Canadian films about rivers

List of the best Canadian films about rivers according to viewers: Tubelight, You're Sleeping Nicole, Keyhole, Backcountry, Murder, She Baked: A Chocolate Chip Cookie Mystery, Roman J. Israel, Esq., Cinemanovels, Discopath, The Sublet, Torment.

In the top there are new films of 2022, a plot description and trailers for films that have already been released.

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Markimdb: 3.9
Genredrama, military
CountryIndia, USA, United Kingdom, Canada, China

Laxman Singh Bisht is nicknamed tube light by his neighbours because he is feeble-minded. Despite being special, Laxman lives by one life-lesson; keep your faith alive and you can do almost anything, even stop a war.

Markimdb: 6.9
Genrecomedy, drama
CountryCanada
Duration01:33

Making the most of the family home while her parents are away, 22-year-old Nicole is enjoying a peaceful summer with her best friend Véronique. But when Nicole’s older brother shows up with his band to record an album, the girls’ friendship is put to the test.

Markimdb: 5.4
Genrethriller, drama
CountryCanada
Duration01:34

Gangster and deadbeat dad, Ulysses Pick, embarks on an unusual journey through his home.

Markimdb: 6
Genrehorror, thriller, drama, adventure
CountryCanada
Duration01:32

A couple on a deep-wilderness hike become hopelessly lost within an aggressive black bear's territory.

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: 6.5
Genrethriller, drama, crime
CountryCanada, United Arab Emirates, USA
Duration02:35

Hard-nosed liberal lawyer Roman J. Israel has been fighting the good fight forever while others take the credit. When his partner – the firm’s frontman – has a heart attack, Israel suddenly takes on that role. He soon discovers some unsettling truths about the firm – truths that conflict with his values of helping the poor and dispossessed – and finds himself in an existential crisis that leads to extreme actions.

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: 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: 4.8
Genrehorror, thriller, drama, detective
CountryCanada

The Sublet is a suspense driven psychological thriller about Joanna, a new mom coping with her baby alone in an odd sublet apartment. As her husband neglects her to focus on his career, Joanna questions her sanity as she discovers a violent past to the apartment and suspects that the building may be haunted.

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: 7.8
Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective
CountryCanada

Detective John Cardinal attempts to uncover the mystery of what happened to the missing 13-year-old girl whose body is discovered in the shaft-head of an abandoned mine. At the same time, he comes under investigation by his new partner, Lise Delorme, a tough investigator in her own right.

Markimdb: 6.8
Genreaction, fantasy, adventure
CountryUSA, Canada, China, Japan
Duration02:12

    The peaceful realm of Azeroth stands on the brink of war as its civilization faces a fearsome race of invaders: orc warriors fleeing their dying home to colonize another. As a portal opens to connect the two worlds, one army faces destruction and the other faces extinction. From opposing sides, two heroes are set on a collision course that will decide the fate of their family, their people, and their home.

    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: 6.2
    Genredrama, adventure, western
    CountryGermany, Canada
    Duration01:41

    Canada, the summer of 1898. A group of German settlers travel towards the far north in covered wagons with packhorses and their few possessions in tow. The seven travellers set off from Ashcroft, the final railway station. Along with their leader, flamboyant businessman Wilhelm Laser, they are hoping to find their fortune in the recently discovered goldfields of Dawson, but they have no idea of the stresses and dangers which lie ahead on their 2,500 kilometre journey. Before long uncertainty, cold weather and exhaustion begin to take their toll and conflicts escalate. The journey leads these men and women deeper and deeper into a menacing wilderness. (Berlinale.de)

    Markimdb: 6.3
    Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective
    CountryCanada, USA
    Duration01:57

    An inventive crime thriller told backwards -- reversing day by day through a week -- following a local sheriff's quest to unlock the mystery of three small town criminals and a bank heist gone wrong.

    Markimdb: 6.5
    Genrefantasy, drama, detective
    CountryCanada

    Zach Riley (Aaron Eckhart) is a psychiatrist, who leaves a job at a prestigious university, to take up a job at the privately run mental institution, 'Millwood'. What he doesnt reveal at the time of his appointment is that this was the very place where his novelist father, T.L. Pierson (Nick Nolte), spent many years of his life.

    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: 5.9
    Genremelodrama
    CountryCanada
    Duration01:44

    When Emily, a struggling baker in a small town, receives a handmade Christmas Calendar from a secret admirer, the local residents become obsessed with finding out the identity of the sender.

    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
    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: 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: 4.1
    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: 5.7
    Genrecomedy, melodrama
    CountryCanada, USA
    Duration02:35

    Former childhood pals Leo and Nikki are attracted to each other as adults—but will their feuding parents' rival pizzerias put a chill on their sizzling romance?

    Markimdb: 5.8
    Genrehorror, thriller, drama, detective
    CountryCanada
    Duration01:42

    A frustrated, angry teenage girl awakens something in the woods when she naively performs an occult ritual to evoke a witch to kill her mother.

    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
    Genrehorror, thriller, detective
    CountryUSA, Canada
    Duration02:01

    Students on a camping trip discover something sinister is lurking beyond the trees.

    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: 5.9
    Genrecomedy, drama
    CountryCanada
    Duration01:25

    Profiles of some of the men who choose to live off the grid in the unspoiled wilderness, where dangers like mudslides, falling trees and bears are all part of everyday life.

    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: 7.7
    Genremelodrama, drama
    CountryCanada, France
    Duration02:48

    The story of an impossible love between a woman named Fred and a transgender woman named Laurence who reveals her inner desire to become her true self: a woman.

    Markimdb: 6
    Genrethriller
    CountryCanada, USA

    In the south of Laos, an American volunteer doctor becomes a fugitive after he intervenes in the sexual assault of a young woman. When the assailant's body is pulled from the Mekong River, things quickly spiral out of control.

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

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

    Markimdb: 4.7
    Genreaction, thriller
    CountryCanada
    Duration01:54

    Ex-military specialist Clair Hamilton returns home from her tour in the Middle East due to her father's passing and to claim her inheritance. Her son is then kidnapped and held for ransom by a gang led by a mysterious figure known only as “Father”.

    Markimdb: 7
    Genrecomedy, drama
    CountryCanada
    Duration01:53

    A small fishing village must procure a local doctor to secure a lucrative business contract. When unlikely candidate and big city doctor Paul Lewis lands in their lap for a trial residence, the townsfolk rally together to charm him into staying. As the doctor’s time in the village winds to a close, acting mayor Murray French has no choice but to pull out all the stops and begin The Grand Seduction.

    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: 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: 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: 4.9
    Genreadventure, cartoon
    CountryCanada

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

    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: 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: 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: 4.5
    Genrehorror, fantastic, thriller
    CountryCanada
    Duration01:30

    Five university friends gather at a house party to ring in the New Year. Unbeknownst to them, an epidemic has erupted outside, causing outbreaks around the world. With nowhere else to turn, they barricade themselves indoors with only their phones, laptops, and other tech devices. They use their devices to research the possible cause of this outbreak. Information and video footage over flow their computers as they descend further into the cause and the ensuing chaos. As the virus spreads, the mood in the house changes from fear to paranoia. Who is safe? Who can they trust? Reality becomes blurred as they slowly discover the source of the virus causing the sickness...and there is no going back.

    Markimdb: 7.2
    Genredrama
    CountryFrance, Canada

    Matthieu, a 33 year old Parisian who finds out that the father he never knew has died and decides to go to his funeral in order to meet his two siblings in Quebec. But once in Montréal, he realizes that nobody is aware of his existence or even interested in it. He is alone, in hostile territory…Filled with secrets, this story about one man’s coming to term with the foreign family he never knew he had is complex with interconnected themes such as masculinity, family, paternity and filial devotion coiling in the layers underneath.

    Markimdb: 2.3
    Genrehorror, fantastic, action, thriller, fantasy, comedy, adventure
    CountryCanada

    A group of skiers are terrorized during spring break by some sharks that swim through the snow. Avalanche Sharks tells the story of a bikini contest that turns into a horrifying affair when it is hit by a shark avalanche.

    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: 7.5
    Genrecomedy, drama
    CountryCanada
    Duration01:34

    During a harsh Montréal winter, an elementary-school class is left reeling after its teacher commits suicide. Bachir Lazhar, a charismatic Algerian immigrant, steps in as the substitute teacher for the classroom of traumatized children. All the while, he must keep his personal life tucked away: the fact that he is seeking political refuge in Québec – and that he, like the children, has suffered an appalling loss.

    Markimdb: 5.6
    Genrethriller, drama, detective
    CountryCanada
    Duration01:58

    With their father in prison for murder, siblings Alison and Brandon are instantly considered suspects when a string of killings plagues their town, and they must fight to clear their names.

    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: 7.6
    Genredrama, documentary
    CountryCanada
    Duration01:34

    Follows the dramatic journeys of video game developers as they create and release their games to the world. It's about making video games, but at its core, it's about the creative process, and exposing yourself through your work.

    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.




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