List of Canadian films of 2001
This is a list of Canadian films which were released in 2001:
| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
| Almost America | Antonio Frazzi, Andrea Frazzi | Sabrina Ferilli, Massimo Ghini, Henry Czerny, Tony Nardi, Dominic Zamprogna | Romantic comedy | Canadian-Italian coproduction |
| The Art of Woo | Helen Lee | Sook-Yin Lee, Adam Beach | Romantic comedy | |
| Avalanche Alley | Paul Ziller | Ed Marinaro, Nick Mancuso | Adventure, Drama | Made for TV |
| ' | Zacharias Kunuk | Natar Ungalaaq, Sylvia Ivalu, Peter-Henry Arnatsiaq, Pakak Innukshuk, Madeline Ivalu | Epic drama set 4,000 years ago in the Canadian Arctic | First Inuit-produced feature film |
| Century Hotel | David Weaver | Lindy Booth, Colm Feore, David Hewlett, Sandrine Holt, Janet Kidder | Drama, Mystery, Romance | |
| Danny in the Sky | Denis Langlois | Thierry Pépin, Eric Cabana, Véronique Jenkins | Drama | |
| Dead Awake | Marc S. Grenier | Stephen Baldwin, Michael Ironside | Dark comedy thriller television film | U.S. coproduction |
| Druids | Jacques Dorfmann | Christopher Lambert, Klaus Maria Brandauer | Historical, Adventure | Canada-France-Belgium co-production |
| February 15, 1839 | Pierre Falardeau | Luc Picard, Sylvie Drapeau, Frédéric Gilles, Julien Poulin | Historical biodrama | About the final days of François-Marie-Thomas Chevalier de Lorimier |
| Formula 51 | Ronny Yu | Samuel L. Jackson, Robert Carlyle, Emily Mortimer, Rhys Ifans, Meat Loaf | Action | Canada-U.K. co-production |
| Games of the Heart | Céline Baril | Drama | ||
| A Girl at the Window | Francis Leclerc | Fanny Mallette, Hugues Frenette, Denis Bernard, Johanne-Marie Tremblay | Drama | |
| Hey, Happy! | Noam Gonick | Jérémie Yuen | Comedy, drama | |
| I Shout Love | Sarah Polley | Matthew Ferguson, Kristen Thomson | Short | Genie Award - Live-Action Short |
| Ice Cream, Chocolate and Other Consolations | Julie Hivon | Dorothée Berryman, France Castel | Comedy-drama | |
| Inertia | Sean Garrity | Jonas Chernick, Sarah Constible, Gordon Tanner, Micheline Marchildon | Drama | |
| Jesus Christ Vampire Hunter | Lee Demarbre | Phil Caracas | Action comedy, Horror | Santa Cruz-Best Sci-Fi |
| Kevin of the North | Robert Spiers | Skeet Ulrich, Natasha Henstridge, Leslie Nielsen, Rik Mayall | Comedy | Canada-U.K. co-production |
| Khaled | Asghar Massombagi | Michael D'Ascenzo, Michelle Duquet, John Ralston, Joanne Boland | Drama | |
| Last Wedding | Bruce Sweeney | Benjamin Ratner Frida Betrani, Tom Scholte, Nancy Sivak, Vincent Gale, Molly Parker | Comedy film | Genie Awards – Supporting Actor, Supporting Actress ; TFCA – Best Canadian Film |
| Lost and Delirious | Léa Pool | Jessica Paré, Piper Perabo, Mischa Barton, Jackie Burroughs | Drama | |
| Marriages | Catherine Martin | Drama | ||
| Mile Zero | Andrew Currie | Michael Riley, Connor Widdows, Sabrina Grdevich | Family drama, thriller | |
| monopedal Joy | Daniel Cockburn | Daniel Cockburn | Short experimental film | Made from outtakes |
| ' | Robert Vince | Scott Goodman, Richard Karn, Cameron Bancroft, Robert Costanzo, Oliver Muirhead | Family film | Made with U.S. financing |
| On the Nose | David Caffrey | Robbie Coltrane, Dan Aykroyd, Brenda Blethyn | Comedy | Canada-Ireland co-production |
| The Other Shoe | Daniel Cockburn | Daniel Cockburn | Short experimental film | Honorable mention for Homebrew award shared with Metronome |
| Parsley Days | Andrea Dorfman | Megan Dunlop | Drama | |
| Picture Claire | Bruce McDonald | Juliette Lewis, Gina Gershon, Mickey Rourke | Thriller | |
| The Pig's Law | Éric Canuel | Isabel Richer, Sylvain Marcel, Catherine Trudeau | Drama | |
| The Pornographer | Bertrand Bonello | Jean-Pierre Leaud, Jérémie Rénier, Dominique Blanc, André Marcon | Drama | Canada-France co-production; Cannes Film Festival - International Critics Prize |
| Rare Birds | Sturla Gunnarsson | William Hurt, Molly Parker, Andy Jones, Vicky Hynes | Comedy, drama | |
| Remembrance | Stephanie Morgenstern | Stephanie Morgenstern | Romance, drama | Prix Jutra – Short; Yorkton Film Festival – Jury Award |
| Replay | Catherine Corsini | Emmanuelle Béart, Pascale Bussières, Dani Lévy, Jean-Pierre Kalfon, Sami Bouajila | Sexual drama | Canada-France co-production |
| See Spot Run | John Whitesell | David Arquette, Angus T. Jones, Paul Sorvino | Comedy | Made with U.S. financing |
| The Shipment | Alex Wright | Matthew Modine, Elizabeth Berkley | Crime drama | |
| Soft Shell Man | André Turpin | David La Haye, Isabelle Blais, Vincent Bilodeau | Drama | |
| Suddenly Naked | Anne Wheeler | Wendy Crewson, Peter Coyote, Emmanuelle Vaugier | Drama | Genie Award – Editing |
| Tar Angel | Denis Chouinard | Zinedine Soualem, Hiam Abbass, Catherine Trudeau | Drama | |
| Trains of Winnipeg | Clive Holden | Experimental film | ||
| Treed Murray | William Phillips | David Hewlett, Clé Bennett | Drama | |
| Turning Paige | Robert Cuffley | Katharine Isabelle, Nicholas Campbell | Coming of age drama | |
| Varian's War | Lionel Chetwynd | William Hurt, Julia Ormond, Lynn Redgrave, Matt Craven, Alan Arkin, Rémy Girard | Docudrama | A France Canada-U.K. co-production by HBO Films |
| The War Bride | Lyndon Chubbuck | Anna Friel, Brenda Fricker, Molly Parker, Aden Young | Drama | Genie Awards – Art Direction, Costumes; Canada-U.K. co-production |
| Wedding Night | Émile Gaudreault | François Morency, Geneviève Brouillette, Pierrette Robitaille, Sonia Vachon, Yves Jacques | Comedy, drama | Golden Reel Award |
| Westray | Paul Cowan | Documentary | Genie Award for Best Documentary | |
| Wolf Girl | Thom Fitzgerald | Grace Jones, Tim Curry, Victoria Sanchez, Lesley Ann Warren | Horror | TV movie |
| The Woman Who Drinks | Bernard Émond | Élise Guilbault, Luc Picard, Michel Forget | Drama | Genie Award – Actress ; Prix Jutra – Actress |