This is a list of Canadian films which were released in 1987:
| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Artist on Fire | Documentary | ||||
| Blindside | Thriller | ||||
| Blue City Slammers | Sports/drama | ||||
| Blue Monkey | Horror | ||||
| Boy, Girl | Short drama | ||||
| Brother André (Le Frère André) | Drama | ||||
| Burglar | Comedy | ||||
| The Canneries | Documentary | ||||
| Captive Hearts | Drama | ||||
| The Care Bears Adventure in Wonderland | Animation | Last of the Care Bears features | |||
| Caribe | Thriller | ||||
| Concrete Angels | Musical drama | ||||
| Crazy Moon | |||||
| Dance for Modern Times | Documentary | ||||
| Deaf to the City (Le sourd dans la ville) | Drama | ||||
| Determinations | Oliver Hockenhull | Documentary, experimental | |||
| Dreams Beyond Memory | Drama | ||||
| Family Viewing | Drama | ||||
| Fashion 99 | Sharron Kearney | Short drama | |||
| Foster Child | National Film Board documentary | Broadcast on CBC-TV | |||
| Future Block | Maury Chaykin, Walter Massey, Kathleen Fee, Wally Martin | Animated short | |||
| The Gate | Horror | Special effects by Randall William Cook; Golden Reel Award; made with U.S. financing | |||
| George and Rosemary | National Film Board animated short | Genie Award – Short Film; Academy Award nomination – Animated Short | |||
| God Rides a Harley | Documentary | ||||
| Graveyard Shift | Horror | ||||
| The Heart Exposed (Le Cœur découvert) | Drama | ||||
| Horror | |||||
| Home Is Where the Hart Is | Comedy | ||||
| I've Heard the Mermaids Singing | Drama | Genie Awards – Actress (McCarthy), Supporting Actress (Baillargeon); Cannes Film Festival – Prix de la Jeunesse | |||
| The Last Straw | Comedy | ||||
| Life Classes | Drama | Entered into the 38th Berlin International Film Festival | |||
| Lupo the Butcher | Animated | ||||
| The Man Who Planted Trees | Narrator: Philippe Noiret (French) & Christopher Plummer (English) | Animated short | Based on a short story by Jean Giono; Academy Award winner and screened at Cannes | ||
| Marie in the City (Marie s'en va-t-en ville) | Frédérique Collin, Geneviève Lenoir | Drama | |||
| Night Friend | Peter Gerretsen | Drama | |||
| Night Zoo (Un Zoo la nuit) | Crime drama | Record-setting: 13 Genie Awards | |||
| Obsessed | Drama | Genie Award – Supporting Actress (Dewhurst) | |||
| The Pink Chiquitas | Comedy | ||||
| Primiti Too Taa | Ed Ackerman, Colin Morton | Experimental animation | |||
| Rebel High | John Fasano | Horror | |||
| Rock 'n' Roll Nightmare | Short drama | ||||
| Seductio | Drama | ||||
| Storm | Drama | ||||
| Striker's Mountain | Adventure drama | ||||
| Taking Care | Drama | ||||
| Tomorrow's a Killer | Thriller | ||||
| Too Outrageous! | Drama | ||||
| Train of Dreams | National Film Board drama | Special Jury Prize, Chicago International Film Festival | |||
| The Virgin Queen of St. Francis High | Comedy | ||||
| A Winter Tan | Genie Award – Actress (Burroughs) | ||||
| The Young Magician | Rusty Jedwab, Daria Trafankowska, Mariusz Benoit | Children's drama | Canadian-Polish coproduction |