List of Canadian films of 1996

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This is a list of Canadian films which were released in 1996:

Title  | Director  | Cast  | Genre  | Notes

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The Best Bad Thing | Peter Rowe |  | Drama | Canada-Japan co-production made for TV
The Boys Club | John Fawcett | Chris Penn, Devon Sawa, Dominic Zamprogna, Stuart Stone, Amy Stewart, Nicholas Campbell | Drama |
Bubbles Galore | Cynthia Roberts | Nina Hartley, Daniel MacIvor, Tracy Wright | Sex comedy |
The Cockroach that Ate Cincinnati | Michael McNamara | Alan Williams | Comedy |
Cosmos | Jennifer Alleyn, Manon Briand, Marie-Julie Dallaire, Arto Paragamian, André Turpin & Denis Villeneuve |  | Drama anthology produced by Roger Frappier |
Crash | David Cronenberg | James Spader, Elias Koteas, Holly Hunter | Drama based on the novel by J. G. Ballard | Golden Reel Award; Canada-U.K. co-production
A Cry in the Night (Le Cri de la nuit) | Jean Beaudry | Pierre Curzi, Félix-Antoine Leroux, Louise Richer | Drama |
Dinner for Two | Janet Perlman |  | Animated short |
The Escort (L'Escorte) | Denis Langlois | Paul-Antoine Taillefer, Éric Cabana, Robin Aubert, Patrice Coquereau | Comedy-drama |
Fire | Deepa Mehta | Nandita Das, Shabana Azmi | Drama | Banned in India; first in the Fire, Earth, Water trilogy by director Deepa Mehta; Canada-India co-production
Hard Core Logo | Bruce McDonald | Hugh Dillon, Callum Keith Rennie | Mockumentary | Genie Award \- Song
Hollow Point | Sidney J. Furie | Thomas Ian Griffith, Tia Carrere, John Lithgow | Action |
How Wings Are Attached to the Backs of Angels | Craig Welch |  | Animated short |
The Human Plant (La Plante humaine) | Pierre Hébert | Michael Lonsdale, Domini Blythe, Sotigui Kouyaté | Animation |
Hustler White | Bruce LaBruce | Bruce LaBruce, Alex Austin | Gay drama | Canada-German co-production
The Ideal Man (L’Homme idéal) | George Mihalka | Marie-Lise Pilote, Roy Dupuis, Macha Grenon, Joe Bocan | Comedy, drama | Genie Award \- Song
Jim Loves Jack | David Adkin | Jim Egan, Jack Nesbit | Documentary |
Joe's So Mean to Josephine | Peter Wellington | Eric Thal, Sarah Polley, Don McKellar | Drama |
Karmina | Gabriel Pelletier | Isabelle Cyr, Robert Brouillette, Yves Pelletier, France Castel | Comedy horror |
Kids in the Hall: Brain Candy | Kelly Makin | Kevin McDonald, Scott Thompson, Mark McKinney, Bruce McCulloch, Dave Foley | Comedy | Spin-off from the TV show made with U.S. financing
Kissed | Lynne Stopkewich | Molly Parker, Peter Outerbridge | Drama | Genie Award \- Actress (Parker)
Letters from Home | Mike Hoolboom |  | Short | Toronto International Film Festival – Best Canadian Short
Lilies | John Greyson | Matthew Ferguson, Jason Cadieux, Brent Carver, Marcel Sabourin, Danny Gilmore, Rémy Girard | Drama adapted from the play by Michel-Marc Bouchard |
Lodela | Philippe Baylaucq |  | Dance, documentary |
Long Day's Journey into Night | David Wellington | William Hutt, Martha Henry, Martha Burns, Tom McCamus, Peter Donaldson | Drama based on the Eugene O'Neill play | Best Canadian Feature Film, Toronto International Film Festival
Love Me, Love Me Not (J'aime j'aime pas) | Sylvie Groulx | Lucie Laurier, Manon Miclette | Drama |
Lulu | Srinivas Krishna | Kim Lieu, Clark Johnson, Saeed Jaffrey | Drama | Screened at the 1996 Cannes Film Festival
Matilda | Danny DeVito | Mara Wilson, Danny DeVito, Rhea Perlman, Embeth Davidtz, Pam Ferris | Family | based on Roald Dahl history; U.S.-Canada co-production
Mistaken Identity (Erreur sur la personne) | Gilles Noël | Michel Côté, Macha Grenon, Marie-Andrée Corneille | Thriller |
Mum's the Word (Maman et Ève) | Paul Carrière |  | Documentary |
My Life Is a River (Une vie comme rivière) | Alain Chartrand |  | Documentary |
Never Too Late | Giles Walker | Olympia Dukakis, Cloris Leachman | Comedy, drama |
Night of the Flood (La nuit du déluge) | Bernar Hébert | Geneviève Rochette, Julie McClemens, Jacques Godin | Drama |
Not Me! (Sous-sol) | Pierre Gang | Richard Moffatt, Louise Portal, Isabelle Pasco | Drama | Canada's submission for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film this year
The Old Lady and the Pigeons | Sylvain Chomet |  | Animated short co-produced with the National Film Board | Canada-U.K.-France-Belgium co-production
Polygraph (Le Polygraphe) | Robert Lepage | Marie Brassard, Patrick Goyette | Drama |
Poverty and Other Delights (Joyeux Calvaire) | Denys Arcand | Benoît Brière, Gaston Lepage | Drama |
Project Grizzly | Peter Lynch | Troy Hurtubise | Documentary |
Poor Man's Pudding (Pudding chômeur) | Gilles Carle | Chloé Sainte-Marie | Drama |
Power | Magnus Isacsson |  | Documentary |
The Road Taken | Selwyn Jacob |  | Documentary co-produced with the National Film Board | Canada Award winner
Rowing Through | Masato Harada | Colin Ferguson, Helen Shaver, Leslie Hope, Kenneth Welsh, James Hyndman | Drama |
La Salla | Richard Condie | Jay Brazeau (voice) | Computer animation from the National Film Board | Academy Award nominee
Shoemaker | Colleen Murphy | George Buza, Alberta Watson | Drama |
Sin Cycle | Jack Cocker, Ben Famiglietti |  | Short comedy |
Specimen | John Bradshaw | Mark-Paul Gosselaar | Science fiction thriller |
The Suburbanators | Gary Burns | Joel McNichol, Stephen Spender | Drama |
Swann | Anna Benson Gyles | Brenda Fricker, Miranda Richardson, Sean McCann | Drama | Adaptation of the novel by Carol Shields
Utshimassits: Place of the Boss | John Walker |  | Documentary |

## See also

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* 1996 in Canada
* 1996 in Canadian television

## Notes

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## External links

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* Feature Films Released In 1996 With Country of Origin Canada at IMDb

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