| Title |
Director |
Cast |
Genre |
Notes |
| 1981 |
Ricardo Trogi |
Jean-Carl Boucher, Claudio Colangelo, Sandrine Bisson |
Drama |
Prix Jutra – Supporting Actress (Bisson). |
| 5150 Elm's Way |
Éric Tessier |
René-Daniel Dubois, Marc-André Grondin |
Drama, Thriller |
Based on the novel 5150, rue des ormes |
| Act of God |
Jennifer Baichwal |
Paul Auster, Dannion Brinkley |
Documentary |
|
| Amreeka |
Cherien Dabis |
Nisreen Faour, Melkar Muallem, Hiam Abbass, Alia Shawkat |
Immigrant family drama |
Cannes Film Festival – International Critics Prize; Canada-Kuwait co-production |
| The Baby Formula |
Alison Reid |
Angela Vint, Megan Fahlenbock |
Mockumentary |
|
| Cadavres |
Éric Canuel |
Patrick Huard, Julie LeBreton, Sylvie Boucher, Christopher Heyerdahl |
Black comedy |
Prix Jutra – Makeup |
| Cairo Time |
Ruba Nadda |
Patricia Clarkson, Alexander Siddig, Elena Anaya, Amina Annabi, Tom McCamus |
Romance |
TIFF – Best Canadian Feature; Canada-Ireland-Egypt co-production |
| Chloe |
Atom Egoyan |
Liam Neeson, Julianne Moore, Amanda Seyfried, Max Thieroit |
Sexual drama |
A Canada-France co-production made with U.S. financing; screenplay by Erin Cressida Wilson (based on the screenplay of the 2003 film Nathalie by Anne Fontaine). |
| Cooking with Stella |
Richie Mehta |
Don McKellar, Lisa Ray, Seema Biswas, Vanesh Bhardwaj, Shriya Saran |
Drama |
Canada-India co-production |
| Danse macabra |
Pedro Pires |
|
Dance short based on a idea by Robert Lepage |
Genie Award – Live-Action Short; Prix Jutra – Short Film; TIFF – Best Canadian Short |
| Dede through the mists |
Jean-Philippe Duval |
Sébastien Ricard, Joseph Mesiano, Dimitri Storoge, Benedicte Decary |
Biodrama |
About the life of Dédé Fortin, the front man for the band Les Colocs; Prix Jutra – Actor (Ricard), Art Direction, Costumes, Musical Score |
| Defendor |
Peter Stebbings |
Woody Harrelson, Elias Koteas, Kat Dennings, Sandra Oh, Clark Johnson, Lisa Ray |
Drama |
Genie Award – Honourable Mention |
| Father and Guns (French title:De père en flic) |
Émile Gaudreault |
Michel Côté, Louis-José Houde, Caroline Dhavernas, Rémy Girard |
Comedy |
Golden Reel Award |
| Fig Trees |
John Greyson |
|
Documentary on AIDS in Africa |
Berlin Film Festival- Teddy Award |
| Finding Farley |
Leanne Allison |
|
Documentary |
Cross-Canada trek to meet Farley Mowat |
| A Hard Name |
Alan Zweig |
|
Documentary |
Best feature-length documentary, Genie Awards |
| The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus |
Terry Gilliam |
Christopher Plummer, Tom Waits, Lily Cole, Heath Ledger, Jude Law, Colin Farrell, Johnny Depp |
Fantasy drama |
Academy Award nominations for costumes and art direction; Canada-U.K.-France co-production |
| Invisible City |
Hubert Davis |
|
Documentary |
Best Canadian Feature, Hot Docs |
| J'ai tué ma mère (English title: I Killed My Mother) |
Xavier Dolan |
Xavier Dolan, Anne Dorval, François Arnaud, Suzanne Clément |
Drama |
Xavier Dolan's first feature |
| Last Train Home |
Lixin Fan |
|
Documentary |
Genie Award – Documentary; Prix Jutra – Documentary |
| Leslie, My Name Is Evil |
Reginald Harkema |
Kristen Hager, Gregory Smith, Ryan Robbins, Tracy Wright, Don McKellar |
drama |
|
| Lost Song |
Rodrigue Jean |
Suzie LeBlanc |
Drama |
TIFF – Best Canadian Feature |
| Love and Savagery |
John N. Smith |
Allan Hawco, Sarah Greene, Martha Burns |
Romantic drama |
Genie Award – Supporting Actress (Burns); screenplay by Des Walsh; Canada-Ireland co-production |
| The Master Key (Grande Ourse: La Clé des possibles) |
Patrice Sauvé |
Marc Messier, Normand Daneau, Fanny Mallette |
Science fiction/fantasy |
|
| Mothers and Daughters |
Carl Bessai |
Tantoo Cardinal, Gabriel Rose, Babz Chula, Camille Sullivan, Tinsel Korey |
Drama |
|
| The Necktie |
Jean-François Lévesque |
|
National Film Board animated short |
Prix Jutra – Animated Short |
| Night Mayor |
Guy Maddin |
Nihad Ademi |
Short |
Best Experimental Short, South by Southwest |
| Mr. Nobody |
Jaco Van Dormael |
Sarah Polley, Jared Leto, Diane Kruger, Rhys Ifans |
Science fiction film |
Belgium-Canada-France-Germany co-production; most expensive Belgian film to date |
| Polytechnique |
Denis Villeneuve |
Maxim Gaudette, Sebastien Huberdeau, Karine Vanasse |
Drama |
Based on a true story on the École Polytechnique massacre |
| Prom Night in Mississippi |
Paul Saltzman |
|
Documentary |
|
| Reel Injun |
Neil Diamond |
Adam Beach, Sacheen Littlefeather, Russell Means |
Documentary |
History of American Indians in cinema; Peabody Award winner |
| Robe de guerre |
Michèle Cournoyer |
|
National Film Board animated short |
Prix Jutra – Animated Short |
| Runaway |
Cordell Barker |
|
National Film Board animated short |
Genie Award – Animated Short |
| The Spine |
Chris Landreth |
Gordon Pinsent, Alberta Watson (voices) |
Computer animation |
Follow-up to Landreth's Oscar-winning Ryan |
| Survival of the Dead |
George A. Romero |
Alan Van Spring, Kenneth Welsh, Devon Bostik, Richard Fitzpatrick |
Zombie horror |
Made with U.S. financing |
| The Timekeeper |
Louis Bélanger |
Craig Olejnik, Roy Dupuis, Stephen McHattie, Gary Farmer |
Drama |
|
| Trailer Park Boys: Countdown to Liquor Day |
Mike Clattenburg |
Robb Wells, John Paul Tremblay, Mike Smith |
Comedy |
|
| The Trotsky |
Jacob Tierney |
Jay Baruchel, Emily Hampshire |
|
Genie Awards – Screenplay, Song |
| Walled In |
Gilles Paquet-Brenner |
Mischa Barton, Cameron Bright, Deborah Kara Unger |
Horror, Thriller |
Canada-France co-production made with U.S. financing |
| Waterlife |
Kevin McMahon |
narrated by Gordon Downie |
Documentary produced with the National Film Board |
|
| The Wild Hunt |
Alexandre Franchi |
Mark Krupa, Ricky Mabe, Kaniehtiio Horn |
Drama |
TIFF – Best Canadian First Feature; Sundance Film Festival – Audience Award |
