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The 51 Best Canadian Films (Hollywood Reporter, 2025)

Donald Trump's cross-border trade war and his blustery talk of turning Canada into the "51st state" got us thinking about everything we love about our neighbour to the north: Not just Molsons, moose and maple syrup, but Margaret Atwood and The Weeknd, free health care, legal weed and unambiguous support for Ukraine.
And movies. Lots of great movies.
Canadian cinema has long been overshadowed by its louder, flashier neighbour, a nation that seems to believe it holds a cultural monopoly on the big screen. It's true many of Canada's greatest talents — James Cameron and Norman Jewison, Mary Pickford and Sandra Oh, Michael J. Fox and Keanu Reeves, all the Ryans — went south to find fame and fortune.
But Canada has its own, independent cinema tradition and, in the spirit of good-natured retaliation, we present our 51 Greatest Canadian Films of All Time — one for every imaginary star on Trump's reworked American flag. Defining what is and isn't a Canadian film can be tricky. For simplic
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American Mary (2012)
American Mary (2012)
Rotten Tomatoes®   62%
2
The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz (1974)
The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz (1974)
Rotten Tomatoes®   93%
3
Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner (2002)
Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner (2002)
Rotten Tomatoes®   91%
4
Beyond the Black Rainbow (2010)
Beyond the Black Rainbow (2010)
Rotten Tomatoes®   61%
5
Blackberry (2023)
Blackberry (2023)
Rotten Tomatoes®   98%
6
Black Christmas (1974)
Black Christmas (1974)
Rotten Tomatoes®   71%
7
The Body Remembers When the World Broke Open (2019)
The Body Remembers When the World Broke Open (2019)
Rotten Tomatoes®   97%
8
Bon Cop Bad Cop (2006)
Bon Cop Bad Cop (2006)
Rotten Tomatoes®   80%
9
Brother (2022)
Brother (2022)
Rotten Tomatoes®   94%
10
Chicks With Sticks (2005)
Chicks With Sticks (2005)
11
A Christmas Story (1983)
A Christmas Story (1983)
Rotten Tomatoes®   90%
12
C.R.A.Z.Y. (2005)
C.R.A.Z.Y. (2005)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
13
Cube (1997)
Cube (1997)
Rotten Tomatoes®   64%
14
Dead Ringers (1988)
Dead Ringers (1988)
Rotten Tomatoes®   83%
15
The Decline of the American Empire (1986)
The Decline of the American Empire (1986)
Rotten Tomatoes®   86%
16
Double Happiness (1994)
Double Happiness (1994)
Rotten Tomatoes®   73%
17
The Fly (1986)
The Fly (1986)
Rotten Tomatoes®   93%
18
40 Acres (2024)
40 Acres (2024)
19
Ginger Snaps (2000)
Ginger Snaps (2000)
Rotten Tomatoes®   89%
20
Good Riddance (1980)
Good Riddance (1980)
21
Goon (2012)
Goon (2012)
Rotten Tomatoes®   81%
22
The Grey Fox (1982)
The Grey Fox (1982)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
23
Hard Core Logo (1996)
Hard Core Logo (1996)
Rotten Tomatoes®   69%
24
A History of Violence (2005)
A History of Violence (2005)
Rotten Tomatoes®   87%
25
Incendies (2010)
Incendies (2010)
Rotten Tomatoes®   92%
26
I've Heard the Mermaids Singing (1987)
I've Heard the Mermaids Singing (1987)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
27
Juno (2007)
Juno (2007)
Rotten Tomatoes®   94%
28
Kanehsatake: 270 Years of Resistance (1993)
Kanehsatake: 270 Years of Resistance (1993)
29
Last Night (1998)
Last Night (1998)
Rotten Tomatoes®   84%
30
Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky and the Media (1992)
Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky and the Media (1992)
Rotten Tomatoes®   75%
31
Meatballs (1979)
Meatballs (1979)
Rotten Tomatoes®   72%
32
Mommy (2014)
Mommy (2014)
Rotten Tomatoes®   88%
33
My American Cousin (1985)
My American Cousin (1985)
Rotten Tomatoes®   60%
34
Mon Oncle Antoine (1971)
Mon Oncle Antoine (1971)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
35
Navalny (2022)
Navalny (2022)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
36
Night Raiders (2021)
Night Raiders (2021)
Rotten Tomatoes®   84%
37
Orders (1974)
Orders (1974)
38
Polytechnique (2009)
Polytechnique (2009)
Rotten Tomatoes®   88%
39
Rhymes for Young Ghouls (2013)
Rhymes for Young Ghouls (2013)
Rotten Tomatoes®   88%
40
The Saddest Music in the World (2003)
The Saddest Music in the World (2003)
Rotten Tomatoes®   79%
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