Canadian films about Muslims

List of the best Canadian films about Muslims according to visitors: The Legend of Sarila, Sex After Kids, Septic Man, Eddie: The Sleepwalking Cannibal, Incendies, Torment, If I Were You, Gabrielle, The Captains, The Art of the Steal.

In the top there are new films of 2021, a plot description and trailers for films that have already been released.

Country
Markimdb: 4.9
Genreadventure, cartoon
CountryCanada

Three young Inuits set off in search of a promised land to save their clan from starvation.

Markimdb: 5.4
Genrecomedy
CountryCanada
Duration01:45

An edgy comedy about the sexual adventures in parenthood.

Markimdb: 4
Genrehorror, fantastic
CountryCanada
Duration01:26

A sewage worker gets trapped inside a septic tank during a water contamination crisis and undergoes a hideous transformation. To escape, he must team up with a docile Giant and confront the murdering madman known as Lord Auch.

Markimdb: 5.7
Genrehorror, comedy
CountryCanada, Denmark
Duration01:30

A once-famous painter rediscovers inspiration when he befriends a sleepwalking cannibal.

Markimdb: 8.3
Genredrama, detective, military
CountryCanada, France
Duration02:19

A mother's last wishes send twins Jeanne and Simon on a journey to Middle East in search of their tangled roots. Adapted from Wajdi Mouawad's acclaimed play, Incendies tells the powerful and moving tale of two young adults' voyage to the core of deep-rooted hatred, never-ending wars and enduring love.

Markimdb: 4.6
Genrehorror, thriller
CountryCanada

Newlyweds Sarah and Cory Morgan have decided to take a relaxing holiday with Cory’s 7 year old son Liam to try and smooth over some of the teething problems Liam is having with his new Mom. Despite the idyllic location of Cory’s isolated and luxurious country house, the family soon realize they have made a mistake in going there. Someone has been using the house in their absence. Their unwanted house guests will soon reveal themselves and the family will find itself caught up in a fight for their lives. What was planned as a relaxing getaway quickly turns into their worst nightmare as the family find themselves on a holiday from hell.

Markimdb: 7
Genrecomedy, drama
CountryUnited Kingdom, Canada
Duration01:55

When a woman tries to outwit her husband's sexy young mistress, the unexpected consequences include starring as King Lear in a very amateur production - with the mistress, an aspiring actress, playing The Fool.

Markimdb: 7
Genremelodrama, drama, music
CountryCanada

Gabrielle is a young woman with Williams syndrome who has a contagious joie de vivre and an exceptional musical gift. Since she met her boyfriend Martin, at the recreation centre where they are choir members, they have been inseparable. However, because they are "different," their loved ones are fearful of their relationship. As the choir prepare for an important music festival, Gabrielle does everything she can to gain her independence. As determined as she is, Gabrielle must still confront other people's prejudices as well as her own limitations in the hope of experiencing a love far from the "ordinary".

Markimdb: 6.8
Genredocumentary, biography
CountryCanada
Duration01:37

The Captains is a feature length documentary film written and directed by William Shatner. The film follows Shatner as he interviews the other actors whom have portrayed Starship captains within the illustrious science-fiction franchise.

Markimdb: 6.3
Genrecomedy, crime
CountryCanada, USA
Duration01:30

Crunch Calhoun, a third-rate motorcycle daredevil and part-time art thief, teams up with his snaky brother to steal one of the most valuable books in the world. But it's not just about the book for Crunch — he's keen to rewrite some chapters of his own past as well.

Markimdb: 4.9
Genrehorror, thriller, crime
CountryCanada
Duration01:21

The mid-70's: A timid young New Yorker leads an uneventful life until he is fatefully exposed to the pulsating rhythms of a brand-new genre of music....disco. Unable to control his murderous impulses that stem from a traumatic childhood experience, Duane Lewis transforms into a dangerous serial killer exiled to Montreal.

Markimdb: 3.7
Genrehorror, thriller, drama
CountryCanada
Duration01:24

Two brothers return to a small mountain town in search of their long lost parents only to discover that the place has a monstrous taste for tourists.

Markimdb: 6.4
Genrethriller, drama, crime
CountryCanada
Duration01:35

This is the portrait of two recently released prisoners (Pierrette Robitaille and Romane Bohringer) who learn to live in a sugar shack deep in the forest.

Markimdb: 6.1
Genrethriller, comedy, melodrama, drama
CountryCanada

An unexpected heroine is plunged into a world of forged identities, corporate intrigue and organized crime.

Markimdb: 6.3
Genrethriller, drama
CountryCanada
Duration02:30

When two youngsters meet and fall for each other, they must go on the run from the girl's corrupt father, who is also the sheriff of the town.

Markimdb: 6
Genrecomedy
CountryCanada, India
Duration01:41

An unemployed doctor turned cab driver becomes a local hero when he converts his taxi into a mobile clinic.

Markimdb: 4.2
Genrethriller
CountryCanada
Duration01:29

When teenager Cami Winters falls in love, she falls hard. Her single mother, Tori, has no idea that Cami has fallen in love with a boy named 'Jake' she met on a social networking website. Although Cami believes Jake's a 23 year-old college student, everything he's told her online is a lie.

Markimdb: 4.7
Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama, crime
CountryCanada
Duration01:24

An ex-con finds his plan to go straight foiled by a loan shark who manipulates his target into taking on one last heist.

Markimdb: 5.4
Genrethriller, drama, detective
CountryCanada

Following the death of her mother, a young woman returns home to Niagara Falls and becomes entangled in the memory of a kidnapping she claims to have witnessed as a child.

Markimdb: 8.1
Genredrama
CountryCanada
Duration02:18

A peculiar neighbor offers hope to a recent widow who is struggling to raise a teenager who is unpredictable and, sometimes, violent.

Markimdb: 4.6
Genreaction, fantasy, drama, family, crime, biography
CountryCanada
Duration01:35

The journey of a professional wrestler who becomes a small town pastor and moonlights as a masked vigilante fighting injustice. While facing crises at home and at the church, the Pastor must evade the police and somehow reconcile his violent secret identity with his calling as a pastor.

Markimdb: 5.9
Genredrama
CountryCanada

Celebrated European actor Sophie Bernard is in Montreal shooting a movie, and she's taking the opportunity to visit her gay son Thomas in the hope of bridging the rift that's grown between them. But Thomas has his own agenda for their time together; he intends to finally get some answers as to the identity of his father. Meanwhile, at Ville-Marie Hospital, paramedic Pierre struggles with PTSD, and though he has support in Marie, a nurse who keeps the overflowing emergency room running, it's uncertain whether he'll remain able to cope with the high intensity of his work. Each of these four characters is dealing with emotional damage — and on one dark Montreal night, their lives will all intersect in a fateful occurrence at Ville-Marie.

Markimdb: 4.2
Genrehorror, thriller, drama
CountryCanada

A teen faces a night of terror when three malevolent trick-or-treaters come knocking at her door.

Markimdb: 6
Genrecomedy
CountryCanada

Fed up with being censored in their post-Trailer Park Boys lives, the out of work stars/world-renowned 'swearists', Mike Smith, Robb Wells and John Paul Tremblay decide to start their own uncensored network on the internet.

Markimdb: 7
Genrecomedy, drama, detective
CountryCanada

A once-celebrated kid detective, now 31, continues to solve the same trivial mysteries between hangovers and bouts of self-pity. Until a naive client brings him his first 'adult' case, to find out who brutally murdered her boyfriend.

Markimdb: 6.5
Genrecomedy, melodrama
CountryCanada
Duration00:30

Katherine, a high-powered executive who believes men are intimidated by her career, is persuaded by her friend to create an internet dating profile claiming she is an executive assistant.

Markimdb: 4.1
Genrethriller, drama, detective
CountryCanada
Duration01:27

Ten years ago, Kate Collins (Ashley Jones) was a different person. Literally. She was living in Chicago, working as a bartender, and going by her real name ‘Stephanie Wickers.’ That all changed when she witnessed the murder of her boss by a ruthless member of an up and coming crime syndicate named Alek Ravik (Al Sapienza). Knowing that Klebanov saw her, she faked her death, changed her name, and went into hiding in Philadelphia. When a crooked cop retires and young, eager Detective Miesen (Alain Chanoine) is chosen to head a new task force to tackle crime syndicates in Chicago, the unsolved murder case is reopened. Miesen believes that Kate/Stephanie is still alive and begins to look for her. Unfortunately, so does Alek.

Markimdb: 4.3
Genrehorror, thriller
CountryCanada
Duration02:16

A group of students head off for a snowboarding adventure on an untouched piece of land. When their SUV mysteriously stalls in a brutal snowstorm they are not only faced with the reality of freezing to death but a fate even more horrifying. For they have become stranded in Stoughton Valley, home of some Witch Trials even more horrendous than Salem, and are being hunted by a supernatural creature determined to keep them there.

Markimdb: 6.7
Genredrama
CountryCanada
Duration01:30

Maryse and her husband are desperate to sell a backhoe sitting abandoned in their suburban yard. Her brother, Benoit, is trapped in endless adolescence, sharing their childhood home with their invalid father. Benoit is enamoured with a single mom named Nathalie, and he's hoping to finally grow up by living with her... but Nathalie's son does not approve. A serious accident at the factory where Maryse works, a strange series of coincidences, and the arrival of a Man claiming to come from the future launch Maryse and Benoit on a life-changing road trip. Following up his acclaimed feature film Continental, a film without guns, filmmaker Stephane Lafleur once again brings us an ensemble of compelling characters, in a story where the ordinary and the fantastic collide

Markimdb: 6.8
Genredrama, crime
CountryCanada
Duration01:23

The line between reality and fiction starts to blur when two best friends start making a movie about getting revenge on bullies.

Markimdb: 5.5
Genreaction, crime
CountryCanada
Duration01:26

A female police officer has to keep a prisoner from escaping a nearly abandoned hospital unit at the same time his violent partners come looking for him.

Markimdb: 4.9
Genrehorror
CountryCanada

Cocky young attorney Michael Gray finds himself framed for murder when an inmate he is defending violently kills himself during their interview at South River State Penitentiary. Now locked in the same nightmarish Cell 213 where his client died, he soon realizes that unnatural forces are behind a string of inmate suicides, making matters of guilt and innocence not as cut and dry as they seem.

Markimdb: 6.6
Genremelodrama, crime, detective
CountryUSA, Canada
Duration00:35

Based on the New York Times bestselling book, Chocolate Chip Cookie Murder by Joanne Fluke, the film will take viewers on a mouthwatering mystery that centers on Hannah Swensen, shop owner of the Cookie Jar where much of the town's gossip percolates along with the strong coffee. But when a mysterious murder occurs, Hannah turns into a culinary detective and finds herself trying to solve the crime while getting caught in an unexpected romantic mystery of her own.

Markimdb: 6.1
Genredrama, crime
CountryCanada
Duration01:45

Based on a real WWII vet and family man turned bank robber. Disillusioned by his post war circumstances, Eddie Boyd is torn between the need to provide for his young family and an unfulfilled dream to head to Hollywood to become a star. He discovers a way to do both, robbing banks Hollywood style, but his dream leads him down a path of danger and tragedy.

Markimdb: 6.7
Genremelodrama, drama
CountryCanada
Duration01:45

A young married woman from Montreal's Orthodox Jewish community finds freedom from the strictures of her faith through her relationship with a young man who is mourning the death of his estranged father.

Markimdb: 5.5
Genremelodrama, drama
CountryCanada
Duration01:05

An unexpected affair quickly escalates into a heart-stopping reality for two women whose passionate connection changes their lives forever.

Markimdb: 6.4
Genrethriller, drama
CountryCanada

Joseph and his family live in the remote wilderness as fur trappers but their tranquility starts to be threatened when they think are being hunted by the return of a rogue wolf and Joseph leaves them behind to track it.

Markimdb: 6
Genredrama
CountryFrance, Canada
Duration01:41

In forgotten towns along the American border, a young mother drifts from one motel to the next with her intoxicating boyfriend and her 8-year-old son. The makeshift family scrapes by, living one hustle at a time, until the discovery of a mobile home community offers an alternative life.

Markimdb: 6.9
Genredrama, crime
CountryCanada

The Gamache, tailors from father to son, have been dressing the Mafia family Paternò for three generation. Vincent "Vince" Gamache works on behalf of Frank the godfather with his eldest son Giaco. Vince, reckless and rash, seeks to earn his stripes by impressing the godfather. Without the Paternò knowing, he stages a big operation and is promoted. Fuming with jealousy, Giaco discovers that Vince committed a monstrous act during his stroke. The Gamache disown Vince and war begins.

Markimdb: 5.2
Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
CountryCanada
Duration01:29

The estranged daughter (Lauren Lee Smith) of a recently deceased filmmaker gains a new understanding of her father when she offers to create a retrospective of his work.

Markimdb: 7.2
Genrecomedy, drama, crime, detective
CountryCanada
Duration00:30

Ex-pro hockey player Matt Shade irrevocably changes his life when he teams up with fierce P.I. Angie Everett to form an unlikely investigative powerhouse.

Markimdb: 7.6
Genrefantasy, drama
CountryCanada

When Charlie Harris ends up in a coma, he leaves the Hope-Zion Hospital in chaos - and his fiancée and fellow surgeon, Alex Reid, in a state of shock. As the staff of Hope-Zion races to save lives, comatose Dr. Harris wanders the halls of Hope-Zee in "spirit" form, not sure if he's a ghost or a figment of his own imagination.

Markimdb: 6.1
Genrecomedy, melodrama
CountryCanada
Duration01:37

A stubborn idealist spies a bride on her way to her wedding and immediately falls in love with her.

Markimdb: 4.1
Genrehorror, fantastic, action, thriller, detective
CountryUSA, Canada
Duration01:53

On August 16, 2013, the Supreme Court mandated the CIA to declassify files that had been kept secret for the past 75 years. Visual records of documented paranormal events were released to the public. The following incident took place in Gracefield, Quebec.

Markimdb: 6.5
Genrecomedy, drama
CountryCanada, Spain, Japan
Duration01:56

Twenty-eight-year-old Margot is happily married to Lou, a good-natured cookbook author. But when Margot meets Daniel, a handsome artist who lives across the street, their mutual attraction is undeniable.

Markimdb: 5.1
Genrecomedy, adventure, cartoon
CountryCanada
Duration01:54

Quebec, 1956. The impulsive and headstrong Nelly Maloye, a novice private eye, joins the methodical and pragmatic Simon Picard, a research scientist in a dubious quest to prove the existence of the elusive Yeti. The brave-hearted heroes come face-to-face with countless dangers during their trek through the heart of the Himalayas.

Markimdb: 5.1
Genrehorror, fantastic, thriller
CountryCanada
Duration01:37

Set in the small town of Devil's Gate, North Dakota, the film examines the disappearance of a local woman and her young son. Schull plays an FBI agent who helps the local sheriff search for answers. Partnering with a deputy , they track down the missing woman's husband and find that nothing is as it seems.

Markimdb: 5.5
Genremusical, adventure, cartoon
CountryCanada
Duration01:29

A spectacular sled race through the village. Frankie-Four-Eyes and his team, including Sophie as the driver, take on the newcomers: the mysterious and conceited Zac and his athletic cousin Charlie.

Markimdb: 6
Genreaction, comedy, drama
CountryCanada

Summer war games between the neighborhood kids turns deadly serious when jealousy and betrayal enter the mix, in this alternately hilarious and horrifying black comedy that mixes equal parts Lord of the Flies and Roald Dahl.

Markimdb: 4.3
Genrefantastic, action, thriller
CountryCanada

A scientist discovers the bodies of three frozen genetically modified Russians buried in the Canadian North. Upon thawing them out he realizes he has unleashed a deadly threat to Western society and must stop them at all costs.




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