Canadian films of the 1990s

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Title Director Cast Genre Notes
1990
The Amityville Curse
Archangel Guy Maddin
Black Robe Bruce Beresford Canada/Australia co-production; Genie Award for Best Motion Picture
The Company of Strangers Cynthia Scott U.S. release: Strangers in Good Company
Roadkill Bruce McDonald Valerie Buhagiar, Don McKellar Genies for best screenplay & supporting actor
White Room Patricia Rozema Kate Nelligan
1991
The Adjuster Atom Egoyan Elias Koteas, Arsinée Khanjian, Maury Chaykin Best Canadian Feature at TIFF
Highway 61 Bruce McDonald Valerie Buhagiar, Don McKellar Best Canadian Feature at TIFF
Naked Lunch David Cronenberg Peter Weller Genie Award for Best Motion Picture
Nelligan Robert Favreau
1992
Being at Home with Claude Roy Dupuis
Bordertown Café Norma Bailey Janet Wright Genie for Best Actress
Buried on Sunday Paul Donovan Paul Gross
Careful
Léolo Jean-Claude Lauzon Maxime Collin, Ginette Reno One of Time's 100 best films [1]
Le Mouton noir Jacques Godbout Documentary Aftermath of Meech Lake
The Yo-Yo Gang Queercore
1993
I Love a Man in Uniform David Wellington Tom McCamus Genie Award for Best Actor
Love and Human Remains Denys Arcand Thomas Gibson Genie for Best Adapted Screenplay
Based on Brad Fraser's play
Thirty Two Short Films About Glenn Gould François Girard Colm Feore Genie Award for Best Motion Picture
1994
Le Confessional Robert Lepage Lothaire Bluteau Canada/ France/U.K. co-production; references filming of Hitchcock’s I Confess in Quebec City
Dance Me Outside Bruce McDonald Adam Beach, Ryan Black, Hugh Dillon Based on a book by W.P. Kinsella
Double Happiness Mina Shum Sandra Oh, Callum Keith Rennie Genie for Best Actress
Exotica Atom Egoyan Don McKellar, Arsinée Khanjian, Mia Kirshner Cannes Film Festival prize winner
The Last Supper Cynthia Roberts Daniel MacIvor, Ken McDougall, J.D. Nicholsen Drama Teddy Award winner
1995
Johnny Mnemonic Robert Longo Keanu Reeves William Gibson adaptation
Margaret's Museum Mort Ransen Helena Bonham Carter Six Genie Awards
The Michelle Apartments John Pozer Henry Czerny Black comedy
Screamers Christian Duguay Peter Weller, Roy Dupuis, Jennifer Rubin Sci-fi / Horror Philip K. Dick adaptation
1996
The Best Bad Thing
Fire Deepa Mehta Banned in India; first in the Fire, Earth, Water trilogy
Hard Core Logo Bruce McDonald Mockumentary
Project Grizzly Peter Lynch Troy Hurtubise Documentary Endorsed by Quentin Tarantino [2]
1997
The Assignment Christian Duguay Aidan Quinn, Donald Sutherland
Cube
The Sweet Hereafter Atom Egoyan Ian Holm, Sarah Polley Genie Award for Best Motion Picture
1998
Airspeed
Dog Park Bruce McCulloch
Last Night Don McKellar Don McKellar, Sandra Oh Claude Jutra Award
Red Violin François Girard Samuel L. Jackson Genie Award for Best Motion Picture
You Can Thank Me Later
La Comtesse de Bâton Rouge
1999
Babar: King of the Elephants Animation
Better Than Chocolate Anne Wheeler
Existenz David Cronenberg Jude Law Golden Reel for top box office
Felicia's Journey Atom Egoyan Bob Hoskins
Just Watch Me: Trudeau and the 70's Generation Catherine Annau Documentary Genie for Best Feature Doc
Explores the Trudeau legacy