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This is a list of Nigerian films released in the 1970s.

Films

Title	Director	Genre	Notes
1970
Kongi's Harvest	Ossie Davis	Drama	Adapted from the 1965 play by Wole Soyinka^[1]
1971
Things Fall Apart^{[citation needed]}	Hans Jürgen Pohland	Drama	Based on the 1958's novel by Chinua Achebe
1972

1973

1974
Bull Frog in the Sun	Sanya Dosunmu
1975
Dinner with the Devil	Sanya Dosunmu Wole Amele
Amadi	Ola Balogun	Biography	the first notable Nigerian historical film on celluloid
1976
Countdown at Kusini	Ossie Davis	Action, Drama	American-Nigerian co-production, mainly known as Cool Red
Shehu Umar	Adamu Halilu	Drama
Ajani Ogun	Ola Balogun	Musical
1977
Bisi, Daughter of the River	Jab Adu Ladi Ladebo Joseph Abiodun Babajide	Fantasy	One of the highest grossing Nigerian films to date
The Rise and Fall of Dr. Oyenuzi	Eddie Ugbomah
1978
Musik-Man	Ola Balogun	Musical
1979
Black Goddess^[2]	Ola Balogun	Drama, History	Nigerian-Brazilian co-production, screened at the 1980 Carthage Film Festival
Ija Ominira		Drama
Aiye		Drama, Family

^ Gugler, Josef (1997). "Wole Soyinka's Kongi's Harvest from Stage to Screen: Four Endings to Tyranny". Canadian Journal of African Studies / Revue Canadienne des Études Africaines. 31 (1): 32–49. doi:10.2307/485324. ISSN 0008-3968.
^ Maslin, Janet (18 April 1980). "Film: 'Black Goddess':Search for Ancestors". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 28 November 2023.