October 1

As Nigeria prepares to gain its independence from British colonial rule, a string of brutal murders rocks a small town in the Western Region. A northern Nigerian police detective is dispatched to solve the case, but as he delves deeper, he realizes that the killings are not just random acts of violence, but rather, they are linked to a dark secret that threatens to tear the community apart. With tensions running high and the clock ticking, the detective must race against time to uncover the truth and bring the killer to justice, all while navigating the complex web of ethnic and religious tensions that define the country's complex history. Will he be able to solve the case and bring peace to the town, or will the darkness prevail?

You can stream October 1 on: Netflix

Some movies that have similar genres and were produced around the same time as October 1 include The Purity of Vengeance, Suburbicon, The Girl on the Train, Now You See Me, Bad Times at the El Royale, Ghost in the Shell.