Liste des meilleurs films québécois - Best Quebec (French-canadian) movies
by Olivier_Lacelle | created - 06 Oct 2012 | updated - 1 month ago | PublicVoici certains des courts et longs métrages de l'histoire du Québec qui sont les plus incontournables, à mon humble avis. Cette liste est basée à la fois sur les critiques et sur le succès au box-office. À noter que ces œuvres du cinéma québécois sont classées en ordre chronologique (donc par année) et non en ordre d'appréciation. / Here are the greatest movies made in Québec, the French Nation of North America. This non-exhaustive list is based on various criterias and my own tastes.
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1. 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
2. Télesphore Légaré, garde-pêche (1959)
30 min | Short, Documentary
Director: Claude Fournier | Star: Télesphore Légaré
Votes: 5
3. Saint-Denys Garneau (1960)
21 min | Documentary, Short
Une évocation de la vie et de l'oeuvre de Saint-Denys Garneau, poète canadien-français, né à Montréal, en 1912, décédé à Sainte-Catherine-de-Fossambault, près de Québec, en 1941. Visite des... See full summary »
Director: Louis Portugais | Star: Charlotte Boisjoli
Votes: 5
5. 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
6. 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
7. 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
8. 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: 710
9. 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
10. The Cat in the Bag (1964)
74 min | Drama
A young journalist is unhappy with society and contemplates what he can do about it.
Director: Gilles Groulx | Stars: Barbara Ulrich, Claude Godbout, Manon Blain, Véronique Vilbert
Votes: 499
11. The Merry World of Leopold Z (1965)
68 min | Comedy
A worker, called in a hurry to remove the snow in the city street, try to buy his remaining gifts in the tumult of Christmas eve without quitting his work.
Director: Gilles Carle | Stars: Guy L'Ecuyer, Paul Hébert, Suzanne Valéry, Monique Joly
Votes: 394
12. Les montréalistes (1965)
28 min | Documentary, Short
A look back at the small band of missionaries that founded the city of Montréal, Canada.
Director: Denys Arcand | Stars: Gilles Marsolais, Gisèle Trépanier
Votes: 20
14. The Times That Are (1967)
118 min | Documentary
Four years after Of Whales, the Moon, and Men (1963), the director 'Pierre Perrault' ask Alexis Tremblay if he agreed to travel with his wife Marie in the country of their ancestors, France... See full summary »
Director: Pierre Perrault | Stars: Alexis Tremblay, Marie Tremblay, Léopold Tremblay, Marie-Paule Tremblay
Votes: 78
15. La visite du général de Gaulle au Québec (1967)
28 min | Documentary, Short
Director: Jean-Claude Labrecque | Stars: Charles de Gaulle, Daniel Johnson, Jean Drapeau, Roland Michener
Votes: 21
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 River Schooners (1968)
110 min | Documentary
The life of the people living on the Ile-aux-Coudres, the way these men construct their own schooners, the hard work in coasting or on the high seas.
Director: Pierre Perrault | Stars: Laurent Tremblay, Aurele Tremblay, Yvan Tremblay, Eloi Perron
Votes: 38
18. On est au coton (1970)
173 min | Documentary
Director Denys Arcand made an inquiry on textile industry in Quebec, meeting employers and workers of that industry.
Director: Denys Arcand | Stars: Denys Arcand, Jean-Paul Beaudry, Carmen Bertrand, Jean-Jacques Bertrand
Votes: 86
19. Deux femmes en or (1970)
106 min | Comedy
Two women neighbors, exasperated by the fact that their husbands do not pay much attention to them, have sexual adventures with several men, usually delivery men or repairers.
Director: Claude Fournier | Stars: Monique Mercure, Louise Turcot, Marcel Sabourin, Donald Pilon
Votes: 274
20. 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
21. 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: 3,183
22. 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
23. 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
24. The True Nature of Bernadette (1972)
115 min | Comedy, Drama
A woman imbued with naturalistic and libertarian theories leaves her city home to live in the countryside with her young son. There she meets a litigious farmer who fights against the banks... See full summary »
Director: Gilles Carle | Stars: Micheline Lanctôt, Donald Pilon, Reynald Bouchard, Robert Rivard
Votes: 467
25. IXE-13 (1972)
115 min | Adventure, Comedy, Musical
A first-rate French-Canadian spy must tangle with a female Chinese spy who is in love with him.
Director: Jacques Godbout | Stars: Louise Forestier, André Dubois, Serge Grenier, Marc Laurendeau
Votes: 300
26. 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: 418
27. 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
28. Les beaux dimanches (1974)
93 min | Drama
The psychological tensions which are driving four bourgeois couples apart are blithely ignored, as they attempt to party through them, all the while discussing politics, flirting, and drinking heavily.
Director: Richard Martin | Stars: Jean Duceppe, Denise Filiatrault, Yvon Dufour, Luce Guilbeault
Votes: 157
29. Un royaume vous attend (1976)
110 min | Documentary
Long métrage documentaire sur l'Abitibi agricole. Ce film est un véritable plaidoyer pour la terre et pour un genre de vie plus humain en face d'une société devenue froide et insensible.
Director: Pierre Perrault | Stars: Daniel Lalancette, Christiane Lalancette, Monique Lalancette, Hauris Lalancette
Votes: 31
30. L'eau chaude, l'eau frette (1976)
94 min | Drama
In a poor neighborhood, teenagers plot an assassination while a party is being organized for the local usurer.
Director: André Forcier | Stars: Jean Lapointe, Jean Pierre Bergeron, Sophie Clément, Louise Gagnon
Votes: 199
32. C'était un Québecois en Bretagne, Madame (1977)
60 min | Documentary, Comedy
Long métrage documentaire sur Hauris Lalancette, un Québécois originaire de l'Abitibi, qui voyage et établit des parallèles surprenants entre deux coins de pays que l'on considère comme ... See full summary »
Director: Pierre Perrault | Stars: Hauris Lalancette, Monique Lalancette
Votes: 21
33. J.A. Martin photographe (1977)
100 min | Drama
The wife of photographer J. A. Martin decides to go with him in his tour of the hard Canadian countryside at the turn of the century. She hopes the intimacy will revive their marriage.
Director: Jean Beaudin | Stars: Marcel Sabourin, Monique Mercure, Marthe Thierry, Catherine Tremblay
Votes: 399
34. 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
35. 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
36. Land Without Trees, or the Mouchouânipi (1980)
111 min | Documentary
Récit des chasses anciennes sur des images du temps présent, ce long métrage documentaire se révèle davantage comme une interrogation qu'une narration. À qui appartient donc ce territoire ... See full summary »
Director: Pierre Perrault | Stars: Anne-Marie André, Adéline Ashini, Dominique Ashini, Jean-Baptiste Ashini
Votes: 22
37. Gens d'Abitibi (1980)
107 min | Documentary
Après 'Un royaume vous attend' et 'Le retour à la terre', le cinéaste Pierre Perrault conclut, avec ce long métrage documentaire, son plaidoyer en faveur de la région de l'Abitibi. Le film ... See full summary »
Director: Pierre Perrault | Stars: Hauris Lalancette, Monique Lalancette, Daniel Lalancette, Dominique Godbout
Votes: 16
38. The Plouffe Family (1981)
227 min | Drama
The lives of the average Quebecois Plouffe family during the final years of the depression and through World War II.
Director: Gilles Carle | Stars: Gabriel Arcand, Rémi Laurent, Pierre Curzi, Juliette Huot
Votes: 482
39. The Shimmering Beast (1982)
128 min | Documentary
A documentary film about a group of hunters who gather annually to hunt moose near Maniwaki, Quebec.
Director: Pierre Perrault | Stars: Louis-Philippe Lécuyer, Philippe Cross, Stéphane-Albert Boulais, Maurice Chaillot
Votes: 278
40. Le confort et l'indifférence (1982)
109 min | Documentary
Made shortly after the referendum on Quebec's independence was held, this documentary illustrates what the politicians' promises were and how the population did not really care nor truly ... See full summary »
Director: Denys Arcand | Stars: Jean-Pierre Ronfard, Raymond Barre, Pierre Brodeur, Monique Bégin
Votes: 228
41. Au clair de la lune (1983)
92 min | Drama, Comedy
A friendship between a good man with bowling as his only passion and a queer albino.
Director: André Forcier | Stars: Guy L'Ecuyer, Michel Côté, Pierre Giard, Marcel Fournier
Votes: 160
42. The Dog Who Stopped the War (1984)
G | 91 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
During Christmas holidays, the children of a small village split themselves into two groups and begin preparing a week-long snowball war. The rivalry opens up tension among group members, especially leaders Luc and Sophie.
Director: André Melançon | Stars: Cédric Jourde, Marie-Pierre A. D'Amour, Julien Elie, Minh Vu Duc
Votes: 2,077
43. Le matou (1985)
141 min | Drama
Florent Boissonneault and his young wife Elise always had one dream: own a restaurant. When they meet a strange old man, Egon Ratablavasky, their dream become reality, but only to quick ... See full summary »
Director: Jean Beaudin | Stars: Serge Dupire, Monique Spaziani, Jean Carmet, Julien Guiomar
Votes: 316
44. Elvis Gratton: Le king des kings (1985)
89 min | Comedy, Music
A Quebecois Elvis impersonator is disillusioned to find a Chinaman participating in an Elvis contest. He later takes his wife on vacation to the island of Santa Banana.
Directors: Pierre Falardeau, Julien Poulin | Stars: Julien Poulin, Denise Mercier, Marie-Claude Dufour, Pierre Falardeau
Votes: 1,264
45. Blind Trust (1986)
PG-13 | 86 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A government ministry's fast-rising head of security asks a shadowy fixer, Meursault, to steal a bag from an armored truck. Meursault goes to Théo, a former night club owner, in prison for ... See full summary »
Director: Yves Simoneau | Stars: Marie Tifo, Pierre Curzi, Jacques Godin, Robert Gravel
Votes: 272
46. The Decline of the American Empire (1986)
R | 101 min | Comedy, Drama
Sexual revelations emerge when a group of academics and their partners spend a weekend at a country retreat.
Director: Denys Arcand | Stars: Dominique Michel, Dorothée Berryman, Louise Portal, Pierre Curzi
Votes: 8,697 | Gross: $1.90M
47. Un zoo la nuit (1987)
115 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Marcel, recently released from prison, attempt to rebuild his relationship with his girlfriend Julie (now a prostitute) and especially his father Albert (who thinks he's been away on a long... See full summary »
Director: Jean-Claude Lauzon | Stars: Gilles Maheu, Roger Lebel, Corrado Mastropasqua, Lorne Brass
Votes: 773
48. The Man Who Planted Trees (1987)
30 min | Animation, Short, Drama
The story of a shepherd's single handed quest to re-forest a barren valley.
Director: Frédéric Back | Stars: Philippe Noiret, Christopher Plummer
Votes: 6,113
49. Jesus of Montreal (1989)
R | 120 min | Drama, Romance
A group of actors put on an unorthodox, but acclaimed Passion Play which incites the opposition of the Catholic Church while the actors' lives themselves begin to mirror the Passion itself.
Director: Denys Arcand | Stars: Lothaire Bluteau, Catherine Wilkening, Johanne-Marie Tremblay, Rémy Girard
Votes: 7,547 | Gross: $1.60M
50. Cruising Bar (1989)
R | 96 min | Comedy
The same actor plays four kinds of male animals prowling four kinds of Montreal nightclubs.
Director: Robert Ménard | Stars: Michel Côté, Louise Marleau, Geneviève Rioux, Véronique Le Flaguais
Votes: 1,188 | Gross: $3.40M
51. Le party (1990)
103 min | Drama
At a maximum security prison, there is preparation for the annual party where entertainers and strippers are scheduled to perform. But not everyone is having fun. A man is sent to solitary,... See full summary »
Director: Pierre Falardeau | Stars: Charlotte Laurier, Benoît Dagenais, Julien Poulin, Lou Babin
Votes: 584
52. Leolo (1992)
Not Rated | 107 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
The story of a young Canadian boy who tries to escape mentally from his disturbed family thanks to his fantasy and imagination.
Director: Jean-Claude Lauzon | Stars: Maxime Collin, Ginette Reno, Gilbert Sicotte, Julien Guiomar
Votes: 7,334 | Gross: $0.61M
53. Being at Home with Claude (1992)
85 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
It's hard to review this movie without giving anything away. Suffice it to say that it depicts the crime of one member of a gay male relationship and the desperate struggle for the lead ... See full summary »
Director: Jean Beaudin | Stars: Roy Dupuis, Jacques Godin, Jean-François Pichette, Gaston Lepage
Votes: 658 | Gross: $0.60M
54. Requiem for a Handsome Bastard (1992)
93 min | Crime, Drama
The last three days in the life of a notorious criminal as seen through the eyes of eight different people.
Director: Robert Morin | Stars: Gildor Roy, Jean-Guy Bouchard, Brigitte Paquette, Sabrina Boudot
Votes: 450
55. Le steak (1992)
75 min | Documentary
Directors: Pierre Falardeau, Manon Leriche | Stars: Gaëtan Hart, Gary Jewell, Ron Lea, Pierre Lenoir
Votes: 93
56. Matusalem (1993)
105 min | Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Fleeing from some other children who want to beat him, Olivier meets the ghost of a Pirate who every hundred years tries to find a parchment. Olivier agrees to help him. But in doing so he ... See full summary »
Director: Roger Cantin | Stars: Marc Labrèche, Jessica Barker, Maxime Collin, Steve Gendron
Votes: 460 | Gross: $0.96M
57. A Wind from Wyoming (1994)
99 min | Comedy, Drama
On the eve of her 18th birthday, Lea is dumped by her boxer boyfriend Reo. She turns to her mother, Lizette (France Castel), for comfort, only to discover that mom has run off with her ... See full summary »
Director: André Forcier | Stars: François Cluzet, Sarah-Jeanne Salvy, France Castel, Michel Côté
Votes: 197 | Gross: $0.17M
58. Octobre (1994)
97 min | Drama
A dramatization of the infamous Canadian terrorist abduction & murder of a government minister by a cell of The Quebec Liberation Front.
Director: Pierre Falardeau | Stars: Hugo Dubé, Luc Picard, Pierre Rivard, Denis Trudel
Votes: 838 | Gross: $0.35M
59. Windigo (1994)
97 min | Drama
A reporter struggles to cover a Native American group's battle with the government for independence in a remote area of Canada.
Director: Robert Morin | Stars: Donald Morin, Guy Nadon, Nathalie Coupal, Michel Laperrière
Votes: 64
60. Yes Sir! Madame... (1994)
75 min | Comedy
In his livingroom, Earl Tremblay shows us the movie of his life. The main character is bilingual and schizophrenic. He becomes a car salesman, and a host in a stripper club before he goes into politics.
Director: Robert Morin | Star: Robert Morin
Votes: 168
61. The Confessional (1995)
Not Rated | 100 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
The year is 1952, in Québec City, Québec. Rachel (Suzanne Clément), sixteen, unmarried, and pregnant, works in the church. Filled with shame, she unburdens her guilt to a young Priest under... See full summary »
Director: Robert Lepage | Stars: Lothaire Bluteau, Patrick Goyette, Jean-Louis Millette, Kristin Scott Thomas
Votes: 1,634 | Gross: $0.58M
62. Eldorado (1995)
104 min | Drama
It's summer and it's hot in Montreal, and we meet many people: Rita, the nice homeless girl, who moves to Roxan's house; Henriette, who falls in love with her neighbour, Lloyd, the ... See full summary »
Director: Charles Binamé | Stars: Pascale Bussières, Robert Brouillette, James Hyndman, Macha Limonchik
Votes: 335 | Gross: $0.55M
63. Les Boys (1997)
Not Rated | 107 min | Comedy, Drama, Sport
Ever wanted to know what guys say when they get together? This light- hearted comedy explores the male world through an amateur hockey team. Every male stereotype is analyzed, comically of ... See full summary »
Director: Louis Saia | Stars: Marc Messier, Rémy Girard, Patrick Huard, Serge Thériault
Votes: 2,254 | Gross: $4.60M
64. Quiconque meurt, meurt à douleur (1998)
90 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A botched police raid on a crack house turns into a 36 hour long siege in which the junkies share their perspective to the cameraman of a reality program.
Director: Robert Morin | Stars: Jacqueline Bousquet, Marcel Chouinard, Manuel Freitas, Robert Morin
Votes: 223
65. The Red Violin (1998)
R | 130 min | Drama, Music, Mystery
A red-colored violin inspires passion, making its way through three centuries over several owners and countries, eventually ending up at an auction where it may find a new owner.
Director: François Girard | Stars: Carlo Cecchi, Jean-Luc Bideau, Christoph Koncz, Jason Flemyng
Votes: 34,481 | Gross: $9.47M
66. August 32nd on Earth (1998)
Not Rated | 88 min | Drama, Romance
After surviving a car wreck virtually unscathed, a young model compels her best friend to impregnate her at the salt flats in Utah.
Director: Denis Villeneuve | Stars: Pascale Bussières, Alexis Martin, Serge Thériault, Ivan Smith
Votes: 3,548
67. Histoires d'hiver (1999)
105 min | Drama, Family, Sport
An adult Martin Roy reminisces about his life in the 1966/67 school year. At fifteen years old and in his last year of junior high school, he breathed, ate and slept hockey. He collected ... See full summary »
Director: François Bouvier | Stars: Joël Dalpé-Drapeau, Denis Bouchard, Patrick Thomas, Mathieu Beaumier
Votes: 255 | Gross: $0.14M
68. Post Mortem (1999)
92 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
A mother who supports her child with a credit card scam and an accused rapist meet and form a unique bond.
Director: Louis Bélanger | Stars: Gabriel Arcand, Sylvie Moreau, Hélène Loiselle, Sarah Lecomte-Bergeron
Votes: 502
69. Set Me Free (1999)
94 min | Drama, Romance
In the year 1963, an awkward thirteen-year-old girl comes of age during her escapism into the world of cinema, with potentially dangerous results.
Director: Léa Pool | Stars: Karine Vanasse, Pascale Bussières, Predrag 'Miki' Manojlovic, Alexandre Mérineau
Votes: 1,074 | Gross: $0.07M
70. La moitié gauche du frigo (2000)
90 min | Comedy
Christophe agrees to be filmed by his roommate Stéphane, while he is searching for a meaningful engineering job. Since he voluntarily resigned his job when he was to be moved to quality ... See full summary »
Director: Philippe Falardeau | Stars: Paul Ahmarani, Stéphane Demers, Geneviève Néron, Jules Philip
Votes: 565
71. Maelstrom (2000)
R | 87 min | Drama
After plunging her car into a river, a woman encounters a man who helps her come to terms with her life.
Director: Denis Villeneuve | Stars: Marie-Josée Croze, Jean-Nicolas Verreault, Stephanie Morgenstern, Pierre Lebeau
Votes: 7,302 | Gross: $0.03M
72. Possible Worlds (2000)
93 min | Mystery, Sci-Fi, Crime
A man lives in parallel worlds, falling in love with the same woman, while the police hunt down a serial killer who steals brains.
Director: Robert Lepage | Stars: Tilda Swinton, Tom McCamus, Sean McCann, Gabriel Gascon
Votes: 2,147
73. L'ange de goudron (2001)
100 min | Drama
Newly-arrived Ahmed tries to integrate his family to the Canadian society, while attempting to control his son's life orientation.
Director: Denis Chouinard | Stars: Zinedine Soualem, Hiam Abbass, Rabah Aït Ouyahia, Catherine Trudeau
Votes: 279
74. February 15, 1839 (2001)
120 min | Drama, History
French Canadians face execution after a revolt against British bureaucrats in Quebec.
Director: Pierre Falardeau | Stars: Luc Picard, Sylvie Drapeau, Frédéric Gilles, Pierre Rivard
Votes: 850 | Gross: $0.25M
75. The Woman Who Drinks (2001)
91 min | Drama, Romance
À la veille de ses derniers instants, une femme se remémore son passé d'alcoolique. Elle revoit toute sa jeunesse dont une cuite qui, à 46 ans, lui a coûté tout ce qu'elle avait. «La ... See full summary »
Director: Bernard Émond | Stars: Élise Guilbault, Luc Picard, Michel Forget, Fanny Mallette
Votes: 195
76. Soft Shell Man (2001)
102 min | Drama, Romance
An emotionally immature underwater photographer returns home to an affair with his best friend's deaf girlfriend and unresolved issues with the wife he left six months before.
Director: André Turpin | Stars: David La Haye, Isabelle Blais, Emmanuel Bilodeau, Chantal Giroux
Votes: 855
77. Le nèg' (2002)
92 min | Drama
In the middle of the night, in the Quebec countryside, all hell breaks loose as a black teenager is caught smashing a racially denigrating lawn ornament. Together the neighbours attend to ... See full summary »
Director: Robert Morin | Stars: Iannicko N'Doua-Légaré, Robin Aubert, Emmanuel Bilodeau, Vincent Bilodeau
Votes: 524
78. Séraphin: Heart of Stone (2002)
110 min | Drama
A young woman is forced to marry an old greedy man to save her father from bankruptcy although she has promised her heart to another man.
Director: Charles Binamé | Stars: Pierre Lebeau, Karine Vanasse, Roy Dupuis, Rémy Girard
Votes: 1,090
79. Québec-Montréal (2002)
104 min | Comedy, Romance
Québec-Montréal: 250 km of asphalt, nine thirty-something travelers, four cars, one destination. The journey becomes an opportunity to share points of view about life and discuss troubling ... See full summary »
Director: Ricardo Trogi | Stars: Patrice Robitaille, Jean-Phillipe Pearson, Stéphane Breton, François Létourneau
Votes: 1,842
80. Le ring intérieur (2002)
75 min
Documentaire sur des hommes qui pratiquent des combats extrêmes pour canaliser la rage qui les habite. L'un d'eux, le chanteur Dan Bigras, s'est fait cinéaste pour nous parler de ses chums.... See full summary »
Director: Dan Bigras | Stars: Dan Bigras, David Loiseau, George Manoli, Charles Ali Nestor
Votes: 38
81. Seducing Doctor Lewis (2003)
Unrated | 108 min | Comedy, Drama
A much-needed boost, in the form of a new factory, is promised to the residents of the tiny fishing village St. Marie-La-Mauderne, provided they can lure a doctor to take up full-time residency on the island. Inspired, the villagers devise a scheme to make Dr. Christopher Lewis a local.
Director: Jean-François Pouliot | Stars: David Boutin, Lucie Laurier, Raymond Bouchard, Dominik Dagenais
Votes: 5,477 | Gross: $0.49M
82. La turbulence des fluides (2002)
115 min | Comedy, Drama, Mystery
A seismologist investigates the mysterious cessation of the tides near her Quebec home town.
Director: Manon Briand | Stars: Pascale Bussières, Julie Gayet, Jean-Nicolas Verreault, Geneviève Bujold
Votes: 1,018
83. 20h17 rue Darling (2003)
101 min | Drama
This is the story of Gerard, a man who miraculously survived an explosion that destroyed his apartment and killed a lot of people. During the next few days he tries to find out why he survived and others died.
Director: Bernard Émond | Stars: Luc Picard, Diane Lavallée, Zhenhu Han, Markita Boies
Votes: 373
84. Gaz Bar Blues (2003)
115 min | Drama, Comedy
The owner of an independent neighbourhood gas station struggles financially and with his three sons who work at the station.
Director: Louis Bélanger | Stars: Serge Thériault, Gilles Renaud, Sébastien Delorme, Danny Gilmore
Votes: 1,156 | Gross: $0.88M
85. The Far Side of the Moon (2003)
Not Rated | 105 min | Drama
After the death of his mother, a man tries to discover a meaning to his life, to the universe and to rebuild a relationship with the only family he has left: his brother.
Director: Robert Lepage | Stars: Robert Lepage, Anne-Marie Cadieux, Marco Poulin, Céline Bonnier
Votes: 1,978 | Gross: $0.01M
86. The Barbarian Invasions (2003)
R | 99 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
During his final days, a dying man is reunited with old friends, former lovers, his ex-wife, and his estranged son.
Director: Denys Arcand | Stars: Rémy Girard, Dorothée Berryman, Stéphane Rousseau, Marie-Josée Croze
Votes: 30,026 | Gross: $3.43M
87. Mémoires affectives (2004)
100 min | Drama
Disturbing and violent memories haunt a man after he emerges from a lengthy coma.
Director: Francis Leclerc | Stars: Roy Dupuis, Guy Thauvette, Rosa Zacharie, Maka Kotto
Votes: 780
88. The Five of Us (2004)
87 min | Crime, Drama
In Montreal, childhood friends gather at a lakeside cottage. After inviting a stranger to their party, one girl is raped and murdered. Fifteen years later, the traumatized survivors reunite, uncovering wounds from their harrowing loss.
Director: Ghyslaine Côté | Stars: Jacinthe Laguë, Julie Deslauriers, Ingrid Falaise, Brigitte Lafleur
Votes: 779 | Gross: $0.41M
89. Ce qu'il reste de nous (2004)
77 min | Documentary
A Tibetan-Canadian returns to her homeland to smuggle a secret message from the Dalai Lama and to document the occupation and cultural genocide of Tibet by China.
Directors: Hugo Latulippe, François Prévost | Stars: The Dalai Lama, Kalsang Dolma
Votes: 210
90. Ma vie en cinémascope (2004)
105 min | Biography, Drama, Musical
1952, Québec - Alys Robi, vocalist at the top of her popularity and recognized worldwide, was interned in spite of herself, by her father. Medical authorities prescribe her the only cure ... See full summary »
Director: Denise Filiatrault | Stars: Pascale Bussières, Michel Barrette, Serge Postigo, Denis Bernard
Votes: 402
91. Audition (2005)
111 min | Drama
Forty-year old Louis is a loud-mouthed repo-man who has nurtured a lifelong dream of becoming a successful actor. Fortunately for Louis his cousin is a casting agent, and he soon learns ... See full summary »
Director: Luc Picard | Stars: Luc Picard, Suzanne Clément, Denis Bernard, Alexis Martin
Votes: 1,251
92. The Rocket (2005)
PG | 124 min | Biography, Drama, Sport
A story about Quebec's most famous hockey player, Maurice "The Rocket" Richard, focusing on the struggles of a French Canadian in the National Hockey League dominated by Anglophones.
Director: Charles Binamé | Stars: Roy Dupuis, Stephen McHattie, Julie LeBreton, Philip Craig
Votes: 5,453
93. Dodging the Clock (2005)
100 min | Comedy
For three men in their early thirties, the time has come to make a choice: Are they ready to have babies or not? Sébastien has one; Paul soon have one; Fred has none and doesn't want any. ... See full summary »
Director: Ricardo Trogi | Stars: Patrice Robitaille, Pierre-François Legendre, Jean-Phillipe Pearson, Catherine Proulx-Lemay
Votes: 1,259
94. C.R.A.Z.Y. (2005)
Not Rated | 129 min | Comedy, Drama
A young French Canadian, one of five boys in a conservative family in the 1960s and 1970s, struggles to reconcile his emerging identity with his father's values.
Director: Jean-Marc Vallée | Stars: Michel Côté, Marc-André Grondin, Danielle Proulx, Émile Vallée
Votes: 34,121
95. The Novena (2005)
97 min | Drama
The faith of a caring physician and an unquestioningly religious youth is shaken to the core when the pair is inexplicably brought together.
Director: Bernard Émond | Stars: Élise Guilbault, Patrick Drolet, Marie-Josée Bastien, Claude Binet
Votes: 417
96. Saint Martyrs of the Damned (2005)
115 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
A reporter goes to a mysterious village to investigate mysterious disappearances until one night, his friend gets abducted and every citizen wants him dead.
Director: Robin Aubert | Stars: François Chénier, Guy Vaillancourt, France Labonté, Alain Martel
Votes: 756
97. Congorama (2006)
105 min | Comedy, Drama
An eccentric Belgian inventor travels to Québec to search for his family, which uncovers a secret history between two seemingly unrelated people.
Director: Philippe Falardeau | Stars: Olivier Gourmet, Paul Ahmarani, Jean-Pierre Cassel, Claudia Tagbo
Votes: 1,222
98. Histoire de famille (2006)
165 min | Comedy, Drama
Director: Michel Poulette | Stars: Maxim Roy, Juliette Gosselin, Serge Thériault, Evelyne Rompré
Votes: 122
99. Bon Cop Bad Cop (2006)
R | 117 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
Two Canadian detectives, one from Ontario and the other from Quebec, must work together when a murdered victim is found on the Ontario-Quebec border.
Director: Erik Canuel | Stars: Michel Beaudry, Patrice Bélanger, Pierre Boudreau, Sarain Boylan
Votes: 13,159
100. A Sunday in Kigali (2006)
118 min | Drama, War
In April 1994, the middle-aged Canadian journalist Bernard Valcourt is making a documentary in Kigali about AIDS. He secretly falls in love for the Tutsi waitress of his hotel Gentille, who... See full summary »
Director: Robert Favreau | Stars: Luc Picard, Fatou N'Diaye, Céline Bonnier, Luck Mervil
Votes: 709
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