This is a list of Canadian films which were released in 1988:
Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes | |
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Alias Will James | Will James | National Film Board documentary | |||
American Gothic | Horror | ||||
Apprentice to Murder | Thriller | ||||
Backfire | Thriller | ||||
The Box of Sun (La boite à soleil) | Drama | ||||
The Brain | Horror | ||||
Bruce and Pepper Wayne Gacy's Home Movies | Short | ||||
Calling the Shots | Documentary | ||||
Candy Mountain | Drama | Canada-France-Switzerland co-production | |||
The Carpenter | |||||
The Cat Came Back | National Film Board animated short | Genie Award – Animated Short; Academy Award nominee – Animated Short | |||
Clair Obscur | Drama | ||||
Comic Book Confidential | Documentary | Script by Ron Mann & bp Nichol; Genie Award - Feature documentary | |||
Cowboys Don't Cry | Drama | Genie Award - Song | |||
Dead Ringers | Drama | Made with U.S. financing | |||
Finding Mary March | Historical drama | ||||
Gaspard and Son (Gaspard et fil$) | Comedy | ||||
Glory Enough for All | Historical drama | ||||
God Bless the Child | Larry Elikann | Drama | |||
Growing Up in America | Documentary | ||||
The Heat Line (La ligne de chaleur) | Hubert-Yves Rose | Drama | |||
Inside/Out | Short drama | ||||
Into the Fire | Thriller | ||||
Iron Eagle II | Action adventure | Canada-Israel co-production | |||
Kalamazoo | Drama | ||||
The Kiss | Horror | Made with U.S. financing | |||
Malarek | Drama | ||||
Martha, Ruth and Edie | Drama | ||||
Milk and Honey | Drama | Genie Award – Screenplay; Canada-U.K. co-production | |||
The Mills of Power (Les Tisserands du pouvoir) | Historical drama | Two-part film which received brief theatrical distribution before airing as a television miniseries in 1989 (French) and 1990 (English) | |||
The Mysterious Moon Men of Canada | Gerry Quigley | Short | Genie Award – Live-Action Short | ||
Office Party | Thriller | ||||
The Outside Chance of Maximilian Glick | Coming-of-age drama | Toronto Festival of Festivals – Best Canadian Feature | |||
Palais Royale | Crime drama | ||||
Pin | Horror | ||||
Pissoir | Experimental gay feature | Berlin Film Festival – Teddy Award | |||
The Revolving Doors (Les Portes tournantes) | Drama | Canada-France co-production | |||
Documentary | |||||
Shadow Dancing | Gothic mystery/dance | ||||
Something About Love | Drama | ||||
The Squamish Five | Docudrama | ||||
Straight for the Heart (À corps perdu) | Drama | Canada-Switzerland co-production | |||
The Tadpole and the Whale (La grenouille et la baleine) | Children's film | From the Tales for All series; Golden Reel Award | |||
Tales from the Gimli Hospital | Drama | Guy Maddin's first feature | |||
Tenderfoot (Le Pied tendre) | Massimo Agostinelli, Mario Bertrand, Andréa Davidson | Short drama/dance | |||
Tommy Tricker and the Stamp Traveller | Lucas Evans, Anthony Rogers | Children's film | From the Tales for All series | ||
Horror | Direct to video | ||||
Watchers | Jon Hess | Horror | |||
Documentary | |||||
The World Is Watching | Documentary | Genie Award - Short documentary | |||
You're Beautiful, Jeanne (T'es belle, Jeanne) | Drama |