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teacher student relationship

6.7

♡ 9

79%

Jacob Tierney Director

Jay Baruchel as Leon Bronstein

Linda Malo as Marie

Tommie-Amber Pirie as Sarah Bronstein

Ricky Mabe as Tony

Leon Bronstein is not your average Montreal West high school student. For one thing, none of his peers can claim to be the reincarnation of early 20th century Soviet iconoclast and Red Army hero, Leon Trotsky. When his father sends Leon to public school as punishment for starting a hunger strike at Papa's clothing factory, Leon quickly lends new meaning to the term 'student union', determined as he is to live out his pre-ordained destiny to the fullest and change the world.

The Grizzlies

2018

7.5

♡ 19

87%

95%

based on a true story

Miranda de Pencier Director

Eric Schweig as Harry Aviak

Booboo Stewart as Kyle

Will Sasso as Mike

Ben Schnetzer as Russ Sheppard

In a small Arctic town struggling with the highest suicide rate in North America, a group of Inuit students' lives are transformed when they are introduced to the sport of lacrosse.

The Food of the Gods

1976

4.6

♡ 19

18%

Bert I. Gordon Director

Ralph Meeker as Bensington

John McLiam as Mr. Skinner

Ida Lupino as Mrs. Skinner

Belinda Balaski as Rita

Morgan and his friends are on a hunting trip on a remote Canadian island when they are attacked by a swarm of giant wasps. Looking for help, Morgan stumbles across a barn inhabited by an enormous killer chicken. After doing some exploring, they discover the entire island is crawling with animals that have somehow grown to giant size. The most dangerous of all of these, however, are the rats, who are mobilizing to do battle with the human intruders.

Fiend Without a Face

1958

6.1

♡ 3

67%

Arthur Crabtree Director

Kim Parker as Barbara Griselle

Terry Kilburn as Capt. Al Chester

Michael Balfour as Sgt. Kasper

Tom Watson as Technical Sergeant

An American airbase in Canada provokes resentment from the nearby residents after fallout from nuclear experiments at the base are blamed for a recent spate of disappearances. A captain from the airbase is assigned to investigate, and begins to suspect that an elderly British scientist who lives near the base and conducts research in the field of mind over matter knows more than he is letting on..

Zero Hour!

1957

false promises of a better life

6.6

♡ 7

43%

Hall Bartlett Director

Fintan Meyler as Hysterical Woman

Hope Summers as Older Woman

Mary Newton as Plane Passenger with Rosary Beads

Noel Drayton as Vancouver Control Man

In 1950s Canada, during a commercial flight, the pilots and some passengers suffer food poisoning, thus forcing an ex-WW2 fighter pilot to try to land the airliner in heavy fog.

The Road to Patriation

♡ 1

Robert A. Duncan Director

Alan Maitland as Narrated by

This feature documentary retraces the century of haggling by successive federal and provincial governments to agree on a formula to bring home the Canadian Constitution from England. This film concentrates on the politicking and lobbying that finally led to its patriation in 1982. Five prime ministers had failed before Prime Minister Pierre Elliott Trudeau took up the challenge in the early 1970s. Principal players in this documentary are federal Minister of Justice Jean Chrétien, Prime Minister Trudeau, 10 provincial premiers and a host of journalists, politicians, lawyers, and diplomats on both sides of the Atlantic.

Martha of the North

7.5

inuit

Marquise Lepage Director

In the mid-1950s, lured by false promises of a better life, Inuit families were displaced by the Canadian government and left to their own devices in the Far North. In this icy desert realm, Martha Flaherty and her family lived through one of Canadian history’s most sombre and little-known episodes.

Ambrosia

2012

3.4

♡ 3

Baharak Saeid Monir Director

Brian Dobson as Male radio news reporter

Pauline Egan as Monica

John Emmet Tracy as Real Estate Agent

Heather Doerksen as Sarah

Ambrosia is the story of an Iranian-Canadian couple, Ali and Leila, who dream of an exciting future in Vancouver: Ali owns a pizza shop and thinks of expanding and Leila is an up-and-coming clothing designer. However, their situations change dramatically when Ali's shop is affected by bad economy and Leila is hired to work at a fashion design firm.

Festival Express

2003

7.5

♡ 5

96%

Bob Smeaton Director

Terry David Mulligan as Self - Concert MC.

Levon Helm as Self - The Band

Robbie Robertson as Self - The Band

Rick Danko as Self - The Band

The filmed account of a large Canadian rock festival train tour boasting major acts. In the summer of 1970, a chartered train crossed Canada carrying some of the world's greatest rock bands. The Grateful Dead, Janis Joplin, The Band, Buddy Guy, and others lived (and partied) together for five days, stopping in major cities along the way to play live concerts. Their journey was filmed.

Streets of Plenty

6.1

Corey Ogilvie Director

Gregor Robertson as Self - Interviewee

Gabor Maté as Self - Interviewee

Thomas Kerr as Self - Interviewee

Misha Kleider as Self - Narrator

With the 2010 Olympics approaching, will the world get to know Vancouver's darkest secret? 'Streets of Plenty' chronicles one man's perilous journey to live in Vancouver's downtown east side ghetto. The rules of this twisted social experiment? Starting with only a pair of underwear, he must survive the harsh winter streets for 31 days. He has no money, no friends, no family, and most importantly, no home. He must navigate the institutions, policies and services alongside the thousands of people that call Vancouver's streets home.

Forbidden Love: The Unashamed Stories of Lesbian Lives

1992

7.3

♡ 5

80%

Lynne Fernie Director

Marie-Jo Therio as Beth

Stephanie Morgenstern as Laura

Carol Ritchie-MacKintosh as Self

Amanda White as Self

Ten women in Canada talk about being lesbian in the 1940s, 1950s, and 1960s: discovering the pulp fiction of the day about women in love, their own first affairs, the pain of breaking up, frequenting gay bars, facing police raids, men's responses, and the etiquette of butch and femme roles. Interspersed among the interviews and archival footage are four dramatized chapters from a pulp novel, "Forbidden Love".

Trick or Treaty?

6.5

Alanis Obomsawin Director

Alanis Obomsawin as Narration

Tony Robinow as (voice)

Marc-André Brunet as (voice)

Alain Goulem as (voice) (as Al Goulem)

Legendary Canadian documentarian Alanis Obomsawin digs into the tangled history of Treaty 9 — the infamous 1905 agreement wherein First Nations communities relinquished sovereignty over their traditional territories — to reveal the deceptions and distortions which the document has been subjected to by successive governments seeking to deprive Canada’s First Peoples of their lands.

Blood Relatives

1978

French

6.2

♡ 2

Claude Chabrol Director

Kenny Ireland as Bert Klinger

Tim Henry as Captain Marriott

Emil Glassbourg as Detective

Micheline Lanctôt as Mrs. Carella

A Montreal police inspector cracks a murder case with clues from the victim's diary.

Campbell's Kingdom

1957

6.3

♡ 8

25%

Adventure

Ralph Thomas Director

James Robertson Justice as James MacDonald

Maurice Kaufmann as Man at Golden Calf

Peter Illing as The Doctor

Mark Baker as Worker

Given only six months to live, Englishman Bruce Campbell goes to Canada to claim "Campbell's Kingdom", the land he inherited from his grandfather. In order to clear his grandfather's name and prove there is oil on the land, Campbell must face up to a ruthless contractor and work against the clock to find oil before "Campbell's Kingdom" is flooded by a new power dam.

Mambo Italiano

2003

6.7

♡ 2

30%

Émile Gaudreault Director

Mark Camacho as Johnny Christofaro

Ginette Reno as Maria Barberini

Tim Post as Peter

Suzanna Lenir as Southern Belle

When an Italian man comes out of the closet, it affects both his life and his crazy family.

I Like Movies

2022

uncle nephew relationship

6.8

♡ 8

98%

Chandler Levack Director

Andy McQueen as

Krista Bridges as

Percy Hynes White as Matt Macarchuck

Katie Douglas as Year End Prom Video

Socially inept 17-year-old cinephile Lawrence Kweller gets a job at a video store, where he forms a complicated friendship with his older female manager.

My Uncle Antoine

1971

French

7.4

♡ 5

77%

Claude Jutra Director

Jean Dubost as Le contremaitre

Rene Salvatore Catta as Le cure

Benoît Marcoux as Le pére de Carmen

Dominique Joly as Maurice

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.

For Love

2022

8.3

♡ 2

Matthew Smiley Director

Shania Twain as Self - Narrator

In this searing documentary, Indigenous people share heartbreaking stories that reveal the injustices inflicted by the Canadian child welfare system.

The Bear

1988

French

7.7

♡ 20

88%

82%

Adventure

Jean-Jacques Annaud Director

Jack Wallace as Bill

Youk the Bear as The Bear Cub

Bart the Bear as The Kodiak Bear

Tchéky Karyo as Tom

An orphan bear cub hooks up with an adult male as they try to dodge human hunters.

In Bed with an Elephant

1987

7.7

♡ 3