This is a list of films released by the British studio British Lion Films which was established in 1927 during the silent era. In its early years the company produced adaptations of Edgar Wallace crime novels, and later focused mainly on quota quickies. After the Second World War British Lion was acquired by Alexander Korda and it became a distribution outlet for independent British films with government backing.
While British Lion distributed many foreign films in Britain, such as a large number of Republic Pictures productions, these are not included in the list,
1920s Title Release date Director The Man Who Changed His Name 1928 A.V. Bramble The Ringer August 1928 Arthur Maude Chick August 1928 A.V. Bramble The Valley of Ghosts December 1928 G.B. Samuelson The Forger December 1928 G.B. Samuelson The Flying Squad January 1929 Arthur Maude The Clue of the New Pin March 1929 Arthur Maude
1930s Title Release date Director The Squeaker June 1930 Edgar Wallace Should a Doctor Tell? September 1930 Manning Haynes Red Aces November 1930 Edgar Wallace To Oblige a Lady February 1931 Manning Haynes The Ringer April 1931 Walter Forde The Calendar October 1931 T. Hayes Hunter The Old Man December 1931 Manning Haynes The Beggar Student December 1931 Victor Hanbury Where Is This Lady? 1932 Victor Hanbury, Ladislao Vajda The Frightened Lady March 1932 T. Hayes Hunter White Face May 1932 T. Hayes Hunter The Flying Squad July 1932 F.W. Kraemer Sally Bishop October 1932 T. Hayes Hunter There Goes the Bride October 1932 Albert de Courville I'll Stick to You 1933 Leslie S. Hiscott Yes, Madam February 1933 Leslie S. Hiscott That's My Wife March 1933 Leslie S. Hiscott King of the Ritz March 1933 Carmine Gallone, Herbert Smith Cleaning Up May 1933 Leslie S. Hiscott The Stickpin June 1933 Leslie S. Hiscott Great Stuff June 1933 Leslie S. Hiscott This Is the Life September 1933 Leslie S. Hiscott Strike It Rich November 1933 Leslie S. Hiscott Marooned November 1933 Leslie S. Hiscott Flat Number Three January 1934 Leslie S. Hiscott On the Air January 1934 Herbert Smith Keep It Quiet March 1934 Leslie S. Hiscott The Man I Want March 1934 Leslie S. Hiscott Passing Shadows May 1934 Leslie S. Hiscott Warn London May 1934 T. Hayes Hunter Without You July 1934 John Daumery Gay Love September 1934 Leslie S. Hiscott The Green Pack October 1934 T. Hayes Hunter Crazy People October 1934 Leslie S. Hiscott The Big Splash 1935 Leslie S. Hiscott Marry the Girl 1935 Maclean Rogers Charing Cross Road 1935 Albert de Courville Ten Minute Alibi January 1935 Bernard Vorhaus In Town Tonight January 1935 Herbert Smith The Case of Gabriel Perry May 1935 Albert de Courville Night Mail May 1935 Herbert Smith Line Engaged November 1935 Bernard Mainwaring The Happy Family 1936 Maclean Rogers It's You I Want 1936 Ralph Ince Jury's Evidence January 1936 Ralph Ince A Wife or Two January 1936 Maclean Rogers Soft Lights and Sweet Music February 1936 Herbert Smith They Didn't Know April 1936 Herbert Smith Sporting Love May 1936 J. Elder Wills The Interrupted Honeymoon June 1936 Leslie S. Hiscott Song of Freedom August 1936 J. Elder Wills Treachery on the High Seas December 1936 Emil E. Reinert Skylarks December 1936 Thornton Freeland A Romance in Flanders 1937 Maurice Elvey The Live Wire 1937 Herbert Brenon Leave It to Me 1937 Herbert Smith It's a Grand Old World January 1937 Herbert Smith Fine Feathers 1937 Leslie S. Hiscott Calling All Stars March 1937 Herbert Smith Big Fella April 1937 J. Elder Wills Melody and Romance December 1937 Maurice Elvey Around the Town 1938 Herbert Smith Blondes for Danger 1938 Jack Raymond Stardust March 1938 Melville W. BrownNo Parking July 1938 Jack Raymond I've Got a Horse September 1938 Herbert Smith The Return of the Frog November 1938 Maurice Elvey Old Iron December 1938 Tom Walls What a Man! December 1938 Edmond T. Gréville The Face at the Window April 1939 George King Home from Home April 1939 Herbert Smith Riding High December 1939 David MacDonald
1940s Title Release date Director All at Sea February 1940 Herbert Smith Crimes at the Dark House March 1940 George King The Chinese Bungalow April 1940 George King Under Your Hat September 1940 Maurice Elvey The Case of the Frightened Lady September 1940 George King You Will Remember February 1941 Jack Raymond Alibi August 1942 Brian Desmond Hurst In Which We Serve September 1942 Noël Coward, David Lean Tomorrow We Live April 1943 George King Candlelight in Algeria March 1944 George King A Girl in a Million October 1946 Francis Searle The Grand Escapade January 1947 John Baxter Code of Scotland Yard March 1947 George King White Cradle Inn March 1947 Harold French The Courtneys of Curzon Street April 1947 Herbert Wilcox A Man About the House October 1947 Leslie Arliss An Ideal Husband November 1947 Alexander Korda Mine Own Executioner November 1947 Anthony Kimmins Night Beat December 1947 Harold Huth Anna Karenina January 1948 Julien Duvivier Nothing Venture January 1948 John Baxter Call of the Blood February 1948 John Clements, Ladislao Vajda Spring in Park Lane March 1948 Herbert Wilcox House of Darkness October 1948 Oswald Mitchell The Fallen Idol Carol Reed Bonnie Prince Charlie Anthony Kimmins The Winslow Boy November 1948 Anthony Asquith The Small Voice Fergus McDonell Elizabeth of Ladymead December 1948 Herbert Wilcox Forbidden February 1949 George King The Last Days of Dolwyn April 1949 Emlyn Williams That Dangerous Age April 1949 Gregory Ratoff Saints and Sinners August 1949 Leslie Arliss The Third Man September 1949 Carol Reed Maytime in Mayfair Herbert Wilcox The Interrupted Journey October 1949 Daniel Birt Children of Chance Luigi Zampa The Cure for Love December 1949 Robert Donat
1950s Title Release date Director The Happiest Days of Your Life March 1950 Frank Launder The Angel with the Trumpet March 1950 Anthony Bushell Chance of a Lifetime April 1950 Bernard Miles My Daughter Joy August 1950 Gregory Ratoff State Secret September 1950 Sidney Gilliat Odette October 1950 Herbert Wilcox The Wooden Horse Jack Lee Seven Days to Noon Boulting Brothers Gone to Earth November 1950 Powell and Pressburger The Elusive Pimpernel November 1950 Powell and Pressburger The Naked Heart November 1950 Marc Allégret Into the Blue December 1950 Herbert Wilcox The Long Dark Hall February 1951 Reginald Beck, Anthony Bushell Flesh and Blood April 1951 Anthony Kimmins The Tales of Hoffmann Powell and Pressburger The Magic Box September 1951 Boulting Brothers The Lady with a Lamp Herbert Wilcox Lady Godiva Rides Again October 1951 Frank Launder Green Grow the Rushes November 1951 Derek Twist The Wonder Kid Karl Hartl Mr. Denning Drives North December 1951 Anthony Kimmins Outcast of the Islands January 1952 Carol Reed Sing Along with Me February 1952 Peter Graham Scott Home at Seven March 1952 Ralph Richardson Cry, the Beloved Country April 1952 Zoltan Korda Derby Day May 1952 Herbert Wilcox Who Goes There! June 1952 Anthony Kimmins The Sound Barrier July 1952 David Lean Folly to Be Wise December 1952 Frank Launder The Ringer December 1952 Guy Hamilton The Holly and the Ivy December 1952 George More O'Ferrall Moulin Rouge December 1952 John Huston The Story of Gilbert and Sullivan February 1953 Sidney Gilliat Appointment in London February 1953 Philip Leacock The Captain's Paradise June 1953 Anthony Kimmins The Beggar's Opera June 1953 Peter Brook Twice Upon a Time July 1953 Emeric Pressburger The Man Between October 1953 Carol Reed The Intruder October 1953 Guy Hamilton The Heart of the Matter November 1953 George More O'Ferrall The Stranger's Hand January 1954 Mario Soldati Front Page Story January 1954 Gordon Parry They Who Dare February 1954 Lewis Milestone An Inspector Calls March 1954 Guy Hamilton Eight O'Clock Walk Lance Comfort Bang! You're Dead Lance Comfort Devil on Horseback Cyril Frankel Conflict of Wings John Eldridge Hobson's Choice April 1954 David Lean Devil Girl from Mars May 1954 David MacDonald Malaga June 1954 Richard Sale Twist of Fate (1954 film) (U.S. Beautiful Stranger) July 1954 David Miller The Green Scarf August 1954 George More O'Ferrall The Angel Who Pawned Her Harp September 1954 Alan Bromly The Belles of St. Trinian's September 1954 Frank Launder The Teckman Mystery October 1954 Wendy Toye Orders Are Orders October 1954 David Paltenghi Aunt Clara November 1954 Anthony Kimmins The Colditz Story January 1955 Guy Hamilton The Man Who Loved Redheads February 1955 Harold French Raising a Riot February 1955 Wendy Toye Three Cases of Murder February 1955 Various The Love Match February 1955 David Paltenghi The Constant Husband April 1955 Sidney Gilliat Make Me an Offer May 1955 Cyril Frankel See How They Run June 1955 Leslie Arliss John and Julie July 1955 William Fairchild Stolen Assignment July 1955 Terence Fisher Geordie September 1955 Frank Launder King's Rhapsody October 1955 Herbert Wilcox Stolen Time October 1955 Charles Deane Josephine and Men November 1955 Boulting Brothers The Blue Peter November 1955 Wolf Rilla Alias John Preston December 1955 David MacDonald Fun at St. Fanny's December 1955 Maurice Elvey Private's Progress February 1956 Boulting Brothers The Secret Tent February 1956 Don Chaffey Doublecross February 1956 Anthony Squire The March Hare April 1956 George More O'Ferrall Charley Moon May 1956 Guy Hamilton Ramsbottom Rides Again John Baxter Pacific Destiny June 1956 Wolf Rilla My Teenage Daughter Herbert Wilcox Thunderstorm John Guillermin The Extra Day William Fairchild The Baby and the Battleship July 1956 Jay Lewis The Green Man September 1956 Robert Day, Basil Dearden A Hill in Korea September 1956 Julian Amyes Loser Takes All September 1956 Ken Annakin Stars in Your Eyes December 1956 Maurice Elvey The Passionate Stranger February 1957 Muriel Box Brothers in Law March 1957 Boulting Brothers Yangtse Incident April 1957 Michael Anderson The Smallest Show on Earth April 1957 Basil Dearden Second Fiddle June 1957 Maurice Elvey Lucky Jim September 1957 Boulting Brothers The Truth About Women October 1957 Muriel Box The Birthday Present October 1957 Pat Jackson Blue Murder at St Trinian's December 1957 Frank Launder The Man Who Wouldn't Talk January 1958 Herbert Wilcox Happy Is the Bride March 1958 Boulting Brothers Law and Disorder June 1958 Charles Crichton Orders to Kill July 1958 Anthony Asquith Next to No Time August 1958 Henry Cornelius Chain of Events September 1958 Gerald Thomas The Man Upstairs Don Chaffey Behind the Mask October 1958 Brian Desmond Hurst Virgin Island October 1958 Pat Jackson Sally's Irish Rogue November 1958 George Pollock The Solitary Child December 1958 Gerald Thomas Passport to Shame February 1959 Alvin Rakoff Danger Within Don Chaffey Subway in the Sky Muriel Box Make Mine a Million John Baxter Model for Murder Terry Bishop Broth of a Boy George Pollock Carlton-Browne of the F.O. March 1959 Boulting Brothers Left Right and Centre June 1959 Sidney Gilliat The Treasure of San Teresa July 1959 Alvin Rakoff The Bridal Path August 1959 Frank Launder I'm All Right Jack August 1959 Boulting Brothers Jet Storm September 1959 Cy Endfield Friends and Neighbours November 1959 Gordon Parry Expresso Bongo December 1959 Val Guest
1960s