| Title
|
Director
|
Cast
|
Genre
|
Notes
|
| 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)
|
