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1. Ararat (2002)
R | 115 min | Drama, War
Interrogated by a customs officer, a young man recounts how his life was changed during the making of a film about the Armenian genocide.
Director: Atom Egoyan | Stars: Charles Aznavour, Brent Carver, Eric Bogosian, Simon Abkarian
Votes: 14,784 | Gross: $1.55M
2. Stories We Tell (2012)
PG-13 | 108 min | Documentary
A film that excavates layers of myth and memory to find the elusive truth at the core of a family of storytellers.
Director: Sarah Polley | Stars: Michael Polley, John Buchan, Mark Polley, Joanna Polley
Votes: 14,131 | Gross: $1.60M
3. The Twilight Zone (1985–1989)
TV-PG | 45 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
A collection of tales which range from comic to tragic, but often have a wicked sense of humor and an unexpected twist.
Stars: Robin Ward, Charles Aidman, Richard Mulligan, William Atherton
Votes: 12,276
4. Due South (1994–1999)
TV-PG | 46 min | Adventure, Comedy, Crime
The adventures of an impossibly upright Royal Canadian Mounted Police constable and his American colleagues in the city of Chicago.
Stars: Paul Gross, Beau Starr, Tony Craig, David Marciano
Votes: 7,585
5. Millennium (1989)
PG-13 | 108 min | Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
An NTSB investigator seeking the cause of an airline disaster meets a warrior woman from 1000 years in the future.
Director: Michael Anderson | Stars: Kris Kristofferson, Cheryl Ladd, Daniel J. Travanti, Robert Joy
Votes: 6,971 | Gross: $5.78M
6. Lilies (1996)
R | 95 min | Crime, Drama, Fantasy
When a bishop comes to a prison to hear the confession of an old friend he is forced to watch a play, performed by the inmates, about their youth together, love and betrayal.
Director: John Greyson | Stars: Ian D. Clark, Marcel Sabourin, Aubert Pallascio, Jason Cadieux
Votes: 2,843 | Gross: $0.22M
7. Deeply (2000)
Not Rated | 101 min | Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
A reclusive woman's unpublished story about a curse, told to a grieving girl, turns out to be something other than a fairy tale.
Director: Sheri Elwood | Stars: Kirsten Dunst, Lynn Redgrave, Julia Brendler, Trent Ford
Votes: 1,807
8. War of the Worlds (1988–1990)
TV-PG | 45 min | Action, Adventure, Horror
Humanity must resume its war against the Martians when they revive after decades of hibernation following their defeat in the 1950s.
Stars: Jared Martin, Lynda Mason Green, Philip Akin, Richard Chaves
Votes: 1,476
9. The Legend of Sleepy Hollow (1999 TV Movie)
TV-PG | 105 min | Adventure, Horror, Mystery
Ichabod Crane, a Yankee wanderer, arrives in Sleepy Hollow and becomes the new schoolmaster. He meets Katrina Van Tassel, and blissfully fantasizes about how he can marry her, ultimately ... See full summary »
Director: Pierre Gang | Stars: Brent Carver, Rachelle Lefevre, Vlasta Vrana, Kathleen Fee
Votes: 1,188
10. The Event (2003)
R | 110 min | Drama
Nick is a district attorney investigating several deaths of AIDS sufferers in the gay community of New York City's Chelsea District. Each case suggests the use of assisted suicide, which is illegal in New York.
Director: Thom Fitzgerald | Stars: Parker Posey, Don McKellar, Olympia Dukakis, Joanna Adler
Votes: 1,112 | Gross: $0.04M
11. The Beachcombers (1972–2004)
30 min | Adventure, Comedy
The adventures of a professional lumber salvager and his friends in Gibsons, British Columbia.
Stars: Bruno Gerussi, Robert Clothier, Rae Brown, Pat John
Votes: 653
12. Romeo and Juliet (I) (2014)
Not Rated | 135 min | Romance
Orlando Bloom and Condola Rashad take on the title characters in a modern adaptation of the timeless classic, Romeo and Juliet. This Broadway stage production is being broadcast in movie theaters.
Director: Don Roy King | Stars: Orlando Bloom, Dola Rashad, Donté Bonner, Christian Camargo
Votes: 516
13. Twice in a Lifetime (1999–2001)
TV-14 | 60 min | Drama, Fantasy, History
Prematurely deceased people are given the opportunity to correct something that went wrong in their lives and thus change them for the better.
Stars: Al Waxman, Gordie Brown, Paul Popowich, Kim Schraner
Votes: 345
14. This Is Wonderland (2004–2006)
TV-14 | 44 min | Comedy, Drama
Alice De Raey is a newly minted attorney who joins the chaotic world of criminal justice in Toronto. She's exposed to the seamier side of life, the backroom deals that make the system work accompanied by the usual eccentric characters.
Stars: Cara Pifko, Michael Riley, Michael Healey, Siu Ta
Votes: 327
15. Adderly (1986–1988)
60 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama
V.H. Adderly, a former James Bond style operative for I.S.I., is given a desk job in the Department of Miscellaneous Affairs after losing function in his left hand- the result of torture by... See full summary »
Stars: Winston Rekert, Jonathan Welsh, Dixie Seatle, Ken Pogue
Votes: 286
16. Street Legal (1987–1994)
50 min | Drama
The professional and private lives of a group of young, aggressive attorneys in partnership together in Toronto.
Stars: C. David Johnson, Eric Peterson, Cynthia Dale, Julie Khaner
Votes: 262
17. Spies, Lies & Naked Thighs (1988 TV Movie)
90 min | Comedy
In this spoof of spy films, Alan, a U.N. translator, and his kindergarten teacher wife, Beverly, get roped into helping foil a presidential assassination plot by an unlikely G-man-who just ... See full summary »
Director: James Frawley | Stars: Harry Anderson, Ed Begley Jr., Wendy Crewson, Linda Purl
Votes: 262
18.
The Twilight Zone (1985–1989)
Episode:
Room 2426
(1989)
TV-PG | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Biochemist Martin Decker is imprisoned, interrogated, and tortured, but still refuses to reveal a secret formula to his captors. However, his new cell mate's knowledge of teleportation of living matter may provide him with an escape route.
Director: Ryszard Bugajski | Stars: Dean Stockwell, Brent Carver, Peter Boretski, Walter Massey
Votes: 250
19. Cross Country (1983)
R | 95 min | Horror, Thriller
After a woman is found butchered in her New York apartment, suspicion falls on her estranged husband, an ad executive who has suddenly left town on a cross-country road trip. He takes along... See full summary »
Director: Paul Lynch | Stars: Richard Beymer, Nina Axelrod, Michael Ironside, Brent Carver
Votes: 237 | Gross: $0.15M
20. Prairie Giant: The Tommy Douglas Story (2006)
Biography, Drama
A mini-series based on the work of Canadian political icon Tommy Douglas.
Stars: Kristin Booth, Tatiana Maslany, Ian Tracey, Paul Gross
Votes: 213
21. Whiskers (1997 TV Movie)
G | 95 min | Family, Comedy, Fantasy
A friendless youngster (Michael Caloz) asks a cat goddess to help his feline friend.
Director: Jim Kaufman | Stars: Steve Adams, Goûchy Boy, Mark Bromilow, Michael Caloz
Votes: 194
22. Love and Hate: The Story of Colin and Joanne Thatcher (1989 TV Movie)
PG-13 | 120 min | Drama
Narcissistic Saskatchewan Tory politician Colin Thatcher is engaged in a bitter divorce from his wife JoAnn. When the court rules in JoAnn's favor, Colin hires a hit man to kill her--and almost gets away with it.
Director: Francis Mankiewicz | Stars: Kate Nelligan, Kenneth Welsh, Robert Benson, Leon Pownall
Votes: 157
23. The Song Spinner (1995 TV Movie)
G | 95 min | Family, Fantasy
In a kingdom where all music and noise is censored, a little girl and a mysterious woman attempt to change the strict rules with a little help from the townspeople and the black-clad guards who want to have joy in their lives again.
Director: Randy Bradshaw | Stars: Patti LuPone, John Neville, Meredith Henderson, Wendel Meldrum
Votes: 136
24. The Hidden Room (1991–1993)
TV-14 | 30 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller
This half-hour anthology show usually featured a woman in hardship, musing about might-have-beens, or fighting for her life, such as a woman being visited by the ghost of the child she ... See full summary »
Stars: Mimi Kuzyk, Yannick Bisson, Don Francks, Ashleigh Ann Wood
Votes: 131
25.
Due South (1994–1999)
Episode:
I Coulda Been a Defendant
(1997)
TV-PG | 46 min | Adventure, Comedy, Crime
Ray and Fraser blow the cover of a relocated witness set to testify in court, upsetting his brother who works for the government and looks out for him. But things may not be what they seem.
Director: Jim Kaufman | Stars: Paul Gross, Callum Keith Rennie, Beau Starr, Camilla Scott
Votes: 106
26. Crossbar (1979 TV Movie)
78 min | Drama, Sport
The story of an Olympic high jumper, played by Brent Carver, who loses his leg and yet doggedly persists in his pursuit of athletic glory. Released a year before Terry Fox's Marathon of ... See full summary »
Director: John Trent | Stars: Brent Carver, Kim Cattrall, John Ireland, Kate Reid
Votes: 99
27. The 53rd Annual Tony Awards (1999 TV Special)
Music
Director: Paul Miller | Stars: Kevin Anderson, Julie Andrews, Bea Arthur, Alec Baldwin
Votes: 96
28. Shadow Dancing (1988)
PG | 100 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Jess, a struggling dancer, is trying out for a part in a musical about Medusa. As she practices, the director notices how much she resembles his former lover, a ballerina who died in a ... See full summary »
Director: Lewis Furey | Stars: Nadine Van der Velde, Christopher Plummer, James Kee, Gregory Osborne
Votes: 82
29. The Pirates of Penzance (1985 TV Movie)
124 min | Comedy, Musical
Young Frederick leaves the zany band of pirates he was raised by to find true love and respectability, but when the Pirate King turns up to call on an old debt, Frederick must choose between the girl he loves and his sense of duty.
Directors: Norman Campbell, Brian Macdonald | Stars: Brent Carver, Jeff Hyslop, Caralyn Tomlin, Douglas Chamberlain
Votes: 72
30. The Wars (1983)
120 min | Drama, War
Robert Ross lives a protected adolescence in a well-off Toronto suburb. Secretive and withdrawn, he shares his thoughts only with his sister Rowena, who is mentally disabled. He feels ... See full summary »
Director: Robin Phillips | Stars: Brent Carver, Martha Henry, William Hutt, Ann-Marie MacDonald
Votes: 60
31.
War of the Worlds (1988–1990)
Episode:
Unto Us a Child Is Born
(1989)
TV-PG | Action, Adventure, Horror
To escape capture, an alien merges with a pregnant woman. This causes unexpected consequences for the aliens, and for Blackwood's team - and violence for the hospital staff when the woman/alien goes into labor.
Director: George Bloomfield | Stars: Jared Martin, Lynda Mason Green, Philip Akin, Richard Chaves
Votes: 51
32. The 47th Annual Tony Awards (1993 TV Special)
Family
Director: Walter C. Miller | Stars: Liza Minnelli, Jane Alexander, John Arnone, Bea Arthur
Votes: 47
33. One Night Stand (1978 TV Movie)
92 min | Drama, Thriller
Carol Bolts adaptation of her stage play locks its audience in a claustrophobic bachelor flat for a night of black comedy, lust and terror. Jilted on her birthday by her boyfriend, Daisy ... See full synopsis »
Director: Allan King | Stars: Chapelle Jaffe, Brent Carver, Dinah Christie, Susan Hogan
Votes: 44
34. Leo and Me (1978– )
30 min | Comedy
Leo was a carefree, hard-living Italian adventurer who had won a brand new yacht in a pokergame. He has also picked up his orphaned nephew Jamie to live with him. Leo and Jamie live on the yacht moored in the harbour.
Stars: Brent Carver, Michael J. Fox, Donna Christie, Mina E. Mina
Votes: 43
35. The City (1999–2000)
60 min | Drama
Flesh and Blood is a contemporary upstairs downstairs that follows the parallel and intersecting lives of people in Toronto. Lives brought together by a murder where the ring of a gunshot ... See full summary »
Stars: Torri Higginson, John Ralston, Shannon Lawson, Jody Racicot
Votes: 41
36. Elizabeth Rex (2004 TV Movie)
Drama
Director: Barbara Willis Sweete | Stars: Diane D'Aquila, Brent Carver, Peter Hutt, Scott Wentworth
Votes: 37
37. The Tale of Teeka (1998 TV Movie)
44 min | Drama
Maurice returns to the now abandoned family farm, resurrecting memories from his past. Among those memories is a powerful friendship between him and Teeka, his pet goose.
Director: Tim Southam | Stars: Benoît Brière, Brent Carver, Maxime Desbiens-Tremblay, Michel Marc Bouchard
Votes: 36
38. The Shower (1992)
82 min | Comedy
A feminine take on a Cassavetes drama, the film focuses on a group of women who have gathered for a surprise baby shower. However, as the female guests arrive (the household males having ... See full summary »
Director: Gail Harvey | Stars: Kate Lynch, Brent Carver, Janet-Laine Green, Kay Tremblay
Votes: 35
39. Love & Larceny (1985 TV Movie)
150 min | Crime, Drama
Beauty and brains were Besty Bigley's only hopes of escaping rural poverty. A notorious con-woman of the 1890s, alias Mrs. Chadwick, alias Pelvina de Vere, and a string of other false names... See full summary »
Director: Robert Iscove | Stars: Jennifer Dale, Richard Binsley, Alf Humphreys, Brent Carver
Votes: 34
40. Save Me (2017– )
Comedy
SAVE ME drops us into random lives, mid-sentence. We get to know people through storylines that unravel with humour and pathos and a built-in ticking time bomb - that one of them at some ... See full summary »
Stars: Fab Filippo, Suresh John, Amy Matysio, John Bourgeois
Votes: 30
41. Balls Up (1997 TV Movie)
93 min | Comedy
Jenny, a clever script assistant, lives with Geoff, recently returned to Toronto from Hollywood to direct a televised lottery show. Jenny comes up with a scheme for beating the lottery, ... See full summary »
Director: Alan Erlich | Stars: Albert Schultz, Torri Higginson, Ellen Dubin, Allegra Fulton
Votes: 30
42. For the Record (1976–1990)
Drama
A collection of docudrama-style short stories on diverse but socially-relevant (and very Canadian) topics such as unemployment, euthanasia, spousal abuse, televangelists, aboriginal issues,... See full summary »
Stars: Heath Lamberts, Mavor Moore, David Gardner, Kenneth Welsh
Votes: 28
43. Leonardo: A Dream of Flight (1996 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 48 min | Biography, Drama, Family
Leonardo da Vinci finds it difficult to pursue his own dreams while serving as the Duke's court artist, but young Roberto takes risk to convince the master not to give up on his dreams.
Director: Allan King | Stars: Brent Carver, David Felton, Cedric Smith, Tom Melissis
Votes: 26
44. 90 Minutes Live (1976– )
90 min | Talk-Show
Stars: Peter Gzowski, John Harvard, Danny Finkleman, John Kastner
Votes: 21
45. Hamlet (Solo) (2007)
Documentary
Director: Jeff Stephenson | Stars: Raoul Bhaneja, Robert Ross Parker, Christopher Plummer, Paul Gross
Votes: 21
46. Much Ado About Nothing (1988 TV Movie)
Comedy, Romance
Young lovers Hero and Claudio, soon to wed, conspire to get verbal sparring partners and confirmed singles Benedick and Beatrice to wed as well.
Director: Peter Moss | Stars: Edward Atienza, Daniel Buccos, Brent Carver, Tandy Cronyn
Votes: 20
47. The 1996 Gemini Awards (1996 TV Special)
Stars: Tantoo Cardinal, Brent Carver, Joely Collins, Catherine Fitch
Votes: 18
48.
This Is Wonderland (2004–2006)
Episode:
Episode #2.7
(2005)
TV-14 | Comedy, Drama
Continuing from the previous episode, Alice continues to work with Fred after Fran leaves their home. Nancy helps a man with schizophrenia. Elliot defends a woman accused of forcing her girlfriend to be a sex slave.
Stars: Cara Pifko, Michael Riley, Michael Healey, Michael Murphy
Votes: 18
49. Lightchasers (2007)
15 min | Short
When all is lost to abandon there remains a gift for someone they have never met. Together in darkness they are ready to chase the light. This film is a powerful and visually charged ... See full summary »
Director: Rafal Sokolowski | Stars: Brent Carver, Wendy Lyon, Stephen Suckling, Star
Votes: 12
50. Anne's Story (1984 TV Movie)
90 min | Drama
Stars: Brent Carver, Deena-Marie Deeny Dakota Consiglio, Karen Woolridge
Votes: 10