This is a list of Canadian films which were released in 1979:
Title Director Cast Genre Notes (À nous deux) Claude Lelouch Catherine Deneuve, Jacques Dutronc, Jacques Villeret, Paul Préboist, Bernard Lecoq, Émile Genest Crime, romance Canada-France co-production Arthur Miller on Home Ground Harry Rasky Arthur Miller Documentary Bear Island Don Sharp Donald Sutherland, Vanessa Redgrave, Richard Widmark, Christopher Lee Action drama Canada-U.K. co-production Blue Winter (L'hiver bleu) André Blanchard Docufiction Bravery in the Field Giles Walker Les Rubie, Matt Craven Drama The Brood David Cronenberg Oliver Reed, Samantha Eggar, Art Hindle Horror Bye, See You Monday (Au revoir... à lundi) Maurice Dugowson Carole Laure, Miou-Miou, Claude Brasseur Romance France-Canada co-production Certain Practices Martin Lavut Richard Monette, Alan Scarfe Drama Chocolate Eclair (Éclair au chocolat) Jean-Claude Lord Lise Thouin, Jean Belzil-Gascon, Jean-Louis Roux, Colin Fox Drama City on Fire Alvin Rakoff Barry Newman, Susan Clark, Shelley Winters Drama Made with U.S. financing Crossbar John Trent Brent Carver, Kim Cattrall, John Ireland, Kate Reid Drama CBC television film Dieppe 1942 Terence Macartney-Filgate Documentary Every Child Derek Lamb National Film Board animated short Best Short Film at the Academy Awards Every Person Is Guilty Paul Almond Ken Pogue, Lynne Griffin Drama Fast Company David Cronenberg William Smith, Claudia Jennings, John Saxon, Nicholas Campbell, Cedric Smith Race track drama Fish Hawk Donald Shebib Will Sampson, Don Francks, Charles Fields Family film Getting Started Richard Condie NFB animated short Going the Distance Paul Cowan NFB documentary Academy Award nominee Heartbreak (L'arrache-cœur) Mireille Dansereau Louise Marleau, Françoise Faucher, Michel Mondie Drama Ida Makes a Movie Kit Hood, Linda Schuyler Zoe Newman Drama Pilot film for the Degrassi television franchise Interview Caroline Leaf Animated short Jigsaw (L'Homme en colère) Claude Pinoteau Lino Ventura, Angie Dickinson Drama Canada-France coproduction King Solomon's Treasure Alvin Rakoff John Colicos Adventure drama The Log Driver's Waltz John Weldon Animated short A Man, a Woman, and a Bank Noel Black Donald Sutherland, Brooke Adams Crime drama Meatballs Ivan Reitman Bill Murray, Harvey Atkin, Kate Lynch Summer camp comedy Bill Murray's first film Murder by DecreeBob ClarkChristopher Plummer, James Mason, David Hemmings A Sherlock Holmes mystery based on the Jack the Ripper killings Canada-U.K. co-production Nails Phillip Borsos Short Academy Award nominee; Genie Awards – Live-Action Short, Non-Feature Musical Score The Only Game in Town Ron Mann, David Fine Animated short Paper Wheat Albert Kish Paperland: The Bureaucrat Observed Donald Brittain Documentary Plague Ed Hunt Daniel Pilon, Kate Reid, Celine Lomez Science fiction Revolution's Orphans John N. Smith Rudi Lipp, Bronwen Mantel Short drama Riel Roy Moore Raymond Cloutier, Christopher Plummer Historical drama Romie-0 and Julie-8 Clive A. Smith Animated Running Steven Hilliard Stern Michael Douglas, Susan Anspach, Lawrence Dane, Eugene Levy, Chuck Shamata Melodrama A Scream from Silence (Mourir à tue-tête) Anne Claire Poirier Julie Vincent, Germain Houde, Paul Savoie Docudrama Search and Destroy William Fruet Don Stroud, Perry King, Tisa Farrow, George Kennedy Action drama Made with U.S. financing The Shape of Things to Come George McCowan Jack Palance, Carol Lynley, Barry Morse Science fiction Something's Rotten Harvey Frost Charlotte Blunt, Geoffrey Bowes, Christopher Barry, Cec Linder Drama Stone Cold Dead George Mendeluk Summer's Children Julius Kohanyi Thomas Hauff, Michael Ironside, Don Francks Drama Taking Chances Robert Lang Short docudrama Title Shot Les Rose Tony Curtis, Richard Gabourie Crime drama To Be Sixteen (Avoir 16 ans) Jean Pierre Lefebvre Yves Benoît, Louise Choquette, Aubert Pallascio Drama Track Stars: The Unseen Heroes of Movie Sound Terry Burke Peter Muir, Paul Amato Short documentary Twice Upon a Time... (Il était deux fois) Giles Walker Michel Choquette, Wayne Robson Satirical short Wild Horse Hank Eric Till Drama The Wordsmith Claude Jutra Saul Rubinek, Janet Ward, Peter Boretski Drama
See also 1979 in Canada 1979 in Canadian television
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