Title
|
Director
|
Cast
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Genre
|
Notes
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The Agency |
George Kaczender |
Robert Mitchum,
Lee Majors,
Valerie Perrine,
Alexandra Stewart,
Saul Rubinek |
Drama/thriller |
|
Atlantic City |
Louis Malle |
Burt Lancaster,
Susan Sarandon,
Michel Piccoli,
Hollis McLaren,
Robert Joy,
Al Waxman,
Kate Reid,
Moses Znaimer,
Robert Goulet |
A Canadian-French-U.S. crime drama/ romance set in Atlantic City, NJ, |
The first Canadian film to receive a Best Picture Oscar nomination.
|
Bad Company |
Peter Vronsky |
Clay Borris |
Drama |
Straight to video
|
Challenger: An Industrial Romance |
Stephen Low |
|
Documentary |
|
The Changeling |
Peter Medak |
George C. Scott,
Trish Van Devere,
Melvyn Douglas,
Jean Marsh,
John Colicos,
Barry Morse |
Thriller |
Golden Reel Award
|
The Coffin Affair (L'Affaire Coffin) |
Jean-Claude Labrecque |
August Schellenberg,
Gabriel Arcand |
Docudrama |
Based on the case of
Wilbert Coffin
|
Coming Out Alive |
Don McBrearty |
Helen Shaver,
Scott Hylands,
Michael Ironside |
Thriller |
|
Cordélia |
Jean Beaudin |
Louise Portal,
Gilbert Sicotte,
James Blendick |
Historical drama |
Genie Award – Costumes; based on a novel by
Pauline Cadieux
|
The Courage of Kavik the Wolf Dog |
Peter Carter |
|
Adventure |
|
Deadly Companion |
George Bloomfield |
Michael Sarrazin,
Anthony Perkins,
John Candy |
Mystery, thriller |
|
Death Ship |
Alvin Rakoff |
George Kennedy,
Richard Crenna,
Nick Mancuso,
Sally Ann Howes,
Kate Reid |
Horror |
|
The Dream Never Dies |
William Johnston |
Ken Read |
Documentary |
|
Fantastica |
Gilles Carle |
Carole Laure,
Lewis Furey,
Serge Reggiani,
Claudine Auger,
John Vernon |
Musical fantasy |
Genie Award – Costumes; entered into the
1980 Cannes Film Festival
|
Final Assignment |
Paul Almond |
Geneviève Bujold,
Michael York,
Burgess Meredith,
Colleen Dewhurst |
Drama |
|
Funeral Home |
William Fruet |
Lesleh Donaldson,
Kay Hawtrey,
Harvey Atkin |
Horror |
|
Girls |
Just Jaeckin |
Anne Parillaud |
Drama |
French-German-Canadian coproduction
|
Good Riddance (Les Bons débarras) |
Francis Mankiewicz |
Charlotte Laurier,
Marie Tifo,
Germain Houde,
Louise Marleau,
Roger Lebel,
Gilbert Sicotte |
Drama |
AV Preservation Trust Masterwork
|
The Handyman (L'Homme à tout faire) |
Micheline Lanctôt |
Jocelyn Bérubé,
Andrée Pelletier,
Marcel Sabourin |
Drama |
|
Hank Williams: The Show He Never Gave |
David Acomba |
Sneezy Waters,
Dixie Seatle,
Sean McCann |
Musical, biographical drama |
|
Head On |
Michael Grant |
Sally Kellerman,
Lawrence Dane,
Stephen Lack |
Drama |
|
Hey Babe! |
Rafal Zielinski |
Buddy Hackett,
Yasmine Bleeth |
Musical |
|
History of the World in Three Minutes Flat |
Michael Mills |
Vlasta Vrána |
Animated short |
|
Hog Wild |
Les Rose |
|
Comedy |
|
Hot Dogs (Les chiens chauds) |
Claude Fournier |
|
|
|
The Hounds of Notre Dame |
Zale Dalen |
Thomas Peacocke,
Frances Hyland,
Barry Morse,
David Ferry |
Drama |
Genie Award – Actor (Peacocke)
|
It Rained All Night the Day I Left |
Nicolas Gessner |
Tony Curtis,
Louis Gossett Jr.,
Sally Kellerman |
Comedy |
|
Jack London's Klondike Fever |
Peter Carter |
Jeff East,
Gordon Pinsent,
Lorne Greene,
Barry Morse,
Rod Steiger,
Angie Dickerson |
Adventure |
Genie Award – Supporting Actor (Pinsent)
|
The Kidnapping of the President |
George Mendeluk |
William Shatner,
Hal Holbrook,
Van Johnson,
Ava Gardner,
Maury Chaykin |
Political thriller |
Based on a novel by
Charles Templeton; made with U.S. financing
|
The Last Chase |
Martyn Burke |
Lee Majors,
Chris Makepeace,
Burgess Meredith,
Alexandra Stewart |
Sci-fi drama |
Made with U.S. financing
|
The Lucky Star |
Max Fischer |
Lou Jacobi,
Rod Steiger,
Louise Fletcher,
Brett Marx,
Helen Hughes |
Holocaust melodrama |
Genie Awards – Adapted Screenplay, Musical Score, Sound Editing
|
Middle Age Crazy |
John Trent |
Bruce Dern,
Ann-Margret,
Eric Christmas |
Drama |
Made with U.S. financing
|
No Looking Back |
Dennis Hopper |
Dennis Hopper,
Linda Manz |
Drama |
|
Nothing Personal |
George Bloomfield |
Donald Sutherland,
Suzanne Somers,
Lawrence Dane,
Roscoe Lee Browne,
Dabney Coleman |
Comedy |
Made with U.S. financing
|
Phobia |
John Huston |
Paul Michael Glaser,
Susan Hogan,
John Colicos,
Patricia Collins |
Drama |
The American director
John Huston’s only Canadian film. His father,
Walter Huston, was born in Toronto.
|
Pinball Summer |
George Mihalka |
Michael Zelniker,
Carl Marotte |
Teen comedy |
|
Prom Night |
Paul Lynch |
Leslie Nielsen,
Jamie Lee Curtis |
Slasher film |
Jamie Lee Curtis cemented her early reputation as the ‘
scream queen’ with this slasher tale of revenge.
|
Some Even Fall in Love (Plusieurs tombent en amour) |
Guy Simoneau |
|
Documentary |
|
Speak White |
Pierre Falardeau,
Julien Poulin |
Marie Eykel |
Short |
Recitation of
Michèle Lalonde's influential poem of the same name
|
The Strongest Man in the World |
Halya Kuchmij |
Mike Swistun |
Short documentary |
|
Suzanne |
Robin Spry |
Jennifer Dale,
Winston Rekert,
Gabriel Arcand |
Romance, drama |
|
The Sweater |
Sheldon Cohen |
|
National Film Board animated short |
Adaptation of
Roch Carrier children's story;
BAFTA – Animated Short
|
Tanya's Island |
Alfred Sole |
|
Fantasy |
|
Terror Train |
Roger Spottiswoode |
Ben Johnson,
Jamie Lee Curtis |
Slasher film |
Made with U.S. financing
|
Tribute |
Bob Clark |
Jack Lemmon,
Robby Benson,
Lee Remick |
Drama based on the play by
Bernard Slade |
Academy Award nomination – Actor (Lemmon)
|
A Wives' Tale (Une histoire de femmes) |
Sophie Bissonnette,
Martin Duckworth,
Joyce Rock |
|
Documentary |
|