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1. No Mercy (1986)
R | 106 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
A Chicago detective, seeking to avenge his partner's death, travels to New Orleans, where he unexpectedly becomes involved in a cat and mouse game of survival.
Director: Richard Pearce | Stars: Richard Gere, Kim Basinger, Jeroen Krabbé, George Dzundza
Votes: 8,499 | Gross: $12.30M
2. Chronicle of a Summer (1961)
Not Rated | 85 min | Documentary, History
A documentary about the everyday lives of ordinary Parisians, done in the style of cinéma vérité.
Directors: Edgar Morin, Jean Rouch | Stars: Angelo, Nadine Ballot, Catherine, Céline
Votes: 3,598
3. My Uncle Antoine (1971)
Not Rated | 104 min | Drama
Set in cold rural Quebec at Christmas time, we follow the coming of age of a young boy and the life of his family which owns the town's general store and undertaking business.
Director: Claude Jutra | Stars: Jacques Gagnon, Lyne Champagne, Jean Duceppe, Olivette Thibault
Votes: 3,189
4. Orders (1974)
109 min | Drama, History
A fact-based account of ordinary citizens who found themselves arrested and imprisoned without charge for weeks during the October Crisis in 1970 Quebec.
Director: Michel Brault | Stars: Hélène Loiselle, Jean Lapointe, Guy Provost, Claude Gauthier
Votes: 1,150
5. Good Riddance (1980)
120 min | Drama
A woman is overwhelmed with having to deal with her emotionally unstable daughter, mentally-challenged brother and two suitors while simultaneously trying to run her small firewood business.
Director: Francis Mankiewicz | Stars: Charlotte Laurier, Marie Tifo, Germain Houde, Louise Marleau
Votes: 772
6. Of Whales, the Moon, and Men (1963)
105 min | Documentary
At the instigation of the filmmakers, the young men of the Ile-aux-Coudres in the middle of the St-Lawrence River try as a memorial to their ancestors to revive the fishing of the belugas interrupted in 1924.
Directors: Michel Brault, Pierre Perrault | Stars: Léopold Tremblay, Alexis Tremblay, Abel Harvey, Louis Harvey
Votes: 711
7. Threshold (1981)
PG | 97 min | Drama, Sci-Fi
In this gripping sci-fi drama, a celebrated heart surgeon (Donald Sutherland, "The Hunger Games") collaborates with an offbeat scientist (Jeff Goldblum, "Jurassic Park") to perform the first artificial heart transplant.
Director: Richard Pearce | Stars: Donald Sutherland, John Marley, Sharon Acker, Mare Winningham
Votes: 533
8. Tadpole and the Whale (1988)
TV-G | 91 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama
On their arrival in Mingan, on the north coast of St Lawrence's Gulf, a couple notice a young girl floating in the ocean. Thinking she is in need of rescuing, they discover that, in fact, ... See full summary »
Director: Jean-Claude Lord | Stars: Fanny Lauzier, Denis Forest, Marina Orsini, Félix-Antoine Leroux
Votes: 434
9. Dead Man Out (1989 TV Movie)
87 min | Crime, Drama
A psychiatrist is sent to evaluate a convicted multiple murderer whose behavior has become unstable and deranged while on death row for eight years, causing a problem for the courts to carry out execution.
Director: Richard Pearce | Stars: Danny Glover, Rubén Blades, Tom Atkins, Larry Block
Votes: 426
10. Kamouraska (1973)
R | 124 min | Drama, History
Quebec, the 1830s and 1840s. As she attends the bedside of Jérôme, her second husband, Élisabeth recalls her youth, her marriage to her first husband, Antoine, life in remote Kamouraska ... See full summary »
Director: Claude Jutra | Stars: Geneviève Bujold, Richard Jordan, Marcel Cuvelier, Philippe Léotard
Votes: 421
11. Bethune: The Making of a Hero (1990)
115 min | Biography, Drama, Romance
Canadian surgeon Dr. Norman Bethune (Donald Sutherland) journeys 1,500 miles into China to reach Mao Zedong's eighth route Army in the Wu Tai mountains where he will build hospitals, ... See full summary »
Director: Phillip Borsos | Stars: Donald Sutherland, Helen Mirren, Helen Shaver, Colm Feore
Votes: 414
12. Les raquetteurs (1958)
15 min | Short, Documentary
Footage of a snowshoe festival in Sherbrooke, Quebec. Depictions of culture in the early years including snowshoe races, and musical attractions.
Directors: Michel Brault, Gilles Groulx
Votes: 394
13. Take It All (1963)
Not Rated | 99 min | Drama
A man struggles with his identity, his life choices, his interracial relationship, and his latent homosexuality. A portrait of some young intellectuals in early sixties Montreal.
Director: Claude Jutra | Stars: Claude Jutra, Johanne Harelle, Victor Désy, Tania Fédor
Votes: 383
14. Alien Thunder (1974)
PG | 93 min | Western
Based on an actual event, this is the tragic story of Saskatchewan fugitive Almighty Voice, a Cree Indian who is arrested for stealing government livestock out of desperate hunger.
Director: Claude Fournier | Stars: Donald Sutherland, Gordon Tootoosis, Chief Dan George, Kevin McCarthy
Votes: 373
15. Montréal vu par... (1991)
125 min | Comedy, Drama
Six stories about Montreal. 1: A young housewife from Toronto samples the nightlife using basic French. 2: The tale of a painting of Montreal's first mayor, Jacques Viger. 3: During a ... See full summary »
Directors: Denys Arcand, Michel Brault, Atom Egoyan, Jacques Leduc, Léa Pool, Patricia Rozema | Stars: Jacques Allard, Denys Arcand, Barbara Arsenault, Nancy Arsenault
Votes: 361
16. Entre la mer et l'eau douce (1967)
85 min | Drama, Music, Romance
A young singer-songwriter abandons his life in his hometown and moves to the city to make it big. He achieves fame, but it comes at a price.
Director: Michel Brault | Stars: Claude Gauthier, Geneviève Bujold, Paul Gauthier, Denise Bombardier
Votes: 307
17. The Great Land of Small (1987)
G | 93 min | Family, Fantasy
Two children enter a fantasy kingdom and are confronted by evil forces.
Director: Vojtech Jasný | Stars: Karen Elkin, Michael Blouin, Michael J. Anderson, Ken Roberts
Votes: 297
18. Omnibus (1967–2003)
Not Rated | 43 min | Documentary, Biography, Music
Arts documentary series with concerts and experimental dramatizations.
Stars: Humphrey Burton, Kirsty Wark, David Collings, Michael Hordern
Votes: 294
19. Capturing Reality: The Art of Documentary (2008)
Not Rated | 90 min | Documentary
From cinema-verite pioneers Albert Maysles and Joan Churchill, to maverick movie makers like Errol Morris, Werner Herzog, and Nick Broomfield, the world's best documentarians reflect upon ... See full summary »
Director: Pepita Ferrari | Stars: Jennifer Baichwal, Manfred Becker, Michel Brault, Nick Broomfield
Votes: 261
20. Cinéma Vérité: Defining the Moment (1999)
193 min | Documentary
This is a documentary about direct-cinema from its very beginnings (Nanook of the North) to the fake-direct-cinema of the Blair Witch Project. All the important direct-cinema filmmakers are... See full summary »
Director: Peter Wintonick | Stars: Jean-Pierre Beauviala, Michel Brault, Gillian Caldwell, Robin Cowie
Votes: 245
21. Le temps d'une chasse (1972)
98 min | Drama
A young boy learns the rituals of what his father and his friends perceive as manhood on a weekend hunting trip.
Director: Francis Mankiewicz | Stars: Guy L'Ecuyer, Marcel Sabourin, Pierre Dufresne, Olivier L'Ecuyer
Votes: 231
22. Mon amie Max (1994)
106 min | Drama
Catherine, a concert pianist, is surprised one night by the arrival of her best friend from childhood, Marie-Alexandrine (Max), whom she hasn't seen for 25 years. Catherine and Max were ... See full summary »
Director: Michel Brault | Stars: Geneviève Bujold, Marthe Keller, Johanne McKay, Marie Guillard
Votes: 215
23. Normande (1975)
117 min | Drama, Fantasy
The demands of her family and the stress of daily life drive the mind of a woman into permanent fantasy as a way to cope.
Director: Gilles Carle | Stars: Carole Laure, Raymond Cloutier, Reynald Bouchard, Carmen Giroux
Votes: 214
24. A Scream from Silence (1979)
96 min | Drama
A director and an editor, both woman, cannot work on a movie presenting the rape of a nurse without reacting on the scenes they're working on, the situation of womenhood in general, and the way the 'Justice' handle those cases of rape.
Director: Anne Claire Poirier | Stars: Julie Vincent, Germain Houde, Paul Savoie, Monique Miller
Votes: 196
25. Rouli-roulant (1967)
16 min | Documentary, Short, Sport
A look at skateboarding in Montreal, Canada.
Director: Claude Jutra | Stars: Charles Denner, Pierre Charpentier, Marc Harvey
Votes: 192
26. Eliza's Horoscope (1975)
Not Rated | 120 min | Drama
Eliza arrives in Montreal looking for love. A Chinese astrologer says she will find it over the next 12 days. She sets out to make the prediction come true, not realizing that her boarding-house roommate Tommy could actually be the one.
Director: Gordon Sheppard | Stars: Elizabeth Moorman, Tommy Lee Jones, Rose Quong, Pierre Byland
Votes: 188
27. La lutte (1961)
28 min | Documentary, Short
Follows the professional wrestling scene in Montreal and observes the before, during, and after portions of a major show and the spectators who are enthralled by it.
Directors: Michel Brault, Marcel Carrière, Claude Fournier, Claude Jutra | Stars: Edouard Carpentier, Al Costello, Dominic DeNucci, Ivan Kalmykov
Votes: 173
28. Les noces de papier (1990 TV Movie)
95 min | Drama
A woman agrees to a marriage of convenience with a refugee.
Director: Michel Brault | Stars: Geneviève Bujold, Manuel Aranguiz, Dorothée Berryman, Monique Lepage
Votes: 168 | Gross: $0.23M
29. Quand je serai parti... vous vivrez encore (1999)
120 min | Action, Drama, History
Le film se déroule en 1838, en plein coeur du conflit entre les habitants français du Bas-Canada et les occupants anglais. À l'automne de la même année, François-Xavier Bouchard et ... See full summary »
Director: Michel Brault | Stars: Sébastien Gauthier, Martin Larocque, Frank Fontaine, Guy Héroux
Votes: 148
30. Louisiane (1984)
186 min | Drama, History, Romance
Virginia Tregan returns to her home in the U. S. Deep South from a sojourn in Paris only to discover that her family plantation and its holdings have been lost. She determines to recoup her family's fortune.
Directors: Philippe de Broca, Etienne Périer | Stars: Margot Kidder, Ian Charleson, Andréa Ferréol, Lloyd Bochner
Votes: 137
31. Happiness Bound (2007)
91 min | Documentary
Poetry and cinema merge as 11 filmmakers bring to life 21 poems by Quebec poets.
Directors: Geneviève Allard, Paule Baillargeon, Manon Barbeau, Philippe Baylaucq, Michel Brault, Marie-Julie Dallaire, André Forcier, Chloé Leriche, Kim Nguyen, Marcel Simard | Stars: José Acquelin, Alexandrine Agostini, Manon Barbeau, Francis Beaulieu
Votes: 128
32. Geneviève (1964)
28 min | Short, Drama
Two teenage girls go to winter carnival in Quebec City for the first time. Their ambiguous, tentative relationship with a young boy brings both of them the sweet intensity and disillusionment of first love.
Director: Michel Brault | Stars: Bernard Arcand, Geneviève Bujold, Louise Marleau
Votes: 123
33. Acadia Acadia?!? (1971)
117 min | Documentary
Long métrage documentaire tourné dans les coulisses de l'action à l'Université de Moncton (Nouveau-Brunswick), théâtre du réveil acadien de la fin des années 1960. Dans une province où 40 ... See full summary »
Directors: Michel Brault, Pierre Perrault | Stars: Irène Doiron, Michel Blanchard, Bernard Gauvin, Blondine Maurice
Votes: 117
34. Weird Sex and Snowshoes: A Trek Through the Canadian Cinematic Psyche (2004 TV Movie)
59 min | Documentary
This compelling documentary explores Canadian film culture and tries to discover what defines Canadian film through interviews with notable filmmakers.
Director: Jill Sharpe | Stars: Robert Lepage, Katherine Monk, Don McKellar, Patricia Rozema
Votes: 115
35. Elia Kazan: An Outsider (1982)
56 min | Documentary
In a series of conversations with Michel Ciment, Elia Kazan talks about his life's work in theatre, cinema and novels, the philosophy and attitudes behind his choices and his creations.
Director: Annie Tresgot | Stars: Michel Ciment, Elia Kazan, Robert De Niro, Mike Kazan
Votes: 114
36. Erreur sur la personne (1996)
95 min | Drama
Montreal police officer Renard is shot in the head and seriously wounded while on duty. A fragment of the bullet remains in his head and cannot be removed. As a result of the accident, he ... See full summary »
Director: Gilles Noël | Stars: Michel Côté, Macha Grenon, Paul Doucet, Robert Gravel
Votes: 104
37. Golden Gloves (1961)
Not Rated | 28 min | Documentary, Short, Sport
Concerns an amateur boxing tournament and the three young working-class men who aspire to win it; how they train and their reasons for doing it.
Director: Gilles Groulx | Stars: Melos Ivancevic, Ronald Jones
Votes: 104
38. Le temps perdu (1964)
Not Rated | 27 min | Documentary, Short
A 16-year-old girl recalls the last moments of her summer vacation, spent with friends in the Laurentians north of Montréal. She reminisces about their talks on life, death, love, and God.
Director: Michel Brault | Stars: Céline Bernier, Nicole Geoffroy, Louise Pelletier, Raymond Décarie
Votes: 101
39. Cinéastes de notre temps (1964–1972)
Documentary
In-depth documentaries about the greatest filmmakers from around the world, all in the form of candid face-to-face interviews, conducted, created and produced by former critics for Les Cahiers du Cinéma, Janine Bazin and André S. Labarthe.
Stars: André S. Labarthe, Georges Franju, Jean Renoir, Jacques Rivette
Votes: 94
40. La punition (1962)
Not Rated | 58 min | Drama
An aimless young woman is sent home from school with nothing to do. Drifting through the streets of Paris, she comes across a variety of people.
Director: Jean Rouch | Stars: Nadine Ballot, Jean-Claude Darnal, Modeste Landry, Jean-Marc Simon
Votes: 94
41. Salut Victor (1989)
83 min | Drama
Friendship between two old men becomes love. Slightly-unkempt, tired, and frail, Philippe Lanctot moves into a rest home. The administrator says she wants him to be happy, but that seems ... See full summary »
Director: Anne Claire Poirier | Stars: Jean Besré, Muriel Dutil, Jacques Godin, Juliette Huot
Votes: 80
42. La fleur de l'âge, ou Les adolescentes (1964)
80 min | Drama
Un film en quatre épisodes présentant des adolescentes choisies parmi les plus représentatives de leur pays et de notre temps, en Italie, en France, au Japon et au Canada. En dépit des ... See full summary »
Directors: Gian Vittorio Baldi, Michel Brault, Jean Rouch, Hiroshi Teshigahara | Stars: Michel Aracheguesne, Bernard Arcand, Nadine Ballot, Geneviève Bujold
Votes: 75
43. Québec-U.S.A. ou L'invasion pacifique (1962)
Not Rated | 27 min | Documentary, Short
L'envahisseur est un touriste américain en bolide décapotable, armé de sa caméra et curieux de découvrir le Canada français ainsi que ses habitants. Sa première destination ? La ville de ... See full summary »
Directors: Michel Brault, Claude Jutra
Votes: 68
44. Claude Jutra - An Unfinished Story aka: Claude Jutra, portrait sur film (2002)
82 min | Documentary
A revealing look at the great Quebecois director who gave us such classic films as Mon Oncle Antoine, A toute prendre and Kamouraska: Power of Passion. Amidst the rise of French-Canadian ... See full summary »
Director: Paule Baillargeon | Stars: Paule Baillargeon, Bernardo Bertolucci, Normand Brathwaite, Michel Brault
Votes: 65
45. À Saint-Henri le cinq septembre (1962)
42 min | Documentary, Short
-Documentary made by Hubert Aquin in 1962 about a 24-hour tour of the popular Saint-Henri district in Montreal (in the province of Quebec, Canada). We discover the simplicity of this ... See full summary »
Director: Hubert Aquin | Star: Jacques Godbout
Votes: 65
46. Wake Up, Mes Bons Amis! (1970)
117 min | Documentary
Film-essai sur une question cruciale : la notion d'appartenance à un pays. Sentimentalisme attardé ou réalité psychologique profonde si l'on croit qu'elle trouve racine dans le coeur de ... See full summary »
Director: Pierre Perrault | Stars: Didier Dufour, Maurice Chaillot, Benjamin Simard, André Lepage
Votes: 57
47. Panique (1977)
97 min | Drama
Industrial pollution causes water poisoning and generalized sickness in a nearby city and is the start of a major news scandal.
Director: Jean-Claude Lord | Stars: Paule Baillargeon, Jean Coutu, Lise Thouin, Pierre Thériault
Votes: 56
48. Festival panafricain d'Alger (1969)
110 min | Documentary, Musical
This is a documentary film which explores both the politics and music of the First PanAfrican Cultural Festival. Third World solidarity was much in fashion in 1969, when the festival was ... See full summary »
Director: William Klein | Stars: Nina Simone, Archie Shepp, Miriam Makeba, Marion Williams
Votes: 55
49. Les enfants du silence (1963)
24 min | Short
This film looks at the world of children with hearing loss and the importance of early diagnosis.
Director: Michel Brault | Star: Lucie de Vienne
Votes: 48
50. Éloge du chiac (1969)
27 min | Short, Documentary
Documentaire de Michel Brault. Réalisé sous forme de conversations entre une jeune institutrice dans une école française de Moncton et ses élèves, ce film montre les difficultés des ... See full summary »
Director: Michel Brault | Star: Rosanna Leblanc
Votes: 44