List of Canadian films of 1986
This is a list of Canadian films which were released in 1986:
| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
| The Adventure of Faustus Bidgood | Mike Jones | Robert Joy, Greg Malone, Mary Walsh, Cathy Jones | Featuring CODCO members | |
| Anne Trister | Léa Pool | Albane Guilhe, Louise Marleau, Hugues Quester, Lucie Laurier | Drama | Genie Awards – Cinematography, Song; entered into the 36th Berlin International Film Festival |
| ' | Brigitte Berman | Artie Shaw | Documentary | Academy Award for Feature Documentary |
| Bach and Broccoli | André Melançon | Mahée Paiement, Raymond Legault | Children's | |
| The Boy in Blue | Charles Jarrott | Nicolas Cage, Christopher Plummer, Cynthia Dale, David Naughton, Sean Sullivan | Drama | |
| Bullies | Paul Lynch | Jonathan Crombie, Janet-Laine Green, Olivia d'Abo | Action drama | |
| ' | Dale Schott | Feature animation | ||
| City in Panic | Robert Bouvier | David Adamson, Lee Ann Nestegard, Ed Chester, Peter Roberts | Horror | |
| The Climb | Donald Shebib | Bruce Greenwood, Kenneth Welsh, Ken Pogue | Adventure drama | |
| Confidential | Bruce Pittman | Neil Munro, August Schellenberg, Chapelle Jaffe | Crime drama, film noir | |
| Creole Connections | Alain d'Aix | Documentary | ||
| Dancing in the Dark | Leon Marr | Martha Henry, Richard Monette, Rosemary Dunsmore, Neil Munro | Drama | |
| Debonair Dancers | Alison Nigh-Strelich | Documentary | ||
| The Decline of the American Empire | Denys Arcand | Rémy Girard, Dorothée Berryman, Pierre Curzi, Louise Portal, Gabriel Arcand, Dominique Michel | Drama | AV Preservation Trust Masterwork |
| Evixion | Bashar Shbib | Docudrama | ||
| Flying | Paul Lynch | Drama | ||
| The Great Land of Small | Vojtěch Jasný | Karin Elkin, Michael J. Anderson, Ken Roberts | Children's film | From the Tales for All series |
| La Guêpe | Gilles Carle | Drama | ||
| ' | Peter R. Hunt | Science fiction | ||
| I Need a Man Like You to Make My Dreams Come True | Kalli Paakspuu, Daria Stermac | Sheila Costick, Helen Porter, The Clichettes | Short comedy | |
| In the Shadow of the Wind | Yves Simoneau | Steve Banner, Marie Tifo, Lothaire Bluteau | Drama | Entered into the 37th Berlin International Film Festival |
| In This Corner | Atom Egoyan | Robert Wisden, Patrick Tierney | Drama | |
| Intimate Power | Yves Simoneau | Marie Tifo, Pierre Curzi, Jacques Godin, Robert Gravel | Crime drama | |
| Iron Eagle | Sidney J. Furie | Louis Gossett Jr., Jason Gedrick, Tim Thomerson, Larry B. Scott, Caroline Lagerfelt | Drama | Canada-Israel co-production made with U.S. financing |
| It's a Party! | Peg Campbell | Short comedy-drama | ||
| John and the Missus | Gordon Pinsent | Gordon Pinsent, Jackie Burroughs, Timothy Webber | Drama | Screenplay by Gordon Pinsent based on his own novel. |
| Lost! | Peter Rowe | Kenneth Welsh, Helen Shaver, Michael Hogan | Drama | |
| ' | George Mendeluk | Comedy | ||
| Nion in the Kabaret de La Vita | Jeremy Podeswa | Ian "Nion" Wallace | Short drama | |
| The Park Is Mine | Steven Hilliard Stern | Drama | - | |
| Alanis Obomsawin | Documentary | |||
| Separate Vacations | Michael Anderson | David Naughton, Jennifer Dale, Lally Cadeau | Sex comedy | |
| Sitting in Limbo | John N. Smith | Patricia Dillon, Fabian Gibbs | National Film Board drama | |
| Sword of Gideon | Michael Anderson | Drama | ||
| Toby McTeague | Jean-Claude Lord | Yannick Bisson, Winston Rekert | Drama | |
| Transitions | Colin Low, Tony Ianzelo | Documentary | - | |
| Zombie Nightmare | Jack Bravman | Horror |