List of Canadian films of 1996
This is a list of Canadian films which were released in 1996:
Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
The Best Bad Thing | Peter Rowe | Drama | Canada-Japan co-production made for TV | |
The Cockroach that Ate Cincinnati | Michael McNamara | Alan Williams | Comedy | |
Cosmos | Jennifer Alleyn, Manon Briand, Marie-Julie Dallaire, Arto Paragamian, André Turpin & Denis Villeneuve | Drama anthology produced by Roger Frappier | ||
Crash | David Cronenberg | James Spader, Elias Koteas, Holly Hunter | Drama based on the novel by J.G. Ballard | Golden Reel Award; Canada-U.K. co-production |
Dinner for Two | Janet Perlman | Animated short | ||
The Escort | Denis Langlois | Paul-Antoine Taillefer, Éric Cabana, Robin Aubert, Patrice Coquereau | Comedy-drama | |
Fire | Deepa Mehta | Nandita Das, Shabana Azmi | Drama | Banned in India; first in the Fire, Earth, Water trilogy by director Deepa Mehta; Canada-India co-production |
Hard Core Logo | Bruce McDonald | Hugh Dillon, Callum Keith Rennie | Mockumentary | Genie Award - Song |
Hollow Point | Sidney J. Furie | Thomas Ian Griffith, Tia Carrere, John Lithgow | Action | |
The Ideal Man | George Mihalka | Marie-Lise Pilote, Roy Dupuis, Macha Grenon, Joe Bocan | Comedy, drama | Genie Award - Song |
Hustler White | Bruce LaBruce | Bruce LaBruce, Alex Austin | Gay drama | Canada-German co-production |
Jim Loves Jack | David Adkin | Jim Egan, Jack Nesbit | Documentary | |
Joe's So Mean to Josephine | Peter Wellington | Eric Thal, Sarah Polley, Don McKellar | Drama | |
Karmina | Gabriel Pelletier | Isabelle Cyr, Robert Brouillette, Yves Pelletier, France Castel | Comedy horror | |
Kids in the Hall: Brain Candy | Kelly Makin | Kevin McDonald, Scott Thompson, Mark McKinney, Bruce McCulloch, Dave Foley | Comedy | Spin-off from the TV show made with U.S. financing |
Kissed | Lynne Stopkewich | Molly Parker, Peter Outerbridge | Drama | Genie Award - Actress |
Letters from Home | Mike Hoolboom | Short | Toronto International Film Festival – Best Canadian Short | |
Lilies | John Greyson | Matthew Ferguson, Jason Cadieux, Brent Carver, Marcel Sabourin, Danny Gilmore, Rémy Girard | Drama adapted from the play by Michel-Marc Bouchard | |
Long Day's Journey into Night | David Wellington | William Hutt, Martha Henry, Martha Burns, Tom McCamus, Peter Donaldson | Drama based on the Eugene O'Neill play | Best Canadian Feature Film, Toronto International Film Festival |
Love Me, Love Me Not | Sylvie Groulx | Lucie Laurier, Manon Miclette | Drama | |
Lulu | Srinivas Krishna | Kim Lieu, Clark Johnson, Saeed Jaffrey | Drama | Screened at the 1996 Cannes Film Festival |
Mistaken Identity | Gilles Noël | Michel Côté, Macha Grenon, Marie-Andrée Corneille | Thriller | |
Mum's the Word | Paul Carrière | Documentary | ||
Night of the Flood | Bernar Hébert | Geneviève Rochette, Julie McClemens, Jacques Godin | Drama | |
Not Me! | Pierre Gang | Richard Moffatt, Louise Portal, Isabelle Pasco | Drama | Canada's submission for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film this year |
The Old Lady and the Pigeons | Sylvain Chomet | Animated short co-produced with the National Film Board | Canada-U.K.-France-Belgium co-production | |
Polygraph | Robert Lepage | Marie Brassard, Patrick Goyette | Drama | |
Poverty and Other Delights | Denys Arcand | Benoît Brière, Gaston Lepage | Drama | |
Project Grizzly | Peter Lynch | Troy Hurtubise | Documentary | |
Poor Man's Pudding | Gilles Carle | Chloé Sainte-Marie | Drama | |
The Road Taken | Selwyn Jacob | Documentary co-produced with the National Film Board | Canada Award winner | |
Rowing Through | Masato Harada | Colin Ferguson, Helen Shaver, Leslie Hope, Kenneth Welsh, James Hyndman | Drama | |
La Salla | Richard Condie | Jay Brazeau | Computer animation from the National Film Board | Academy Award nominee |
Shoemaker | Colleen Murphy | George Buza, Alberta Watson | Drama | |
Specimen | John Bradshaw | Mark-Paul Gosselaar | Science fiction thriller | |
Suburbinators | Gary Burns | Joel McNichol, Stephen Spender | Drama | |
Swann | Anna Benson Gyles | Brenda Fricker, Miranda Richardson, Sean McCann | Drama | Adaptation of the novel by Carol Shields |
John Walker | Documentary |