The 10 Best Netflix Shows to Watch When You’re Missing Home

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Being homesick can hit at the weirdest times. One minute you’re fine, the next, you’re craving the traffic noise, the smell of street food, and your mum’s unsolicited advice.

While waiting for your next trip back, Netflix can be a comforting companion. These shows feel like a long-distance hug — from chaotic friend groups to found families that actually check in.

10. Shanty Town (2023)
Episodes: 6 | Genre: Crime | Director: Dimeji Ajibola

Set in the underbelly of Lagos, Shanty Town follows a group of women trying to free themselves from the grip of Scar (Chidi Mokeme), a ruthless crime lord. Led by Inem (Ini Edo) and Shalewa (Nancy Isime), the series explores human trafficking, political corruption, and the struggle for liberation in the city’s slums.

9. Baby Farm (2025)
Episodes: 5 | Genre: Crime, Drama | Directors: Walter Taylaur & Kayice Kasum

Baby Farm peels back the polished façade of a charitable foundation, revealing a baby trafficking operation disguised as goodwill. At its centre is Adanna (Onyinye Odokoro), a pregnant woman caught in the foundation’s web. The series becomes a sharp critique of greed, hypocrisy, and systemic failures in contemporary Lagos.

8. To Kill a Monkey (2025)
Episodes: 8 | Genre: Drama, Thriller | Director: Kemi Adetiba

Kemi Adetiba’s To Kill a Monkey dives into Lagos’s digital underworld, where ambition and morality collide. Efemini, a talented programmer, is drawn into cybercrime by a charismatic kingpin, The Bozz. As rivalries escalate, a determined police inspector races to dismantle the criminal network before it consumes everyone involved.

7. Blood Sisters (2022) & The Plan (2023)
Blood Sisters: 4 eps | Thriller | Kenneth Gyang & Biyi Bandele
The Plan: 5 eps | Drama | Dimbo Atiya

Both series explore loyalty, survival, and betrayal. Blood Sisters follows Sarah and Kemi, whose lives spiral after a self-defence killing at a lavish engagement party, exposing Lagos’s fractured social structures. The Plan centers on Karama, a widow discovering her late husband’s hidden gold, and her morally fraught attempt to navigate friendship and temptation.

6. Inside Life (2022) & The Party (2025)
Inside Life: 6 eps | Drama, Thriller | Clarence Peters
The Party: 3 eps | Drama, Suspense | Yemi “Filmboy” Morafa

These tightly-woven dramas depict lives caught in cycles of consequence. Inside Life traces intersecting paths of trauma and survival, while The Party turns a birthday celebration into a claustrophobic mystery following a sudden death. Both explore power, betrayal, and the human cost of greed.

5. Far From Home (2022)
Episodes: 5 | Drama | Catherine Stewart, Kayode Kasum & Kenneth Gyang

Far From Home tells the story of Ishaya Bello, a talented but underprivileged artist whose scholarship to Wilmer Academy promises escape — until betrayal and crime pull him into a moral maze. It’s a gripping exploration of ambition, survival, and the price of upward mobility.

4. Seven Doors (2024)
Episodes: 6 | Drama, Epic | Femi Adebayo, Tope Adebayo & Adebayo Tijani

Set in the mythical Ilara Kingdom, Seven Doors examines duty, destiny, and tradition. Oba Adedunjoye inherits not only a throne but a centuries-old curse, forcing him to confront moral dilemmas involving sacred rites, lineage, and family expectations.

3. Anikulapo: Rise of the Spectre (2023)
Episodes: 6 | Drama, Fantasy | Kunle Afolayan

Kunle Afolayan’s Anikulapo expands Yoruba folklore into dark, transcendent territory. Saro, once a man with the power to resurrect the dead, now must collect twenty souls to repay a debt to the afterlife. The series weaves fate, punishment, and redemption into a sweeping narrative filled with tension and moral reckoning.

Why These Shows Feel Like Home
Whether it’s Lagos street life, intimate friendships, or mythical kingdoms, these series offer a connection to the sights, sounds, and stories of home. They remind you of the people, struggles, and resilience that shape life in Nigeria — all while giving you a compelling escape for when the homesickness hits.

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