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This is a list of Canadian films which were released in 2000:

Title  | Director  | Cast  | Genre  | Notes

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Apartment Hunting | Bill Robertson | Kari Matchett, Rachel Hayward, Arnold Pinnock, Tracy Wright | Romantic comedy |
The Art of War | Christian Duguay | Wesley Snipes, Anne Archer, Maury Chaykin, Donald Sutherland, Marie Matiko | Action | Golden Reel Award; made with U.S. financing
Between the Moon and Montevideo | Attila Bertalan | Attila Bertalan, Pascale Bussières | Science fiction |
Blacktop | T. J. Scott | Meat Loaf, Kristin Davis | Thriller | Made for TV
The Bottle (La bouteille) | Alain DesRochers | Réal Bossé, François Papineau, Jean Lapointe | Comedy-drama |
Bully Dance | Janet Perlman |  | National Film Board animated short |
Camera | David Cronenberg | David Cronenberg | Short film |
Casper's Haunted Christmas | Owen Hurley | voices Brendan Ryan Barrett, Kathleen Barr, Ian James Corlett | Animated feature | Made for DVD release
Cinéma Vérité: Defining the Moment | Peter Wintonick | Narrated by Jacques Godbout | National Film Board documentary |
Clean Rite Cowboy | Michael Downing | John Robinson, Christie MacFadyen, Gloria Slade, Tracy Wright | Short drama |
Clutch | Chris Grismer | David Hewlett, Tanya Allen, Gordon Michael Woolvett, Peter Spence | Crime comedy, drama |
Children of My Heart | Keith Ross Leckie | Geneviève Désilets, Geneviève Bujold, Michael Moriarty | Drama | Adaptation of novel by Gabrielle Roy
The Claim | Michael Winterbottom | Peter Mullan, Milla Jovovich, Wes Bentley, Nastassja Kinski, Sarah Polley | Western, Romance | Canada-U.K.-France co-production
Cord | Sidney J. Furie | Daryl Hannah, Jennifer Tilly, Bruce Greenwood, Vincent Gallo | Thriller |
Crackie | Sherry White | Mary Walsh, Joel Thomas Hynes | Drama |
Death, Deceit and Destiny Aboard the Orient Express | Mark Roper | Richard Grieco, Christoph Waltz, Romina Mondello | Thriller | Made for DVD release; Canada-Bulgaria co-production made with U.S. financing
Deeply | Sheri Elwood | Julia Brendler, Kirsten Dunst, Lynn Redgrave, Julia Brendler, Trent Ford, Brent Carver | Drama | Canada-German co-production
Desire | Colleen Murphy | Katja Riemann, Zachary Bennett, Elizabeth Shepherd, Martin Donovan | Drama |
Eisenstein | Renny Bartlett | Simon McBurney, Raymond Coulthard, Jacqueline McKenzie | Biopic of the Russian film director Sergei Eisenstein | Canada-German co-production
Ernest | Keith Behrman | David Reale, Frank Moore | Short comedy |
The Fairy Faith | John Walker |  | Documentary |
Family Pack (Que faisaient les femmes pendant que l'homme marchait sur la lune?) | Chris Vander Stappen | Marie Bunel, Hélène Vincent, Mimie Mathy, Tsilla Chelton, Macha Grenon, Christian Crahay, Emmanuel Bilodeau | Drama | Belgian, French, Swiss and Canadian coproduction
Foxy Lady, Wild Cherry | Inez Buchli | Natasha Greenblatt, Nina Schock, Todd Duckworth, J. D. Nicholsen | Short drama |
Franklin and the Green Knight | John van Bruggen | voices Noah Reid, Elizabeth Brown, Richard Newman | Animated feature | Made for DVD release
From the Big Bang to Tuesday Morning (Du big bang à mardi matin) | Claude Cloutier |  | National Film Board animated short |
Ginger Snaps | John Fawcett | Emily Perkins, Katharine Isabelle, Kris Lemche, Mimi Rogers, Danielle Hampton | Horror | Best Film, International Horror Guild
A Girl Is a Girl | Reginald Harkema | Andrew McIntyre, Paige Morrison | Drama |
Guantanamera Boxe | Richard Jean-Baptiste, Yann Langevin |  | Documentary |
The Heart of the World | Guy Maddin | Leslie Bais, Caelum Vatnsdal, Shaun Balbar, Greg Klymkiw | Short |
Heaven (Le petit ciel) | Jean-Sébastien Lord | Jocelyn Blanchard, Garance Clavel, Julien Poulin | Comedy-drama |
Heavy Metal 2000 | Michel Lemire & Michael Coldewey | voices Michael Ironside, Billy Idol, Julie Strain, Sonja Ball | Animated feature | Canada-Germany co-production; sequel to 1981 film Heavy Metal
Here's to Life! | Arne Olsen | Eric McCormack, James Whitmore, Kim Hunter, Ossie Davis | Comedy-drama |
Hochelaga | Michel Jetté | Dominic Darceuil, David Boutin, Ronald Houle | Crime drama | Prix Jutra – Supporting Actor (Boutin)
The Holier It Gets | Jennifer Baichwal |  | Documentary |
If Only I | Donigan Cumming |  | Documentary |
Inséparables | Normand Bergeron | Stéphane Crête, Évelyne Rompré | Short drama |
Johnny Greyeyes | Jorge Manzano | Gail Maurice, Columpa Bobb | Prison drama |
The Law of Enclosures | John Greyson | Sarah Polley, Brendan Fletcher, Diane Ladd | Drama based on the novel by Dale Peck | Genie Award – Actor (Fletcher)
Left Behind: The Movie | Vic Sarin | Kirk Cameron, Brad Johnson, Gordon Currie, Colin Fox | Religious drama |
The Left-Hand Side of the Fridge (La Moitié gauche du frigo) | Philippe Falardeau | Paul Ahmarani, Stéphane Demers | Faux-documentary | Claude Jutra Award; Prix Jutra – Actor (Ahmarani); TIFF – Best Canadian First Feature
Life After Love (La Vie après l'amour) | Gabriel Pelletier | Michel Côté, Sylvie Léonard, Patrick Huard | Comedy |
Life Under Mike | James Motluk | Jack Layton, John Kenneth Galbraith | Documentary | Media Human Rights Award
Love Come Down | Clement Virgo | Larenz Tate, Deborah Cox, Martin Cummins, Rainbow Sun Francks, Sarah Polley, Barbara Williams | Family drama | Genie Awards – Supporting Actor (Cummins), Sound
Low Self-Esteem Girl | Blaine Thurier | Corrina Hammond, Rob McBeth, Dan Bejar, Carl Newman | Comedy-drama |
Maelström | Denis Villeneuve | Marie-Josee Croze, Stéphanie Morgenstern, voice Pierre Lebeau | Drama |
Man of Grease | Ezra Soiferman | Tony Koulakis | Documentary |
Marine Life | Anne Wheeler | Cybill Shepherd, Peter Outerbridge, Alexandra Purvis, Michael Hogan | Drama | Made with U.S. financing
Mr. Rice's Secret | Nicholas Kendall | David Bowie, Bill Switzer, Teryl Rothery, Garwin Sanford | Drama |
Murder Seen | Rob W. King | Nicole Eggert | Crime drama | Made for TV
My Left Breast | Gerry Rogers | Gerry Rogers, Peg Norman | Documentary |
MVP: Most Valuable Primate | Robert Vince | Kevin Zegers, Jamie Renée Smith, Oliver Muirhead, Rick Ducommun | Family film | Made with U.S. financing
No More Monkeys Jumpin' on the Bed | Ross Weber | Nancy Sivak, Tom Scholte, Frida Betrani, Babz Chula | Drama |
Nuremberg | Yves Simoneau | Alec Baldwin, Brian Cox, Christopher Plummer, Jill Hennessy, Matt Craven, Colm Feore, Christopher Heyerdahl, Michael Ironside, Max von Sydow | TV miniseries, docudrama | About the Nuremberg war-crimes trials following the Second World War.
Once Upon a Christmas | Tibor Takács | Kathy Ireland, John Dye | Family film | Made for TV
The Orphan Muses (Les Muses orphelines) | Robert Favreau | Marina Orsini, Céline Bonnier, Fanny Mallette. Louise Portal | Drama | Prix Jutra – Musical Score
Out of the Fire | Shelley Saywell | Faye Schulman | Documentary |
Pandora's Beauty (La Beauté de Pandore) | Charles Binamé | Pascale Bussières | Drama |
The Perfect Son | Leonard Farlinger | Colm Feore, David Cubitt, Chandra West | Drama |
Possible Worlds | Robert Lepage | Tilda Swinton, Tom McCamus, Sean McCann, Daniel Brooks | Drama based on a play by Robert Lepage | Genie Award – Editing, Art Direction
Protection | Bruce Spangler | Jillian Fargey, Nancy Sivak, William MacDonald | Drama |
Rats & Rabbits | Lewis Furey | Carole Laure, Nigel Bennett, Andrew Tarbet, Paul Ahmarani, Tom Barnett | Drama | Canada-France co-production
Red Deer | Anthony Couture | Awaovieyi Agie, Loreya Montayne, Amber Rothwell, Kurt Max Runte, James Hutson, Joe Procyk | Drama |
The Road to El Dorado | Eric "Bibo" Bergeron, Don Paul | Kevin Kline, Kenneth Branagh, Rosie Perez, Armand Assante, Edward James Olmos | Animated adventure comedy | Co-production with the US
Rocket Man | Daniel Cockburn |  | Short experimental film |
Rocks at Whiskey Trench | Alanis Obomsawin |  | Documentary |
Saint Jude | John L'Ecuyer | Liane Balaban, Nicholas Campbell, Kris Lemche, Victoria Sanchez, Bernie Coulson, Louise Portal | Drama |
Searching for Louis Archambault (À la recherche de Louis Archambault) | Werner Volkmer | Louis Archambault | Documentary |
Shooter | Mark Morgenstern | Stephanie Morgenstern | Short |
Sole Survivor | Mikael Salomon | Billy Zane, Gloria Reuben, Isabella Hofmann, Mitchell Kosterman | TV miniseries | Based on the novel by Dean Koontz
The Spreading Ground | Derek Vanlint | Dennis Hopper | Crime drama | Entered into the 22nd Moscow International Film Festival
Stardom | Denys Arcand | Jessica Paré, Dan Aykroyd, Robert Lepage, Charles Berling, Frank Langella, Camilla Rutherford | Drama, satire | Genie Award – Costumes; Canada-France co-production
Subconscious Cruelty | Karim Hussain | Brea Asher | Horror | Straight to DVD
Suspicious River | Lynne Stopkewich | Molly Parker, Callum Keith Rennie | Drama |
The Three Madeleines (Les fantômes des trois Madeleines) | Guylaine Dionne | Sylvie Drapeau, France Arbour, Isadora Galwey, Isabelle Blais | Drama |
Three Stories from the End of Everything | Semi Chellas | Soo Garay, John Robinson, Lucas Denton, Kristen Ross | Short drama |
Too Much Sex | Andrew Ainsworth | Janet Kidder, Diane Flacks | Sex comedy |
Traitor or Patriot (Traître ou Patriote) | Jacques Godbout |  | National Film Board documentary | Legacy of director's great-uncle, Adélard Godbout
Two Thousand and None | Arto Paragamian | John Turturro | Dark comedy |
The Uncles | James Allodi | Chris Owens, Kelly Harms, Tara Rosling | Dark comedy |
Vinyl | Alan Zweig | Alan Zweig, Harvey Pekar | Documentary | World of record collecting
Violet | Rosemary House | Mary Walsh, Andrew Younghusband, Susan Kent, Peter MacNeill | Comedy |
waydowntown | Gary Burns | Fab Filippo, Don McKellar | Black comedy | Best Canadian feature at TIFF; TFCA – Best Canadian Film
We All Fall Down | Martin Cummins | Helen Shaver, Martin Cummins, Nicholas Campbell, René Auberjonois | Drama | Genie Award – Supporting Actress (Shaver)
The Widow of Saint-Pierre | Patrice Leconte | Juliette Binoche, Daniel Auteuil, Emir Kusturica, Michel Duchaussoy | Historical drama, romance | Canada-France co-production
XChange | Allan Moyle | Stephen Baldwin, Kim Coates, Kyle MacLachlan, Pascale Bussières, Janet Kidder | Science fiction | Straight to DVD

## See also

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* 2000 in Canada
* 2000 in Canadian television

## External links

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* Feature Films Released In 2000 With Country of Origin Canada at IMDb

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