Films référence - Le Cinéma Québécois
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101. Continental, a Film Without Guns (2007)
G | 103 min | Comedy, Drama
The lives of four people intertwine after the disappearance of a man who wanders into the forest.
Director: Stéphane Lafleur | Stars: Marie-Ginette Guay, Gilbert Sicotte, Fanny Mallette, Réal Bossé
Votes: 680
102. Ce qu'il faut pour vivre (2008)
PG | 102 min | Drama
In 1952, an Inuit hunter named Tivii with tuberculosis leaves his northern home and family to go recuperate at a sanatorium in Quebec City. Uprooted, far from his loved ones, unable to ... See full summary »
Director: Benoit Pilon | Stars: Natar Ungalaaq, Éveline Gélinas, Paul-André Brasseur, Louise Marleau
Votes: 1,022
103. West of Pluto (2008)
90 min | Documentary, Drama
A mosaic look at a day in the lives of twelve Quebec high schoolers strikingly captures the unique nature of the teenage years.
Directors: Henry Bernadet, Myriam Verreault | Stars: Marie Frédérique Auger, Caroline Beauséjour, Yann Bernard, Frédérique Boivin-Lafrance
Votes: 289
104. Elle veut le chaos (2008)
105 min | Drama
In an isolated corner of the country where nothing goes on, an ex-mobster and his rebellious step-daughter Coralie are looking for solutions to their financial difficulties and existential ... See full summary »
Director: Denis Côté | Stars: Eve Duranceau, Nicolas Canuel, Laurent Lucas, Réjean Lefrançois
Votes: 167
105. Men for Sale (2008)
Unrated | 75 min | Documentary
An intimate and unflinching look over 12 months at the hardscrabble lives of hustlers in downtown Montreal.
Director: Rodrigue Jean
Votes: 164
106. Demain (2009)
100 min | Drama
A young woman taking care of her diabetic father gets involved in a one way relationship. Portrait of a generation about to replace another, Demain is a film based on an inertia marked ... See full summary »
Director: Maxime Giroux | Stars: Eugénie Beaudry, Serge Houde, Guillaume Beauregard, Francis La Haye
Votes: 68
107. I Killed My Mother (2009)
Not Rated | 96 min | Drama, Romance
A semi-autobiographical story about Hubert as a young homosexual at odds with his mother.
Director: Xavier Dolan | Stars: Anne Dorval, Xavier Dolan, François Arnaud, Suzanne Clément
Votes: 31,424
108. Polytechnique (2009)
Not Rated | 77 min | Crime, Drama, History
A dramatization of the 1989 Montréal Massacre, during which several female engineering students were murdered by an unstable misogynist.
Director: Denis Villeneuve | Stars: Maxim Gaudette, Sébastien Huberdeau, Karine Vanasse, Martin Watier
Votes: 19,029
109. Father and Guns (2009)
PG-13 | 107 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
Father and son, both cops, who despise each other must unite and infiltrate a Father/Son therapy retreat in order to make an important biker gang leader fall and save a brother cop who's been kidnapped.
Director: Émile Gaudreault | Stars: Michel Côté, Louis-José Houde, Rémy Girard, Caroline Dhavernas
Votes: 2,051
110. 7 Days (2010)
Not Rated | 105 min | Crime, Drama, Horror
A doctor seeks revenge by kidnapping, torturing and killing the man who raped and murdered his young daughter.
Director: Daniel Grou | Stars: Claude Legault, Rémy Girard, Martin Dubreuil, Fanny Mallette
Votes: 8,649
111. Curling (2010)
Not Rated | 96 min | Drama
On the fringe of society in a remote part of the French-Canadian countryside, the fragile relationship and unusual private life of a father and daughter is jeopardized by dreary, unforeseen circumstances.
Director: Denis Côté | Stars: Emmanuel Bilodeau, Philomène Bilodeau, Roc Lafortune, Sophie Desmarais
Votes: 916
112. Jo for Jonathan (2010)
81 min | Drama
Jo lives in the shadow of his older brother. Amidst a world of delinquency, they become interested in illegal car racing. One night they participate in one of them, never reaching the finish line. Jo will become Jonathan.
Director: Maxime Giroux | Stars: Jean-Sébastien Courchesne, Eliane Gagnon, Raphaël Lacaille, Jean-Alexandre Létourneau
Votes: 134
113. Incendies (2010)
R | 131 min | Drama, Mystery, War
Twins journey to the Middle East to discover their family history and fulfill their mother's last wishes.
Director: Denis Villeneuve | Stars: Lubna Azabal, Mélissa Désormeaux-Poulin, Maxim Gaudette, Mustafa Kamel
Votes: 200,531 | Gross: $6.86M
114. Heartbeats (2010)
Not Rated | 101 min | Drama, Romance
The story of three close friends who are involved in a love-triangle.
Director: Xavier Dolan | Stars: Xavier Dolan, Monia Chokri, Niels Schneider, Anne Dorval
Votes: 30,342 | Gross: $0.06M
115. Familiar Grounds (2011)
90 min | Drama
Benoit and Maryse: a brother and sister with seemingly normal lives. Everything is changed by a series of coincidences... and the arrival of a man claiming to come from the future.
Director: Stéphane Lafleur | Stars: Francis La Haye, Fanny Mallette, Michel Daigle, Sylvain Marcel
Votes: 542
116. The Salesman (2011)
107 min | Drama
Marcel Lévesque, a quick-witted car salesman nearing retirement, lives to sell. He has been salesman of the month for the last sixteen years at the dealership where he has spent his career,... See full summary »
Director: Sébastien Pilote | Stars: Gilbert Sicotte, Nathalie Cavezzali, Jeremy Tessier, Jean-François Boudreau
Votes: 667
117. Monsieur Lazhar (2011)
PG-13 | 95 min | Comedy, Drama
At a Montréal public grade school, an Algerian immigrant is hired to replace a popular teacher who committed suicide in her classroom. While helping his students deal with their grief, his own recent loss is revealed.
Director: Philippe Falardeau | Stars: Mohamed Fellag, Sophie Nélisse, Émilien Néron, Danielle Proulx
Votes: 21,190 | Gross: $2.01M
118. War Witch (2012)
Not Rated | 90 min | Drama, War
Somewhere in Sub-Saharan Africa, Komona, a 14-year-old girl, tells her unborn child growing inside her the story of her life since she has been at war. Everything started when she was abducted by the rebel army at the age of 12.
Director: Kim Nguyen | Stars: Rachel Mwanza, Alain Lino Mic Eli Bastien, Serge Kanyinda, Ralph Prosper
Votes: 7,565 | Gross: $0.07M
119. Inch'Allah (2012)
R | 102 min | Drama
A Canadian doctor finds her sympathies sorely tested while working in the conflict ravaged Palestinian territories.
Director: Anaïs Barbeau-Lavalette | Stars: Omri Ilan, Lionel Calniquer, Gil Desiano, Evelyne Brochu
Votes: 2,694 | Gross: $0.01M
120. Bestiaire (2012)
Not Rated | 72 min | Documentary
Along the rhythm of the seasons, beasts and humans regard each other. 'Bestiary' unfolds like a picture book about mutual observation. A contemplation of a stable imbalance, and of loose, tranquil and indefinable elements.
Director: Denis Côté
Votes: 467 | Gross: $0.00M
121. Tout ce que tu possèdes (2012)
91 min | Drama
A Quebec City university lecturer abandons his academic career to translate the poetry of Edward Edward Stachura.
Director: Bernard Émond | Stars: Patrick Drolet, Willia Ferland-Tanguay, Isabelle Vincent, Jack Robitaille
Votes: 168
122. Camion (2012)
G | 95 min | Drama
Germain and his sons try to turn their family dynamic upside down so they will have hope for the future.
Director: Rafaël Ouellet | Stars: Julien Poulin, Patrice Dubois, Maude Giguère, Jacob Tierney
Votes: 367
123. Laurence Anyways (2012)
Not Rated | 168 min | Drama, Romance
A drama that charts ten years in a transgender woman's relationship with her lover.
Director: Xavier Dolan | Stars: Melvil Poupaud, Emmanuel Schwartz, Suzanne Clément, Nathalie Baye
Votes: 22,214
124. Vic + Flo Saw a Bear (2013)
Not Rated | 95 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Two lesbian ex-cons, Victoria and Florence, are trying to make a new life in the backwoods of Quebec. Seeking peace and quiet, the couple slowly begin to feel under siege as Vic's probation... See full summary »
Director: Denis Côté | Stars: Pierrette Robitaille, Romane Bohringer, Marc-André Grondin, Marie Brassard
Votes: 1,330
125. Gabrielle (II) (2013)
R | 104 min | Drama, Music, Romance
Gabrielle is a young woman with Williams syndrome who has a contagious joie de vivre and an exceptional musical gift. Since she met her boyfriend Martin, at the recreation centre where they... See full summary »
Director: Louise Archambault | Stars: Gabrielle Marion-Rivard, Alexandre Landry, Mélissa Désormeaux-Poulin, Vincent-Guillaume Otis
Votes: 1,708
126. The Auction (2013)
111 min | Drama
When his grown daughter returns to the family farm in desperate need of money, solitary and stoic Gaby will be asked to sacrifice everything for those closest to him. WINNER - Cannes Film Festival
Director: Sébastien Pilote | Stars: Gabriel Arcand, Gilles Renaud, Lucie Laurier, Sophie Desmarais
Votes: 763
127. Tom at the Farm (2013)
Not Rated | 102 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
A grieving man meets his lover's family, who were not aware of their son's sexual orientation.
Director: Xavier Dolan | Stars: Xavier Dolan, Pierre-Yves Cardinal, Lise Roy, Evelyne Brochu
Votes: 19,243
128. Sarah Prefers to Run (2013)
Unrated | 97 min | Drama, Romance, Sport
The film is about the pursuit of a goal and tackles the anxieties of a young athlete who lives only for the race.
Director: Chloé Robichaud | Stars: Sophie Desmarais, Jean-Sébastien Courchesne, Geneviève Boivin-Roussy, Hélène Florent
Votes: 1,019
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