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List of Canadian films of 1991

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This is a list of Canadian films which were released in 1991:

Title Director Cast Genre Notes
The Adjuster Atom Egoyan Elias Koteas, Arsinée Khanjian, Maury Chaykin Drama Best Canadian Feature at TIFF, entered into Moscow
Black Robe Bruce Beresford Lothaire Bluteau, Aden Young, Sandrine Holt, August Schellenberg, Harrison Liu Historical drama Canada-Australia co-production based on the novel by Brian Moore.
Blackfly Christopher Hinton Wade Hemsworth (song) National Film Board animated short Academy Award nominee
Blood Clan Chris Wilkinson Gordon Pinsent, Michelle Little, Robert Wisden, Anne Mansfield Drama
Bordertown Café Norma Bailey Janet Wright, Gordon Michael Woolvett, Nicholas Campbell, Susan Hogan Drama Genie for Best Actress
Chaindance Allan Goldstein Michael Ironside, Rae Dawn Chong, Brad Dourif, Bruce Glover, Ken Pogue Prison drama
Clearcut Ryszard Bugajski Graham Greene, Floyd Red Crow Westerman, Tom Jackson Drama
The Dance Goes On Paul Almond James Keach, Matthew Almond, Geneviève Bujold Drama
Deadly Currents Simcha Jacobovici Documentary Genie Award - Feature Documentary
Diplomatic Immunity Sturla Gunnarsson Wendel Meldrum, Ofelia Medina, Michael Hogan, Michael Riley Drama
The Events Leading Up to My Death Bill Robertson John Allore, Peter MacNeill, Rosemary Radcliffe, Linda Kash, Maria del Mar, Karen Hines, Mary Margaret O'Hara Comedy
Every Dog's Guide to the Playground Les Drew Paul Brown, Harvey Atkin, Luba Goy Animated short
The Fabulous Voyage of the Angel (Le fabuleux voyage de l'ange) Jean Pierre Lefebvre Daniel Lavoie, Marcel Sabourin Fantasy
Fearless Tiger Ron Hulme Jalal Merhi, Bolo Yeung, Monika Schnarre Kung-Fu film Direct to DVD
Four Stiffs and a Trombone (L'assassin jouait du trombone) Roger Cantin Germain Houde, Marc Labrèche, Raymond Bouchard, France Castel Comedy
The Grocer's Wife John Pozer Simon Webb, Andrea Rankin, Nicola Cavendish Comedy Genie Award – Supporting Actor (Cavendish), Claude Jutra Award Inaugural Claude Jutra Award for best feature film by a first-time director
Highway 61 Bruce McDonald Valerie Buhagiar, Don McKellar, Earl Pastko, Art Bergmann, Tracy Wright, Jello Biafra Drama
Julia Has Two Lovers Bashar Shbib Daphna Kastner, David Duchovny, David Charles Drama Made with U.S. financing
Kumar and Mr. Jones Sugith Varughese John Gilbert, Ivan Smith, Michelle Duquette, Diego Matamoros Short drama
The Legend of Kootenai Brown Allan Kroeker Tom Burlinson, Donnelly Rhodes, Michelle Thrush, John Pyper-Ferguson, Raymond Burr Western
Letters of Transit (Les Sauf-conduits) Manon Briand Julie Laverge, Patrick Coyette, Yves Pelletier, Luc Picard Drama TIFF – Best Canadian Short; Yorkton Film Festival – Best Film, Best Director
Love Crazy (Amoureux fou) Robert Ménard Rémy Girard, Nathalie Gascon, Jean Rochefort, Danielle Proulx Comedy of manners Genie Awards – Actor (Girard), Supporting Actress (Proulx)
The Making of Monsters John Greyson Stewart Arnott, David Gardner, Taborah Johnson Short TIFF Best Canadian Short
Masala Srinivas Krishna Srinivas Krishna, Saeed Jaffrey, Sakina Jaffrey, Zohra Sehgal Drama
Montreal Stories (Montréal vu par...) Denys Arcand, Michel Brault, Atom Egoyan, Jacques Leduc, Léa Pool, Patricia Rozema Drama anthology Six short films made for the 350th anniversary of the founding of the city of Montreal
My Grandparents Had a Hotel Karen Shopsowitz National Film Board documentary
Naked Lunch David Cronenberg Peter Weller, Judy Davis, Ian Holm, Julian Sands, Monique Mercure, Roy Scheider Adapted from the novel by William S. Burroughs Canada-U.K.-Japan co-production
Nelligan Robert Favreau Michel Comeau Drama Biopic of poet Émile Nelligan
No Skin Off My Ass Bruce LaBruce G. B. Jones, Bruce LaBruce, Klaus von Brücker, Caroline Azar, Beverly Breckenridge Comedy-drama
On My Own Antonio Tibaldi Judy Davis, Matthew Ferguson, David McIlwrath Canada-Italy-Australia co-production
The Pianist Claude Gagnon Macha Grenon, Gail Travers Drama
The Quarrel Eli Cohen Saul Rubinek, R.H. Thomson Drama
RSVP Laurie Lynd Daniel MacIvor Short drama
Saeed Mehra Meh Short drama
Sam and Me Deepa Mehta Ranjit Chowdhry, Peter Boretski, Om Puri Drama Deepa Mehta's first feature
The Savage Woman (La Demoiselle sauvage) Léa Pool Patricia Tulasne, Matthias Habich, Roger Jendly, Michel Voïta Drama Canada-Switzerland co-production
Scanners II: The New Order Christian Duguay David Hewlett, Deborah Raffin, Yvan Ponton Horror
Shadows of the Past Gabriel Pelletier Nicholas Campbell, Erika Anderson Thriller Made-for-TV
Solitaire Francis Damberger Paul Coeur, Valerie Pearson, Michael Hogan Drama
A Song for Tibet Anne Henderson National Film Board documentary Best Short Documentary, Genie Awards
South of Wawa Robert Boyd Rebecca Jenkins, Scott Renderer, Andrew Miller Comedy, drama
Stereotypes (Stéréotypes) Jean-Marc Vallée André Robitaille, France Parent, Martine Francke Short drama
Stones at the Max Julien Temple The Rolling Stones Shot during The Rolling Stones’ 1990 Steel Wheels tour Canada-Ireland co-production made with U.S. financing; first rock concert filmed in IMAX
Strings Wendy Tilby National Film Board animated short Academy Award nominee; Genie Award - Animated Short
True Confections Gail Singer Leslie Hope, Chandra West, Judah Katz, Daniel Kash Comedy-drama
Two Sisters Caroline Leaf National Film Board animated short Drawn on film animation
White Light Al Waxman Martin Kove, Martha Henry, Allison Hossack Drama
Wisecracks Gail Singer Documentary

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