Some Distinctly Canadian Movies

Back to God's Country (1919)

God'sCrucible (1921)

Cameron of the Royal Mounted (1921)

Forty-Ninth Parallel (1941) (United Kingdom) - a Nazi U-boat crew shipwrecked in Canada try to flee to the neutral United States - an Academy Award winning classic

The Railrodder (1965) - starring Buster Keaton

Goin' Down The Road (1970)

Mon Oncle Antoine (1971) - director Claude Jutra

Wedding In White (1972)

The Rowdyman (1972) - written by and starring Gordon Pinsent

The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz (1974) - director Ted Kotcheff, writer Mordecai Richler

Les Ordres (1974) - director Michel Brault

Dreamland: A History of Early Canadian Movies 1895-1939 (1974) documentary

Why Shoot the Teacher? (1977)

Has Anybody Here Seen Canada? A History of Canadian Movies 1939-1953 (1978) documentary

Videodrome (1983) - director David Cronenberg

Who has Seen the Wind? (1977) - writer W. O. Mitchell

Les bons débarras (1980) - director Francis Mankiewicz,

The Grey Fox (1982)

The Wars (1983)

Maria Chapdelaine (1983), from the book by Louis Hemon

Strange Brew (1983)

The Bay Boy (1984) - director Daniel Petrie

Joshua Then and Now (1985) - director Ted Kotcheff, writer Mordecai Richler

My American Cousin (1985)

Agnes of God (1985) - director Norman Jewison

The Decline of the American Empire (1986) - director Denys Arcand

John and the Missus (1987) - written by and starring Gordon Pinsent

I've Heard the Mermaids Singing (1987) - director Patricia Rozema

Obsessed (1988)

Dead Ringers (1988) - director David Cronenberg

Tales from the Gimli Hospital (1988) - director Guy Maddin

Jesus of Montreal (1989) - director Denys Arcand

Roadkill (1989) - director Bruce McDonald

Bye Bye Blues (1989) - director Anne Wheeler

Beautiful Dreamers (1990)

Highway 61 (1991) - director Bruce McDonald

Black Robe (1991) - writer Brian Moore

Léolo (1992)

Buried on Sunday (1992)

The Diviners (1993) - director Anne Wheeler

Exotica (1993) - director Atom Egoyan

Love and Human Remains (1993) - director Denys Arcand

Thirty-Two Short Films About Glenn Gould (1993) - director Francois Girard

Dance Me Outside (1994) - director Bruce McDonald

Whale Music (1994)

Double Happiness (1994)

When Night is Falling (1995) - director Patricia Rozema

Le Confessionnal (1995) - director Robert Lepage, fictional account of the filming of Hitchcock's " I Confess"

Margaret's Museum (1995)

Hard Core Logo (1996) - director Bruce McDonald

The Sweet Hereafter (1997) - director Atom Egoyan

Les Boys (1997) - top grossing film in Canada for that year

The Hanging Garden (1997) from Nova Scotia

Last Night (1998) - director Don McKellar

The Red Violin (1998) - director Francois Girard, written with Don McKellar

Emporte-moi (Set Me Free) (1999) - director Léa Pool

Source: http://particle.physics.ucdavis.edu/Places/Canada/CanadianMovies.html

Published on: 2005-03-14 (18596 reads)

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