Title
|
Director
|
Cast
|
Genre
|
Notes
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A 20th Century Chocolate Cake |
Lois Siegel |
Greg Van Riel, Charles Fisch,
Stephen Lack |
Comedy |
|
All in Good Taste |
Anthony Kramreither |
Jonathan Welsh,
Jim Carrey |
Comedy |
|
American Nightmare |
Don McBrearty |
|
Horror |
|
Au clair de la lune |
André Forcier |
Michel Côté,
Pierre Girard |
Fantasy drama |
|
The Ballad of Hard Times (La turlute des années dures) |
Richard Boutet,
Pascal Gélinas |
|
Documentary |
|
Boys and Girls |
Don McBrearty |
Megan Follows,
David Fox |
Short |
Oscar winner
|
A Christmas Story |
Bob Clark |
Melinda Dillon,
Darren McGavin,
Peter Billingsley,
Ian Petrella,
Scott Schwartz |
Comedy |
Based on short stories by
Jean Shepherd;
Genie Awards – Director, Screenplay; made with U.S. financing
|
Cross Country |
Paul Lynch |
Richard Beymer,
Nina Axelrod,
Brent Carver,
Michael Ironside |
Drama |
|
Curtains |
Richard Ciupka |
John Vernon,
Linda Thorson,
Samantha Eggar,
Anne Ditchburn,
Lynne Griffin,
Lesleh Donaldson |
Horror |
|
David Roche Talks to You About Love |
Jeremy Podeswa |
David Roche |
Short drama |
|
Dead Wrong |
Len Kowalewich |
Winston Rekert,
Britt Ekland |
Crime drama |
|
Deserters |
Jack Darcus |
Alan Scarfe,
Dermot Hennelly,
Barbara March |
Drama |
|
Flamenco at 5:15 |
Cynthia Scott |
|
National Film Board documentary |
Academy Award for Documentary Short Subject
|
Falasha: Exile of the Black Jews |
Simcha Jacobovici |
|
Documentary |
|
For Those I Loved |
Robert Enrico |
Michael York,
Brigitte Fossey,
Helen Hughes |
Drama |
Canada-France co-production
|
Gehri Chot - Urf: Durdesh |
Ambrish Sangal |
|
Drama |
India-Canada coproduction
|
Going Berserk |
David Steinberg |
John Candy,
Joe Flaherty,
Eugene Levy,
Pat Hingle,
Alley Mills |
Comedy |
|
I Am a Hotel |
Allan F. Nichols |
|
Short drama, musical |
|
Just a Game (Rien qu'un jeu) |
Brigitte Sauriol |
Raymond Cloutier,
Marie Tifo |
Drama |
|
The Kid Who Couldn't Miss |
Paul Cowan |
Eric Peterson |
National Film Board docudrama |
Based partly on
John Gray’s irreverent stage play
Billy Bishop Goes to War.
|
Losin' It |
Curtis Hanson |
Tom Cruise,
Jackie Earle Haley,
John Stockwell,
Shelley Long,
John Navin |
Comedy |
Released just prior to
Tom Cruise's breakout role in
Risky Business and made with U.S. financing.
|
Lucien Brouillard |
Bruno Carrière |
Pierre Curzi,
Marie Tifo |
Drama |
|
Maria Chapdelaine |
Gilles Carle |
Carole Laure,
Nick Mancuso |
historical drama |
Based on the novel by
Louis Hémon;
Genie Awards – Cinematography, Art Direction, Costumes
|
Narcissus |
Norman McLaren |
Jean-Louis Morin |
|
Norman McLaren's final film
|
Of Unknown Origin |
George P. Cosmatos |
Peter Weller,
Jennifer Dale,
Kenneth Welsh |
Horror |
Made with U.S. financing
|
Porky's II: The Next Day |
Bob Clark |
Don Monahan,
Wyatt Knight,
Mark Herrier,
Roger Wilson,
Bill Wiley |
Teen comedy |
Made with U.S. financing
|
Pourquoi l'étrange Monsieur Zolock s'intéressait-il tant à la bande dessinée? |
Yves Simoneau |
Jean-Louis Millette,
Michel Rivard |
Docudrama |
|
The Profession of Arms |
Michael Bryans,
Tina Viljoen |
|
Documentary |
|
Rock & Rule |
Clive A. Smith |
voices Greg Salata,
Susan Roman |
Animated musical |
|
The Ruffian |
José Giovanni |
|
Crime drama |
|
Running Brave |
Don Shebib |
Robby Benson,
Pat Hingle,
August Schellenberg,
Graham Greene |
Bio-drama on the life of
Billy Mills |
|
Screwballs |
Rafal Zielinski |
|
Sex Comedy |
|
Skullduggery |
Ota Richter |
David Calderisi,
Wendy Crewson |
Horror |
|
Siege |
Paul Donovan |
Doug Lennox,
Tom Nardini |
Thriller |
|
Spasms |
William Fruet |
Peter Fonda,
Oliver Reed,
Kerrie Keane,
Al Waxman |
Horror |
|
Stations |
William D. MacGillivray |
Mike Jones |
Comedy-drama |
|
Strange Brew |
Rick Moranis
Dave Thomas |
Rick Moranis,
Dave Thomas,
Max von Sydow |
Comedy |
The adventures of the
Bob and Doug McKenzie from
SCTV;
Golden Reel Award
|
Tell Me That You Love Me |
Tzipi Trope |
Nick Mancuso,
Barbara Williams,
Andrée Pelletier,
Kenneth Welsh |
Drama |
Canadian-Israeli coproduction
|
The Terry Fox Story |
Ralph L. Thomas |
Robert Duvall,
Eric Fryer,
Chris Makepeace,
Rosalind Chao |
Bio-drama of amputee
Terry Fox's run across Canada |
|
The Tin Flute (Bonheur d'occasion) |
Claude Fournier |
Mireille Deyglun,
Marilyn Lightstone,
Michel Forget |
|
Based on the
Gabrielle Roy novel
|
To the Rhythm of My Heart (Au rythme de mon coeur) |
Jean Pierre Lefebvre |
|
Documentary |
|
Ups and Downs |
Paul Almond |
Colin Skinner,
Andrew Sabiston,
Leslie Hope |
Drama |
|
Utilities |
Harvey Hart |
Robert Hays,
Brooke Adams,
John Marley |
Drama |
|
Videodrome |
David Cronenberg |
James Woods,
Sonja Smits,
Deborah Harry,
Peter Dvorsky,
Les Carlson |
Sci-fi drama |
Genie Award - Director
|
The Wars |
Robin Phillips |
Brent Carver,
Martha Henry,
William Hutt,
Ann-Marie MacDonald,
Jackie Burroughs |
Family drama |
Based on the novel by
Timothy Findley;
Genie Awards – Actress (Henry), Supporting Actress (Burroughs)
|