Best Canadian Movies of 2022

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Best Canadian Movies of 2022
Best Canadian Movies of 2022
TOP Movies: X (2022), You Can Live Forever (2022), Bandit (2022), Turning Red (2022), Three Wise Men and a Baby (2022), Pearl (2022), My Fake Boyfriend (2022), A Kismet Christmas (2022), The Christmas Retreat (2022), Cider and Sunsets (2022), The Sea Beast (2022), Orphan: First Kill (2022), Bullet Proof (2022), The Story of Love (2022), Violent Night (2022), Riceboy Sleeps (2022), Family Game (2022), Black Adam (2022), Crimes of the Future (2022), Alice, Darling (2022).

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 6.5
 168K
X (2022)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 105 min.
Story: In 1979, a group of young filmmakers set out to make an adult film in rural Texas, but when their reclusive, elderly hosts catch them in the act, the cast find themselves fighting for their lives.
Style: slasher, suspense, disturbing, psychological, scary ...
Audience: adult
Plot: elderly couple, serial killer, adult filmmaking, van, husband wife relationship, characters murdered one by one, lust, televangelist, old woman, farmhouse, old age, farmer ...
Time: 2020s, 70s, year 1979, 20th century, 1910s ...
Place: texas, houston texas
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You Can Live Forever (2022)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Canada
Duration: 96 min.
Story: When Jaime, a gay teenager, is sent to live in a community of Jehovah's Witnesses in small-town Quebec, she falls madly in love with a devout Witness girl. The two embark on an intense affair with consequences that will reshape the rest of ...
Style: psychological, romantic, disturbing, captivating, crying
Plot: lesbian, lesbian teen, lesbian love, lesbian relationship, lesbian seduction, lesbian romance, jehovah's witness, teenage girl, lgbt, homosexuality, lesbian attraction, forbidden love ...
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 6.4
 13K
Bandit (2022)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 126 min.
Story: After escaping a Michigan prison, a charming career criminal assumes a new identity in Canada and goes on to rob a record 59 banks and jewellery stores while being hunted by a rogue task force. Based on the story of The Flying Bandit.
Style: thrilling, captivating, realistic, tense, crime drama ...
Audience: family friendly
Plot: bank robber, jewel theft, bank robbery, heist, criminal, robbery, crime boss, burglar, investigation, stealing money, theft, personality change ...
Time: 80s, year 1988, year 1985
Place: canada, vancouver, detroit, ontario 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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Three Wise Men and a Baby (2022)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 84 min.
Story: Three brothers get the surprise of their lives when they are forced to work together to care for a baby over the holidays. As they slowly get the hang of things, they find themselves on unexpected journeys of self-discovery and begin to rebuild ...
Style: entertaining, dramatic, funny, humorous, light ...
Plot: christmas, family relations, brother brother relationship, child, child protagonist, brothers, family problems, relationships, holiday, building a house, aunt nephew relationship, male protagonist ...
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 7.0
 92K
Pearl (2022)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada, New Zealand
Duration: 103 min.
Story: Trapped on her family’s isolated farm, Pearl must tend to her ailing father under the bitter and overbearing watch of her devout mother. Lusting for a glamorous life like she’s seen in the movies, Pearl’s ambitions, temptations and repressions ...
Style: slasher, scary, serious, disturbing, rough ...
Audience: adult
Plot: serial killer, female protagonist, farm, murder, mental illness, world war one, domineering mother, female serial killer, rural setting, murder confession, farmhouse, female nudity ...
Time: 1910s, 2020s, year 1918, 20th century
Place: texas, europe
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My Fake Boyfriend (2022)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: Canada
Duration: 100 min.
Story: A young man in a tricky situation follows the advice of his unconventional best friend and uses social media to create a fake boyfriend to keep his awful ex-lover out of his life. But everything backfires when he meets the real love of his life, and ...
Style: romantic, satirical, semi serious, disturbing, captivating ...
Plot: gay, gay interest, lgbt, male nudity, homosexual, social satire, relationships, social media, love interest, satire, deception, couple relations ...
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A Kismet Christmas (2022)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Romance
Country: Canada
Duration: 84 min.
Story: Sarah is a children’s book author who returns to her hometown, where she reconnects with her family and Travis, her teenage crush. She soon discovers that a long-held family legend might actually be true.
Style: captivating, satirical, entertaining, semi serious, romantic drama
Audience: family outing
Plot: christmas, holiday, getting home, christmas spirit, male female relationship, relationships, christmas season, satire, family relations, writers, changing lives, couple relations ...
Place: maine
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The Christmas Retreat (2022)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: Canada
Duration: 88 min.
Story: When Kim's boyfriend breaks up with her instead of proposing, Kim's mom takes her away to a Christmas Retreat to reconnect with the spirit of the holiday. There she meets newly unemployed Mark.
Style: captivating, thrilling, entertaining, feel good, romantic ...
Plot: christmas, christmas season, relationships, christmas spirit, romantic relationship, couple relations, male female relationship, family relations, love interest, love affair, lifestyle change, couples ...
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Cider and Sunsets (2022)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: Canada
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Marley’s brilliant at organizing other people’s engagements, but unlucky in finding romance herself. When designing her most important proposal yet, the man who could jeopardize it all may be the one who helps find her own love story.
Style: entertaining, feel good, captivating, romantic
Plot: female protagonist, relationships, couple relations, romantic relationship, love affair, fall in love, in love, love and romance, love interest, male female relationship, love story, wedding planning ...
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 7.0
 57K
The Sea Beast (2022)
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story: The life of a legendary sea monster hunter is turned upside down when a young girl stows away on his ship.
Style: 3d animation, funny, anime, semi serious, exciting ...
Audience: kids, family outing, teens
Plot: sea adventure, sea monster, giant monster, sea, sea voyage, kaiju, ocean, hunter, beast, captain, human versus monster, satire ...
Time: future, 17th century
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Dangerous Game: The Legacy Murders (2022)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 96 min.
Story: A family reunion at a remote mansion takes a lethal turn when they are trapped inside and forced to play a deadly survival game where only one will make it out alive.
Style: tense, thrilling, suspenseful, captivating, slasher horror
Plot: survival horror, survival, trap, deathtrap, threat to kill, husband wife reunion, threat, struggle for survival, dysfunctional family, family reunited, supernatural, mansion ...
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Orphan: First Kill (2022)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: After escaping from an Estonian psychiatric facility, Leena Klammer travels to America by impersonating Esther, the missing daughter of a wealthy family. But when her mask starts to slip, she is put against a mother who will protect her family from ...
Style: psychological, captivating, disturbing, slasher, bloody ...
Plot: killer child, psycho killer, female protagonist, brutality, stolen identity, personality change, pretending to be someone else, life is a bitch, mentally unstable, family problems, dysfunctional family, new identity ...
Time: 2020s, 2000s, year 2007
Place: estonia, moscow russia, russia
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 4.3
 2K
Bullet Proof (2022)
Genre: Action
Country: Canada
Duration: 96 min.
Story: The Thief pulls off the robbery of a lifetime when he robs the psychotic drug lord, Temple. The plan goes off without a hitch until the Thief discovers a stowaway in his getaway car - Temple's pregnant wife, Mia.
Style: suspenseful, suspense, captivating, tense, disturbing
Plot: mob hit, unlikely friendships, mafioso, pregnant woman, problem, money, stolen money, crime boss, gang, criminal, threat to kill, organized crime ...
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The Story of Love (2022)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: Canada
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Ruby, an aspiring romance novelist, joins a writers retreat in Tahoe, in order to win a lucrative book deal. But when Woody, the hotel owner, shows her the beauty of nature, Ruby wonders if she's been writing the wrong kinds of stories.
Style: psychological, satirical, captivating, disturbing
Plot: female writer, writer's life, relationships, male female relationship, romantic relationship, love affair, couple relations, love story, love and romance, satire, love interest, kayaking ...
Place: los angeles
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 6.7
 98K
Violent Night (2022)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada, Japan
Duration: 112 min.
Story: When a team of mercenaries breaks into a wealthy family compound on Christmas Eve, taking everyone inside hostage, the team isn’t prepared for a surprise combatant: Santa Claus is on the grounds, and he’s about to show why this Nick is no saint.
Style: christmas horror, entertaining, captivating, humorous, tense ...
Audience: date night
Plot: christmas, santa claus, christmas eve, bloody violence, holiday, hostage situation, graphic violence, snow, extreme violence, dark humor, killer santa claus, holiday horror ...
Time: 10th century, 2020s
Place: connecticut, washington d.c.
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Riceboy Sleeps (2022)
Genre: Drama, Family, History, Romance
Country: Canada
Duration: 117 min.
Story: A South Korean mother and son struggle with their new life in 1990s Canada and the growing rift between them.
Style: thrilling, captivating, psychological, independent film, semi autobiographical
Audience: family outing
Plot: mother son relationship, family relations, single parent, relationship problems, social problems, family life, family problems, parents and children, relationships, single mother, racism, coming of age ...
Time: 90s, year 1999, year 1990
Place: canada, south korea
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 6.6
 368
Family Game (2022)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 120 min.
Story: The Arsenaults, a close-knit family who profit from illegal hunting, have ruled the roost for several generations in Témiscouata, Quebec. The return to the fold of Anthony, the impetuous youngest of the family, then the arrival of Émilie, a radio ...
Style: captivating, tense, thrilling, suspenseful
Plot: hunter, family secret, eccentric family, hunting, partners in crime, criminal, bandit, organized crime, gang, lifestyle, criminal gang, poacher ...
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 6.2
 271K
Black Adam (2022)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Canada, New Zealand, Hungary
Duration: 125 min.
Story: Nearly 5,000 years after he was bestowed with the almighty powers of the Egyptian gods—and imprisoned just as quickly—Black Adam is freed from his earthly tomb, ready to unleash his unique form of justice on the modern world.
Style: captivating, tense, colorful, suspense, action adventure ...
Audience: family friendly
Plot: superhero, seeing the future, fight, mythology, egyptian mythology, female warrior, villain, supernatural power, superhero team, fantasy world, supernatural ability, superman ...
Time: 2020s
Place: louisiana
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Crimes of the Future (2022)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: Canada, Greece, UK
Duration: 107 min.
Story: Humans adapt to a synthetic environment, with new transformations and mutations. With his partner Caprice, Saul Tenser, celebrity performance artist, publicly showcases the metamorphosis of his organs in avant-garde performances.
Style: suspense, disturbing, detective, captivating, gothic horror ...
Audience: date night, adult
Plot: body horror, surgical operation, art, metamorphosis, surgery, shipyard, murder, distopia, evolution, mutation, body transformation, transformation ...
Time: near future, 2020s
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 5.5
 10K
Alice, Darling (2022)
Genre: Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: Canada, UK, USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: A young woman trapped in an abusive relationship becomes an unwitting participant in an intervention staged by her two closest friends.
Style: psychological, captivating, thrilling, suspenseful, independent film
Plot: abusive boyfriend, female protagonist, abusive relationship, intervention, psychological abuse, friendship, trapped, power relations, male female relationship, relationships, life is a bitch, women's liberation ...
Time: 21st century
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 6.8
 261K
Nope (2022)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Canada, Japan, USA
Duration: 130 min.
Story: Plot unknown.
Style: psychological thriller, suspense, disturbing, scary, splatter ...
Audience: teens, adult
Plot: alien, massacre, horse, chimpanzee, ufo, alien invasion, brother sister relationship, death of father, eaten alive, loss of father, alien monster, ranch ...
Time: 2020s, future, year 1998, 90s, year 1996
Place: california
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When Time Got Louder (2022)
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 114 min.
Story: Departing for college, Abbie leaves her parents and brother who has autism and is non-verbal. As she explores her independence and sexuality, she's torn between her new life and her love for her brother.
Style: lgbt cinema, captivating, psychological, disturbing, independent film ...
Plot: lgbt, relationship problems, sexual desire, female protagonist, family problems, life is a bitch, love affair, relationships, family relations, forbidden love, brother sister relationship, woman ...
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Honor Society (2022)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: Honor is an ambitious high school senior whose sole focus is getting into Harvard, assuming she can first score the coveted recommendation from her guidance counselor, Mr. Calvin. Willing to do whatever it takes, Honor concocts a Machiavellian-like ...
Style: feel good, captivating, satirical, romantic, semi serious ...
Audience: teens
Plot: school, harvard, relationships, teenage girl, friendship, teenage life, romantic relationship, couples, love and romance, fall in love, schoolboy, teenage love ...
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 4.3
 1K
Grotesque (2022)
Genre: Horror
Country: Canada
Duration: 83 min.
Story: Mildred Moyer transforms from shy misfit to loveable psychopath when her back-alley plastic surgery is botched. Mildred finds herself living her best life as she unleashes brutal vengeance on all those who tormented her in the past.
Style: slasher, tense, suspenseful, psychological horror, captivating ...
Plot: anger, mentally unstable, psychopath, revenge, murderer, dark past, plastic surgery, mental disorder, physical appearance, murder, retribution
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 6.6
 359
Norbourg (2022)
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 119 min.
Story: The story of Vincent Lacroix, a businessman convicted of defrauding thousands of investors and embezzling over $130 million in mid-2000s Quebec, Canada. Inspector and auditor Éric Asselin is mandated to monitor the activities of the Norbourg firm. ...
Style: psychological, thrilling, captivating, suspenseful, realistic
Plot: embezzlement, court case, corporation, legal investigation, lawsuit, scandal, court, courtroom drama, legal action, biopic, fraud
Place: quebec
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 3.8
 771
Ash & Dust (2022)
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 85 min.
Story: The film is set in a small town where two modest couples find themselves caught up in a game of life & death with a vicious gang after the discovery of a mysterious box buried long ago.
Style: captivating, tense, suspenseful, suspense, disturbing
Plot: small town, deathtrap, gang, criminal, game of death, criminal gang, death threat, threat, murder mystery, trap, bandit, couples ...
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The Friendship Game (2022)
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: Canada
Duration: 87 min.
Story: A group of teens in a small town come across a strange object that tests their loyalties to each other with increasingly destructive consequences the deeper into the game they go.
Style: psychological, suspenseful, captivating, exciting, thrilling
Plot: teenager, magical object, teenage life, friends, friendship, changing lives, competitor, group of friends, teamwork, teenage protagonist, town, magical ...
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 6.2
 3K
Fireheart (2022)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family
Country: France, Canada
Duration: 92 min.
Story: The film explores the world of firefighters in 1920s New York City and tells the story of a 16-year-old girl who will have to become a hero in order to save her city.
Style: anime, semi serious, entertaining, satirical, captivating ...
Audience: kids, family outing
Plot: dalmatian, fire brigade, firefighter, arson, father daughter relationship, fireman, cross dressing, escapades, investigation, pretense, pretending to be someone else, uncover truth ...
Time: 1920s, 1930s
Place: new york
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 6.9
 1K
Brother (2022)
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: Canada
Duration: 119 min.
Story: Sons of Caribbean immigrants, Francis and Michael face questions of masculinity, identity and family amid the pulsing beat of Toronto's early hip-hop scene. A mystery unfolds when escalating tensions set off a series of events which changes the ...
Style: exciting, serious, captivating, psychological, thrilling
Plot: brother brother relationship, family relations, grownups, gay interest, brother, social problems, two brothers, hip hop, immigrant, black cast, family life, identity ...
Place: toronto ontario canada
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