Top 10 Nollywood Romance Movies of the decade

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Finally, Looove. Good old’ romance movies.

We’ve been in this particular genre for as long as possible in Nollywood. You can remember the earliest romance movies in Nollywood.

With the Nollywood royally-obsessed romance genre, we are happy to see that we have slowly moved away from this and focused on more urban settings and storylines as the time has passed.

The romance genre can easily get boring when it gets repetitive but this is a diverse list of movies that have taken the romance genre and transcended it to more than what you have gotten bored with.

The infusion of societal values, current occurrences, religious, traditional, and health practices have made the genre a more relatable genre thus making the romantics believe that there is love out there for them.

Let’s get into the top 10 Nollywood Romance of the decade.

  • When Love Happens (2014):

Having parents who are in love can make you want that exact type of relationship but what happens if your great love has been around you all this while but you only thought of them as a friend? When love happens displays societal and peer pressures faced by women when they think they are at the point where they should be getting married.

Actors: Weruche Opia, OC Ukeje, Beverly Naya, Oreka Godis, Gideon Okeke, Wale Ojo, Keppy Ekpenyong and Shafy Bello

Google Users Ratings: 86% 

 

  • Phone Swap (2012):

The year also brought us Phone Swap. What would happen in a world where you accidentally swapped your phone with someone else’? In a world where we have gotten brand crazy, it is not difficult to imagine that this could happen. After an unfortunate phone swap at an airport, a business-minded man and a fashion designer’s life are upended.

Actors: Nse Ikpe Etim, Wale Ojo, Joke Silva, Chika Okpala

Google Users Ratings: 88%

 

  • The Wedding Party 1 & 2 (2016 & 2017):

I decided to combine the movies together. Speaking of both movies, The Wedding Party spans tribal, societal, emotional, and other religious practices. We are exposed to the difficulties of planning an inter-tribal marriage, the problem of acceptance, the business relationships waiting to be formed from the union, and many other relationship and emotional troubles.

Actors: Adesua Etomi, Banky Wellington, Richard Mofe Damijo ,Sola Sobowale, Iretiola Doyle , Alibaba Akporobome, Enyinna Nwigwe, Daniella Brown, Somkele Iyamah-Idhalama, Beverly Naya,

Google Users Ratings: 93%

 

  • The Royal Hibiscus Hotel (2017):

Running a hotel with unserious staff is the problem of an elderly couple with their daughter working to be a chef outside the country. While they would like their daughter to come home and get married, the father had plans to sell the business. What happens when business mixes with an unexpected relationship? Who wins in the end?

Actors: Zainab Balogun, Kenneth Okolie, Jide Kosoko, Rachel Oniga

Google Users Ratings: 94%

IMDB Rating: 5/10

 

  • Knocking on Heaven’s Door (2014):

Can love be misconstrued? Knocking on Heaven’s Door brings to light the level of domestic violence that can be hidden in picture-perfect relationships and what effects it can have on all the parties involved.

Actors: Adesuwa Etomi, Majid Michel, Blossom Chukwujekwu, Ini Edo, Robert Peters

Google Users Ratings: 94%

IMDB Rating: 6.3/10

 

 

  • Isoken (2017):

This is one of the best and most notable romance movies of the decade. Isoken shows what happens to a typical Nigerian girl who is of age and isn’t married yet. The matchmaking, submission to in-laws choices, presently-absent fiancee, loveless romance, and the effects of a relationship with a foreigner.

Actors:  Dakore Akande, Joseph Benjamin, and Marc Rhys

Google Users Ratings: 95%

 

  • Mr & Mrs (2012):

The romance genre began looking up with the release of this movie. Susan is a degree-holding housewife who has been repeatedly treated horribly by her husband. This only gets worse when he decides to bring one of his concubines to the house to live with them after they decided to part ways. But still, live under the same roof.

Actors: Nse Ikpe Etim, Joseph Benjamin, Barbara Soky

Google Users Ratings: 97%

 

  • Ovy’s voice (2017):

Another beautiful story by Biodun Stephen shows the effects of sexual abuse on a child in relation to social expectations and traditions. What happens to an abused child when she cannot talk about it to anyone and has decided not to talk at all?

Actors: Bisola Aiyeola, Mofe Duncan, Shaffy Bello, Uche Ogbodo

Google Users Ratings: 98%

IMDB Rating: Unavailable

 

  • Flower Girl (2013):

The story of a romantic florist who just wants to get married to the man she loves and a playboy actor trying to help her get the supposed man of her dreams. The story brought together the lives of an ordinary person hustling to achieve her dreams and a life in the spotlight.

Actors: Damilola Adegbite, Blossom Chukwujekwu, Chris Attoh, Bikiya Graham Douglas, Eku Edewor

Google Users Ratings: 98%

IMDB Rating: 6.6/10

 

  • Sobi’s Mystic (2017):

When we think of Nollywood Romance along the lines of this movie, it may seem cliche. A wayward girl and a fashion designer playboy. Maybe she lives a double life? Why does her husband let her go to the club and pick random guys to sleep with? The questions are endless. The Biodun Stephen movie shows us a life not to be judged without walking in said person’s shoes.

Actors: Bolaji Ogunmola, Kunle Remi, Mofe Duncan

Google Users Ratings: Unavailable.