List of Canadian films of 2009
This is a list of Canadian films which were released in 2009:
| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
| 1981 | Ricardo Trogi | Jean-Carl Boucher, Claudio Colangelo, Sandrine Bisson | Drama | Prix Jutra – Supporting Actress |
| 3 Seasons | Jim Donovan | Drama | ||
| 5150 Elm's Way | Éric Tessier | René-Daniel Dubois, Marc-André Grondin | Drama, Thriller | Based on the novel 5150, rue des Ormes |
| Act of God | Jennifer Baichwal | Paul Auster, Dannion Brinkley | Documentary | |
| Amreeka | Cherien Dabis | Nisreen Faour, Melkar Muallem, Hiam Abbass, Alia Shawkat | Immigrant family drama | Cannes Film Festival – International Critics Prize; Canada-Kuwait co-production |
| The Armoire | Jamie Travis | William Cuddy, Ricardo Hoyos, Penelope Corrin | Short drama | |
| The Baby Formula | Alison Reid | Angela Vint, Megan Fahlenbock | Mockumentary | |
| Cadavres | Éric Canuel | Patrick Huard, Julie Le Breton, Sylvie Boucher, Christopher Heyerdahl | Black comedy | Prix Jutra – Makeup |
| Cairo Time | Ruba Nadda | Patricia Clarkson, Alexander Siddig, Elena Anaya, Amina Annabi, Tom McCamus | Romance | TIFF – Best Canadian Feature; Canada-Ireland-Egypt co-production |
| The Canadiens, Forever | Sylvain Archambault | Dhanaé Audet-Beaulieu, Antoine L'Écuyer, Céline Bonnier, Christian Bégin | Drama | |
| Carcasses | Denis Côté | Jean-Paul Colmor | Docufiction | |
| A Cargo to Africa | Roger Cantin | Drama | ||
| Chloe | Atom Egoyan | Liam Neeson, Julianne Moore, Amanda Seyfried, Max Thieriot | Sexual drama | A Canada-France co-production made with U.S. financing; screenplay by Erin Cressida Wilson. |
| Clouds Over the City | Simon Galiero | Drama | ||
| Cole | Carl Bessai | Richard de Klerk, Kandyse McClure, Rebecca Jenkins, Sonja Bennett | Drama | |
| Cooking with Stella | Richie Mehta | Don McKellar, Lisa Ray, Seema Biswas, Vanesh Bhardwaj, Shriya Saran | Drama | Canada-India co-production |
| Danse Macabre | Pedro Pires | Anne Bruce Falconer | Dance short based on an idea by Robert Lepage | Genie Award – Live-Action Short; Prix Jutra – Short Film; TIFF – Best Canadian Short |
| Defendor | Peter Stebbings | Woody Harrelson, Elias Koteas, Kat Dennings, Sandra Oh, Clark Johnson, Lisa Ray | Drama | Genie Award – Honourable Mention |
| The Delian Mode | Kara Blake | Delia Derbyshire | Documentary | |
| Excited | Bruce Sweeney | Gabrielle Rose, Agam Darshi | Comedy | |
| Father and Guns | Émile Gaudreault | Michel Côté, Louis-José Houde, Caroline Dhavernas, Rémy Girard | Comedy | Golden Reel Award |
| Fig Trees | John Greyson | Documentary on AIDS in Africa | Berlin Film Festival- Teddy Award | |
| Finding Farley | Leanne Allison | Documentary | Cross-Canada trek to meet Farley Mowat | |
| Free Fall | Mariloup Wolfe | |||
| A Hard Name | Alan Zweig | Documentary | Best feature-length documentary, Genie Awards | |
| Heat Wave | Sophie Lorain | Marie-Thérèse Fortin, François Arnaud, Marie Brassard | Drama | |
| I Killed My Mother | Xavier Dolan | Xavier Dolan, Anne Dorval, François Arnaud, Suzanne Clément | Drama | Xavier Dolan's first feature |
| The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus | Terry Gilliam | Christopher Plummer, Tom Waits, Lily Cole, Heath Ledger, Jude Law, Colin Farrell, Johnny Depp | Fantasy drama | Academy Award nominations for costumes and art direction; Canada-U.K.-France co-production |
| Invisible City | Hubert Davis | Documentary | Best Canadian Feature, Hot Docs | |
| Jajo's Secret | James Motluk | Documentary | ||
| Ladies in Blue | Claude Demers | Documentary | ||
| Last Train Home | Lixin Fan | Documentary | Genie Award – Documentary; Prix Jutra – Documentary | |
| Leslie, My Name Is Evil | Reginald Harkema | Kristen Hager, Gregory Smith, Ryan Robbins, Tracy Wright, Don McKellar | drama | |
| Lost Song | Rodrigue Jean | Suzie LeBlanc | Drama | TIFF – Best Canadian Feature |
| Love and Savagery | John N. Smith | Allan Hawco, Sarah Greene, Martha Burns | Romantic drama | Genie Award – Supporting Actress ; screenplay by Des Walsh; Canada-Ireland co-production |
| Mark | Mike Hoolboom | Mark Karbusicky, Mirha-Soleil Ross, Kristyn Dunnion | Documentary | |
| The Master Key | Patrice Sauvé | Marc Messier, Normand Daneau, Fanny Mallette | Science fiction/fantasy | |
| The Necktie | Jean-François Lévesque | National Film Board animated short | Prix Jutra – Animated Short | |
| New Denmark | Rafaël Ouellet | Drama | ||
| Night Mayor | Guy Maddin | Nihad Ademi | Short | Best Experimental Short, South by Southwest |
| Mr. Nobody | Jaco Van Dormael | Sarah Polley, Jared Leto, Diane Kruger, Rhys Ifans | Science fiction film | Belgium-Canada-France-Germany co-production; most expensive Belgian film to date |
| One Night | Shelagh Carter | Jonathan Ralston, Jennifer Dale | Short | |
| Out in That Deep Blue Sea | Kazik Radwanski | Short drama | ||
| Passenger Side | Matthew Bissonnette | Adam Scott, Joel Bissonnette, Gale Harold | Drama | |
| Polytechnique | Denis Villeneuve | Maxim Gaudette, Sebastien Huberdeau, Karine Vanasse | Drama | Based on a true story on the École Polytechnique massacre |
| Prom Night in Mississippi | Paul Saltzman | Documentary | ||
| Reel Injun | Neil Diamond | Adam Beach, Sacheen Littlefeather, Russell Means | Documentary | History of American Indians in cinema; Peabody Award winner |
| Robes of War | Michèle Cournoyer | National Film Board animated short | Prix Jutra – Animated Short | |
| Runaway | Cordell Barker | National Film Board animated short | Genie Award – Animated Short | |
| Savage | Lisa Jackson | Short film | Genie Award – Live action short drama | |
| The Spine | Chris Landreth | Gordon Pinsent, Alberta Watson | Computer animation | Follow-up to Landreth's Oscar-winning Ryan |
| Survival of the Dead | George A. Romero | Alan Van Sprang, Kenneth Welsh, Devon Bostick, Richard Fitzpatrick | Zombie horror | Made with U.S. financing |
| Suzie | Micheline Lanctôt | Micheline Lanctôt, Pascale Bussières, Normand Daneau | Drama | |
| Taking the Plunge 2 | Frédéric D'Amours | Comedy | ||
| Through the Mist | Jean-Philippe Duval | Sébastien Ricard, Joseph Mesiano, Dimitri Storoge, Benedicte Decary | Biodrama | About the life of Dédé Fortin, the front man for the band Les Colocs; Prix Jutra – Actor, Art Direction, Costumes, Musical Score |
| The Timekeeper | Louis Bélanger | Craig Olejnik, Roy Dupuis, Stephen McHattie, Gary Farmer | Drama | |
| Mike Clattenburg | Robb Wells, John Paul Tremblay, Mike Smith | Comedy | ||
| Train to Nowhere | Robin Aubert | |||
| The Trotsky | Jacob Tierney | Jay Baruchel, Emily Hampshire | Genie Awards – Screenplay, Song | |
| Vital Signs | Sophie Deraspe | Drama | ||
| Walled In | Gilles Paquet-Brenner | Mischa Barton, Cameron Bright, Deborah Kara Unger | Horror, Thriller | Canada-France co-production made with U.S. financing |
| Waterlife | Kevin McMahon | narrated by Gordon Downie | Documentary produced with the National Film Board | |
| The Wild Hunt | Alexandre Franchi | Mark Krupa, Ricky Mabe, Kaniehtiio Horn | Drama | TIFF – Best Canadian First Feature; Sundance Film Festival – Audience Award |
| You Might As Well Live | Simon Ennis | Joshua Peace, Michael Madsen, Stephen McHattie | Comedy |