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1. Arctic Air (2012–2014)
60 min | Drama
Series set in Yellowknife portrays renegade bush pilots at work and play in northern Canada.
Stars: Adam Beach, Pascale Hutton, Kevin McNulty, Stephen Lobo
Votes: 1,311
2. North of 60 (1992–1998)
60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A mystery drama series about trials and tribulations of Aboriginal people in the fictional town of Lynx River, Northwest Territories.
Stars: Tina Keeper, Tracey Cook, Tom Jackson, Timothy Webber
Votes: 656
3. North West Mounted Police (1940)
Passed | 126 min | Drama, Romance, Western
In 1885, a Texas Ranger travels to Canada to arrest a trapper who's wanted for murder and who's stirring up the Natives in a rebellion against the Canadian government.
Director: Cecil B. DeMille | Stars: Gary Cooper, Madeleine Carroll, Paulette Goddard, Preston Foster
Votes: 1,830
4. The Boys Club (1996)
R | 91 min | Adventure, Crime, Drama
In Ontario, Canada, three fourteen-year-old boys, Kyle, Brad and Eric are forced to perform an ordeal when they find a wounded mysterious fugitive named Luke, who has a gun and claiming to be a cop, has taken a hiding in their clubhouse.
Director: John Fawcett | Stars: Chris Penn, Dominic Zamprogna, Stuart Stone, Devon Sawa
Votes: 1,345
5. Rhymes for Young Ghouls (2013)
R | 88 min | Crime, Drama
Red Crow Mi'kmaq reservation, 1976: By government decree, every Indian child under the age of 16 must attend residential school. In the kingdom of the Crow, that means imprisonment at St. Dymphna's. That means being at the mercy of "Popper", the sadistic Indian agent who runs the school.
Director: Jeff Barnaby | Stars: Devery Jacobs, Glen Gould, Brandon Oakes, Roseanne Supernault
Votes: 1,470 | Gross: $0.00M
6. Dance Me Outside (1994)
R | 84 min | Comedy, Drama
A story of life on a First Nations reserve in Ontario: Silas and Frank are trying to get into college to train to be mechanics but they find themselves having to deal with girls, family - and murder.
Director: Bruce McDonald | Stars: Ryan Rajendra Black, Adam Beach, Jennifer Podemski, Michael Greyeyes
Votes: 1,334 | Gross: $0.30M
7. Hochelaga, Land of Souls (2017)
100 min | History
Mohawk archaeologist Baptiste Asigny engages in a search for his ancestors following a tragic terrain slump in the Percival Molson Stadium.
Director: François Girard | Stars: Samian, Raoul Max Trujillo, Gilles Renaud, Siân Phillips
Votes: 561
8. Through Black Spruce (2018)
111 min | Adventure, Drama, Mystery
The disappearance of a young Cree woman in Toronto traumatizes her Northern Ontario family, and sends her twin sister on a journey south to find her.
Director: Don McKellar | Stars: Tanaya Beatty, Brandon Oakes, Kiowa Gordon, Tina Keeper
Votes: 738
9. Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner (2001)
R | 172 min | Drama
The telling of an Inuit legend of an evil spirit causing strife in the community and one warrior's endurance and battle of its menace.
Director: Zacharias Kunuk | Stars: Natar Ungalaaq, Sylvia Ivalu, Peter-Henry Arnatsiaq, Lucy Tulugarjuk
Votes: 6,861 | Gross: $3.79M
10. The Body Remembers When the World Broke Open (2019)
TV-MA | 105 min | Drama
After a chance encounter on the street, a woman tries to encourage a pregnant domestic abuse victim to seek help.
Directors: Kathleen Hepburn, Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers | Stars: Violet Nelson, Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers, Charlie Hannah, Barbara Eve Harris
Votes: 865
11. I Heard the Owl Call My Name (1973 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 90 min | Drama
Young Priest Mark Brian is sent as a vicar to a native American village in British Columbia. There, he learns of faith and humanity, as he watches their culture being torn to shreds.
Director: Daryl Duke | Stars: Tom Courtenay, Dean Jagger, Paul Stanley, Marianne Jones
Votes: 232
12. 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
13. TallBoyz (2019–2022)
22 min | Comedy
Sketch comedy series starring the diverse Canadian four-member comedy troupe known as TallBoyz.
Stars: Guled Abdi, Vance Banzo, Tim Blair, Franco Nguyen
Votes: 175
14. Blackfly (2001–2002)
Adventure, Comedy, History
The show is set in 18th-century Canada back "in days when beaver fur was good as gold".
Stars: Ron James, Shauna Black, Richard Donat, James Kee
Votes: 214
15. Cowboys and Indians: The J.J. Harper Story (2003 TV Movie)
90 min | Drama
J.J. Harper, a First Nations chief, is gunned down by police constable Robert Cross on his way home one snowy night in downtown Winnipeg.
Director: Norma Bailey | Stars: Adam Beach, Eric Schweig, Currie Graham, Garry Chalk
Votes: 134
16. Unnatural & Accidental (2006)
90 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Returning to her hometown of Vancouver on the news that her Caucasian father is on his deathbed, Rebecca learns from him before he dies that her aboriginal mother, Rita, did not abandon ... See full summary »
Director: Carl Bessai | Stars: Tantoo Cardinal, Na'Ku'Set Shepherd, Tinsel Korey, Michelle Thrush
Votes: 268
17. Luna: Spirit of the Whale (2007 TV Movie)
PG | 90 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
Mike Maquinna returns to his home town of Gold River on Vancouver Island to attend the funeral of his father, Mowachaht/Muchalaht First Nations Chief Ambrose Maquinna. With a troubled past ... See full summary »
Director: Don McBrearty | Stars: Adam Beach, Graham Greene, Jason Priestley, Tantoo Cardinal
Votes: 261
18. My Internship in Canada (2015)
108 min | Comedy
An idealistic young Haitian travels to rural Quebec to intern for an independent Member of Parliament when a national debate erupts that finds the MP holding the tie-breaking vote.
Director: Philippe Falardeau | Stars: Irdens Exantus, Caroline Trudel, Patrick Huard, Clémence Dufresne-Deslières
Votes: 957
19. Kanehsatake: 270 Years of Resistance (1993)
119 min | Documentary
A film account about the military 1990 siege of a Native American reserve near Oka, Quebec, Canada and its causes.
Director: Alanis Obomsawin | Stars: Jack Burning, Herbie Barnes, Alanis Obomsawin, Ethel Blondin
Votes: 482
20. Deadly Betrayal: The Bruce Curtis Story (1991 TV Movie)
93 min | Drama
A "true crime" docu-drama: in July 1982, Al and Rosemary Podgis were shot dead in their home in New Jersey. Rosemary's son Scott and his Canadian high-school friend Bruce Curtis were ... See full summary »
Director: Graeme Campbell | Stars: Simon Reynolds, Jaimz Woolvett, John Kapelos, Bruce Boa
Votes: 113
21. On the Corner (2003)
95 min | Drama
Angel and Randy Henry are a sister and brother, caught on the mean streets of Vancouver's Downtown Eastside. While Angel finds the strength to escape her seemingly hopeless situation, Randy... See full summary »
Director: Nathaniel Geary | Stars: Alex Rice, Robert Harper, L. Harvey Gold, Simon Baker
Votes: 272
22. One Dead Indian (2006 TV Movie)
120 min | Drama, History
Stoney Point Natives assemble at Ipperwash Provincial Park for what began as a peaceful protest.
Director: Tim Southam | Stars: Eric Schweig, Dakota House, Gabrielle Miller, Gordon Tootoosis
Votes: 139
23. Alarming (2013 Video)
90 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
New Image Entertainment Presents - For college student Josie Kane, it starts as a simple internship: to shadow a group of high-tech land surveyors as they make their first foray into an ... See full summary »
Director: Ryan Nicholson | Stars: Bola Ajobo, Rusty Apper, Jean-Claude Bourbonnais, Ana Paola Dominguez
Votes: 12
24. Stryker (2004)
93 min | Action, Drama
Killer cop smack-downs, hell-raising hoods, lascivious foster moms and trannies packin'heat come together in this uproarious, unnervingly real landmark film where thug membership comes at ... See full summary »
Director: Noam Gonick | Stars: Kyle Henry, Deena Fontaine, Ryan Rajendra Black, Joseph Mesiano
Votes: 208
25. Elijah (2007 TV Movie)
Drama
Director: Paul Unwin | Stars: Billy Merasty, Tina Louise Bomberry, Gregory 'Dominic' Odjig, Michael Peterson
Votes: 93
26. Moccasin Flats: Redemption (2008 TV Movie)
120 min | Drama
Moccasin Flats: Redemption revisits the series man character Red, an ex-junkie who, after doing time for a crime he says he didnt commit, returns to the pressure cooker that is The Flats, a... See full synopsis »
Director: Rob W. King | Stars: Ron Harris, Candy Fox, Danna Henderson, Kaniehtiio Horn
Votes: 21
27. Killing the Indian in the Child (2021 TV Movie)
73 min | Documentary, History
The indigenous population of Canada fell victim to a cultural genocide. The re-education was cruel until 1996: children were torn from their parents and taken to boarding schools. These ... See full summary »
Director: Gwenlaouen Le Gouil | Stars: Gwenlaouen Le Gouil, Stéphane Bittoun, Charlie Angus, Edmund Metatawabin
Votes: 38
28. The Silent Enemy (1930)
Not Rated | 84 min | Drama
A documentary about the life of Indians in Northern Canada.
Director: H.P. Carver | Stars: Chief Yellow Robe, Chief Buffalo Child Long Lance, Chief Akawanush, Mary Alice Nelson Archambaud
Votes: 271
29. César et son canot d'écorce (1971)
58 min | Documentary
A 67-year-old Attikamek of the Manawan Reserve north of Montreal shows how to build a canoe the traditional way, using only birch bark, cedar splints, spruce roots and gum.
Director: Bernard Gosselin | Star: César Newashish
Votes: 12
30. The Great Northern Candy Drop (2017 TV Movie)
22 min | Animation, Family
The pilot of an arctic community's candy air-drop is confronted by a visiting government bureaucrat who disapproves of the Christmas tradition.
Directors: Phil Lafrance, Jamie LeClaire | Stars: Tantoo Cardinal, Lorne Cardinal, Katie Griffin, Seán Cullen
Votes: 38
31. Northern Town (2006– )
22 min | Comedy
During a cold spell in mid-January, near a small town in northern Canada, a meteorite flashes across the sky, explodes in the atmosphere, and falls onto the ice of a nearby lake. The event ... See full summary »
Stars: Luke Kirby, Tom McCamus, Jessica Greco, Nathaniel Arcand
Votes: 25
32. Two Worlds Colliding (2004)
49 min | Documentary
True story about the Saskatoon "freezing deaths" of numerous Aboriginal men by local police.
Director: Tasha Hubbard | Star: Andrea Menard
Votes: 67
33. The Boys Club: Deleted Scenes (1996 Video)
Not Rated | Short, Adventure, Crime
Deleted scenes from the 1996 film, 'The Boys Club'.
Director: John Fawcett | Stars: Dominic Zamprogna, Amy Stewart, Jarred Blancard
34. In the Beginning was Water and Sky (2017)
13 min | Short, Drama, Fantasy
A haunting and visually stunning fairy tale that blends fantasy and real life events. Two Native American children struggle to find their way back to a home that may be lost forever.
Director: Ryan Ward | Stars: Norma-Sue Hill, Shohnáhose Davin Bomberry, Carter Simon, Jenna Clause
Votes: 15
35. Sleep Murder (2004 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 91 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
An Inuit man is accused of the brutal double murder of his mother and brother, but he claims no memory of the crime. Big city lawyer Peter Radwell (Priestley) is sent up North to defend him... See full summary »
Director: Andrew Currie | Stars: Jason Priestley, Kristin Booth, Natar Ungalaaq, Makka Kleist
Votes: 134
36. The Experimental Eskimos (2009)
70 min | Documentary
In the early 1960s the Canadian government conducted an experiment in social engineering. Three young Inuit boys were separated from their families in the Arctic and were sent to Ottawa, ... See full summary »
Director: Barry Greenwald | Stars: Peter Ittinuar, Zebedee Nungak, Eric Tagoona
Votes: 25
37. Indecently Exposed (2004 TV Movie)
54 min | Documentary
Anti-racism expert Jane Elliott leads her renowned workshop in discrimination in this documentary that challenges Canadian attitudes towards Native Canadians and exposes systematic racism ... See full summary »
Director: Trevor Grant | Star: Jane Elliott
Votes: 27
38. Blood River (2000)
23 min | Drama, Short
Director: Kent Monkman | Stars: Tantoo Cardinal, Jennifer Podemski, Gregory 'Dominic' Odjig, Brandon Oakes
Votes: 9
39. Moose TV (2005– )
Comedy
Stars: Adam Beach, Nathaniel Arcand, Gary Farmer, Michelle Latimer
Votes: 43
40. Foster Child (1987)
43 min | Documentary, Short
Gil Cardinal searches for his natural family and an understanding of the circumstances that led to his becoming a foster child.
Director: Gil Cardinal | Stars: Gil Cardinal, Don Cardinal
Votes: 19
41. Redskins, Tricksters and Puppy Stew (2000)
55 min | Comedy, Documentary
Take a tour of complex issues like Native identity, politics and racism, wrap them neatly inside one-liners, guffaws and comedic performances, and you have Redskins, Tricksters and Puppy ... See full summary »
Director: Drew Hayden Taylor | Stars: Drew Hayden Taylor, Don Kelly
Votes: 11
42. The Ballad of Crowfoot (1969)
10 min | Documentary, Short, History
A musical telling of the life of the Blackfoot Chief and the betrayal and fall of his tribe with the White conquest of the Canadian West.
Director: Willie Dunn
Votes: 92
43. Fashion Madness (1928)
Passed | 57 min | Action, Drama, Romance
Gloria Vane (Claire Windsor), a shrewish, vain young debutante turned fashion model drags her dying lover, Victor Redding (Reed Howes), ten miles to the nearest settlement in the Canadian ... See full summary »
Director: Louis J. Gasnier | Stars: Claire Windsor, Reed Howes, Laska Winter, Donald McNamee
44. Moccasin Flats (1991 TV Movie)
27 min | Family
Directors: Ben Cardinal, Arvi Liimatainen | Stars: Marcryan Aromin, Jason Cassidy, Jo-Ann Daniels, Matthew Dunn
45. Les raquettes des Atcikameg (1973)
33 min | Documentary, Short
Director: Bernard Gosselin | Stars: Athanase Jacob, Marianne Jacob
46. Mémoires de la terre (2002)
90 min | Documentary, History
Memories of Earth explores the Haida people, who for over 10,000 years have inhabited the Queen Charlotte Islands-or what they call Haida Gwaii ("Our Land") just off the coast of British ... See full summary »
Director: Jean Lemire | Star: Vlasta Vrana
Votes: 8
47. The Last Mooseskin Boat (1982)
28 min | Documentary, Short
A documentary about the making of the last mooseskin boat, honouring the history of the Dene people of the Mackenzie River area in the Northwest Territories of Canada. These boats, made of ... See full summary »
Director: Raymond Yakeleya | Stars: Gabe Etchinelle, Don Rollans
48. Canada Vignettes: Vignettes from Labrador North (1979)
4 min | Short, Documentary
The lives of the Inuit community of Northern Labrador are profiled.
Director: Roger Hart
Votes: 9
49. War Poet (2005)
7 min | Short, War
Set during WWI, "War Poet" is a gripping story about the inhumanity of war as seen through the eyes of a shell-shocked sniper and a Mi'kmaq scout as they lie in a crater in the heart of no man's land.
Director: Paul McNeill | Stars: Mark Fultz, Blaine Anderson, Edwin Kabatay Jr.
50. Between Two Worlds (1990)
Not Rated | 58 min | Documentary
The star of books and films, Joseph Idlout was the most famous Inuk of his time. As the leader of the Inuit hunters pictured for many years on the back of the Canadian two-dollar bill, ... See full summary »
Director: Barry Greenwald | Stars: William Arvin, Elijah Erkloo, Joseph Idlout, Elisapee Ootoova
Votes: 32