Direction: Niyi Akinmolayan

The best movies, series, and documentaries directed by Niyi Akinmolayan. Explore exceptional titles that showcase a unique filmmaking vision.


Mikolo

2023 · Movie · 110 min. · Nigeria

Direction Niyi Akinmolayan

Cast Femi Adebayo · Fiyinfoluwa Asenuga · Pamilerin Ayodeji · Riyo David

Synopsis Two children befriend a magical creature and must help it to return to its forest home.

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Falling

2015 · Movie · 86 min. · Nigeria

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The Set Up

2019 · Movie · 103 min. · Nigeria

Direction Niyi Akinmolayan

Cast Dakore Akande · Kehinde Bankole · Adesua Etomi · Jim Iyke

Synopsis A former drug smuggler and a confidence artist gets more than she bargains for when she is hired by a down on his luck businessman to assist with his scheme to marry a wealthy heiress. Things quickly take a turn...

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Lísàbí: A Legend is Born

2025 · Movie · 107 min. · Nigeria

Direction Niyi Akinmolayan

Cast Lateef Adedimeji · Adebimpe Oyebade · Odunlade Adekola · Mobimpe Adedimeji

Synopsis The epic tale of the birth and rise of legendary folk hero Lísàbí Agbongbo-Akala, destined to save the Egba people in the face of a treacherous leader.

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The Arbitration

2016 · Movie · 100 min. · Nigeria

Direction Niyi Akinmolayan

Cast Lota Chukwu · Iretiola Doyle · Adesua Etomi · Sola Fosudo

Synopsis An Arbitration panel is constituted to find out the truth when the CEO of a company who has an affair with his employee is being sued and accused of raping her.

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Prophetess

2021 · Movie · 144 min. · Nigeria

Direction Niyi Akinmolayan

Cast Toyin Abraham · Lateef Adedimeji · Uzor Arukwe · Kehinde Bankole

Synopsis After a bogus prediction about a football match comes true, a small-town prophetess finds herself entangled in the world of sports betting.

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The Wedding Party 2: Destination Dubai

2017 · Movie · 98 min. · Nigeria

Direction Niyi Akinmolayan

Cast Enyinna Nwigwe · Daniella Down · Adesua Etomi · Banky Wellington

Synopsis Deadre makes a mistake when she thinks Nonso has proposed to her, and he decides to go ahead with the wedding in Dubai.

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Castle & Castle (TV Series)

2018 · Series · 55 min. · Nigeria

Direction Kenneth Gyang · Tope Oshin · Niyi Akinmolayan

Cast Dakore Akande · Blossom Chukwujekwu · Jude Chukwuka · Daniel Etim Effiong

Synopsis A drama series set in a law firm, Castle and Castle, in Lagos, Nigeria. Castle and Castle struggles to stay afloat whilst the couple leading it, Remi and Tega Castle, pursue different cases based on what they think is best...

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Out of Luck

2015 · Movie · 107 min. · Nigeria

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Palava!

2022 · Movie · 107 min. · Nigeria

Direction Niyi Akinmolayan

Cast Mercy Aigbe · Aiyeola Bisola · Neo Akpofure · Segun Arinze

Synopsis A legendary musician's life and family are turned upside down when a scandal is revealed on the eve of his 60th birthday.

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Chief Daddy 2: Going for Broke

2021 · Movie · 112 min. · Nigeria

Direction Niyi Akinmolayan

Cast Shaffy Bello · Funke Akindele · Joke Silva · Kate Henshaw

Synopsis The Beecroft family are ready to spend all of Chief Daddy's inheritance, but not if the CEO of his company has anything to do with it.

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Chief Daddy

2018 · Movie · 99 min. · Nigeria

Direction Niyi Akinmolayan

Cast Aiyeola Bisola · Dakore Egbuson · Funke Akindele · Zainab Balogun

Synopsis 'Chief Daddy' tells the story of billionaire industrialist Chief Beecroft, a flamboyant benefactor to a large extended family of relatives, household staff, and assorted mistresses. Chief lives large, like there's no tomorrow, until the day there is no tomorrow--he dies...

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Lísàbí: The Uprising

2024 · Movie · Nigeria

Direction Niyi Akinmolayan

Cast Lateef Adedimeji · Ibrahim Chatta · Gabriel Afolayan · Ibrahim Yekini

Synopsis The legendary story of a folk hero's rebellion against an oppressive empire, fighting for his freedom and forever altering the course of Yoruba history.

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