Best Canadian Movies

This page is updated regularly. Subscribe, so you don't miss new recommendations. The list of "Best Canadian Movies" contains films with the following parameters. Style: weird, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, slasher and entertaining. Plot: danger, fear, violence, escape, chase, death, friendship, fight, rescue and blood. Genre: Drama, Action and Sci-Fi. Country: USA, Canada and UK.
Best Canadian Movies
Best Canadian Movies
TOP Movies: Brokeback Mountain (2005), Interstellar (2014), Dune (2021), Shiva Baby (2020), Jennifer's Body (2009), Titanic (1997), Licorice Pizza (2021), Blade Runner 2049 (2017), The Shape of Water (2017), Godzilla vs. Kong (2021), Extraction (2020), Arrival (2016), Ready or Not (2019), Come True (2020), Cube (1997), Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle (2017), Iron Man (2008), The Call of the Wild (2020), X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014), Fear Street: Part Three - 1666 (2021).

List of Best Movies

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Brokeback Mountain (2005)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 134 min.
Story: Two modern-day cowboys meet on a shepherding job in the summer of '63, the two share a raw and powerful summer together that turns into a lifelong relationship conflicting with the lives they are supposed to live.
Style: emotional, touching, sexy, sad, melancholic ...
Audience: chick flick, date night, girls' night
Plot: gay, homosexuality, homosexual, gay romance, gay relationship, forbidden love, lgbt, love story, gays and lesbians, gay slur, gay interest, first gay sexual experience ...
Time: 60s, year 1963, year 2005, 80s, 20th century ...
Place: wyoming, usa, texas, idaho, indiana ...
Is relevant ?
 8.7
 2.1M
Interstellar (2014)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, UK, Canada
Duration: 169 min.
Story: Interstellar chronicles the adventures of a group of explorers who make use of a newly discovered wormhole to surpass the limitations on human space travel and conquer the vast distances involved in an interstellar voyage.
Style: futuristic, mind bending, cerebral, philosophical, thought provoking ...
Audience: teens, date night, kids, chick flick, girls' night ...
Plot: space travel, time travel, outer space, father daughter relationship, nasa, astronaut, space, survival, end of the world, distopia, natural disaster, apocalypse ...
Time: future, year 2014, 2010s, near future, 21st century
Place: los angeles, colorado
Is relevant ?
 8.0
 785K
Dune (2021)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 155 min.
Story: A mythic and emotionally charged hero’s journey, “Dune” tells the story of Paul Atreides, a brilliant and gifted young man born into a great destiny beyond his understanding, must travel to the most dangerous planet in the universe to ensure ...
Style: epic, suspense, captivating, tense, action adventure ...
Audience: chick flick, adult
Plot: desert, space opera, alien planet, messiah, prophecy, destiny, outer space, premonition, water shortage, politics, adaptation, survival ...
Time: future, distant future, 2020s
Place: space western
Is relevant ?
 7.1
 32K
Shiva Baby (2020)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 77 min.
Story: College student Danielle must cover her tracks when she unexpectedly runs into her sugar daddy at a shiva - with her parents, ex-girlfriend and family friends also in attendance.
Style: emotional, disturbing, talky, captivating, entertaining ...
Plot: sugar daddy, lesbian interest, jewish culture, lgbt, jewish family, funeral, unfaithful husband, prostitute, parent child relationship, bisexual, lgbtq, deception ...
Time: 2020s, 21st century
Place: israel
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 5.5
 150K
Jennifer's Body (2009)
Genre: Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story: A newly possessed cheerleader turns into a killer who specializes in offing her male classmates. Can her best friend put an end to the horror?
Style: sexy, dark comedy, slasher, demonic, black comedy ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, adult
Plot: teenager, high school, supernatural, bad girl, satanic ritual, demon, succubus, seductress, small town, cheerleading, dark humor, cannibalism ...
Time: year 2009, y2k, 2000s, 21st century
Place: minnesota, indiana
Is relevant ?
 7.9
 1.3M
Titanic (1997)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 194 min.
Story: 84 years later, a 101-year-old woman named Rose DeWitt Bukater tells the story to her granddaughter Lizzy Calvert, Brock Lovett, Lewis Bodine, Bobby Buell and Anatoly Mikailavich on the Keldysh about her life set in April 10th 1912, on a ship called ...
Style: romantic, emotional, sentimental, dramatic, touching ...
Audience: chick flick, girls' night, date night, kids, family friendly ...
Plot: love, love story, titanic, disaster, ship, tragedy, forbidden love, ocean, love and romance, survival, fall in love, tragic love ...
Time: 20th century, 1910s, year 1997, 90s, edwardian era ...
Place: britain, iran, los angeles, america, nova scotia ...
Is relevant ?
 7.1
 139K
Licorice Pizza (2021)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 133 min.
Story: Set in the San Fernando Valley in the 1970s, the film follows a high school student who is also a successful child actor.
Style: period piece, captivating, comedy drama, teen, independent film ...
Audience: teens, date night, teen drama, adult
Plot: coming of age, actor, first love, teenage boy, jealousy, closeted homosexual, political campaign, age difference, brother brother relationship, sister sister relationship, friendship, wrongful arrest ...
Time: year 1973, 2020s, 70s, year 1939, 20th century
Place: los angeles, california, pasadena california, new york
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Blade Runner 2049 (2017)
Genre: Action, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, UK, Canada, Spain
Duration: 164 min.
Story: Thirty years after the events of the first film, a new blade runner, LAPD Officer K, unearths a long-buried secret that has the potential to plunge what's left of society into chaos. K's discovery leads him on a quest to find Rick Deckard, ...
Style: futuristic, neo noir, tech noir, thought provoking, detective ...
Audience: boys' night, adult
Plot: cyberpunk, artificial intelligence, dystopia, investigation, robot, dark future, mission, police detective, flying car, violence, bounty hunter, memory ...
Time: future, 2040s, year 2017, near future, distant future ...
Place: california, san diego california, space western, los angeles, las vegas
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The Shape of Water (2017)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 123 min.
Story: An other-worldly story, set against the backdrop of Cold War era America circa 1962, where a mute janitor working at a lab falls in love with an amphibious man being held captive there and devises a plan to help him escape.
Style: touching, fairy tale, romantic, biting, disturbing ...
Audience: date night, girls' night, adult
Plot: sign language, creature, love story, interspecies romance, supernatural, female protagonist, rescue, laboratory, cold war, interspecies sex, scientist, water ...
Time: 2010s, year 1962, year 2017, 60s, future
Place: maryland, america, los angeles, baltimore, usa ...
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Godzilla vs. Kong (2021)
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story: In a time when monsters walk the Earth, humanity’s fight for its future sets Godzilla and Kong on a collision course that will see the two most powerful forces of nature on the planet clash in a spectacular battle for the ages. As Monarch embarks ...
Style: suspense, tense, suspenseful, exciting, psychotronic ...
Audience: adult
Plot: godzilla, giant monster, king kong, kaiju, giant ape, monster, creature, giant animal, monster versus monster, giant creature, dinosaur, creature feature ...
Time: 2020s, jurassic, 2010s, 21st century
Place: hong kong, las vegas, usa, florida, philadelphia ...
Is relevant ?
 6.8
 260K
Extraction (2020)
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story: Tyler Rake, a fearless mercenary who offers his services on the black market, embarks on a dangerous mission when he is hired to rescue the kidnapped son of a Mumbai crime lord…
Style: suspenseful, exciting, tense, action thriller, ambiguous ending ...
Audience: manly, chick flick
Plot: mercenary, rescue mission, one against many, kidnapping, one man army, ex special forces, machismo, tough guy, death threat, swat team, jungle, child ...
Time: 2020s, future, 21st century
Place: india, bangladesh, australia, mumbai india
Is relevant ?
 7.9
 759K
Arrival (2016)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 116 min.
Story: Taking place after alien crafts land around the world, an expert linguist is recruited by the military to determine whether they come in peace or are a threat.
Style: psychological, intellectual, philosophical, reflective, futuristic ...
Audience: family friendly, teens, adult
Plot: alien, first contact, female protagonist, linguist, ufo, time, science, alien race, alien contact, extraterrestrial, scientist, creature ...
Time: future, year 2016, 2010s
Place: china, montana, america, massachusetts, venezuela ...
Is relevant ?
 6.9
 180K
Ready or Not (2019)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: A bride's wedding night takes a sinister turn when her eccentric new in-laws force her to take part in a terrifying game.
Style: suspense, horror comedy, scary, brutal, surprise ending ...
Audience: adult
Plot: survival, game, rite, satanic cult, pursuit, murder, woman kills a man, hide and seek, wedding, ritual, family curse, fiancee ...
Time: 2010s, year 2019, year 1989, 80s
Place: illinois
Is relevant ?
 6.0
 11K
Come True (2020)
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: Canada
Duration: 105 min.
Story: Looking for an escape from her recurring nightmares, 18-year-old Sarah submits to a university sleep study, but soon realizes she's become the conduit to a frightening new discovery.
Style: suspense, psychological, psychological thriller, surreal, suspenseful ...
Plot: coma, high school student, dream, sleepwalking, danger, heroes, chase, escapades, imagination, fantasy world, existentialism, youth ...
Time: 21st century
Place: canada
Is relevant ?
 7.1
 246K
Cube (1997)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Seven strangers are taken out of their daily lives and placed mysteriously in a deadly cube where they all agree they must find their way out.
Style: psychological, surreal, suspenseful, mind bending, psychological thriller ...
Audience: boys' night, adult
Plot: survival, trap, trapped, claustrophobia, isolation, mathematics, maze, escape, group of strangers, survival horror, death, game of death ...
Time: 90s, future, 20th century
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Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle (2017)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
Country: USA, Australia, Canada, Mexico, India, UK
Duration: 119 min.
Story: The tables are turned as four teenagers are sucked into Jumanji's world - pitted against rhinos, black mambas and an endless variety of jungle traps and puzzles. To survive, they'll play as characters from the game.
Style: breathtaking, biting, exciting, funny, psychotronic ...
Audience: family outing, kids, chick flick, teens, family friendly
Plot: jungle, adventurer, zoologist, game, friendship, video game, magic, high school, mission, archaeologist, teenage boy, team ...
Time: 2010s, year 2017, jurassic, year 1996, year 2016 ...
Place: new hampshire, hawaii
Is relevant ?
 7.9
 1.1M
Iron Man (2008)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 126 min.
Story: After being held captive in an Afghan cave, billionaire engineer Tony Stark creates a unique weaponized suit of armor to fight evil.
Style: exciting, witty, entertaining, action packed, saga ...
Audience: teens, girls' night, manly, kids, chick flick ...
Plot: superhero, heroes, technology, prodigy, self sacrifice, weapon system, billionaire, tony stark character, good versus evil, robot, millionaire, androids and robots ...
Time: year 2008, future, 2000s, 21st century
Place: usa, afghanistan, america, iraq, los angeles ...
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The Call of the Wild (2020)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: A sled dog struggles for survival in the wilds of the Yukon.
Style: captivating, disturbing, sincere, inspirational, fairy tale ...
Audience: kids, family outing
Plot: dog, survival, dog sled, wolf, snow, gold rush, danger, friendship, wolf pack, animal, grizzly bear, gold ...
Time: 19th century, 1890s, 20th century, victorian era, 2020s
Place: alaska, yukon
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X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 132 min.
Story: The ultimate X-Men ensemble fights a war for the survival of the species across two time periods as they join forces with their younger selves in an epic battle that must change the past – to save our future.
Style: entertaining, intense, epic, visually stunning, serious ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, kids, boys' night, adult
Plot: superhero, time travel, mutant, heroes, good versus evil, supernatural ability, superhuman powers, changing the past or future, time loop, superhuman, transformation, danger ...
Time: year 2014, future, 2010s, near future, 20th century ...
Place: usa, paris france, china, new york, moscow russia ...
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Fear Street: Part Three - 1666 (2021)
Genre: Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story: In 1666, a colonial town is gripped by a hysterical witch-hunt that has deadly consequences for centuries to come, and it's up to teenagers in 1994 to try and finally put an end to their town's curse, before it's too late.
Style: slasher, suspense, scary, queer horror, psychotronic ...
Audience: teens
Plot: supernatural, serial killer, lesbianism, forest, violent, lgbt, murder, lgbtq, lesbian, paranormal, paranormal phenomena, terror ...
Time: 2020s, year 1978, year 1994, 21st century
Place: usa
Is relevant ?
 6.0
 24K
Backcountry (2014)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 92 min.
Story: A couple on a deep-wilderness hike become hopelessly lost within an aggressive black bear's territory.
Style: suspense, suspenseful, tense, serious, realistic ...
Plot: survival, wilderness, nature, camping, bear, dangerous animal, lost in the woods, danger, bear attack, lost, woods, forest ...
Time: 21st century
Place: alaska, ontario canada, canada
Is relevant ?
 8.2
 667K
1917 (2019)
Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: UK, USA, India, Spain
Duration: 119 min.
Story: At the height of the First World War, two young British soldiers, Schofield and Blake are given a seemingly impossible mission. In a race against time, they must cross enemy territory and deliver a message that will stop a deadly attack on hundreds ...
Style: tense, period piece, entertaining, sad, visually stunning ...
Audience: boys' night, date night, teens, adult
Plot: world war one, trench warfare, race against time, british soldier, british army, death, soldier, military, battlefield, british military, survival, dangerous mission ...
Time: year 1917, 1910s, 2010s, 20th century, year 2019
Place: persia, britain, los angeles, france
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The Eyes of Tammy Faye (2021)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 126 min.
Story: In the 1970s and ’80s, Tammy Faye and Jim Bakker rose from humble beginnings to create the world’s largest religious broadcasting network and a theme park, and were revered for their message of love, acceptance, and prosperity.
Style: cynical, serious, realistic, disturbing, talky ...
Plot: televangelist, rise and fall, religion, luxury, adultery, unfaithful husband, lgbt, family relations, religious, scandal, sermon, evangelical christianity ...
Time: 1950s, 60s, year 1971, year 1960, 80s ...
Place: minnesota, minneapolis minnesota, palm springs california
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Free Guy (2021)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 115 min.
Story: A bank teller realizes he's a background character in an open world action game.
Style: entertaining, humorous, exciting, feel good, heroic ...
Audience: teens, boys' night, family friendly, kids, adult
Plot: virtual reality, video game, game, gamer, changing lives, career change, heroes, fantasy world, bank teller, code, programmer, altering history ...
Time: 2020s, future, 21st century
Place: new york, seattle, tokyo
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Below Her Mouth (2016)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Canada
Duration: 94 min.
Story: An unexpected affair quickly escalates into a heart-stopping reality for two women whose passionate connection changes their lives forever.
Style: erotic, sexy, sensual, romantic, psychological ...
Audience: chick flick, adult
Plot: lesbian, lgbt, lesbian love, lesbian relationship, erotica, lesbian sex, lesbian couple, lesbianism, lesbian lover, lesbian romance, love affair, lesbian interest ...
Place: indiana
Is relevant ?
 8.0
 61K
Mommy (2014)
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 139 min.
Story: A peculiar neighbor offers hope to a recent widow who is struggling to raise a teenager who is unpredictable and, sometimes, violent.
Style: melancholic, touching, depressing, emotional, psychological ...
Audience: teens, family friendly, teen drama
Plot: dysfunctional family, oedipus complex, single mother, mentally unstable, juvenile delinquent, troubled teen, mother son relationship, mother love, teenage boy, violence, teenager, caught masturbating ...
Time: 2010s, year 2014, year 2015, near future, year 2010 ...
Place: canada, quebec, montreal
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Fear Street: Part One - 1994 (2021)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story: In 1994, a group of teenagers discovers that the terrifying events which have haunted their town for generations ​are all connected — and that they may be the next targets.
Style: slasher, suspense, queer horror, tense, disturbing ...
Audience: teens
Plot: murder, supernatural, witch, lesbian, serial killer, lgbt, lgbtq, serial murder, terror, brutality, supernatural horror, maniac ...
Time: year 1994, 90s, 2020s, 20th century
Place: usa
Is relevant ?
The Book of Life (2014)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Musical, Romance
Country: Mexico, USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: The journey of Manolo, a young man who is torn between fulfilling the expectations of his family and following his heart. Before choosing which path to follow, he embarks on an incredible adventure that spans three fantastical worlds where he must ...
Style: exciting, touching, romantic, suspenseful, atmospheric ...
Audience: kids, family outing, family friendly, preschool
Plot: true love, life & death, day of the dead, hopes, friendship, afterlife, imaginary, love and romance, destiny, bullfighting, fall in love, escapades ...
Time: 20th century, year 2014, 2010s, 21st century
Place: mexico, latin america
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Fear Street: Part Two - 1978 (2021)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story: In 1978, two rival groups at Camp Nightwing must band together to solve a terrifying mystery when horrors from their towns' history come alive.
Style: slasher, scary, suspense, suspenseful, bleak ...
Audience: teens
Plot: serial killer, supernatural, murder, monster, woman in danger, homicidal maniac, witch, lesbian, snake, brutality, psychopath, violence ...
Time: 2020s, 70s, year 1994, year 1978, 21st century
Place: usa
Is relevant ?
Fast & Furious 9 (2021)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 143 min.
Story: The next installment in the franchise.
Style: suspense, ambiguous ending, saga, anamorphic, exciting ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: chases and races, car, woman kills a man, car chase, street racing, brother brother relationship, family relations, terrorist plot, cia agent, ak 47, chase, carsploitation ...
Time: 2020s, year 1989, 90s, 80s, 21st century
Place: georgia, las vegas, jamaica, tokyo, edinburgh scotland ...
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