Top Canadian Films

The telling of an Inuit legend of an evil spirit causing strife in the community and one warrior's endurance and battle of its menace.

Twins journey to the Middle East to discover their family history and fulfill their mother's last wishes.

A couple have a fight over a scrabble game unaware that a full scale nuclear war has started.

The industrialization of Montreal (Canada), as seen from the point of view of a rocking-chair.

A fact-based account of ordinary citizens who found themselves arrested and imprisoned without charge for weeks during the October Crisis in 1970 Quebec.

A bus crash in a small town brings a lawyer to defend the families, but he discovers everything isn't what it seems.

The story of a shepherd's single handed quest to re-forest a barren valley.

Twin gynecologists take full advantage of the fact that nobody can tell them apart, until their relationship begins to deteriorate over a woman.

At the instigation of the filmmakers, the young men of the Ile-aux-Coudres in the middle of the St-Lawrence River try as a memorial to their ancestors to revive the fishing of the belugas interrupted in 1924.

A dramatization of the 1989 Montréal Massacre, during which several female engineering students were murdered by an unstable misogynist.

A dramatized documentary about the political and engineering struggle to build Canada's first trans-continental railway.

A scientist chooses a wealthy man over her two lovers but must heal the earth's core to save humanity.

In the 17th century, a Jesuit missionary nicknamed Black Robe by the natives and his small party of companions try reaching the Huron tribe in Canada all while facing mistrust, Iroquois warring parties and harsh winter conditions.

Calgary, 1909. An Englishman moves to the Canadian frontier, but is singularly unsuited to it. His letters home are much sunnier than the reality. Intertitles compare his fate to that of a comet.

Zachary is confused about his sexuality and is in conflict with his Catholic upbringing which alienates his parents. Forcing himself to like girls, Zachary also has to cope with his older brothers, who don't make his life any easier.

A collection of vignettes highlighting different aspects of the life, work, and character of the acclaimed Canadian classical pianist.

During his final days, a dying man is reunited with old friends, former lovers, his ex-wife, and his estranged son.

On the final night of his life, Dec. 31, 1952, country music legend Hank Williams imagines himself giving a New Year's Eve performance in a small bar, with his comments to the audience reflecting upon his life.

Two friends leave the picturesque yet rural province of Nova Scotia for the nightlife and culture of Toronto. They soon end up wistful and nostalgic about Nova Scotia though after finding out that Toronto isn't as fun as they'd hoped.

A car crash victim suddenly finds himself turned on by car accidents and becomes involved with an underground sub-culture of like-minded souls.

A Canadian aboriginal woman journeys to the Arctic in search of a missing member of her tribe, and falls in love with a man from a rival clan.

Inspired by the John Ford film The Searchers, an Inuit woman and her daughter are kidnapped by three Inuit men, while her husband and son are away. The Inuit husband sets out on a journey to find his family and punish the perpetrators.

A short illustrating a traditional Canadian folk song about a woman's admiration for the agility for her boyfriend, the log driver.

A concert pianist prepares to begin his practising for a major concert coming up. Unfortunately, he has this procrastination problem that prevents him from getting any serious time done, even when his frustration with it literally driving him into a frenzy.

A film account about the military 1990 siege of a Native American reserve near Oka, Quebec, Canada and its causes.