Le meilleur de la nouvelle vague québécoise (ou Renouveau du cinéma québécois)
by jay-25888 | created - 03 Sep 2020 | updated - 09 Apr 2022 | PublicJ'ai tenté de réunir ce qui se fait de meilleur dans ce qu'on appelle la nouvelle vague québécoise. J'en oublie certainement.
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1. 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
2. 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: 22,217
3. Mommy (I) (2014)
R | 139 min | Drama
A widowed single mother, raising her violent son alone, finds new hope when a mysterious neighbor inserts herself into their household.
Director: Xavier Dolan | Stars: Anne Dorval, Antoine Olivier Pilon, Suzanne Clément, Patrick Huard
Votes: 61,870 | Gross: $3.49M
4. Nuit #1 (2011)
Unrated | 91 min | Drama
It starts as a one night stand that evolves in a long discussion with infinite subjects between a québécoise and an immigrant.
Director: Anne Émond | Stars: Catherine De Léan, Dimitri Storoge, Véronique Rebizov, Raphaël Boulanger
Votes: 890
5. Nelly (2016)
100 min | Biography, Drama
Inspired by the life and works of Nelly Arcan, a sex worker turned international literary star, lost between irreconcilable identities, whose life ended tragically.
Director: Anne Émond | Stars: Mylène Mackay, Milya Corbeil Gauvreau, Mickaël Gouin, Sylvie Drapeau
Votes: 588 | Gross: $0.00M
6. The Demons (2015)
Not Rated | 118 min | Drama
A young boy begins to experience the adult world as he enters adolescence.
Director: Philippe Lesage | Stars: Édouard Tremblay-Grenier, Pier-Luc Funk, Vassili Schneider, Sarah Mottet
Votes: 1,278
7. Genesis (2018)
Not Rated | 129 min | Drama
Three teenagers are shaken up by their first loves in the turmoil of their youth. At a time when others are conforming, they stand their ground and assert their right to love and be free.
Director: Philippe Lesage | Stars: Noée Abita, Théodore Pellerin, Pier-Luc Funk, Jules Roy-Sicotte
Votes: 1,419 | Gross: $0.01M
8. Family First (2018)
TV-MA | 87 min | Drama
JP and Vincent, two brothers from a dysfunctional family, get involved in their uncle's drug cartel. Things quickly start spiraling out of control for Vincent, the younger and more unstable of the two.
Director: Sophie Dupuis | Stars: Théodore Pellerin, Jean-Simon Leduc, Paul Ahmarani, Andres Alfaro
Votes: 585
9. Maudite poutine (2016)
91 min | Drama
Caught stealing drugs, 27-year-old Vincent is in trouble and on the run from the local mob. Fleeing to the backwoods, Vincent unexpectedly reconnects with his brother Michel with whom he ... See full summary »
Director: Karl Lemieux | Stars: Jean-Simon Leduc, Martin Dubreuil, Francis La Haye, Robin Aubert
Votes: 139
10. Laughter (2020)
124 min | Drama
Mixing realism and worrying strangeness, Le Rire presents a humane exploration of the survivor's syndrome, the grieving process, the distance of time, the power of love, and the joy of being alive.
Director: Martin Laroche | Stars: Alexandre Landry, Christine Beaulieu, Micheline Lanctôt, Léane Labrèche-Dor
Votes: 158
11. Kuessipan (2019)
G | 117 min | Drama
Two girls grow up as best friends in an Innu community who promised each other to stick together no matter what. But their friendship is shaken when Mikuan falls for a white boy.
Director: Myriam Verreault | Stars: Ariel Fontaine St-Onge, Katinen Grégoire-Fontaine, Joe Fontaine, Mike Innu Papu Mckenzie
Votes: 929
12. 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
13. Before the Streets (2016)
95 min | Crime, Drama
Before the Streets is a drama film directed by Chloé Leriche. Set among the Atikamekw people, the film stars Rykko Bellemare as Shawnouk, a man undertaking the process of restorative justice after accidentally killing someone.
Director: Chloé Leriche | Stars: Rykko Bellemare, Kwena Bellemare-Boivin, Jacques Newashish, Janis Ottawa
Votes: 140
14. Rustic Oracle (2019)
101 min | Drama
Set in the late 90s, Rustic Oracle is a dramatic feature about Ivy, an 8-year-old girl trying to understand what happened to her big sister who has vanished from their small Mohawk ... See full summary »
Director: Sonia Bonspille Boileau | Stars: Lake Delisle, Carmen Moore, McKenzie Deer Robinson, Margo Kane
Votes: 145
15. 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
16. 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
17. Ghost Town Anthology (2019)
Not Rated | 97 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
In a small and isolated town, Simon Dubé dies in a car accident. The stunned townspeople are reluctant to discuss the circumstances of the tragedy. From that point on time seems to lose all meaning, and the days stretch on without end.
Director: Denis Côté | Stars: Robert Naylor, Josée Deschênes, Jean-Michel Anctil, Larissa Corriveau
Votes: 1,507
18. Claire l'hiver (Winter Claire) (2017)
65 min | Comedy
As a malfunctioning cargo spaceship is threatening to crash to the Earth, Claire is going through a difficult winter.
Director: Sophie Bédard Marcotte | Stars: Samuel Brassard, Sophie Bédard Marcotte, Alexa-Jeanne Dubé, Micheline Lanctôt
Votes: 44
19. A Colony (2018)
102 min | Drama
Between high school pressure and family disorganisation, Mylia is trying to find her bearings. Meeting Jacinthe and Jimmy will lead her to outline a new life.
Director: Geneviève Dulude-De Celles | Stars: Robin Aubert, Josée Beaulieu, Emilie Bierre, Émilie Bierre
Votes: 1,069
20. Le nid (2018)
84 min | Drama, Mystery
In order to save his love relationship, an actor gets involved in a strange experiment organized by his troubled girlfriend. Confined to a sinister location, he has to follow a weird ... See full summary »
Director: David Paradis | Stars: Isabelle Blais, Pierre-Luc Brillant, Danaé Bégin
Votes: 48
21. À tous ceux qui ne me lisent pas (2018)
107 min | Drama
All his life, Yves dedicated himself to poetry, carrying his suitcase to any couch that would welcome him. When he storms into Dyane's life, a graphic designer who falls for his charms, her... See full summary »
Director: Yan Giroux | Stars: Martin Dubreuil, Christian Jadah, Henri Richer-Picard, Jocelyn Tellier
Votes: 106 | Gross: $0.04M
22. 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
23. 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
24. The Fireflies Are Gone (2018)
96 min | Drama
A frustrated teenager frees herself from her mother's influence and her narrow life in a small industrial town to find out who she really is.
Director: Sébastien Pilote | Stars: Karelle Tremblay, Pierre-Luc Brillant, François Papineau, Luc Picard
Votes: 620 | Gross: $0.24M
25. 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
26. Felix and Meira (2014)
R | 105 min | Drama, Romance
In Félix and Meira, an unusual romance blossoms between two lost souls who inhabit the same neighborhood but vastly different worlds.
Director: Maxime Giroux | Stars: Martin Dubreuil, Hadas Yaron, Luzer Twersky, Melissa Weisz
Votes: 1,639 | Gross: $0.45M
27. The Great Darkened Days (2018)
95 min | Drama, History
While a world war rages, Philippe, a draft-dodger from Quebec, takes refuge in the American West, surviving by competing in Charlie Chaplin impersonation contests. As Philippe makes his ... See full summary »
Director: Maxime Giroux | Stars: Martin Dubreuil, Romain Duris, Reda Kateb, Sarah Gadon
Votes: 517
28. 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: 1,843
29. The Year I Became a Liar (2009)
Not Rated | 102 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
Filmmaker Ricardo Trogi recalls the events surrounding his family moving to a new neighborhood when he was 11 years old.
Director: Ricardo Trogi | Stars: Jean-Carl Boucher, Claudio Colangelo, Sandrine Bisson, Gabriel Maillé
Votes: 2,044
30. 1987 (2014)
105 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama
In 1987, Ricardo is 17. That summer, he has a busy schedule: lose his virginity, find a way to get into bars, have a car, spend time with friends.
Director: Ricardo Trogi | Stars: Jean-Carl Boucher, Sandrine Bisson, Claudio Colangelo, Laurent-Christophe De Ruelle
Votes: 1,598
31. 1991 (I) (2018)
101 min | Comedy
Ricardo recounts the adventures of his 21 year old self, when he went to Italy following love.
Director: Ricardo Trogi | Stars: Jean-Carl Boucher, Juliette Gosselin, Alexandre Nachi, Sandrine Bisson
Votes: 1,236 | Gross: $2.34M
32. Isla Blanca (2018)
80 min | Drama
Isla Blanca is a very personal project based on my own story. It's a first feature made with a low budget but in which i wanted to explore whit the actors a new way to go deeper in their own emotions.
Director: Jeanne Leblanc | Stars: Charlotte Aubin, Judith Baribeau, Théodore Pellerin, Luc Picard
Votes: 34
33. Les nôtres (2020)
103 min | Drama
OUR OWN is a social suspense about Magalie, a teenager who will have no choice but to take back the reins of her own life. Against all odds.
Director: Jeanne Leblanc | Stars: Emilie Bierre, Marianne Farley, Paul Doucet, Judith Baribeau
Votes: 189
34. Les scènes fortuites (2018)
80 min | Comedy
Damien Nadeau-Daneau, a young filmaker, is unable to finish a movie he started with french actor Denis Lavant. Indebted, he's working at a post-production company, far from his artistic ... See full summary »
Director: Guillaume Lambert | Stars: Guillaume Lambert, Valerie Cadieux, Sarianne Cormier, Livia Sassoli
Votes: 121
35. Fake Tattoos (2017)
Not Rated | 87 min | Drama, Romance
Theo spends his 18th birthday alone, getting drunk at a punk rock show. There, he meets Mag, a teenage girl who invites him to spend the night at her place...
Director: Pascal Plante | Stars: Anthony Therrien, Rose-Marie Perreault, Lysandre Nadeau, Brigitte Poupart
Votes: 540
36. Tuktuq (2016)
95 min | Drama
Director: Robin Aubert | Stars: Robin Aubert, Robert Morin, Brigitte Poupart
Votes: 63
37. Ravenous (2017)
TV-MA | 104 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
In the aftermath of an infectious outbreak, inhabitants of a village in rural Quebec find themselves confronting an invasion of ravenous zombie-like beings.
Director: Robin Aubert | Stars: Marc-André Grondin, Monia Chokri, Charlotte St-Martin, Micheline Lanctôt
Votes: 10,181
38. Endorphine (2015)
PG | 84 min | Drama
Complex time shifting drama revolving about a violent senseless murder and young witness.
Director: André Turpin | Stars: Sophie Nélisse, Mylène Mackay, Lise Roy, Guy Thauvette
Votes: 706
39. 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
40. It's Not Me, I Swear! (2008)
Not Rated | 110 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
During the summer of 1968, Leon, a 10-year-old boy, navigates the hardships of young love, his lunatic mother's whims, and his urges to vandalize the house of his neighbors.
Director: Philippe Falardeau | Stars: Antoine L'Écuyer, Gabriel Maillé, Catherine Faucher, Suzanne Clément
Votes: 2,400
41. 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: 21,189 | Gross: $2.01M
42. 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
43. Love in the Time of Civil War (2014)
Unrated | 120 min | Drama
Alex is a young addict who sells his body in Montreal (Canada). He's flanked by Bruno, Simon, Jeanne, Eric and Velma, all of them caught in the same spiral of compulsion. Hostage to ... See full summary »
Director: Rodrigue Jean | Stars: Alexandre Landry, Jean-Simon Leduc, Simon Lefebvre, Catherine-Audrey Lachapelle
Votes: 505
44. Speak Love (2019)
80 min | Drama
-A young girl, Liliane, leaves her empty house. She meets Maya, who's just a bit older. They bond, flee, fight, exchange passionate declarations - The dialogue is destabilizing and ... See full summary »
Director: Emmanuel Tardif | Stars: Patrick Abellard, Sylvio Archambault, Nathalie Breuer, Milya Corbeil Gauvreau
Votes: 15
45. Cuba merci-gracias (2018)
65 min | Drama
Two young women from Québec, Manu and Alexa-Jeanne, head to Cuba for a holiday. There, they soak up the rays, frolic in the surf, dine out and wander through Havana. The contours of their ... See full summary »
Director: Alex B. Martin | Stars: Marie-Emmanuelle Boileau, Alexa-Jeanne Dubé
Votes: 17
46. Rhymes for Young Ghouls (2013)
R | 88 min | Crime, Drama
Red Crow Mi'kmaq reservation, 1976: By government decree, every Indian child under the age of 16 must attend residential school. In the kingdom of the Crow, that means imprisonment at St. Dymphna's. That means being at the mercy of "Popper", the sadistic Indian agent who runs the school.
Director: Jeff Barnaby | Stars: Devery Jacobs, Glen Gould, Brandon Oakes, Roseanne Supernault
Votes: 1,470 | Gross: $0.00M
47. Blood Quantum (2019)
Not Rated | 98 min | Drama, Horror
The dead are coming back to life outside the isolated Mi'kmaq reserve of Red Crow, except for its Indigenous inhabitants who are strangely immune to the zombie plague.
Director: Jeff Barnaby | Stars: Michael Greyeyes, Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers, Forrest Goodluck, Kiowa Gordon
Votes: 5,413
48. La Chasse au Godard d'Abbittibbi (2013)
Not Rated | 100 min | Drama
In 1968, an internationally renowned French film director unexpectedly lands in Abitibi, in the northwest of Quebec, to conduct political and mass-media experiments. This event fuels the ... See full summary »
Director: Eric Morin | Stars: Sophie Desmarais, Alexandre Castonguay, Martin Dubreuil, René-Daniel Dubois
Votes: 132
49. We Are Gold (2019)
PG | 100 min | Drama
Ten years after the tragic death of her parents in a mining disaster, Marianne returns to her hometown. She returns to GOLD, the rock band formed by her childhood friends, Kristoff and ... See full summary »
Director: Eric Morin | Stars: Emmanuel Schwartz, Philippe B, Vincent Bilodeau, Pascal Binette
Votes: 57
50. Les loups (2014)
107 min | Drama
Elie, a young woman from the city, has come to a remote North Atlantic island. It's the spring thaw, and she is here to convalesce and get to know the community. The annual seal hunt is in ... See full summary »
Director: Sophie Deraspe | Stars: Cindy-Mae Arsenault, Patrice Bissonnette, Enrica Boucher, Evelyne Brochu
Votes: 218
51. Antigone (I) (2019)
109 min | Crime, Drama
A modern adaptation of the classic Greek tragedy which falls within a social realism. To the law of men, the young Antigone apposes her own sets of values.
Director: Sophie Deraspe | Stars: Nahéma Ricci, Rachida Oussaada, Nour Belkhiria, Rawad El-Zein
Votes: 1,869
52. 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
53. 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
54. 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
55. You're Sleeping, Nicole (2014)
Not Rated | 93 min | Comedy, Drama
While her parents are away, a young woman and her friend are hanging out for the summer, and are joined by her brother and his bandmates.
Director: Stéphane Lafleur | Stars: Julianne Côté, Pierre-Luc Lafontaine, Luc Senay, Anne-Renée Duhaime
Votes: 2,277
56. Ville Neuve (2018)
76 min | Animation, Drama
On the coast of the Canadian Gaspé Peninsula one summer, Joseph has moved in with a friend, where he succeeds in getting his ex-wife to accompany him. Against the background of the fiery ... See full summary »
Director: Félix Dufour-Laperrière | Stars: Robert Lalonde, Johanne-Marie Tremblay, Théodore Pellerin, Gildor Roy
Votes: 47
57. Laurentia (2011)
Not Rated | 120 min | Drama
Directors: Mathieu Denis, Simon Lavoie | Stars: Emmanuel Schwartz, Julie Royer, Érika, Karl Farah
Votes: 161
58. Those Who Make Revolution Halfway Only Dig Their Own Graves (2016)
183 min | Drama
A group of young people in Québec resolve to form a revolutionary cell together in the aftermath of student protests.
Directors: Mathieu Denis, Simon Lavoie | Stars: Charlotte Aubin, Laurent Bélanger, Emmanuelle Lussier Martinez, Gabrielle Boulianne-Tremblay
Votes: 433
59. 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
60. Nadia, Butterfly (2020)
Not Rated | 107 min | Drama, Sport
Nadia, an Olympic swimmer in her twenties, faces the challenges of her imminent retirement.
Director: Pascal Plante | Stars: Katerine Savard, Ariane Mainville, Hilary Caldwell, Cailin McMurray
Votes: 771
61. Underground (2020)
97 min | Drama
Maxime is a miner with a troubled past. After an explosion at his mine, Maxime attempts to find redemption by saving his fellow miners.
Director: Sophie Dupuis | Stars: Joakim Robillard, Jean-François Boudreau, Guillaume Cyr, Chantal Fontaine
Votes: 422
62. Impetus (2018)
94 min | Drama
In the process of her ongoing film shoot in NYC a filmmaker finds herself questioning the origin of impulsion.
Director: Jennifer Alleyn | Stars: Jennifer Alleyn, Pascale Bussières, Esfir Dyachkov, Besik Kazarian
Votes: 164
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