List of Canadian films of 1985

This is a list of Canadian films which were released in 1985:

Title	Director	Cast	Genre	Notes
The Alley Cat (Le Matou)	Jean Beaudin	Serge Dupire, Monique Spaziani, Jean Carmet, Julien Guiomar	Drama	Based on the novel by Yves Beauchemin; Genie Award - Musical Score
Anne of Green Gables	Kevin Sullivan	Megan Follows, Colleen Dewhurst, Richard Farnsworth, Patricia Hamilton, Schuyler Grant, Jackie Burroughs	CBC-TV miniseries	Based on the book by Lucy Maud Montgomery. When the two-part miniseries was broadcast in 1985, it attracted the largest single audience for a CBC-TV drama in the history of the network.
Bayo	Mort Ransen	Ed McNamara, Hugh Webster	Drama
The Big Snit	Richard Condie		National Film Board animated short	Oscar nominee; Genie Award – Animated Short
The Blue Man	George Mihalka		Horror
Breaking All the Rules	James Orr		Comedy
Canada's Sweetheart: The Saga of Hal C. Banks	Donald Brittain	Maury Chaykin, R.H. Thomson, Gary Reineke, Sean McCann, Colin Fox	Docudrama	Toronto Festival of Festivals - Best Canadian Feature
The Canadian Conspiracy	Robert Boyd		Mockumentary
The Care Bears Movie	Arna Selznick	voices Mickey Rooney, Jackie Burroughs, Harry Dean Stanton	Animation	Golden Reel for top box office
Crime Wave	John Paizs	John Paizs, Eva Kovacs, Neal Lawrie	Crime drama	Released on video as The Big Crime Wave
The Dame in Colour (La Dame en couleurs)	Claude Jutra	Guillaume Lemay-Thivierge, Ariane Frédérique	Drama	Claude Jutra's final film; entered into the 14th Moscow International Film Festival
The Dead Father	Guy Maddin		Short drama
Def-Con 4	Paul Donovan		Science fiction
Final Offer	Sturla Gunnarsson, Robert Collison		Documentary
Get a Job	Brad Caslor		Animated short	Genie Award - Animated Short
Heavenly Bodies	Lawrence Dane		Drama
Here Come the Littles	Bernard Deyriès		Animated	International coproduction
Hold-Up	Alexandre Arcady	Jean-Paul Belmondo, Guy Marchand, Jean-Pierre Marielle, Kim Cattrall		Canada-France co-production; later remade as Quick Change with Bill Murray and Geena Davis.
Honeymoon (Lune de miel)	Patrick Jamain		Thriller
Joshua Then and Now	Ted Kotcheff	James Woods, Gabrielle Lazure, Michael Sarrazin, Alan Arkin, Linda Sorenson	Drama	Screenplay by Mordechai Richler based on his own novel
The Last Polka	John Blanchard	John Candy, Eugene Levy	Mockumentary
Making Overtures: The Story of a Community Orchestra	Larry Weinstein		Documentary
Mortimer Griffin and Shalinsky	Mort Ransen		Documentary
My American Cousin	Sandy Wilson	Margaret Langrick, John Wildman, Richard Donat, Camille Henderson	Coming-of-age drama
90 Days	Giles Walker	Sam Grana, Stefan Wodoslawsky, Christine Pak, Fernanda Tavares	Comedy
Night Magic	Lewis Furey	Nick Mancuso, Carole Laure, Stéphane Audran, Jean Carmet, Frank Augustyn	Fantasy musical	Music by Lewis Furey and Leonard Cohen; Genie Award - Song
No Sad Songs	Nik Sheehan	Jim Black	Documentary	World's first feature documentary about HIV/AIDS
One Magic Christmas	Phillip Borsos	Mary Steenburgen, Harry Dean Stanton, Elizabeth Harnois, Gary Basaraba, Arthur Hill, Wayne Robson	Holiday drama	Genie Awards – Overall Sound, Sound Editing; made with U.S. financing
Overnight	Jack Darcus	Gale Garnett, Alan Scarfe	Drama
The Peanut Butter Solution	Michael Rubbo	Mathew MacKay, Siluck Saysanasy, Alison Podbrey, Michael Hogan	Children's film	Tales for All series
Porky's Revenge!	James Komack	Dan Monahan, Wyatt Knight, Mark Herrier, Tony Ganios, Kaki Hunter	Teen comedy	Made with U.S. financing
Samuel Lount	Laurence Keane	R. H. Thomson, Linda Griffiths, Booth Savage	Historical drama
Screwballs II	Rafal Zielinski		Sex comedy
Tears Are Not Enough	John Zaritsky	Northern Lights	Documentary
Le Temps des bouffons	Pierre Falardeau		Documentary
Tony de Peltrie	Pierre Lachapelle, Philippe Bergeron, Pierre Robidoux, Daniel Langlois		Animated

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