List of Canadian films of 2020

This is a list of Canadian films slated for release in 2020:

Title Director Cast Notes Ref
4 North AJordan Canning, Howie Shia[1]
9/11 KidsElizabeth St. Philip[2]
Akilla's EscapeCharles OfficerSaul Williams, Vic Mensa, Oluniké Adeliyi, Brandon Oakes[1]
All-In MadonnaArnold LimMelanie Rose Wilson[3]
AnikshaVincent Toi[1]
The ArchivistsIgor DrljacaNoah Reid, Bahia Watson, Maxwell McCabe-Lokos[1]
As Spring Comes (Comme la neige au printemps)Marie-Ève Juste[1]
August 22, This YearGraham Foy[4]
BeansTracey DeerKiawenti:io Tarbell, Paulina Jewel Alexis, Violah Beauvais[5]
Benjamin, Benny, BenPaul ShkordoffAnwar Haj, Natalie Gallard[1]
Between WavesVirginia Abramovich[3]
Black BodiesKelly Fyffe-Marshall[1]
Bone CageTaylor Olson[6]
Brother, I CryJessie Anthony[7]
Call Me Human (Je m'appelle humain)Kim O'Bomsawin[8]
ChainedTitus Heckel[7]
CoronaMostafa Keshvari[9]
The Corruption of Divine ProvidenceJeremy Torrie[3]
Cup of CheerJake HorowitzStorm Steenson, Alexander Oliver[10]
The Curse of Willow SongKaren Lam[11]
Death of a Ladies' ManMatthew BissonnetteGabriel Byrne, Jessica Paré[12]
The Decline (Jusqu'au déclin)Patrice LalibertéGuillaume Laurin, Réal Bossé, Marc-André Grondin, Marilyn CastonguayThriller; first film from Quebec ever produced and released as a Netflix original film[13]
The DeclineSean Patrick Shaul, Kayvon SaremiDocumentary[3]
Eat Wheaties!Scott AbramovitchTony Hale, Elisha Cuthbert[12]
The Education of Fredrick FitzellChristopher MacBrideDylan O'Brien, Maika Monroe, Hannah Gross, Amanda Brugel
êmîcêtôcêt: Many BloodlinesTheola Ross[14]
Events Transpiring Before, During and After a High School Basketball GameTed StensonAndrew Phung[7]
Every Day's Like ThisLev Lewis[1]
FallingViggo MortensenViggo Mortensen, Lance Henriksen, Sverrir Gudnason, Laura LinneyUK-US-Canadian coproduction[15]
FaunaNicolás PeredaCanada/Mexico coproduction[16]
First We EatSuzanne Crocker[17]
FlashwoodJean-Carl BoucherPier-Luc Funk, Antoine Desrochers, Karelle Tremblay[18]
Flowers of the FieldAndrew Stanley[7]
Foam (Écume)Omar Elhamy[19]
For the Sake of ViciousGabriel Carrer, Reese Eveneshen[6]
Found MeDavid Findlay[1]
French ExitAzazel JacobsMichelle Pfeiffer, Lucas Hedges, Tracy LettsCanada/UK coproduction; adaptation of the novel by Patrick deWitt[20]
Fucking IdiotsDavid MilchardBen Cotton, Christina Sicoli, Stephen Lobo, Sara Canning[21]
Funny BoyDeepa MehtaArush Nand, Brandon Ingram, Ali Kazmi, Agam Darshi, Seema BiswasAdaptation of the 1994 novel by Shyam Selvadurai[22]
GirlChad FaustBella Thorne, Mickey Rourke, Glen Gould
Goddess of the Fireflies (La déesse des mouches à feu)Anaïs Barbeau-LavaletteKelly Depeault, Caroline Néron, Normand D'AmourAdaptation of the novel by Geneviève Pettersen[23]
Greetings from IsolationVarious directorsAnthology of short films about the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada[24]
Happy PlaceHelen ShaverClark Backo, Sheila McCarthy, Liisa Repo-Martell, Mary Walsh[6]
Hazy Little ThingSam Coyle[6]
How to Be At HomeAndrea DorfmanTanya Davis[19]
I Propose We Never See Each Other Again After TonightSean GarrityHera Nalam, Kristian Jordan[25]
In Her CityCarl Bessai[3]
Inconvenient IndianMichelle Latimer[5]
Indian Road TripAllan W. Hopkins[3]
An Introvert's Guide to High SchoolSophie Harvey[3]
John Ware ReclaimedCheryl Foggo[26]
Judy Versus CapitalismMike HoolboomJudy Rebick[27]
Jump, DarlingPhilip J. ConnellThomas Duplessie, Cloris Leachman, Jayne Eastwood, Linda Kash, Tynomi Banks[28]
The Kid DetectiveEvan MorganAdam Brody, Sophie Nélisse, Wendy Crewson[29]
Laughter (Le Rire)Martin LarocheChristine Beaulieu, Alexandre Landry, Micheline Lanctôt, Léane Labrèche-Dor[30]
Little OrphansRuth LawrenceEmily Bridger, Rhiannon Morgan, Marthe Bernard[31]
The Magnitude of All ThingsJennifer Abbott[7]
MarleneWendy Hill-ToutKristin Booth, Greg Bryk, Julia Sarah Stone[12]
The Marina (La Marina)Christophe Levac, Étienne GalloyRémi Goulet, Rose-Marie Perreault, Amadou Madani Tall, Anthony Therrien[3]
MercySam Flamont[3]
Monkey BeachLoretta ToddAdam Beach, Nathaniel Arcand, Grace Dove, Glen Gould[7]
My Salinger YearPhilippe FalardeauMargaret Qualley, Sigourney Weaver, Douglas Booth, Colm Feore[32]
My Very Own Circus (Mon cirque à moi)Miryam BouchardPatrick Huard, Robin Aubert, Sophie Lorain[33]
Nadia, ButterflyPascal PlanteKaterine Savard[34]
The New Corporation: The Unfortunately Necessary SequelJoel Bakan, Jennifer AbbottSequel to the 2003 film The Corporation[5]
Night of the Kings (La Nuit des rois)Philippe LacôteIsaka Sawadogo, Steve Tientcheu, Rasmané OuédraogoCanadian-French-Ivorian coproduction[5]
No Ordinary ManAisling Chin-Yee, Chase JoyntBilly Tipton[5]
No Visible TraumaMarc Serpa Francoeur, Robinder Uppal[35]
Our Own (Les Nôtres)Jeanne LeblancÉmilie Bierre, Marianne Farley, Judith Baribeau, Paul Doucet[36]
The Paper Man (Lafortune en papier)Tanya Lapointe[3]
Parallel MindsBenjamin Ross HaydenGreg Bryk, Tommie-Amber Pirie[37]
PercyClark JohnsonChristopher Walken, Christina Ricci, Zach Braff, Luke Kirby[38]
The PetrichorJunga SongOlga Korsak, Aleksei Serebryakov[39]
PG: Psycho GoremanSteven Kostanski[40]
Pieces of a WomanKornél MundruczóVanessa Kirby, Shia LaBeouf, Jimmie Fails, Ellen Burstyn, Molly Parker[5]
Pink LakeEmily Gan, Daniel Schachter
Point and Line to PlaneSofia BohdanowiczDeragh Campbell[1]
PossessorBrandon CronenbergAndrea Riseborough, Christopher Abbott, Rossif Sutherland, Tuppence Middleton, Sean Bean, Jennifer Jason Leigh[41]
Prayer for a Lost Mitten (Prière pour une mitaine perdue)Jean-François Lesage[42]
QuébexitJoshua DemersGail Maurice, Emmanuel Kabango[6]
Queen of the AndesJillian AcremanBhreagh MacNeil, Hailey Chown, Maggie Vaughan, Cassidy Ingersoll[43]
RKLSSTank Standing Buffalo[1]
ReservoirKim St-Pierre[6]
The Rose Family (Les Rose)Félix Rose[44]
Rules for WerewolvesJeremy Schaulin-Rioux[1]
Saint-NarcisseBruce LaBruceFélix-Antoine Duval, Tania Kontoyanni, Alexandra Petrachuck, Andreas Apergis[45]
ScarsAlex Anna[1]
Shoot to MarrySteve Markle[46]
Shooting Star (Comme une comète)Ariane Louis-SeizeMarguerite Bouchard, Whitney Lafleur, Patrick Hivon[1]
The SilencingRobin ProntNikolaj Coster-Waldau, Annabelle Wallis, Hero Fiennes-Tiffin, Zahn McClarnonCanada/United States co-production[47]
Sing Me a LullabyTiffany Hsiung[1]
Sinking ShipSasha Leigh Henry[1]
Sisterhood (Ainsi soient-elles)Maxime Faure[6]
SlaxxElza KephartRomane Denis[48]
Spare PartsAndrew Thomas HuntJulian Richings, Michelle Argyris, Emily Alatalo, Jason Rouse, Kiriana Stanton[49]
Stage MotherThom FitzgeraldJacki Weaver, Lucy Liu, Adrian Grenier[50]
StatelessMichèle Stephenson[42]
Still ProcessingSophy Romvari[1]
Still the WaterSusan RodgersColin Price, Ryan Barrett[31]
Strong SonIan Bawa[1]
Stump the GuesserGuy Maddin, Evan Johnson, Galen Johnson[19]
SuccorHannah CheesmanMichaela Kurimsky, Deragh Campbell[1]
Sugar DaddyWendy MorganKelly McCormack, Colm Feore[3]
Target Number One (a.k.a. Most Wanted)Daniel RobyJosh Hartnett, Antoine Olivier Pilon, Stephen McHattie[51]
There Are No False Undertakings (Il n’y a pas de faux métier)Olivier GodinLeslie Mavangui, Florence Blain Mbaye, Ève Duranceau, Schelby Jean-Baptiste, Jean-Marc Dalpé, Fayolle Jean[27]
There's No Place Like This Place, AnyplaceLulu Wei[52]
Under the WeatherWilliam D. MacGillivray[31]
Underground (Souterrain)Sophie DupuisThéodore Pellerin[53]
UnderplayedStacey LeeRezz, Nervo, Tokimonsta, Alison WonderlandDocumentary about women in electronic music[54]
The Vinland Club (Le Club Vinland)Benoît PilonSébastien Ricard, Rémy Girard, François Papineau[55]
ViolationMadeleine Sims-Fewer, Dusty Mancinelli[5]
WanderApril MullenAaron Eckhart, Katheryn Winnick, Heather Graham, Tommy Lee Jones[6]
The Walrus and the WhistleblowerNathalie BibeauPhil Demers[56]
Wandering: A Rohingya Story (Errance sans retour)Mélanie Carrier, Olivier Higgins[57]
The Winter LakePhil Sheerin[6]
Without Havana (Sin la Habana)Kaveh Nabatian[27]
You Will Remember Me (Tu te souviendras de moi)Éric TessierRémy Girard, France Castel, Julie Le Breton[3]

See also

References
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