The action film is one of the platform’s most popular non-English language titles.
By Omotayo Olutekunbi
The best-performing non-English movies and shows on Prime Video have been announced.
The data is based on their performance outside of their own nation throughout the previous year. Gangs of Lagos, directed by Jade Osiberu, is the only Nigerian title in the top ten worldwide successful movies and series.
Here are the top ten titles in languages other than English:
- My Fault (Culpa Mía, Movie, Spain, June 2023)
- Medellin (Medellín, Movie, France, June 2023)
- Sayen (Movie, Chile, March 2023)
- A Private Affair (Un Asunto Privado, TV Series, Spain, September 2022)
- The Gryphon (Der Greif, TV Series, Germany, May 2023)
- Overdose (Movie, France, November 2022)
- The Head of Joaquín Murrieta (La Cabeza de Joaquín Murrieta, TV Series, Mexico, February 2023)
- Fakes (Farzi, TV Series, India, February 2023)
- Gangs of Lagos (Movie, Nigeria, April 2023)
- Argentina 1985 (Movie, Argentina, October 2022)
Gangs of Lagos, directed by Osiberu, is Prime Video’s first African Original that went directly to streaming upon release.
The crime thriller follows three friends pursuing their aspirations and fate on Isale Eko’s perilous streets. Tobi Bakre stars as Obalola, with Adesua Etomi-Wellington (Gift) and Chike-Ezekpeazu Osebuka (Ify) supporting.
The film brings the spectator into a realistic, multifaceted criminal world of corruption, drug dealing, protection rackets, human trafficking, theft, and murder, with these three heading the cast.
Iyabo Ojo, Toyin Abraham, Adebowale Adebayo, Bimbo Ademoye, Wasiu Pasuma Alabi, and more actors appear in the film.
Gangs of Lagos is presently available on Amazon Prime Video.
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