Films produced in Sri Lanka in the 1940s.
1947 edit
| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1947 | ||||||
| Kadawunu Poronduwa | Jyotish Sinha | Rukmani Devi, B. A. W. Jayamanne, Peter Peiris, Miriam Jayamanne, Hugo Fernando, Stanley Mallawarachchi, Eddie Jayamanne, Jemini Kantha | Drama | Screened on 21 January. First Sri Lankan Movie to be made in Sinhala language. | ||
| Asokamala | T. R. Gopu Shanthi Kumar |
Shanthi Kumar, Emalin Dibulana, Michael Sannasliyanage, Herbie Seneviratne, Don Edward, Austin Abeysekera, Michael Rodrigo | Drama | Released on 10 April. | ||
1948 edit
| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1948 | ||||||
| Kapati Arakshakaya | Jyotish Sinha K. Subramaniam |
Christy De Mel, Rukmani Devi, Eddie Jayamanne, Bertram Fernando, Herbie Seneviratne, B. A. W. Jayamanne, Jemini Kantha | Thriller | Released on 23 February. | ||
| Divya Premaya | N. P. Javeri | Luman Rajapaksha, Srimathi Karunadevi, Robert Perera, Simon Silva, Peter Siriwardene | Romance | Released on 22 May. | ||
| Veradunu Kurumanama | Jyotish Sinha | B. A. W. Jayamanne, Rukmani Devi, Lalitha Kumari, Jemini Kantha, Herbie Seneviratne, Eddie Jayamanne, Bertram Fernando, B. S. Perera | Thriller | Released on 3 December. | ||
1949 edit
| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1949 | ||||||
| Amma | Sirisena Wimalaweera | D.R. Nanayakkara, Pearl Vasudevi, Eddie Junior, N. R. Dias, S. H. Jothipala | Drama | Released on 19 August. | ||
| Peralena Iranama | Jyotish Sinha | Eddie Jayamanne, Rukmani Devi, Aruna Shanthi, Mark Samaranayake, Mabel Blythe | Drama | Released on 20 October. | ||