Shows and movies you thought were American, but were Canadian.
All of these shows were produced, directed, written and acted by Canadian talent.
List activity
1.3K views
• 1 this weekCreate a new list
List your movie, TV & celebrity picks.
38 titles
- CreatorBruce MillerStarsElisabeth MossYvonne StrahovskiAnn DowdSet in a dystopian future, a woman is forced to live as a concubine under a fundamentalist theocratic dictatorship.Story from Canadian writer Margaret Attwood, filmed in Toronto, with Canadian production, talent and crew. Later, sold to Hulu tv. Sometimes you can see a saucer shaped building in the background. It is the Toronto city hall built circa 1967 and also in Racoon city in Resident Evil.
- CreatorGreg BerlantiGeoff JohnsAndrew KreisbergStarsGrant GustinCandice PattonDanielle PanabakerAfter being struck by lightning, Barry Allen wakes up from his coma to discover he's been given the power of super speed, becoming the Flash, and fighting crime in Central City.Canadian production, with Canadian crew and talent, filmed in Vancouver, B.C. Canada.
- CreatorMichelle LovrettaStarsHannah John-KamenAaron AshmoreLuke MacfarlaneIn the Quad, a planetary system on the brink of a bloody interplanetary class war, a fun loving trio of bounty hunters attempt to remain impartial as they chase deadly warrants.Canadian Production, filmed in Toronto, Ontario, Canada by the Space Channel.
- CreatorKim CoghillAndrew De AngelisJeff DetskyStarsTatiana MaslanyDylan BruceJordan GavarisA streetwise hustler is pulled into a compelling conspiracy after witnessing the suicide of a girl who looks just like her.Produced by the Space Channel Toronto, sold to BBC in America. The same graffiti on the walls as in "Lost Girl" same location. A fan watched the show and graffitied under the lakeshore overpass in honour of the show, and it was filmed as outside the police station on two episodes.
- CreatorGreg BerlantiMarc GuggenheimAndrew KreisbergStarsStephen AmellKatie CassidyDavid RamseySpoiled billionaire playboy Oliver Queen is missing and presumed dead when his yacht is lost at sea. He returns five years later a changed man, determined to clean up the city as a hooded vigilante armed with a bow.Filmed in Vancouver B.C. with Canadian crew, production, and talent.
- CreatorGreg BerlantiMarc GuggenheimPhil KlemmerStarsCaity LotzAmy Louise PembertonDominic PurcellTime-traveling rogue Rip Hunter must recruit a ragtag team of heroes and villains to help prevent an apocalypse that could impact not only Earth, but all of time.Filmed in Vancouver, B.C. with Canadian crew, production and talent.
- CreatorLaurie McCarthyStephanie SenguptaStarsAdelaide KaneMegan FollowsCelina SindenMary, Queen of Scots, faces political and sexual intrigue in the treacherous world of the French court.Ireland and Toronto locations with Canadian crew, production and talent.
- CreatorMichael HirstStarsJonathan Rhys MeyersHenry CavillAnthony BrophyEpic series reveals the scandalous life of a young king whose affairs and obsession with producing a male heir changed marriage, the church, and the world.Canadian Ireland co-production with Irish locations and filmed mostly in Toronto with Canadian actors.
- CreatorMaureen JenningsCal CoonsAlexandra ZarownyStarsYannick BissonHelene JoyThomas CraigIn the 1890s, William Murdoch uses radical forensic techniques for the time, including fingerprinting and trace evidence, to solve some of the city's most gruesome murders.Filmed in Toronto with Canadian crew, talent and productions. Later bought by ITV. Initially produced by CITY TV in Toronto was taken over by the CBC in Toronto. CITY TV retains the rights to the first few seasons of the show and they will never be seen worldwide.
- CreatorBrian McGreevyLee ShipmanStarsFamke JanssenBill SkarsgårdLandon LiboironSecrets are just part of daily life in the small Pennsylvania town of Hemlock Grove, where the darkest evils hide in plain sight.Cast crew and production all Canadians, filmed in Hamilton, Ontario and Toronto. Ontario
- CreatorMichael HirstStarsKatheryn WinnickGustaf SkarsgårdAlexander LudwigVikings transports us to the brutal and mysterious world of Ragnar Lothbrok, a Viking warrior and farmer who yearns to explore--and raid--the distant shores across the ocean.Canadian production and talent filmed in Toronto and Ireland.
- DirectorChris ColumbusStarsAdam SandlerKevin JamesMichelle MonaghanWhen aliens misinterpret video feeds of classic arcade games as a declaration of war, they attack the Earth in the form of the video games.Filmed in Toronto with Canadian production and talent. Almost all of the filming is done on Yonge Street. (pronounced Young St.)The same street was used as New York when it was dessimated by the Avengers.
- CreatorMark EllisStephanie MorgensternStarsHugh DillonAmy Jo JohnsonDavid PaetkauThe missions and trials of a Toronto police tactical unit.Produced by CTV, Filmed in Toronto with Canadian talent, production and crew.
- CreatorJoseph MallozziPaul MullieStarsMelissa O'NeilAnthony LemkeAlex Mallari Jr.In the dystopian 27th century, six people wake up on a deserted spaceship with no memory of who they are or what they're doing there. They reluctantly team up and set off to find answers with the help of a female android.Filmed in Toronto, produced by Space Channel with Canadian cast and crew.
- CreatorKevin MurphyRockne S. O'BannonMichael TaylorStarsGrant BowlerStephanie LeonidasJulie BenzLife in the city of Defiance, in a near future after the arrival of different alien lifeforms to Earth.Filmed in Toronto, Ontario, Canada with Canadian cast, production and crew. Filmed mostly at the CNE, (Canadian National Exhibition, an amusement park opened by King George V. which is open for 3 weeks a year to the public.
- CreatorMichelle LovrettaStarsAnna SilkKris Holden-RiedZoie PalmerWhen a succubus finds it difficult to adapt with her unusual traits inspite of being born in a human family, she sets off on a journey to find out the truth of her origin.Produced by Showcase Canada with Canadian talent, production and crew. Filmed in downtown Toronto with the famous "Graffiti row" of walls and buildings used later in "Orphan Black".
- StarsLaura VandervoortGreyston HoltGreg BrykElena navigates her life between the human world and the werewolf world as the only female of the species.Filmed in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, with Canadian talent, production and crew.
- DirectorPaul W.S. AndersonStarsMilla JovovichMichelle RodriguezRyan McCluskeyA special military unit fights a powerful, out-of-control supercomputer and hundreds of scientists who have mutated into flesh-eating creatures after a laboratory accident.Filmed in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, with Canadian cast and crew. The building you see that looks like a flying saucer is actually Toronto city hall built in 1967. The old city hall, which is still in use as a place you have traffic court, is used in Murdoch Mysteries.
- CreatorNoah HawleyStarsDan StevensRachel KellerAubrey PlazaDavid Haller is a troubled young man diagnosed as schizophrenic, but after a strange encounter he discovers special powers that will change his life forever.Filmed in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada with Canadian cast and crew.
- CreatorPaul HaggisStarsPaul GrossBeau StarrTony CraigThe adventures of an impossibly upright Royal Canadian Mounted Police constable and his American colleagues in the city of Chicago.The cast never left Toronto, even though it clearly states it is in Chicago. Cast, crew, and production in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
- DirectorAnthony RussoJoe RussoStarsRobert Downey Jr.Chris HemsworthMark RuffaloThe Avengers and their allies must be willing to sacrifice all in an attempt to defeat the powerful Thanos before his blitz of devastation and ruin puts an end to the universe.All Marvel comic movies are filmed in Toronto, Ont. Canada. All DC movies are filmed in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. They are too numerous to mention in this small space.
- DirectorTim MillerStarsRyan ReynoldsMorena BaccarinT.J. MillerA wisecracking mercenary gets experimented on and becomes immortal yet hideously scarred, and sets out to track down the man who ruined his looks.Filmed in Vancouver with Canadian cast, crew and production. Ryan Reynolds was born there.
- CreatorJonathan GlassnerBrad WrightStarsRichard Dean AndersonMichael ShanksAmanda TappingA secret military team, SG-1, is formed to explore other planets through the recently discovered Stargates.The whole Stargate series was produced in Vancouver, with cast and crew.
- CreatorJim DunnSam ErnstStarsEmily RoseLucas BryantEric BalfourMany in the coastal town of Haven, Maine have a dormant curse or "trouble" that could trigger at any time for any reason. FBI agent Audrey Parker, the sheriff and the town's black sheep must deal with the troubles' deadly effects.Filmed in Nova Scotia, with Canadian cast and crew.
- DirectorGuillermo del ToroStarsSally HawkinsOctavia SpencerMichael ShannonAt a top secret research facility in the 1960s, a lonely janitor forms a unique relationship with an amphibious creature that is being held in captivity.Filmed in Toronto, Ont. Canada with Canadian cast and crew
- DirectorJohn CrowleyStarsSaoirse RonanEmory CohenDomhnall GleesonAn Irish immigrant lands in 1950s Brooklyn, where she quickly falls into a romance with a local. When her past catches up with her, however, she must choose between two countries and the lives that exist within.Montreal, Quebec, Canada doubling for Brooklyn with Canadian cast and crew.
- DirectorLenny AbrahamsonStarsBrie LarsonJacob TremblaySean BridgersA little boy is held captive in a room with his mother since his birth, so he has never known the world outside.Filmed in Toronto, Ont. Canada with cast and crew.
- DirectorJames CameronStarsLeonardo DiCaprioKate WinsletBilly ZaneA seventeen-year-old aristocrat falls in love with a kind but poor artist aboard the luxurious, ill-fated R.M.S. Titanic.Filmed in Halifax, Nova Scotia where the Titanic museum is, and Vancouver B.C. directed by the Canadian James Cameron.
- DirectorJerry ReesStarsJon LovitzTimothy StackTimothy E. DayA group of dated appliances embark on a journey to the city to find their master after being abandoned in a cabin in the woods.Made by Pixar films, later bought out by Disney to make Toy Story etc. From Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
- StarsRichard ThomasTim ReidAnnette O'TooleIn 1960, seven pre-teen outcasts fight an evil demon who poses as a child-killing clown. Thirty years later, they reunite to stop the demon once and for all when it returns to their hometown.Filmed in Toronto, Ont, Canada. Most of Stephen King movies (if not all) are filmed in Canada with production, crew and talent. He lives on the border of Maine and Canada.
- CreatorAnthony CiprianoCarlton CuseKerry EhrinStarsVera FarmigaFreddie HighmoreMax ThieriotA contemporary prequel to Psycho, giving a portrayal of how Norman Bates' psyche unravels through his teenage years, and how deeply intricate his relationship with his mother, Norma, truly is.Filmed in Vancouver B.C. production, cast and crew are Canadian.
- CreatorSimon BarryStarsRachel NicholsVictor WebsterErik KnudsenA detective from the year 2077 finds herself trapped in present-day Vancouver and searching for ruthless criminals from the future.A fantastic futuristic show about time travel. Filmed in Vancouver, B.C. with cast and crew.
- DirectorBryan SingerStarsPatrick StewartHugh JackmanIan McKellenIn a world where mutants (evolved super-powered humans) exist and are discriminated against, two groups form for an inevitable clash: the supremacist Brotherhood, and the pacifist X-Men.Filmed with Canadian cast and crew, in Montreal, Quebec and Oshawa, Ont, Several cast members are Canadian including Anna Paquin from True Blood.
- CreatorRichard Barton LewisStarsDerek de LintMartin CumminsRobbi ChongA group of poltergeist experts locate, retrieve, confiscate, or otherwise do what it takes to fix haunting situations.Produced and filmed in Vancouver, B.C. stars Robbi Chong who is the daughter of Tommy Chong (a Canadian) of Cheech and Chong fame.
- DirectorBob ClarkStarsOlivia HusseyKeir DulleaMargot KidderDuring their Christmas break, a group of sorority girls are stalked by a stranger.The very first slasher film ever made. Starring Andrea Martin (SCTV) , Art Hindle and Donald Sutherland (all from Toronto). Filmed at the defunct police station at Main St. and Swanwick Ave. in Toronto's east end. It is now a community centre with the old "division 55" etched in stone over the door.
- DirectorRichard CiupkaStarsJohn VernonSamantha EggarLinda ThorsonSix young actresses auditioning for a movie role at a remote mansion are targeted by a mysterious masked murderer.Another slasher film from Canada. Filmed near and around Toronto starring Lynne Griffin (Murdoch Mysteries) It had it's 30th year reunion at Fan Expo in Toronto in 2013.
- DirectorMort RansenStarsHelena Bonham CarterKate NelliganClive RussellMargaret MacNiel, a girl living in a Cape Breton coal mining town, finds her life changing when she meets Neil Currie, a cheerful bagpipe-playing dishwasher. Unfortunately, neither of them are able to escape the industry around them.Helena Bonham Carter stars as a widow of a coal mining accident in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia. Long before she met Tim Burton and Johnny Depp. I was a research analyst on the film.
- CreatorLee David ZlotoffStarsRichard Dean AndersonDana ElcarBruce McGillThe adventures of a secret Agent armed with almost infinite scientific resourcefulness.Some filming in Vancouver, and Burnaby, British Columbia. A Canada/USA production.