Canadian films of the 1980s

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Title	Director	Cast	Genre	Notes
1980
Bad Company	Peter Wronski
Les bons débarras	Francis Mankiewicz			Genie Award for Best Motion Picture
Deadly Companion	George Bloomfield	John Candy, Anthony Perkins
Prom Night	Paul Lynch	Leslie Nielsen, Jamie Lee Curtis	Slasher film
Every Child	Derek Lamb		Animation	Oscar winner
Happy Birthday to Me	J. Lee Thompson
The Hockey Sweater	Sheldon Cohen		Animation	Adaptation of Roch Carrier children's story
Corridors	Robert Favreau
Pris au piège	Robert Favreau
1981
The Burning	Tony Maylam	Jason Alexander
My Bloody Valentine	George Mahika		Slasher film	Shot in Cape Breton Island coal mines
Le confort et l'indifférence	Denys Arcand		Documentary	Analysis of the 1980 Quebec referendum
Heartaches	Donald Shebib	Margot Kidder		Best Actress Genie
Heavy Metal	Gerald Potterton		Animation
Just Another Missing Kid	John Zaritsky		Documentary	Academy Award for Documentary Feature
Quest for Fire	Jean-Jacques Annaud	Rae Dawn Chong, Everett McGill		Canada/France/U.S. co-production; César Award-winner
Scanners	David Cronenberg	Michael Ironside
Ticket to Heaven	Ralph L. Thomas	Saul Rubinek	Drama	Genie Award for Best Motion Picture
1982
Deadly Eyes	Robert Clouse	Scatman Crothers
The Great Chess Movie
The Grey Fox	Phillip Borsos	Richard Farnsworth		Genie Award for Best Motion Picture
Humongous	Paul Lynch	Janet Julian, David Wallace
If You Love This Planet	Terri Nash		Documentary	Oscar winner; labeled subversive by U.S. gov.
Paradise	Stuart Gillard
1983
Narcissus	Norman McLaren	Jean-Louis Morin		McLaren's last film
Videodrome	David Cronenberg	James Woods		Cult classic
1984
The Bay Boy	Daniel Petrie	Kiefer Sutherland		Genie Award for Best Motion Picture
1985
The Big Snit	Richard Condie		Animation	Oscar nominee
The Care Bears Movie	Arna Selznick		Animation	Golden Reel for top box office
Crime Wave	John Paizs
Joshua Then and Now	Ted Kotcheff	James Woods		Written by Mordechai Richler 5 Genie Award wins and 7 nominations [1]
The Last Polka
Le Matou	Jean Beaudin
My American Cousin	Sandy Wilson			Genie Award for Best Motion Picture
The Peanut Butter Solution	Michael Rubbo			Tales for All series
1986
The Adventure of Faustus Bidgood	Andy Jones	Robert Joy, Greg Malone		Featuring CODCO members
Care Bears Movie II: A New Generation	Dale Schott		Animation
Le Déclin de l'empire américain	Denys Arcand			Canada's The Big Chill; winner of 9 Genie Awards
Final Offer	Sturla Gunnarsson	Buzz Hargrove	Documentary	Genie for Best Documentary Birth of the Canadian Auto Workers
Loyalties	Anne Wheeler	Kenneth Welsh	Drama
1987
The Care Bears Adventure in Wonderland	Raymond Jafelice		Animation	Last of the Care Bears features
Hello Mary Lou: Prom Night II	Bruce Pittman	Michael Ironside
I've Heard the Mermaids Singing	Patricia Rozema	Sheila McCarthy, Paule Baillargeon, Ann-Marie MacDonald
Train of Dreams	John N. Smith			Special Jury Prize, Chicago International Film Festival
Un zoo la nuit (Night Zoo)	Jean-Claude Lauzon			Record-setting: 13 Genie Awards
1988
The Accused	Jonathan Kaplan	Jodie Foster		Best Actress Oscar
Dead Ringers	David Cronenberg			Genie Award for Best Motion Picture
Portion d'éternité	Robert Favreau
Tales from the Gimli Hospital	Guy Maddin			Cult classic
1989
American Boyfriends	Sandy Wilson			Sequel to My American Cousin
Bye Bye Blues	Anne Wheeler	Rebecca Jenkins		Best Actress Genie
Jesus of Montreal	Denys Arcand	Lothaire Bluteau	Modern day passion play	Genie Award for Best Motion Picture