Canadian Movies?

[Hviid]

What are some of the biggest Canadian movies ever made?

And I don't mean movies that were directed by Canadians in Hollywood, but actual Canadian movies that were 100% produced in Canada/by Canadians ...

I've tried searching over the internet but cant seem to find any. Is Canada not a big film-producing nation?

[vid]

MuchMusic made that one movie... It sucked though... And then there's that one aboot brooms, eh?... Oh, and there is a Trailer Park Boys movie in the works, that'll probably be okay...

When it comes to making movies, Canada needs a bit of outside help, eh?

Well, there's that one guy.. But his movies are.. different..

[doady]

American Psycho, Lost & Delirious and New Waterford Girl are very good Canadian movies. There are more but I can't think of them off the top of my head right now.

[algonquin]

Last Night is a stellar movie.. directed by Don McKellar takes place in TO.. stars Sandra Oh (Sideways), David Cronenburg and D.M. himself. It's about the end of the world, but everyone knows exactly when it's coming (but it's never revealed what the catacalysmic event actually is). It's very interesting to see how different people react, and what they do with the remaining bit's of their lives (ie: one character has sex with as many people as possible, another finds true love, another keeps working at his mundane job, etc).

It's got an awesome cover... a brilliant shot of a derailed TTC streetcar on an empty, dusty Bay Street. I recommend to to anyone, and you should be able find it at any Blockbuster.

Are David Cronenburg's films shot and made in Canada? I'm not sure.

[*Jarrod]

porky's was the biggest movie in north america in 1981 i think...haha...

[malek]

Les invasions Barbares aka The Barbarian invasion.

Its funny how Canadians themselves don't know about it, it won an oscar for best foreign movie in 2004.

[coldrsx]

la geure des touques......poor poor puppy.

[furrycanuck]

American Psycho was a Hollywood film not even set in Canada.

Canadians always brag about Porky's, but as somebody who had to deal with the mouth-breathers in my (American) high school who extolled it, there was nothing Canadian about it; no American knows that it is a "Canadian" movie.

Agree about Last Night, a beautiful, moving film.

FUBAR is amazing! And I don't just say this because Dean's house is about 3 blocks from where I live (in Calgary)

[aplz]

Cube, though it sucked, and I don't know if it was exactly Canadian.

[mc10001]

not sure but wasn't the fat greek wedding canadian?

[Natelox]

My Canadian movies are "The Snow Walker" and "Les Triplettes de Belleville." Both are absolutly stunning and deserved much more recognition then they recieved. I highly recommend them.

[citizen j]

"Highway 61."
Beautiful. The devil drives a Buick. Plus a stunning scene with indoor recreational firearms set to a Tom Jones soundtrack.

Atom Egoyan's oeuvre. Especially "The Adjuster." So disturbing it hurts. Like a bittersweet love song to suburban Toronto.

Oh, you said "Biggest" Canadian films. Well, Anne of Green Gables. You can't get much more inflated than that bit of national iconography, even if it was only for the small screen.

[LooselogInThePeg]

What ?!?! Nobody has even mentioned Strange Brew ! For shame!
lol. There's another one called Foolproof which is fairly new and not too bad either.

[CrazyCanuck]

HAha, strange brew, thats a classic. What about FUBAR?

[worldwide]

fubar is hilarious. since i came out west ive been getting that Molson Old Style Pilsner that the fubar dudes drink. they dont have it in ontario. i like to call it FU-BREW

[algonquin]

My Canadian movies are "The Snow Walker" and "Les Triplettes de Belleville." Both are absolutly stunning and deserved much more recognition then they recieved. I highly recommend them.

I second 'The Snow Walker'... great flick based on Farley Mowats book.. stars Barry Pepper and some hot Inuit chick. Very good.

Another good one is 'Atanarjuat (The Fast Runner)'.... all made and set in Nunavut. Good stuff. 'The Sweet Hereafter' is an Aton Egoyan film... I remember enjoying it too.

Canada produces really good work.

[Hviid]

hmm ... I've never heard of ANY of these movies (except for American Psycho, but someone said thats not even Canadian, its American.. which makes more sense) ...
Do any of these movies ever get released into theatres? I never ever hear about them ... I always thought Canada was a big film producing country, that could make movies like Spiderman, Titanic, Tomb Raider, etc .. you know, big films (high budget films) .. I guess I was wrong though..

What about big Canadian TV Shows? I already know of Just For Laughs, Canadian Air Farce, Train 48 (extremely horrible) .. Are there any others?

[doady]

Canadian TV shows? Tintin is great. I just bought the DVD set recently.

[Plumber73]

Wasn't Lion's Gate Films a Canadian company at one point? They've done some nice work. I think it's been eaten up by bigger players in Hollywood, but at least there is a Canadian link there. I believe there is still a studio in Vancouver, but I'm not sure what they do now.

Nobody has mentioned Flesh Gordon.

[Plumber73]

Canadian TV shows? Tintin is great. I just bought the DVD set recently.Isn't Tintin originally from Belgium?

[malek]

yep, Tintin isn't canadian.

[soulkorea]

I like The Barbarian Invasions, Naked Lunch, Jesus of Montreal, Dead Ringers, The Red Violin. All Canadian films.

[algonquin]

The Red Violin.. how could I forget?? Thats an excellent flick,

[vid]

porky's was the biggest movie in north america in 1981 i think...haha...

That was a stupid movie :lol:

Funny, but stupid.

Most of our movies don't seem to make it to the big theatres. The government gives them money to make them, how about money to promote htem better? The movie night in Canada should have all Canadian movies, none of that hollywood crap... (though most of it was good..)

Independant Film Channel probably has a lot of good Canadian made films. And I think showcase airs all-Canadian movies alot, to fill in it's Can-con requirements.

[circle33]

Going back to the early 70s there is Going Down the Road, a story of two down and out maritimers seeking their fortune in Toronto and not quite finding it. It has good soundtrack and a great 1970 vintage skyline shot as our heros bolt town on the Gardiner at the end. It was also wonderfully spoofed by SCTV. Another one is Face Off a pretty crappy little flick about a young hockey star, imaginatively named Billy Duke, and his romance with a hippy folk singer (the old two worlds clashing theme). I saw it a few years ago on Cinemax of all places. What I did like about it was a) actual old time NHL footage and b) actual old time NHL players (George Armstrong and Derek Sanderson) in speaking roles.

Face Off (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0068564/)
Going Down the Road (http://www.northernstars.ca/titles/goin_down_theroad.html)

[clam_dude]

Isn't "Crash" a Canadian Movie? And American Psycho is not Canadian is it? It takes place in New York anyway

[doady]

The show Tintin is a cartoon from QUEBEC based on the Belgian comic book.

[npinguy]

some of the best canadian movies (i took a canadian film class)


Videodrome
The Red Violin
Decline of the American Empire (And it's sequel The Barbarian Invasions)
Crash
Dead Ringers



basically check out David Cronenberg's and Atom Egoyan's movies.

[malek]

The show Tintin is a cartoon from QUEBEC based on the Belgian comic book.


oh, yeah its totally possible, there's a shitload of cartoons being done over here.

[MisterPing]

Ginger Snaps. all three movies.

[doady]

Here is another good Canadian movie: Heavy Metal. Well, not truly a movie, but it was good nonetheless. I like it alot more than Heavy Metal 2000, which wasn't Canadian.

Someone mention Atanarjuat: the fast runner as well, and I thought that was really good. I need to rent that and see it again.

There's also Inertia, which is set and filmed in Winnepeg and with Winnipeg actors and was decent but not something I would go out of my way to watch again.

Apparently, Hard Core Logo is Canadian as well but I have never seen it.

[algonquin]

any good Canadian porn?

[Plumber73]

Les invasions Barbares aka The Barbarian invasion.

Its funny how Canadians themselves don't know about it, it won an oscar for best foreign movie in 2004.A very powerful film and deserving of the oscar. Everyone should see it. It's definately not one of those films where you can space out.

Black Robe and Exotica are a couple others, but I wasn't that into them.

[Plumber73]

any good Canadian porn?Does it really matter if it's Canadian? :lol:

[lithe_n_deaf]

"The Five Senses" is worth watching, though it may not be everyone's cup of tea. Set in Toronto, I remember thinking it felt rather polished for a Canadian production.

I recall watching a Canadian film called "Men With Guns" (not to be confused with another film of the same title) which was... passable. I'd definitely called it "bad" before I ever called it "good", but Callum Keith Rennie (the only Canadian actor I recognised) was the best thing about it.

Also... Atom Egoyan and David Cronenberg have two films that, from what I've read, are being well-received at Cannes... even though both films are filled with non-Canadian actors, and may very well be considered American for all I know.

Canadian porn... you already have me thinking of possible titles.

"Cube" = "Lube"
"The Fast Runner" = "The Fast Cummer"
"The Barbarian Invasions" = "The Barbarian Penetrations"

All right, amateur comedy hour is over... but feel free to add your own ideas.

[Grey Towers]

Random order (and surely missing a few goodies):
-Goin' Down the Road
-Nobody Waved Goodbye
-Sue Lost in Manhattan
-Les Derniere Fiancailles (The Last Betrothal)
-Les Fleurs Sauvages
-A Married Coupple (documentary)
-The Oasis (Savage Hunger)
-Hurt (2003)
-Don't Let the Angels Fall
-Warrendale (doc.)
-The Take (doc.)
-The Corporation (doc.)
-Black Christmas
-Deathdream
-Murder by Decree
-Treed Murray
-The Silent Partner
-Cube
-Hell Bent
-Dying at Grace (TV doc.)
-The Changeling
-The Luck of Ginger Coffey
-Les Bons Debarras
-Red Eyes (a.k.a., Accidental Truths)
-Turning to Stone
-Bullies
-Life Without Death (doc.)
-Waterwalker (doc.)
-The Brood
-Little Criminals (TV)
-Les Ordres
-Deranged (1974)
-Train of Dreams
-Sudden Fury
-Blood Relatives (1978)
-Lucky Girl (TV)
-Shivers
-Siege (1983)
-To Catch a Killer (TV)

Superior "Tax Shelter" movies:
-Rituals (The Creeper)
-Class of 1984
-Funeral Home (Cries in the Night)
-Death Weekend (House by the Lake)
-Murder by Phone (Bells)
-Ghostkeeper
-Mark of Cain (starring former CTV weatherman and gameshow host, Robin Ward)
-Raw Courage
-Blood Relations
-My Bloody Valentine
-Prom Night

[lithe_n_deaf]

Ah yes... I've seen "Treed Murray". I liked it, but I thought it would have worked better as a stage play.

[40748246]

What are some of the biggest Canadian movies ever made?

And I don't mean movies that were directed by Canadians in Hollywood, but actual Canadian movies that were 100% produced in Canada/by Canadians ...

I've tried searching over the internet but cant seem to find any. Is Canada not a big film-producing nation?

The one with the two brothers working in a brewery and drinking beer all day at work. What was it called. Hey, take off eah?

[JARdan]

Canadian porn... you already have me thinking of possible titles.

"Cube" = "Lube"
"The Fast Runner" = "The Fast Cummer"
"The Barbarian Invasions" = "The Barbarian Penetrations"

All right, amateur comedy hour is over... but feel free to add your own ideas.
lol, that's great. A good one I've heard of is, "Glazed and Confused."

Wasn't Canadian Bacon, or whatever it's called, with John Candy a Canadian movie?
What about Cool Runnings? Another John Candy film.

Oh, and what about Winnie the Pooh? Nobody knows that Winnie the Pooh is Canadian.

[doady]

Canadian Bacon (a great movie btw) was actually directed by Michael Moore, so no it is not Canadian.

[hylaride]

A lot of Sarah Polley movies are mostly Canadian produced (the recent dawn of the dead being the exception).

[stickynorth]

Anything with Sarah Polley is usually decent. She is probably the best Canadian actress out there.

Anyway, The Red Violin, Last Night and Ginger Snaps, were all pretty good. Men with Brooms was a good attempt at a mainstream populist comedy and Mambo Italiano was a decent gay comedy, which was actually a financial success stateside, earning over 6 mln dollars. I wonder how Canadian films are marketed in the states, and who actually hears about them and sees them. I have always been curious about that!

Anyway, alot of films that are American productions produced in Canada, use alot of Canadian actors and technical crew so in their own way they could be considered Canadian, as could films written and directed by Canadians in America like "Crash" which is probably the best film of the year in my books.

[Tosco]

What are some of the biggest Canadian movies ever made?
Many
And I don't mean movies that were directed by Canadians in Hollywood, but actual Canadian movies that were 100% produced in Canada/by Canadians ...
Many
I've tried searching over the internet but cant seem to find any. Is Canada not a big film-producing nation?
yes it is

[Tosco]

Anything with Sarah Polley is usually decent. She is probably the best Canadian actress out there.

Anyway, The Red Violin, Last Night and Ginger Snaps, were all pretty good. Men with Brooms was a good attempt at a mainstream populist comedy and Mambo Italiano was a decent gay comedy, which was actually a financial success stateside, earning over 6 mln dollars. I wonder how Canadian films are marketed in the states, and who actually hears about them and sees them. I have always been curious about that!.
yes

Anyway, alot of films that are American productions produced in Canada, use alot of Canadian actors and technical crew so in their own way they could be considered Canadian, as could films written and directed by Canadians in America like "Crash" which is probably the best film of the year in my books.

[valantino]

I beleive Foolproof could be perhaps the biggest movie flop in Canadian history - have you heard of it?



Does this count? The CSI franchise is Canadian produced

[mr.x]

^ "24" is Canadian produced as well.