| Title |
Director |
Cast |
Genre |
Notes |
| The Bay Boy |
Daniel Petrie |
Kiefer Sutherland, Liv Ullmann, Peter Donat, Alan Scarfe, Chris Wiggins, Leah Pinsent |
Coming-of-age drama |
Canada-France co-production |
| Bedroom Eyes |
William Fruet |
Dayle Haddon, Christine Cattell |
Thriller |
|
| The Blood of Others |
Claude Chabrol |
Jodie Foster, Michael Ontkean, Sam Neill, Stéphanie Audran, Alexandra Stewart |
Drama |
Canada-France co-production made with U.S. financing, and the third Canadian film by French director Claude Chabrol based on the novel by Simone de Beauvoir. |
| Charade |
John Minnis |
|
Animated short |
Oscar winner |
| The Crime of Ovide Plouffe (Le Crime d'Ovide Plouffe) |
Denys Arcand |
Gabriel Arcand, Anne Létourneau, Pierre Curzi, Denise Filiatrault, Rémy Girard, Donald Pilon |
Drama |
Canada-France co-production; Genie Award – Actor (Arcand) |
| The Dog Who Stopped the War (La Guerre des tuques) |
André Melançon |
Cédric Jourde, Maripierre D’Amour, Julien Élie |
Children's film |
The first of producer Rock Demer's Tales for All; Golden Reel Award. |
| Draw! |
Steven Hilliard Stern |
Kirk Douglas, James Coburn, Alexandra Bastedo, Derek McGrath, Linda Sorenson |
Western |
HBO's first feature-length drama made with U.S. financing was released theatrically in Canada; Genie Award - Supporting Actress (Sorenson) |
| Hookers on Davie |
Janis Cole & Holly Dale |
|
Documentary |
|
| The Hotel New Hampshire |
Tony Richardson |
Jodie Foster, Beau Bridges, Rob Lowe, Nastassja Kinski, Wilford Brimley, Wallace Shawn |
Family drama |
Based on the novel by John Irving; Canada-U.K. co-production made with U.S. financing |
| Jacques and November (Jacques et Novembre) |
Jean Beaudry and François Bouvier |
Jean Beaudry |
Faux-documentary |
|
| Louisiana |
Philippe De Broca |
Margot Kidder, Ian Charleson, Victor Lanoux, Andréa Ferreol, Lloyd Bochner |
Costume drama |
Canada-France co-production |
| Margaret Atwood: Once in August |
Michael Rubbo |
Margaret Atwood |
National Film Board documentary |
|
| Mario |
Jean Beaudin |
Xavier Norman Petermann, Jacques Godin |
Drama |
Genie Awards – Cinematography, Sound, Musical Score |
| Next of Kin |
Atom Egoyan |
Patrick Tierney, Arsinée Khanjian |
Drama |
Atom Egoyan's first feature |
| No More Hiroshima |
Martin Duckworth |
|
National Film Board documentary |
Genie Award for best short documentary |
| Reno and the Doc |
Charles Dennis |
Kenneth Welsh, Linda Griffiths |
Comedy |
|
| S as in... (Le jour S...) |
Jean Pierre Lefebvre |
Pierre Curzi, Marie Tifo |
Drama |
Screened at the 1984 Cannes Film Festival |
| Sonatine |
Micheline Lanctôt |
Pascale Bussières, Marcia Pilote, Pierre Fauteux |
Drama |
Genie Awards – Director; Venice Film Festival – Silver Lion |
| Unfinished Business |
Don Owen |
Isabelle Mejias, Peter Spence, Peter Kastner |
Drama |
|
| A Woman in Transit (La Femme de l'hôtel) |
Léa Pool |
Louise Marleau, Paule Baillargeon, Marthe Turgeon, Serge Dupire |
Drama |
Genie Awards – Actress (Marleau), Song; Toronto Film Festival – Best Canadian Feature |
| The Year of Dreams (Les Années de rêve) |
Jean-Claude Labrecque |
Gilbert Sicotte, Anne-Marie Provencher, Monique Mercure |
Drama |
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