🇨🇦 FILMS - O CANADA ❗= letterbox ⓒ = criterion 🔪 = horror 🌏= foreign ♻️ = rewatch 🔕 = silent 🎄= holiday ⭐= priority 🤪= psychotronic ❤️ = liked 🎖️= Ebert great Movies primarily set in Canada, about Canadians, primarily intended to represent Canadian culture, or films shot in Canada, directed and/or written by Canadians, financed with Canadian money? https://letterboxd.com/zackjmosley/list/canadian-films/ Watched so far -------------------------------------- - [x] Goin' Down the Road (1970) - [x] The Mask (1961) ❤️ - [x] The Pyx (1973) - [x] Cannibal Girls (1973) - [x] Rock & Rule (1983) - [x] Crime Wave (1985) - [x] Kissed (1996) ❤️ - [x] The Wrong Guy (1997) - [x] Naked Lunch (1991) - [x] My Old Ass (2024) - [x] Strange Brew (1983) - [x] The Saddest Music in the World (2003) - [x] The Heart of the World (2000) ❤️ - [x] Siege (1983) ❤️ - [x] Bon Cop Bad Cop (2006) - [x] Last Night (1998) - [x] Double Happiness (1994) - [x] Visiting Hours (1982) - [x] Things (1989) - [x] Dracula: Pages from a Virgin's Diary (2002) - [x] Wavelength (1967) - [x] Cowards Bend the Knee (2003) ❤️ - [x] Sudden Fury (1975) - [x] Brand Upon the Brain! (2006) ❤️ - [x] Blood and Donuts (1995) - [x] Mynarski Death Plummet (2014) ❤️ - [x] 21-87 (1963) - [x] Eureka (1983) - [x] Heavy Metal (1981) - [x] Seeds (2024) - [x] Top of the Food Chain (1999) - [x] Archangel (1990) - [x] Tales from the Gimli Hospital (1988) - [x] The Twentieth Century (2019) - [x] Funeral Home (1980) - [x] Murder By Phone (1982) - [x] Death Ship (1980) - [x] Loops (1940) - [x] Dots (1940) - [x] Boogie-Doodle (1941) - [x] Hen Hop (1942) - [x] Pen Point Percussion (1951) - [x] Pas de Deux (1968) - [x] Begone Dull Care (1949) - [x] Synchromy (1971) - [x] Cathy’s Curse (1977) - [x] Computer Hearts (2014) - [x] Stereo (Tile 3B of a CAEE Educational Mosaic) (1969) - [x] The Tesla World Light (2017) - [x] Crimes of the Future (1970) - [x] The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane (1976) - [x] Incubus (1982) - [x] My Winnipeg (2008) - [x] A History of Violence (2005) - [x] Pontypool (2008) ♻️ - [x] Rhymes for Young Ghouls (2013) - [x] Universal Language (2024) - [x] Rumours (2024) - [x] Possible Worlds (2000) - [x] I’ve Heard the Mermaids Singing (1997) - [x] 49th Parallel (1941) - [x] The Forbidden Room (2015) - [x] The Sweet Hereafter (1997) - [x] You Are on Indian Land (1969) - [x] Crimes of the Future (2022) - [x] Spider (2002) - [x] Fubar (2002) - [x] Hard Core Logo (1996) - [x] Enemy (2013) - [x] My Dad Is 100 Years Old (2005) - [x] The Adjuster (1991) - [x] Polytechnique (2009) - [x] Red Rooms (2023) - [x] The Nest (2013) - [x] Next Floor (2008) - [x] Kookies (2016) - [x] The Dirties (2013) - [x] The Saddest Boy in the World (2006) - [x] BlackBerry (2023) - [x] The Archivists (2020) - [x] Jesus of Montreal (1989) - [x] Highway 61 (1991) - [x] Paperback Hero (1973) - [x] Skip Tracer (1977) - [x] Why Shoot the Teacher? (1977) - [x] Death of a Lumberjack (1973) - [x] My Uncle Antoine (1971) - [x] Léolo (1992) - [x] C.R.A.Z.Y. (2005) - [x] Les Orders (1974) - [x] Incendies (2010) - [x] The Cat Came Back (1988) - [x] The Sweater (1980) TIFF Top 10 All Time --------------------------------------------- - [x] Goin' Down the Road (1970) - 88m 7.3 ⭐ - [x] My Uncle Antoine (1971) 7.4 104m ⓒ❗🌏⭐🎄🎖️- crit - [x] Léolo (1992) 107m 7.4 🌏🎖️❗ - [x] Les Orders (1974) 🌏8.0 109m - [x] C.R.A.Z.Y. (2005) 126m 7.8 ⭐🌏- max - [ ] Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner (2001) 172m 7.4 ⭐ - [x] Jesus of Montreal (1989) 7.5 120m 🌏⭐ - [x] The Sweet Hereafter (1997) 112m 7.4 ⭐- crit - [x] My Winnipeg (2008) 80m 7.5 ⓒ ⭐ - [ ] The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz (1974) 120m 6.7 ⭐ - [ ] The Decline of the American Empire (1986) 101m 🌏 ⭐ - [ ] Good Riddance (1980) 🌏 - [x] The Adjuster (1991) 6.6 102m - crit ⭐ - [x] I’ve Heard the Mermaids Singing (1997) ⭐ 6.7 81m kino - [ ] The True Nature of Bernadette (1972) 115m 7.5 🌏 - [x] The Grey Fox (1983) - [x] Dead Ringers (1988) Guy Maddin (kind of like David Lynch of Canada) --------------------------------------------- - [x] Tales from the Gimli Hospital (1988) 72m 6.6 ⭐ - [x] Archangel (1990) 82m 6.3❗🤪 ⭐ - [ ] Careful (1992) 100m 7.0 🤪 - [ ] Twilight of the Ice Nymphs (1997) 5.8 91m - [x] The Heart of the World (2000) 6m 7.6 ⭐ - [x] Dracula: Pages from a Virgin's Diary (2002) 6.8 73m 🔪 ⭐ 🔕 - [x] Cowards Bend the Knee (2003) 6.9 ⭐ 60m 🔕 - [x] The Saddest Music in the World (2003) 7.0 100m ⭐ - [x] My Dad Is 100 Years Old (2005) 17m - [x] Brand Upon the Brain! (2006) 7.3 95m ⓒ ⭐ - [x] My Winnipeg (2008) 80m 7.5 ⓒ ⭐ - [x] The Forbidden Room (2015) 6.2 128m ⭐ - [ ] Bring Me the Head of Tim Horton (2015) 30m 7.5 - [ ] Green Fog (2017) 62m 6.9 - [x] Rumours (2024) 104m 5.0 Denis Villeneuve --------------------------------------------- - [ ] August 32nd on Earth (1998) 6.5 88m - [ ] Maelström (2000) 🌏 88m 6.7 - [x] Next Floor (2008) 12m - [x] Polytechnique (2009) 7.2 87m 🌏⭐ - [x] Incendies (2010) ❗🌏 8.3 131m - [ ] Prisoners (2013) 8.2 153m - [x] Enemy (2013) 6.9 91m ⭐ - [ ] Sicario (2015) 7.7 121m - [x] Arrival (2016) 7.9 - [x] Blade Runner 2049 (2017) 8.0 - [x] Dune (2021) 8.0 - [x] Dune: Part 2 (2024) 8.5 David Cronenberg --------------------------------------------- - [x] Stereo (Tile 3B of a CAEE Educational Mosaic) (1969) 5.1 65m - crit ⭐ - [x] Crimes of the Future (1970) ⭐ 4.7 63m - crit - [x] Shivers (1975) - [x] Rabid (1977) - [ ] Fast Company (1979) 5.4 91m - [x] The Brood (1979) - [x] Scanners (1981) - [x] Videodrome (1983) - [x] The Dead Zone (1983) - [x] The Fly (1986) - [x] Dead Ringers (1988) - [x] Naked Lunch (1991) 6.9 115m ⓒ🤪⭐ - [ ] M. Butterfly (1993) 6.7 101m - [x] Crash (1996) - [x] Existenz (1999) - [x] Spider (2002) 6.7 98m ⭐ - [x] A History of Violence (2005) 7.4 96m ⭐ - [ ] Eastern Promise (2007) 7.6 100m ⭐ - [ ] A Dangerous Method (2011) 6.4 99m - [ ] Cosmopolis (2012) 5.1 109m - [x] The Nest (2013) 10m - [ ] Maps to the Stars (2014) 6.2 111m - [x] Crimes of the Future (2022) 5.8 107m ⭐🔪 - Hulu / Disney - [x] The Shrouds (2024) 119m 6.0 ⭐🔪 Brandon Cronenberg --------------------------------------------- - [ ] Antiviral (2012) 4.7 108m 🔪 - [x] Possessor (2020) - [x] Infinity Pool (2023) Atom Egoyan --------------------------------------------- - [ ] Family Viewing (1987) - [x] The Adjuster (1991) 6.6 102m - crit ⭐ - [x] Exotica (1994) - [x] The Sweet Hereafter (1997) 112m 7.4 ⭐- crit - [x] Remember (2015) Matthew Rankin --------------------------------------------- - [x] The Twentieth Century (2019) 90m 6.9 ⭐ - [x] Universal Language (2024) 89m 6.9 🌏⭐ - offbeat homage to Iranian cinema - [x] Mynarski Death Plummet (2014) 8m ⭐ - crit - [x] The Tesla World Light (2017) 8m - [ ] Municipal Relaxation Module (2022) 6m Jeff Barnaby ------------- - [ ] The Colony (2007) 24m - [x] Rhymes for Young Ghouls (2013) 88m 6.5 - first people crime drama - [x] Blood Quantum (2019) Quebec --------------------------------------------- - [x] Bon Cop Bad Cop (2006) 6.7 117m 🌏 - bilingual buddy-cop action film ⭐ - [x] Polytechnique (2009) 7.2 87m 🌏⭐ - cineverse - [x] Jesus of Montreal (1989) 7.5 120m 🌏⭐ - [x] My Uncle Antoine (1971) 7.4 104m ⓒ❗🌏⭐🎄- crit - [x] Léolo (1992) 107m 🌏🎖️❗ - [x] Les Orders (1974) 🌏 - [x] C.R.A.Z.Y. (2005) 126m 7.8 ⭐🌏- max - [x] Incendies (2010) 131m 8.3❗🌏⭐ - [ ] Les Boys (1997) 107m 6.7 ⭐🌏 - adult mighty ducks - [ ] The Decline of the American Empire (1986) 101m 🌏 ⭐ 7.1 - [x] Red Rooms (2023) 118m 7.1 🔪🌏❗⭐ - [ ] Mommy (2014) 138m 🌏 8.0 139m - [ ] The True Nature of Bernadette (1972) 115m 7.5 🌏 - [x] Viking (2022) 🌏 104m 6.8 - [ ] The Beast (2023) 146m 6.5 - [ ] Maelström (2000) 🌏 88m 6.7 - [ ] Good Riddance (1980) 🌏 - [ ] Ravenous (2017) 5.8 104m 🔪🌏 - [ ] Peak Everything (2025) 🌏 6.8 100m - [x] Death of a Lumberjack (1973) 115m 7.3 Canadian Rom-com --------------------------------------------- - [x] Double Happiness (1994) 87m 7.1 ⭐ - prime - [ ] What If (2013) 98m 6.8 ⭐ - [ ] The Grand Seduction (2013) 112m 7.0 ⭐ - [ ] Breakfast with Scot (2007) 95m 6.7 French-Canadian sex comedies dubbed "maple syrup porn" and other Canadian Sex Comedies --------------------------------------------- - [ ] Valérie (1969) 95m - Quebec's first "nudie"film - [ ] Deux femmes en or aka "Two Women In Gold" (1970) 4.7 - [ ] L'initiation (1970) - [ ] Heads or Tails (1971) - [ ] Year of the Carnivore (2009) 88m 5.7 Canadian "loser" / hoser cinema --------------------------------------------- - [x] Goin' Down the Road (1970) - 88m 7.3 most Canadian of all the Canadian films to come out of Canada; Canadian Easy Rider ⭐ - [x] Strange Brew (1983) 90m 6.6 ⭐ - [x] Fubar (2002) 80m 6.8 ⭐ - [ ] Fubar II (2010) 85m 6.5 ⭐ - [x] Hard Core Logo (1996) 92m 7.2 ⭐ - [x] Paperback Hero (1973) 93m 5.9 ⭐ - [x] Highway 61 (1991) 102m 7.0 ⭐🤪 - [ ] Blood & Guts (1978) 94m Melissa Recs --------------------------------------------- - [ ] Away from Her (2006) 7.5 110m - [ ] Take this Waltz (2011) 6.5 116m ⭐ - [x] Log Drivers Waltz (1979) 3m 7.1 - [x] My Old Ass (2024) 89m 6.9 Norman McLaren --------------------------------------------- - [x] Loops (1940) - [x] Dots (1940) - [x] Boogie-Doodle (1941) - [x] Hen Hop (1942) - [x] Pen Point Percussion (1951) - [x] Neighbours (1952) - [x] Pas de Deux (1968) - [x] Begone Dull Care (1949) - [x] Synchromy (1971) Shorts --------------------------------------------- - [x] Log Drivers Waltz (1979) 3m 7.1 ⭐ - [x] The Heart of the World (2000) 6m 7.6 ⭐ - [x] 21-87 (1963) 10m - influence on George Lucas’s Star Wars and his conceptualization of “The Force.” ⭐ - [x] Mynarski Death Plummet (2014) 8m ⭐ - crit - [x] Loops (1940) - [x] Dots (1940) - [x] Boogie-Doodle (1941) - [x] Hen Hop (1942) - [x] Pen Point Percussion (1951) - [x] Pas de Deux (1968) - [x] Begone Dull Care (1949) - [x] Synchromy (1971) - [x] Computer Hearts (2014) 38m 6.7 ⭐ - [x] The Tesla World Light (2017) 8m - [x] You Are on Indian Land (1969) 37m 7.1⭐ - [x] The Sweater (1980) 10m ⭐ - [x] My Dad Is 100 Years Old (2005) 17m - [x] The Nest (2013) 10m - [x] Next Floor (2008) 11m - [ ] Bring Me the Head of Tim Horton (2015) 30m - [ ] Green Room 13m - [x] Dead Cat (2023) 13m 7.1 🌏 - [ ] The Man Who Planted Trees (1987) 30m - [ ] The Milkman Cometh (1988) 19m - [ ] Terminus (2007) 8m - [x] The Saddest Boy in the World (2006) 13m - [ ] My Financial Career (1962) 7m - [x] Bambi Meets Godzilla (1969) 2m - [x] Neighbours (1952) - [x] Treevenge (2008) 16m About Canada but not by Canada --------------------------------------------- - [x] Eureka (1983) 130m - crit ⭐ - [x] 49th Parallel (1941) Powell crit 122m Rewatch --------------------------------------------- - [x] Pontypool (2008) ♻️⭐ 6.5 93m Cult / Canuxploitation --------------------------------------------- - [x] The Mask 1961 5.8 83m 🔪🤪 ⭐ - [x] The Pyx (1973) 🔪 108m 5.4 🤪⭐ - [x] Cannibal Girls (1973) 4.6 84m 🤪 - [x] Rock & Rule (1983) 77m 🤪 ⭐ - [x] Crime Wave (1985) 6.7 80m 🤪⭐ - [x] Siege (1983) 84m 6.6 🔪🤪⭐ - [x] Visiting Hours (1982) 105m 5.7 - [x] Things (1989) 84m 2.9 🔪🤪 ⭐ - worst movie ever? - [x] Sudden Fury (1975) 92m 6.6 - Canadian BLOOD SIMPLE ⭐ - [x] Blood and Donuts (1995) 🔪 89m 5.9 - [x] Heavy Metal (1981) 🤪 6.6 86m - [x] Funeral Home (1980) 93m 5.1 - [x] Murder By Phone (1982) 5.4 95m - kills people with sound over phone lines - [x] Death Ship (1980) 91m 4.8 🔪 - ghost nazi ship - [x] Cathy’s Curse (1977) 82m 4.5 - Canadian exorcist cinev - [x] The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane (1976) 7.0 91m 🤪 - [x] Incubus (1982) 93m 5.5 🔪 🤪 plex - [ ] Rituals (1977) 99m 6.2 🔪🤪 - Canadian Deliverance? cine - [x] Deranged (1974) - 84m 6.3 Canadian Psycho - [ ] The Vindicator (1986) 4.9 93m 🤪 - Canadian robocop (before robocop) - [ ] Heavenly Bodies (1984) 90m 5.3 🤪 - Canadian Flashdance - [ ] Class of 1984 (1982) 98m 6.5 🤪 - [ ] Fireballs (1989) 4.0 88m - [ ] Defcon-4 (1985) 88m 4.5 🤪 - [ ] The House by the Lake (1976) 6.0 87m 🔪🤪 - [ ] Rock n Roll Nightmare (1987) 3.8 - [ ] Tiger Claws (1992) 5.4 92m - Cynthia rothrock 🤪 - [ ] Evil Judgment (1984) 5.2 93m - [ ] Gutterballs (2008) 96m 4.5 - [ ] Jesus Christ Vampire Hunter (2001) - [ ] Corpse Eaters (1974) 61m 4.1 - [ ] Night Trackers (1987) 5.9 - [ ] Overdrawn at the Memory Bank (1984) 83m 2.3 Matt Johnson --------------------------------------------- - [x] BlackBerry (2023) 120m hulu 7.3 ⭐ - [x] The Dirties (2013) 83m 6.8 Misc --------------------------------------------- - [x] Last Night (1998) 94m 7.1 ❗⭐ - [x] Kissed (1996) 74m 6.8 ⭐ - [x] The Wrong Guy (1997) 92m 6.8 ⭐ - [x] Wavelength (1967) 45m ❗⭐ - [x] My Old Ass (2024) 89m 6.9 ⭐ - [x] The Reflecting Skin (1990) 96m 6.7 🔪🤪⭐ - "Blue Velvet with children" - [x] Seeds (2024) - 82m 5.0 dl ⭐🔪 - [x] Top of the Food Chain (1999) 99m 6.2 ⭐ - YouTube - [x] Possible Worlds (2000) 93m 6.6 ⭐ - [x] Why Shoot the Teacher? (1977) 100m 6.9 ⭐ - [ ] Beauty Day (2011) 92m 7.3 - [ ] Thirty Two Short Films About Glenn Gould (1993) - [ ] Whispering City (1947) - Canadian noir 98m 6.2 / La forteresse (1947) - [ ] Men with Brooms (2002) 102m 5.9 ⭐ - [ ] Chicks With Sticks (2004) 96m 5.1 - [ ] Warrendale (1967) 103m - [ ] Seagrass (2023) - [ ] Black Robe (1991) 101m 7.1 - [ ] Vic + Flo Saw a Bear (2012) - [ ] Isabel (1968) 🔪 - [ ] The Bitter Ash (1963) - [ ] The Body Remembers When the World Broke Open (2019) ❗ - [ ] It’s All Gone Pete Tong (2004) - [ ] Manufactured Landscapes (2006) - [ ] Rolling Vengeance (1987) - [ ] The Peanut Butter Solution (1985) - [ ] Sweet Movie - [ ] Thrillkill (1984) 96m 4.3 - [ ] Deadline (1980) 5.6 90m - [ ] Ghost Keeper (1981) 5.0 - [ ] American Gothic (1987) - [ ] Decoys (2004) 4.7 - [ ] The Trotsky (2009) - [ ] Trailer Park Boys (1999) - [ ] Death Weekend (1976) - [ ] American Nightmare (1983) - [ ] 88 (2014) - [ ] Wilby Wonderful (2004) - [ ] Gunless (2010) - [ ] White Lie (2019) 6.6 96m - [ ] Freaks (2019) 105m 6.7 Netflix - [ ] Ally was Screaming (2014) - [x] Pontypool (2008) - [x] Pin (1998) - [x] Goon (2011) - [x] Humanist Vampire Seeking Consenting Suicidal Person (2023) - [x] Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (2010) - [x] Tucker and Dale vs Evil (2010) - [x] Canadian Bacon (1995) 5.9 91m - [x] Ginger Snaps (2000) - [x] Black Christmas (1974) - [x] The Pit (1981) - [x] My Bloody Valentine (1981) - [x] Cube (1997) - [x] Scanners (1981) - [x] WolfCop (2014) - [x] Blood Quantum (2019) - [x] Clear Cut - [x] Silent Partner - [x] Kid Detective (2020) - [x] Quest for Fire (1981) - [x] Porky's (1982) - [x] The Red Violin - [x] Deathdream (1974) - [x] Room (2015) - [x] Smoke Signals - [x] Skinamarink (2022) - [x] Beyond the Black Rainbow (2010) - [x] Juno (2007) - [x] Metaballs (1979) - [x] Turning Red (2022) - [x] I Confess (1953) - [x] Hobo with a Shotgun (2011) - [x] Psycho Goreman (2020) Famous Canadian Directors * David Cronenberg * Guy Maddin * Atom Egoyan * Denis Villeneuve * Brandon Cronenberg Duality of Canadian cinema - "two nations"; US popular culture continues to preoccupy English-Canadian; Quebecois filmmakers w/ different cultural contexts; Due to language and cultural differences between the predominantly francophone population of Quebec and the predominantly anglophone population of the rest of Canada, Quebec's film industry is commonly regarded as a distinct entity from its English Canadian counterpart. Canuxploitation refers to a genre of low-budget films produced in Canada, particularly during the 1970s and 1980s, often taking advantage of government tax incentives. The 51 Best Canadian Films of All Time https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/best-canadian-films/ Why The Hell Don’t We Watch Canadian Cinema? https://web.archive.org/web/20200303120057/https://filmtrap.com/why-the-hell-dont-we-watch-canadian-cinema/ https://letterboxd.com/somethingcool/list/one-hundred-years-of-canadian-cinema https://letterboxd.com/conchobhar/list/canadiana-a-comprehensive-list-of-canada/ https://letterboxd.com/zackjmosley/list/top-200-canadian-films/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canada%27s_Top_Ten https://archive.org/details/wavelength-michael-snow-1967 https://www.canuxploitation.com Canuxploitation: The Primer https://www.canuxploitation.com/article/primer.html Film production started in Canada as early as 1897, but Canadian producers and directors took an early backseat to Hollywood. By 1914, Americans had already made about 100 films in or about Canada, establishing themselves as the largest producer of Canadian culture at the time. Some of these films, popularly called North Woods Dramas, were made by Canadians as well. the tax shelter era came to a bust in the early 1980s The National Film Board of Canada (NFB) was originally formed in 1939 to produce war propaganda. French-Canadian sex comedies dubbed "maple syrup porn" Canadian "loser" cinema Porky's is the highest-grossing Canadian film of all time with slightly over $111 million Canadian Film Day = April 15, 2026 Majority of popular Canadian comedy tends to focus on the monotony of small town and the trouble you can get into when there’s nothing to do Hoser (hōz ´әr): noun. 1. A clumsy, boorish person, especially an uncouth, beer-drinking man often clothed in a flannel lumberjack coat, Kodiak boots and a toque. Canadian Television - [x] Letterkenny - [x] Shoresy - [ ] The Sticky - [ ] North of North - Netflix? https://www.canuxploitation.com Into the past : the cinema of Guy Maddin https://archive.org/details/intopastcinemaof0000bear/page/n7/mode/2up Canadian Snacks ordered - [ ] Hawkins Cheezies x 4 - [ ] Coffee Crisp x 4 - [ ] Big Turk Chocolate Bars x 4 - [ ] Hickory Sticks - [ ] Old Dutch Ketchup - [ ] Old Dutch All Dressed - [ ] Ruffles All Dressed Alberta AB Edmonton Calgary British Columbia BC Victoria Vancouver Manitoba MB Winnipeg New Brunswick NB Fredericton Moncton Newfoundland and Labrador NL St. John's Nova Scotia NS Halifax Ontario ON Toronto Prince Edward Island PE Charlottetown Quebec QC Quebec City Montreal Saskatchewan SK Regina Saskatoon Hollywood North is a colloquialism used to describe film production industries and/or film locations north of its namesake, Hollywood, California. The term has been applied principally to the film industry in Canada, specifically to the cities Toronto and Vancouver. "If you love movies in the very sinews of your imagination, you should experience the work of Guy Maddin." S