Canadian Forest Movies

List of the best Canadian forest movies selected by visitors to our site: The Ritual, Vic + Flo Saw a Bear, Backcountry, Whitewash, I Declare War, October Gale, Mission Kathmandu: The Adventures of Nelly & Simon, Battleground, The Entitled, Maudie.

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

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Markimdb: 6.3
Genrehorror
CountryUnited Kingdom, Canada
Duration02:40

A group of college friends reunite for a trip to the forest, but encounter a menacing presence in the woods that's stalking them.

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
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: 5.8
Genrethriller, drama
CountryCanada
Duration01:30

In the harsh, wintry woods of rural Quebec, Bruce (Thomas Haden Church), a down-on-his-luck snowplow operator, accidentally kills a man during a drunken night joyride. Stricken with panic, he hides the body and takes to the deep wilderness in hopes of outrunning both the authorities and his own conscience. But as both begin to close in, Bruce falls apart mentally and morally and mysteries unravel to reveal who he was before the accident, the truth behind his victim, and the circumstances that brought them together in a single moment.

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: 5.2
Genrethriller, melodrama, drama
CountryCanada
Duration01:31

A doctor takes in a mysterious man who washes ashore at her remote cottage with a gunshot wound. Quickly they both learn the killer has arrived to finish the job, while a storm has cut them off from the mainland.

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: 4.2
Genrehorror, action, thriller
CountryCanada

The war in Vietnam is announced to finish. American troops are withdrawn and the relief of peace echoes through the air. However, as the calm after the storm spreads a sigh of relief, there is something unsettling amidst the forests of North Michigan. A disturbed war veteran remains, but he lives for one reason only - to kill. What would happen if six ruthless men stumbled across him in the eerie deserted forest, after their mass bank-robbery leaves them running from the law with three million dollars? Would they be better off facing the cells of prison or can they escape from the murderer out to get them…?

Markimdb: 6.1
Genrethriller, crime
CountryCanada
Duration01:31

Without the security of the job he wants or the future he dreamed of, Paul Dynan plans the perfect crime to help his struggling family – abduct the socialite children of three wealthy men and collect a ransom of $3-million dollars. Over the course of one long night, Paul and his accomplices hold the rich kids hostage awaiting the ransom with little idea of the secrets that will surface between the fathers when they are forced to choose between their children and their money.

Markimdb: 7.6
Genremelodrama, drama, biography
CountryRepublic of Ireland, Canada

Canadian folk artist Maud Lewis falls in love with a fishmonger while working for him as a live-in housekeeper.

Markimdb: 4.1
Genrehorror, thriller, adventure
CountryCanada, Germany, USA, Bulgaria
Duration01:31

A small West Virginia town is hosting the legendary Mountain Man Festival on Halloween, where throngs of costumed party goers gather for a wild night of music and mischief. But an inbred family of hillbilly cannibals kill the fun when they trick and treat themselves to a group of visiting college students.

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
Genrefantasy, comedy, adventure, family, cartoon
CountryUSA, Canada
Duration01:34

The humans and animals believe a werewolf is on the loose, and former hunter Shaw uses the opportunity to re-open the season. Boog, Elliot, and Mr. Weenie have to face their fears and find the werewolf to get the season closed permanently.

Markimdb: 7.3
Genredrama
CountryCanada

Saul is a great native hockey player who overcomes racism in the 1970s then ultimately becomes tempted by alcoholism.

Markimdb: 5.9
Genrefantasy, comedy, adventure, family, cartoon
CountryUSA, Hong Kong, Canada, China
Duration01:02

In this fully animated, all-new take on the Smurfs, a mysterious map sets Smurfette and her friends Brainy, Clumsy and Hefty on an exciting race through the Forbidden Forest leading to the discovery of the biggest secret in Smurf history.

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: 4.4
Genrehorror, thriller, detective
CountryUSA, Canada
Duration01:21

A father's quiet retreat to the woods with his two children turns into a fight for survival.

Markimdb: 6.2
Genrehorror, thriller, fantasy
CountryCanada, Spain, Mexico
Duration01:40

Guillermo del Toro presents Mama, a supernatural thriller that tells the haunting tale of two little girls who disappeared into the woods the day that their parents were killed. When they are rescued years later and begin a new life, they find that someone or something still wants to come tuck them in at night.

Markimdb: 5.7
Genrehorror, thriller
CountryCanada
Duration02:17

Majestic mountains, a still lake and venomous betrayals engulf a female married couple attempting to celebrate their one-year anniversary.

Markimdb: 5.3
Genrehorror
CountryCanada

A socially awkward driver and a weary passenger they try to make it to their destination while being haunted by a supernatural threat.

Markimdb: 5.1
Genreaction, thriller
CountryUSA, Canada
Duration01:25

After a major shipment of drugs goes missing on the US-Canadian border, forest ranger and former Navy SEAL Henry is plunged into survival mode when the drug cartel forces him to help retrieve the downed package. Trapped in the wilderness with no communication to the outside world, Henry finds himself face to face with Clay, a man with a personal vendetta against Henry who has returned for retribution. Now, the two mortal enemies must make a choice: put aside their past and work together, or die alone at the hands of the drug runners, a ruthless gang who will stop at nothing to retrieve their lost cargo.

Markimdb: 5.2
Genreaction, thriller, fantasy, comedy, melodrama, drama, adventure, family, cartoon
CountryUSA, India, Canada

The Alphas and Omegas share a thrilling adventure after Runt discovers the Saw Tooth Cave. Runt finds a wolf in need and lends a helping paw. Stars Ben Diskin & Kate Higgins. American computer-animated action-comedy/fantasy film exclusively from Walmart. It is the fourth film in the Alpha and Omega franchise and the sequel to Alpha and Omega, A Howl-iday Adventure, and The Great Wolf Games.

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: 6.7
Genredrama
CountryFrance, Canada
Duration01:38

A washed-up musician befriends a reclusive artist with an unusual name.

Markimdb: 5.5
Genrehorror, thriller, fantasy, melodrama, detective
CountryUSA, Canada
Duration01:36

    Valerie is in love with a brooding outsider, Peter, but her parents have arranged for her to marry another man – who is wealthy. Unwilling to lose each other, Valerie and Peter plan to run away together when they learn that Valerie's older sister has been killed by a werewolf that prowls the dark forest surrounding their village. Hungry for revenge, the people call on famed werewolf hunter, Father Solomon, to help them kill the wolf. But Solomon's arrival brings unintended consequences as he warns that the wolf, who takes human form by day, could be any one of them.

    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: 4.2
    Genrehorror
    CountryCanada

    After inadvertently unleashing an ancient curse, a documentary crew of American exchange students is haunted by angry spirits in Japan's infamous Suicide Forest.

    Markimdb: 4.8
    Genrehorror, fantastic, thriller, drama
    CountryCanada

    Friends on a weekend excursion take a path into a forest that leads to death and destruction.

    Markimdb: 4.8
    Genrehorror
    CountryCanada
    Duration02:10

    Samantha has lived her whole life in different foster homes. Now living in a small town, she never feels like she quite fits in, even with her own current foster family who might adopt her, or the boy who follows her around doing her classwork. So, it’s perhaps natural that she doesn’t know what to do with a curious tagalong little sister named Olivia. One day, Sam callously ditches Olivia, who wanders off into the woods on her own and disappears.

    Markimdb: 4.7
    Genrehorror, thriller
    CountryCanada
    Duration01:42

    When estranged brothers Adam and Clint attempt to reconnect over a week-long hunting trip in remote British Columbia, they find the tables turned by a mysterious presence lurking in the forest. Convinced that they are now besieged by a supernatural presence, the siblings begrudgingly agree on only one thing: they will have to put aside their differences and work together if they plan on making it out these dark woods alive.

    Markimdb: 5.4
    Genrethriller, drama
    CountryCanada
    Duration01:34

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

    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: 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: 4.6
    Genrethriller, drama, detective
    CountryCanada
    Duration02:02

    Tortured by the memory of a childhood trauma, a woman returns after a decade to her family's fly-in hunting lodge to assist her siblings with their dying father, only to find herself stuck in a life threatening nightmare.

    Markimdb: 6.9
    Genrethriller, drama, detective
    CountryCanada, Spain
    Duration01:28

    A mild-mannered college professor discovers a look-alike actor and delves into the other man's private affairs.

    Markimdb: 6.6
    Genremelodrama, drama
    CountryUSA, Canada

    Lizzie Richfield is at a crossroads when she lands a job as house manager for the exquisite Ashford Estate in the Virginia countryside. While planning one final Christmas Eve gala for the Marley family, Lizzie finds herself drawn to Robert—even as Kip pursues her.

    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: 6
    Genrefantasy, comedy, drama, family
    CountryUSA, Canada

    An overlooked middle child finds himself in the unexpected spotlight when he realizes his family's terrible Christmas day keeps repeating. As the only one experiencing the day over and over, he decides to use his unique gift to give the holidays a makeover and his family a Christmas they will never forget.

    Markimdb: 7.5
    Genrehorror, comedy
    CountryCanada
    Duration01:25

      Two hillbillies are suspected of being killers by a group of paranoid college kids camping near the duo's West Virginian cabin. As the body count climbs, so does the fear and confusion as the college kids try to seek revenge against the pair.

      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
      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: 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: 5.4
      Genredrama, adventure, family, detective
      CountryCanada, USA

      Sent to spend the summer with their uncle on a remote island, young brothers Andy and Mark learn that their eccentric grandfather once owned the island, but vanished without a trace…taking with him the secret to a vast fortune. Delving into the mysterious past of the island, the brothers discover that their grandfather designed a complex treasure hunt, a hunt that could lead to unimaginable wealth and heal their broken family – if they can find it in time. Sinister forces also search for the money and will stop at nothing to keep the boys from their quest. As the adventure unfolds, the boys learn that the bonds of family are the most valuable riches of all, and that some family secrets can’t stay buried forever.

      Markimdb: 7
      Genrefantasy, melodrama, adventure, family
      CountryUSA, United Kingdom, Canada
      Duration01:37

      The untold story of Disney's most iconic villain from the 1959 classic 'Sleeping Beauty'. A beautiful, pure-hearted young woman, Maleficent has an idyllic life growing up in a peaceable forest kingdom, until one day when an invading army threatens the harmony of the land. Maleficent rises to be the land's fiercest protector, but she ultimately suffers a ruthless betrayal – an act that begins to turn her heart into stone. Bent on revenge, Maleficent faces an epic battle with the invading King's successor and, as a result, places a curse upon his newborn infant Aurora. As the child grows, Maleficent realizes that Aurora holds the key to peace in the kingdom - and to Maleficent's true happiness as well.

      Markimdb: 6
      Genreaction, thriller
      CountryCanada

      Anticipating a disaster, Antoine, a father, attends a survivalist training given by Alain in his autonomous hideout. In fear of a natural, economic or social crisis, the group trains to face the different possible apocalyptic scenarios. But the disaster they will experience will not be the one they predicted.

      Markimdb: 5.4
      Genrehorror, thriller, fantasy
      CountryCanada, USA
      Duration02:30

      After hearing a child screaming for help from the green depths of a vast field of tall grass, Becky, a pregnant woman, and Cal, her brother, park their car near a mysterious abandoned church and recklessly enter the field, discovering that they are not alone and because of some reason they are unable of escaping a completely inextricable vegetable labyrinth.

      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: 5.9
      Genredrama, adventure, family, detective
      CountryCanada, USA
      Duration01:33

      Two teen girls, one from the city, one from the country, try to find the hidden gold of Bear Mountain learning about friendship, loyalty and courage on the way.

      Markimdb: 6
      Genreaction, thriller, drama, crime
      CountryCanada, USA

      A young boy finds himself pursued by two assassins in the Montana wilderness, with a survival expert determined to protect him, and a forest fire threatening to consume them all.

      Markimdb: 6
      Genrehorror, thriller
      CountryCanada

      Dr. Samantha Goodman is a beautiful, young psychiatrist. Burnt out, she drives to the family’s winter cottage to spend time with her husband and sister. A relaxing weekend is jarringly interrupted when a terrifying and unexpected guest arrives. What follows is an extraordinary night of terror and evil mind games where escape is not an option.




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