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We Were Children

2012 ★ 7.2

For over 130 years till 1996, more than 100,000 of Canada's First Nations children were legally required to attend government-funded schools run by various Chri

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Mr. Dressup: The Magic of Make Believe

2023 ★ 7.6

Kindness, creativity, inclusivity, and a touch of magic makes the world a brighter place. Explore the story and impact of Canadian entertainer Ernie Coombs and

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Heritage Minutes

1991 ★ 7.3

Heritage Minutes, also known officially as Historica Minutes: History by the Minute, are a series of sixty-second short films, each illustrating an important mo

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Passchendaele

2008 ★ 6.1

Sergeant Michael Dunne fights in the 10th Battalion, AKA The "Fighting Tenth" with the 1st Canadian Division and participated in all major Canadian battles of t

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The Stunt Driver

2026 ★ 5.0

Based on a true story, a Canadian stunt driver recruits a top sports manager and rocket car designers to attempt a record-breaking jump across the Saint Lawrenc

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Open Secrets

2004 ★ 6.7

This provocative documentary uncovers a lost chapter in Canadian military history: how the Armed Forces dealt with homosexual behaviour among soldiers, during a

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Canadian Pacific

1949 ★ 5.2

A surveyor for the Canadian Pacific Railroad must fight fur trappers who oppose the building of the railroad by stirring up Indian rebellion. Canadian Pacific i

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Four on the Floor

1986 ★ 6.8

Four on the Floor was a sketch comedy series aired on CBC Television in 1986. Consisting of only 13 episodes, the series was a showcase for The Frantics, a come

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Killing Patient Zero

2019 ★ 5.6

After the Stonewall riots and at the height of the gay liberation movement in America, an entire generation were busy celebrating their newfound emancipation, u

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Crossbar

1979 ★ 5.5

The story of an Olympic high jumper, played by Brent Carver, who loses his leg and yet doggedly persists in his pursuit of athletic glory. Released a year befor

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The Barbarian Invasions

2003 ★ 7.1

In this belated sequel to 'The Decline of the American Empire', middle-aged Montreal college professor, Remy, learns that he is dying of liver cancer. His ex-wi

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Space Command

1953 ★ 4.7

Space Command was a Canadian children's science fiction television adventure series broadcast on CBC (Canadian Broadcast Company) Television in 1953 and 1954. I

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Counterstrike

1990 ★ 7.0

Counterstrike is a Canadian/French crime-fighting/espionage television series. It premiered on November 2, 1991 on CTV in Canada and on November 20, 1991 on TF1

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Anvil! The Story of Anvil

2008 ★ 7.6

At 14, best friends Robb Reiner and Lips made a pact to rock together forever. Their band, Anvil, hailed as the "demi-gods of Canadian metal" influenced a music

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Little Men

1998 ★ 8.4

The recently widowed Jo March Behr continues to run the school she and her late husband founded, a school for boys called "Plumfield." Little Men is a 1998 Cana

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Inescapable

2012 ★ 5.2

Twenty-five years ago Adib, a promising young officer in the Syrian military police, suddenly left Damascus under suspicious circumstances. Abandoning the love

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Grierson

1973 ★ 7.3

A portrait of John Grierson, the first Canadian Government Film Commissioner and founder of the National Film Board in 1939. Interweaving archival footage, inte

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The Hole Story

2011 ★ 7.0

Striking images, rare archival footage and interviews underpin this analysis of Canadian mining companies' profits, impact on the environment and on workers' he

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Celtic Soul

2016 ★ 5.0

This utterly enjoyable and globe-spanning jaunt follows Canadian actor and comedian Jay Baruchel on an epic road trip through Canada, Ireland and Scotland with

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The Bang Bang Club

2011 ★ 6.6

In the early to mid '90s, when the South African system of apartheid was in its death throes, four photographers - Greg Marinovich, Kevin Carter, Ken Oosterbroe

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12 Years a Slave

2013 ★ 7.9

In the pre-Civil War United States, Solomon Northup, a free black man from upstate New York, is abducted and sold into slavery. Facing cruelty as well as unexpe

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Kamouraska

1973 ★ 5.9

A writer, Kamouraska is based on a real nineteenth-century love-triangle in rural Québec. It paints a poetic and terrifying tableau of the life of Elisabeth d'A

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Villeneuve: The Rise of a Legend

2026 ★ 0.0

Showcases the early years of Québec racing driver Gilles Villeneuve. Villeneuve: The Rise of a Legend is a Canadian biographical drama film released on November

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Ice Road Truckers

2007 ★ 6.7

Take a trip to Yellowknife, Canada to experience one of the most dangerous careers around. In unfathomably cold conditions, truck drivers haul equipment and sup

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