| Title
|
Director
|
Genre
|
Notes
|
Ref
|
| 1980
|
| Jaiyesinmi
|
Frederic Goode
Hubert Ogunde
|
Drama
|
|
|
| Kadara
|
Ade-Love
|
Drama
|
|
|
| 1981
|
| Rise and Fall of Idi Amin
|
Sharad Patel
|
Biography, Drama
|
British-Kenyan-Nigerian co-production
|
|
| Cry Freedom
|
Ola Balogun
|
Drama
|
|
|
| Efunsetan Aniwura
|
Bankole Bello
|
|
|
|
| 1982
|
| Orun Mooru
|
Ola Balogun
|
Drama
|
Shot on 35mm, but was reduced to 16mm for distribution and exhibition
|
|
| Aropin N'Tenia
|
Frederic Goode
Hubert Ogunde
|
|
|
|
| Anikura
|
Oyewole Olowomojuore
|
|
|
|
| 1983
|
| Money Power
|
Ola Balogun
|
|
|
|
| Taxi Driver
|
Ade-Love
|
Drama
|
|
|
| Evil Encounter
|
Jimi Odumosu
|
Horror
|
First Nigerian film released directly on television
|
|
| Aare Agbaye
|
Moses Olaya Adejumo
Oyewole Olowomojuore
|
|
|
|
| 1984
|
| Papa Ajasco
|
Wale Adenuga
|
Drama
|
Described as the first blockbuster in Nigeria, grossing approximately ₦61,000 in three days
|
|
| Vengeance of the Cult
|
Eddie Ugbomah
|
|
|
|
| 1985
|
| Witchdoctor of the Livingdead
|
Charles Abi Enonchong
|
Horror
|
|
|
| Mosebolatan
|
Moses Olaiya
|
|
Described as the film grossed ₦107,000 in five days
|
|
| Kannakanna
|
Bayo Aderohunmu
|
|
|
|
| 1986
|
| Apalara
|
Eddie Ugbomah
|
|
|
|
| 1987
|
| Things Fall Apart
|
David Orere
|
Drama
|
Based on the 1958's novel by Chinua Achebe
|
|
| Taxi Driver 2
|
Ade-Love
|
Drama
|
|
|
| 1988
|
| Vigilante
|
Adedeji Adesanya
|
Action
|
|
|
| Soso Meji
|
Ade Ajiboye
|
|
First Nigerian film released on video
|
|
| Ayanmo
|
Hubert Ogunde
|
Drama
|
|
|
| 1989
|
| Koto Orun
|
Alhaji Yekini Ajileye
|
History, Drama, Family
|
Made in Yoruba language
|
|
| The Great Attempt
|
Eddie Ugbomah
|
|
|
|
| Ekun
|
Alade Aromire
|
|
|
|
