This is a list of Canadian films which were released in 1980:
| width=21% | Title | width=16% | Director | width=22% | Cast | width=13% | Genre | width=28% | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Agency | Drama/thriller | ||||||||
| Atlantic City | A Canadian-French-U.S. crime drama/ romance set in Atlantic City, NJ, | The first Canadian film to receive a Best Picture Oscar nomination. | |||||||
| Bad Company | Drama | Straight to video | |||||||
| Documentary | |||||||||
| The Changeling | Thriller | Golden Reel Award | |||||||
| The Coffin Affair (L'Affaire Coffin) | Docudrama | Based on the case of Wilbert Coffin | |||||||
| Coming Out Alive | Thriller | ||||||||
| Cordélia | Historical drama | ||||||||
| The Courage of Kavik the Wolf Dog | Adventure | ||||||||
| Deadly Companion | Mystery, thriller | ||||||||
| Death Ship | Horror | ||||||||
| The Dream Never Dies | William Johnston | Documentary | |||||||
| Fantastica | Musical fantasy | Genie Award – Costumes; entered into the 1980 Cannes Film Festival | |||||||
| Final Assignment | Drama | ||||||||
| Funeral Home | Horror | ||||||||
| Girls | Drama | French-German-Canadian coproduction | |||||||
| Good Riddance (Les Bons débarras) | Drama | AV Preservation Trust Masterwork | |||||||
| The Handyman (L'Homme à tout faire) | Jocelyn Bérubé, Andrée Pelletier, Marcel Sabourin | Drama | |||||||
| Musical, biographical drama | |||||||||
| Head On | Drama | ||||||||
| Hey Babe! | Rafal Zielinski | Musical | |||||||
| History of the World in Three Minutes Flat | Animated short | ||||||||
| Hog Wild | Comedy | ||||||||
| Hot Dogs (Les chiens chauds) | |||||||||
| The Hounds of Notre Dame | Drama | Genie Award – Actor (Peacocke) | |||||||
| It Rained All Night the Day I Left | Comedy | ||||||||
| Jack London's Klondike Fever | Peter Carter | Adventure | Genie Award – Supporting Actor (Pinsent) | ||||||
| The Kidnapping of the President | Political thriller | Based on a novel by Charles Templeton; made with U.S. financing | |||||||
| The Last Chase | Sci-fi drama | Made with U.S. financing | |||||||
| The Lucky Star | Holocaust melodrama | Genie Awards – Adapted Screenplay, Musical Score, Sound Editing | |||||||
| Middle Age Crazy | John Trent | Drama | Made with U.S. financing | ||||||
| No Looking Back | Drama | ||||||||
| Nothing Personal | Comedy | Made with U.S. financing | |||||||
| Phobia | Drama | The American director John Huston’s only Canadian film. His father, Walter Huston, was born in Toronto. | |||||||
| Pinball Summer | Teen comedy | ||||||||
| Prom Night | Jamie Lee Curtis cemented her early reputation as the ‘scream queen’ with this slasher tale of revenge. | ||||||||
| Some Even Fall in Love (Plusieurs tombent en amour) | Documentary | ||||||||
| Speak White | Short | Recitation of Michèle Lalonde's influential poem of the same name | |||||||
| The Strongest Man in the World | Mike Swistun | Short documentary | |||||||
| Suzanne | Romance, drama | ||||||||
| The Sweater | National Film Board animated short | Adaptation of Roch Carrier children's story; BAFTA – Animated Short | |||||||
| Tanya's Island | Fantasy | ||||||||
| Terror Train | Made with U.S. financing | ||||||||
| Tribute | Academy Award nomination – Actor (Lemmon) | ||||||||
| A Wives' Tale (Une histoire de femmes) | Documentary |