List of Canadian films of 1984
This is a list of Canadian films which were released in 1984:
Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
The Bay Boy | Daniel Petrie | Kiefer Sutherland, Liv Ullmann, Peter Donat, Alan Scarfe, Chris Wiggins, Leah Pinsent | Coming-of-age drama | Canada-France co-production |
Bedroom Eyes | William Fruet | Dayle Haddon, Christine Cattell | Thriller | |
Best Revenge | John Trent | Drama | ||
The Blood of Others | Claude Chabrol | Jodie Foster, Michael Ontkean, Sam Neill, Stéphane Audran, Alexandra Stewart | Drama | Canada-France co-production made with U.S. financing, and the third Canadian film by French director Claude Chabrol based on the novel by Simone de Beauvoir. |
The Cap | Robert A. Duncan | Drama | ||
Charade | John Minnis | Animated short | Oscar winner | |
The Children of Soong Ching Ling | Gary Bush | Documentary | ||
City Girl | Martha Coolidge | Drama | ||
Covergirl | Jean-Claude Lord | Drama | ||
The Crime of Ovide Plouffe | Denys Arcand | Gabriel Arcand, Anne Létourneau, Pierre Curzi, Denise Filiatrault, Rémy Girard, Donald Pilon | Drama | Canada-France co-production; Genie Award – Actor |
The Dog Who Stopped the War | André Melançon | Cédric Jourde, Maripierre D’Amour, Julien Élie | Children's film | The first of producer Rock Demers's Tales for All; Golden Reel Award. |
Draw! | Steven Hilliard Stern | Kirk Douglas, James Coburn, Alexandra Bastedo, Derek McGrath, Linda Sorenson | Western | HBO's first feature-length drama made with U.S. financing was released theatrically in Canada; Genie Award - Supporting Actress |
Hockey Night | Paul Shapiro | Drama | ||
Hookers on Davie | Janis Cole & Holly Dale | Documentary | ||
The Hotel New Hampshire | Tony Richardson | Jodie Foster, Beau Bridges, Rob Lowe, Nastassja Kinski, Wilford Brimley, Wallace Shawn | Family drama | Based on the novel by John Irving; Canada-U.K. co-production made with U.S. financing |
Incident at Restigouche | Alanis Obomsawin | Documentary | ||
Isaac Littlefeathers | Les Rose | William Korbut, Lou Jacobi, Scott Hylands | Drama | |
Jacques and November | Jean Beaudry and François Bouvier | Jean Beaudry | Faux-documentary | |
Le jour S... | Jean Pierre Lefebvre | Pierre Curzi, Marie Tifo | Drama | Screened at the 1984 Cannes Film Festival |
The Last Glacier | Jacques Leduc, Roger Frappier | |||
Listen to the City | Ron Mann | Drama | ||
Louisiana | Philippe De Broca | Margot Kidder, Ian Charleson, Victor Lanoux, Andréa Ferreol, Lloyd Bochner | Costume drama | Canada-France co-production |
Michael Rubbo | Margaret Atwood | National Film Board documentary | ||
Mario | Jean Beaudin | Xavier Norman Petermann, Jacques Godin | Drama | Genie Awards – Cinematography, Sound, Musical Score |
The Masculine Mystique | John N. Smith, Giles Walker | Stefan Wodoslawsky, Sam Grana, Mort Ransen | National Film Board feature | |
Memoirs | Bashar Shbib | Drama | ||
Mother's Meat and Freud's Flesh | Demetrios Estdelacropolis | Demetrios Estdelacropolis, Esther Vargas | Comedy-drama | |
My Kind of Town | Charles Wilkinson | Peter Smith, Tina Schliessler, John Cooper | Drama | |
Next of Kin | Atom Egoyan | Patrick Tierney, Arsinée Khanjian | Drama | Atom Egoyan's first feature |
No More Hiroshima | Martin Duckworth | National Film Board documentary | Genie Award for best short documentary | |
One Night Stand | John Duigan | Drama | Canada-Australia coproduction | |
Paradise | Ishu Patel | National Film Board animated short | Academy Award– Animated Short; Berlin Film Festival – Silver Plaque for Cultural/ Documentary Film | |
Reno and the Doc | Charles Dennis | Kenneth Welsh, Linda Griffiths | Comedy | |
Slim Obsession | Donald Shebib | Susan Wright, Paul Kelman, Kerrie Keane | Drama | 1984 Chris Bronze Plaque, Columbus Festival; 1985 ACTRA Award for Best Actress |
Sonatine | Micheline Lanctôt | Pascale Bussières, Marcia Pilote, Pierre Fauteux | Drama | Genie Awards – Director; Venice Film Festival – Silver Lion |
The Surrogate | Don Carmody | Art Hindle, Carole Laure, Shannon Tweed, Jackie Burroughs | Thriller | |
That's My Baby | John Bradshaw, Edie Yolles | Comedy | ||
Unfinished Business | Don Owen | Isabelle Mejias, Peter Spence, Peter Kastner | Drama | |
Walls | Tom Shandel | Winston Rekert, Andrée Pelletier | Drama | |
Waterwalker | Bill Mason | Documentary | ||
A Woman in Transit | Léa Pool | Louise Marleau, Paule Baillargeon, Marthe Turgeon, Serge Dupire | Drama | Genie Awards – Actress, Song; Toronto Festival of Festivals – Best Canadian Feature |
The Years of Dreams and Revolt | Jean-Claude Labrecque | Gilbert Sicotte, Anne-Marie Provencher, Monique Mercure | Drama |