The weekend is here, and if you’re looking for something entertaining to watch from the comfort of your home, there are plenty of Nollywood titles worth checking out.
From complicated love stories and second chances to family drama and completely unexpected comedy, this week’s Weekend Watchlist brings you five Nollywood movies to add to your viewing list.
Here are five movies to check out this weekend.
1. Kiss Me Tomorrow
What happens when a woman makes a bet that could cost her a major stake in her business?
Kiss Me Tomorrow follows Tochi, a successful restaurant owner who realises she cannot go a single month without being in a relationship. Determined to break the habit and heal from past heartbreaks, she makes a big bet with her friend Dennis that she can stay single for an entire year.
Just as she begins building a life on her own, a charming billionaire, Mr. Johnson, enters the picture. He refuses to back down, leaving Tochi caught between winning her wager and taking another chance at love.
Starring: Bambam Olawunmi, Chris Attoh and Symon Oko
Watch on: Omoni Oboli TV
2. For The Love of Kene
For The Love of Kene tells the emotional story of a young mother who gives up her baby boy, "Kene" for adoption so she can travel abroad in search of a better life.
Fourteen years later, she returns as a successful woman hoping to find her son, only to discover that his adoptive family has fallen on hard times. Kene is now on the streets and struggling with drug addiction.
What follows is a mother's desperate fight to save her son and rebuild the relationship they never had the chance to develop.
Starring: Bimbo Ademoye, Blessing Obasi-Nze and Chukwuemeka Elijah
Watch on: Uduak Isong TV
3. Love Was Not Invited
Ijeoma certainly did not plan to attend her ex-boyfriend David's wedding, especially after receiving an invitation to watch him marry another woman. But when her boss sends her to cover the wedding for work, she has no choice but to go. Things become even more complicated when a cancelled flight forces her to travel by bus, where she gets into an argument with a stubborn stranger named Segun.
To make matters worse, Segun is also attending the wedding and staying at the same hotel.
What begins with constant bickering slowly turns into an unexpected romantic connection.
Starring: Teniola Aladese, Vine Olugu, Paul Utomi and Okeke
Watch on: Omoni Oboli TV
4. Ike
This emotional family drama follows a devoted single mother raising her young daughter, Ike, through financial difficulties.
Everything changes when little Ike goes missing after being sent on a quick errand. As the frantic search for the child begins, long-buried family secrets come to light.
When Ike is eventually found and taken to the hospital, the doctor on duty turns out to be her biological father, the man who abandoned them ten years earlier.
The movie explores motherhood, bitterness, family and the difficult journey towards healing and forgiveness.
Starring: Kiekie, Kiki Bakare, Blessing Nze and Michelle Onamade
Watch on: Kiekie TV
5. Stuck on You
If you’re looking for something completely unserious, Stuck on You might be the one.
A young man tries to propose to his girlfriend by hiding an engagement ring inside a scoop of ice cream. Unfortunately, she rejects the proposal, storms out and leaves the ice cream behind.
A waitress later eats the abandoned ice cream and accidentally swallows the expensive ring.
Now desperate to get his ring back, the man has no choice but to keep the waitress close. His solution? Moving her into his house until nature takes its course.
What follows is an unusual living arrangement that eventually takes an unexpected romantic turn.
Starring: Michael Dappa, Sophia Chisom (Soso) and Ifeoma Odukwe
Watch on: Uduak Isong TV
Whether you’re in the mood for romance, family drama or a comedy with an absolutely ridiculous premise, this weekend’s watchlist has something for you. Grab your snacks and pick your movie.
