List of Canadian films of 2021

This is a list of Canadian films released in 2021:

Title Director Cast Notes Ref
The 108 Journey Hugo Rozon, Mathieu Perrault Lapierre [1]
Affairs of the Art Joanna Quinn [2]
Altar Boy Serville Poblete Mark Bacolcol, Shai Barcia [3]
Artificial Immortality Ann Shin [4]
Ain't No Time for Women (Y'a pas d'heure pour les femmes) Sarra El Abed [5]
Ajjigiingiluktaaqtaugut (We Are All Different) Lindsay McIntyre
Albedo Stephen A. Smith
Aline Valérie Lemercier Valérie Lemercier, Roc Lafortune, Danielle Fichaud, Sylvain Marcel [6]
All My Puny Sorrows Michael McGowan Alison Pill, Sarah Gadon, Amybeth McNulty Adaptation of the novel by Miriam Toews [7]
Alone (Seuls) Paul Tom [8]
Altar Boy Serville Poblete Mark Bacolcol, Shai Barcia, Pablo Quiogue, Emily Beattie, Denzel Brooks, Blake Canning [9]
Angakusajaujuq: The Shaman's Apprentice Zacharias Kunuk Madeline Ivalu, Jacky Qrunnut, Lucy Tulugarjuk [10]
Anne Murray: Full Circle Morgan Elliott, Adrian Buitenhuis Anne Murray [11]
Archipelago (Archipel) Félix Dufour-Laperrière [12]
Babushka Kristina Wagenbauer [13]
Bad Seeds (Mauvaises herbes) Claude Cloutier [14]
Be Still Elizabeth Lazebnik Piercey Dalton [15]
Beneath the Surface (Le Lac des hommes) Marie-Geneviève Chabot [16]
The Benevolents (Les Bienveillants) Sarah Baril Gaudet [17]
Best Sellers Lina Roessler Michael Caine, Aubrey Plaza, Scott Speedman [18]
Between Them (Toutes les deux) Noël Mitrani Veronika Leclerc Strickland, Mélanie Elliott, Vitali Makarov [19]
Between Us Cailleah Scott-Grimes [20]
Big Giant Wave (Comme une vague) Marie-Julie Dallaire [21]
Big Things Eric Peterson
The Blactor Rukiya Bernard
The Boathouse Hannah Cheesman Michaela Kurimsky, Alan Van Sprang, Taylor Belle, Jack Fulton
Boobs (Lolos) Marie Valade [10]
Bootlegger Caroline Monnet Devery Jacobs, Pascale Bussières, Samian, Jacques Newashish, Dominique Pétin [22]
Brain Freeze Julien Knafo Roy Dupuis [23]
Brothers (Bhai) Hamza Bangash [10]
Canucks Riot I Lewis Bennett [24]
Captive Mellissa Fung [25]
Carmen Valerie Buhagiar Natascha McElhone, Steven Love, Richard Clarkin [9]
Catching a Serial Killer: Bruce McArthur James Buddy Day [26]
Chocolate Charlene Moore
Cinema of Sleep Jeffrey St. Jules Dayo Ade, Getenesh Berhe, Jonas Chernick, Oluniké Adeliyi [27]
Coextinction Gloria Pancrazi, Elena Jean [28]
Confessions of a Hitman (Confessions) Luc Picard Luc Picard, David La Haye, Sandrine Bisson [29]
La Contemplation du mystère Albéric Aurtenèche Emmanuel Schwartz, Sarah-Jeanne Labrosse, Gilles Renaud, François Papineau, Martin Dubreuil [30]
Damascus Dreams Émilie Serri
Darkroom Lukas Maier
Dawn, Her Dad and the Tractor Shelley Thompson Maya Henry, Robb Wells, Amy Groening [31]
Dead Man's Switch: A Crypto Mystery Sheona McDonald [32]
Dear Audrey Jeremiah Hayes Martin Duckworth, Audrey Schirmer [33]
Dear Jackie Henri Pardo [34]
Defund Khadijah Roberts-Abdullah, Araya Mengesha Khadijah Roberts-Abdullah, Araya Mengesha [10]
Dehors Serge dehors Martin Fournier, Pier-Luc Latulippe Serge Thériault [35]
The Desperate Hour Phillip Noyce Naomi Watts [36]
The Displeasure (La Grogne) Alisi Telengut [37]
Donkeyhead Agam Darshi Agam Darshi, Stephen Lobo, Sandy Sidhu, Husein Madhavji, Kim Coates [38]
Drifting Snow Ryan Noth Sonja Smits, Jonas Bonnetta, Colin Mochrie, Linda Goranson [39]
Drinkwater Stephen Campanelli Eric McCormack, Daniel Doheny [40]
Drunken Birds (Les oiseaux ivres) Ivan Grbovic Jorge Antonio Guerrero, Marine Johnson [10]
Dust Bath Seth A. Smith [10]
Evan's Drum Ossie Michelin [41]
Evelyne Carl Bessai Rumbie Muzofa [9]
The Exchange Dan Mazer Ed Oxenbould, Avan Jogia, Justin Hartley [42]
The Face of Anonymous Gary Lang Christopher Doyon [43]
Fanmi Sandrine Brodeur-Desrosiers, Carmine Pierre-Dufour Mireille Metellus, Marie-Evelyne Lessard [10]
Fanny: The Right to Rock Bobbi Jo Hart Fanny [44]
Far Beyond the Pasturelands (Au-delà des hautes vallées) Maude Plante-Husaruk, Maxime Lacoste-Lebuis [45]
A Father's Diary Golam Mustofa Afroz Khan, Nidhi Dhara, Brittany Clough, Deepa Khandakar, Christy Eveleigh [46]
Felix and the Treasure of Morgäa (Félix et le trésor de Morgäa) Nicola Lemay Karine Vanasse, Guy Nadon, Marc Labrèche [47]
Flower Boy Anya Chirkova
Flowing Home (Như một dòng sông) Sandra Desmazières [48]
Forest for the Trees Rita Leistner [49]
Freebird Michael Joseph McDonald, Joe Bluhm, Nicholas Herd
Fresh Water David Kalinauskas Antonio Lennert [50]
Gabor Joannie Lafrenière Gabor Szilasi [51]
The Gig Is Up Shannon Walsh [52]
The Good Woman of Sichuan Sabrina Zhao [53]
Goodbye Happiness (Au revoir le bonheur) Ken Scott Francois Arnaud, Antoine Bertrand [54]
The Guide to the Perfect Family (Le guide de la famille parfaite) Ricardo Trogi Louis Morissette, Émilie Bierre, Catherine Chabot [55]
Handle With Care: The Legend of the Notic Streetball Crew Jeremy Schaulin-Rioux, Kirk Thomas [56]
Hands That Bind Kyle Armstrong Paul Sparks, Landon Liboiron, Nicholas Campbell, Susan Kent, Bruce Dern [57]
The Hangman at Home Michelle Kranot, Uri Kranot [58]
Hatha Asia Youngman
Heavy Petting Brendan Prost
Heirdoms (Soumissions) Emmanuel Tardif Martin Dubreuil, Charlotte Aubin, Lucette Chalifoux, Félix Grenier, Léa Roy
Hell or Clean Water Cody Westman Shawn Bath [59]
His Name Is Ray Michael Del Monte [60]
Honour to Senator Murray Sinclair Alanis Obomsawin [5]
The Horses Liz Cairns
How to Fix Radios Emily Russell, Casper Leonard James Rudden, Dimitri Watson [61]
If from Every Tongue It Drips Sharlene Bamboat [62]
In the Jam Jar Colin Nixon France Castel, Alain Goulem [63]
In the Rumbling Belly of Motherland Brishkay Ahmed [64]
Indigenous Dads Peter Brass [24]
Inès Renée Beaulieu Rosalie Bonenfant, Roy Dupuis, Noémie Godin-Vigneau, Martin Dubreuil [9]
The Inhuman (L'Inhumain) Jason Brennan Samian, Jeanne Roux-Côté, Véronique Beaudet [27]
International Dawn Chorus Day John Greyson [53]
Islands Martin Edralin Rogelio Balagtas, Vangie Alcasid, Esteban Comilang, Sheila Lotuaco [65]
The Isobel Imprint Ali Grant
Jean Swanson: We Need a New Map Teresa Alfield Jean Swanson [24]
Joutel Alexa-Jeanne Dubé Pierre Curzi, Marie Tifo [66]
Kicking Blood Blaine Thurier Alanna Bale, Luke Bilyk [67]
Kímmapiiyipitssini: The Meaning of Empathy Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers [20]
Kiri and the Girl Grace Dove
Lamya's Poem Alexander Kronemer Mena Massoud, Millie Davis [68]
The Last Tourist Tyson Sadler
Learn to Swim Thyrone Tommy Thomas Antony Olajide, Emma Ferreira [67]
Like a House on Fire Jesse Noah Klein Sarah Sutherland, Jared Abrahamson, Dominique Provost-Chalkley [69]
Like the Ones I Used to Know (Les Grandes claques) Annie St-Pierre Steve Laplante, Lilou Roy-Lanouette, Larissa Corriveau [5]
Little Bird Tim Myles [10]
Livrés chez vous sans contact Gaëlle d'Ynglemare Jean-Marie Corbeil, François Maranda [70]
Lune Arturo Pérez Torres, Aviva Armour-Ostroff Aviva Armour-Ostroff, Chloe Van Landschoot, Vlad Alexis [27]
Maria Alec Pronovost Mariana Mazza [23]
Maria Chapdelaine Sébastien Pilote Sara Montpetit, Émile Schneider, Antoine Olivier Pilon, Robert Naylor, Hélène Florent, Sébastien Ricard [71]
Mary Two-Axe Earley: I Am Indian Again Courtney Montour
Medicine and Magic Thirza Cuthand [53]
Memory Box Joana Hadjithomas, Khalil Joreige Rim Turki, Manal Issa, Paloma Vauthier Canadian-Lebanese-French coproduction [72]
Meneath: The Hidden Island of Ethics Terril Calder Lake Delisle, Kent McQuaid, Gail Maurice [10]
The Middle Man Bent Hamer Pål Sverre Hagen, Tuva Novotny, Paul Gross, Don McKellar, Rossif Sutherland Canadian-Danish-German-Norwegian coproduction [73]
Militant Mother Carmen Pollard
Mimine Simon Laganière Stéphane Breton, Laurent Lemaire, Émilie Lévesque [74]
The Mohel Charles Wahl
Motherly Craig David Wallace Lora Burke, Tessa Kozma, Kristen MacCulloch, Nick Smyth [75]
Mouth Congress Paul Bellini, Scott Thompson Paul Bellini, Scott Thompson, Kevin McDonald [76]
My Tree Jason Sherman
Nalujuk Night Jennie Williams [41]
NBA Films for Fans Kathleen Jayme, Shawn Gerrard, Romeo Candido, S.M. Turrell, Thyrone Tommy Anthology of five short documentary films about basketball [77]
News from Home Sara Wylie
Night Blooms Stephanie Joline Jessica Clement, Nick Stahl [78]
Night Raiders Danis Goulet Amanda Plummer, Shaun Sipos, Eric Osborne, Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers, Gail Maurice [79]
No Trace (Nulle trace) Simon Lavoie Monique Gosselin, Nathalie Doummar, Victor Andrés Trelles Turgeon [80]
The Noise of Engines (Le bruit des moteurs) Philippe Grégoire Robert Naylor, Arnmundur Ernst Björnsson, Marc Beaupré [81]
Nouveau Québec Sarah Fortin Christine Beaulieu, Jean-Sébastien Courchesne, Jean-Luc Kanapé [27]
Nuisance Bear Jack Weisman, Gabriela Osio Vanden [10]
On Either Side Elisa Julia Gilmour
One of Ours Yasmine Mathurin [20]
Operation Luchador Alain Vézina [23]
Oscar Peterson: Black and White Barry Avrich [82]
Ousmane Jorge Camarotti [10]
Pat Rocco Dared Morris Chapdelaine, Bob Christie Pat Rocco [83]
Peace by Chocolate Jonathan Keijser Ayham Abou Ammar, Hatem Ali, Yara Sabri [84]
The Perfect Victim (La parfaite victime) Monic Néron, Émilie Perreault [85]
Perfecting the Art of Longing Kitra Cahana [86]
Personals Sasha Argirov
Portraits from a Fire Trevor Mack William Lulua, Nathaniel Arcand, Asivak Koostachin [87]
Première vague Max Dufaud, Kevin T. Landry, Reda Lahmouid, Rémi Fréchette [88]
Prometheus Marie Farsi
Quickening Haya Waseem [67]
Range Roads Kyle Thomas Alana Hawley Purvis, Joe Perry, Kris Demeanor, Chad Brownlee [89]
Records Alan Zweig
The Retreat Pat Mills Tommie-Amber Pirie, Sarah Allen [90]
Returning Home Sean Stiller Phyllis Webstad [91]
A Revision (Une révision) Catherine Therrien Patrice Robitaille, Nour Belkhiria [92]
The Righteous Mark O'Brien Henry Czerny, Mimi Kuzyk, Mark O'Brien, Kate Corbett [93]
Run Woman Run Zoe Leigh Hopkins Dakota Ray Hebert, Asivak Koostachin, Lorne Cardinal, Craig Lauzon, Gary Farmer [27]
A Safe Distance Gloria Mercer
Ste. Anne Rhayne Vermette [53]
Sam Yan England Antoine-Olivier Pilon, Mylène Mackay [94]
Saturday Night Rosana Matecki [10]
Scarborough Shasha Nakhai, Rich Williamson Liam Diaz, Essence Fox, Anna Claire Beitel [67]
The Scattering of Man (DƏNE YI’INJETL) Luke Gleeson [95]
The Secret Society Rebecca Campbell [9]
See for Me Randall Okita Skyler Davenport, Kim Coates [96]
A Small Fortune Adam Perry Stephen Oates, Liane Balaban, Andrea Bang, Joel Thomas Hynes [97]
Social Hygiene (Hygiène sociale) Denis Côté Maxim Gaudette, Larissa Corriveau, Évelyne Rompré [98]
Solitary Skies Amanda Cassidy
Someone Like Me Steve J. Adams, Sean Horlor [99]
Spearphishing Tim McKort Alex Gallant, Kennedy Chester, Dwight Dawn [100]
Spirit to Soar Tanya Talaga [101]
Srikandi Andrea Nirmala Widjajanto [10]
Still Max Katherine Knight Max Dean [102]
Stray Ducks (Canards errants) Bruno Chouinard [103]
Stupid for You Jude Klassen [104]
Subjects of Desire Jennifer Holness [105]
The Syed Family Xmas Eve Game Night Fawzia Mirza Kausar Mohammed, Vico Ortiz [10]
Tanglewood Ben Bruhmuller
Tenzin Michael LeBlanc, Josh Reichmann Tenzin Kelsang [106]
They Dance With Their Heads (Ils dansent avec leurs têtes) Thomas Corriveau [107]
Things We Feel But Do Not Say Lauren Grant
The Time Thief (L'Arracheuse de temps) Francis Leclerc Céline Bonnier, Guillaume Cyr, Pier-Luc Funk, Marc Messier, Émile Proulx-Cloutier [108]
Tla-o-qui-aht Dugout Canoe Steven Davies
Together Albert Shin Kim Jae-rok, Ahn So-yo [10]
Twelve Hours Paul Shkordoff [10]
Tzouhalem Harold Joe, Leslie Bland [109]
The Untouchable Avazeh Shahnavaz [24]
A Void Dominique Van Olm
Wars (Guerres) Nicolas Roy Éléonore Loiselle, David La Haye, Fanny Mallette [110]
The White Fortress (Tabija) Igor Drljaca Pavle Čemerikić, Sumeja Dardagan [111]
We Are the Menstruators Nadia Giosia [23]
We're All in This Together Katie Boland Katie Boland, Martha Burns, Alisha Newton, Adam Butcher [27]
Wildhood Bretten Hannam Phillip Lewitski, Joshua Odjick [67]
Without You Mina Shum [24]
Wochiigii lo: End of the Peace Heather Hatch [112]
Woman in Car Vanya Rose Hélène Joy, Carl Alacchi, Liane Balaban [113]
The Zama Zama Project Rosalind Morris [53]
Zero Lee Filipovski [10]
Zo Reken Emanuel Licha [20]
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