Nigerian Movies are products of the popular Nigeria culture. Movies in Nigeria are productions of the native movie making industry of Nigeria, popularly called Nollywood. Few of the well-known movies of Nigeria are Evil Chamber, American Boy, Love and Likeness and a lot more. Nigeria movies have gained wide acceptance among the aficionados across the world because of their high cinematic values.
The Nigerian Film Industry has experienced immense development in the recent years. Since 1960s, the Movies in Nigeria have come a far way with the introduction of digital cameras and other modern technologies. Ola Balogun and Hubert Ogunde were the first film-makers in Nigeria in the 1960s. At that point of time the cost of production of movies in Nigeria was extremely high, which later was much reduced.
Categories of Nigeria Cinema
- Comedy
- Action
- Religious films
- Drama
- Documentary
- Thriller
- Musicals
- Romance
- True story
Famous stars who act in Movies in Nigeria are Stephanie Okereke, Fred Amata, Genevieve Nnaji, Empress Njama, Pete Edochie and a few more. Nigerian Movies are extremely well made with excellent direction and acting. Thus, Nollywood is famous all over the world and it comes right after Hollywood and Bollywood in terms of popularity and widespread acceptance. An important thing to note about Nigerian Movies is that most of the movies made in Nigeria have sequels.
