Popular from Canada
Schitt's Creek
A wealthy couple suddenly finds themselves completely broke. They must come to terms with their newfound poverty.
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- Canada, United States • 2015
- Creator Eugene Levy, Dan Levy
- Cast Eugene Levy, Catherine O'Hara, Dan Levy, Annie Murphy, Emily Hampshire, Chris Elliott
- Genre Comedy
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Hulu, Microsoft Store, fuboTV, Spectrum On Demand, Freevee
Transplant
A charismatic doctor and Syrian refugee must redo his training from the ground up in the best hospital in Toronto.
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- Canada • 2020
- Creator Joseph Kay
- Cast Hamza Haq, Laurence Leboeuf, Ayisha Issa, John Hannah, Sirena Gulamgaus
- Genre Drama
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Peacock Premium, Peacock Premium Plus
Mean Girls
Welcome to girl world.
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- Canada, United States • 2004
- Director Mark Waters
- Cast Lindsay Lohan, Rachel McAdams, Lacey Chabert, Amanda Seyfried, Lizzy Caplan, Daniel Franzese
- Genre Comedy
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, Paramount Plus, Paramount+ Amazon Channel, Paramount+ Roku Premium Channel, Paramount Plus Apple TV Channel , Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, FlixFling
Infinity Pool
A couple on vacation venture outside the resort grounds and find themselves in a world of horror.
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- Canada, Hungary, France • 2023
- Director Brandon Cronenberg
- Cast Alexander Skarsgård, Mia Goth, Cleopatra Coleman, Thomas Kretschmann, Amanda Brugel, John Ralston
- Genre Horror, Science Fiction, Thriller
- Available on Hulu, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube
Letterkenny
There are 5000 people in Letterkenny. These are their problems.
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- Canada • 2016
- Creator Jared Keeso
- Cast Jared Keeso, Nathan Dales, Michelle Mylett, K. Trevor Wilson, Andrew Herr
- Genre Comedy
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Hulu
Murdoch Mysteries
In murder mysteries, science is always the answer.
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- Canada, United Kingdom • 2008
- Creator Maureen Jennings
- Cast Yannick Bisson, Helene Joy, Jonny Harris, Lachlan Murdoch
- Genre Drama, Mystery
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Hulu, Acorn TV, AcornTV Amazon Channel, The Roku Channel, Hoopla, Spectrum On Demand, Freevee, DistroTV, Acorn TV Apple TV
Stargate SG-1
Using alien technology, the SG-1 Air Force special operations team explores the galaxy and protects against alien threats.
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- United States, Canada • 1997
- Creator Brad Wright, Jonathan Glassner
- Cast Ben Browder, Amanda Tapping, Christopher Judge, Michael Shanks, Claudia Black
- Genre Action & Adventure, Mystery, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Prime Video, Microsoft Store, Pluto TV, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
Heartland
The lives of the Fleming family at their horse ranch in Alberta.
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- Canada • 2007
- Creator Heather Conkie
- Cast Amber Marshall, Graham Wardle, Shaun Johnston
- Genre Drama, Family
- Available on BYUtv, Tubi TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, Crackle, Hulu, The CW, The Roku Channel, fuboTV, Pure Flix, Hallmark Movies Now Amazon Channel, Pluto TV, VUDU Free, Peacock Premium, Peacock Premium Plus, VIX , Plex, Freevee, Netflix basic with Ads, Xumo Play, UP Faith & Family Apple TV Channel, Hallmark Movies Now Apple TV Channel, Plex Channel, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
Shoresy
The foul-mouthed, chirp-serving Shoresy joins a senior AAA hockey team on a quest to never lose again.
- Canada • 2022
- Creator Jared Keeso
- Cast Jared Keeso, Tasya Teles, Harlan Blayne Kytwayhat, Blair Lamora, Keilani Elizabeth Rose, Jonathan-Ismaël Diaby
- Genre Comedy, Drama
- Available on Hulu
Vikings
A series detailing the tales of legendary hero Ragnar Lothbrok and his descendants.
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- Ireland, Canada • 2013
- Creator Michael Hirst
- Cast Alexander Ludwig, Jordan Patrick Smith, Marco Ilsø, Katheryn Winnick
- Genre Action & Adventure, Drama
- Available on Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, Netflix
New from Canada
Anne with an E
The adventures of a young orphan girl living in the late 19th century.
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- Canada • 2017
- Creator Moira Walley-Beckett
- Cast Amybeth McNulty, Geraldine James, R. H. Thomson, Corrine Koslo, Dalila Bela, Lucas Jade Zumann
- Genre Drama, Family
- Available on Amazon Video, Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads
A Merry Murdoch Christmas
Detective Murdoch investigates the murder of a wealthy benefactor around Christmastime.
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- Canada • 2015
- Director Michael McGowan
- Cast Yannick Bisson, Helene Joy, Thomas Craig, Jonny Harris, Lachlan Murdoch, Kristian Bruun
- Genre Adventure, Crime, Drama, Mystery, TV Movie
- Available on Hoopla
Mother of Many Children
The struggles to maintain matriarchal traditions in the face of change.
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- Canada • 1977
- Director Alanis Obomsawin
- Cast Alanis Obomsawin
- Genre Documentary
- Available on MUBI, Nfb
The Body Remembers When the World Broke Open
After a chance encounter, two Indigenous women navigate trauma and its aftermath.
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- Canada, Norway • 2019
- Director Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers
- Cast Violet Nelson, Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers, Charlie Hannah, Barbara Eve Harris, Sonny Surowiec
- Genre Drama
- Available on Amazon Video
Beau Is Afraid
A paranoid man embarks on an epic odyssey to get home to his mother’s funeral.
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- United States, United Kingdom, Finland • 2023
- Director Ari Aster
- Cast Joaquin Phoenix, Amy Ryan, Nathan Lane, Denis Ménochet, Kylie Rogers, Stephen McKinley Henderson
- Genre Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
- Available on fuboTV, Paramount+ Amazon Channel, Paramount+ Roku Premium Channel, Paramount+ with Showtime, Paramount Plus Apple TV Channel , Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Spectrum On Demand, Hoopla
Orphan Black: Echoes
Kira and her wife Eleanor attempt to help an amnesiac woman.
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- Canada • 2024
- Creator Anna Fishko
- Cast Krysten Ritter, Keeley Hawes, Rya Kihlstedt, Amanda Fix, Avan Jogia, James Hiroyuki Liao
- Genre Drama, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
- Available on Amazon Video, AMC, BBC America, Spectrum On Demand
Searchers
(Maliglutit)
An Inuit man hunts down the men who have kidnapped his wife and daughter.
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- Canada • 2016
- Director Zacharias Kunuk
- Cast Benjamin Kunuk, Joey Sarpinak, Jocelyne Immaroitok, Karen Ivalu
- Genre Action, Drama, History
- Available on Apple TV
Kímmapiiyipitssini: The Meaning of Empathy
Witness Alberta's Kainai First Nation community attempt to heal from the overdose epidemic and opioid crisis.
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- Canada • 2021
- Director Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers
- Cast
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Amazon Video
Lilies
(Lilies - Les feluettes)
A man in prison for murder stages a play depicting what really happened forty years ago.
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- Canada • 1996
- Director John Greyson
- Cast Brent Carver, Marcel Sabourin, Aubert Pallascio, Jason Cadieux, Matthew Ferguson
- Genre Drama, Fantasy, Romance
- Available on Criterion Channel, Strand Releasing Amazon Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube
Telescope Recommends
The Breadwinner
An enchanting story of a brave young girl who puts her life at risk to provide for her family.
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- Ireland, Canada, Luxembourg • 2017
- Director Nora Twomey
- Cast Saara Chaudry, Soma Bhatia, Laara Sadiq, Shaista Latif, Ali Badshah, Noorin Gulamgaus
- Genre Animation, Drama, Family, War
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube
China Heavyweight
In southwestern China, state athletic coaches scour the countryside to recruit poor, rural teenagers who can throw a good punch.
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- Canada, China, Finland • 2012
- Director Yung Chang
- Cast
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Apple TV, Kanopy
Water
A widow breaks ranks by striking up an unlikely relationship with a follower of Mahatma Gandhi.
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- Canada, India • 2005
- Director Deepa Mehta
- Cast Lisa Ray, Sarala, John Abraham, Seema Biswas, Waheeda Rehman
- Genre Drama, Romance
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube
Anne at 13,000 Ft.
When 27-year-old Anne gets the chance to skydive for the first time, her behavior and mentality start shifting radically.
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- Canada • 2019
- Director Kazik Radwanski
- Cast Deragh Campbell, Matt Johnson, Dorothea Paas, Lawrene Denkers
- Genre Drama
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, YouTube
Dune
A young man embarks on a dangerous interplanetary quest to ensure the survival of his people.
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- United States, Canada • 2020
- Director Denis Villeneuve
- Cast Timothée Chalamet, Rebecca Ferguson, Stellan Skarsgård, Oscar Isaac, Zendaya, Jason Momoa
- Genre Adventure, Drama, Science Fiction
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, TNT, TBS, Max Amazon Channel, Max, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube
My Winnipeg
A deeply personal look into director Guy Maddin's hometown of Winnipeg, where the lines of reality are blurred.
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- Canada • 2007
- Director Guy Maddin
- Cast Ann Savage, Amy Stewart, Darcy Fehr, Louis Negin, Brendan Cade
- Genre Comedy, Documentary, Drama, History
- Available on Apple TV
Closet Monster
An inspiring and surreal tale about closeted homosexuality --- and finding self-acceptance.
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- Canada • 2016
- Director Stephen Dunn
- Cast Connor Jessup, Aaron Abrams, Joanne Kelly, Aliocha Schneider, Sofia Banzhaf, Jack Fulton
- Genre Drama
- Available on Strand Releasing Amazon Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, YouTube, Kanopy
Brooklyn
Two countries. Two loves. One heart.
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- United Kingdom, Canada, Ireland • 2015
- Director John Crowley
- Cast Saoirse Ronan, Domhnall Gleeson, Emory Cohen, Jim Broadbent, Julie Walters, Jessica Paré
- Genre Drama, Romance
- Available on Max Amazon Channel, Max, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube
The Witch
Evil takes many forms.
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- United Kingdom, Canada, United States • 2016
- Director Robert Eggers
- Cast Anya Taylor-Joy, Ralph Ineson, Kate Dickie, Harvey Scrimshaw, Ellie Grainger, Lucas Dawson
- Genre Mystery, Horror
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Kanopy
Canadian Series
Martin Mystery
(Martin Mystère)
Stepsiblings Martin and Diana investigate the paranormal and protect Earth from the supernatural.
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- France, Canada, Italy • 2003
- Creator David Michel
- Cast Alexis Tomassian, Dorothée Pousséo, Sylvain Lemarie, Yann Le Madic, Laurence Dourlens, Emmanuel Garijo
- Genre Action & Adventure, Animation, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
- Available on The Roku Channel
Torchwood
The members of the Torchwood Institute fight to protect the Earth from extraterrestrial and supernatural threats.
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- United Kingdom, Canada, United States • 2006
- Creator Russell T Davies
- Cast John Barrowman, Eve Myles, Alexa Havins
- Genre Action & Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Max Amazon Channel, Max
Corner Gas
The zany adventures of the citizens of Dog River, a small town in Saskatchewan.
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- Canada • 2004
- Creator Brent Butt
- Cast Brent Butt, Gabrielle Miller, Fred Ewanuick, Eric Peterson, Janet Wright, Tara Spencer-Nairn
- Genre Comedy
- Available on Amazon Video, The Roku Channel, Plex, Freevee, Plex Channel
Jayce and the Wheeled Warriors
(Jayce et les Conquérants de la lumière)
Teenager Jayce and his friends search for the only weapon that could defeat their mortal enemies.
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- France, Canada, United States • 1985
- Creator J. Michael Straczynski, Jean Chalopin
- Cast Darrin Baker, Charles Jolliffe, Valerie Politis, Len Carlson, Gilles Tamiz, Giulio Kukurugya
- Genre Action & Adventure, Animation, Kids, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
- Available on Apple TV, Fandango At Home
The Adventures of Tintin
A young reporter and his dog travel around the world solving mysteries.
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- France, Canada, Belgium • 1991
- Creator Hergé
- Cast Thierry Wermuth
- Genre Action & Adventure, Animation
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
Oggy and the Cockroaches
(Oggy et les Cafards)
Follow the antics of Oggy the cat and his three cockroach roommates.
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- France, Canada • 1999
- Creator Jean-Yves Raimbaud
- Cast
- Genre Animation, Comedy
- Available on Tubi TV, The Roku Channel
Survivorman
Survival expert Les Stroud spends up to ten days completely alone in different remote locales.
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- Canada • 2004
- Creator Les Stroud
- Cast
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Tubi TV, Apple TV, The Roku Channel, Pluto TV, Plex, Plex Channel
The Kids in the Hall
A comedy troupe takes their act to the small screen!
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- Canada • 1989
- Creator Dave Foley, Mark McKinney, Kevin McDonald, Bruce McCulloch, Scott Thompson
- Cast
- Genre Comedy
- Available on Tubi TV, Amazon Video, Crackle, The Roku Channel, fuboTV, Pluto TV, Peacock Premium, Peacock Premium Plus, Spectrum On Demand, AMC+, AMC+ Amazon Channel, Freevee, AMC+ Roku Premium Channel, AMC Plus Apple TV Channel , Plex Channel
Lexx
A group of desperate fugitives from an interplanetary tyranny finds themselves in control of a massively powerful starship.
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- Canada, Germany, United Kingdom • 1997
- Creator Paul Donovan, Jeffrey Hirschfield, Lex Gigeroff
- Cast Brian Downey, Jeffrey Hirschfield, Tom Gallant, Xenia Seeberg
- Genre Comedy, Drama, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
- Available on Amazon Video, Amazon Prime Video, The Roku Channel, Hoopla, Pluto TV, VUDU Free, VIX , Plex, Freevee, Plex Channel, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
Odyssey 5
Astronauts must travel back in time to stop the destruction of Earth.
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- Canada • 2002
- Creator Manny Coto
- Cast Christopher Gorham, Peter Weller, Sebastian Roché, Leslie Silva, Lindy Booth, Sonja Smits
- Genre Drama, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
- Available on fuboTV
Pelswick
Children's television show about a teenage boy who uses a wheelchair.
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- Canada, China • 2000
- Creator John Callahan
- Cast David Arquette, Rob Tinkler, Chuck Campbell, David Huband, Peter Oldring, Tracey Moore
- Genre Animation, Comedy
- Available on Tubi TV, Amazon Video, Pluto TV
The Nature of Things
A 1960s documentary series about the state of the world, nature, and the effect that humans have on it.
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- Canada • 0
- Creator
- Cast
- Genre Documentary
- Available on fuboTV
Animal Crackers
A children's television show about a group of eccentric animals living in the fictional jungle Freeborn.
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- Canada • 1997
- Creator Roger Bollen, Joseph Mallozzi
- Cast Mark Camacho, Terrence Scammell, Kate Hutchison, Teddy Lee Dillon, Mark Montgomery
- Genre Animation
- Available on Tubi TV, Hoopla, Pluto TV
Degrassi
Follow the lives of the students at Degrassi High
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- Canada • 2001
- Creator Yan Moore, Linda Schuyler
- Cast A.J. Saudin
- Genre Drama
- Available on Tubi TV, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, The CW, The Roku Channel, Hoopla, Pluto TV, VIX , Plex, Freevee, Max Amazon Channel, Max, Plex Channel
Stargate Atlantis
A team of scientists and military personnel discover a Stargate network in the Pegasus Galaxy and a new dangerous enemy.
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- Canada, United States • 2004
- Creator Brad Wright, Robert C. Cooper
- Cast Joe Flanigan, David Hewlett, Rachel Luttrell, Jewel Staite
- Genre Action & Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Prime Video, Hulu, Microsoft Store, Pluto TV, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
Canadian Summer
Weirdos
Two Nova Scotian teens hit the road in July 1976, accompanied by the laconic ghost of (the still living) Andy Warhol.
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- Canada • 2016
- Director Bruce McDonald
- Cast Dylan Authors, Julia Sarah Stone, Molly Parker, Allan Hawco, Gary Levert, Rhys Bevan-John
- Genre Drama
- Available on MUBI, MUBI Amazon Channel, Apple TV, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video
It's Only the End of the World
(Juste la fin du monde)
A man returns home after 12 years to tell his family that he is dying.
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- Canada, France • 2016
- Director Xavier Dolan
- Cast Nathalie Baye, Vincent Cassel, Marion Cotillard, Léa Seydoux, Gaspard Ulliel, Antoine Desrochers
- Genre Drama
- Available on The Roku Channel
Porcupine Lake
Longing for a best friend, Bea meets Kate and gets more than she bargained for.
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- Canada • 2017
- Director Ingrid Veninger
- Cast Charlotte Salisbury, Lucinda Armstrong Hall, Christopher Bolton, Delphine Roussel, Maxime Robin, Doug Mclean
- Genre Drama, Romance
- Available on Peacock Premium, Peacock Premium Plus, Apple TV, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Tubi TV, The Roku Channel, VUDU Free, Kanopy
Indian Summer
Now in their thirties, a group of childhood friends reunites at their former summer camp for just one week
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- Canada, United States • 1993
- Director Mike Binder
- Cast Alan Arkin, Bill Paxton, Diane Lane, Matt Craven, Julie Warner, Elizabeth Perkins
- Genre Comedy, Drama
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Hoopla
I Declare War
Rules were made to be broken.
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- Canada • 2013
- Director Jason Lapeyre
- Cast Siam Yu, Gage Munroe, Michael Friend, Aidan Gouveia, Mackenzie Munro, Alex Cardillo
- Genre Action, Comedy, Drama
- Available on Fandor, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube, The Roku Channel, Pluto TV, Freevee, Hoopla, Plex, Plex Channel
Camp Lakebottom
Three 12-year-old kids -- McGee, Gretchen, and Squirt -- set out for camp but take the wrong bus and end up at the mysterious Camp Lakebottom.
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- Canada, United States • 2013
- Creator Eric Jacobson, Robert Pincombe, Shelley Hoffman, Betsy McGowen, Meghan Davies
- Cast Scott McCord, Melissa Altro, Darren Frost, Adrian Truss, Jonathan Wilson, Bryn McAuley
- Genre Animation, Comedy, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
- Available on Tubi TV, The Roku Channel, Peacock Premium, Peacock Premium Plus
Total Drama Island
At Camp Wawanakwa, 22 teens compete in ridiculous challenges to win $100,000.
- Canada, United States, France • 2007
- Creator Tom McGillis, Jennifer Pertsch
- Cast Clé Bennett, Christian Potenza, Emilie-Claire Barlow, Carter Hayden, Katie Crown
- Genre Action & Adventure, Animation, Comedy, Drama
- Available on Netflix, Spectrum On Demand, Netflix basic with Ads, Max Amazon Channel
Happy Canada Day! Canadian Films about Canada
Laurence Anyways
What does it take to live life to the fullest?
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- Canada, France • 2012
- Director Xavier Dolan
- Cast Melvil Poupaud, Suzanne Clément, Nathalie Baye, Monia Chokri, Yves Jacques, Anne Dorval
- Genre Drama, Romance
- Available on Kanopy
Firecrackers
When an ex-boyfriend violates a woman, he leaves her no choice but revenge.
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- Canada • 2018
- Director Jasmin Mozaffari
- Cast Michaela Kurimsky, Karena Evans, Callum Thompson, David Kingston, Tamara LeClair
- Genre Drama
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Apple TV, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Tubi TV, Pluto TV, Freevee, Kanopy, Hoopla, Plex, Plex Channel
Incendies
The search began at the opening of their mother's will.
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- Canada, France • 2010
- Director Denis Villeneuve
- Cast Lubna Azabal, Mélissa Désormeaux-Poulin, Maxim Gaudette, Rémy Girard, Allen Altman, Abdelghafour Elaaziz
- Genre Drama, Mystery, War
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Tubi TV
Jesus of Montreal
(Jésus de Montréal)
A group of actors putting on an interpretive Passion Play in Montreal begin to experience a meshing of their characters and their private lives.
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- Canada, France • 1989
- Director Denys Arcand
- Cast Lothaire Bluteau, Catherine Wilkening, Johanne-Marie Tremblay, Rémy Girard, Robert Lepage, Gilles Pelletier
- Genre Drama
- Available on Fandor Amazon Channel, Spamflix, Kanopy
My Winnipeg
A deeply personal look into director Guy Maddin's hometown of Winnipeg, where the lines of reality are blurred.
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- Canada • 2007
- Director Guy Maddin
- Cast Ann Savage, Amy Stewart, Darcy Fehr, Louis Negin, Brendan Cade
- Genre Comedy, Documentary, Drama, History
- Available on Apple TV
Stories We Tell
Every family has a story.
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- Canada • 2012
- Director Sarah Polley
- Cast Michael Polley, Harry Gulkin, Susy Buchan, John Buchan, Mark Polley, Joanna Polley
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Freevee, Kanopy, Hoopla
Rhymes for Young Ghouls
Growing up means getting even.
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- Canada • 2013
- Director Jeff Barnaby
- Cast Roseanne Supernault, Mark Antony Krupa, Devery Jacobs, Arthur Holden, Glen Gould, Brandon Oakes
- Genre Drama, Crime
- Available on Fandor Amazon Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube, Tubi TV, Kanopy, Hoopla
Mon oncle Antoine
While on a job with his uncle, the town undertaker, a young boy is forced to confront his own mortality.
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- Canada • 1971
- Director Claude Jutra
- Cast Jacques Gagnon, Lyne Champagne, Jean Duceppe, Olivette Thibault, Claude Jutra
- Genre Comedy, Drama
- Available on Criterion Channel, Filmzie, Kanopy
Beans
A 12-year-old indigenous girl grapples with conflicting aspects of her identity during the 1990 Oka Crisis.
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- Canada • 2021
- Director Tracey Deer
- Cast Kiawentiio, Violah Beauvais, Rainbow Dickerson, Joel Montgrand, Paulina Jewel Alexis, D'Pharaoh Woon-A-Tai
- Genre Drama
- Available on Hulu, Hoopla, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Filmrise
The Sweet Hereafter
A small Canadian mountain community is devastated after an accident leaves a number of its children dead.
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- Canada • 1997
- Director Atom Egoyan
- Cast Ian Holm, Caerthan Banks, Sarah Polley, Tom McCamus, Gabrielle Rose, Alberta Watson
- Genre Drama
- Available on Criterion Channel
Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner
(Atanarjuat)
The on-screen retelling of a centuries-old Inuit legend.
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- Canada • 2002
- Director Zacharias Kunuk
- Cast Natar Ungalaaq, Sylvia Ivalu, Peter-Henry Arnatsiaq, Lucy Tulugarjuk, Pakak Innuksuk, Madeline Ivalu
- Genre Fantasy, Drama
- Available on Apple TV
Indigenous Voices
Blood Quantum
A zombie virus decimates all of Earth's population except the Mi'qmaq community of Red Crow.
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- Canada • 2019
- Director Jeff Barnaby
- Cast Michael Greyeyes, Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers, Forrest Goodluck, Kiowa Gordon, Olivia Scriven
- Genre Horror
- Available on Shudder, Shudder Amazon Channel, AMC+, AMC+ Amazon Channel, AMC Plus Apple TV Channel , Shudder Apple TV Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Hoopla
Three Thousand
Embedding historic footage into original animation, a vision of hope and possibility is created.
- Canada • 2017
- Director Asinnajaq
- Cast
- Genre Animation, Documentary
- Available on Apple TV, Amazon Video
Fire Song
A gay aboriginal teenager struggles between supporting his family or following his dreams.
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- Canada • 2015
- Director Adam Garnet Jones
- Cast Mary Galloway, Ma-Nee Chacaby, Morteesha Chickekoo-Bannon, Brendt Thomas Diabo, Misty Dore
- Genre Drama
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Amazon Video, Tubi TV, The Roku Channel, Kanopy
Rhymes for Young Ghouls
Growing up means getting even.
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- Canada • 2013
- Director Jeff Barnaby
- Cast Roseanne Supernault, Mark Antony Krupa, Devery Jacobs, Arthur Holden, Glen Gould, Brandon Oakes
- Genre Drama, Crime
- Available on Fandor Amazon Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube, Tubi TV, Kanopy, Hoopla
Smoke Signals
Thomas and Victor, two young Native American men, travel from Idaho to Arizona to collect Victor's father's remains.
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- Canada, United States • 1998
- Director Chris Eyre
- Cast Adam Beach, Evan Adams, Irene Bedard, Gary Farmer, Tantoo Cardinal, Cody Lightning
- Genre Drama, Comedy
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Pluto TV, Hoopla
Tia and Piujuq
A young Syrian refugee living in Montreal finds a magic portal to the Arctic.
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- Canada • 2018
- Director Lucy Tulugarjuk
- Cast Tia Bshara, Nuvvija Tulugarjuk, Eiman Aljaber, Ghaiss Gharibet, Madeline Ivalu
- Genre Adventure, Family, Fantasy
- Available on Apple TV
Nalujuk Night
Every January 6th from the dark of the Nunatsiavut night, the Nalujuit appear on the sea ice...
- Canada • 2021
- Director Jennie Williams
- Cast
- Genre Documentary
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Northern Comfort: A Drive Around Town
A documentary about the dynamic between Indigenous and non-Indigenous people in Northern Quebec.
- • 2021
- Director Melanie Lameboy
- Cast
- Genre Documentary
- Available on No streaming locations found.
First Stories - Two Spirited
The empowering story of one’ struggle against prejudice in the Indigenous community.
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- Canada • 2007
- Director Sharon A. Desjarlais
- Cast Rodney "Geeyo" Poucette
- Genre Documentary
- Available on IndieFlix, Apple TV, Plex, Plex Channel
Reel Injun
The history of how Native Americans are portrayed in Hollywood films.
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- Canada • 2010
- Director Jeremiah Hayes
- Cast Adam Beach, Charlie Hill, Chris Eyre, Clint Eastwood, Graham Greene, Jim Jarmusch
- Genre Documentary, Western
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Amazon Video, Tubi TV
Gene Boy Came Home
A portrait of Eugene "Gene Boy" Benedict, from the Odanak Indian Reserve.
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- Canada • 2007
- Director Alanis Obomsawin
- Cast Eugene Benedict
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Tubi TV
Club Native
A look at how women in the Kahnawake community risk losing their rights after marrying non-natives.
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- Canada • 2008
- Director Tracey Deer
- Cast
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Amazon Video, Tubi TV
The Road Forward
Six generations of Indigenous activism through song and story.
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- Canada • 2017
- Director Marie Clements
- Cast
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Apple TV, Tubi TV, The Roku Channel
Buffy Sainte-Marie: Carry It On
Documentary about the life and career of Indigenous musician and activist Buffy Sainte-Marie.
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- Canada • 2022
- Director Madison Thomas
- Cast Buffy Sainte-Marie, Joni Mitchell, Robbie Robertson, Jackson Browne, Sonia Manzano, George Stroumboulopoulos
- Genre Documentary
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Totem: The Return of the G'psgolox Pole
The journey of the Haisla people to reclaim the G'psgolox totem pole that’s been missing since 1929.
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- Canada • 2003
- Director Gil Cardinal
- Cast
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Amazon Video, Tubi TV