List of Canadian films of 1982


This is a list of Canadian films which were released in 1982:
TitleDirectorCastGenreNotes
After the AxeSturla GunnarssonJames DouglasNational Film Board docudramaAcademy Award nominee
Amazones d'Hier, Lesbiennes d'Aujourd'huiDocumentary
Baker Country U.S.A.William FruetHenry Silva, Nicholas CampbellDramaMade with U.S. financing
Beyond Forty Anne Claire PoirierMonique Mercure, Jacques GodinNational Film Board drama
Big Meat EaterChris WindsorClarence Miller, George DawsonScience fiction comedy, cult film
By DesignClaude JutraSara Botsford, Patty Duke Astin, Saul Rubinek, Clare CoulterDrama
Class of 1984Mark L. LesterPerry King, Timothy Van Patten, Michael J. FoxAction
Comfort and Indifference Denys ArcandDocumentary
Cries from the DeepJacques GagnéDocumentary
A Day in a Taxi Robert MénardJean Yanne, Gilles Renaud, Monique MercureDrama
Deadly Companion George BloomfieldJohn Candy, Anthony PerkinsMystery
Deadly EyesRobert ClouseSam Bloom, Scatman Crothers, Sara Botsford, Cec Linder, Lisa Langlois, Lesleh DonaldsonHorror
The Great Chess MovieGilles Carle, Camille CoudraiNational Film Board documentary
The Grey FoxPhillip BorsosRichard Farnsworth, Jackie Burroughs, Ken Pogue, Wayne Robson, Timothy Webber, Gary ReinekeWesternAV Preservation Trust Masterwork
Hard FeelingsDaryl DukeCarl Marotte, Charlaine WoodardDrama
Harry Tracy, DesperadoWilliam GrahamBruce Dern, Helen Shaver, Michael Gwynne, Gordon LightfootWestern
HighpointPeter CarterChristopher Plummer, Beverly D'Angelo, Kate Reid, Maury Chaykin, Saul Rubinek, Peter DonatDramaStuntman Dar Robinson does the free fall from the top of the CN Tower at the end of the movie.
HumongousPaul LynchJanet Julian, David WallaceHorror
If You Could See What I HearEric TillMarc Singer, R.H. Thomson, Shari Belafonte-Harper, Douglas CampbellBio-dramaBased on the biography of Tom Sullivan, a blind American singer/ songwriter and athlete; Genie Award - Supporting Actor
If You Love This PlanetTerri NashHelen CaldicottNational Film Board documentaryOscar winner; labeled subversive by U.S. gov.
The IncubusJohn HoughJohn Cassavetes, John Ireland, Kerrie Keane, Helen HughesHorror
Killing 'em SoftlyMax FischerIrene Cara, Nicholas Campbell, Clark JohnsonDrama
Latitude 55°John JulianiAugust Schellenberg, Andrée PelletierDrama
'Alan SimmondsLiona Boyd, Chet Atkins, Lenny Breau, Eli Kassner, LiberaceDocumentaryMade for TV
MelanieRex BromfieldBurton Cummings, Glynnis O'ConnorDramaGenie Awards – Foreign Actress, Adapted Screenplay, Song
Murder by PhoneMichael AndersonRichard Chamberlain, John Houseman, Sara Botsford, Barry MorseDramaMade with U.S. financing
'Bonnie Sherr KleinNational Film Board documentary
Odyssey in the Pacific Fernando ArrabalMickey Rooney, Anick, Johnathan Starr, Monique MercureSurreal children's filmCanada-France co-production; screenplay by Fernando Arrabal and Roger Lemelin
ParadiseStuart GillardWillie Ames, Phoebe Cates, Tuvia TaviDrama
Poetry in MotionRon MannIncluding Allen Ginsberg, Charles Bukowski and Tom WaitsDocumentary
A Portrait of GiselleMuriel BalashDocumentary
ScandaleGeorge MihalkaSophie Lorain, Gilbert Comptois, Nanette WorkmanComedy
ScisserePeter MettlerGreg KrantzExperimental feature
The Shimmering Beast Pierre PerraultNational Film Board documentaryScreened at the 1983 Cannes Film Festival
ShocktraumaEric TillDrama
Split ImageTed KotcheffMichael O'Keefe, Karen Allen, Peter FondaDramaPolyGram
Spring FeverJoseph ScanlanCarling Bassett, Susan Anton, Frank Converse, Jessica Walter, Stephen YoungDramaMade with U.S. financing
Sweet Lies and Loving Oaths Fernand DansereauHélène Loiselle, Marcel Sabourin, Genevieve BrassardDrama
Ted Baryluk's GroceryJohn Paskievich, Michael MirusDocumentary
Visiting HoursJean-Claude LordMichael Ironside, Lee Grant, Linda Purl, William Shatner, Lenore ZannThrillerDistributed in the U.S. by 20th Century Fox, this low-budget movie was a box office success and launched Michael Ironside’s career Stateside.
Wild Flowers Jean Pierre LefebvreMarthe Nadeau, Michèle Magny, Pierre CurziDramaCannes – International Critics Prize
Les Yeux rouges ou les vérité accidentellesYves SimoneauMarie Tifo, Jean-Marie Lemieux, Pierre CurziCrime drama