List of Canadian films of 1980
This is a list of Canadian films which were released in 1980:
| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
| 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 |
| ' | 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 | 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 | |
| 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 | Francis Mankiewicz | Charlotte Laurier, Marie Tifo, Germain Houde, Louise Marleau, Roger Lebel, Gilbert Sicotte | Drama | AV Preservation Trust Masterwork |
| The Handyman | Micheline Lanctôt | Jocelyn Bérubé, Andrée Pelletier, Marcel Sabourin | Drama | |
| ' | 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 | ||
| The Hounds of Notre Dame | Zale Dalen | Thomas Peacocke, Frances Hyland, Barry Morse, David Ferry | Drama | Genie Award – Actor |
| 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 |
| 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 | 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 |
| A Wives' Tale | Sophie Bissonnette, Martin Duckworth, Joyce Rock | Documentary |