| Title |
Director |
Cast |
Genre |
Notes |
| The Bay Boy | Daniel Petrie | Kiefer Sutherland, Liv Ullmann, Peter Donat, Alan Scarfe, Chris Wiggins, Leah Pinsent | Coming-of-age drama | Canada-France co-production |
| Bedroom Eyes | William Fruet | Dayle Haddon, Christine Cattell | Thriller | |
| The Blood of Others | Claude Chabrol | Jodie Foster, Michael Ontkean, Sam Neill, Stéphanie Audran, Alexandra Stewart | Drama | Canada-France co-production made with U.S. financing, and the third Canadian film by French director Claude Chabrol based on the novel by Simone de Beauvoir. |
| Charade | John Minnis | | Animated short | Oscar winner |
| The Crime of Ovide Plouffe (Le Crime d'Ovide Plouffe) | Denys Arcand | Gabriel Arcand, Anne Létourneau, Pierre Curzi, Denise Filiatrault, Rémy Girard, Donald Pilon | Drama | Canada-France co-production; Genie Award – Actor (Arcand) |
| The Dog Who Stopped the War (La Guerre des tuques) | André Melançon | Cédric Jourde, Maripierre D’Amour, Julien Élie | Children's film | The first of producer Rock Demer's Tales for All; Golden Reel Award. |
| Draw! | Steven Hilliard Stern | Kirk Douglas, James Coburn, Alexandra Bastedo, Derek McGrath, Linda Sorenson | Western | HBO's first feature-length drama made with U.S. financing was released theatrically in Canada; Genie Award - Supporting Actress (Sorenson) |
| Hookers on Davie | Janis Cole & Holly Dale | | Documentary | |
| The Hotel New Hampshire | Tony Richardson | Jodie Foster, Beau Bridges, Rob Lowe, Nastassja Kinski, Wilford Brimley, Wallace Shawn | Family drama | Based on the novel by John Irving; Canada-U.K. co-production made with U.S. financing |
| Jacques and November (Jacques et Novembre) | Jean Beaudry and François Bouvier | Jean Beaudry | Faux-documentary | |
| Louisiana | Philippe De Broca | Margot Kidder, Ian Charleson, Victor Lanoux, Andréa Ferreol, Lloyd Bochner | Costume drama | Canada-France co-production |
| Margaret Atwood: Once in August | Michael Rubbo | Margaret Atwood | National Film Board documentary | |
| Mario | Jean Beaudin | Xavier Norman Petermann, Jacques Godin | Drama | Genie Awards – Cinematography, Sound, Musical Score |
| Next of Kin | Atom Egoyan | Patrick Tierney, Arsinée Khanjian | Drama | Atom Egoyan's first feature |
| No More Hiroshima | Martin Duckworth | | National Film Board documentary | Genie Award for best short documentary |
| Reno and the Doc | Charles Dennis | Kenneth Welsh, Linda Griffiths | Comedy | |
| S as in... (Le jour S...) | Jean Pierre Lefebvre | Pierre Curzi, Marie Tifo | Drama | Screened at the 1984 Cannes Film Festival |
| Sonatine | Micheline Lanctôt | Pascale Bussières, Marcia Pilote, Pierre Fauteux | Drama | Genie Awards – Director; Venice Film Festival – Silver Lion |
| Unfinished Business | Don Owen | Isabelle Mejias, Peter Spence, Peter Kastner | Drama | |
| A Woman in Transit (La Femme de l'hôtel) | Léa Pool | Louise Marleau, Paule Baillargeon, Marthe Turgeon, Serge Dupire | Drama | Genie Awards – Actress (Marleau), Song; Toronto Film Festival – Best Canadian Feature |
| The Year of Dreams (Les Années de rêve) | Jean-Claude Labrecque | Gilbert Sicotte, Anne-Marie Provencher, Monique Mercure | Drama | |
