Country: Canada

Discover the best movies, series, and documentaries made in Canada. Enjoy the top titles of all time, handpicked for you.


Home for Christmas

1978 · Documentary · 50 min. · Canada

Direction Rick Hancox

Cast Amanda Hancox · Scot Denton · Bill Hancox · Mary Hancox

Synopsis "Here is the quintessential Hancox 'personal documentary,' a film in which both the production and role of traditional documentary and autobiographical filmmaking are thrown into question. Using his camera to record a visit out east by train to spend Christmas...

8.4

39 votes

8.4

39 votes

The Art of Worldly Wisdom

1979 · Documentary · 55 min. · Canada

Direction R. Bruce Elder

Synopsis Composition from journals kept during 1976-78. Moving Kodak snapshots taken during travels abroad and while at work back home; random glimpses of sites seen and persons visited, fragments of afternoon reveries and night dream visions with garrulous non-stop descriptions of...

8.1

29 votes

8.1

29 votes

Metal Evolution (TV Series)

2011 · Documentary · 60 min. · Canada

Direction Sam Dunn · Scot McFadyen

Cast Alice Cooper · Iggy Pop · Lemmy · Slash

Synopsis Metal Evolution is a 2011 documentary series directed by anthropologist and film-maker Sam Dunn and director, producer and music supervisor Scot McFadyen about heavy metal subgenres, with new episodes airing every Friday at 10pm EST on MuchMore and Saturday at...

8.0

130 votes

8.0

130 votes

1857 (Fool's Gold)

1981 · Documentary · 26 min. · Canada

Direction R. Bruce Elder

8.0

21 votes

8.0

21 votes

Illuminated Texts

1982 · Documentary · 180 min. · Canada

Direction R. Bruce Elder

7.9

33 votes

7.9

33 votes

Rush: The Documentary

2010 · Documentary · 107 min. · Canada

Direction Sam Dunn · Scot McFadyen · Mike Munn

Cast Geddy Lee · Neil Peart · Alex Lifeson · Jack Black

Synopsis An in-depth look at the Canadian rock band Rush, chronicling the band's musical evolution from their progressive rock sound of the '70s to their current heavy rock style.

7.8

342 votes

7.8

342 votes

The Corporation

2003 · Documentary · 145 min. · Canada

Direction Mark Achbar · Jennifer Abbott · Joel Bakan

Cast Noam Chomsky · Naomi Klein · Milton Friedman · Howard Zinn

Synopsis Provoking, witty, stylish and sweepingly informative, "The Corporation" explores the nature and spectacular rise of the dominant institution of our time. Part film and part movement, The Corporation is transforming audiences and dazzling critics with its insightful and compelling analysis....

7.8

4K votes

7.8

4K votes

Cirque du Soleil: Alegria (TV)

2001 · Documentary · 93 min. · Canada

Direction Nick Morris

7.8

248 votes

7.8

248 votes

Anne with an E (TV Series)

2017 · Series · 60 min. · Canada

Direction Moira Walley-Beckett · Niki Caro · David Evans · Amanda Tapping

Cast Amybeth McNulty · Geraldine James · R.H. Thomson · Dalila Bela

Synopsis TV Series (2017-2019). 3 Seasons. 27 Episodes. Anne is a coming-of-age story about an outsider who, against all odds and many challenges, fights for love and acceptance and her place in the world. Set in Prince Edward Island in the...

7.8

3K votes

7.8

3K votes

Cirque du Soleil: Kooza (TV)

2009 · Documentary · 115 min. · Canada

Direction Mario Janelle

7.8

39 votes

7.8

39 votes

Birds at Sunrise (S)

1986 · Documentary · 10 min. · Canada

Direction Joyce Wieland

Synopsis The sights and sounds of birds, flowers, plants and morning light as day breaks.

7.8

21 votes

7.8

21 votes

Encirclement - Neo-Liberalism Ensnares Democracy

2008 · Documentary · 160 min. · Canada

Direction Richard Brouillette

Cast Noam Chomsky · Ignacio Ramonet · Normand Baillargeon · Susan George

Synopsis Using the reflections and analysis of many renowned intellectuals, this documentary draws a portrait of neoliberal ideology and examines the various mechanisms used to impose its dictates throughout the world.

7.7

24 votes

7.7

24 votes

The Weight of Chains

2010 · Documentary · 125 min. · Canada

Direction Boris Malagurski

Synopsis The Weight of Chains is a Canadian documentary film that takes a critical look at the role that the US, NATO and the EU played in the tragic breakup of a once peaceful and prosperous European state - Yugoslavia. The...

7.7

318 votes

7.7

318 votes

The Hart of London

1970 · Documentary · 80 min. · Canada

Direction Jack Chambers

Synopsis A surreal sequence of images of nature and London, Ontario, evoking the cycle of life and death.

7.7

77 votes

7.7

77 votes

Hip-Hop Evolution (TV Series)

2016 · Documentary · Canada

Direction Darby Wheeler · Sam Dunn · Scot McFadyen

Cast Sal Abbatiello · Paul Ackerley · Bill Adler · Charlie Ahearn

Synopsis 4 seasons. 16 episodes. Interviews with influential MCs, DJs and moguls trace the genre's dynamic evolution from the 1970s through the 1990s in this documentary series.

7.7

957 votes

7.7

957 votes

Incendies

2010 · Movie · 130 min. · Canada

Direction Denis Villeneuve

Cast Lubna Azabal · Mélissa Désormeaux-Poulin · Maxim Gaudette · Rémy Girard

Synopsis Incendies (2010) follows twins Jeanne and Simon as they unravel their mother Nawal's mysterious past after her death. Tasked with delivering letters to a father they thought was dead and a brother they never knew existed, they journey to the...

7.7

21K votes

7.7

21K votes

The Man Who Planted Trees

1987 · Movie · 30 min. · Canada

Direction Frédéric Back

Synopsis The story of Elzeard Bouffier, who over 35 years quietly cultivated a magnificent forest in a desolate area of France. The tale is told by a young traveler who happens upon the old gentleman one day, and finds himself returning...

7.7

4K votes

7.7

4K votes

Shogun

2024 · Series · 60 min. · Canada

Direction Justin Marks · Rachel Kondo · Fred Toye · Charlotte Brändström

Cast Cosmo Jarvis · Hiroyuki Sanada · Anna Sawai · Tadanobu Asano

Synopsis In Shogun (2024), a bold English navigator shipwrecks in feudal Japan, plunging into a world of political intrigue and cultural clash. As warlords vie for power, he becomes entangled with a cunning daimyo and his mysterious translator. Loyalties blur amid...

7.6

10K votes

7.6

10K votes

The Union: The Business Behind Getting High

2007 · Documentary · 104 min. · Canada

Direction Brett Harvey

Synopsis BC's illegal marijuana trade industry has evolved into a business giant, dubbed by some involved as 'The Union', Commanding upwards of $7 billion Canadian annually. With up to 85% of 'BC Bud' being exported to the United States, the trade...

7.6

218 votes

7.6

218 votes

Brouillard #14 (S)

2013 · Documentary · 10 min. · Canada

Direction Alexandre Larose

Synopsis 39 walking trajectories from the filmmaker's parents’ house into a lake nearby are superimposed onto a 1000-foot strip of 35 mm color reversal film. With the aperture just slightly opened, only the brightest spots of each walk leave a trace...

7.6

24 votes

7.6

24 votes