| Title
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Director
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Cast
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Genre
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Notes
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| Agency |
George Kaczender |
Robert Mitchum, Lee Majors, Valerie Perrine, Alexandra Stewart, Saul Rubinek |
Drama/thriller |
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| Atlantic City |
Louis Malle |
Burt Lancaster, Susan Sarandon, Michel Piccoli, Hollis McLaren, Robert Joy, Al Waxman, Kate Reid, Moses Znaimer, Robert Goulet |
A Canadian-French-U.S. crime drama/ romance set in Atlantic City, NJ, |
The first Canadian film to receive a Best Picture Oscar nomination.
|
| Bad Company |
Peter Vronsky |
Clay Borris |
Drama |
Straight to video
|
| Challenger: An Industrial Romance |
Stephen Low |
|
Documentary |
|
| The Changeling |
Peter Medak |
George C. Scott, Trish Van Devere, Melvyn Douglas, Jean Marsh, John Colicos, Barry Morse |
Thriller |
Golden Reel Award
|
| The Coffin Affair (L'Affaire Coffin) |
Jean-Claude Labrecque |
August Schellenberg, Gabriel Arcand |
Docudrama |
Based on the case of Wilbert Coffin
|
| Coming Out Alive |
Don McBrearty |
Helen Shaver, Scott Hylands, Michael Ironside |
Thriller |
|
| Cordélia |
Jean Beaudin |
Louise Portal, Gilbert Sicotte, James Blendick |
Historical drama |
Genie Award – Costumes; based on a novel by Pauline Cadieux
|
| The Courage of Kavik the Wolf Dog |
Peter Carter |
|
Adventure |
|
| Deadly Companion |
George Bloomfield |
Michael Sarrazin, Anthony Perkins, John Candy |
Mystery, thriller |
|
| Death Ship |
Alvin Rakoff |
George Kennedy, Richard Crenna, Nick Mancuso, Sally Ann Howes, Kate Reid |
Horror |
|
| The Dream Never Dies |
William Johnston |
Ken Read |
Documentary |
|
| Fantastica |
Gilles Carle |
Carole Laure, Lewis Furey, Serge Reggiani, Claudine Auger, John Vernon |
Musical fantasy |
Genie Award – Costumes; entered into the 1980 Cannes Film Festival
|
| Final Assignment |
Paul Almond |
Geneviève Bujold, Michael York, Burgess Meredith, Colleen Dewhurst |
Drama |
|
| Funeral Home |
William Fruet |
Lesleh Donaldson, Kay Hawtrey, Harvey Atkin |
Horror |
|
| Girls |
Just Jaeckin |
Anne Parillaud |
Drama |
French-German-Canadian coproduction
|
| Good Riddance (Les Bons débarras) |
Francis Mankiewicz |
Charlotte Laurier, Marie Tifo, Germain Houde, Louise Marleau, Roger Lebel, Gilbert Sicotte |
Drama |
AV Preservation Trust Masterwork
|
| The Handyman (L'Homme à tout faire) |
Micheline Lanctôt |
Jocelyn Bérubé, Andrée Pelletier, Marcel Sabourin |
Drama |
|
| Hank Williams: The Show He Never Gave |
David Acomba |
Sneezy Waters, Dixie Seatle, Sean McCann |
Musical, biographical drama |
|
| Head On |
Michael Grant |
Sally Kellerman, Lawrence Dane, Stephen Lack |
Drama |
|
| Hey Babe! |
Rafal Zielinski |
Buddy Hackett, Yasmine Bleeth |
Musical |
|
| History of the World in Three Minutes Flat |
Michael Mills |
Vlasta Vrána |
Animated short |
|
| Hog Wild |
Les Rose |
|
Comedy |
|
| Hot Dogs (Les chiens chauds) |
Claude Fournier |
|
|
|
| The Hounds of Notre Dame |
Zale Dalen |
Thomas Peacocke, Frances Hyland, Barry Morse, David Ferry |
Drama |
Genie Award – Actor (Peacocke)
|
| It Rained All Night the Day I Left |
Nicolas Gessner |
Tony Curtis, Louis Gossett Jr., Sally Kellerman |
Comedy |
|
| Jack London's Klondike Fever |
Peter Carter |
Jeff East, Gordon Pinsent, Lorne Greene, Barry Morse, Rod Steiger, Angie Dickerson |
Adventure |
Genie Award – Supporting Actor (Pinsent)
|
| The Kidnapping of the President |
George Mendeluk |
William Shatner, Hal Holbrook, Van Johnson, Ava Gardner, Maury Chaykin |
Political thriller |
Based on a novel by Charles Templeton; made with U.S. financing
|
| The Last Chase |
Martyn Burke |
Lee Majors, Chris Makepeace, Burgess Meredith, Alexandra Stewart |
Sci-fi drama |
Made with U.S. financing
|
| The Lucky Star |
Max Fischer |
Lou Jacobi, Rod Steiger, Louise Fletcher, Brett Marx, Helen Hughes |
Holocaust melodrama |
Genie Awards – Adapted Screenplay, Musical Score, Sound Editing
|
| Middle Age Crazy |
John Trent |
Bruce Dern, Ann-Margret, Eric Christmas |
Drama |
Made with U.S. financing
|
| No Looking Back |
Dennis Hopper |
Dennis Hopper, Linda Manz |
Drama |
|
| Nothing Personal |
George Bloomfield |
Donald Sutherland, Suzanne Somers, Lawrence Dane, Roscoe Lee Browne, Dabney Coleman |
Comedy |
Made with U.S. financing
|
| Phobia |
John Huston |
Paul Michael Glaser, Susan Hogan, John Colicos, Patricia Collins |
Drama |
The American director John Huston’s only Canadian film. His father, Walter Huston, was born in Toronto.
|
| Pinball Summer |
George Mihalka |
Michael Zelniker, Carl Marotte |
Teen comedy |
|
| Prom Night |
Paul Lynch |
Leslie Nielsen, Jamie Lee Curtis |
Slasher film |
Jamie Lee Curtis cemented her early reputation as the ‘scream queen’ with this slasher tale of revenge.
|
| Some Even Fall in Love (Plusieurs tombent en amour) |
Guy Simoneau |
|
Documentary |
|
| Speak White |
Pierre Falardeau, Julien Poulin |
Marie Eykel |
Short |
Recitation of Michèle Lalonde's influential poem of the same name
|
| The Strongest Man in the World |
Halya Kuchmij |
Mike Swistun |
Short documentary |
|
| Suzanne |
Robin Spry |
Jennifer Dale, Winston Rekert, Gabriel Arcand |
Romance, drama |
|
| The Sweater |
Sheldon Cohen |
|
National Film Board animated short |
Adaptation of Roch Carrier children's story; BAFTA – Animated Short
|
| Tanya's Island |
Alfred Sole |
|
Fantasy |
|
| Terror Train |
Roger Spottiswoode |
Ben Johnson, Jamie Lee Curtis |
Slasher film |
Made with U.S. financing
|
| Tribute |
Bob Clark |
Jack Lemmon, Robby Benson, Lee Remick |
Drama based on the play by Bernard Slade |
Academy Award nomination – Actor (Lemmon)
|
| A Wives' Tale (Une histoire de femmes) |
Sophie Bissonnette, Martin Duckworth, Joyce Rock |
|
Documentary |
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