Move over Netflix; YouTube is what鈥檚 in at the moment.
Once relegated as the den of low-budget Nollywood movies, there has been a rise in Nollywood filmmakers choosing YouTube for big-budget projects. Stars like Timini Egbuson, Chioma Akpotha and Uzor Arukwe have been featured in fleets of direct-to-YouTube movies.
This all came to a head over the weekend when of the latest Omoni Oboli TV flick, Love In Every Word, featuring Arukwe and Bamike 鈥淏ambam鈥� Olawunmi as a couple. While that film is definitely somewhere to start, it is not all YouTube has to offer.
Here are the best Nollywood movies you should watch this March.
(2025)
Runtime: 2h 14m
Director: Morgan Ukaegbu
Genre: Family Drama
This drama starring Lilian Afegbai, Eddie Watson and Michael Dappa tells the tale of a family with a fractured relationship. Liberty (Eddie Watson) returns home after isolating himself from his father (Anselem O. Omeh) and brother (Michael Dappa). It takes their father鈥檚 ailment to reconcile the brothers. This is a family drama about forgiveness and family bond.
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(2025)
Runtime: 1h 48m
Director: Okey Ifeanyi
Genre: Drama/Mystery
Emmanuel (Maurice Sam) and Boma (Ruth Kadiri) star as husband and wife in this family satire. Here, an intolerant man mysteriously becomes鈥�wait for it鈥�pregnant after denying his pregnant wife any grace.
If you鈥檙e into social media clapbacks and online gender wars come to life, this is a good place to live out your fantasies.
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(2024)
Runtime: 1h 47m
Director: Uche Agbo
Genre: Romance/Drama
This movie tackles the glamorous lives of 鈥淟agos big girls.鈥� It reveals the lengths some would go to for social and financial security. Life on the fast lane has always come with consequences, and this movie is a cautionary tale for those who decide to live that life. Osas Ighodaro, Francess Ben, Eyinna Wigwe, and Daniel Nsude are the stars of this movie.
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(2025)
Runtime: 2h
Director: Adekunle Azeez
Genre: Family Drama
This Wumi Toriola movie is about a crazy-in-love couple (Afeez Eniola and Wumi Toriola) whose home becomes heated after their mothers (Fausat Balogun and Remi Surutu) temporarily move in with them. Watch how a peaceful home becomes a house of conflicts, lies, and rivalry.
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(2025)
Runtime: 1h 55m
Director: Stanley Obi
Genre: Romance
Love In Every Word is currently the talk of the internet, thanks to its one million-view milestone within 24 hours of its premiere on YouTube. In the film, Uzor Arukwe and Bamike 鈥淏ambam鈥� Olawunmi meet in an unexpected place and fall in love. But they first have to overcome personal fear and societal expectations.
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(2024)
Runtime: 1h 49m
Director: Michael Akinrogunde
Genre: Drama
Have you seen a friendship so strong that a friend who isn’t interested in having her own child is ready to be a surrogate mom for her bestie? Although their marriages suffer for it, this is a story of a life-long sisterhood shared between Tami (Beverly OSU) and Maris (Uzoamaka Aniunoh). This movie features other actors like Kunle Remi, Najite Dede, Ireti Doyle and Baaj Adekunle.
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(2024)
Runtime: 1h 32m
Director: Great Valentine Edochie
Genre: Romance
Bayo (Saga Deolu) and Imem (Adebola Jones) are a couple who have already agreed not to have children. But the husband changes his mind and begins to pressure his wife to try. The pressures come to a fever pitch after his mother becomes involved in the issue.
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(2024)
Runtime: 2h
Director: Mo Fakorede
Genre: Romance
Amina (Ekama Etim-Inyang) spends her entire life trying to make a name for herself and shake off the nepo-baby label. But when the family tradition demands her to marry, she finds herself at a crossroads. Spice of Love stars actors like Kunle Coker, Michael Dappa and Daniel Etim-Effiong.
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(2025)
Runtime: 1h 46m
Director: Great Valentine Edochie
Genre: Romance/Drama
Alex (Michael Dappa) is thinking about settling down to a tradwife. He wants a submissive woman who will do all the house chores, take care of his mother, and carry his children. But he also wants her to pay 50% of the bills. This movie features other actors like Eso Dike, Tope Olowoniyan and Bolaji Ogunmola.
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(2025)
Runtime: 2h
Director: Great Valentine Edochie
Genre: Romance
After a woman (Chioma Chukwuka) is abandoned by her longtime boyfriend, who marries another woman, she leaves the village to become a maid in the city. But when her new boss (Fredrick Leonard) begins to express his feelings for her, she again begins to plan another exit.
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