List of Nigerian films before 1970

This is a list of Nigerian films released before 1970.

Colonial era[]

Title	Director	Genre	Notes	Ref
1926
Palaver	Geoffrey Barkas	Adventure	Recognized as the first Nigerian feature film, for it's use of non-professional local Nigerian as actors.

Title	Director	Genre	Notes
1935
Sanders of the River	Zoltán Korda	Adventure, Drama	The film was set in Colonial Nigeria.
1937
The High Command	Thorold Dickinson	Drama	The film was shot in Colonial Nigeria.

Title	Director	Genre	Notes
1945
The Man from Morocco	Mutz Greenbaum	Action, Adventure	Featured by Nigerian actor Orlando Martins.
1946
Men of Two Worlds	Thorold Dickinson	Drama	Featured by Nigerian actor Orlando Martins (uncredited).
1947
North and South of the Niger	John Page	Documentary
1949
Daybreak in Udi	Terry Bishop	Documentary

Title	Director	Genre	Notes
1956
Nigeria Greets Her Queen	Lionel Snazelle	Documentary
1957
Fincho	Sam Zebba	Drama	The first Nigerian fiction film to be shot in colour.
Freedom	Vernon Messenger	Drama
1958
People like Maria	Harry Watt	Documentary

Title	Director	Genre	Notes
1960
Iju	Lionel Snazelle	Documentary
1966
Give Me a Riddle	David Schickele	Drama	American-Nigerian co-production
1969
One Nigeria	Ola Balogun	Documentary