powers are fake, and so鈥檚 the anointing oil. One day, a rich client walks in asking for spiritual help, and Ajoke sees a jackpot. It should have been an easy con. But it isn鈥檛 and the story takes a turn she never saw coming.
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2. (2021)
Runtime: 1h 39m
Director: Udoka Oyeka
Superstition runs the show in this comedy. Lasisi Elenu plays a senior executive who is too proud for his own good. He gets put in charge of a big foreign business merger, and just when he should be at his sharpest, a curse hits him and his speech goes completely off. Now the man who loves to talk can鈥榯 say a word right, and the deal is sitting on his shoulders. MC Lively, Frank Donga and Broda Shaggi are in the cast too, so the laughs are covered.
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1. (2018)
Runtime: 1h 24m
Director: Emamode Edosio
Tunji (Emeka Nwagbaraocha) took his uncle鈥檚 car without asking, packed in three friends (Mike Folarin, Chimezie Imo and Tomiwa Tegbe), and drove off to a party. The ride lasted until one bad move ended in a crash. Tunji鈥檚 uncle (Jide Kosoko) closes from work in five hours, and the boys have to find enough money to fix the car before he gets home. Where the money will come from is a problem for later, because right now they鈥檒l take it from anywhere.
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