This is a list of Canadian films which were released in 1986:
| width=21% | Title | width=16% | Director | width=22% | Cast | width=13% | Genre | width=28% | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Adventure of Faustus Bidgood | Featuring CODCO members | ||||||||
| Abducted | Thriller | ||||||||
| Anne Trister | Drama | Genie Awards – Cinematography, Song; entered into the 36th Berlin International Film Festival | |||||||
| Bach and Broccoli (Bach et Bottine) | Mahée Paiement, Raymond Legault | Children's | |||||||
| The Boy in Blue | Drama | ||||||||
| Bullies | Action drama | ||||||||
| Feature animation | |||||||||
| City in Panic | David Adamson, Lee Ann Nestegard, Ed Chester, Peter Roberts | Horror | |||||||
| The Climb | Adventure drama | ||||||||
| Confidential | |||||||||
| Creole Connections | Documentary | ||||||||
| Dancing in the Dark | Drama | ||||||||
| Debonair Dancers | Documentary | ||||||||
| The Decline of the American Empire (Le Déclin de l'empire américain) | Drama | AV Preservation Trust Masterwork | |||||||
| Dream Tracks (Les Traces du rêve) | Documentary | ||||||||
| Equinox (Équinoxe) | Drama | ||||||||
| Every Dog's Guide to Complete Home Safety | Animated short | ||||||||
| Evixion | Docudrama | ||||||||
| Exit | Drama | ||||||||
| Flying | Drama | ||||||||
| The Great Land of Small | Karin Elkin, Michael J. Anderson, Ken Roberts | Children's film | From the Tales for All series | ||||||
| La Guêpe | Drama | ||||||||
| Science fiction | |||||||||
| I Need a Man Like You to Make My Dreams Come True | Short comedy | ||||||||
| In the Shadow of the Wind (Les Fous de Bassan) | Drama | Entered into the 37th Berlin International Film Festival | |||||||
| In This Corner | Robert Wisden, Patrick Tierney | Drama | |||||||
| Intimate Power (Pouvoir intime) | Crime drama | ||||||||
| Iron Eagle | Drama | Canada-Israel co-production made with U.S. financing | |||||||
| It's a Party! | Short comedy-drama | ||||||||
| John and the Missus | Gordon Pinsent, Jackie Burroughs, Timothy Webber | Drama | Screenplay by Gordon Pinsent based on his own novel. | ||||||
| Lost! | Drama | ||||||||
| Loyalties | Drama | Anne Wheeler's first feature; Genie Award – Costumes; Canada-U.K. co-production | |||||||
| Comedy | |||||||||
| The Morning Man (Un matin, une vie) | Crime drama | ||||||||
| Nion in the Kabaret de La Vita | Ian "Nion" Wallace | Short drama | |||||||
| Documentary | |||||||||
| The Park Is Mine | Drama | ||||||||
| Documentary | |||||||||
| Separate Vacations | Sex comedy | ||||||||
| Sitting in Limbo | National Film Board drama | ||||||||
| Sword of Gideon | Drama | ||||||||
| Tables of Content | Animated short | ||||||||
| To Hurt and to Heal | Documentary | ||||||||
| Toby McTeague | Drama | ||||||||
| Transit | Short drama | ||||||||
| Transitions | Documentary | ||||||||
| Where's Pete | Jim Purdy | Short drama | |||||||
| Zombie Nightmare | Jack Bravman | Horror |