| Title |
Director |
Cast |
Genre |
Notes |
| The Amateur |
Charles Jarrott |
John Savage, Christopher Plummer, Marthe Keller, Arthur Hill |
Drama |
|
| Circle of Two |
Jules Dassin |
Richard Burton, Tatum O’Neal, Patricia Collins, Kate Reid |
Drama |
Jules Dassin's last film; novel Marie-Térèse Baird |
| Comfort and Indifference |
Denys Arcand |
|
Documentary |
|
| Dirty Tricks |
Alvin Rakoff |
Elliott Gould, Kate Jackson, Arthur Hill, Rich Little, John Juliani |
Comedy |
|
| Elvis Gratton |
Pierre Falardeau |
Julien Poulin |
Short |
Genie Award – Theatrical Short |
| Firebird 2015 AD |
David Robertson |
Darren McGavin, Doug McClure |
Futuristic drama |
|
| First Winter |
John N. Smith |
|
National Film Board dramatic short |
Academy Award nominee |
| Gas |
Les Rose |
Philip Akin, Susan Anspach |
Comedy |
|
| Happy Birthday to Me |
J. Lee Thompson |
Melissa Sue Anderson, Glenn Ford, Lawrence Dane, Sharon Acker |
Slasher film |
|
| Happy Memories (Les Beaux souvenirs) |
Francis Mankiewicz |
Monique Spaziani, Paul Hébert, R. H. Thomson, Julie Vincent |
Drama |
|
| Head On |
Michael Grant |
Sally Kellerman, Stephen Lack, John Huston |
Drama |
Entered into the 31st Berlin International Film Festival |
| Heartaches |
Donald Shebib |
Margot Kidder. Annie Potts, Robert Carradine, Winston Rekert |
Drama |
Genie Award – Screenplay, Actress (Kidder), Foreign Actress (Potts) |
| Heavy Metal |
Gerald Potterton |
Voices Jackie Burroughs, John Candy, Joe Flaherty, Don Francks, Eugene Levy, Al Waxman |
Feature animation based on the French fantasy magazine of the same name |
Genie Award – Sound, Golden Reel Award |
| The High Country |
Harvey Hart |
Timothy Bottoms, Linda Purl |
Drama |
|
| Imagine the Sound |
Ron Mann |
Cecil Taylor, Archie Shepp, Bill Dixon and Paul Bley |
Feature documentary |
A film that focuses on four musicians of the free jazz movement. |
| Improper Channels |
Eric Till |
Alan Arkin, Mariette Hartley |
Comedy |
Genie Award– Foreign Actor (Arkin) |
| Just Another Missing Kid |
John Zaritsky |
|
Documentary |
Academy Award for Documentary Feature |
| Kings and Desperate Men |
Alexis Kanner |
Patrick McGoohan, Alexis Kanner, Margaret Trudeau |
Drama |
Featuring Margaret Trudeau, the ex-wife of Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau. |
| Mr. Patman |
John Guillermin |
James Coburn, Kate Nelligan, Fionnula Flanagan, Les Carlson |
Drama |
|
| My Bloody Valentine |
George Mihalka |
Paul Kelman, Don Francks, Cynthia Dale |
Slasher film |
Shot in Cape Breton Island coal mines |
| Not a Love Story: A Film About Pornography |
Bonnie Sherr Klein |
|
National Film Board documentary |
|
| Out of the Blue |
Dennis Hopper |
Linda Manz, Dennis Hopper, Raymond Burr |
Family drama |
|
| Les Plouffe |
Gilles Carle |
Émile Genest, Juliette Huot, Denise Filiatrault, Gabriel Arcand |
Drama based on the novel by Roger Lemelin |
|
| Porky's |
Bob Clark |
Dan Monahan, Mark Herrier, Wyatt Knight, Roger Wilson, Kim Cattrall, Susan Clark |
Teen comedy |
Golden Reel Award; made with U.S. financing |
| P4W: Prison for Women |
Janis Cole & Holly Dale |
|
Documentary |
Genie Award – Theatrical Documentary |
| Scanners |
David Cronenberg |
Michael Ironside, Stephen Lack, Jennifer O’Neill, Patrick McGoohan, Lawrence Dane |
Horror/Sci-Fi |
|
| Silence of the North |
Allan King |
Ellen Burstyn, Tom Skerritt, Gordon Pinsent |
Drama |
Genie Award – Cinematography |
| Surfacing |
Claude Jutra |
Joseph Bottoms, R. H. Thomson, Kathleen Beller, Michael Ironside |
Drama |
Adaptation of the Margaret Atwood novel |
| The Tender Tail of Cinderella Penguin |
Janet Perlman |
|
National Film Board animated short |
Academy Award nominee |
| Threshold |
Richard Pearce |
Donald Sutherland, Jeff Goldblum, John Marley, Sharon Acker, Mare Winningham, Mavor Moore |
Medical drama |
Genie Award – Actor (Sutherland), Cinematography |
| Ticket to Heaven |
Ralph L. Thomas |
Saul Rubinek, R.H. Thomson, Nick Mancuso, Meg Foster, Kim Cattrall, Jennifer Dale |
Cult drama |
|
| Tulips |
Rex Bromfield |
Gabe Kaplan, Bernadette Peters, Henry Gibson, Al Waxman |
Comedy, drama |
|
| Your Ticket Is No Longer Valid |
George Kaczender |
Richard Harris, Jennifer Dale, George Peppard, Jeanne Moreau, Winston Rekert, Alexandra Stewart |
Drama |
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