| Title |
Director |
Cast |
Genre |
Notes |
| All in Good Taste |
Anthony Kramreither |
Jonathan Welsh, Jim Carrey |
Comedy |
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| Au clair de la lune ( in English, By the Light of the Moon) |
André Forcier |
Michel Côté, Pierre Girard |
Fantasy drama |
|
| 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 |
|
| Dead Zone |
David Cronenberg |
Christopher Walken, Brooke Adams, Tom Skerritt, Herbert Lom, Martin Sheen, Colleen Dewhurst |
Drama |
Based on a Stephen King story |
| 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 |
| Flasha: 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 |
| Going Berserk |
David Steinberg |
John Candy, Joe Flaherty, Eugene Levy, Pat Hingle, Alley Mills |
Comedy |
|
| If You Love This Planet |
Terri Nash |
Helen Caldicott |
National Film Board documentary |
Oscar winner; labeled subversive by U.S. gov. |
| 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. |
| 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 |
|
| Rock & Rule |
Clive A. Smith |
voices Greg Salata, Susan Roman |
Animated musical |
|
| Running Brave |
Don Shebib |
Robby Benson, Pat Hingle, August Schellenberg, Graham Greene |
Bio-drama on the life of Billy Mills |
|
| Skullduggery |
Ota Richter |
David Calderisi, Wendy Crewson |
Horror |
|
| Siege |
Paul Donovan |
Doug Lennox, Tom Nardini |
Thriller |
|
| Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone |
Lamont Johnson |
Peter Strauss, Molly Ringwald, Ernie Hudson, Michael Ironside |
Futuristic adventure |
In 3D; made with U.S. financing |
| Stations |
William D. MacGillivray |
Mike Jones |
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 |
| The Tin Flute |
Claude Fournier |
Mireille Deyglun, Marilyn Lightstone, Michel Forget |
|
Based on the Gabrielle Roy novel |
| 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 |
|
| Ups & Downs |
Paul Almond |
Colin Skinner, Andrew Sabiston |
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) |
