Country: Canada
Discover the best movies, series, and documentaries made in Canada. Enjoy the top titles of all time, handpicked for you.
Titles found: 9K
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
8.0
21 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
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
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