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- Reaction To Top 10 Greatest Canadian Movies
This is my reaction to Top 10 Greatest Canadian Movies
In this video I react to a list of movies from Canada including Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner, Juno and Videodrome.
Original Video - • Top 10 Canadian Movies
Exotica, Men With Brooms, Jesus Of Montreal, Bon Cop Bad Cop, Fubar, Goin' Down The Road, Goon, I've Heard The Mermaids Singing, Last Night, Highway 61, New Waterford Girl, Passchenaele - there are so many.
Good list!
I would add Black Robe and Cruising Bar and Cruising Bar II or The Sweet Hereafter. Black Robe was a joint venture between Australia and Canada however so that's porbably why it was not on the list.
Bon Cop, Bad Cop was one of my favourite Canadian movies. It's definitely very Quebec/Ontario.
"The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz " starring a young Richard Dreyfuss deserves to be on the list.
Absolutely!
Surprised it wasn't mentioned
Two movies that take place in Nova Scotia are well worth seeing: New Waterford Girl and Margaret's Museum.
Yes!
"The Bay Boy" with Kiefer Sutherland.
How can “The Red Violin” not be on this list? It even won an Oscar for best music!
I'm guessing it's a multi country production that kept it from being on the main list.
@@mighthealThey said they included multi country production as long as 1 country was Canada.
@@pvdogs2 Yes but it would still be a factor in the weighting of the list.
@@mightheal It's PRIMARILY a Canadian movie. It was produced BY Canadians.
Winning a Oscar does not make a great movie
I don't really want to say this as it will come across as my discounting films from our sister province of Quebec which does produce an incredible amount of movies, books, actors and on an on; however, it may be that the distinctiveness of films from Quebec stand out more than their English language counterparts and, therefore, gain more recognition, especially internationally and more power to them since they are producing quality content. I'm frankly proud of them for representing Canada on the world stage.
I think one of the key is that these movies can thrive in Quebec and the rest of the French world without really competing with the American movie industry. I feel it allows for more diversity and creative freedom. If you make a canadian movie in english I think it might be harder to make your mark.
"Scanners" is one of my all time favourite movies. 1981 Sci-Fi about telekinetic powers, super creepy, lol. First time seeing Michael Ironside in a movie, and he was awesome.
*Bon Cop, Bad Cop* is a 2006 Canadian black comedy-thriller buddy cop film about two police officers - one Ontarian and one Québécois.
LOVE that film!
Canada’s “Lethal Weapon”!
Bon Cop Bad Cop 2 is also very good
Denis Villeneuve is indeed from Quebec and “Incendies” one of his best. It will give you a punch in the gut & haunt you afterwards.
I came here just to say this (including the punch in the gut) - I strongly recommend that movie !
He also made "Polytechnique" about the massacre at the University of Montreal in 1989 and did it with so much class.
Totally agree it may be the best movie I have ever seen in terms of staying power and it is still relevant today
@@scds1082 It's a movie you won't want to watch again, but it's a movie that will stick with you for a long time.
Juno was filmed near my old house in White Rock, a suburb of Vancouver, Canada. I think parts were shot in East Vancouver in a residential area. But it was made by Canadians. Elliot Page and Michael Cera are Canadian and the director and writer are Canadian. There were a lot of movies about giving birth around that time, including Knocked Up, starring Vancouverite Seth Rogen.
I never knew that Juno was Canadian. But after seeing it, when it was new, I told my brother, "It really has a Canadian vibe."
I am an English speaking Cinephile from western Canada who has seen many of these fabulous Canadian films. I especially loved The Sweet Hereafter, The Barbarian Invasions and its predecessor, The Decline of the American Empire. I also loved Encendies and wished I had seen the Fast Runner. The honourable mentions are also outstanding. I feel there are others, especially with Genevieve Bujold that need to be mentioned.
We Canadians have a refreshing quirkinesses our southern neighbours lack.
you may be able to find a copy of ataranjuit the fast runner at your library ~
What constitutes a Canadian film is tricky. If funding comes from a US studio, it's not considered a Canadian film even if the director, story/script, actors, film crews, post production, AND/OR filming are Canadian. Sometimes they just change the Canadian setting to a US one to appeal to US audiences. My Big Fat Greek Wedding (Winnipeg became Chicago), Wayne's World (Toronto became Chicago), and SuperBad (Vancouver became Hawaii) are good examples of this.
Atanajurat: The Fast Runner is a beautiful film. Still sticks with me so many years later in a way most mainstream western film doesn't.
Me too
Yup - great movie. And the follow-up, 'The Journals of Knut Rasmussen' is great as well.
Yeah but it's not the greatest Canadian film of all time I mean even on this list it's 9/10
I would love to watch this movie.
@@hilariousname6826 i didn't even know about it. Will need to check that out.
Denis Villeneuve is a gem.
Quebec has many very good quality films that are unfortunately under-appreciated by the anglophone community, ( sad as they are worth a look ) I recommend, ❤Un dimanche a Kigali, however it is not for the faint of heart like Incendie.
It's a bit hard to appreciate something you've never heard of. I think I've heard of only 3 movies on that list, and I only ever saw one of them (Cube).
Quebec has it's own TV and film universe within Canada.... that unfortunately is pretty much ignored in English speaking Canada
hhhhhhaaaaa...not unfortunate....Canadians just tollerate and egnore
yea Quebec seems like the Hollywood of Canada in the sense they pump out more movies one would expect for a single province.
@@subspace666it is it
Quebec has to invest in art in their language otherwise there will not be any. The audience in Quebec is demanding because there is a lot of great English TV out there so it has to be good enough for them to turn away from whatever the whole world is watching to tune in to our home grown artists but somehow it works. lol
Because it's really bad..
No “Goin’ Down the Road?” TIFF ranked it in the top ten Canadian films of all time four times, plus you briefly get to see Jane Eastwood’s bum.
Jesus of Montreal is a great movie.
Yes! It introduced me to the concept of ugly crying.
I think Quebec stands out because if you have a really good English script, you’d sell it to Hollywood. Ditto actors and even directors, who have an easier time going down south.
On the list shown, CRAZY really is the stand out for me. It has a great retro-vibe to it, the acting is superb and the story itself is very heart warming.
I loved CRAZY. I watched it in French without subtitles (I'm English-speaking) and was riveted throughout.
Black Robe, Leolo, Pin, Never Cry Wolf, Possessor, Ginger Snaps, My Bloody Valentine, Def-Con 4, Black Christmas
yes, for Black Robe and Leolo
Here's a couple of movies... well three... that are entertaining, well made and truly Canadian. The first "Whale Music" is a dramatic comedy filmed in Vancouver about an aging and reclusive rock star writing his final song for the whales. There's more to it than that but you should discover on your own. The next is a western called "The Grey Fox" about an outlaw trying to hide in society. It's beautifully shot and the music is amazing. The Third is Karmina, a comedy about a Vampire Princess running away to Canada from Romania to avoid being married off to Vlad, a Soviet era vampire. There's more but these should do for now!
I love The Whale Music. It has always stuck with me.
Montreal is the second largest producer of French-language film and television after Paris. Most of the films and shows stay in the domestic Canadian market, but quite a few become popular in Europe and French-speaking countries elsewhere. Denis Villeneuve cut his teeth in that environment before moving on to Hollywood blockbusters like Arrival, Bladerunner 2049 and Dune. They should have mentioned his 2009 film Polytechnique, which made an international splash even though it focuses entirely on events in Montreal.
Cronenberg started with low-budget English-language films made in Toronto and Montreal, but gradually became a huge influence globally. His films are always unusual, and usually disturbing. Michael Cera's success with Juno, which was made here, but set in the U.S. for marketing reasons (a very common choice by Canadian film makers), allowed him to make one film, Scott Pilgrim vs. the World, which is filled with Toronto references and locations. It has a definite cult following, though it originally had only modest success.
English-speaking Canadian film buffs will generally check out the most successful of the French-language films, but not the run-of-the-mill ones. Most French Canadians prefer to see English-language films in the original, since they usually have no problem with the language, but they will also watch them dubbed or subtitled ---- and they pretty much watch all the same stuff out of Hollywood that anglophone North Americans are familiar with, but they will also watch films from France, and probably more British and European films than other North Americans do.
Yes, we export French language films to the Francophonie Internationale.
We have co-production deals with about 60 nations besides.
@@michaeldowson6988 My mother lived in Montreal in the 1940s, and she described to me the spectacular "movie palaces" where films were shown in that city. The Rialto, Outremont, Empress, Château, York and Regent were glamorous places, with spectacular interior decor, ushers, piano lounges and other luxuries. And this was supplemented by dozens of little neighbourhood cinemas. It's not surprising that the many people who grew up with that wealth of film experience became screenwriters, directors and actors later on, like Jutra and Arcand. There were films made in Quebec in the silent days, which of course did not have to face any language barrier. In 1952, René Delacroix and Gratien Gélinas's "Tit-coq" captivated audiences across Canada with it's total commitment to vernacular Canadian French, and it did very well with anglophone audiences too. The same year "Le rossignol et les cloches," a musical comedy featuring the boy soprano Gérard Barbeau found an international audience, and it too felt homegrown and not a mere copying of foreign films. After that, there was no stopping Quebec's rise to film and television glory.
I would add, so did Jean-Marc Vallée, which one might remember also would move on to directing movies like: Dallas Buyers Club (2013), Wild (2014), Demolition (2015), as well as TV series such as: Big Little Lies (2017) and Sharp Objects (2018). R.I.P. Jean-Marc, we will miss you.
I first saw The Sweet Hereafter many years ago, and it has always stuck with me. A very powerful film. I also loved Away from Her. Les Invasions Barbares and CRAZY were great as well. I am bilingual and watch movies in both French and English. The Québec cultural scene is very dynamic and original and produces many talented actors and directors. These movies are often subtitled or translated into English and may be viewed by English speaking Canadians, although they don't nearly reach the same level of popularity that they do in Québec. There are more and more films now being made by and about Indigenous people and in Indigenous languages which is really great to see.
I saw Videodrome in 1984 on two hits of blue mic acid. I haven't seen it since.
Without hits of anything it was scary as hell!
Same: Drive-In Double Feature: *Attack of the Killer Tomatoes* and *Videodrome* Our first LSD trip with 20+ buddies. Ah, to be 20 in the 80s!
great movie. better than most of the movies on this list.
Film festivals in Canadian cities were great for being able to see films from Québec and other independents
What about Passchendaele, Scanners and Dead Ringers? Even though comedies are never on lists of the greatest films, I still think Strange Brew is awesome!
I really liked Passchendaele.
@@scds1082 Did you see The Wars, based on the Timothy Findley novel? That made a far greater impression on me. But I saw it first, when it was new ......
The ending of 'Incendies' stunned me like no other, great movie, though... I will never watch it again, didn't like how it made me feel. I would add one more film to the list, "The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz"
The Sweet Hereafter was also the source of Sarah Polleys version of the Hips "Courage" - a very different interpretation that would get some radio play
I liked her version of it too
New Waterford Girl - Dance Me Outside - Don't Shoot The Teacher
Bon Cop, Bad Cop is a pretty cool Canadian movie that is a mix of English & French with a good cop/bad cop story.
I'm surprised that there was no mention of Mon Oncle Antoine, by Claude Jutra - just a wonderful film. And of course, Goin' Down the Road, as someone else has mentioned. Re: Quebec film. The success of their industry shows what can be achieved by a relatively small populace when it doesn't allow itself to be completely and utterly dominated by American culture. Unfortunately, the rest of Canada isn't interested in that object-lesson.
Surprised Scott Pilgram vs. The World didn’t make it. Definitely some great films on there but they did go for drama instead of some of our excellent comedies like Men With Brooms and others.
Scott Pilgrim had Hollywood money behind it, which excluded it from the list. It had to be a Canadian production or co-production. Largest budget for a Canadian film was 24 million, about half came from the Alberta government to make Passchendaele.
Juno was the only one of those I saw and didn't even hear of most.
One movie from the 80s that was quite good was - "My American Cousin." While it is set as a "typical" small story of an American cousin coming up to visit his cousin in Canada, it actually uses the people in the story to represent in human form the 2 countries & the comparisons of them. It was really well done. It was SO well done in fact that it was shown in one of my English classes in high school to discuss the ideas it was presenting. It was even a pretty good movie on the superficial level if you don't need big drama or high speed car chases.
"Starbuck" is a Quebec movie that will melt your heart and have you falling in love.
Incendies...outstanding movie. It just threw me off. Seriously worth a watch...and then another.
C.R.A.Z.Y. Jean-Marc Vallée's masterpiece. May he rest in peace.
Jésus de Montréal is another movie worth watching.
Approximately half of the movies in this list are from Quebec, even though the population of the province represents a bit less than 25% of the population of Canada. Quebec’s filmakers are very creative. Denis Villeneuve, from Quebec, recently directed the two Dune movies.
Two really good Canadian movies that came to mind are One Week about a man that after being diagnosed with terminal cancer takes off across Canada on a motorcycle stopping at a lot of Canadian landmarks. Gord Downie has a small part in that one. And The Last Casino about a teacher that teaches some students how to count cards.
Thank you for reminding me about One Week.
One Week is partly responsible for me immigrating to Canada. I saw it many times. Should be on the list. Since then I’ve tried many Canadian movies and the only other one I watched more than once was Grey Fox, also missing on the list. I guess I have different taste. My main problem with Canadian movies is that they are not very entertaining. They’re like real life, even pace is as slow as real life. And I don’t need fast action movie pace or style, I just want to feel like I’m watching a movie, with good cinematography, music, all working well together like they do in Hollywood movies. I know it’s not a Canadian style, but they do it literally in opposite way than Hollywood. And even though I love One Week, I can also say that it could have been even better. It’s almost like they tried to make a point that Canada has crappy weather for some reason. Even though he travels in summer, so most of days would be sunny and warm. It’s funny because they still sold me Canada but I can only imagine how much more I’d be excited if they weren’t showing mostly just Trans-Canada highway. And if they showed Okanagan Valley, or one more big city.
@@jbc22112 Grey Fox, really liked that one too.
One of my favourite Canadian Road movies is One Week with Joshua Jackson. It's a fantastic film.
Two movies I can''t believe didn't make it in either the main list, nor the honourable mentions one: La Guerre des Tuques (1984, english title -> The Dog who Stopped the War) and at the opposite end of the spectrum (genre wise) Black Christmas (1974).
Surprised The Red Violin and The Fly didn't make the list.
I didn't know The Fly was a Canadian film, it's an excellent thriller.
@@katharinesaville6145 It's not. It is often referred to as an American movie which it isn't either. It was a joint production between the UK, Canada and the US. That's why it's not on the list.
If you want to peek a little in our (French Quebecer here) relationship with our fellow Canadians, you should watch the first of " Bon cop, Bad cop". It's an amazing action comedy. I think that it's one of the firt film I saw that depicted exactly how we see each other. Like a love hate relationship where we will bitch on each other all the time but no one else is allowed to do it or we'll fight them. 😅😂🤣
The Fast Runner is truly breathtaking. It will stay with you. Watch it for sure!
Atanarjuat... well worth viewing. Loved it.
ive seen it twice now & it will be one of those movies that i will have to rewatch every 5-10 years or ~
Dance Me Outside, Snowcake, Away From Her, Men With Brooms, not to mention…Black Christmas! Lol
Montreal has a vibrant arts community that includes filmmaking.
Not sure they qualify with the criteria for this list, but two other films that take place in the Canadian north are "Never Cry Wolf" and "The Snow Walker." The first is based on the book by Canadian author Farley Mowat and the second was co-written by Mowat and its director, Charles Martin Smith. Smith played of part of Mowat in the first film.
Farley Mowat is my favourite Canadian author.
I really like Snow Walker as well.
Quebec being rather distinct, especially compared to Americans, speaking a different language, and supporting art a lot, it stands to reason that the province produces a lot of its own movies. Montreal has often been used as a filming location for Hollywood movies, which has helped develop a strong technical expertise in film making as well. All of that combined has helped Quebec achieve that level of success. And yes, Denis Villeneuve is from Quebec.
Movies from Quebec seem to do better internationally than its TV, however. Of all its TV shows, 19-2 is the one that achieved the greatest success in that regard. Originally in French, it was adapted in English, although the action is still happening in Montreal.
On a personal note, I'm rather proud of my cousin for producing two movies on this list!
Denis Villeneuve is from Québec but not from Montréal. He comes from Bécancour.
@@Trygvar13 Thanks for the correction.
Quebec has it's own powerhouse movie and music scene which is distinct. It's funny though, because I still find their movies to be very "Canadian". Films like C.R.A.Z.Y could have been set in Winnipeg just from the style of the neighborhoods and the attitudes of the characters, Les invasions could have been about a bunch of disillusioned intellectuals from Vancouver. One of my favorite Quebec films is Le Démantèlement. It's about a farmer who's children have moved away and their is no one to leave his farm to after he's gone and things are getting harder and harder for him. It's a beautiful little film, and it's not told in the way you'd find in a French or American film, it feels very Quebecois, yes definitely, but it also feels like a story from Saskatchewan. Comedies like Les Boys tell the story of older men across this country who are still addicted to playing hockey. So the cultural touchstones are more common than many people realize. At least that's how it feels to me.
English Canada does not have the same success because of the enormous pull of Hollywood. Even Denis Villeneuve found himself in the USA making what are basically American films (for big American money). Thankfully I think the English Canadian movie scene is starting to find it's way. Probably because there is a lot more talent staying in Canada because Hollywood finds it cheaper to film here! So the home-grown film industry is getting bigger and bigger, which is a great thing to see.
BTW - I loved My Winnipeg of course, since it had so much quirky Winnipeg lore in it, but I think one of my favorite Canadian films is actually The Boys of St. Vincent, which is set in Newfoundland. It's actually a two part TV series, but I think it has the best acting of any Canadian film, in any language.
As a former tv and movie extra and 1990s indy kid from Toronto, I found Scott Pilgrim and the Infinite Playlist spot on. Surprise, surprise: the director is from Scotland. You may know Danny Boyle's other projects such as Trainspotting, Slumdog Millionaire, and the opening ceremony of the 2012 London Olympics. My only quibble with the movie is that I can't imagine the real people that the characters were based on hanging out at Pizza Pizza.
Quebec has a great film industry! The Far Runner is astonishing! I don't know if they will mention Jesus of Montreal, but oh my goodness, what a film! Yes, Denis V. is a Canadian.
I’m Canadian & haven’t seen any of them, only heard of Juno & Bon Cop Bad Cop
Perfectly Normal. So good. So very very good. Funny, touching, surreal.
Cube was a good sci-fi horror film. The sequels were increasingly disappointing, but the first was quite original.
the cube is one of my favourites.
My brother worked on that film.
Check out Bruce McDonald's films, especially Hard Core Logo and Highway 61.
The action-packed thriller,The mystery of the million dollar hockey puck...
The National Film Board of Canada (NFB) has long nurtured young film makers throughout the country and tends toward short films that are artsy, quirky or experimental. Much of the English speaking talent later gets sucked up by American productions, both south of the border and within Canada. As a result purely Canadian productions tend to be dominated by French language films from Quebec which are often successful critically but rarely commercially.
Quebec has a very active film production industry. They make a lot of movies, consequently have a lot of experienced professionals in the industry. Canadian films are notoriously undervalued in this nation, regardless of the language. We are a strange people.
Missing: Rowdy Man, Strange Brew, Snow Cake, Naked Lunch, Black Mountain Side. Tom at the Farm, and Crash (not the sanctimonious Hollywood Crash, but Cronenberg's Crash from the JG Ballard novel.) And I've lived in Toronto for 35+ years and will confirm that Videodrome is the most Toronto movie ever. And I will outstay my welcome and throw in some love for 1) Away From Her and 2) Take This Waltz. And Porky's. Heh heh.
And Men with Brooms!
@@michellestenton6430 The only curling lesson worth watching!
The Red Violin should have made it on to the list proper IMO. Great movie, and I'm not usually even into that kind of thing at all...
Love your open, inquisitive mind, Mert. Would be interested to hear your reaction to any of these movies after you've seen them. 💖💖
Be interesting to see something similar for top 10 Canadian TV series.
"never cry wolf" is the best canadian movie ever !! 'sweet hereafter is a close second.
Of course!! Never Cry Wolf! Great movie. I forgot about that one.
How about The Bay Boy starring a young Keifer Sutherland. Also My American Cousin a movie based in British Columbia.
I was born and raised about 10 kms north of the US border. I lived there most of my life. I’m 62 now and am conscious of a significant divide between the way the US dealt with the separation and independence from our European origins and we have. There’s also a big difference between how we see ourselves in the modern world.
About half of modern SF TV is made in Canada - early X-Files, all of Stargate, The Expanse, new Outer Limits, early Sliders, etc.
I don't think that many people in Western Canada watch French movies. There are not that many people who speak fluent French here.
Exotica and The Sweet Hereafter: what a pairing! Egoyan at his height. Felicia's Journey and Ararat are also very good. Atanarjuat is amazing - it retells an ancient Inuit Legend, and sought an authentic representation of Inuit life in the time it's set. The Honourable Mentions are excellent, especially Hard Core Logo a film about a punk band (based on Vancouver's DOA) adapted from a book of verse novel by Michael Turner! I wish my French were better, because so many Quebec films are good.
Videodrome is wild. My ex introduced me to it in the 90s
I have seen all the movies in the top 10 besides 10 and 9 and out of all of those my favorite is C.R.A.Z.Y. It's such an amazing powerful movie and shot masterfully. Red Violin (in honorable mentions) also is ont of my all time favorites. Great movies not mentionned here: Jesus of Montreal, Leolo and The Decline of the American Empire (Which is better than Barbarian Invasions in my opinion).
We have some amazing artictic talents in Quebec as far as directors go: Denis Villeneuve, Phillippe Falardeau, Jean-Marc Vallee, Denys Arcand, Robert Lepage, Claude Jutra, Lea Pool, Francois Girard, Daniel Roby, Xavier Dolan, Michel Brault, Ricardo Trogi, Sophie Deraspe, Louis Belanger, Andre Melancon, Gilles Carles, Chloe Robichaud, Louis Belanger, Sebastien Pilote... Just to name a few. That;s an amazing roster for out little french province
If you're into film these are all worth watching. Quebec is known as a powerhouse among cinema geeks across the country, but not hugely appreciated west of Ontario until you hit Vancouver. This was a bit Quebec heavy, there are plenty of great films in English out of Canada. Videodrome is a must see.
Yea. Quebec has its own world. They have a very fortunate environment to keep its culture and identity. I support most Quebec movie. It’s considered by many in canada elsewhere like a cult following, but I genuinely find it relaxing to watch them as a genuine story on its own in general. ❤❤❤😅😅😅
11:00 yes. Dennis Villanueve is from the Trois riveriere region on the st Lawrence river in Quebec. Amazing
as a canadian, the only one I;ve even heard of is Juno.
The Sweet Hereafter is one of my favourite films of all time, not just Canadian films. Highly rec anything by Denis Villeneuve in addition to Incendies. Enemy is another of his Canadian-produced films.
As a Canadian I only saw Juno the rest including the honourable mentions I haven't seen. but I only watch Comedies
Not sure if they qualify, but you should acknowledge Kamarouska, Coma and Act of the Heart. The latter, starring Geneviève Bujold and Donald Sutherland was phenomenal; both it and the soundtrack.
How about "The red violin"?
It was listed in the honourable mentions.
Loved The Red Violin 🎻
@@sherrytyrner8641 - Written by a distant cousin. Same last name. Never met him. Also got a "Tony" for "The Drowsy Chaperone".
Videodrome is great. If I recall it's loosely based on Moses Znaimer and the time he aired those Baby Blue movies to get CityTV (Civic-TV in Videodrome) publicity in Toronto in the 70s. Deborah Harry is trippy in it too.
Canada has a significant proportion of the population of Canada- so even though not particularly popular outside of French speaking Canada it still is a significant part of Canadian output.
The thing about movies produced in Québec is that we are the *only* majoritarily french-speaking region in North America (I could extend that to South America as well if you exclude Haïti and the West Indies. If we wanna do our own stuff in our own language, we sure aren't going to get any help from anyone other than ourselves. You will never see a movie in french from Hollywood so our best actors, our biggest stars all live around here. They don't have to go to another country to become famous. Alot of what we do is not as popular in the rest of Canada but over here, the difference is that we have what anglos call a "star system". There is a stand-up comedian from Ontario who prefers doing her shows in french because she says that in english, you're not going to get very far unless you become popular in the US first. Jim Carey didn't become truly famous until Ace Ventura. Before that, all he did was copy Michel Courtemanche. William Shatner is known for Star Trek and so on. None of the english-speaking actors from the english part of Canada became famous in Canada for a role they had in a canadian production. Our actors don't go to Hollywood (couple exceptions) because then, they'd be forced to act in english and english is *NOT* our language, not our culture, not our anything really. Also, when unitedstatesians need someone to play the role of a french-speaker, the ONLY place they think about is France and the stereotypical "broom up your ass" parisian accent or they give the role to a "french-american" who can't even speak his own language properly (Frenchie in "The Boys" is the perfect example of that).
Rejeanne Padovanni an early work from Denis Arcand… I rewatch it 10days ago. Government link between Mafia and constructions world in the 70’… as solid as my other favourite movie The godfather!
"Porky's". A great laugh.
The only movie review comment I ever remember was in the Globe and Mail (Canadian newspaper) about Debra Harry in Videodrome: "Debra Harry has a screen presence so vapid that to call it bovine would be giving thousands of innocent cows instant access to libel laws." Nevertheless, good movie.
You might be interested in a Canadian-British film called "Margaret's Museum".
Incendies and Going Down the Road should be here
Teen fav from the very early 80's Porky's!
Did you recognize Debbie Harry from Blondie in Videodrome?
Canada is HUGE.I live on the opposite side of Canada from Quebec. These films look excellent, but I have never seen any of them. Where I live is Called Hollywood North. I kinda feel most of Western Canada isn't recognized as much as eastern provinces ie: Quebec.
COMEDY you may want to check out: Sean Collins - Hoss Tank & Bear or Water-skiing on acid. these are his 2 funniest skits. his more recent work is all the same, i.e. no new writing and you may get demonetized for too much f-word use. but those 2 skits are hilarious.
You should definitely check out David Cronenberg and Atom Egoyan filmography two excellent english speaking directors, as for french Canadian (Québec) directors François Girard, Jean-Claude Lauzon, Robert Lepage & Denis Arcand are my favorite.
Code 8 1&2. Love the Amells!
Bon cop bad cop is the funniest movie ever. Jesus de Montreal left me speechless it was so good.
CRAZY is an amazing movie.
Quebec supports its artists because it has an audience. There are a number of people in rural communities who will watch it because it is in their language. Honestly being a mixed Quebecer with a Scottish dad and a French Canadian mom I have seen every Quebec movie listed here. Like any good art no matter who you are they are amazing and rival any European film. Crazy and Incendies just thinking about them gives me an emotional experience. I remember them as if I watched them yesterday Atanajurat is in that category as well. A beloved International film not mentionned here is Leolo it is so worth the watch here is the trailer. The mother is played by Ginette Reno also a famous singer in Quebec. th-cam.com/video/zPXnxA84cvo/w-d-xo.htmlsi=noAEyjXL0H6gE6bV Actually early lin her career Celine Dion acted in a movie mini series here called Des Fleurs Sur La Neige which was extremely intense and she was very good. At that time she was famous here as a singer but probably not even in the rest of Canada yet. th-cam.com/video/pUcEfmSpabA/w-d-xo.htmlsi=ry7A7ojKqFA-GhTd
Québec pretty much has it"s own ecosystem of an entertainment industry. a lot of great actors and music come out of there but unfortunately most of english Canada are unaware of it.
Honorable mention (don't really remember, is too far away in my memory 1994)
Louis 19, le roi des ondes
I would also have added Bon Cop, bad cop. funny police investigation comedy, in both english & french. An Ontario cop (english-speaking & strict with the rules), must team up with a Québec cop (french-speaking & not respectful of rules) when a body is found on the sign between Ontario & Québec. ethics conflicts, language conflicts. very canadian, but better if you can understand voth languages, as many jokes are lost with subtitles translation.
Small Town Murder Songs - 2010, Dance Me Outside 1994, Leolo - 1992, Highway 61 - 1991, Perfectly Normal - 1990, Strange Brew -1983, I've Heard the Mermaids Singing - 1987, Crimewave directed by John Paizs - 1985
porky's is a film that isn't allowed on this list, cause of where it was filmed, but it's one of those that must be looked up. i did some refreshing and it apparently held the record for highest grossing canadian film for over 20 years. aside from that, i've been bugging reactors to do 'leolo' for years, you wouldn't like it.
To answer the question: “do English Canadians watch French Canadian content?”
The answer is simple: English Canadians don’t even watch English Canadian content 😂
The US entertainment industry is massive and right next door.