Movies and TV shows set in canada – page 4

List of movies set in canada

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Shadows in an Empty Room (1976)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Italy, Canada
Duration: 100 min.
Story: An Ottawa police captain searches for the person who poisoned his sister, who was attending the university in Montreal. So desperate is he for revenge that he begin to use his own brutal methods to find the killer. Soon he discovers that not ...
Style: realistic, rough, suspenseful, serious, slasher ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: car chase, revenge, murder, psychopath, police corruption, university, heist, dishonesty, law enforcement, rivalry, exploitation, police chase ...
Time: 70s, year 1976
Place: canada
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 4.4
 3K
Ice Soldiers (2013)
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 95 min.
Story: A scientist discovers the bodies of three frozen genetically modified Russians buried in the Canadian North. Upon thawing them out he realizes he has unleashed a deadly threat to Western society and must stop them at all costs.
Style: tense, rough, serious, contemplative, unusual plot structure ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: arctic, soldier, danger, superhuman powers, chase, save the day, escapades, heroes, imaginary, supernatural, chases and races, snow ...
Time: year 1962, 60s, 2010s, year 2012, 21st century
Place: canada
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 6.4
 11K
Foolproof (2003)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Kevin, Sam and Rob have an unusual hobby: planning foolproof heists, without intending to actually perform them. The game goes wrong when their latest plan is stolen and carried out. Things get even worse when a mysterious man approaches them with ...
Style: serious, suspenseful, realistic, exciting, disturbing ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: heist, master criminal, blackmail, hacking, race against time, betrayal, partner, murder, cons and scams, buddies, dishonesty, unlikely criminals ...
Time: 21st century
Place: canada, toronto ontario canada
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Duct Tape Forever (2002)
Genre: Comedy
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story: When an evil land baron's limo falls into a sinkhole outside Possum Lodge, lodge leader Red Green is ordered to pay the baron $10,000 or lose his beloved lodge forever. Red considers various money-making schemes concocted by his buddies, but ...
Style: humorous, feel good, captivating, light, entertaining ...
Plot: rivalry, contests and competitions, friendship, on the road, ambition, nothing goes right, farce, partner, save the day, journey, debt, contest ...
Time: 21st century
Place: canada, usa
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Turn the River (2007)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: A pool shark takes the ultimate gamble when she kidnaps her own son and flees her ex-husband.
Style: realistic, psychological, bleak, serious, gloomy ...
Plot: billiards, gambling, kidnapping, family relations, family problems, hopes, dysfunctional family, addiction, parents and children, estrangement, introspection, starting over ...
Time: year 2007
Place: canada, new york, usa
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 6.7
 727
Roadkill (1989)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: Canada
Duration: 80 min.
Story: Ramona works in a concert agency and is sent after the rock band 'Children of Paradise' who have disappeared. Since she can't drive, she has to take the train and bus and eventually hitchhike. On her way through the Canadian back ...
Style: black and white, independent film, road movie, realistic, semi serious ...
Plot: punk, road trip, rock band, filmmaker, female protagonist, violence, travel, misfit, buddies, obsessive quest, chases and races, music band ...
Time: 18th century
Place: canada
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 7.4
 38K
BlackBerry (2023)
Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama, History
Country: Canada
Duration: 120 min.
Story: Two mismatched entrepreneurs – egghead innovator Mike Lazaridis and cut-throat businessman Jim Balsillie – joined forces in an endeavour that was to become a worldwide hit in little more than a decade. The story of the meteoric rise and ...
Style: captivating
Plot: cell phone, technology, rise and fall, mobile phone, business, advanced technology, silicon valley, biopic, businessman, marketing, arrogance, job ...
Time: 90s, 20th century, year 1996, 2000s, year 2009 ...
Place: canada
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 7.2
 14K
Three Pines (2022)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Canada, UK
Duration: 54 min.
TV show
Story: Chief Inspector Armand Gamache and his team investigate a series of perplexing murders, in the seemingly idyllic village of Three Pines and uncover the buried secrets of its eccentric residents. In the process, Gamache is forced to confront buried ...
Style: disturbing, suspenseful, captivating, dramatic, enigmatic ...
Plot: murder mystery, homicide detective, murder investigation, inspector, murder, detective inspector, undercover, past, police inspector, killings, police detective, forensics ...
Place: quebec, canada
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 7.1
 282
Unspeakable (2019)
Genre: Drama, History
Country: Canada
Duration: 44 min.
TV show
Story: In the early 1980s, AIDS emerged and quickly became an epidemic. Those responsible for public safety failed. People were kept in the dark, afraid to speak out. Ignorance, arrogance, politics and economics all lead to betrayal, to cover-up, to ...
Style: captivating, disturbing, psychological
Plot: aids, scandal, public health, red cross, hiv, hiv positive, father son relationship, life is a bitch, family relations, family problems, parents and children, mother son relationship ...
Time: 80s
Place: canada
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 7.0
 150K
Turning Red (2022)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Thirteen-year-old Mei is experiencing the awkwardness of being a teenager with a twist – when she gets too excited, she transforms into a giant red panda.
Style: anime, entertaining, humorous, captivating, funny ...
Audience: kids, teens, family friendly, date night
Plot: teenage girl, shapeshifting, friendship, giant animal, furry, coming of age, temple, female protagonist, teenager, animal, mother daughter relationship, domineering mother ...
Time: 2020s, 2000s, year 2002
Place: canada, toronto ontario canada
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 6.5
 3K
Hold-Up (1985)
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: France, Canada
Duration: 114 min.
Story: Dressed as a clown, the clever rascal Grimm holds up the most secure bank of Montreal and takes 30 hostages. While confusing and ridiculing the police with his strange behavior, he calmly manages to rid the bank of a fortune. But then an unsatisfied ...
Style: realistic, witty, semi serious, humorous, action thriller ...
Plot: bank robbery, crime gone awry, misfit partners, criminal heroes, on the run, nothing goes right, chase, disorder, partner, ex convict, bank, bank robber ...
Time: 20th century, 80s
Place: canada, rome italy, montreal
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 6.4
 132K
Greenland (2020)
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 119 min.
Story: A detached married couple must get their son and themselves to safety after being randomly selected to enter an underground bunker, as a massive object from space threatens to destroy the world in less than 48 hours.
Style: suspense, exciting, scenic, psychotronic, psychological ...
Plot: natural disaster, apocalypse, end of the world, disaster, catastrophe, humanity in peril, husband wife relationship, kidnapping, diabetic, comet, panic, mass destruction ...
Time: 2020s, future, 21st century
Place: greenland, canada, kentucky, atlanta georgia, beirut lebanon ...
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I Like Movies (2022)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 99 min.
Story: Socially inept 17-year-old cinephile Lawrence Kweller gets a job at a video store, where he forms a complicated friendship with his older female manager.
Style: light, humorous, funny, captivating, entertaining ...
Plot: high school, suburbs, teenage boy, anxiety, teen angst, grief, friendship, teenager, creativity, unlikely friendships, friends, friend ...
Time: 2000s
Place: canada, ontario canada
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 5.9
 863
The Detail (2018)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Canada
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Three fiercely talented female homicide investigators work tirelessly to solve crimes while navigating the complicated demands of their personal lives.
Style: detective, suspense, disturbing, suspenseful, tense
Audience: teens
Plot: female detective, murder investigation, uncover truth, who done it, murder, police detective, heroes, law enforcement, partners against crime, coworker, danger, police investigation ...
Time: 21st century
Place: canada, toronto ontario canada
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The Kid Detective (2020)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Mystery
Country: Canada
Duration: 100 min.
Story: A once-celebrated kid detective, now 31, continues to solve the same trivial mysteries between hangovers and bouts of self-pity. Until a naive client brings him his first 'adult' case, to find out who brutally murdered her boyfriend.
Style: neo noir, detective, suspense, dark, funny ...
Audience: date night, kids
Plot: private detective, small town, private investigator, investigation, murder mystery, kidnapping, murder investigation, evidence, murder, who done it, chase, danger ...
Time: 21st century
Place: canada
Is relevant ?
 6.4
 2K
Bellevue (2017)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 44 min.
TV show
Story: When a transgender teen goes missing, Annie Ryder—a cop at odds with her hometown—dives in to unravel the disappearance that suggests foul play, despite finding herself in a difficult position as she must cast suspicion on people she has known ...
Style: mysterious, detective, suspense, intense, tense ...
Plot: missing person, small town, police detective, female protagonist, danger, death, psychopath, transgender, criminal psychology, police officer, cop
Place: canada, ontario canada
Is relevant ?
 8.4
 8K
Corner Gas (2004)
Genre: Comedy
Country: Canada
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Corner Gas is a Canadian television sitcom created by Brent Butt. The series ran for six seasons from 2004 to 2009. Re-runs still air on CTV, CTV Two and The Comedy Network in Canada. Deriving its name from the roadside gas station in the fictional ...
Style: sitcom, feel good, humorous, realistic, semi serious ...
Plot: village life, small town, family business, father son relationship, family relations, workplace, partner, friends, disorder, lifestyle, friendship, boss and employee ...
Time: 2000s, 21st century
Place: canada
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Bloodletting & Miraculous Cures (2010)
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Follows the lives of three young doctors fresh from medical school, and embarking on their new careers.
Style: realistic, touching, serious, medical drama
Plot: medical school, workplace situations, couples, love and romance, couple relations, love triangle, workplace, intern, doctors and patients, power relations, renewed love, unfulfillment ...
Time: 21st century
Place: canada
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I Know What I Saw (2007)
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Mourning the loss of her father, who committed suicide, Mackenzie starts having hallucinations of killing people. They seem so real that she's convinced she's been committing these crimes; however, she can find no evidence to support this. ...
Style: tense, captivating, psychological, suspense, realistic ...
Plot: murder, investigation, danger, losing-it hero, serial killer, uncover truth, rivalry, dishonesty, twists and turns, suspicion, youth, woman in danger ...
Time: 21st century
Place: canada
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How to Be Indie (2009)
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: Canada
Duration: 22 min.
TV show
Story: How to Be Indie was a Canadian television show on YTV. The main character is a 13-year-old Indian Canadian teenager named Indira "Indie" Mehta. The program is a single-camera series intended for a youth audience. The series was created by ...
Style: humorous, feel good, captivating, light, realistic ...
Audience: family outing, teens, kids
Plot: teenage life, family relations, school, youth, lifestyle, parents and children, family life, eccentric family, social relations, friendship, rivalry, love ...
Time: 21st century
Place: canada
Is relevant ?
 4.7
 287
Courage (2009)
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Jason Priestley (TV's "Beverly Hills, 90210") and Andrea Roth star in this inspirational adventure story about courage, love and the power of family. Aspiring author Robert (Priestly) organizes a quick getaway with his wife and ...
Style: serious, psychological, realistic, captivating, suspenseful
Plot: survival, wilderness, island, forces of nature, escapades, danger, human spirit, shipwreck, isolation, family relations, storm, spirituality ...
Place: canada
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The Untouchable (2006)
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 82 min.
Story: After learning from her mother that her father lives in India, a young woman goes there to meet him for the first time.
Style: realistic, touching, emotional, psychological, sentimental ...
Plot: family relations, culture clash, parents and children, self discovery, single parent, estrangement, search for father, absent father, long lost relative, against the odds, family bonds, obsession ...
Time: 21st century
Place: india, canada
Is relevant ?
 6.3
 1K
Last Exit (2006)
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 89 min.
Story: This suspence drama begins when two ordinary women falls on evil times when the car wreckage happens. One is a single mother of a handicapped son; another is a careerist trying to combine her high-pressure career and her family demands. When the ...
Style: tense, serious, bleak, realistic, suspenseful
Plot: parents and children, single parent, family relations, disability, family problems, relationship vs career, life turned upside down, mother son relationship, automobile, bank, law firm, school ...
Time: 21st century
Place: canada
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 3.9
 2K
Crowsnest (2012)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 84 min.
Story: In late summer of 2011, five young friends on a road trip went missing after being attacked by nomadic cannibals in a huge RV. Video was recorded by the victims & recovered by police as evidence in their still-unsolved murders.
Style: tense, suspenseful, rough, bleak, scary ...
Plot: found footage, on the road, murder, survival, isolation, buddies, confined, danger, friendship, wilderness, cannibalism, violence ...
Time: 21st century
Place: canada
Is relevant ?
 6.8
 565
Wetlands (2011)
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 111 min.
Story: On a dairy farm in the Eastern Townships, in the middle of a drought and while the land is parching, a drama will disrupt the life of the Santerre family. Confronted to each other they will have to learn to forgive.
Style: realistic, serious, psychological, captivating, avant garde ...
Plot: family problems, death in the family, estrangement, family relations, family business, parents and children, life is a bitch, down on your luck, voyeurism, forgiveness, gay, gay erotica ...
Time: 21st century
Place: canada, quebec
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The Cabin Movie (2005)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Three couples travel to a secluded cabin in an attempt to revitalize their lives through bizarre games of sexual dysfunction....and all heck breaks loose!
Style: sexy, semi serious, realistic, humorous, erotic ...
Plot: swinger, mate swapping, adultery, couple relations, friends, couples, family problems, sexual relations, looking for sex, masturbation, best friend, gender ...
Time: 21st century
Place: canada
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He Died with His Eyes Open (1985)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 105 min.
Story: On Ne Meurt Que Deux Fois, a French murder mystery based upon a novel of the same name, is an unusual, involving film with excellent performances by its entire cast. Police Inspector Staniland (Michel Serrault) is investigating the death of a ...
Style: neo noir, serious, mind bending, suspenseful, realistic ...
Plot: femme fatale, murder, seduction, police detective, investigation, who done it, couples, law enforcement, dishonesty, crime investigation, jealousy, brother sister incest ...
Time: 20th century, 80s
Place: canada, france
Is relevant ?
 8.5
 20K
Heartland (2007)
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: Canada
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story: Life is hard on the Flemings' ranch in the Alberta foothills where abused or neglected horses find refuge with a kind, hard-working family. Debts abound and the bank is about to foreclose. Can they keep the ranch running?
Style: serious, touching, sentimental, sincere, medical drama ...
Audience: family outing, family friendly, kids, teens, teen drama
Plot: horse, horse ranch, small town, farm, wild horse, family relations, cattle ranch, siblings relations, animal life, workplace, youth, sister sister relationship ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: canada, hawaii, new york
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Nurse.Fighter.Boy (2008)
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 93 min.
Story: An urban love story about the soul of a mother, the heart of a fighter, and the faith of a child.
Style: realistic, emotional, touching, sentimental, serious ...
Plot: boxing, hospital, parents and children, family relations, single parent, life is a bitch, love, nurse, loss, street fighter, gym, mother son relationship ...
Time: 21st century
Place: canada, africa
Is relevant ?
 6.3
 888
Nuit #1 (2011)
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Clara and Nikolai meet at a sweat-soaked rave and end their night at his apartment. The first part of the film is an erotic and candid portrait of their lovemaking. When Clara tries to sneak out without saying goodbye, this typical hookup takes an ...
Style: talky, serious, sincere, realistic, emotional ...
Plot: rave, slacker, one night stand, couples, young lovers, conversation, introspection, twentysomething life, sexual relations, isolation, sex, porn ...
Time: 21st century
Place: canada, quebec
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