Nollywood is the film industry in Nigeria, and is in fact the second largest movie industry globally - in terms of output, producing about 2,500 films in a year. This number surpasses Hollywood, and is second only to India’s Bollywood. A New York Times journalist, Norimitsu Onishi helped coin the term in 2002, when he began to notice a ton of filmmaking activity happening in Lagos, Nigeria. While Nollywood doesn’t bring in as much money yearly as Hollywood or Bollywood, it is known for its prolificness under much more limiting circumstances.

Early Nollywood is characterized by a kind of home video production quality. More recently, however, the Nigerian movie industry is improving their craft. Known for comedies and dramas, Nollywood is now producing more genres like horror, period pieces, musicals, animations, and even nolly-noir at industry standard picture and sound quality.