Documentary
Westray
A look into the Westray coal mine disaster of 1992.
- Canada • 2001
- Director Paul Cowan
- Cast Michael Jones, Katie Malloch
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Amazon Video, Tubi TV
Love in the Time of Fentanyl
A drug consumption site gives hope to a marginalized community ravaged by the overdose crisis.
- Canada • 2022
- Director Colin Askey
- Cast
- Genre Documentary
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Debris
A short film about artist Pete Clarkson as he works on a memorial to those affected by the 2011 East Japan earthquake and tsunami.
- Canada • 2015
- Director John Bolton
- Cast
- Genre
- Available on Amazon Video
752 Is Not a Number
A man embarks on a quest for justice and the truth after the mysterious downing of a Ukraine flight on January 8, 2020.
- Canada • 2022
- Director Babak Payami
- Cast
- Genre Documentary
- Available on No streaming locations found.
On Putin's Blacklist
A documentary about the groups and organizations on Russian president Vladimir Putin's blacklist.
- ✭
- Canada • 2017
- Director Boris Ivanov
- Cast
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, Vudu, Kanopy, Tubi TV, YouTube, Apple TV
Buffy Sainte-Marie: Carry It On
Documentary about the life and career of Indigenous musician and activist Buffy Sainte-Marie.
- 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.
Into the Weeds: Dewayne “Lee” Johnson vs. Monsanto Company
A Bay Area groundskeeper sues Monsanto for possibly causing his severe health problems due to contact with its herbicide.
- Canada • 2022
- Director Jennifer Baichwal
- Cast Dewayne Johnson
- Genre Documentary
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Altman
A dynamic, heartfelt documentary celebrating the life and work of American director Robert Altman.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Canada • 2014
- Director Ron Mann
- Cast Robert Altman, Michael Murphy, Kathryn Reed Altman, Sally Kellerman, James Caan, Elliott Gould
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Amazon Video, Kanopy, Apple TV
Big Fight in Little Chinatown
A documentary about the collective fight to save Chinatowns across North America.
- Canada • 2022
- Director Karen Cho
- Cast
- Genre Documentary
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Anote's Ark
A look into the major problems climate change is causing on the Pacific atoll Kiribati.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Canada • 2018
- Director Matthieu Rytz
- Cast Anote Tong
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Apple TV
The Girls of Meru
A multinational team helps 11 young survivors of sexual violence to pursue justice.
- Canada • 2018
- Director Andrea Dorfman
- Cast
- Genre Documentary
- Available on IndieFlix, Apple TV, Amazon Video, Tubi TV, Nfb
Watermark
The history and uses of the most vital human resource - water.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Canada • 2013
- Director Edward Burtynsky
- Cast
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube
The Longest Goodbye
A NASA psychologist investigates ways to provide mental health support in the future for Mars-bound astronauts.
- Canada, Israel • 2023
- Director Ido Mizrahy
- Cast
- Genre Documentary
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Twice Colonized
Inuit lawyer Aaju Peter embarks on a journey to reclaim her culture after the sudden death of her son.
- Canada • 2023
- Director Lin Alluna
- Cast
- Genre Documentary
- Available on No streaming locations found.
The Melt Goes on Forever: The Art & Times of David Hammons
A striking portrait of the elusive African-American art star David Hammons, whose work offers an essential commentary on race in the US.
- United States • 2022
- Director Harold Crooks, Judd Tully
- Cast
- Genre Documentary
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Crime and Mystery
Alias Grace
In 19th-century Canada, a psychiatrist weighs whether a murderess should be pardoned due to insanity.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Canada • 2017
- Creator Mary Harron
- Cast Sarah Gadon, Edward Holcroft, Rebecca Liddiard, Zachary Levi, Kerr Logan, David Cronenberg
- Genre Crime, Drama
- Available on Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads
Bandit
After escaping prison, a daring criminal assumes a new identity and goes on to rob a record 63 banks and jewelery stores.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Canada • 2022
- Director Allan Ungar
- Cast Josh Duhamel, Elisha Cuthbert, Mel Gibson, Nestor Carbonell, Lorenzo Yearby, Swen Temmel
- Genre Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
- Available on Showtime, Showtime Amazon Channel, Hoopla, fuboTV, Showtime Roku Premium Channel, Showtime Apple TV Channel, Paramount+ Showtime, Paramount Plus Apple TV Channel , DIRECTV, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Redbox, Kanopy
Beeba Boys
A gang leader takes on an established crime lord in a battle for control over Vancouver's arms and drug trade.
- ✭ ✭
- Canada • 2015
- Director Deepa Mehta
- Cast Randeep Hooda, Gulshan Grover, Ali Momen, Sarah Allen, Waris Ahluwalia
- Genre Crime, Drama, Thriller
- Available on Apple TV
World Athletics Day
Age Is No Barrier
A group of seniors meet twice a week at the University of Alberta to do gymnastics.
- Canada • 1989
- Director Francis Damberger
- Cast
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Nfb
The Man Who Skied Down Everest
A Japanese skier tries to fulfill his dream of skiing down Mount Everest.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Canada, Japan, United States • 1975
- Director Bruce Nyznik
- Cast Yuichiro Miura, Douglas Rain
- Genre Adventure, Documentary
- Available on Fandor, GuideDoc, Fandor Amazon Channel, The Film Detective, Amazon Video, Tubi TV, The Roku Channel, Pluto TV, Peacock, Peacock Premium, Freevee, Kanopy, Plex
The Boxing Girls of Kabul
A documentary following Afghan women training to box in the 2012 Olympics.
- Canada • 2012
- Director Ariel Nasr
- Cast
- Genre
- Available on Filmzie, IndieFlix, Apple TV
Race
The true story of track star Jesse Owens and his quest for gold in the 1936 Berlin Olympics.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Canada, Germany, France • 2016
- Director Stephen Hopkins
- Cast Stephan James, Jason Sudeikis, Carice van Houten, Jeremy Irons, Amanda Crew, William Hurt
- Genre Drama, History
- Available on Apple TV, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, Redbox, Google Play Movies, YouTube, DIRECTV, AMC on Demand
The Tournament
Over the course of a weekend tournament, youth sledge hockey teams from the U.S. and Canada battle for supremacy.
- Canada • 2022
- Director Sam Vint
- Cast
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Nfb
China Heavyweight
In southwestern China, state athletic coaches scour the countryside to recruit poor, rural teenagers who can throw a good punch.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Canada, China, Finland • 2012
- Director Yung Chang
- Cast
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Apple TV, Kino Now, Kanopy
Breakaway
Rajveer, who dreams of playing in the NHL, forms an all Indian hockey team after being discriminated against by the white players.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Canada, India, United States • 2011
- Director Rob Lieberman
- Cast Vinay Virmani, Camilla Belle, Rob Lowe, Anupam Kher, Russell Peters, Gurpreet Ghuggi
- Genre Comedy
- Available on Freevee, Microsoft Store, fuboTV, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, Crackle, Hoopla, Vudu, FILMRISE, VUDU Free, Plex, Tubi TV, YouTube, The Roku Channel, Apple TV
Earth and Beyond
The Longest Goodbye
A NASA psychologist investigates ways to provide mental health support in the future for Mars-bound astronauts.
- Canada, Israel • 2023
- Director Ido Mizrahy
- Cast
- Genre Documentary
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Last Of The Right Whales
A diverse group is united in their goal to save the North Atlantic right whale in this moving documentary.
- Canada • 2021
- Director Nadine Pequeneza
- Cast
- Genre Documentary
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Sovereign Soil
Four farmers live off their crops in Dawson City, Yukon, which routinely has subarctic winters.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Canada • 2019
- Director david curtis
- Cast
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Curiosity Stream, fuboTV, Amazon Video, Kanopy, Nfb
Anote's Ark
A look into the major problems climate change is causing on the Pacific atoll Kiribati.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Canada • 2018
- Director Matthieu Rytz
- Cast Anote Tong
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Apple TV
Watermark
The history and uses of the most vital human resource - water.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Canada • 2013
- Director Edward Burtynsky
- Cast
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube
Horses of Suffield
A documentary about the endangered Suffield horses in Alberta, Canada.
- Canada • 1998
- Director Nick Bakyta
- Cast Elan Ross Gibson
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Video, Tubi TV, Nfb
Picture of Light
This documentary follows an expedition to Churchill, Manitoba to film the Northern Lights.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Canada, Switzerland • 1994
- Director Peter Mettler
- Cast
- Genre Documentary
- Available on DocAlliance Films, Kanopy
Universe
An innovative short documentary showing images of the far reaches of the universe which helped inspire 2001: A Space Odyssey.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Canada • 1960
- Director Roman Kroitor, Colin Low
- Cast Douglas Rain, Donald MacRae
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Gooddeed
Anthropocene: The Human Epoch
The chaos and catastrophe of the Anthropocene — in real time.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Canada • 2018
- Director Jennifer Baichwal, Edward Burtynsky, Nicholas de Pencier
- Cast Alicia Vikander
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Metrograph, Apple TV, Vudu, Amazon Video, Kino Now, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Kanopy
Pipelines, Power and Democracy
(Pipelines, pouvoir et démocratie)
How is change effected? Sometimes, by regular people-turned-environmental activists.
- Canada • 2015
- Director Olivier D. Asselin
- Cast Dabiel Breton, André Bélisle, Mikael Rioux, Alyssa Symons-Bélanger
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Apple TV
Call of the Forest: The Forgotten Wisdom of Trees
Diana Beresford-Kroeger presents ancient forests of the Northern Hemisphere, revealing connections between the nature and people of the regions.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Canada, Germany, Ireland • 2016
- Director Jeffrey McKay
- Cast Diana Beresford-Kroeger
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Amazon Video
The Wolf and the Lion
(Le Loup et le Lion)
A wolf cub and a lion cub journey through the wilderness in search of the woman who saved them.
- ✭ ✭
- France, Canada • 2021
- Director Gilles de Maistre
- Cast Molly Kunz, Graham Greene, Charlie Carrick, Derek Johns, Rebecca Croll
- Genre Adventure, Family
- Available on Starz, Hoopla, Starz Roku Premium Channel, Starz Amazon Channel, Starz Apple TV Channel, DIRECTV, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Redbox
Arrival
Why are they here?
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- United States, Canada • 2016
- Director Denis Villeneuve
- Cast Amy Adams, Jeremy Renner, Forest Whitaker, Michael Stuhlbarg, Tzi Ma, Mark O'Brien
- Genre Drama, Mystery, Science Fiction
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, MGM Plus, fuboTV, Paramount Plus, Paramount+ Amazon Channel, MGM Plus Amazon Channel, MGM Plus Roku Premium Channel, Paramount Plus Apple TV Channel , Apple TV, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, Redbox, FlixFling, DIRECTV, Google Play Movies, YouTube, AMC on Demand
Far Side of the Moon
(La face cachée de la lune)
After his mother passes away, a struggling PhD candidate searches for the meaning of life.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Canada • 2003
- Director Robert Lepage
- Cast Robert Lepage, Céline Bonnier, Anne-Marie Cadieux, Marco Poulin, Érika Gagnon, Fabrice Mongeau
- Genre Comedy, Drama
- Available on Amazon Video
Sharkwater Extinction
Filmmaker and activist Rob Stewart is determined to save a shrinking shark population, investigating the corrupt fishing industry destroying aquatic wildlife.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Canada • 2018
- Director Rob Stewart
- Cast Rob Stewart, Paul Watson, Madison Stewart, Les Stroud, Boris Worm, Randall Arauz
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Spectrum On Demand
Speechless: The Polar Realm
Experience the astonishing landscapes and diverse wildlife of the Arctic and Antarctic regions captured over the course of a decade.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- New Zealand, Antarctica, Canada • 2015
- Director Richard Sidey
- Cast
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Amazon Video, Tubi TV, The Roku Channel, Plex
For the Love of Spock
Live Long...
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Canada, United States • 2016
- Director Adam Nimoy
- Cast Leonard Nimoy, William Shatner, George Takei, J.J. Abrams, Simon Pegg, Chris Pine
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Netflix, Hoopla, Netflix basic with Ads, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, Redbox, Alamo on Demand, Kanopy
Atlantic
A documentary about the impacts of the fishing and oil industries on Atlantic fishing communities in Ireland, Norway, and Canada.
- Ireland, Canada, Norway • 2016
- Director Risteard Ó Domhnaill
- Cast Brendan Gleeson, Jerry Early, Charlie Kane
- Genre Adventure, Documentary
- Available on Amazon Video, Tubi TV, Pluto TV
The Woman Who Loves Giraffes
Dr. Anne Innis Dagg looks back on her groundbreaking career of studying giraffes in the wild.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Canada • 2018
- Director Alison Reid
- Cast Tatiana Maslany, Victor Garber
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Sundance Now, AMC+ Amazon Channel, DIRECTV, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, Kino Now, Kanopy
Manufactured Landscapes
Burtynsky creates stunningly beautiful art from civilization’s materials and debris.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Canada • 2006
- Director Jennifer Baichwal
- Cast Edward Burtynsky
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Amazon Video, Kino Now, Kanopy, Metrograph, Apple TV, Amazon Prime Video
Bluefin
An enlightening story about the most fearless fish of all: Tuna.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Canada, Japan • 2017
- Director John Hopkins
- Cast
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, Tubi TV, The Roku Channel, Pluto TV, VUDU Free, Freevee, Kanopy, Plex
Music on Screen
The Swearing Jar
While it is a rare and miraculous thing to find your one true soul mate, finding two of them can pose a significant problem.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Canada • 2022
- Director Lindsay Mackay
- Cast Adelaide Clemens, Douglas Smith, Patrick J. Adams, Kathleen Turner, David Hewlett, Jade Ma
- Genre Drama, Romance
- Available on DIRECTV, Microsoft Store, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, Vudu, Starz Roku Premium Channel, Starz, YouTube, Starz Amazon Channel, Apple TV
Buffy Sainte-Marie: Carry It On
Documentary about the life and career of Indigenous musician and activist Buffy Sainte-Marie.
- 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.
The Tragically Hip: A National Celebration
A recording of the emotional final show of the Canadian rock band Tragically Hip's Man Machine Poem Tour.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Canada • 2016
- Director Dave Russell
- Cast Gord Downie, Bobby Baker, Gord Sinclair, Johnny Fay, Paul Langlois
- Genre Documentary, Music
- Available on Amazon Video, Apple TV
Once Were Brothers: Robbie Robertson and The Band
How one band went from backing up Bob Dylan to becoming one of the most influential groups of its era.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Canada, United States • 2020
- Director Daniel Roher
- Cast Robbie Robertson, Martin Scorsese, Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen, Eric Clapton
- Genre Documentary, History, Music
- Available on Hulu, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Redbox, Kanopy
Gordon Lightfoot: If You Could Read My Mind
Personal archive materials and studio sessions showcase the timeless guitar playing and instantly recognizable singing of Gordon Lightfoot.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Canada • 2019
- Director Joan Tosoni, Martha Kehoe
- Cast Gordon Lightfoot, Sylvia Tyson, Ian Tyson, Ronnie Hawkins, Geddy Lee, Sarah McLachlan
- Genre Documentary, Music
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, Apple TV, Amazon Video, Kino Now, Tubi TV, The Roku Channel, Pluto TV, Freevee, Kanopy, Plex
Hallelujah: Leonard Cohen, A Journey, A Song
An exploration of singer-songwriter Leonard Cohen as seen through the prism of his internationally renowned song, Hallelujah.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Canada • 2021
- Director Dayna Goldfine, Daniel Geller
- Cast Leonard Cohen, Larry Sloman, Adrienne Clarkson, Judy Collins, Clive Davis
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Netflix, Apple TV, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, Redbox, DIRECTV, Google Play Movies, YouTube, AMC on Demand
Imagine the Sound
This documentary examines the avant-garde free jazz movement of the 1960s.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Canada • 1981
- Director Ron Mann
- Cast Paul Bley, Bill Dixon, Cecil Taylor, Kenny Werner, Archie Shepp
- Genre Documentary, Music
- Available on Apple TV, Amazon Video, Kanopy
David Foster: Off the Record
A documentary about a Grammy-winning Canadian music icon.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Canada • 2019
- Director Barry Avrich
- Cast Paul Anka, Carole Bayer Sager, Andrea Bocelli, Michael Bublé, Peter Cetera
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads
Carmine Street Guitars
Five days in the life of Carmine Street Guitars, a small guitar store in New York City’s Greenwich Village.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Canada • 2018
- Director Ron Mann
- Cast Rick Kelly, Cindy Hulej, Dorothy Kelly, Jim Jarmusch, Eszter Balint
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Tubi TV, The Roku Channel, Filmzie, Kanopy
Bachman
The story of Randy Bachman and his unprecedented success in rock music.
- Canada • 2018
- Director John Barnard
- Cast Randy Bachman, Neil Young, Alex Lifeson, Chris Irvine
- Genre
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube
Born to Be Blue
Jazz legend Chet Baker finds love and redemption when he stars in a movie about his own troubled life to mount a comeback.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Canada, United Kingdom • 2015
- Director Robert Budreau
- Cast Ethan Hawke, Carmen Ejogo, Callum Keith Rennie, Stephen McHattie, Janet-Laine Green, Tony Nappo
- Genre Drama, Music
- Available on AMC+, AMC+ Amazon Channel, AMC+ Roku Premium Channel, AMC Plus Apple TV Channel , DIRECTV, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, Tubi TV, Kanopy
Begone Dull Care
This early experimental short film blends painting, moving pictures, and jazz to achieve an abstract combination of sound and vision.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Canada • 1949
- Director Evelyn Lambart, Norman McLaren
- Cast
- Genre Animation, Music
- Available on Filmzie
The Devil's Horn
From its invention in 1840 to its introduction into jazz, the saxophone has been an important and even controversial instrument.
- ✭ ✭
- Canada • 2016
- Director Larry Weinstein
- Cast
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Amazon Video
Her Frame: Focus on Women Directors
Ninth Floor
A look at a protest against institutional racism at a university that became a 14-day student occupation.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Canada • 2015
- Director Mina Shum
- Cast
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Amazon Video, Apple TV, Tubi TV, Filmzie
Geek Girls
Gina Hara sets out to interview the women who make up large parts of nerd culture communities.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Canada, Japan, United States • 2017
- Director Gina Haraszti
- Cast
- Genre Documentary
- Available on OVID, Kanopy
Stay
An unplanned pregnancy forces a couple to reevaluate their relationship.
- ✭ ✭
- Canada, Ireland • 2013
- Director Wiebke von Carolsfeld
- Cast Taylor Schilling, Aidan Quinn, Michael Ironside, Brian Gleeson, Barry Keoghan, Carrie Crowley
- Genre Drama
- Available on Freevee, fuboTV, Redbox, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, Vudu, Flix Premiere, VUDU Free, Filmzie, MGM Plus Amazon Channel, Kanopy, Peacock Premium, Plex, Tubi TV, YouTube, The Roku Channel, Paramount Plus, Apple TV, Amazon Prime Video, Peacock, Paramount Plus Apple TV Channel , Paramount+ Amazon Channel
Cairo Time
A woman gets involved in an unexpected love affair with her husband's friend.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Canada, Ireland, Egypt • 2009
- Director Ruba Nadda
- Cast Patricia Clarkson, Alexander Siddig, Elena Anaya, Amina Annabi, Tom McCamus, Mona Hala
- Genre Drama, Romance
- Available on AMC+ Amazon Channel, AMC+ Roku Premium Channel, DIRECTV, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, YouTube
Take This Waltz
A funny, bittersweet tale of love and adultery…
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Canada, Spain, Japan • 2011
- Director Sarah Polley
- Cast Michelle Williams, Seth Rogen, Luke Kirby, Sarah Silverman, Aaron Abrams, Jennifer Podemski
- Genre Comedy, Drama
- Available on Magnolia Selects, DIRECTV, Microsoft Store, fuboTV, Redbox, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, realeyz, Hoopla, Vudu, Kanopy, YouTube, Apple TV, , Max, Max Amazon Channel
I've Heard the Mermaids Singing
The tale of an absent-minded assistant and her education in art, love, and the nature of authority.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Canada • 1987
- Director Patricia Rozema
- Cast Sheila McCarthy, Paule Baillargeon, Ann-Marie MacDonald, John Evans, Brenda Kamino
- Genre Comedy, Drama, Romance
- Available on Criterion Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, YouTube, Kanopy, Kinomarquee
Double Happiness
A young woman is torn between her family's traditional ways and the allure of modern society.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Canada • 1994
- Director Mina Shum
- Cast Sandra Oh, Stephen Chang, Alannah Ong, Donald Fong, Frances You, Callum Keith Rennie
- Genre Comedy, Romance
- Available on Amazon Video, Tubi TV, Freevee, Plex
Mouthpiece
Two actresses play different sides of the same woman, Cassandra, who struggles to arrange her mother’s funeral.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Canada • 2018
- Director Patricia Rozema
- Cast Norah Sadava, Amy Nostbakken, Maev Beaty, Taylor Belle Puterman, Jess Salgueiro, Paula Boudreau
- Genre Drama
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, YouTube, VUDU Free, Kanopy
Nelly
The true story of a sex worker turned literary icon.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Canada • 2017
- Director Anne Émond
- Cast Mylène Mackay, Milya Corbeil-Gauvreau, Mickaël Gouin, Francis Leplay, Sylvie Drapeau
- Genre Drama
- Available on Apple TV
Werewolf
Tethered to one another, Blaise and Nessa's getaway dreams are kept on a suffocatingly short leash.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Canada • 2017
- Director Ashley McKenzie
- Cast Andrew Gillis, Bhreagh MacNeil, Kyle M. Hamilton
- Genre Drama
- Available on Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, Vudu, OVID, Spectrum On Demand, Kanopy, Tubi TV, YouTube, Apple TV
The Swearing Jar
While it is a rare and miraculous thing to find your one true soul mate, finding two of them can pose a significant problem.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Canada • 2022
- Director Lindsay Mackay
- Cast Adelaide Clemens, Douglas Smith, Patrick J. Adams, Kathleen Turner, David Hewlett, Jade Ma
- Genre Drama, Romance
- Available on DIRECTV, Microsoft Store, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, Vudu, Starz Roku Premium Channel, Starz, YouTube, Starz Amazon Channel, Apple TV
Workin' Moms
Four mothers bonds over their lives as parents and working women.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Canada • 2017
- Creator Catherine Reitman, Philip Sternberg
- Cast Catherine Reitman, Dani Kind, Juno Rinaldi, Kat Barrell, Jessalyn Wanlim, Novie Edwards
- Genre Comedy
- Available on Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads
Alias Grace
In 19th-century Canada, a psychiatrist weighs whether a murderess should be pardoned due to insanity.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Canada • 2017
- Creator Mary Harron
- Cast Sarah Gadon, Edward Holcroft, Rebecca Liddiard, Zachary Levi, Kerr Logan, David Cronenberg
- Genre Crime, Drama
- Available on Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads
Anne with an E
The adventures of a young orphan girl living in the late 19th century.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- 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, DIRECTV, Netflix basic with Ads
Firecrackers
When an ex-boyfriend violates a woman, he leaves her no choice but revenge.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Canada • 2018
- Director Jasmin Mozaffari
- Cast Michaela Kurimsky, Karena Evans, Callum Thompson, David Kingston, Tamara LeClair
- Genre Drama
- Available on Apple TV, Vudu, Amazon Video, Tubi TV, Freevee, Kanopy, Plex
Antigone
A modern retelling of Sophocles' historic play where a defiant young immigrant fights the system to save her troubled brother.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Canada • 2019
- Director Sophie Deraspe
- Cast Nahéma Ricci, Nour Belkhiria, Rawad El-Zein, Rachida Oussaada, Hakim Brahimi, Paul Doucet
- Genre Drama
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, Tubi TV
Black History
John Ware Reclaimed
A profile of John Ware, the Black cowboy who settled in Alberta, Canada, in the 1890s.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Canada • 2020
- Director Cheryl Foggo
- Cast Fred Whitfield, Cheryl Foggo, Kris Demeanor, Corb Lund, Miranda Martini
- Genre Documentary, History
- Available on Apple TV, Amazon Video
Hardwood
A short film examining the relationship between father and son.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Canada • 2005
- Director Hubert Davis
- Cast
- Genre
- Available on Amazon Video, Tubi TV, IndieFlix, Apple TV
Black Soul
(Âme noire - Black Soul)
A young Black boy traces his roots as his grandmother shares stories of events that shaped their culture
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Canada • 2000
- Director Martine Chartrand
- Cast
- Genre Animation, Drama
- Available on IndieFlix, Nfb
Loyalties
Two women—one white, one black—discover they are related due to a legacy of slavery in the United States.
- Canada • 1999
- Director Lesley Ann Patten
- Cast
- Genre Documentary, History
- Available on Nfb
Black Cop
A black policeman decides to take matters into his own hands and take revenge on the privileged community he’d sworn to protect.
- ✭ ✭
- Canada • 2017
- Director Cory Bowles
- Cast Sophia Walker, Sebastien Lebel, Simon Paul Mutuyimana, Taylor Olson
- Genre Drama
- Available on Starz, Hoopla, Starz Roku Premium Channel, Starz Amazon Channel, Starz Apple TV Channel, DIRECTV, Apple TV, Vudu, Amazon Video, Redbox, Google Play Movies, YouTube, FILMRISE, Kanopy
Kenbe La: Until We Win
(Kenbe la, jusqu'à la victoire)
The inspiring journey of Alain Philoctète, an artist and activist who dreams of developing a permaculture project in his native country of Haiti.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Canada • 2019
- Director Will Prosper
- Cast Chantal Ismé, Alain Philoctète
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Apple TV, Amazon Video, Tubi TV
Home Feeling: Struggle for a Community
An empathetic portrait of a Toronto community working toward a more positive future in the face of racism, prejudice, and persecution.
- Canada • 1983
- Director Roger McTair
- Cast
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Nfb
Long Time Comin'
This documentary captures the work and friendship of African-Canadian lesbian artists Faith Nolan, a singer-songwriter, and Grace Channer, a painter.
- Canada • 1993
- Director Dionne Brand
- Cast Grace Channer, Faith Nolan, Joni Mitchell
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Nfb
Making Coco: The Grant Fuhr Story
The story of Grant Fuhr, the first black superstar in hockey.
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- Canada • 2018
- Director Don Metz
- Cast Glenn Anderson, Martin Brodeur, Kelly Chase, Mike Claiborne, Fred Brathwaite
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Amazon Video, Kanopy, Plex, Tubi TV, The Roku Channel, Apple TV
A Memory Forgotten: A Generation Sacrificed
A portrait of Martine Duviella, whose parents were forced to flee Haiti during the Duvalier regime.
- Canada • 2008
- Director Martine Duviella
- Cast
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Nfb
Love Jacked
Ed wants a dutiful daughter who will take over for him and run the family store, but Maya has other ideas.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Canada, South Africa • 2018
- Director Alfons Adetuyi
- Cast Amber Stevens West, Keith David, Lyriq Bent, Mike Epps, Marla Gibbs
- Genre Comedy, Romance
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Home Again
Three Jamaicans are deported “home” to Jamaica, despite having lived in Canada, the US, and the UK for most of their lives.
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- Canada • 2012
- Director Sudz Sutherland
- Cast Tatyana Ali, CCH Pounder, Stephan James, Lyriq Bent, Dewshane Williams
- Genre Drama
- Available on Urban Movie Channel, DIRECTV, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Tubi TV
Encounter at Kwacha House - Halifax
A vociferous discussion between Black and White youths at a Halifax interracial club, touching on racial discrimination in various domains of life.
- Canada • 1967
- Director Rex Tasker
- Cast
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Nfb
The Girls of Meru
A multinational team helps 11 young survivors of sexual violence to pursue justice.
- Canada • 2018
- Director Andrea Dorfman
- Cast
- Genre Documentary
- Available on IndieFlix, Apple TV, Amazon Video, Tubi TV, Nfb
HERO: Inspired by the Extraordinary Life & Times of Mr. Ulric Cross
A fascinating portrait of Ulric Cross, a Caribbean war hero whose life spanned key historical moments of the 20th century.
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- Trinidad and Tobago, Canada • 2019
- Director Frances-Anne Solomon
- Cast Nickolai Salcedo, Peter Williams, Jessica B. Hill, Joseph Marcell, Pippa Nixon, Jimmy Akingbola
- Genre Drama
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Video
The Melt Goes on Forever: The Art & Times of David Hammons
A striking portrait of the elusive African-American art star David Hammons, whose work offers an essential commentary on race in the US.
- United States • 2022
- Director Harold Crooks, Judd Tully
- Cast
- Genre Documentary
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Jean of the Joneses
Everything changes for Jean Jones on the day the grandfather she’s never met shows up on her doorstep and drops dead.
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- Canada, United States • 2016
- Director Stella Meghie
- Cast Taylour Paige, Gloria Reuben, François Arnaud, Sherri Shepherd, Anna Hopkins, Mamoudou Athie
- Genre Comedy, Romance
- Available on Starz, Starz Roku Premium Channel, Starz Amazon Channel, Starz Apple TV Channel, DIRECTV, Apple TV, Vudu, Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, YouTube
The Book of Negroes
One woman's journey to gain her freedom.
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- Canada • 2015
- Creator Clement Virgo, Lawrence Hill
- Cast Shailyn Pierre-Dixon
- Genre Drama
- Available on Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Tubi TV
Band of Exile
(Le quatuor de l'exil)
Four exiled Somali teenagers are graduating from a high school in Toronto.
- Canada • 1994
- Director Yves Bisaillon
- Cast
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Nfb
Hommage: Jean-Marc Vallée
Black List
(Liste noire)
At the trial of a judge who was found with a sex worker, the sex worker turns over a list of her clients. Death threats and dead bodies ensue...
- ✭ ✭
- Canada • 1995
- Director Jean-Marc Vallée
- Cast Michel Côté, Geneviève Brouillette, Sylvie Bourque, Yves Allaire, Claudia Besso, Raymond Cloutier
- Genre Drama, Thriller
- Available on Amazon Video, Apple TV
Café de Flore
Healing a broken heart isn't easy. Sometimes it takes a lifetime...or two.
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- Canada, France • 2011
- Director Jean-Marc Vallée
- Cast Vanessa Paradis, Kevin Parent, Hélène Florent, Evelyne Brochu, Marin Gerrier, Alice Dubois
- Genre Drama, Romance
- Available on Google Play Movies, Kino Now, Kanopy, YouTube, Apple TV
Page to Screen
The Street
A Jewish family living in a small apartment in Montreal cares for their sick and dying grandmother.
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- Canada • 1976
- Director Caroline Leaf
- Cast Mort Ransen, Sarah Dwight, John Hood, Vera Leitman, Howard Ryshpan
- Genre Animation, Comedy, Drama
- Available on Amazon Video
Inside Hana's Suitcase
A poignant docu-drama about a battered old suitcase that arrives at the Holocaust Museum in Tokyo from Auschwitz.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Canada, Czech Republic, Germany • 2009
- Director Larry Weinstein
- Cast Jindřiška Hanusová, Linda Drexlerová, Daniel Hájek, Karim Tarakji, Nikol Fischerová, Radek Koula
- Genre Documentary, Drama
- Available on Hoopla, Chai Flicks, Amazon Video, Tubi TV, The Roku Channel, Kanopy
Fugitive Pieces
Having escaped from Poland during World War II, an adult man must come to terms with his traumatic past.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Greece, Canada • 2007
- Director Jeremy Podeswa
- Cast Rade Šerbedžija, Stephen Dillane, Rosamund Pike, Ayelet Zurer, Robbie Kay, Ed Stoppard, Rachelle Lefevre
- Genre Drama
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, Hoopla, Apple TV, Amazon Video, Tubi TV, Pluto TV, Kanopy, Plex
A Dangerous Method
Dr. Carl Jung takes the unbalanced yet beautiful Sabina Spielrein as his patient under the supervision of Sigmund Freud.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- United Kingdom, Germany, Canada • 2011
- Director David Cronenberg
- Cast Keira Knightley, Viggo Mortensen, Michael Fassbender, Sarah Gadon, Vincent Cassel, André Hennicke
- Genre Drama, Thriller
- Available on DIRECTV, Microsoft Store, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, AMC on Demand, Vudu, YouTube, Apple TV, , Max, Max Amazon Channel
Into the Forest
When society collapses, two sisters take their chances in the wild -- but the forest can be unforgiving.
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- Canada • 2016
- Director Patricia Rozema
- Cast Ellen Page, Evan Rachel Wood, Max Minghella, Callum Keith Rennie, Michael Eklund, Wendy Crewson
- Genre Drama, Science Fiction
- Available on , Max Amazon Channel, Max, DIRECTV, Apple TV, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, Redbox, Spectrum On Demand, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Kanopy
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, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, AMC on Demand, DIRECTV
The Little Girl Who Was Too Fond of Matches
(La petite fille qui aimait trop les allumettes)
Two siblings raised in rural Quebec, in an environment of religious conservatism, wake one morning to find their father dead.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Canada • 2017
- Director Simon Lavoie
- Cast Marine Johnson, Antoine L'Écuyer, Jean-François Casabonne, Alex Godbout, Laurie Babin
- Genre Drama, Horror
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, Tubi TV, The Roku Channel, FILMRISE, Kanopy, Plex
The Republic Of Love
A radio show host with a turbulent past falls for a curator from a seemingly perfect family.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Canada, United Kingdom • 2004
- Director Deepa Mehta
- Cast Bruce Greenwood, Kate Lynch, Emilia Fox, Edward Fox, David Huband, Gary Farmer
- Genre Comedy, Drama, Romance
- Available on Amazon Video, Tubi TV, The Roku Channel, Freevee, Plex
Payback
A documentary adaptation of a Margaret Atwood book investigating debt in societies across the world, not just monetary.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Canada • 2012
- Director Jennifer Baichwal
- Cast
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Kanopy, Metrograph, Apple TV, Amazon Prime Video
Margaret Atwood: A Word After a Word After a Word Is Power
Explores the career of influential author and activist Margaret Atwood.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Canada • 2019
- Director Peter Raymont, Nancy Lang
- Cast Tatiana Maslany, Margaret Atwood, Graeme Gibson, Harold Atwood, Ruth Atwood, Jess Atwood Gibson
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Hulu, Apple TV, Vudu, Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, YouTube, VUDU Free, Kanopy
Maria Chapdelaine
In the early 1900s, a young Quebecois woman must choose between three suitors.
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- Canada • 2021
- Director Sébastien Pilote
- Cast Sara Montpetit, Sébastien Ricard, Hélène Florent, Antoine Olivier Pilon, Émile Schneider, Robert Naylor
- Genre Drama
- Available on Eventive