Africa Movie Academy Award for Best Nigerian Film
{{Infobox award
| name = Africa Movie Academy Award for Best Nigerian Film
| awarded_for =
| presenter = Africa Film Academy
| country = Nigeria
| year = 2007
| website = {{url|www.ama-awards.com}}
}}
The Africa Movie Academy Award for Best Nigerian Film is an annual merit by the Africa Film Academy to recognize the best Nollywood film for the year. It was introduced in the 2007 edition as "Best Nigerian Film" but was renamed as "Heart of Africa" award in the 4th to 6th editions. Since the 7th edition, it has been renamed again to "Best Nigerian Film".{{cite web | url=http://www.ama-awards.com/ | title=Official Website of the AMAAs | publisher=Africa Movie Academy Awards | accessdate=22 May 2014}}
Winners and nominees
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! colspan="4"| Best Nigerian Film |
Year
! Film ! Director ! Result |
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rowspan="4"|2007
|{{won}} |
Apesin
|{{nom}} |
The Amazing Grace
|{{nom}} |
Abeni
|{{nom}} |
rowspan="4"|2008
|{{won}} |
Checkpoint
|{{nom}} |
New Jerusalem
|{{nom}} |
White Waters
|{{nom}} |
rowspan="5"|2009
|{{won}} |
Cindy’s Note
|{{nom}} |
Beautiful Soul
|{{nom}} |
State of the Heart
|Kingsley Omoife and Richard Mofe Damijo |{{nom}} |
Jenifa
|{{nom}} |
rowspan="5"|2010
|{{won}} |
Nnenda
|{{nom}} |
Freedom in Chain
|Bond Emeruwa and Fred Amata |{{nom}} |
The Child
|{{nom}} |
High Blood Pressure
|{{nom}} |
rowspan="5"|2011
|{{won}} |
Maami
|{{nom}} |
Tango With Me
|{{nom}} |
Inale
|{{nom}} |
A Private Storm
|Lancelot Oduwa Imasuen and Ikechukwu Onyeka |{{nom}} |
rowspan="5"|2012
|{{won}} |
Unwanted Guest
|{{nom}} |
Family on Fire
|{{nom}} |
Phone Swap
|{{nom}} |
Alero's Symphony
|{{nom}} |
rowspan="7"|2013
|{{won}} |
Blood and Henna
|{{nom}} |
Heroes and Zeros
|{{nom}} |
Meeting
|{{nom}} |
The Twin Sword
|{{nom}} |
Kokomma
|{{nom}} |
Okoro The Prince
|{{nom}} |
rowspan="5"|2014
|{{won}} |
Apaye
|{{nom}} |
B for Boy
|{{nom}} |
Murder at Prime Suites
|{{nom}} |
Omo Elemosho
|{{nom}} |
rowspan="5"|2015
|{{won}} |
Invasion 1897
|{{nom}} |
Dazzling Mirage
|{{nom}} |
Iyore
|{{nom}} |
A Place in the Stars
|{{nom}} |
rowspan="6"|2016
!Dry |{{won}} |
Beyond Blood
|{{nom}} |
Fifty
|{{nom}} |
Falling
|{{nom}} |
Missing God
|{{nom}} |
O-Town (film)
|{{nom}} |
rowspan="6"|2017
!'76 |{{won}} |
The CEO
|{{nom}} |
93 Days
|{{nom}} |
Ayamma
|{{nom}} |
Oloibiri
|Curtis Graham |{{nom}} |
Green White Green
|{{nom}} |
rowspan="7"|2018
|{{won}} |
A Hotel Called Memory
|{{nom}} |
Cross Roads
|{{nom}} |
The Lost Cafe
|{{nom}} |
Icheke Oku
|{{nom}} |
Ojukokoro
|{{nom}} |
In My Country
|{{nom}} |
rowspan="7"|2019
|{{won}} |
Knockout Blessing
|{{nom}} |
Make Room
|{{nom}} |
Up North
|{{nom}} |
Gold Statue
|{{nom}} |
The Delivery Boy
|{{nom}} |
Lara and the Beat
|{{nom}} |
rowspan="8"|2020
!Desmond Ovbiagele |{{won}} |
Cold Feet
|{{nom}} |
Living in Bondage: Breaking Free
|{{nom}} |
4th Republic
|{{nom}} |
For Maria: Ebun Pataki
|Damilola Orimogunje |{{nom}} |
The Bling Lagosians
|{{nom}} |
Coming From Insanity
|Akinyemi Sebastian Akinropo |{{nom}} |
The Ghost and The House of Truth
|{{nom}} |
rowspan="8" |2021
|{{won}} |
Rattlesnake: The Ahanna Story
|{{nom}} |
Ayinla
|{{nom}} |
The Citation
|{{nom}} |
Omo Ghetto: The Saga
|Funke Akindele and JJC Skillz |{{nom}} |
La Femme Anjola
|{{nom}} |
Collision Course
|{{nom}} |
Shadow Parties
|{{nom}} |
References
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{{Africa Movie Academy Awards}}
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