List of Canadian films of 1994
This is a list of Canadian films which were released in 1994:
Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
Arrowhead | Peter Lynch | Don McKellar | Short mockumentary | |
Avalanche | Paul Shapiro | Michael Gross, Deanna Milligan | Drama | |
Boulevard | Penelope Buitenhuis | Rae Dawn Chong, Kari Wuhrer, Lou Diamond Phillips | Crime thriller | |
Camilla | Deepa Mehta | Jessica Tandy, Bridget Fonda, Elias Koteas, Maury Chaykin | Drama | |
The Confessional | Robert Lepage | Lothaire Bluteau, Patrick Goyette, Jean-Louis Millette, Kristin Scott Thomas, Ron Burrage | Drama | Genie Awards – Picture, Director, Art Direction, Claude Jutra Award; Canada/ France/U.K. co-production; references filming of Hitchcock’s I Confess in Quebec City |
Chili's Blues | Charles Binamé | Lucie Laurier, Roy Dupuis, Pierre Curzi | Drama | |
Crack Me Up | Bashar Shbib | Daphna Kastner, Mary Crosby | Drama | Made with U.S. financing |
Crackerjack | Michael Mazo | Thomas Ian Griffith, Nastassja Kinsi, Christopher Plummer | Crime thriller | |
Dance Me Outside | Bruce McDonald | Adam Beach, Ryan Black, Hugh Dillon | Drama | Based on a book by W.P. Kinsella; Genie Awards – Editing, Sound Editing |
The Darling Family | Alan Zweig | Alan Williams, Linda Griffiths | Drama | |
Desire in Motion | Léa Pool | Valérie Kaprisky, Jean-François Pichette | Drama | Canada-Switzerland co-production |
Double Happiness | Mina Shum | Sandra Oh, Callum Keith Rennie | Genie for Best Actress | |
Eclipse | Jeremy Podeswa | John Gilbert, Von Flores, Maria del Mar | Drama | |
Ernest Goes to School | Coke Sams | Jim Varney, Linda Kash | Comedy | Direct to DVD |
The Escape | Stuart Gillard | Patrick Dempsey | Action, drama | |
Exotica | Atom Egoyan | Don McKellar, Arsinée Khanjian, Mia Kirshner, Elias Koteas, Sarah Polley | Drama | |
Fat Chance | Jeff McKay | Documentary | ||
For Angela | Daniel Prouty & Nancy Trites Botkin | Tina Keeper | National Film Board docudrama | Canada Award winner |
For the Love of Aaron | John Kent Harrison | Meredith Baxter, Nick Mancuso | Drama | |
Heads | Paul Shapiro | Comedy | ||
Henry & Verlin | Gary Ledbetter | Gary Farmer, Robert Joy, Margot Kidder, Eric Peterson | Drama | |
A Hero's Life | Micheline Lanctôt | Marie Cantin, Gilbert Sicotte, Véronique Le Flaguais | Drama | |
Andrew Morahan | Christopher Lambert, Mario Van Peebles, Deborah Kara Unger, Mako | Action | Canada-France-U.K. co-production | |
Highway of Heartache | Gregory Wild | Barbara Chamberlin, Serge Houde | Musical comedy | |
It Don't Cost Nothin' to Say Good Morning | Kenny Hotz, Spencer Rice | Documentary | ||
Jerome's Secret | Phil Comeau | Denis Lapalme, Germain Houde, Myriam Cyr | Drama | |
Kabloonak | Claude Massot | Charles Dance, Bernard Bloch, Natar Ungalaaq | Historical drama | Canada-France co-production |
The Last Supper | Cynthia Roberts | Daniel MacIvor, Ken McDougall, J.D. Nicholsen | Drama | Berlin Film Festival Teddy Award winner |
Louis 19, King of the Airwaves | Michel Poulette | Martin Drainville, Dominique Michel, Agathe de la Fontaine | Comedy | Claude Jutra Award, Golden Reel Award |
Max | Charles Wilkinson | R. H. Thomson, Denise Crosby, Colleen Rennison | Drama | |
Mesmer | Roger Spottiswoode | Alan Rickman, Amanda Ooms, Gillian Barge, David Hemblen, Jan Rubeš | Historical costume drama | Canada-German-Austria-U.K. co-production |
Million Dollar Babies | Christian Duguay | Drama | ||
Moving the Mountain | Michael Apted | Documentary | ||
My Friend Max | Michel Brault | Geneviève Bujold, Marthe Keller, Johanne McKay, Marie Guillard, Michel Rivard | Drama | |
Octobre | Pierre Falardeau | Hugo Dubé, Luc Picard, Serge Houde, Julie Castonguay | Political drama | |
Paint Cans | Paul Donovan | Chas Lawther, Robyn Stevan, Bruce Greenwood, Andy Jones, Paul Gross, Neve Campbell | Drama | Screenplay by Paul Donovan based on his own novel |
The Paperboy | Douglas Jackson | Alexandra Paul, Marc Marut, William Katt | Horror | |
The Passion of John Ruskin | Alex Chapple | Mark McKinney, Neve Campbell | Short drama | |
Relative Fear | George Mihalka | Thriller | ||
Replikator | G. Philip Jackson | Science fiction | ||
Ride Me | Bashar Shbib | Clark Gregg | Drama | Made with U.S. financing |
Road to Saddle River | Francis Damberger | Paul Jarrett, Paul Coeur, Sam Bob, Eric Allan Kramer, Michael Hogan | Comedy | |
Romeo and Juliet in Sarajevo | John Zaritsky | Documentary | ||
Scanner Cop | Pierre David | Horror | ||
Sissy Boy Slap Party | Guy Maddin | Experimental short | Lost film; recreated by Maddin in 2004 with new cast. | |
Sleeping with Strangers | William T. Bolson | Romantic comedy | ||
Super 8½ | Bruce LaBruce | |||
Trial at Fortitude Bay | Vic Sarin | Henry Czerny, Raoul Trujillo, Lolita Davidovich | Drama | |
Whale Music | Richard J. Lewis | Maury Chaykin, Cyndy Preston, Jennifer Dale, Paul Gross, Kenneth Welsh | Comedy-drama | Based on the novel by Paul Quarrington; Genie Award - Actor |
The Wind from Wyoming | André Forcier | François Cluzet, Michel Côté, Marc Messier, Martin Randez, Céline Bonnier | Comedy-drama | |
Windigo | Robert Morin | Donald Morin, Guy Nadon, Serge Houde | Drama |