Introduction to Canadian Cinema
Search this guide as a starting point for your research into Canadian Cinema.
Highlights of Canadian Cinema
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Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner
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Call Number: ATANPublication Date: 2001Winner of the Camera d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival, 2001 -
Mon oncle Antoine
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Call Number: MONPublication Date: 1971Winner of Best Canadian Film at TIFF, 1984 -
The Sweet Hereafter
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Call Number: SWEEPublication Date: 1997Winner of the Grand Prize of the Jury, the FIPRESCI Prize, and the Prize of the Ecumenical Jury at the Cannes Film Festival, 1997 -
Jesus of Montreal
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Call Number: JESUPublication Date: 1989Winner of the Jury Prize and Prize of the Ecumenical Jury at the Cannes Film Festival, 1989 -
Leolo
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Call Number: LEOLPublication Date: 1992"The technical brilliance of the film is astonishing. Lauzon was filled with quirks and impulses, sudden inspirations and wild inventions. Some directors with such hyperactive imagination create movies that are elaborate and yet empty; Lauzon is so motivated by his resentments and desires that everything he creates is pressed into the cause and filled with passion." - Roger Ebert -
C.R.A.Z.Y.
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Call Number: CRAZPublication Date: 2005Winner of Best Canadian Film at TIFF, 2005 -
Dallas Buyers Club
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Call Number: DALLPublication Date: 2013Winner of Best Actor, Best Supporting Actor, and Best Make-up and Hairstyling at the 86th Academy Awards -
Dead Ringers
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Call Number: DEADPublication Date: 1988Favourite Cronenberg film of Korean director Park Chan-wook -
Possessor
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Call Number: POSSPublication Date: 2020"Like his father, Brandon Cronenberg seems concerned about technological overreach and expresses that fear through a particularly visceral brand of body horror. Possessor is one of the gnarliest movies I’ve seen in years, with moments of violence that drew audible yelps from me even as I watched it alone at home." - David Sims, The Atlantic -
My Winnipeg
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Call Number: MYPublication Date: 2007"This reviews section, you'll have noticed, operates a five-tier ratings system, but there are occasions when this just doesn't suffice. Once in a blue moon, you encounter a film so extraordinary that it's not enough to award the icon of a woman standing, hands raised in applause. You really need her to be levitating several feet above her armchair, body racked with the transcendental ecstasies of Saint Teresa. Such a film is My Winnipeg, by Canadian film-maker Guy Maddin." - Jonathan Romney, The Independent -
The Corporation
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Call Number: CORPPublication Date: 2003Winner of the World Cinema Audience Award: Documentary at the Sundance Film Festival, 2004 -
Stories We Tell
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Call Number: STORPublication Date: 2012Winner of Best Canadian Film, 2013 -
Human Highway
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Call Number: HUMAPublication Date: 1982"Mr. Young's slapdash style, which suggests a Roger Corman movie crossed with dinner theater, extends to the clanking sound effects and flagrantly fake backdrops." - Ben Kenigsberg, NYT
Directors
Browse Our Collection of Films by Acclaimed Canadian Directors
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Crash
Call Number: CRAS/1996Publication Date: 1996 -
The Fly
Call Number: FLY/1986Publication Date: 1986 -
A History of Violence
Call Number: HISTPublication Date: 2005 -
Eastern Promises
Call Number: EASTPublication Date: 2007 -
Videodrome
Call Number: VIDEPublication Date: 1983 -
Dead Ringers
Call Number: DEADPublication Date: 1988 -
The Dead Zone
Call Number: DEADPublication Date: 1983 -
Cosmopolis
Call Number: COSMPublication Date: 2012 -
M. Butterfly
Call Number: MPublication Date: 1993 -
Spider
Call Number: SPIDPublication Date: 2002 -
eXistenZ
Call Number: EXISPublication Date: 1999 -
Naked Lunch
Call Number: NAKEPublication Date: 1991 -
The Brood
Call Number: BROOPublication Date: 1979 -
Fast Company
Call Number: FASTPublication Date: 1979 -
Shivers
Call Number: SHIVPublication Date: 1975 -
Rabid
Call Number: RABIPublication Date: 1977 -
Crimes of the Future
Call Number: STERPublication Date: 1970 -
Stereo
Call Number: STERPublication Date: 1969 -
A Dangerous Method
Call Number: DANGPublication Date: 2011 -
Maps to the Stars
Call Number: MAPSPublication Date: 2014
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Dune
Call Number: DUNE/2021Publication Date: 2021 -
Blade Runner 2049
Call Number: BLAD/2017Publication Date: 2017 -
Arrival
Call Number: ARRIPublication Date: 2016 -
Enemy
Call Number: ENEMPublication Date: 2013 -
Sicario
Call Number: SICA/2015Publication Date: 2015 -
Prisoners
Call Number: PRISPublication Date: 2013 -
Incendies
Call Number: INCEPublication Date: 2010 -
Polytechnique
Call Number: POLYPublication Date: 2009 -
Maelstrom
Call Number: MAELPublication Date: 2000
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Titanic
Call Number: TITA/1997Publication Date: 1997 -
Aliens
Call Number: ALIE/1986Publication Date: 1986 -
Terminator 2: Judgement Day
Call Number: TERM/1991Publication Date: 1991 -
The Terminator
Call Number: TERM/1984Publication Date: 1984 -
True Lies
Call Number: TRUEPublication Date: 1994 -
Avatar
Call Number: AVATPublication Date: 2009 -
The Abyss
Call Number: ABYSPublication Date: 1989 -
Piranha II: The Spawning
Call Number: PIRA/1981Publication Date: 1981
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In the Heat of the Night
Call Number: INPublication Date: 1967 -
Moonstruck
Call Number: MOONPublication Date: 1987 -
The Thomas Crown Affair
Call Number: THOM/1968Publication Date: 1968 -
The Cincinnati Kid
Call Number: CINCPublication Date: 1965 -
Fiddler on the Roof
Call Number: FIDDPublication Date: 1971 -
Jesus Christ Superstar
Call Number: JESUPublication Date: 1973 -
Rollerball
Call Number: ROLLPublication Date: 1975 -
The Hurricane
Call Number: HURRPublication Date: 1999 -
A Soldier's Story
Call Number: SOLDPublication Date: 1984 -
... And Justice for All
Call Number: ANDPublication Date: 1979 -
Agnes of God
Call Number: AGNEPublication Date: 1985 -
In Country
Call Number: INPublication Date: 1989 -
Dinner with Friends
Call Number: DINNPublication Date: 2001