List of Canadian films of 1974

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This is a list of Canadian films which were released in 1974:

Title  | Director  | Cast  | Genre  | Notes

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125 Rooms of Comfort | Patrick Loubert | Tim Henry, Robert A. Silverman, Jackie Burroughs | Drama |
Alien Thunder | Claude Fournier | Donald Sutherland, Gordon Tootoosis, Chief Dan George, Kevin McCarthy, Jean Duceppe | Drama |
Along These Lines | Peter Pearson |  | Documentary |
The Apple, the Stem and the Seeds (La pomme, la queue et les pépins) | Claude Fournier | Donald Lautrec | Comedy |
The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz | Ted Kotcheff | Richard Dreyfuss, Micheline Lanctôt, Jack Warden, Randy Quaid, Joseph Wiseman, Denholm Elliott, Joe Silver | Comedy-drama coming-of-age story based on the novel by Mordecai Richler | Academy Award for Writing Adapted Screenplay nominee – (Mordecai Richler & Lionel Chetwynd)
Bar Salon | André Forcier | Guy L'Écuyer, Madeleine Chartrand | Drama |
Bingo | Jean-Claude Lord | Claude Michaud, Alexandra Stewart, Gilles Pelletier | Political drama |
Black Christmas | Bob Clark | Olivia Hussey, Keir Dullea, Margot Kidder | Horror |
Butley | Harold Pinter | Alan Bates, Jessica Tandy, Richard O'Callaghan | Drama | UK-US-Canada coproduction
By the Blood of Others (Par le sang des autres) | Marc Simenon | Bernard Blier, Denise Filiatrault, Yves Beneyton, Daniel Pilon, Mylène Demongeot | Drama | Canada-France co-production [1]
Canadian Pacific | David Rimmer |  | Structural film | [2]
Child Under a Leaf | George Bloomfield | Dyan Cannon, Donald Pilon, Joseph Campanella, Al Waxman, Micheline Lanctôt | Drama | [3]
The Corpse Eaters | Lawrence Zazelenchuk | Michael Hopkins, Ed LeBreton, Terry London | Horror |
Cree Hunters of Mistassini | Boyce Richardson, Tony Ianzelo |  | Documentary |
Deathdream | Bob Clark | John Marley, Lynn Carlin, Richard Backus | Horror |
Deranged | Alan Ormsby, Jeff Gillen | Roberts Blossom | Horror |
The Happy Prince | Michael Mills |  | Animated short |
Janis | Seaton Findlay & Howard Alk |  | Documentary | From producer Budge Crawley, this is most complete film ever made about blues legend Janis Joplin; Canadian Film Award-Theatrical documentary[4]
Malachi's Cove | Henry Herbert | John Barrett, David Bradley, Arthur English | Drama | UK-Canada coproduction
Monkeys in the Attic | Morley Markson | Jackie Burroughs, Victor Garber, Jess Walton, Louis Del Grande, Jim Henshaw | Drama |
Montreal Main | Frank Vitale | Frank Vitale, Allan Moyle, Stephen Lack | Drama |
Mousey | Daniel Petrie | Kirk Douglas, Jean Seberg, John Vernon | Thriller |
Once Upon a Time in the East (Il était une fois dans l'est) | Denise Filiatrault, Michelle Rossignol, Frédérique Collin |  | Drama |
Only God Knows | Peter Pearson | Gordon Pinsent, John Beck, Paul Hecht, Tisa Farrow, Toby Tarnow | Drama | [5]
Orders (Les Ordres) | Michel Brault | Hélène Loiselle, Jean Lapointe, Guy Provost | Docudrama | Michel Brault shared a Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Director in 1975.
The Owl Who Married a Goose: An Eskimo Legend | Caroline Leaf |  | NFB animated short | Academy Award nominee; Canadian Film Award – Animated Short, Non-Feature Overall Sound[6]
Le Plumard en folie | Jacques Lemoine | Alice Sapritch, Michel Galabru | Sex comedy |
A Quiet Day in Belfast | Milad Bassada | Barry Foster, Margot Kidder, Sean McCain | Drama | Canadian Film Award: Actress (Kidder)
Satellites of the Sun | Sidney Goldsmith |  | NFB documentary | [7]
Seizure | Oliver Stone | Jonathan Frid, Martine Beswick, Hervé Villechaize | Drama | Oliver Stone’s (Platoon) first feature [8]
Sunday in the Country | John Trent | Ernest Borgnine, Michael J. Pollard, Hollis McLaren, Cec Linder, Al Waxman | Drama | [9]
Sweet Movie | Dusan Makavejev | Carole Laure, Pierre Clementi, Anna Prucnal | Political/Experimental feature | France-Canada-West German co-production
There's Nothing Wrong with Being Good to Yourself (Y'a pas d'mal à se faire du bien) | Claude Mulot | Jean Lefebvre, Françoise Lemieux, Michel Galabru, Darry Cowl | Comedy | Canadian-French coproduction
To Kill the King | George McCowan | Patrick O'Neal, Susan Tyrrell, Barry Morse, Lance Henriksen, Cec Linder | Political thriller | [10]
Waiting for Fidel | Michael Rubbo |  | NFB documentary | Its informal, director-as-star style influenced the films of Nick Broomfield and Michael Moore
The White Dawn | Philip Kaufman | Warren Oates, Timothy Bottoms, Louis Gossett Jr. | Drama |
Why Rock the Boat? | John Howe | Stuart Gillard, Tiiu Leek, Henry Beckman, Patricia Gage | Drama | Canadian Film Award – Adapted Screenplay, Actor (Gillard), Supporting Actor (Beckman)[11]
Wolfpen Principle | Jack Darcus | Janet Wright | Drama | [12]

## See also

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* 1974 in Canada
* 1974 in Canadian television

## References

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1. ^ "Item: - Library and Archives Canada". Bac-lac.gc.ca. Retrieved 2017-03-31.
2. ^ Wise, Wyndham (2001). Take One's Essential Guide to Canadian Film. Toronto: University of Toronto Press. p. 34\. ISBN 0-8020-3512-4. Retrieved March 30, 2017.
3. ^ "Item: - Library and Archives Canada". Bac-lac.gc.ca. Retrieved 2017-03-31.
4. ^ Wise, Wyndham (2001). Take One's Essential Guide to Canadian Film. Toronto: University of Toronto Press. p. 107\. ISBN 0-8020-3512-4. Retrieved March 30, 2017.
5. ^ "Item: - Library and Archives Canada". Bac-lac.gc.ca. Retrieved 2017-03-31.
6. ^ "Owl Who Married a Goose: An Eskimo Legend ,The by Caroline Leaf". Nfb.ca. Retrieved 2017-03-31.
7. ^ "Satellites of the Sun by Sidney Goldsmith". Nfb.ca. Retrieved 2017-03-31.
8. ^ "Item: - Library and Archives Canada". Bac-lac.gc.ca. Retrieved 2017-03-31.
9. ^ "Item: - Library and Archives Canada". Bac-lac.gc.ca. Retrieved 2017-03-31.
10. ^ "Item: - Library and Archives Canada". Bac-lac.gc.ca. Retrieved 2017-03-31.
11. ^ Morris, Peter (1984). The Film Companion. Toronto: Irwin Publishing. p. 324. ISBN 0-7725-1505-0.
12. ^ Morris, Peter (1984). The Film Companion. Toronto: Irwin Publishing. p. 328. ISBN 0-7725-1505-0.

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