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This is a list of Canadian films which were released in 2005.

Title  | Director  | Cast  | Genre  | Notes  | Ref

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3 Needles | Thom Fitzgerald | Lucy Liu, Olympia Dukakis, Shawn Ashmore, Sandra Oh | AIDS Drama |
7 Times Lucky | Gary Yates | Kevin Pollak, Liane Balaban, Jonas Chernick, James Tolkan, Babz Chula | Crime drama | Genie Award \- Song
Alone in the Dark | Uwe Boll | Christian Slater, Tara Reid, Stephen Dorff | Sci-fi horror | Canada-German co-production made with U.S. financing
An American Haunting | Courtney Solomon | Donald Sutherland, Sissy Spacek, James D'Arcy, Rachel Hurd-Wood | Horror | Canada-U.K.-Romania co-production made with U.S. financing
Amnesia: The James Brighton Enigma | Denis Langlois | Dusan Dukic, Louise Laprade, Norman Helms | Drama |
American Soldiers | Sidney J. Furie | Curtis Morgan | Action | Direct to DVD
Audition (L'Audition) | Luc Picard | Luc Picard, Suzanne Clément, Alexis Martin, Denis Bernard | Drama | Genie Award – Supporting Actor (Bernard); Prix Jutra – Musical Score
Aurora Borealis | James C. E. Burke | Joshua Jackson, Donald Sutherland, Juliette Lewis, Louise Fletcher | Romance | Made with U.S. financing
Aurore | Luc Dionne | Marianne Fortier, Serge Postigo, Stéphanie Lapointe, Alice Morel-Michaud | Drama | Based on true story of Aurore Gagnon; a remake of the 1952 film, La petite Aurore l’enfant martyre.
Bailey's Billion$ | David Devine | Dean Cain, Laurie Holden, Jennifer Tilly, Tim Curry, Sheila McCarthy | Family comedy |
Bangkok Girl | Jordan Clark |  | Documentary | About sex tourism in Bangkok; made for TV
Being Caribou | Leanne Allison & Diana Wilson |  | National Film Board documentary |
Being Human | Denys Desjardins |  | Documentary produced with the National Film Board |
Beowulf & Grendel | Sturla Gunnarsson | Gerard Butler, Stellan Skarsgård, Sarah Polley, Ingvar Eggert Sigurdsson | Epic Action, Adventure, Fantasy | Adaptation of the epic poem, Beowulf; filmed in Iceland; Canada-Iceland-Australia co-production
The Best of Secter and the Rest of Secter | Joel Secter | David Secter | Documentary |
Big Girl | Renuka Jeyapaian | Samantha Weinstein, Kris Holden-Reid | Short | TIFF – Best Canadian Short
The Big White | Denys Desjardins | Robin Williams, Holly Hunter, Giovanni Ribisi, Woody Harrelson, Tim Blake Nelson, W. Earl Brown, Alison Lohman |  | Canada-New Zealand co-production made with U.S. financing
Black Widow | David Mortin | Sarah Slean, Martin Tielli, Mary Margaret O'Hara, Tom McCamus, Julian Richings |  | A "Film Noir Musical" is based on the Evelyn Dick murder case made for TV.
Bloodsuckers | Matthew Hastings | Dominic Zamprogna, A.J. Cook, Natassia Malthe | Horror | Made for TV
Les Boys IV | George Mihalka | Rémy Girard, Pierre Lebeau, Marc Messier | Comedy |
The Brotherhood IV | David DeCoteau | Sebastian Gacki, April Telek | Horror |
The Cabin Movie | Dylan Akio Smith | Arabella Bushnell, Ben Cotton, Brad Dryborough, Ryan Robbins, Justine Warrington, Erin Wells | Comedy-drama |
Cake | Nisha Ganatra | Heather Graham, David Sutcliffe, Taye Diggs, Sandra Oh, Cheryl Hines, Bruce Gray | Romantic comedy | Made with U.S. financing
The Care Bears' Big Wish Movie | Larry Jacobs & Ron Pitts | voices Stephanie Beard, Robert Tinkler, Julie Lemieux, Linda Ballantyne, Stephen Ouimette | Animated feature | Direct to DVD
Chairman George | Daniel Cross & Mila Aung-Thwin | George Sapounidis | Documentary | Made for TV
La Classe de Madame Lise | Sylvie Groulx |  | Documentary |  | [1]
cNote | Christopher Hinton | Michael Oesterle (music) | Visual music; animated short | Genie Award for Best Animated Short
Continuous Journey | Ali Kazimi |  | Documentary | In 1914 the Komagata Maru, a vessel with 378 immigrants sailing from Hong Kong, arrived in Vancouver only to become the first ship carrying migrants turned away by Canada.
C.R.A.Z.Y. | Jean-Marc Vallée | Michel Côté, Marc-André Grondin, Danielle Proulx, Pierre-Luc Brillant | Family Drama | TIFF – Best Canadian Feature
The Dark Hours | Paul Fox | Kate Greenhouse, Aidan Devine, Gordon Currie, Dov Tiefenbach | Thriller | Direct to DVD
Dehors novembre | Patrick Bouchard |  | Animated short |  | [2]
Deluxe Combo Platter | Vic Sarin | Maria Sokoloff, Jennifer Tilly, Monika Schnarre, Barry Watson, Dave Thomas | Comedy |
Dodging the Clock (Horloge biologique) | Ricardo Trogi | Patrice Robitaille | Comedy |
Drifting States (Les États nordiques) | Denis Côté | Christian LeBlanc | Drama |
Eighteen | Richard Bell | Brendan Fletcher, Carly Pope, Alan Cumming, Ian McKellen | Drama | Festival premiere was in tandem with 60th Anniversary of the end of WWII
The End of Silence | Anita Doron | Ekaterina Shchelkanova, John Tokatlidis, Sarah Harmer | Drama |  | [3]
Eve and the Fire Horse | Julia Kwan | Phoebe Jojo Kut, Hollie Lo, Vivian Wu, Lester Chan | Drama | Special Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival and the Claude Jutra Award
Exiles in Lotusland (Le méchant trip) | Ilan Saragosti | Mélissa Cossette, Dany Nadeau | National Film Board documentary |  | [3]
Familia | Louise Archambault | Sylvie Moreau, Macha Grenon, Juliette Gosselin, Micheline Lanctôt | Family drama | Claude Jutra Award; TIFF – Best First Feature
Fetching Cody | David Ray | Jay Baruchel, Sarah Lind, Nicole Muñoz, Jim Byrnes, Ken Jones | Drama |  | [3]
Getting Gilliam | Vincenzo Natali |  | Documentary | About the making of Terry Gilliam's film Tideland made for TV.
Gilles Carle: The Untamable Mind (Gilles Carle ou l'indomptable imaginaire) | Charles Binamé | Gilles Carle | Documentary |  | [4]
Guy X | Saul Metzstein | Jason Biggs, Natascha McElhone, Jeremy Northam, Michael Ironside | Mystery, comedy | Canada-U.K.-Iceland co-production
The Hamster Cage | Larry Kent | Alan Scarfe, Carly Pope, Scott Hylands | Family drama |
Hardwood | Hubert Davis | Mel Davis (Harlem Globetrotters) | Documentary produced with the National Film Board | Academy Award for Documentary Short Subject nomination
Hogtown: The Politics of Policing | Min Sook Lee |  | Documentary |  | [5]
Ill-Fated | Mark Lewis | Paul Campbell, Niki Clyne, John Callander, Peter Outerbridge | Drama |
Kamataki | Claude Gagnon | Matthew Smiley, Tatsuya Fuji, Kazuko Yoshiyuki | Drama |
Kardia | Su Rynard | Mimi Kuzyk, Peter Stebbings, Kristin Booth, Ariel Waller | Drama |
Land of the Dead | George A. Romero | John Leguizamo, Asia Argento, Simon Baker, Dennis Hopper, Robert Joy | Horror | Canada-France co-production made with U.S. financing
Lie with Me | Clement Virgo | Lauren Lee Smith, Eric Balfour, Polly Shannon, Kate Lynch | Romance |
The Life and Hard Times of Guy Terrifico | Michael Mabbott | Matt Murphy, Natalie Radford, Kris Kristofferson | Mockumentary | TIFF \- Best Canadian First Feature
Life with My Father (La Vie avec mon père) | Sébastien Rose | Raymond Bouchard, Paul Ahmarani, David La Haye, Hélène Florent | Comedy, drama | Canada-France co-production
Living on the Edge | Rodrigue Jean | Gérald Leblanc | Documentary |
The Long Weekend | Pat Holden | Chris Klein, Brendan Fehr | Thriller |
Looking for Angelina | Sergio Navarretta | Lina Giornofelice, Alvaro D’Antonio, Leslie Carlson | Crime drama |
Love Is Work | John Kalangis |  | Drama |  | [3]
Lucid | Sean Garrity | Jonas Chernick, Lindy Booth, Callum Keith Rennie, Michelle Nolden | Drama |
Madagascar | Eric Darnell, Tom McGrath | Ben Stiller, Chris Rock, David Schwimmer, Jada Pinkett Smith | Computer-animated comedy |
Maman Last Call | François Bouvier | Sophie Lorain, Patrick Huard, Julie Le Breton | Comedy-drama |
Memory for Max, Claire, Ida and Company | Allan King |  | Documentary |
Metal: A Headbanger's Journey | Sam Dunn, Scot McFadyen & Jessica Wise |  | Documentary |
Midnight Movies: From the Margin to the Mainstream | Stuart Samuels |  | Documentary | Direct to DVD
Mohawk Girls | Tracey Deer |  | National Film Board documentary |
Munich | Steven Spielberg | Eric Bana, Daniel Craig, Ciarán Hinds, Mathieu Kassovitz, Hanns Zischler, Geoffrey Rush | Epic historical drama |
Murder Unveiled | Vic Sarin | Anita Majumdar | Drama | Made for TV; based on the true story of Jaswinder Kaur Sidhu
My Ancestors Were Rogues and Murderers | Anne Troake | Gary Troake | Documentary | A defense of the Canadian seal hunt
Niagara Motel | Gary Yates | Caroline Dhavernas, Kevin Pollak, Anna Frield, Kris Holden-Reid, Craig Ferguson | Comedy-drama |
Noise | Greg Spottiswood | Hugh Thompson, Cameron Lewis | Short drama |
The Novena (La Neuvaine) | Bernard Émond | Élise Guilbault, Patrick Drolet | Drama | Prix Jutra – Actress (Guilbault)
The Outlander (Le Survenant) | Érik Canuel |  | Drama |
The Peacekeepers | Paul Cowan |  | National Film Board documentary |
Perreault Dancer (Danser Perreault) | Tim Southam |  | Documentary |  | [6]
Rahul's Arranged Marriage | Anant Mathur | Devika Mathur, Anurag Mathur | Romance, Drama, Short |
Red (Le Rouge au sol) | Maxime Giroux | Martin Dubreuil | Short | Genie Award – Live-Action Short
The River King | Nick Willing | Edward Burns, Jennifer Ehle, Thomas Gibson, Rachelle Lefevre, Jon Kapelos | Crime drama | Canada-U.K. co-production
The Rocket (Maurice Richard) | Charles Binamé | Roy Dupuis, Stephen McHattie, Philip Craig, Patrice Robitaille, Rémy Girard, Julie Le Breton | Biodrama about Montreal Canadiens star, Maurice Richard |
Ruzz and Ben (Ruzz et Ben) | Philippe Jullien |  | Animated short | Canadian-French coproduction
Sabah | Ruba Nadda | Arsinée Khanjian, Shawn Doyle, Jeff Seymour, David Alpay | Romance |
Saint Martyrs of the Damned (Saints-Martyrs-des-Damnés) | Robin Aubert |  |  |
Severed: Forest of the Dead | Carl Bessai | Paul Campbell, Sarah Lind, JR Bourne | Horror |
Sidekick | Blake Van de Graaf | David Ingram | Thriller |
Sigwan | Alanis Obomsawin |  | Short drama |  | [7]
A Simple Curve | Aubrey Nealon | Kris Lemche, Michael Hogan, Matt Craven | Drama |
Six Figures | David Christensen | JR Bourne, Caroline Cave | Thriller |  | [3]
There's a Flower in My Pedal | Andrea Dorfman |  | Short |
These Girls | John Hazlett | David Boreanaz, Caroline Dhavernas | Satire |
Thieves of Innocence (Les Voleurs d'enfance) | Paul Arcand |  | Documentary |
Thralls | Ron Oliver | Lorenzo Lamas, Leah Cairns, Crystal Lowe | Horror |
Tideland | Terry Gilliam | Jodelle Ferland, Jeff Bridges, Brendan Fletcher, Jennifer Tilly | Fantasy drama | Genie Award \- Overall sound; Canada-U.K. co-production
Tower Bawher | Theodore Ushev |  | Animated short |
Tuesday Morning...Somewhere (Mardi matin...quelque part) | Hélène Bélanger Martin |  | Short drama |
The United States of Albert (Les États-Unis d'Albert) | André Forcier | Éric Bruneau, Roy Dupuis, Céline Bonnier | Comedy-drama |
Water | Deepa Mehta | Seema Biswas, Lisa Ray, John Abraham | Romance, Drama | Academy Award nominee for Best Foreign-Language film; Canada-India co-production
Where the Truth Lies | Atom Egoyan | Colin Firth, Kevin Bacon, Alison Lohman, Rachel Blanchard | Drama based on the novel by Rupert Holmes | Genie Award – Adapted Screenplay; Canada-U.K. co-production
The White Chapel (Une chapelle blanche) | Simon Lavoie | Hélène Loiselle | Short drama | Jutra Award winner for Best Live Action Short Film
White Noise | Geoffrey Sax | Michael Keaton, Chandra West, Deborah Kara Unger, Ian McNeice | Supernatural thriller | Canada-U.K. co-production
Who Shot My Brother? (Qui a tiré sur mon frère?) | German Gutierrez, Carmen Garcia |  | Documentary |  | [8]
Whole New Thing | Amnon Buchbinder | Aaron Webber, Robert Joy, Rebecca Jenkins, Daniel MacIvor | Drama |
Why We Fight | Eugene Jarecki |  | Documentary | Canada-U.K.-France co-production made with U.S. financing
Yule Croak (Petit Pow! Pow! Noël) | Robert Morin | Robert Morin, André Morin | Drama |  | [9]
A Year in the Death of Jack Richards | B. P. Paquette | Vlasta Vrána, Micheline Lanctôt | Drama |
The Zero Sum | Raphael Assaf |  | Drama |  | [3]
Zizek! | Astra Taylor | Slavoj Žižek | Documentary | Made with U.S. financing

## See also

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* 2005 in Canada
* 2005 in Canadian television

## References

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1. ^ Kevin Forest, "La Classe de Madame Lise : Sacré Charlemagne". Voir, March 9, 2006.
2. ^ Odile Tremblay, "Entre chats et rats". Le Devoir, November 26, 2015.
3. ^ a b c d e f Nicole Fitzgerald, "Borsos Award contenders announced". Pique Newsmagazine, November 11, 2005.
4. ^ Manon Dumais, "Gilles Carle ou L’Indomptable Imaginaire : Rêver le réel". Voir, September 28, 2005.
5. ^ Chris Young, "Hogtown puts police board in camera's eye; Filmmaker saw City Hall's rough period But still has faith in Toronto's institutions". Toronto Star, April 23, 2005.
6. ^ Gaetan L. Charlebois, "Tele-Quebec pays tribute to dance-maker Perreault". Montreal Gazette, March 26, 2005.
7. ^ "Films and gala herald start of film festival". Whitehorse Star, June 21, 2006.
8. ^ John Griffin, "A sad, sad, story of brotherly love for a conflicted country". Montreal Gazette, December 9, 2005.
9. ^ Odile Tremblay, "Mon père, ce Martien". Le Devoir, November 26, 2005.

## External links

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* Feature Films Released In 2005 With Country of Origin Canada at IMDb
* Canada's Top Ten for 2005 (list of top ten Canadian feature films, selected in a process administered by TIFF)
* List of 2005 box office number-one films in Canada

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