Here we've displayed a list of the best Toronto films : Anvil! The Story of Anvil(2008), The Silent Partner(1978), Scott Pilgrim vs. the World(2010), Videodrome(1983), Owning Mahowny(2003), Last Night(1998), Gambling, Gods and LSD(2002), Outrageous!(1977), Strange Brew(1983), My Side of the Mountain(1969), Foolproof(2003), When Night Is Falling(1995) ... ...
Documentary
Canada
2008
85 Minutes
Steve "Lips" Kudlow Robb Reiner Slash Lars Ulrich Lemmy
guitarist drummer hilarious inspiring sad canada europe toronto heavy metal friendship failure resilience robb reiner steve "lips" kudlow quest underdog 1980s
Since 1978, Anvil has become one of heavy metal's most influential yet commercially unsuccessful acts. In 2006, after a fledging European tour Anvil sets out to record their thirteenth album and continue to follow their dreams.
Mystery & Thriller, Comedy
Canada
1978
103 Minutes
Elliott Gould Christopher Plummer Susannah York Céline Lomez Michael Kirby Ken Pogue John Candy Gail Dahms Micheal Donoghue Jack Duffy
bank teller bank robber love interest brooding confident tense thrilling intense toronto apartment bank canada bank robbery theft schemes pursuit quest revenge rivalry love
A timid bank teller anticipates a bank robbery and steals the money himself before the crook arrives. When the sadistic crook realizes he's been fooled, he tracks down the teller and engages him in a cat-and-mouse chase for the cash.
Romance, Action
USA|UK|Canada|Japan
2010
112 Minutes
Michael Cera Mary Elizabeth Winstead Kieran Culkin Chris Evans Anna Kendrick Brie Larson Alison Pill Aubrey Plaza Brandon Routh Jason Schwartzman Johnny Simmons
guitarist girlfriend teen girl ex-boyfriend ex-girlfriend nerd offbeat hilarious nightclub toronto music competition apartment party dating romance kung fu music rivalry trials quest
In a magically realistic version of Toronto, a young man must defeat his new girlfriend's seven evil exes one by one in order to win her heart.
Horror
Canada|USA
1983
90 Minutes
James Woods Deborah Harry Sonja Smits Peter Dvorsky Leslie Carlson Jack Creley Lynne Gorman Julie Khaner
television producer girlfriend analyst daughter technician victim unrestrained shocking disturbing creepy television studio chamber toronto television hallucinations torture conspiracy government secrets violence discovery
A programmer at a TV station that specializes in adult entertainment searches for the producers of a dangerous and bizarre broadcast.
Drama
Canada|UK
2003
104 Minutes
Philip Seymour Hoffman Minnie Driver Maury Chaykin John Hurt Sonja Smits Ian Tracey Roger Dunn Jason Blicker Chris Collins
bank employee gambler girlfriend casino owner thief friend tense gripping dark emotional atlantic city, n.j. toronto casino bank canada gambling fraud theft addiction deception
A bank manager with: (a) a gambling problem and (b) access to a multimillion dollar account gets into a messy situation. Based on the story of the largest one-man bank fraud in Canadian history.
Comedy, Drama
Canada|France
1998
96 Minutes
Don McKellar Sandra Oh Callum Keith Rennie Sarah Polley David Cronenberg Tracy Wright Geneviève Bujold Roberta Maxwell Robin Gammell Trent McMullen Karen Glave
widower wife husband friend sister brooding emotional canada toronto apocalypse debauchery depression family suicide sex discovery fall 1990s
A group of very different individuals with different ideas of how to face the end come together as the world is expected to end in six hours at the turn of the century.
Documentary
Canada|Switzerland
2002
180 Minutes
filmmaker childhood friend evangelist junkie newlywed gambler airy dreamy brooding toronto las vegas nevada desert switzerland india journey life beliefs technology drugs
A filmmaker's inquiry into transcendence becomes a three-hour trip across countries and cultures, interconnecting people, places and times. From Toronto, the scene of his childhood, Peter ... See full summary »
Comedy, Drama, Gay & Lesbian
Canada
1977
100 Minutes
Craig Russell Hollis McLaren Richert Easley Allan Moyle David McIlwraith Gerry Salsberg Andrée Pelletier Helen Shaver Martha Gibson Helen Hughes Jonah Royston
hairdresser drag queen schizophrenic agent cab driver positive emotional touching toronto salon apartment nightclub unlikely friendship cross-dressing schizophrenia ambition underdog discovery 1970s
A story about a female impersonator who rooms with a pregnant schizophrenic.
Comedy
Canada|USA
1983
90 Minutes
Dave Thomas Dave Thomas Rick Moranis Max von Sydow Paul Dooley Lynne Griffin Angus MacInnes Tom Harvey Douglas Campbell Brian McConnachie Len Doncheff
unemployed person brother villain uncle niece amusing madcap canada brewery toronto brother relationship mind control schemes factory workers world domination discovery quest 1980s
Canada's most famous hosers, Bob and Doug McKenzie, get jobs at the Elsinore Brewery, only to learn that something is rotten with the state of it.
Kids & Family, Adventure
USA
1969
100 Minutes
Teddy Eccles Theodore Bikel Tudi Wiggins Frank Perry Peggi Loder Gina Dick Karen Pearson Danny McIlravey Cosette Lee Larry Reynolds Tom Harvey
boy musician falcon raccoon librarian spirited sad heartwarming woods library tree toronto appalachia canada survival nature coming of age growing up adventure discovery
As young Sam Gribley runs away he learns about nature.
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
Canada
2003
90 Minutes
Ryan Reynolds David Suchet Kristin Booth Joris Jarsky James Allodi David Hewlett Mif Tara Slone Soo Garay Laura Catalano Sean Gregory Sullivan
young man young woman friend criminal tense engaging toronto apartment warehouse heist friendship crime dangerous assignment jewelry theft pursuit escape 2000s
Kevin, Sam and Rob are founding members of a theoretical group which pulls off heists. Leo, a gangster, blackmails them into pulling off a real multi-million dollar heist. Now it's up to them to get out alive.
Drama, Gay & Lesbian
Canada
1995
94 Minutes
Pascale Bussières Rachael Crawford Henry Czerny David Fox Tracy Wright Don McKellar Clare Coulter Karyne Steben Sarah Steben
professor circus performer fiancée dean lover dog passionate emotional dreamy profound college classroom circus trailer toronto laundromat lesbianism existential crisis sexual identity tragic death
An uptight and conservative woman, working on tenure as a literacy professor at a large urban university, finds herself strangely attracted to a free-spirited, liberal woman who works at a local carnival that comes to town.
Drama
Canada|UK
1996
100 Minutes
James Spader Holly Hunter Elias Koteas Deborah Kara Unger Rosanna Arquette Peter MacNeill Cheryl Swarts Boyd Banks
filmmaker wife doctor guru cult member prostitute disturbing sultry emotional tense toronto canada bridge road car marriage sexual taboo fetish cult death
After getting into a serious car accident, a TV director discovers an underground sub-culture of scarred, omnisexual car-crash victims who use car accidents and the raw sexual energy they produce to try to rejuvenate his sex life with his wife.
Documentary, Music
USA
1991
118 Minutes
Madonna Donna De Lory Niki Harris Luis Camacho Oliver Crumes Jr. Salim Gauwloos
madonna friend father dancer boyfriend playful frenetic hedonistic shocking japan los angeles detroit new york city toronto paris concert tour performance pop music relationships stardom
Documentary following singer Madonna on her controversial Blond Ambition tour in 1990.
Drama
Canada
2008
100 Minutes
Scott Speedman Devon Bostick Arsinée Khanjian Kenneth Welsh Rachel Blanchard Katie Boland Noam Jenkins Geraldine O'Rawe Hailee Sisera
student teacher uncle father mother emotional intense toronto canada terrorism family history deception school student-teacher relationship internet growing up discovery 2000s
For his French-class assignment, a high school student weaves his family history in a news story involving terrorism, and goes on to invite an Internet audience in on the resulting controversy.
Drama
Canada
1997
91 Minutes
Martin Villafana Lynn Whitfield Rainbow Sun Francks Clark Johnson Sarah Polley Richard Chevolleau Margot Kidder Nicole Hardy Warren Benns Tina Su Christopher Kennedy
prodigy mother teacher best friend janitor girlfriend tender calm creative inspiring toronto apartment school basement music aspirations imagination unlikely friendship teen angst weight problems
This is the story of an extremely obese, rather immature, yet very bright and talented young man, and of his world and the people in it... mostly homeless young adults... who refer to their... See full summary »
Comedy
Canada
2012
99 Minutes
Jonas Chernick Emily Hampshire Sarah Manninen Vik Sahay Randy Apostle Jessica Burleson Sarah Constible Tamara Gorski Marina Stephenson Kerr Melissa Elias Andrea del Campo
exotic dancer boyfriend conservative ex-girlfriend friend accountant amusing jordan toronto strip club city apartment adventure morality unlikely allies awkward situations lust love discovery 2010s
To win back his ex-girlfriend, a conservative accountant enlists the help of an exotic dancer to guide him on a quest for sexual experience, leading him into a world of strip clubs, sensual massage parlors, cross-dressing and S & M.
Drama
Canada|Italy
2002
95 Minutes
Sophia Loren Mira Sorvino Deborah Kara Unger Pete Postlethwaite Klaus Maria Brandauer Gérard Depardieu Malcolm McDowell Wendy Crewson
wife mother cellist photographer artist estranged father ex-convict family friend stranger inspiring uplifting touching tender toronto canada secret discovery art journey
Three women confront their pasts which changes their futures.
Mystery & Thriller, Sci-Fi
Canada
2018
102 Minutes
Katie Douglas Celina Martin Sara Canning Peter Outerbridge Amalia Williamson Kate Vickery Josette Halpert Yasmin Lau Kiana Madeira Sydney Meyer Sarah DaSilva
girl student orphan headmistress former friend teen girl disheartening bleak thrilling dark chilling frightening boarding school prison classroom dystopia on the run toronto dystopia boarding-school life
In a highly regimented boarding school, a pair of students discover that things are not as they seem.
Mystery & Thriller
Canada
1999
97 Minutes
Wendy Crewson Joel Keller Leon Pownall Shawn Doyle Leslie Yeo Shannon Lawson Cedric Smith Art Hindle Eric Peterson Michael Murphy
millionaire mogul businessman wife police officer roman catholic engaging suspenseful melodramatic toronto street household canada city missing persons investigation media circus religious differences ambrose small infidelity
It's the post WWI era Toronto. Despite Prohibition, Daniel Small continues to operate Corman Distilleries, while his son, Ambrose Small, has just sold his chain of theaters for $1 million. ... See full summary »
Romance, Comedy, Drama
USA
2003
101 Minutes
Mandy Moore Allison Janney Trent Ford Alexandra Holden Dylan Baker Nina Foch Mackenzie Astin Connie Ray Mary Catherine Garrison Sonja Smits Peter Gallagher
high-school student sister fiancé bad boy mother father charming lighthearted touching amusing toronto suburb high school classroom household teen romance relationships dating marriage family
A teenager (Moore), disillusioned by too many examples of love gone wrong, refuses to believe that true love exists. Then this new guy (Ford) comes along...
Mystery & Thriller
Canada
2014
100 Minutes
Abigail Breslin Georgie Henley Mira Sorvino Jeffrey Ballard Zoë Belkin Jonathan Malen James Russo Rusty Schwimmer Stephan James Zak Santiago
alcoholic mother girl brother emotional tense toronto siblings plot murder wretched excess
Tired of their mother's alcoholism and a string of her abusive boyfriends, two sisters plot to kill her.
Drama
Canada
1997
89 Minutes
Donal Logue Gregory Sporleder Callum Keith Rennie Max Perlich Paul Sorvino Joseph Griffin Derek Ritschel Bill MacDonald Leigh E. Brinkman Leo Carroll Maureen Cryan
thug accomplice gangster mob boss police officer brutal brash intense toronto ontario, canada woods farmhouse dangerous assignment on the run theft crime drugs escape revenge pursuit
Three losers, Eddie, Lucas and Mamet, are sent to collect some debt at a remote farm. But the thugs there are too hard for them, and they are humiliated. They return for revenge, it gets ... See full summary »
Romance
India
2008
155 Minutes
architect land developer activist boyfriend best friend psychic mushy relaxing toronto community center young love ambition demolition relationships luck love growing up 2000s
A luckless architect discovers a social activist to be his lucky charm. Unfortunately, she's protecting the community center he's aiming to win a contract to tear down.
Romance
Canada|USA
1998
91 Minutes
Natasha Henstridge Luke Wilson Kathleen Robertson Janeane Garofalo Bruce McCulloch Kristin Lehman Amie Carey Gordon Currie Harland Williams Mark McKinney Jerry Schaefer
young man ex-girlfriend tv personality ex-boyfriend friend therapist quirky playful toronto dog park apartment psychiatrist's office love triangle breakup failed romance dogs jealousy love adventure rivalry
Two dog lovers meet at a singles bar, recognizing each other from the dog park. Andy and Lorna are recent singles after their exes met.
Mystery & Thriller
Canada
2019
98 Minutes
Ben Platt Mena Massoud Nina Dobrev Scott Speedman Jennifer Ehle Damian Lewis Gil Bellows Lauren Collins
journalist political consultant mayor thrilling tense rousing toronto political corruption investigative journalism scandal government ineptitude wretched excess fall 2010s
An emerging political scandal in Toronto in 2013 seen through the eyes of young staffers at city hall and a local newspaper.
Comedy
UK|Germany|USA
2008
87 Minutes
Mike Myers Jessica Alba Justin Timberlake Romany Malco Verne Troyer Meagan Good Omid Djalili Ben Kingsley Manu Narayan John Oliver Stephen Colbert
guru hockey player wife coach mother team owner amusing outlandish campy toronto niagara falls, n.y. india ashram auditorium hockey rink spirituality self-help hockey marital problems mentorship
Pitka, an American raised outside of his country by gurus, returns to the States in order to break into the self-help business. His first challenge is to settle the romantic troubles and subsequent professional skid of a star hockey player whose wife left him for a rival athlete.
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
2001
89 Minutes
Juliette Lewis Gina Gershon Callum Keith Rennie Kelly Harms Camilla Rutherford Mickey Rourke
canadian young woman photographer neighbor police officer criminal gritty thrilling engaging montreal toronto apartment apartment building chinese restaurant shop mistaken identity wrongfully accused murder fire crime
While searching for her former lover in Toronto, a woman (Juliette Lewis) inadvertently gets involved with two criminals.
Drama
1970
90 Minutes
Doug McGrath Paul Bradley Jayne Eastwood Cayle Chernin Nicole Morin Pierre La Roche
young man best friend factory worker girlfriend waitress bleak melodramatic gritty toronto nova scotia big city factory apartment canada aspirations poverty petty crime city life friendship pregnancy
Two unskilled, uneducated young men (Doug McGrath, Paul Bradley) leave Nova Scotia to find a better life in Toronto.
Animation, Kids & Family, Fantasy
2018
8 Minutes
mother woman lonely woman doll creative lighthearted amusing hilarious charming heartwarming toronto canada family home family relationships mother/child relationship education childcare adventure discovery
A woman who is suffering from empty nest syndrome gets a second shot at motherhood when one of her handmade dumplings springs to life.