Films référence - Le Cinéma Québécois
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1. La petite Aurore l'enfant martyre (1952)
102 min | Biography, Drama
A little girl witnesses the death of her mother--expressly killed through negligence by the woman supposedly nursing the invalid mother back to health. The conniving nurse then marries the ... See full summary »
Director: Jean-Yves Bigras | Stars: Yvonne Laflamme, Lucie Mitchell, Paul Desmarteaux, Janette Bertrand
Votes: 316
2. 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
3. Golden Gloves (1961)
Not Rated | 28 min | Documentary, Short, Sport
Concerns an amateur boxing tournament and the three young working-class men who aspire to win it; how they train and their reasons for doing it.
Director: Gilles Groulx | Stars: Melos Ivancevic, Ronald Jones
Votes: 103
4. 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
5. 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
6. 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
7. 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
8. 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
9. 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
10. Le viol d'une jeune fille douce (1968)
82 min | Comedy, Drama
A sexually promiscuous young woman finds herself pregnant and unmarried; her three brothers vow to find the man responsible and punish him for what they consider the rape of their sister.
Director: Gilles Carle | Stars: Julie Lachapelle, Jacques Cohen, Katerine Mousseau, Daniel Pilon
Votes: 78
11. Valérie (1969)
97 min | Drama
A seminal Quebec erotic film about a curious girl who leaves her convent to explore the Montréal hippy scene, becomes a prostitute and meets her true love who doesn't know she's a hooker, that started erotic film genre in Canada.
Director: Denis Héroux | Stars: Danielle Ouimet, Guy Godin, Andrée Flamand, Kim Wilcox
Votes: 166
12. L'initiation (1970)
R | 94 min | Drama
A young Montreal woman has an affair with a famous French author, and the experience helps to teach her a number of things about life and love.
Director: Denis Héroux | Stars: Gilles Chartrand, France Dionne, Daniel Gadouas, Michel Girouard
Votes: 132
13. La chambre blanche (1969)
78 min | Drama
A film poem in which a married couple engage in conversation about love, death, and life while the scenery changes around them.
Director: Jean Pierre Lefebvre | Stars: Michèle Magny, Marcel Sabourin
Votes: 18
14. Entre tu et vous (1970)
65 min | Drama
A chronicle of the lives of a couple and the gradual dissolution of their relationship.
Director: Gilles Groulx | Stars: Pierre Harel, Paule Baillargeon, Dolorès Monfette, Manon d'Amour
Votes: 40
15. 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
16. The Christmas Martian (1971)
65 min | Family, Sci-Fi
The film tells the story of an alien from outer space who befriends two young children when he lands in a small town in Quebec.
Director: Bernard Gosselin | Stars: Catherine Leduc, François Gosselin, Marcel Sabourin, Roland Chenail
Votes: 236
17. 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
18. 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
19. Les smattes (1972)
86 min | Crime, Drama
A family refuses to leave their native village after being ordered to by the government and are pursued by the authorities as a result of an accidental shooting.
Director: Jean-Claude Labrecque | Stars: Donald Pilon, Daniel Pilon, Louise Laparé, Marcel Martel
Votes: 51
20. 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
21. The Death of a Lumberjack (1973)
115 min | Drama
A young girl that came to Montréal to find her dad is exploited by a bar owner.
Director: Gilles Carle | Stars: Carole Laure, Willie Lamothe, Daniel Pilon, Pauline Julien
Votes: 328
22. 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
23. Bingo (1974)
113 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A young photographer is entangled in a terrorist plot against a right wing politician in an election campaign.
Director: Jean-Claude Lord | Stars: Réjean Guénette, Anne-Marie Provencher, Claude Michaud, Alexandra Stewart
Votes: 156
24. 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
25. Gina (1975)
95 min | Crime, Drama
A beautiful stripper hires renowned criminals to exact revenge on those who raped her in her motel room.
Director: Denys Arcand | Stars: Céline Lomez, Claude Blanchard, Frédérique Collin, Serge Thériault
Votes: 605
26. Pour le meilleur et pour le pire (1975)
117 min | Comedy
Cette comédie acerbe et surréaliste sur le mariage et la vie de couple s'avère aujourd'hui l'une des fictions les mieux réussies sur le sujet. Elle est pourtant très mal reçue, autant par ... See full summary »
Director: Claude Jutra | Stars: Pierre Dufresne, Jerry Fielden, Roger Garand, Marie-Maude Grenier
Votes: 28
27. Normande (1975)
117 min | Drama, Fantasy
The demands of her family and the stress of daily life drive the mind of a woman into permanent fantasy as a way to cope.
Director: Gilles Carle | Stars: Carole Laure, Raymond Cloutier, Reynald Bouchard, Carmen Giroux
Votes: 214
28. Ti-Cul Tougas, ou, Le bout de la vie (1976)
84 min
A Montreal musician, Rémi, who robbed his marching band on tour in Charlottetown, gets away to the Magdalen Islands with his girlfriend and gets shelter to a friend who his mourning her ... See full summary »
Director: Jean-Guy Noël | Stars: Micheline Lanctôt, Suzanne Garceau, Claude Maher, Gilbert Sicotte
Votes: 47
29. Let's Talk About Love (1976)
115 min | Drama
A television host tries to react to the process of alienation that the public is subjected to from variety shows.
Director: Jean-Claude Lord | Stars: Jacques Boulanger, Benoît Girard, Claude Michaud, Anne Létourneau
Votes: 124
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
31. 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
32. 24 heures ou plus... (1973)
114 min | Documentary
Pamphlet cinématographique réalisé par Gilles Groulx à un moment de fièvre populaire exceptionnelle au Québec, quelques mois après le front commun des trois syndicats québécois les plus ... See full summary »
Director: Gilles Groulx | Stars: Gilles Groulx, Jean-Marc Piotte, Claude Beauchamp, Robert Bourassa
Votes: 61
33. 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
34. The Handyman (1980)
99 min | Drama, Romance
Le film, qui sera primé à San Sebastian, raconte l'histoire d'un homme dont la naïveté et la galanterie d'un autre âge sont à l'origine de nombreux déboires sentimentaux, tout ... See full summary »
Director: Micheline Lanctôt | Stars: Jocelyn Bérubé, Andrée Pelletier, Janette Bertrand, Madeleine Guérin
Votes: 108
35. 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
36. Elvis Gratton (1981)
100 min | Comedy, Music
Directors: Pierre Falardeau, Julien Poulin | Stars: Julien Poulin, Marie-Claude Dufour, Pierre Falardeau, Little Beaver
Votes: 667
37. 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
38. Les yeux rouges (1982)
90 min | Crime, Thriller
A city neighborhood is frightened by a strangler and a voyeur. The police detectives, headed by Léopold Latour, are not very efficient in their investigations, though detective Édouard Lambert does a little sleuthing on his own.
Director: Yves Simoneau | Stars: Marie Tifo, Jean-Marie Lemieux, Pierre Curzi, Raymond Bouchard
Votes: 45
39. Les fleurs sauvages (1982)
152 min | Drama
Three generations of a family struggle to be open with each other during a week of summer vacation at their country cottage.
Director: Jean Pierre Lefebvre | Stars: Marthe Nadeau, Michèle Magny, Pierre Curzi, Claudia Aubin
Votes: 46
40. Maria Chapdelaine (1983)
107 min | Drama
A young woman, living with her parents and siblings on a remote farm in harsh, picturesque northern Québec, has three suitors: a steady and unimaginative farmer, Eutrope, the Americanized ... See full summary »
Director: Gilles Carle | Stars: Carole Laure, Nick Mancuso, Claude Rich, Amulette Garneau
Votes: 262
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. Sonatine (1984)
91 min | Drama
Two teenaged friends have separate difficult experiences that make the girls seriously consider suicide.
Director: Micheline Lanctôt | Stars: Pascale Bussières, Marcia Pilote, Pierre F. Fauteux, Kliment Denchev
Votes: 276
44. 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
45. 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
46. 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
47. Anne Trister (1986)
103 min | Drama
A Swiss Jewish artist who is grieving her father, moves to Montreal and forms a friendship with a child psychiatrist. While creating an installation in an abandoned warehouse, she confronts her past and is increasingly drawn to her friend.
Director: Léa Pool | Stars: Albane Guilhe, Louise Marleau, Lucie Laurier, Guy Thauvette
Votes: 301
48. 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
49. 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
50. 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
51. 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
52. Une histoire inventée (1990)
100 min | Drama
An irresistible woman, Florence, dragging her last 50 disconsolate lovers behind her. A trumpet in the end of his career, loved by Florence and the only one who had refuse her. An amateur ... See full summary »
Director: André Forcier | Stars: Jean Lapointe, Louise Marleau, Charlotte Laurier, Marc Messier
Votes: 159
53. La liberté d'une statue (1991)
90 min | Fantasy
An old Egyptian silent movie restored with great care and dubbed by a couple of lip-reading deaf mutes relates the story of a young girl wandering in the desert hoping upon an heroic life ... See full summary »
Director: Olivier Asselin | Stars: Lucille Fluet, Ronald Houle, Serge Christiaenssens, Roch Aubert
Votes: 32
54. 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
55. 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
56. 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
57. 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
58. Thirty Two Short Films About Glenn Gould (1993)
Not Rated | 98 min | Biography, Drama, Music
A collection of vignettes highlighting different aspects of the life, work, and character of the acclaimed Canadian classical pianist.
Director: François Girard | Stars: Colm Feore, Derek Keurvorst, Katya Ladan, Devon Anderson
Votes: 3,916 | Gross: $1.57M
59. Deux actrices (1993)
95 min | Drama
Deux soeurs qui ne se connaissent pas, apprennent, devenues adultes, à s'accepter. Parallèlement, les deux actrices qui jouent le rôle de cette fiction dans le film parlent des personnages ... See full summary »
Director: Micheline Lanctôt | Stars: Pascale Bussières, Pascale Paroissien, François Delisle, Suzanne Garceau
Votes: 52
60. La Florida (1993)
Not Rated | 112 min | Comedy
Tired of rough winters, a Quebec family buys a motel in south Florida. But life is not easy down where motels grow faster than grass. Two bigger businessmen are out to get them for invading... See full summary »
Director: George Mihalka | Stars: Rémy Girard, Pauline Lapointe, Yvan Canuel, Jason Blicker
Votes: 527 | Gross: $1.60M
61. 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
62. King of the Airways (1994)
95 min | Comedy, Romance
Louis has always had a dream, to be on television. But when he enters a contest and wins, the first prize involves a cameraman following him everywhere for three months. The only problem is... See full summary »
Director: Michel Poulette | Stars: Martin Drainville, Zhenhu Han, Chantal Fontaine, Gilbert Lachance
Votes: 584 | Gross: $1.57M
63. 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
64. 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
65. 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
66. Zigrail (1995)
78 min
André and Kim are a young couple living together in Montréal. André works with his family in Bungee jumping business while Kim must go to study in Turkey. André stays at home until he ... See full summary »
Director: André Turpin | Stars: André Charlebois, Dorothée Berryman, Ariane Cordeau, Sonia Vigneault
Votes: 73
67. Liste noire (1995)
90 min | Drama, Thriller
A judge is caught with a prostitute. She provides a list of her clients which includes several high-profile judges and politicians. This triggers a series of disturbing events creating an atmosphere of danger and intrigue.
Director: Jean-Marc Vallée | Stars: Michel Côté, Geneviève Brouillette, Sylvie Bourque, Raymond Cloutier
Votes: 587 | Gross: $1.77M
68. 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
69. Stowaways (1997)
98 min | Drama
With the help of a smuggler, a group of illegal immigrants attempt to leave France on a cargo ship headed for Canada. They succeed in sneaking into a container which is deposited at the bottom of the ship's hold.
Directors: Denis Chouinard, Nicolas Wadimoff | Stars: Ovidiu Balan, Moussa Maaskri, Simona Maicanescu, Anton Kouznetsov
Votes: 138
70. Nô (1998)
85 min | Comedy, Drama
This Canadian comedy, filmed in black and white and color and adapted from Lepage's play The Seven Branches of the River Ota. In October 1970, Montreal actress Sophie (Anne-Marie Cadieux) ... See full summary »
Director: Robert Lepage | Stars: Anne-Marie Cadieux, Alexis Martin, Marie Gignac, Richard Fréchette
Votes: 449 | Gross: $0.00M
71. 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
72. 2 Seconds (1998)
100 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Laurie, a professional downhill racer gets fired because of her slight overindulgence in irresponsibility.
Director: Manon Briand | Stars: Charlotte Laurier, Dino Tavarone, Jonathan Bolduc, Suzanne Clément
Votes: 565
73. 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
74. 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
75. 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
76. L'erreur boréale (1999)
70 min | Documentary
Sommes-nous en train de détruire la forêt boréale? Ce long métrage documentaire, réalisé par Richard Desjardins et Robert Monderie, dénonce l'exploitation erratique et abusive de la forêt ... See full summary »
Directors: Richard Desjardins, Robert Monderie
Votes: 205
77. 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
78. Matroni and Me (1999)
101 min | Comedy, Crime
Gilles meets Guylaine on a beach. He's a bookish scholar with glasses; she's a waitress in a blue-collar bar in a rough part of Montreal. Gilles comes for a visit... Guylaine's brother Bob ... See full summary »
Director: Jean-Philippe Duval | Stars: Alexis Martin, Pierre Lebeau, Guylaine Tremblay, Gary Boudreault
Votes: 341 | Gross: $0.13M
79. 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
80. 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
81. Bacon, le film (2001)
82 min | Documentary
Documentaire sur les conséquences sociales et environnementales de la multiplication rapide des mégaporcheries. Abandonnés par l'état, des groupes de citoyens élèvent la voix et se ... See full summary »
Director: Hugo Latulippe
Votes: 15
82. Lost and Delirious (2001)
R | 103 min | Drama, Romance
After starting at an upmarket boarding school, a teenage girl forms close friendships with her two older roommates. However, when she discovers that her new friends are lovers she finds herself caught in a complicated situation.
Director: Léa Pool | Stars: Piper Perabo, Jessica Paré, Mischa Barton, Jackie Burroughs
Votes: 22,335 | Gross: $0.30M
83. La loi du cochon (2001)
98 min | Action, Comedy, Thriller
Deux soeurs, Stéphane et Bettie Brousseau risquent de perdre la porcherie, héritée de leur père, qu'elles opèrent ensemble. Joueuse compulsive, Stéphane a de la difficulté à épargner. Elle ... See full summary »
Director: Erik Canuel | Stars: Isabel Richer, Sylvain Marcel, Catherine Trudeau, Jean-Nicolas Verreault
Votes: 448
84. Mariages (2001)
95 min | Drama, History, Romance
A 19th century ghost story set in French Canada. When Yvonne's young romance is thwarted by her sister, she heads to the woods in search of a supernatural solution.
Director: Catherine Martin | Stars: Marie-Ève Bertrand, Guylaine Tremblay, Hélène Loiselle, Mirianne Brûlé
Votes: 90
85. 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
86. 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
87. 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
88. 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
89. 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
90. Mambo Italiano (2003)
R | 99 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
The son of Italian immigrants to Canada struggles to find the best way to reveal to his parents that he's gay.
Director: Émile Gaudreault | Stars: Luke Kirby, Peter Miller, Ginette Reno, Paul Sorvino
Votes: 6,954 | Gross: $6.24M
91. 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
92. Monica la mitraille (2004)
125 min | Drama
The oldest daughter of an impoverished Montreal family, Monique Sparvieri vows to find a way to get out of the ghetto in which she lives. Abandoned by Michael, the love of her life, Monique... See full summary »
Director: Pierre Houle | Stars: Céline Bonnier, Roy Dupuis, Patrick Huard, Frank Schorpion
Votes: 550
93. 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
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. 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
97. 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
98. 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
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. The Fight (2007)
87 min | Drama
A coming-of-age saga set in the slums of Montreal as a young boy comes to grips with the temptations of the street while hopelessly aspiring to become a professional wrestler.
Director: Anaïs Barbeau-Lavalette | Stars: Maxime Desjardins-Tremblay, Maxime Dumontier, Julianne Côté, Jean-François Casabonne
Votes: 244
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