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The 50 best movies on Netflix Canada right now

Here are all the titles that make up the all-time best movies on Netflix Canada right now from every genre and category.

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Action-packed plots, romance, laughs, something to keep the kids entertained—whatever it is you're looking for, the best movies on Netflix Canada right now will provide. If you're staying indoors today, need something more than halfway decent to watch during your daily commute, trying to find date night ideas or you want something classy to put on as you Netflix 'n' Chill? No problem. We've spent enough time in Montreal movie theatres to know the good from the bad and ugly, so consider your one-stop shop for ideas (second only to the best movies of all time ).

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These are the best movies on Netflix Canada right now

50.  senna.

You don't have to care a thing about F1 racing to get caught up in the meditative thrills of Senna , one of the best sports documentaries of all time. Using only archival footage, including visceral, first-person racing footage, the filmmakers bring to life one of racing's greatest legends, Brazilian Ayrton Senna. Shedding light on his unique talents, the way he changed the sport and his tragic death, Senna honours one of the great sportsmen of the twentieth century.

49.  Shirkers

It's 1992 in Singapore. Sixteen-year-old Sandi Tan wrote a script about a young serial killer on a road trip. The film, Shirkers , was shot but was stolen by the film's director, a much older man of mysterious origin before it could be finished. Decades later, in this documentary, Tan finally reunites with the film and tries to piece together the strange history of her cult project and the man who almost destroyed it. Part mystery and part love-song to the cinema, Shirkers defies all expectations as it takes the viewers on an unexpected journey in search of answers.

48.  Selma

In bringing to the screen the story of Martin Luther King's march on Selma, director Ava DuVernay never lost sight of King's humanity. While it hits on the civil rights points of the quest to secure equal voting rights in the South, the film also delves into King and his wife, Coretta's relationship. It's in these more intimate and strained moments that the film comes together, suggesting the unique human pressures in leading a civil rights movement and the various ways the American government sought to tear him down.

47.  Rocky

It's been nearly fifty years since Rocky swept the Oscars and made Stallone a star. It spawned the most successful sports franchises of all time (sorry Mighty Ducks ) and has some of the most iconic images in all film history. Even if you think you know all the story beats, the film's popularity endures far beyond its montage sequences; at its heart, it's a fantastic tale of endurance and love, maybe one of the best Hollywood has ever seen.

46.  Atlantics

In Dakar, Senegal, a ghostly presence settles on the city after a migrant ship capsizes off the coast. This unusual supernatural film centers on a love story between Ada and Souleiman and how not even death can't keep them apart. An impressive feature debut from French-Senegalese actress Mati Diop, Atlantics is one of the most eerily beautiful films from the past decade - as the film utilizes the crystalline light of the sea to cast strange shadows, evoking a world beyond life and death.

45.  Dick Johnson is Dead

One of the most critically acclaimed films of 2020, Dick Johnson is Dead is an imaginative documentary where noted cinematographer, Kirsten Johnson, tries to come to terms with her dad's failing health. Johnson imagines various unexpected deadly scenarios that might befall her father, Dick Johnson, in this loving and playful investigation into mortality. These inventive sequences are counterbalanced with the warmth and melancholy of her father's failing mental capacities and the changing conditions of his life as he enters his final years—a love story about embracing our mortality like no other.

44.  Bad Genius

Bad Genius , a heist-thriller from Thailand, may very well be the most exciting film about cheating on an exam ever put to screen. With compelling characters, breakneck pacing and the suave gusto of an Ocean 's movie, Bad Genius defies all expectations you might have about the potential thrills of academic fraud. Filled with twists, turns, and unexpected mishaps, Bad Genius is one of the past decade's most thrilling films.

43.  God's Own Country

Set on a muddy, grey farm in Yorkshire, God's Own Country is about the steamy lust between a local farm boy and a Romanian worker. A love story with little pretense of romance, God's Own Country is an unsentimental exploration of an unlikely partnership and the unintended consequences of their relationship. If you thought Call Me By Your Name was too sunny and sweet, this film might be for you.

42.  Burning

Directed by one of Korea's greatest filmmakers, Lee Chang-dong, Burning tells the mysterious and ultimately unreliable story of a peculiar love triangle. Class, violence and cultures clash in this moody thriller about a woman who goes missing without a trace, especially as it becomes apparent no one wants to look for her. A stunning and bleak portrait of contemporary Korean life, Burning is a surreal and unsettling journey that isn't afraid to leave the audience hanging. Don't expect any concrete answers though, or you'll walk away disappointed.

41.  The Invitation

At a 1970s inspired dinner party in the Hollywood hills, as friends who haven't seen each other since a terrible accident tore apart their group reunite for the first time in years. A cultish horror thriller, The Invitation explores how grief can manifest in destructive ways, especially in the void of contemporary spiritual scarcity. The less said about the story, the better. The Invitation is a rarefied psychological thriller that sticks with you long after you've seen it.

40.  Certain Women

For over a decade, director Kelly Reichardt has been telling stories about the trials and tribulations of rural America. With Certain Women , she ties together the story of three-women in Montana and the small but significant incidents of their lives. Don’t let the all-star cast of Laura Dern, Michelle Williamd and Kirsten Stewart fool you, this is an understated slice-of-life film that showcases the beauty and heartbreak of the everyday.

39.  Inception

For blockbuster cinema, there's life before and after Inception . In a cinematic landscape crowded with comic book movies and pre-existing intellectual property, puzzle-master Christoper Nolan dared to introduce an entirely new mind-bending universe with no intentions to expand into a franchise. In this sense, Inception is a unique cinematic experience, a thrilling universe-bending spy thriller that delves deep into the world of dreams. Over ten years after its initial release, it still finds a way to thrill and surprise, even if you know all the beats.

38.  Moneyball

A sports movie that is surprisingly short on sports, Moneyball explores the strategic and game-changing effect of Oakland manager Billy Beane's statistic-forward coaching technique and its impacts on baseball. Sound boring? Well, it's not. Bennett Miller, who also directed Capote and Foxcatcher , has a keen understanding that obsession translates well to the big screen. Moneyball is not just a film about baseball. It's about losing yourself in an idea so profoundly at odds with the world around you that it might break you.

37.  Blade Runner: The Final Cut

When Ridley Scott imagined the future (which, set in 2019, is now the past), it was crowded, smoggy and violent. A film noir-inspired cyberpunk thriller, Blade Runner 's enduring popularity is well-earned. Its action set-pieces stand-up remarkably well and its deeply psychological investigation into what it means to be human resonates even more deeply in a world controlled by algorithms and artificial intelligence. Blade Runner might feel homework, but it's anything but.

36.  It's Complicated

Few directors have the consistency of Nancy Meyers or the same passion for beautifully garish catalogue ready kitchens. With It's Complicated , Meyers unites Meryl Streep and Alec Baldwin, a long-divorced couple who rediscover the sexual spark that seemed otherwise long-lost. Of course, though, things are complicated; both characters have moved onto new relationships, and the conflicts that lead to their divorce in the first place are unresolved. It's Complicated works because of it's excellent cast and the fact that most rom-coms ignore the love and sex lives of anyone over 35, helping this film stand out all the more.

35.  Easy A

What if The Scarlet Letter was set in an American high school circa 2010? That's the basic premise of Easy A , the wicked teen comedy starring Emma Stone about a teen girl who uses rumours to raise her social standing. As far as teen comedies adapting classic lit go, Easy A is easily one of the best, mostly thanks to its witty script and charming cast.

34.  Mean Girls

No teen film released in the 21st century has had a cultural impact as Mean Girls . Adapted from a self-help book called "Queen Bees and Wannabes," Mean Girls explores the politics and tensions of high school cliques - in particular - the so-called Mean Girls. Looking back on the film, it's incredible how many of its stars have gone on to become among the most desirable and esteemed actors of our generation, Rachel McAdams and Amanda Seyfried in particular. Funny, dark and timeless, Mean Girls captures the angst and anxiety of high school like few other films ever have.

33.  Dope

Dope is set in a tough Los Angeles neighbourhood, Malcolm (Shameik Moore, who is also the voice of Miles in Into the Spiderverse ) and his group of nerdy friends have big ambitions to get into a good school and leave this life behind. A series of complicated misunderstandings leave them in possession of expensive drugs, and if they don't sell, they might not make it out of high school alive. With lots of fourth wall breaks, fun needle drops and full-on 1990s nostalgia, Dope is a brisk comedy thriller that's high on charm.

32.  V For Vendetta

Step aside, Marvel, V for Vendetta is far more deserving of any comic-book adaptation accolades. Surprisingly, it's been over fifteen years since the film was released, and it somehow feels more relevant now than it did before. Adapting a graphic novel by Alan Moore, V for Vendetta is set in a dystopian future where the UK has become a fascist state. The mysterious V, dubbed a terrorist by the government, works to inspire a revolution to overthrow a totalitarian leadership.

31.  The Social Network

David Fincher is probably best known for his serial killer thrillers like Se7en , Zodiac and Gone Girl . Especially in retrospect, this affinity for sociopathy made him an especially apt filmmaker to tackle the life story of Mark Zuckerberg and the birth of Facebook. If you remember anything about The Social Network release, the very idea of a "Facebook movie" seemed ridiculous. A decade later, though, the film is a harsh indictment of social media culture and a potently vicious portrait of it's most charmless overlord.

30.  The Godfather

Do you really need someone to explain why The Godfather is one of the greatest films ever made? Suppose you've been living under a rock on a planet far, far away, somewhere in another galaxy. In that case, The Godfather trilogy directed by Francis Ford Coppola is the story of an Italian crime family that equally chronicles the changing morals and values of American society. The trilogy stars many of the greatest actors of all time, including Al Pacino, Marlon Brando and Robert Deniro, arguably, their greatest roles.

29.  Stand By Me

Adapted from a lesser-known Stephen King novella called, “The Body,” Stand by Me is about a group of preteen friends who search for a body in the woods. The film captures the tensions and anxieties that emerge as children turn to adolescence. Without delving too deeply into nostalgia, this is a coming of age film that captures both the anticipation and fear of growing up and facing the harsh cruelties of the adult world.

28.  A Star is Born

It's a testament to Bradley Cooper's talents as a director that the fifth adaptation of A Star is Born (if you count What Price Hollywood? (1933), which served as the direct inspiration for the original 1937 film) still manages to connect with an audience. Cooper and Lady Gaga have incredible chemistry as the two lovelorn musicians are doomed to swap social positions as one ascends to fame in the shadow of the other's descent. While undeniably modern in its style and rhythms, the film captures old Hollywood melodramas' intensity, making this film an instant classic for fans of romantic tearjerkers.

27.  Groundhog Day

Let's get out of the way; yes, 2020 felt like a Groundhog Day -inspired fever dream. The fact that this joke has persisted so consistently through the pandemic speaks to how enduring the 1994 film about a weatherman who wakes up on groundhog day over and over again really is. One of the smartest and funniest movies of all time, Groundhog Day may also be Bill Murray's most enduring role - best utilizing his caustic and dry humour, as well as his innate likeability.

26.  Catch Me If You Can

Leonardo Dicaprio has had many memorable roles, but one of his most underappreciated was as con-artist Frank Abagnale Jr. in Spielberg's Catch Me If you Can . While often considered a minor Spielberg, Catch Me If you Can is viciously entertaining and captures 1960s caper films' infectious quality. With an unreliable narrator and a whole cast of bizarre but compelling scenarios, this film never fails to delight.

25.  Legally Blonde

Pink is the new pink in Legally Blonde , the best movie about a sorority princess turned lawyer on this list. Led by an impossibly adorable Reese Witherspoon, Legally Blonde endures as one of the most beloved comedies of the new century thanks to its unconventional character arcs and it's impossible-to-hate lead character.

24.  Gone Baby Gone

A throwback to old-school crime thrillers like The French Connection , Gone Baby Gone is the story of a missing child and the detective trying to track them down. Far more than just a puzzle to be solved, Gone Baby Gone is a grim portrait of class differences and hard moral questions regarding poverty, child-rearing and justice. It's Ben Affleck's first directorial effort and still his best film (yes, it's better than Best Picture winner Argo ).

23.  Uncut Gems

Uncut Gems features anything you could ever want from a movie; Adam Sandler, bedazzled furbies, high-stakes bets and Julia Fox. An adrenaline-pumping thriller, the film centers on a series of bets made by New York Jeweler Howie (Adam Sandler), whose luck seems to be running out. A film about chance and opportunity, Uncut Gems manages to be hyper-specific while also touching on universal ideas and questions. Warning, it's so tense it might give you a heart attack.

22.  BlacKkKlansman

No one makes a movie like Spike Lee, and his boundary-pushing adaptation of BlacKkKlansman , the story of a black man infiltrating and taking down a chapter of the Ku Klux Klan, could not be made by anyone else. Bolstered by incredible performances, the real magic in Lee's filmmaking is in his refusal to treat the crimes of America's past as gone and done. Though the majority of the film is set in the 1970s, his filmmaking alludes to the distant past, as well as the present moment to create a much fuller story of race and violence in America.

21.  The Big Short

Adam McKay was best known for his silly nonsense comedy films like Anchorman and Step Brothers (still his masterpiece) when he set out to expose the 2008 financial crisis's beneficiaries on the big screen. What seemed like an anachronistic pairing of artist and material, though, quickly became a match made in heaven. McKay's ironic sense of humour helped make sense of complicated financial jargon in fourth breaking sequences that might have been dead on arrival with a more serious-minded filmmaker.

20.  Baby Driver

From the mind of Edgar Wright, one of the most consistently funny and adventurous filmmakers working today, Baby Driver often feels like an elaborate clip montage, and that's why it's great. If ever a movie utilized its expensive soundtrack, well, it's here. Each song hits the right groove and is perfectly edited to the film's immaculate action sequences. You might have to pretend that Christopher Plummer has replaced Kevin Spacey, but even his presence does little to discount how fun this movie is.

19.  La La Land

Damien Chazelle's La La Land is a colourful homage to classic Hollywood musicals and the city of Los Angeles. While the film can sometimes feel a bit too much like it was shot through an Instagram filter, Chazelle's earnestness remains a rarity in our irony-laden culture. Gosling and Stone have incredible chemistry, and while it's hard to get worked up about jazz, their sincerity goes a long way in making the film's romantic and melancholic vibes hit just right.

18.  Coming to America

Eddie Murphy is, without question, one of the most talented people in American pop culture and Coming to America is a contender for his funniest film. In the movie, he plays Prince Akeem, a monarch from the invented African nation of Zamunda. Going against his parents' wishes, he escapes to America to find his queen. This absurd fish out of the water, somehow, never gets old - in part because Murphy evokes a deep sense of dignity in his characterization of the Prince, his role serving to expose American inequality and hypocrisy more than anything else.

17.  Phantom Thread

P.T. Anderson may very well be the best American filmmaker of the last three decades, and he's just getting started. Phantom Thread is his bitter-pill of a romance between a demanding dress designer and a waitress he meets at a restaurant. 1950s London is recreated with impeccable period detail; the film transgresses on perceived conventions of romance, suggesting an equally matched battle of the sexes that will forever change your perception of food poisoning.

16.  Funny Girl

Decades after Funny Girl first premiered on the big screen, it's genuinely shocking to see Barbara Streisand walk on camera, say her now-iconic line "Hello Gorgeous," and understand that this is her first screen role. Of course, Streisand had a career on the stage, but the magnetism of her presence and her raw talent is so impressive you feel in your bones that she was born to do this. A movie musical on the long side is held together by Streisand's power and a genuinely good collection of songs.

15.  The Age of Innocence

Scorsese unfairly gets criticized as a bro-director when he's made films like The Age of Innocence , demonstrating his sensitivity and skill to understand the nuances of feminine worlds. The Age of Innocence , an adaptation of an Edith Wharton novel, not only exists to prove his critics wrong but may very well be one of his best films. A film about people with great pretensions and few morals is a romantic drama that doubles as a class critique of our most privileged brethren.

14.  True Romance

The late Tony Scott directs a script by Quentin Tarantino about a Bonnie and Clyde-esque couple dealing crime in Hollywood. A vibrant and violent film brimming with colourful tangents, True Romance is a rapid-fire romance like no other. The film's real magic lies in the insane chemistry between Christian Slater and Patricia Arquette, who give career-best performances.

13.  Stranger Than Fiction

Harold Crick (Will Ferrell) is an IRS agent caught in the same old routine, and he might be the most boring man alive, until one day, he wakes up, and an omnipotent narrator begins describing his life. An incredibly charming meta-fiction that plays on fundamental questions surrounding free will and authorship, Stranger than Fiction is a remarkably creative story within a story film. Harold Crick is a rare "serious" role from Will Ferrell, and he nails it.

12.  Dirty Dancing

It's not without reason that Dirty Dancing has endured for decades after it's release. It's a classic story of star-crossed lovers forbidden to meet under the repressive controls of a society that doesn't understand them. It has a banging soundtrack, supremely hot lead actors and an unusually progressive perspective (even by today's standards) when it comes to abortion.

11.  The Silence of the Lambs

Talk about range, Jonathan Demme directed the best concert movie of all time ( Stop Making Sense , which unfortunately is not on Netflix). He then directed the best Hannibal Lecter film just under ten years later. The Silence of the Lambs endures as such an incredibly thrilling cinematic experience because it pulls us so deeply into the world of Clarice, expertly performed by Jodie Foster. The strange and almost surreal world of violence is filtered through the perspective of a young, at times fragile, FBI agent with something to prove. A perfect movie.

10.  My Neighbor Totoro

You basically can't go wrong with any Hayao Miyazaki, but our personal favourite is likely My Neighbor Totoro . Two young sisters move to the country with their father to be closer to their hospitalized mother, and in the magical rural environment, an entire world of playful spirits opens up to them. Adorable and heart-wrenching without being cloying, this film has become a classic among animation fans with good reason. It strikes the perfect balance and appeals to children and adults in equal measure.

9.  Jaws

Jaws has become so ubiquitous in pop culture; many people know it's signature lines and moments without seeing the film. That being said, thanks to some brilliant filmmaking, Jaws holds up as a truly gripping thriller that pits man versus nature. In a period that also sees politicians ignore public health recommendations to support industry at the cost of people's lives… let's say Jaws resonates as more than just a shark movie.

8.  Pulp Fiction

Whatever you may think of Quentin Tarantino or his films, Pulp Fiction changed independent American cinema forever, spawning an unholy deluge of copycat films and aspiring cinephile edgelords. It's a testament to Tarantino's talents that Pulp Fiction still feels fresh and spontaneous under those circumstances. It's a movie brimming with carefully calculated cool. Every frame fits perfectly into the grand scheme of things, and each character is more compelling than the last.

7.  Knocked Up

No single filmmaker has changed the face of American comedy as much as Judd Apatow in the past two decades. Anchoring his films to millennials and Gen-Xers trapped in perpetual adolescence and forcing them to cope with the adult world became a strangely enduring (and most definitely profitable) recipe for success. Knocked U p was one of his first and still one of his best films in this genre, about a stoner (Seth Rogen) who accidentally knocks up a blonde bombshell (Katherine Heigl). Antics, of course, ensue.

6.  The Holiday

While the Love Actually wars rage on year after year, The Holiday has rightfully ascended to become a reliable classic in its own right. Featuring Kate Winslet, Jack Black, Jude Law and Cameron Diaz, it's a fantastic all-star cast alternative for audiences seeking a sweet holiday film with a romantic touch. Like all Nancy Meyers films, it's absolutely an excellent film for film fans who are passionate about interior decor.

5.  The Fifth Element

Few filmmakers are working within the sci-fi genre who are as consistently inventive as Luc Besson. The Fifth Element rejects the sleek greys and blues that proliferate in American dystopias favouring bright colours and bright lights. Fundamentally a high-stakes chase film, Bruce Willis plays a futuristic taxi driver tasked with saving a gorgeous young woman played by Milla Jovovich. It's a high-paced future adventure like no other.

4.  Marriage Story

Marriage Story pits Adam Driver and Scarlett Johansson against each other in a divorce that was supposed to be "easy." As their marriage dissolves, lawyers swiftly become involved, and their whole world falls apart. A tense recreation of a relationship in shambles, director Noah Baumbach (who recently went through a divorce) gets at the awful details and minutiae that makes the separation process so painful. While not easy viewing, the film does see the light at the end of the tunnel… so, it's not all grim.

3.  Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol

Mission Impossible may very well be one of the few major film franchises that continue to improve with age. Tom Cruise continues to jump off buildings, and a solid cast of supporting characters continue to enable his literally insane antics. Ghost Protocol could very well have been a perfect finisher to the franchise since it has some of the series most iconic stunts and twists, yet (remarkably) it's been followed up with two equally great films with two more on the way.

2.  Saving Private Ryan

You have to admire the efficiency of a film title that also doubles as a synopsis. Opening with the thirty most iconic minutes in any Hollywood war film ever made, Saving Private Ryan went about rewriting many of American cinema's romantic notions about WW2. Visceral and disturbing without ever being overly sentimental, Saving Private Ryan is a strong contender for Spielberg's best film - which is saying a lot considering his incredible career.

1.  Children of Men

Sometime in the not-so-distant future, no one can have children and the world is gripped with violence, resources are scarce, and by some miracle, one woman can get pregnant; she must be protected at all costs. A surprisingly intimate and familiar dystopian film, Children of Men creates a vision of the future that is remarkably restrained and in doing so, creates something far more terrifying than any whirlwind space adventure. Cuaron, who would go on to make Gravity , has such an innate sense for action and suspense that the film will have you quite literally at the edge of your seat.

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15 quintessentially Canadian films you can watch right now

Celebrate Canadian cinema with these iconic classics

Updated July 1, 2021

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Canada’s contribution to cinema is immense. Not only has the country produced its fair share of Hollywood heavy hitters, but this nation's dramatic landscapes and city centres often act as stand-ins for films set in the U.S. and abroad. Despite this, homegrown Canadian cinema is often under-appreciated beyond our borders. We decided to gather together 15 of our favourite movies that best exemplify Canadian cinema to rectify this travesty.

From thoughtful examinations of grief to the silly exploits of Bob and Doug McKenzie to an awe-inspiring retelling of Inuit folklore, these are films that celebrate and critically examine the history and culture of Canada in all its wonderful diversity.

From cult-comedies to auteur-horror, to moody dramas, these homegrown hits represent some of the best cinema Canada has to offer.

1. Anne of Green Gables

Anne of Green Gables is arguably Canada’s most famous literary export. It’s also been the subject of multiple reworkings and reimaginings. There are, at last count, 15 film adaptations of the celebrated children’s novel by Lucy Maud Montgomery. Probably the most beloved of these is the 1985 TV film/miniseries. The telefilm covered the early adventures of the precocious Anne and was filmed in numerous Canadian locations, including the iconic Prince Edward Islands.

2. Strange Brew

We couldn’t put together a list of quintessentially Canadian works without including Bob and Doug McKenzie. This madcap reimagining of Hamlet features the comedy duo of Dave Thomas and Rick Moranis reprising the roles that put them on the comedy map. The film itself is a love it or hate it affair, but if you enjoy the dimwitted duo of the Great White North , it’s worth seeking out.

3. Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World

We’re cheating a bit with this one as Scott Pilgrim vs. the World isn’t technically a Canadian film; however, despite being a U.S. production, the film is in many ways a celebration of the city of Toronto. Few films place so much emphasis on the small details of their setting than this. From the Bathurst/Boor intersection to the Pizza Pizza restaurant, the film is veritable. Where’s Waldo of iconic Toronto locations.

4. The Sweet Hereafter

5. Incendies

Before becoming the current king of heady sci-fi, French-Canadian, Denis Villeneuve impressed audiences and critics alike with this devastating drama. Adapted from the stage play with the same name, Incendies tells the story of two siblings travelling from Canada to the Middle East to uncover their mother’s past. The film switches between the siblings’ fraught investigations in the present day and their mother’s harrowing journey in the past.

6. Dead Ringers

Some may balk at the idea of a psycho-sexual body-horror about twin gynecologists being “quintessentially Canadian.” Still, it would be remiss of us to exclude the work of famous Ontarian David Cronenberg. Dead Ringers is a psychological thriller about two identical twins (both played by Jeremy Irons) who run a gynecological practice. You could swap out this classic with any number of films in the David Cronenberg oeuvre. Many of the body-horror auteur’s films are shot or set in Canada. Eschewing the more visceral body-horror elements from his earlier films, Dead Ringers is an unsettling and eerie film that deals with heady topics of identity, sexuality, and existentialism.

7. Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner

Arguably the most important indigenous Canadian film of all time, Atanarjuat is the first movie to be written, directed, and performed in the Inuktitut language. The film is an epic retelling of stories from Inuit oral tradition. Often cited as the greatest Canadian film ever made, Atanarjuat is a vital addition to the countries cinematic landscape. Crucially, the film tells a story about the Inuit community from their own point of view and offers a vivid depiction of the culture of those who occupied the continent before the arrival of colonialists. With the increased debate around the colonial underpinnings of contemporary Canada, Atanarjuat is a film worth revisiting.

8. Mon Oncle Antoine (My Uncle Antoine)

Mon Oncle Antoine is a coming-of-age piece and a snapshot of life in rural Quebec before the socio-political and cultural upheaval caused by the Asbestos Strike of 1949 and the Quiet Revolution. Highly regarded, the film is often cited as a classic of Canadian cinema.

It’s probably not the most flattering depiction of Canadian culture, but there’s no denying FUBAR’s grungy appeal. Shot on a shoestring budget of $10,000 in Calgary, the scrappy comedy has gone on to become a bonafide cult classic and was successful enough to warrant a sequel and a TV show. Just give’r a try, you won’t be disappointed.

10. Ginger Snaps

Many horror films are shot in Canada, but few (aside from various Cronenberg films) are actually set in Canada. Ginger Snaps bucks this trend by locating itself in the fictional Ontarian town of Bailey Downs. The film itself is a largely successful amalgamation of the werewolf horror and coming-of-age drama.

11. Rhymes for Young Ghouls

Bleak, unflinching, and infused with magical realism, Rhymes for Young Ghouls is a visceral revenge drama that lays bare the atrocities committed against Canada’s First Nation community. While the film is especially difficult to watch now in the wake of the recent revelations about the Canadian Indian Residential Schools, it’s worth seeking out.

12. One Week

Worth watching for the scenery alone, One Week is a touching road movie that offers a picture-perfect depiction of the vast expanses of the Canadian countryside. The film tells the story of Ben (Joshua Jackson), who, after being diagnosed with terminal cancer, goes on an epic motorcycle road trip across Canada. The film is a love letter to the Great White North with its combination of glorious vistas and an all-Canadian soundtrack.

13. Les Boys (The Boys)

Essentially The Mighty Ducks but with adults instead of children, Les Boys is a French-Canadian sports comedy about the trials and tribulations of a low-level hockey league in Quebec. While it’s largely unknown outside of Canada, the film is wildly popular in Quebec and spawned several sequels and a TV show.

14. Bon Cop, Bad Cop

While it’s by no means a great movie Bon Cop, Bad Cop is a least a whole lot of fun. In this aggressively Canadian bilingual buddy-cop action film, a by-the-numbers Toronto detective joins forces with a rough Montreal cop to solve a series of hockey-themed murders. While the buddy-cop shenanigans are fairly rote by genre standards, the film draws most of its humour from English and French Canadians’ cultural and linguistic differences. This dynamic more than the over-the-top action, gives the film its uniquely Canadian identity.

A film for lovers of both Canada and hockey, Goon is a surprisingly sweet and thoughtful comedy that tells the story of an enforcer (played by Sean William Scott) of a minor-league hockey team. Goon has developed a fair bit of a cult following in the decade since its release and even garnered a sequel ( Goon: Last of the Enforcers ).

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The CBC's Eli Glasner picks the 22 best films of 2022

A giant panda, failing friendships, multiversal mothers and talking shells featured in the year's best movies.

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After an extended hibernation, audiences flocked back to the big screen in 2022 to rediscover the pleasures of screaming and swooning in the dark.

Some directors created earnest love letters to cinema, perhaps a sign of the fragility of the movie going experience itself. But the films that rose to the top of my list were those that captured life in all its messy glory. 

Here are the movies that made my soul sing in 2022. 

22. Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers

The mere fact that this postmodern buddy comedy came from the Disney studio gives me hope. While watching the adventures of Chip 'n Dale, my overriding thought was, "I can't believe they got away with this." Come for the voice work of Andy Samberg and John Mulaney. Stay for the battle between Batman and E.T.  and poor, Ugly Sonic .

Where to watch: Disney+

21. Weird: The Al Yankovic Story 

Daniel Radcliffe and Weird Al. Who knew the British wunderkind and the parody music maestro would compliment each other so well?  Weird isn't a biopic, it's the Mad Magazine treatment of Weird Al's life. If you know the words to My Bologna , it's a must see. 

Where to watch: Roku

20. The Gray Man

All right, I have a soft spot for quips. Give me a film filled with Ryan Gosling rattling off one liners and Chris Evans being his best bad guy since Scott Pilgrim . The Russo brothers made a glorious mess and blowed stuff up real good. 

Where to watch: Netflix

A slinky mystery set in the age of Alexa, Kimi is a reminder of how good director Steven Soderbergh can be with a great story. It's  The Conversation meets Rear Window ,   with Zoë Kravitz as an agoraphobic who hears something she shouldn't. Also one of the few pandemic-set movies that makes the most of the circumstance. 

Where to watch: Crave

18. The Fabelmans

The story of The Fabelmans is lumpy. It moves along in fits and starts, taking us from a young boy's first encounter with cinema to his struggles in high school. But coming from director Steven Spielberg, telling his own personal story of awakening, there's an unbelievable sense of earnestness. And that scene with John Ford? Ka-POW!

Where to watch: On Demand

17. Joyland

There are lines drawn between gender and class in Pakistan. Joyland  is about what happens in the spaces in between. This groundbreaking movie from director Saim Sadiq brings us into a multigenerational Pakistani household. The crux of the film is a husband who falls into the orbit of a transgender dancer, but there's much more to this story of family members trapped between duty and desire. 

Where to watch:  In theatres or streaming in 2023

16. Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio

Only director Guillermo del Toro would watch Disney's Pinocchio from 1940 and instead envision a story about the fear of becoming a real boy. After a lifetime of dreaming about making his own version, del Toro's tale about the wooden boy who couldn't die is here. It's a musical. It's about fascism and control. It's undeniably 100 per cent del Toro.

• WATCH | Eli's interview with Guillermo del Toro about the making of Pinocchio  

15. Crimes of the Future

Canada's dark horror daddy is going soft. Director David Cronenberg's Crimes of the Future  isn't a horror film like The Fly or Videodrome , but rather a love story. One about numb, broken people doing twisted things to themselves and each other just to feel something — anything. I'm just happy we live in a world where Cronenberg is still following his droll, demented desires. 

Where to watch: On Demand and Crave

• WATCH |   David Cronenberg on his return to filmmaking and his thoughts about his legacy

14. The Woman King

Forget Galactus. You want a gaze that destroys worlds? Call on the king, Viola Davis, who leads the Agojie, a seemingly unstoppable army of amazon warriors. Based loosely on actual African history, what struck me about The Woman King  at first was the action. We've seen many films with stunning scenes of combat and bloodshed, but halfway through here, director Gina Prince-Bythewood starts to dismantle Davis' implacable exterior, showing us the woman inside and the price she paid.

Where to watch: On Demand 

• WATCH | Eli's review of The Woman King

13. Turning Red

Say it with me: The specific is the universal.  Turning Red is a film about a Chinese-Canadian girl who transforms into a giant red panda thanks to a family curse. With this film, Toronto's own Domee Shi has created the most Toronto-specific animated movie since Hogtown's brief appearance in Arthur Christmas . But behind the appearances of Daisy Mart and SkyDome is a thoughtful coming of age story about a daughter trying to escape her mother's grip. That and the fictional boy band 4*Town make Turning Red a funny, furry triumph.  

• WATCH |  Turning Red creators respond to critics who say the film has a limited appeal

12. The Whale

There's something about Brendan Fraser. This spark, a sense of curiosity, kindness and yes, a bit of that puppy-dog thing. It's that undefinable quality that makes Charlie, the character he plays in The Whale, so watchable. To be blunt, it's a queasy film to watch. Living a kind of self-imposed exile, Charlie wallows in sadness and frustration, but there's another part of him that Fraser shows us — a man who's desperate to change a life before his prison of a body ends his. It simply doesn't work without Fraser. 

Where to watch: In theatres

• WATCH | Brendan Fraser talks about returning to the spotlight and fan affection

Let's be clear, Tom Hanks as Elvis's manager Colonel Tom Parker is a massive distraction — a lumbering, cartoonish role which is also the unfortunate framing device for the film. But, if you can get past Hanks, you'll be treated to Austin Butler achieving the impossible — an intimate, vulnerable take on one of the most iconic rock n' roll figures of the 20th century. Directed by Baz Luhrmann, the film is a sonic assault built around a once-in-a-lifetime performance. 

• WATCH | Austin Butler discusses the complexities of Elvis Presley

10. Babylon

Babylon is UNHINGED. When I first saw it, it was almost too much. This is a dirty, sexy, strange, drug-induced orgy of a film set in the roaring 20s and 30s, when Hollywood stumbled from silent pictures into talkies. The director is Damien Chazelle, who gave us La La Land.  But  Babylon is the anti- La La Land . It's about the grimy, cutthroat game behind the pretty pictures. It's about Black, Chinese and Latino talents battling for their break. It's about Brad Pitt being Brad Pitt — charisma incarnate. Margot Robbie is equally incandescent. Oh, and there's also elephant shit. Lots of elephant shit. I warned you. 

Where to watch: Opens in theatres Dec. 23. 

9. Marcel the Shell With Shoes On

Marcel the Shell With Shoes On is an improvised mockumentary stop-motion animated film about a talking snail shell with one eye who likes to watch 60 Minutes . It's funny, heart breaking and so cute it should be accompanied by a doctor's warning. An ode to courage, creativity and finding your way, even if you're three croutons tall. 

Cate Blanchett is so good I worry we take her for granted. She has this ability to become these crystalline creations, exquisite people of power and purpose. With Tár , she lures you into the life of Lydia, a peerless conductor of classical music. But then the surface cracks and she begins fall off the carefully constructed pedestal. To be frank, I'm not quite sure what I witnessed, only that I need to see it again.

7. Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery

Every day that Twitter becomes more unhinged ( like owner Elon Musk leaving his fate as CEO up to a poll ) is a day that Edward Norton's tech billionaire games master character becomes that much more prescient. Glass Onion is many things: a lark, the ensemble of the year and a mystery worthy of Agatha Christie. It's also about the rich, the richer and the long, dark chasm between justice and the law. 

• WATCH | Eli's Glass Onion review

6. I Like Movies

Life is messy. Movies are often not. Open any screenwriting book and you'll find formulas, arcs and diagrams. It's why so many films feel like they're written by artificial intelligence. The delicious irony of Chandler Levack's feature film debut is that while it's about a certain film bro mentality, it's also the kind of insightful character study you'd think film bros would champion. I remain in awe of director and writer Levack for channelling her main character, Lawrence, who feels like someone so many of us know. Isaiah Lehtinen (who plays Lawrence) is the Canadian Julian Dennison, he just doesn't know it yet. 

Where to watch: At the TIFF Bell Lightbox in January, opening across Canada in March 2023.

5.  Everything Everywhere All at Once

The directing duo known as The Daniels had a simple goal: to make the most fun movie to watch in a theatre that was also something nourishing. This is the result, the best film since Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse to explore the cinematic potential of parallel universes.  EEAAO is many things — a film with talking rocks and floppy fingers — but the pulsating heart of it is a mother-daughter dynamic that is nothing if not universal. Take that Doctor Strange. 

4. Women Talking

Women Talking sounds like the antithesis of drama. But the simplicity of the title belies the drama of an impossible choice faced by a gathering of frightened and angry women in a barn. I ended up watching Women Talking twice during TIFF, and what I remember most is the feeling of elation near the end. Wrestling all of Miriam Toews' novel into a script is one thing, but working with this murderers row of acting superstars results in a film about women realizing their power.

• WATCH |  Sarah Polley talks about how her actors supported each other on set

Every time I see a clip from  RRR I want to see it again. But then again, part of what imprinted this movie from India in my brain is how I watched it: at a local repertory theatre packed with fans of director S.S. Rajamouli, who were screaming, cheering and laughing. This dark horse for the Oscars is a masterclass in muscular filmmaking. While every Marvel film comes with the same cookie cutter approach,  RRR has stunning animal-filled set pieces and the dance battle of the decade. 

Where to watch: Netflix 

2. The Banshees of Inisherin

"I just don't like you no more." Watch this moment in a film about a failing friendship and you can see Colin Farrell's heart break in real time.  Banshees has all the trappings of a period piece, but beneath the adorable donkey and idyllic rural setting is a story that speaks to today. It's about the calcification of men's hearts and what happens when we stop listening to each other. It's a feckin' masterpiece. 

Where to watch: Disney+ or On Demand

• WATCH |  Eli's review of The Banshees of Inisherin

Nope is the kind of movie that grows richer with meaning every time you view it. There's a richness, a careful consideration of thought, which you might miss at first because the damn thing is so propulsive. Director Jordan Peele took the "Spielberg shot," those iconic film moments when characters look to the sky, and turned the entire concept inside out. Just like he did with our expectations of UFO hunting. Like all great films, Nope teaches you to see differently. The use of Corey Hart and Gowan are just the cherries on top.  

• WATCH |  Eli's review of Nope

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

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Eli Glasner is the senior entertainment reporter and screentime columnist for CBC News. Covering culture has taken him from the northern tip of Moosonee Ontario to the Oscars and beyond.  You can reach him at [email protected].

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It’s weird how The A-Team has sort of fallen between the cracks in Joe Carnahan’s filmography: it’s one of the better expressions of his frantic, explodey, dudes-rock action deal, and Liam Neeson and Bradley Cooper are having a ball blowing up everything in sight while Quinton “Rampage” Jackson and Sharlto Copley yell at each other in the background. You know the story: Army covert-ops unit is framed for a crime they didn’t commit, break out of military prison to clear their names and end up levelling pretty much every location they visit. But an A-Team movie doesn’t really need to do much else, does it? We’re there for the one-liners and the occasional flying tank, and everybody knows it. Requires Starz subscription

After Hours

Martin Scorsese’s 1985 comedy plays out over one frenzied night in the life of an unassuming New York word processor (Griffin Dunne), who ventures downtown to see a nice woman (Rosanna Arquette) and finds himself trapped in a nonstop parade of weird encounters with characters played by Linda Fiorentino, Verna Bloom, Catherine O’Hara – in one of her very first big-screen roles – and Cheech and Chong. And three and a half decades later, Michael Ballhaus’s cinematography of pre-gentrification SoHo makes the movie feel like it’s set on an alien world. Requires Starz subscription

All My Life

In a perfect world, this true-life tale of romance, tragedy and crowdfunding would have been a huge Christmas hit. Instead, Marc Meyers’s unabashed studio weepie never had a chance to build the world of mouth that would have attracted audiences, and it sank into VOD oblivion. But now the true story of Toronto couple Jenn Carter and Sol Chau – whose friends launched an online campaign to pay for their 2015 dream wedding when Sol was diagnosed with aggressive liver cancer – has another chance to catch your eye as you scroll through the new releases. Jessica Rothe (the Happy Death Day movies) and Harry Shum Jr. (Crazy Rich Asians) are charming as hell as instant soulmates whose connection sustains them through an unimaginable challenge, and the movie becomes a celebration of the life they could have made… if they’d only had more time.

An American Pickle

In 1919, Brooklyn pickle-factory worker Herschel Greenbaum (Seth Rogen) falls into a brining barrel, where he lies perfectly preserved for a century – resurfacing 100 years later to a very different world, where his great-grandson Ben (also Rogen) is his only surviving family. Simon Rich’s generational fish-out-of-water tale mixes some fun commentary on hipster America’s obsession with artisanal frippery and social-media meltdowns into a deeper, sadder story about loss and faith. Actor/producer Rogen takes to the whimsical premise surprisingly well, giving two distinct and fully felt performances as Herschel and Ben… even when the movie moves a little too quickly to really let us savour them.

Another Round

Thomas Vinterberg and Mads Mikkelsen – who last collaborated in 2012’s unnerving drama The Hunt – reunite for a slightly looser but no less powerful story about four high school teachers (Mikkelsen, Lars Ranthe, Magnus Millang and Vinterberg mainstay Thomas Bo Larsen) who decide to see if their careers and relationships would be better if they maintained a minimum blood-alcohol level of 0.05%. The answer may not surprise anyone, but the path to it is both very funny and very grim, with the quartet adapting to their state of constant inebriation with varying levels of success. Vinterberg is an old hand at spinning awkward human moments into explosive comedy or soul-freezing dread, as the situation depends, and this story gives him the opportunity to do a little of both – and Mikkelsen turns down his quicksilver charisma to blend into the ensemble, until it all comes pouring out of him in a brilliant, and brilliantly ambiguous, final dance number. This year’s Oscar winner for best international film – and rightly so.

Ryan White’s documentary tells the jaw-dropping story of two women who unwittingly assassinated the brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un in Malaysia’s international airport in broad daylight in 2017. The killing made international headlines, but the complicated story that unfolded next wasn’t covered as intensely. Exactly how these women (originally from Vietnam and Indonesia) became ensnared in an elaborate murder plot encompasses economic disparity, exploitation and diplomatic intrigue.

At Eternity’s Gate

Julian Schnabel’s look at the final years of Vincent van Gogh’s life stars Willem Dafoe as the Impressionist master, and the fact that the actor is a good 25 years older than van Gogh was when he died is a risky choice that pays off beautifully: Dafoe seems to reflect the extra wear of Vincent’s life, a man scraped raw by poverty and drink but incapable of doing anything other than making art. It’s one of the actor’s finest performances, which is really saying something, and Schnabel showcases it by structuring his film as a series of conversations between the deteriorating Vincent and his brother Theo (Rupert Friend), his contemporary Paul Gaugin (Oscar Isaac) and, ultimately, a solicitous priest (Mads Mikkelsen) at the sanitarium in Saint-Rémy-de-Provence. There have been plenty of movies about Vincent van Gogh; it’s starting to feel like this one might be the best.

Barb And Star Go To Vista Del Mar

Kristen Wiig and Annie Mumolo’s antic, absurdist comedy about two Midwestern BFFs whose impulsive Florida getaway lands them smack in the middle of a Bond-level revenge plot is positively filled with good-natured foolishness, as its naive heroes fumble through some moderate self-actualization and also fall into a love triangle with the lovelorn henchman (Jamie Dornan) of a supervillain (Wiig again, styled like a zombie Vera Farmiga) bent on unleashing a plague on the peninsula. There are musical numbers and talking animals and absolutely pointless digressions that are just there because writer/stars Wiig and Mumolo and director Josh Greenbaum are out to entertain themselves and hopefully everyone else.

Writer/director Mike Mills’s semiautobiographical drama stars Ewan McGregor as Oliver, a struggling artist whose life is complicated even further when his aging father Hal – recently widowed, and newly diagnosed with terminal cancer – decides to finally come out of the closet and live his truth for all it’s worth. Plummer won his only Oscar for his performance as Hal – at the age of 82 – and rightly so; it’s a role perfectly suited to the actor’s habit of undermining his stentorian presence with a wink or an unexpected grin. McGregor’s pretty good too, as is Mélanie Laurent as Anna, an actor who eventually helps Hal regain his equilibrium.

Best In Show

Christopher Guest’s 2000 improvised mockumentary about competing dog breeders might not be his best work – that’s clearly A Mighty Wind, which has songs as well as jokes – but it’s the one where Catherine O’Hara and Eugene Levy are clearly having the most fun yes-anding each other’s ideas. Don’t get us wrong, there are plenty of other very talented people around –Jennifer Coolidge, Jane Lynch, Michael McKean, Fred Willard and Guest himself – but there’s just something so perfect about watching former SCTV co-stars and future Schitt’s Creek Emmy winners just riff off one another with practiced ease and genuine affection. Don’t believe us? Just watch them.

Aubrey Plaza delivers the most archly calibrated and unpredictable performance of her career in this joyously nasty and sharply written movie. She plays a filmmaker looking for inspiration who visits a privileged artistic couple (Christopher Abbott, Sarah Gadon) living in a cottage in the Adirondack Mountains. What ensues could be described as The Hand That Rocks The Cradle meets millennial narcissism as the trio proceed to manipulate each other’s insecurities to benefit their creative endeavours. Director Lawrence Michael Levine keeps the audience on their toes, shifting from melodrama to meta-satire to slapstick to thriller and back again.

The Body Remembers When The World Broke Open

The brief and harrowing encounter between the two Indigenous women depicted in The Body Remembers is based on co-director’s Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers experience with a pregnant woman escaping abuse. Áila (co-director Tailfeathers) comes from privilege and Rosie (Violet Nelson) from the foster care system. But both are burdened by history and trauma, which recent headlines remind are not so far behind us. Their time spent together, seemingly shot in a propulsive and immediate single take (the edits are carefully hidden), is fleeting, but it has a profound and lasting impact.

Bridesmaids

Sweet, goofy and unapologetically crass, Paul Feig’s blockbuster farce is built on a solid foundation of human psychology, thanks to the finely honed screenplay by Kristen Wiig and Annie Mumolo. Wiig stars in the film as Annie, a Milwaukee baker whose life has hit a rough patch that’s made even worse by the impending marriage of her best friend Lillian (Maya Rudolph). Even as the situations grow increasingly cartoonish – like the infamous food-poisoning sequence – Bridesmaids paints a credible portrait of a woman in crisis. But it’s also an ensemble piece, with Wiig sharing scenes with Rose Byrne, Wendi McLendon-Covey, Ellie Kemper, Jon Hamm, Chris O’Dowd, Matt Lucas and a ferocious Melissa McCarthy – nabbing her first Oscar nomination for a performance that catapulted her onto the comedy A-list. Ten years later, it’s still wildly funny.

Bridget Jones’s Diary

Helen Fielding’s sly reworking of Jane Austen’s Pride And Prejudice was a massive literary hit, and its audience was mortified at the announcement that Texas-born Renée Zellweger would be playing the very English lead. But Zellweger’s entirely convincing as the self-doubting singleton, who finds herself caught between the recessive Mark Darcy (Colin Firth) and the rakish Daniel Cleaver (Hugh Grant) over a very chaotic year. Don’t worry so much about the sequels. They don’t count. Requires Starz subscription

The Broken Hearts Gallery

Veteran television writer Natalie Krinsky (Gossip Girl, Grey’s Anatomy) makes her directorial debut with this charmer starring Geraldine Viswanathan as a young woman who compulsively collects mementoes of her past relationships – and winds up inviting others to display their own artifacts alongside them in a pop-up gallery. Krinsky surrounds the gifted Viswanathan with a charming supporting cast – including Hamilton’s Phillipa Soo, Broad City’s Arturo Castro and current SNL breakout Ego Nwodim – and throws in Dacre Montgomery as an aspiring hotelier who definitely wouldn’t break her heart if she’d just give him a chance. And though it’s set in New York City, you’ll have fun spotting all the Toronto locations and day players, like The Beaverton’s Emma Hunter and Pretty Hard Cases’ Tricia Black.

Can You Ever Forgive Me?

Even if you don’t know the first thing about author Lee Israel’s short-lived but very lucrative side hustle as a literary forger, the magnificent performances of Melissa McCarthy (as Israel) and Richard E. Grant (as the aging hustler who becomes her accomplice and enabler) are reason enough to take a chance on Marielle Heller’s acidic biopic. Throw in the vivid re-creation of early 90s Manhattan, the barbed brilliance of Nicole Holofcener’s dialogue and vivid supporting turns from Dolly Wells and Jane Curtin, and you’ve got plenty of reason to catch up to one of 2018’s most overlooked movies . Requires Starz subscription

Casino Royale

Now that Daniel Craig’s wrapped up his tenure as James Bond , it’s a fine time to revisit his 2006 introduction to the series – which remains one of the franchise’s best movies, full stop. Not only does Craig’s terse, brutal performance bring Bond back to Ian Fleming’s original conception, but he’s surrounded by unpredictable supporting players like Eva Green (as 007’s doomed love Vesper Lynd), Jeffrey Wright (as his CIA pal Felix Leiter) and Mads Mikkelsen (as his blood-weeping adversary Le Chiffre). Director Martin Campbell, who helmed Pierce Brosnan’s first Bond adventure GoldenEye, delivers an entirely different sort of Bond film, with action sequences that feel more grounded and immediate (thanks, Jason Bourne!) and an active interest in the psychology of its hero. Also, Judi Dench reprises her icy M from the Pierce Brosnan era, which messes up the continuity but hey, it’s Judi Dench. Of course you’d ask her back.

David Cronenberg’s Cannes-wowing, Ted Turner-scandalizing 1996 adaptation of J.G. Ballard’s novel might not be the filmmaker’s best picture – that’s probably Dead Ringers, or maybe A History Of Violence – but it’s definitely his purest, using a new cinematic language to reduce Ballard’s narrative to a series of sex scenes. There’s conventional dialogue, too, but none of it really matters; all the communication is conveyed through who’s doing what to whom, and how, with James Spader, Holly Hunter, Elias Koteas and Deborah Kara Unger literally feeling their way through the story. A quarter of a century on, it still holds a perverse thrill. Requires Starz subscription

The Death Of Stalin 

Perhaps the funniest movie ever made about Soviet regime change, Armando Iannucci’s barbed comedy – based on the graphic novel by Fabien Nury and Thierry Robin – reimagines the chaos within the Soviet Central Committee before, during and after the eponymous event. A ballet of desperate quislings and backstabbers – among them Jeffrey Tambor, Steve Buscemi, Simon Russell Beale and Michael Palin – scramble to fill the power vacuum while Stalin’s adult children (Andrea Riseborough, Rupert Friend) run around making things worse in the background. And somehow Jason Isaacs walks away with the whole picture.

Dog Day Afternoon

Sidney Lumet’s quintessential New York City picture – fictionalizing the incredible true story of a botched Brooklyn bank robbery that turned into a prolonged hostage situation on a stiflingly hot August day – features remarkable work from Al Pacino and John Cazale as the hapless crooks, Charles Durning as the exhausted cop trying to end the siege and Chris Sarandon as a civilian with a very specific connection to the case. And the treatment of Sarandon’s character is remarkably progressive for a movie almost half a century old. Requires Starz subscription

Empire Of The Sun

Steven Spielberg’s adaptation of J.G. Ballard’s autobiographical novel – with a young Christian Bale as his on-screen avatar Jim Graham, a British child separated from his parents in the Japanese occupation of Shanghai in 1941 and forced to survive on his own – was considered a disappointment on its release in 1987, failing to rack up the box-office or the Oscar nominations of The Color Purple two years earlier. But it’s easily the superior work, with Spielberg setting his instincts for emotional manipulation aside and just telling the story straight, letting the remarkably talented Bale convey the feeling of the piece with his eyes alone – ably supported by John Malkovich, Miranda Richardson and Nigel Havers and a baby-faced Joe Pantoliano, among others. Requires Starz subscription

Thirty-five years after its release, David Cronenberg’s mournful, operatic remake of the 1950s sci-fi programmer can be considered one of the greatest horror movies ever made, taking a pulpy story about a scientist whose atoms are remixed with a housefly’s in a botched teleportation experiment and turning it into the tragedy of new love destroyed by cruel illness, with real-life couple Jeff Goldblum and Geena Davis playing out what would have been their worst nightmare as his untreatable malady turns him into someone (and, thanks to Chris Walas’s Oscar-winning makeup effects, something) unrecognizable and alien.

Actually, that should be Gojira – because that’s the original Japanese title of Toho landmark monster movie, before it was redubbed, renamed and slashed to ribbons by its American distributor. Crave has the recent Criterion Collection restoration in its library, which means you get to experience the film as Ishiro Honda originally intended: as a movie soaked in the dread and grief of a nation still recovering from the horrors of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Or you could just watch it for the creature effects, of course. Requires Starz subscription.

The Good German

At that time of this writing, Crave is streaming 13 of Steven Soderbergh’s features (as well as Mosaic and The Knick). This is one that no one ever talks about: a 2006 noir with George Clooney, Cate Blanchett and Tobey Maguire that Soderbergh made with the same technical restrictions that Bogart and Bergman’s Casablanca had in the early 40s. It’s not good, exactly, but it’s fascinating – and for one reason or another, it’s become really hard to find. But here it is. Check it out. Requires Starz subscription

Spanning decades in the life of one Henry Hill, a small-time member of a lightly fictionalized New York City mob family, Martin Scorsese’s 1990 masterpiece ranks with The Godfather for grand, expansive American crime cinema – though the nervous energy Scorsese brings to the action makes sure there’s no crossover with Francis Ford Coppola’s legacy. (Henry surely loves The Godfather as much as Tony Soprano does.) Scorsese’s show-and-tell approach to his subject – which he’d use again in Casino, The Wolf Of Wall Street and The Irishman – is so enthralling we hardly notice the way Ray Liotta’s rabbity enthusiasm as Henry curdles gradually into misery over the course of the picture, as his friendships with hair-trigger sociopath Tommy DeVito (Joe Pesci) and calculating monster Jimmy Conway (Robert DeNiro) come at a heavy cost. Which, of course, is the point. Requires Starz subscription

In The Same Breath

Nanfu Wang takes viewers inside Wuhan’s hospitals, ambulances and crematoriums during the city’s coronavirus outbreak and the subsequent lockdown that stunned the world in January 2020. Working remotely with a group of local cinematographers, the filmmaker calls into question China’s official death toll and many other official lines, but also shows the way propaganda spreads like a kind of virus to undermine public health and health-care workers. She also questions her own assumptions about the American response to COVID, drawing damning and sadly ironic parallels between the two government responses.

Judas And The Black Messiah

In less skilful hands, Judas And The Black Messiah could play like hollow Oscar bait, a tragedy of Black lives manipulated by cynical white authority in a less enlightened time. Instead, director/co-writer Shaka King’s powerhouse drama about the complicity of FBI informant William O’Neal (played by LaKeith Standfield) in the 1969 murder of Fred Hampton (an Oscar-winning Daniel Kaluuya), a charismatic community organizer with the Chicago chapter of the Black Panthers, keeps subtly drawing parallels to the contemporary Black Lives Matter movement, showing us how little has changed in the ensuing half-century.

Kajillionaire

Miranda July’s sly comedy about a family of small-time crooks living a principled life off the grid who are nonetheless obsessed with money is full of philosophical questions and complex layers. Bouncing along on snappy dialogue and muted pastels, Kajillionaire cleverly uses mise en scène, symbolism and sight gags to pose deeper questions about values and the ways our parents shape our worldview. The movie follows Evan Rachel Wood’s stuck-in-a-rut character as a relationship with a new friend (Gina Rodriguez) allows her to see her scheming parents (Richard Jenkins, Debra Winger) in a new light. The final climactic shot is a head-trip.

The Kid Detective

An unexpected entry on TIFF’s Canada’s Top Ten for 2020, Evan Morgan’s genuinely weird character study stars Adam Brody as an embittered former small-town prodigy out to prove himself by solving a murder. It plays like a custody battle between Wes Anderson and David Lynch as Brody’s deeply broken Abe Appelbaum slouches through life, drinking and fighting, until a teenager (Sophie Nélisse) hires him to prove her boyfriend’s death wasn’t an overdose. Morgan, who co-wrote, co-produced and co-edited The Dirties with Matt Johnson, is fascinated by the idea of a grown-up Encyclopedia Brown forced to confront the limits of his childhood genius, and Brody finds an endless number of tragic notes in the character of Abe, still in denial over a past tragedy he wasn’t equipped to solve.

Named the quintessential Toronto movie by NOW in January 2014, Don McKellar’s 1998 comedy-drama – which takes place over the last six hours of human existence – has only grown in stature in the ensuing years. It’s a deadpan apocalypse with an amazing cast: McKellar and Sandra Oh play the leads, with Sarah Polley, Tracy Wright, David Cronenberg, Callum Keith Rennie and Geneviève Bujold in key supporting roles. And in its vision of a city slouching glumly towards the end of everything, it captures something very specific about the way Canadians see themselves, and how we want to believe we’ll try to be decent to each other, even at the end. Requires Starz subscription

Let Them All Talk

Steven Soderbergh and Meryl Streep followed 2019’s The Laundromat with this lighter and considerably less problematic project, with Streep starring as celebrated author Alice Hughes, who takes the Queen Mary II to pick up a literary prize in England, bringing along her nephew (Lucas Hedges) and two old friends (Candice Bergen, Dianne Wiest) – and decades’ worth of baggage. Soderbergh amuses himself by shooting aboard the QMII during an actual crossing and treating the ship like one of his Ocean’s casinos, fixating on angles in the architecture and patterns in carpet design. As always, his technical choices are inventive and perfectly suited to the subject matter – but he’s also hiding the story’s real dramatic arc in plain sight, and it’s one that pays off surprisingly well.

Locked Down

While everyone else was learning how to make sourdough, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Anne Hathaway, screenwriter Steven Knight and director Doug Liman went off and shot a London heist picture for HBO Max, telling the story of a couple who broke up just before COVID reached the UK, and ended up trapped together for months; their jobs put them in the perfect position to steal a very valuable diamond from Harrod’s, so that’s what they set out to do. Ejiofor and Hathaway find a complementary energy that’s so engaging you wish someone would cast them in a proper screwball comedy; maybe now that everyone’s looking for non-pandemic content, that might even happen.

Logan Lucky 

Logan Lucky broke Steven Soderbergh’s self-imposed directing exile in 2017 and plays like a celebration of his strengths. You’ve got charming actors playing well-drawn characters (Channing Tatum and Adam Driver as squabbling brothers plotting to rob a North Carolina speedway, and Daniel Craig as a hayseed explosives expert), exquisitely orchestrated storytelling and the willingness to give the audience credit for being able to follow the plot while appreciating weird little jokes and observations peppered throughout. By the time Hilary Swank turns up as a federal agent who thinks she’s Tommy Lee Jones in The Fugitive, you’re either on board or you walked away an hour ago. Either way, Soderbergh wins. Requires Starz subscription

Stephen Sommers’s 1999 adventure comedy owes as much to Raiders Of The Lost Ark as it does to Universal’s classic Boris Karloff-in-bandages creeper – and the one that shows us just how much fun it is to watch Brendan Fraser punch digital monsters while romancing Rachel Weisz. To revisit The Mummy after more than 20 years is to remember what heedless fantasy action can feel like; there are moments when the movie itself feels like it knows it shouldn’t be getting away with something so silly. We’re invited to share in the glee of Weisz’s bookish Evie discovering her inner action hero, and the bemused tenderness emerging in Fraser’s confident adventurer Rick O’Connell as he figures out he’s falling in love with her. Requires Starz subscription

Steven Spielberg made two movies about 9/11 in 2005: War Of The Worlds, which interprets the terror of America under attack through an alien-invasion lens, and this gripping drama about the Israeli response to the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, when Palestinian terrorists killed 11 members of the Israeli team. Eric Bana is Avner, a Mossad operative charged with assembling a team (among them Ciarán Hinds, Mathieu Kassovitz, Hanns Zischler and a pre-Bond Daniel Craig) to hunt down 11 Palestinians tied to the attack – an assignment that leads them into increasingly murky moral waters. Tony Kushner and Eric Roth’s script leaves plenty of room for debate about whether revenge can ever be truly righteous, and Spielberg refuses to soften any of the truly terrible things his heroes do in the pursuit of their enemies. The result remains one of the most haunting films of the director’s later career – yes, even with that ending.

Writer/director Sean Durkin finally follows up on the promise of his 2011 cult drama Martha Marcy May Marlene with this story of an 80s family who move from the U.S. to the UK when dad (Jude Law) gets a business opportunity in London – only to find that living in a remote mansion in leafy Surrey isn’t quite as idyllic as it sounds. The kids (Oona Roche, Charlie Shotwell) have trouble adjusting to their new schools, and mom (a magnificently controlled Carrie Coon) suffers a series of unpleasant setbacks. Durkin adopts the oppressive visual style of late 70s/early 80s horror like The Legacy or The Changeling, with an additional disconnect created by the fact that most of this very English film was shot in the GTA. But The Nest isn’t exactly a horror movie; rather, it’s another intense, unnerving look at true believers and the chaos they leave in their wake.

No Sudden Move

In 50s Detroit, an ex-convict (Don Cheadle) looking for a quick score takes a job holding an accountant’s family hostage – but when things go sideways, he and another mug (Benicio Del Toro) have to figure out what went wrong… and who set them up to take the fall. Screenwriter Ed Solomon and director Steven Soderbergh – whose HBO miniseries Mosaic is also streaming on Crave – use a riff on the Humphrey Bogart thriller The Desperate Hours to launch into a more sophisticated thriller with strategies playing out across racial, political and socioeconomic lines. But it’s Cheadle’s picture from start to finish, his wary, electric presence perfectly suited to the role of a man trying to find an exploitable angle in a scheme he only barely understands.

An elegant dramatization of Jessica Bruder’s non-fiction book about working-class Americans of a certain age who’ve reinvented themselves as itinerant workers, chasing seasonal work around the American West, Nomadland stars Frances McDormand as Fern, whose perspective we share as she hits the road in her white panel van. In Songs My Brothers Taught Me and The Rider, Chloé Zhao cast non-professionals as versions of themselves and placed them within fictional narratives that diverged from their own histories. With McDormand at the centre of Nomadland, it all snaps together: the two-time Oscar winner (who won a third for this performance) shares the frame with literally dozens of non-professionals over the course of the film – some of whom appear in Bruder’s book, others who just seem to have wandered in from the parking lot next door – and in every single moment, McDormand is utterly, achingly present: listening to them, encouraging them, matching their specific rhythms, all without ever breaking character. It’s a stunning technical performance hidden in plain sight in the best film of 2020.  Movies + HBO

North By Northwest

Alfred Hitchcock’s most purely pleasurable movie stars Cary Grant as Roger Thornhill, a Manhattan ad executive who finds himself at the centre of an elaborate espionage case. It’s basically a proto-Bond movie with a total amateur in the lead instead of a veteran agent, as scheming heavies James Mason and Martin Landau chase Grant across America while actual spy Eva Marie Saint does her best to keep him in harm’s way. It’s all about flushing out the real villains, who – you know what, never mind. Explaining it would just spoil the fun. Requires Starz subscription

The Photograph

Released in theatres on Valentine’s Day 2020, Stella Meghie’s proper adult romance stars LaKeith Stanfield and Issa Rae as bona fide big-screen movie stars, firing sparks at one another as two New Yorkers who find each other thanks to a decades-old photograph and a few twists of fate. Meghie, the Toronto-raised director whose previous credits include Jean Of The Joneses, Everything Everything and The Weekend, establishes her stars’ chemistry and just gets out of the way: when we saw the movie this time last year, we were pleasantly surprised by Meghie’s willingness to treat the audience like adults, taking her time with the storytelling and just enjoying the moments where her characters truly see each other and forge a connection. Meghie discussed it with NOW’s Norm Wilner in this interview , and talked about a few other things besides, but honestly? Just watch her movie. You’ll get it.

Pitch Black

David Twohy’s low-budget sci-fi/horror hybrid about a crashed spaceship is arguably more important to Vin Diesel’s movie-star trajectory than the cars-and-robbers picture Diesel made around the same time. It’s much smarter, for one thing, and Twohy imbues Diesel’s natural surliness with some complexity, casting him as a spacefaring anti-hero named Riddick, whose ability to see in the dark makes him just the right person to help the survivors of that crashed ship survive a planetful of hungry aliens. Turn off the lights, turn up the sound and enjoy the ride. Requires Starz subscription

Rhymes For Young Ghouls

Jeff Barnaby’s first feature follows 70s teenager Alia (Reservation Dogs star Devery Jacobs, in her breakout performance) as she’s ripped from her rez in Northern Quebec and sent to a residential school by a local cop abusing his authority. Barnaby gives the school scenes the surreal texture of a nightmare, as if he’s showing us how Alia will eventually remember her experience: it’s hallucinatory and disorienting, like a bad dream she can’t shake off. When she gets back home, everyone knows exactly what she’s been through; the whole film is steeped in collective trauma. For those of us on the outside, the knowledge that the residential school programs are coming to an end is no comfort at all; as Barnaby told NOW’s Norm Wilner in 2014 , Canada just moved its indifference into other programs.

Produced before the pandemic – it screened at TIFF in 2019 – Neasa Hardiman’s nautical riff on the isolation horror of Alien and The Thing found new relevance once COVID hit, as the crew of an Irish trawler picks up a deadly infestation, and a marine biologist (We Hunt Together’s Hermione Corfield) insists they quarantine themselves to avoid bringing it back to shore. Connie Nielsen, Dougray Scott and Olwen Fouéré co-star.

Emma Seligman’s breakout farce is a study in managed chaos starring Rachel Sennott as Danielle, a grad student who’s fidgety and adrift, sleeping with sugar daddies for cash she doesn’t seem to need. And today she’ll be spending the afternoon at a shiva in Brooklyn, where her hovering parents (Polly Draper, Fred Melamed) hope she’ll land an internship or a boyfriend. Instead, she will have to juggle both her ex-girlfriend (Molly Gordon) and the client Danielle slept with earlier that morning (Danny Deferrari)… along with the wife and baby he somehow neglected to mention. Seligman and Sennott mine a great deal of uncomfortable comedy from the collision of Danielle’s personal, professional and private worlds, Sennott and Gordon have chemistry to burn and the world Seligman builds out around Danielle feels suffocatingly authentic. Even if it has the wrong kind of party sandwiches.

George Clooney and Steven Soderbergh made a number of pictures together – Out Of Sight, the Ocean’s trilogy, The Good German – but this is one of their best, an adaptation of Stanislaw Lem’s sci-fi head trip that backgrounds the awe and wonder of a voyage to a planet that can bring the dead back to life (sort of) to focus on the emotional dilemma of the man at its centre, a psychologist sent to investigate strange events on a space station orbiting that planet who finds himself given another chance to connect with his late wife (Natascha McElhone). It’s a quiet masterpiece, and Clooney’s as good as he’s ever been. Turn the lights down, shut off your phone, and let it flow over you. Requires Starz subscription

Spontaneous

Brian Duffield’s gory, giddy high-school comedy arrived almost unnoticed last fall, lost in a swarm of generic-looking VOD releases. But it’s an absolute gem, a sweet and sharp-edged adaptation of Aaron Starmer’s novel about a class of ordinary New Jersey seniors who experience an inexplicable, unpredictable plague of “popping” – bursting like balloons without warning. Whip-smart Mara ( Knives Out ’s Katherine Langford) understandably resents being forced to confront her mortality quite so soon – and quite so literally – until her shy classmate Dylan (Charlie Plummer) turns the crisis into an opportunity to tell her he’s in love with her. The intensity of teen romance has never had a better metaphor, really.

Street Gang: How We Got To Sesame Street

Based on Michael Davis’s book, this HBO documentary from Marilyn Agrelo (Mad Hot Ballroom) charts the history and evolution of the landmark children’s television show, mixing priceless behind-the-scenes footage with contemporary interviews with the surviving cast and creators – and their children. Did you know Sesame Street was funded by the U.S. government as a project to make educational television diverse, inclusive and engaging? Did you know they hated it in the South? Did you know that the Stevie Wonder counting song that’s been bouncing around your head for most of your life came from the show? All of this is true, and in telling the story, Agrelo fulfills the most important mission of Sesame Street: she makes learning fun.

Together Together

Ed Helms and Patti Harrison find an unlikely connection in Nikole Beckwith’s gentle two-hander about the friendship that blossoms between an older single guy and the 26-year-old woman he hires as his gestational surrogate. Helms is well-cast, but Harrison – a rising writer and performer who exploded as a comic force last year on Tim Robinson’s I Think You Should Leave – gets a part that makes full use of her spiky, hyper-alert energy. But this isn’t, strictly speaking, a comedy: it’s a smart drama about two lonely souls who drift into a supportive, moving friendship without ever becoming a couple. 

Jean-Marc Vallée’s intelligent, intimate adaptation of Cheryl Strayed’s book about hiking the Pacific Crest Trail after losing both her marriage and her mother. I don’t think Reese Witherspoon’s ever been better than she is here, showing us Cheryl’s determination in unexpected flashes while never playing down her constant weariness and exhaustion – and her capacity for awe at the American landscape as showcased beautifully by cinematographer Yves Bélanger. Vallée’s editorial rhythms are perfectly in sync with his star, moving back and forth in time to show us why she’s carrying the weight that she is. Laura Dern, who plays Cheryl’s mother in some flashbacks, is also terrific. Requires Starz subscription

The Wolf Of Snow Hollow

Jim Cummings writes, directs and stars in movies about overmatched men in extreme situations, changing genres and tones as he sees fit. In The Wolf Of Snow Hollow, Cummings goes for snowbound horror-comedy, casting himself as a deputy in a small mountain town doing his best to solve a spate of violent murders without acknowledging that the carnage sure looks like the work of a werewolf. Cummings’s knack for angry puzzlement gets a proper workout here, as his flailing hero and his long-suffering partner (Riki Lindholme) attempt to balance a complex investigation for which he is entirely unprepared with his responsibilities to his aging father (Robert Forster)… who also happens to be his boss. We won’t discuss the plot any further, but… it’s kind of a masterpiece? Bong Joon-ho would be proud of the tonal shifts, anyhow.

There were no changes to this lineup in December 2021.

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1. Fruitvale Station (2013)

This is the true story of Oscar Grant III, a 22-year-old Black man in Oakland, California, who was shot dead by police in the morning hours of New Year’s Day 2009. Incidentally, 2009 was also the time when smartphones started going mainstream, and so the incident was not only captured by CCTV but also many private cell phone cameras. The murder went viral.

Grant is superbly played by Michael B. Jordan in what now counts as one of his breakthrough roles, when many only knew him as Wallace in the now-legendary crime drama The Wire. Director Ryan Coogler went on making two more movies with him, including Black Panther in 2018.

Produced by Academy Award winner Forest Whitaker and compassionately told, Fruitvale Station surpasses the sadness of its subject matter and amounts to an extraordinary celebration of life. A must-watch.

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2. Mommy (2014)

Aptly named ‘Rupert Grint on speed’ by one critic, Antoine-Olivier Pilon plays Steve, an abusive ADHD adolescent who just got out of a juvenile care facility for setting fire to the school cafeteria and injuring a fellow student. Similarly, his mother Diane, played by Anne Dorval, is a type of Lorelai Gilmore on speed – and to say that sparks fly when they clash is an understatement. But help comes from unexpected places: ‘Die’ makes friends with Kyla, an anxious teacher living across the street, who then gets sucked into this crazy, volcanic mess.

Mommy is the fifth feature film by French-Canadian don’t-call-him-a-hipster director Xavier Dolan and won the Cannes Jury Prize for its originality. It is shot in the 1:1 ‘portrait’ format, but every now and then a moment of exhilaration will crack open the frame. The brutality on screen is sugar-coated by an all-over-the-place soundtrack that includes the Counting Crows, Celine Dion, and Blue (Da Ba Dee) by Eiffel 65.

Shrill, violent, and demented, this out-of-control dark comedy will punch you in the guts. But it also aims straight for the heart and doesn’t miss. Prepare to be continually torn between laughing out loud, clawing your seat, and covering your mouth in shock.

3. Senna (2010)

If you’re not a fan of F1 racing, you might not know who Ayrton Senna is. If you are, there is no way you don’t know. However, this 2010 British-French documentary packs so much thrill and emotion, you don’t have to be a racing enthusiast to be engrossed by it.

So, who is Ayrton Senna? At a time when F1 cars were +1000HP fire-breathing monsters and the grid was stacked with world champions, the Brazilian racing driver rose above the rest to take 3 world championships and win the fabled Monaco Grand Prix a record 6 times. At the age of 34, a devastating car crash took his life.

Director Asif Kapadia develops a compelling, emotional, and exhilarating portrait of F1 racing and the man that was Ayrton Senna. He is still considered by many to be one the best and most exciting racing drivers to have ever stepped into an F1 car. The documentary too, is a thrilling pursuit: moving, psychological intriguing and absolutely nerve-wracking!

4. Searching for Sugar Man (2012)

American folk singer Sixto Diaz Rodriguez recorded two albums in Detroit in the 1970s, which he played live across the city, but never to critical acclaim or commercial success. Disappointed, he soon quit his musical career, bought a run-down house in the Motor City, and lived a simple life working in construction. So far, this sounds like the biography of many musicians that never quite made it, talented or otherwise.

However, a strange thing happened. By the mid-1970s, his albums were getting significant airplay in countries like Australia, Zimbabwe, and Apartheid-era South Africa, where he was soon considered a musical voice on par with the Beatles. While living a reclusive life in Detroit, Michigan, he unwittingly became a star on the other side of the globe. This engaged and visually appealing documentary by the late Swedish director Malik Bendjelloul tells his story and spells out a fascinating footnote of global music history.

5. Captain Fantastic (2016)

Former activists Ben Cash (Viggo Mortensen) and his wife Leslie drop out from modern consumerist society to raise their six children in the wilderness of the Pacific Northwest. They teach them how to raise and kill their own food, to survive in nature through boot-camp-like workouts, and homeschool them in literature, music, and left-wing philosophy. Instead of Christmas, they celebrate Noam Chomsky’s birthday. Then, one day, this unusual family life is shaken by a phone call and they are forced to leave their life of adventure to reintegrate into American life.

Directed by Matt Ross, who also brought you Good Night, and Good Luck, the film offers a poignant look at alternative living, the effects of modern technology, and the nature of good parenting. Viggo Mortensen is indeed fantastic as the grizzled father and was rightly nominated for a Golden Globe and the Academy Award for Best Actor. George MacKay and the entire cast of “children” also deliver terrific performances. As emotionally raw and thought-provoking as it is funny, Captain Fantastic will have the viewer decide if Ben Cash is the best father in the world or the worst.

6. Exit Through The Gift Shop (2010)

What happens when Banksy, one of the most famous ambassadors of street art, meets Mr. Brainwash, an egocentric aspiring French artist? Well, one of the funniest, interesting and exciting documentaries ever made about art, commercialism and the apparent gulf between them. But is it really a documentary? This confident and zany film will leave you guessing.

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7. Ex Machina (2015)

Ex Machina is the directorial debut of Alex Garland, the writer of 28 Days Later (and 28 Weeks Later). It tells the story of Caleb (Domhnall Gleeson from About Time), an IT developer who is invited by a billionaire CEO to participate in a groundbreaking experiment—administering a Turing test to a humanoid robot called Ava (Alicia Vikander). Meeting the robot with feelings of superiority at first, questions of trust and ethics soon collide with the protagonist’s personal views. While this dazzling film does not rely on them, the visual effects and the overall look-feel of Ex Machina are absolutely stunning and were rightly picked for an Academy Award. They make Ex Machina feel just as casually futuristic as the equally stylish Her and, like Joaquin Phoenix, Gleeson aka Caleb must confront the feelings he develops towards a machine, despite his full awareness that ‘she’ is just that. This is possibly as close to Kubrick as anyone got in the 21st century. Ex Machina is clever, thrilling, and packed with engaging ideas.

8. 50/50 (2011)

It might seem like a no-brainer that trying to make a comedy movie featuring a character with cancer is not a great idea. And while there may be a good share of failed attempts in that category, 50/50 is not one of them. And then it might come as a surprise that this subtle attempt at cancer comedy comes courtesy of Superbad creators Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg. It also stars indie cutie Joseph Gordon-Levitt as the young and fit Adam Lerner, who works as a writer for public radio before learning that he has malignant tumors all along his spine. Between his overbearing mum (Anjelica Huston), slightly obnoxious but good-hearted bestie (Seth Rogen), self-help groups, and his therapist (played by Anna Kendrick), he struggles to find a way of acquiescing to his 50/50 chance of survival. Similarly, 50/50 strikes a delicate balance between the bromance gags, the date-movie elements, and the grave subject matter at its heart. It manages to mine humor, pathos, and simple honesty from a dark situation, and is not afraid to “go there”. The result is truly compassionate comedy.

9. The Company of Strangers (1990)

It’s hard to overstate just how lovely — and quietly radical — this largely improvised Canadian docudrama is. The scenario (seven elderly women and their tour bus driver are stranded in the Canadian wilderness for a few days) is contrived, but the rich, lively conversations that feature are all drawn from the women’s real lives. As they hunker down and get on with the business of surviving with meager food — something they manage to do largely thanks to the bushcraft skills of Mohawk elder Alice — the strangers reflect on their long lives and open up to each other about their lingering fears and still-burning hopes.

They’re a diverse bunch — featuring Cockney transplants, lesbian pioneers, and nuns — and the film’s brief cuts to real photos from the women’s earlier years both underscore the rawness of what they’re saying and serve as testaments to the rich fullness of their lives. The Company of Strangers grants these women the kind of serious consideration and space that they’re denied in so many public spaces, but it never feels like a strained exercise in redressing that imbalance. Instead, this is simply a gentle, gorgeous, and profoundly moving portrait of women who aren’t done living yet.

10. Whiplash (2014)

Miles Teller plays Andrew Nieman, an ambitious young jazz drummer striving for greatness, who is edged towards breaking point by the sadism of his teacher and conductor, Terence Fletcher, played expertly by J.K. Simmons. Fletcher insults him, pressures him, and makes him cry in front of all his peers. Directed by Damien Chazelle, who was one of the youngest people to receive a Golden Globe and an Academy Award for the powerful La La Land, the aptly titled Whiplash poses some intense questions about artistry and ambition. Will Andrew survive? Will it lift him to a higher artistic level? Can his tormentor be appeased through accomplishment? It’s almost impossible to single out the best part of this film, considering the flawless performances, masterful script, and meticulously crafted soundtrack. Cherishing the existential artist without giving easy answers, Whiplash is an inspiring watch.

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‘oh, canada’ review: richard gere, jacob elordi and uma thurman in paul schrader’s feeble inquiry into mortality.

An acclaimed American documentarian who relocated North as a Vietnam draft refugee attempts to set the record straight in one final interview.

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It’s hard to warm to the central performance by Richard Gere as Leonard Fife, a documentary filmmaker famed for his exposés of subjects including Agent Orange, sexual abuse in the clergy and illegal seal-hunting. Rising from his death bed in Montreal in the final stages of terminal cancer, Leonard agrees to be filmed in an interview conducted by the couple he sardonically describes as “Mr. & Mrs. Ken Burns of Canada.”

That would be Malcolm (Michael Imperioli) and Rene (Caroline Dhavernas), both of whom were Leonard’s students, as was his much younger wife, Emma ( Uma Thurman ). Increasingly irascible and fading fast, Leonard insists that Emma be present throughout, as if confessing the falsehoods and failings of his life to her is the most important part of the exercise.

The wife is not much of a role, and Thurman can’t give her anything more than a sustained note of tremulous concern, aside from the occasional moment of anger or impatience when Emma feels her husband is being pushed beyond the limits of his fragile health.

With a sparse head of white bristles, a face half-covered with stubble and blotchy skin that shows the ravages of the disease eating away at the character, Leonard is clearly suffering. But Gere just plays his tetchiness; he’s a collection of tics and twitches and grimaces rather than a fully inhabited character that we’re compelled to care about.

While Leonard obviously is intended to be a complex figure with an abrasive edge, neither the man nor the supposed revelations he dredges up from the past offer much in the way of enlightenment or catharsis. It doesn’t help that he’s often stuck with banal dialogue or overripe voiceover (“She smells like desire itself.”)

As Leonard mulls over recollections that may or may not be entirely true, the film shifts somewhat randomly between color and black-and-white, and changes up aspect ratios from Malcolm’s tightly framed “Interrotron” shot to a more expansive view of the past. (Andrew Wonder was the cinematographer.) Those interludes from the late ‘60s and ‘70s are nicely enhanced by delicate indie folk songs written and performed by Matthew Houck, who records as Phosphorescent.

The tricks of memory are also suggested by double-casting Thurman as the depressed wife of a Vermont painter buddy, with whom Leonard has desultory sex after receiving bad news about the family he has left behind in Virginia.

How much of his past is previously known to Emma is ambiguous; often she attempts to stop the interview, insisting that her husband is inventing things that didn’t happen, that his mind can no longer distinguish between truth and fiction.

Schrader weaves together fragments of Leonard’s life non-chronologically, including an argument with his parents at 18 when he informs them he’s dropping out of college to go to Cuba. We witness a decisive moment when he and his wife Alicia (Kristine Froseth), who’s pregnant with their second child, are about to move to Vermont, where he has a teaching job. A very insistent offer from her wealthy father (Peter Hans Benson) to take over the family pharmaceutical business threatens to stymie that plan. There’s also an earlier wife, Amy (Penelope Mitchell), married in what hindsight suggests was a moment of youthful impulsiveness.

All of this remains curiously inert and uninvolving in Oh, Canada , which at 95 minutes seems too hurried to layer much drama into Leonard’s purging or much pathos into Emma’s discovery of his secrets. Schrader adds a characteristically pungent stab of deceit (with shades of his 2002 feature, Auto Focus ) via Malcolm’s unethical actions once Emma gets her way and halts the interview. But even that isn’t enough to imbue the story with real consequence.

What a shame that a writer-director of Schrader’s stature returns to the Cannes competition for the first time since 1988 with such a minor entry in his estimable filmography.

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Director: Paul Schrader Writers: Paul Schrader, Russell Banks Stars: Richard Gere, Jacob Elordi, Uma Thurman

Synopsis: Leonard Fife, one of sixty thousand draft evaders and deserters who fled to Canada to avoid serving in Vietnam, shares all his secrets to de-mythologize his mythologized life.

Paul Schrader’s cinema has always delved into the depths of death and existentialism, with some films more overtly exploring these themes than others. The characters he crafts, whether they be taxi drivers, drug dealers, gigolos, or boxers, all grapple with a profound sense of dread. They transform their trauma into a vocational obsession, constructing a facade that conceals their past struggles and perturbations. Schrader’s works, particularly those in the latter half of his career, serve as a confessional for these characters as they introspect on their lives and strive for redemption. You are invited to listen to their revelations and delve into their fractured psyche. The contemplation of broken men on a canvas has become more simplistic, yet no less intriguing to explore, even when these introspections are not entirely successful. 

This self-analysis and exploration by the characters are now prevalent in a more literal form in Schrader’s latest work, Oh, Canada , an adaptation of Russell Banks’ novel ‘Foregone’ from two years ago. After a series of tragic events for him, like the passing of his friend Russell Banks, his health scares, and caring for his wife after being diagnosed with Alzheimer’s, Paul Schrader is now, more than ever, thinking and reflecting on mortality. A string of events made him ponder what’s next for him and how much time he has, both in and out of cinema. Feeling like death was near, he decided to make a movie about that same predicament: running out of time. 

“If I want to make a film about death, I’d better hurry up”, said Schrader in an interview with Le Monde. This is why Oh, Canada has a sense of urgency. Even though his previous work covered prevalent and important topics, they often lacked the immediacy that adds emotional depth to a film. Schrader taps into a manner of storytelling that we haven’t seen from him before; he is reflective and more personal, which amounts to a moving portrait of a flawed man looking back at his life and coming to terms with his mistakes and regrets. Oh, Canada tells the story of the fictional documentarian Leonard Fife (Richard Gere, returning to work with Schrader after 44 years, delivering his best performance in a very long time). 

In 1968, he dodged the draft that was going to send Leonard to the Vietnam War by fleeing to Canada, marrying one of his students, Emma (Uma Thurman), so that he could permanently stay, ridden of the atrocities that occurred at the time. To this day, he feels the pain of his choices, burdened by the effect of what happened during the war, where thousands of young men were sent out to die. And as he has aged, this feeling has increased. Leonard doesn’t show that guilt outwardly; it is mostly internal. But when he agrees to do an interview with two of his old students, Malcolm (Michale Imperioli) and his partner, Diana (Victoria Hill), these emotions are given a time in the spotlight. 

What was initially considered a celebration of his work becomes a confessional. Leonard is questioned about everything that happened in his life, including the partner and child he left behind when he fled to Canada. Leonard isn’t resistant to revealing his past; as a matter of fact, he is insistent on doing so. Leonard wants Emma to know what he has done and who he really is. But the man can’t seem to piece together every memory of that neglected past. The crew and companions around him blame it on his cancer treatment, which has increased due to his condition worsening. This is where Schrader cuts back and forth between the present and the concealed past. The audience slowly learns about what Leonard has been hiding for decades. 

Via flashbacks, we see a young Leonard (played by Jacob Elordi) gearing up to leave his humble life in Virginia, living with a caring wife and a son, to enroll as a teacher in Vermont. In these scenes, you notice the differences in Leonard’s persona. When he was young, the man was charismatic and visionary; meanwhile, he is now pompous and egotistical. He packed his bags on moral grounds and unpacked everything for the first time in public. It brings a haunting sensation of existential regret and hindrance to the film. Leonard continues to share as everyone begs him to stop confessing his hard choices – pouring his heart and soul into the camera recording him. The people in the room and the audience watching are now asked to decide whether or not to judge Leonard for all that he has admitted. 

Evidently, through the project’s backstory and narrative, Oh, Canada is Paul Schrader’s most personal film to date. He takes parts of his own life to plant inside the scripture of Banks’ novel as an ode to his dear friend and a way to be vulnerable with the audience. This is why we get a sense of familiarity in the company of Leonard. We see a bit of the influential American director in him, which both Gere and Elordi bring to life remarkably. Schrader reflects on his worries, offenses, and struggles to ensure the film has that genuine feeling of a confessional – a filmmaker who has been quite indulgent in doing an open testimony. Via the power of cinema, these emotions get transmitted to the viewer on multiple levels. 

Oh, Canada contains a sense of honesty that Schrader hasn’t seen before. Like Francis Ford Coppola in Megalopolis , Schrader puts his thoughts on the passing of time and our inability to stop it on a cinematic canvas—although the director of Apocalypse Now was less successful at doing so with his thematic exploration. Both veteran filmmakers who have graced the screen with masterpieces of their own in the 70s and 80s have endured many hindrances across their careers. Somehow, Oh, Canada and Megalopolis arrive not only in unison (both screening in competition at this year’s Cannes Film Festival), but at the perfect time. They are at a point in their life where they notice more of the remaining sand in the hourglass. And it is fascinating how the two intersect. 

Schrader’s latest is thematically tragic, cinematically moving, and, most importantly, filled with hope, yearning for us who still have time on our hands to self-reflect on our lives before it is too late. As grim and anxiety-inducing as it may sound, that’s the thought that lingers in your head after watching Oh, Canada . Through the puzzle Leonard is trying to assemble, we slowly come to our own conclusions about where we are headed, at least at this point in time. It is missing a couple of pieces to complete the picture, just like Leonard’s confession is just a part of it – a human element that holds onto you. Instead of gnawing and unforgiving notions about death, we get a more evocative one. Oh, Canada is more than a gateway into Schrader’s psyche; it is a candid divulgence, rampant Facebook comments and all.

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Director: david cronenberg.

The master of body horror and perhaps the most influential Canadian director of all time, David Cronenberg has made dozens of deeply unsettling horror films, but not many are as incredible as Dead Ringers . In it, twin gynecologists take advantage of the fact that nobody can tell them apart to pull elaborate deceitful schemes until their relationship starts to deteriorate over a woman.

Dead Ringers has an outstanding Jeremy Irons playing dual roles to perfection , amplifying the creepy power of a movie that takes full advantage of its already-pretty-chilling premise. What really makes the film stand out, though, is just how understated and virtually absent Cronenberg's knack for visceral gore is here. Ironically enough, this approach makes the story all the more disturbing and harder to digest. Dead Ringers is eerie, often disturbing, and completely unforgettable , as every great Cronenberg film is.

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9 'Laurence Anyways' (2012)

Director: xavier dolan.

One of Quebec's most popular modern actor-directors, Xavier Dolan has been directing feature films since the age of 20. He was only 23 when he released Laurence Anyways , his third movie, a highly commendable achievement. It's a nearly 3-hour-long romantic drama that charts ten years in the life of a transgender woman and her relationship with her lover.

The movie is far more sincere and passionate than most other typical romantic comedies , and even though it sometimes struggles to justify its epic runtime, these struggles never last long. Raw, intimate, and deeply romantic, Laurence Anyways ' sense of poignancy and realism may exhaust some viewers . Ultimately, it's a genuinely rewarding experience that's worth every minute invested into it.

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8 'Mommy' (2014)

Xavier Dolan's fifth feature film, Mommy , might just be his best . In it, a widowed single mother raising her violent son by herself finds new hope when a mysterious neighbor inserts herself into their household. It's one of the most powerful movies about motherhood , shown in a unique 1:1 aspect ratio that really makes the audience feel as close as they possibly can to these fascinating characters.

Dolan's direction of Mommy is raw, deliberately intense, and often cathartic, bolstered by incredible performances by Anne Dorval and Antoine Olivier Pilon and an intricately layered script by Dolan himself. Not many movies, Canadian or otherwise, get as close to their characters as Mommy does. However, this high-gamble-high-reward approach is precisely what makes it such an intense and impactful cinematic experience.

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7 'Stories We Tell' (2012)

Director: sarah polley.

Sarah Polley first gained notoriety for her work as a child star on Canadian television. She would continue her work as an actress in various Hollywood productions, and wouldn't begin her work behind the camera until 2006. She has directed four feature films to date, and the best is perhaps Stories We Tell , a moving documentary that excavates layers of myth and memory to find the truth at the core of a family of storytellers — Polley's own family.

From the premise alone, one can guess just how personal and intimate a film Stories We Tell is. Peeling back the layers of the documentary genre and of storytelling itself, Stories We Tell explores the power and limitations of memory and what role it plays in a person's and even a family's sense of self. It's a complex, challenging documentary , but one that never forgets to be playful and fun, largely because of its inherent sense of intimacy.

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6 'the sweet hereafter' (1997), director: atom egoyan.

Starring Ian Holm and Sarah Polley, The Sweet Hereafter is a drama by acclaimed Canadian director Atom Egoyan , one of the poster boys of the 1980s' Toronto New Wave. In this visceral, melancholic, and demanding picture, a bus crash in a small town brings a lawyer to defend the families, but he soon discovers that everything isn't what it seems.

"Its melancholy slowness may not be for everyone, but those able to appreciate it won't soon forget about 'The Sweet Hereafter'."

The movie earned Egoyan his only two Oscar nods: Best Director and Best Adapted Screenplay at the 1998 ceremony, bids it lost to Titanic and L.A. Confidential , respectively. Empathetic and mesmerizing in its approach to tragedy , the director pulls no punches as he dives deep into an exploration of its effects on human relationships and an entire town. Its melancholy slowness may not be for everyone, but those able to appreciate it won't soon forget about The Sweet Hereafter .

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5 'Mon Oncle Antoine' (1979)

Director: claude jutra.

For thirty years, the Toronto International Film Festival's Top 10 Canadian Films list was topped by Mon Oncle Antoine , a Quebec film set in a cold rural town at Christmastime. It follows the coming-of-age of a young boy and the life of his family, who owns the town's general store and undertaking business. It's tender and hauntingly beautiful, and many would rightfully still call Mon Oncle Antoine the best Canadian movie of all time .

"The boy at the center of the film is a fascinating protagonist, and his journey is one that audiences are inevitably enthralled by."

The movie is full of thoughtful commentary on Quebec's old society and all the sociopolitical changes that later transformed the province. The boy at the center of the film is a fascinating protagonist, and his journey is one that audiences are inevitably enthralled by. Despite its cultural specificity, Mon Oncle Antoine is a universally understandable and compelling work of art .

4 'Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner' (2001)

Director: zacharias kunuk.

The film that put Inuit cinema on the map , Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner is a retelling of an Inuit legend about an evil spirit causing strife in a community and one warrior's enduring battle of its menace. Atanarjuat is unlike any other film that Canadian cinema—or any country's cinema, for that matter—has to offer, not just because of its insightful look at Arctic culture but because its story of revenge and redemption is so distinctly executed.

Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner was a surprise hit at the time of its release, with critics commenting on its powerful message and jaw-dropping cinematography. In 2015, the Toronto International Film Festival named it the very best Canadian film of all time . With the general momentum-filled structure of a classic myth but the unique perspective of its Inuit director and crew, Atanarjuat is gripping, beautiful, and absolutely unforgettable .

3 'Incendies' (2010)

Director: denis villeneuve.

Though Incendies is by far one of Denis Villeneuve's best films, it's definitely not one of his most rewatchable . This is because this drama about twins journeying to the Middle East to discover their family history at their mother's dying request is relentlessly brutal and profoundly disturbing. Even then, anyone who considers themselves a fan of Villeneuve ought to watch it at least once.

Anchored by a powerhouse performance by Lubna Azabal and a truly harrowing story, Incendies is a powerful story of identity, family secrets, and the absolutely devastating effects of war . Its melodrama gives it power, its haunting tone makes it impossible to look away from the screen, and its jaw-dropping final twist is one of the most shocking in movie history. If anyone were to call this Villeneuve's magnum opus, no one could blame them.

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2 'videodrome' (1983).

One of the best experimental horror movies of all time , Videodrome is David Cronenberg's masterpiece. The film tells a story about a Toronto TV station programmer who specializes in adult entertainment. After he comes across a mysterious broadcast, he goes in search of its producers, finding that his quest may be significantly more dangerous than he'd accounted for.

Like most of its director's best works, Videodrome is profoundly disturbing, visually staggering, and so creative with its gore that it may make Cronenberg initiates squirm. Frankly, it may even make fans who have seen the movie multiple times do just the same. The story's exploration of how technology alters humanity and how depravity distorts reality is riveting, to say the least. In fact, it's prophetic to the point of being eerie, especially considering the current media landscape, where violence is commodified and exploited.

1 'My Winnipeg' (2007)

Director: guy maddin.

Guy Maddin is one of Canadian cinema's most unique voices. With a highly experimental use of surrealism and unconventional cinematic elements that bear a resemblance to the work of David Lynch , he has made multiple of the country's most underrated arthouse films. One such masterwork is My Winnipeg , a part-documentary-part-fiction meta gem where Maddin weaves fact, fantasy, and memory together in his portrait of his hometown of Winnipeg, Manitoba.

Head-scratchingly surrealistic and exquisitely complex, the surprisingly humorous documentary is a one-of-a-kind film that must be seen to be believed. My Winnipeg is what happens when a brilliant documentarian who's had well over a decade of experience in surrealistic filmmaking is given free rein to craft a deeply intimate piece. It's charming, unpredictable, and truly subversive; My Winnipeg is nothing short of genius, not to mention unapologetically Canadian.

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Availability of content on streaming platforms often varies by region, with different companies having different rights to what they can bring to a specific country. This is also true of Netflix , and those outside of the USA will often be aware that when they look up "what to watch on Netflix," they are likely talking about titles that may not be available to them. But those of us from the Great White North still want to know what is good on streaming!

Netflix Canada has an abundance of great titles, from horror and thrillers to romance and documentaries. We will highlight some of the best titles on Canadian Netflix for you to watch now.

12 Scream (1996)

Spawning a massive, growing franchise of movies and TV shows , Scream started it all and introduced horror movie fans to the Ghostface killer. Neve Campbell is Sidney Prescott, a high schooler dealing with the trauma of her mother’s murder who becomes tormented by a vicious masked killer.

A Deconstruction of the Slasher Genre

From the iconic opening scene with a cameo from Drew Barrymore to the many twists and turns, Scream was interestingly not as predictable as fans might have thought. An icon in the slasher film genre, those interested in watching the newest movie Scream VI will enjoy seeing how it all started, even if they already know what happens at the end.

11 Miss Americana (2020)

Currently conducting the biggest tour of all time, Taylor Swift is still at the top of her game. But she’s often misunderstood, judged, and scrutinized for everything she does. This documentary pulls back the curtain to let viewers see her life behind the scenes.

A Peek Behind the Curtain

Heavily emotional, candid, and even therapeutic for those who relate to Swift’s personal struggles, Miss Americana is the type of documentary that will make even non-fans appreciate how much work Swift puts into her music, her concerts, and being a good role model for her fans. The documentary looks at Swift during a transitional phase in her career but also in her personal life as she deals with things so many can relate to, from body dysmorphia to illness in the family and toxic Internet culture.

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10 Get Out (2017)

A hugely impressive directorial debut for Jordan Peele, Get Out is a psychological horror, but it has a much deeper meaning behind it relating to class and race relations. It tells the story of a young Black man who visits his girlfriend’s parents only to discover a shocking secret about her and her family.

A Shocking Horror Movie with Plenty to Say

Get Out is not a typical horror movie: it’s culturally significant, topically relevant, and powerful in its messaging. It’s entertaining, well-acted, and will keep viewers scared, angered, and on the edge of their seats to find out what happens next.

9 Spy Kids (2001)

Perfect to watch with the kids, Spy Kids is a spy action comedy movie from Robert Rodriguez about two super spies who hide their identity, but get called back in to work when two agents go missing. After the parents are captured, it’s up to the kids to save the day. This is the first in the franchise, but there have been several more Sky Kids movies since as well as a TV show.

A Kids' Classic

Spy Kids puts kids front and center as the heroes of the story. It features a talented cast that includes Antonio Banderas, Carla Gugino, Alan Cumming, Tony Shalhoub, and Danny Trejo, among others. The story is fun, lighthearted, and exciting at the same time. It’s the kind of action movie that’s great for kids but that adults will enjoy, too.

8 Saw (2004)

Fans might have watched Saw X , but it’s the original Saw that started it all. It’s not just a standard horror movie with a vicious killer. Jigsaw is a masked killer with a purpose, targeting people he believes have committed various sins. He traps them in deadly games, forcing them to inflict pain upon themselves if they want to survive, though they rarely ever do.

Do You Want to Play a Game?

The opening scene in this movie sets up the entire theme and franchise, and it’s wonderfully acted as viewers feel the intensity and wonder what they might do if placed in the same seemingly impossible situation. The franchise has become massive with everything from movies to theme park rides, and it’s this movie that started it all.

7 Back to the Future (1985)

Back to the Future

A classic movie, Back to the Future stars Michael J. Fox in his heyday . He’s a young high schooler who must travel back in time to make sure that his parents fall in love, and thus he exists in the future. He works alongside an eccentric scientist named Doc Brown to infiltrate the high school and remain undetected.

One of the Most Beloved Movies of the '80s

From the unique story to the futuristic (at the time) concepts, the exciting pacing, and the wonderful acting, Back to the Future is arguably one of the best movies ever made. It made Fox a bona fide star and remains one of the most influential films in pop culture history.

6 Godzilla Minus One (2023)

Godzilla Minus One

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Former kamikaze pilot Koichi Shikishima suffers from survivor's guilt and PTSD after abandoning a mission and failing to help fight against a small squadron of soldiers attacked by Godzilla. Upon returning to Japan shamed, he finds an unlikely family with another survivor and a young baby, and he begins to work to support them. However, when Godzilla returns, Koichi becomes determined to help fight the monster and redeem his past mistakes.

Action on a Big Scale

Godzilla Minus One became a titan at the box office, proving that you don't need hundreds of millions of dollars to impress and draw in crowds. The movie was also loved by critics and fans alike; Stephen Spielberg even saw Godzilla Minus One three times ! It is easy to see why it was so well received; the visual effects and action are impressive, but the heartfelt story at the center of it explores the more significant implications of World War II, making it a highly emotional experience.

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5 Paddington (2024)

In the jungles of Peru, a British explorer discovers an intelligent species of bear with a love for marmalade. Decades after the discovery, the bear's home is ruined by an earthquake, forcing them to leave. This includes the young bear from which the film is named, Paddington , who moves in with the Brown family. With their assistance, Paddington tries to find the explorer who visited his family home decades prior.

A Heartwarming Story for The Whole Family

While Paddington 2 is considered by many to be not just the best in the franchise but also one of the best movies ever made ( Paddington 2 overtook Citizen Kane on Rotten Tomatoes), the first movie still packs a similar emotional punch. There is so much charm and warmth to the story of the adorable bear; the comedy is lighthearted, and the messaging is wholesome and free of pop-culture references, making it a timeless story. Despite being marketed as a children's movie, this one goes beyond and is a treat for moviegoers of all ages.

4 Talk to Me (2023)

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A mysterious cast hand goes from one group of teens to another, used as a party trick to allow them to talk to the dead. When Mia learns of the hand, she becomes obsessed with taking the dive, especially after she believes she has communicated with her deceased mother. Yet, Mia spirals into a nightmarish world of malicious spirits when her brother becomes permanently possessed and the dead appear before her.

One of the Scariest Movies of 2023

From Australian YouTuber duo Danny and Michael Philippou, Talk To Me showed that an original concept and indie approach to filmmaking could compete with the big boys of the horror genre at the box office. The movie is chocked full of well-timed jump scares, but the brutality of some scenes is the real shocking moment that will resonate with viewers; the possession of Mia's little brother is one of the most violent sequences committed to the screen. Messed up in the best sense, Talk To Me is a must-watch for horror fans.

3 My Neighbor Totoro (1988)

My Neighbor Totoro

After moving to the countryside, two sisters, Satsuki and Mei Kusakabe, soon discover forest spirits that lead them to a large, friendly creature they name Totoro. The two then embark on a series of adventures with the friendly giant, Including a nighttime ritual to help make the tree in their yard grow to gigantic proportions.

A Great Entry Point for the Legendary Studio Ghibli

One advantage of Canadian Netflix over American Netflix is that we have all the Studio Ghibli films on the platform! While you can pick any movie from the legendary studio, My Neighbor Totoro is one of the best places to start for those new to Studio Ghibli . One of their most iconic outings, the movie melds coming-of-age, fantasy, and emotionally fused storytelling to perfection. If that is not enough, Totoro and Catbus are so darn adorable that they can't help but make you smile.

2 Hunt for the Wilderpeople (2016)

Hunt for the Wilderpeople

A troubled orphan with a long past of not fitting in, Ricky Baker finds an unlikely home in the remote wilderness with the kind-hearted Bella and her introverted husband, Hec (played by Sam Neill). When Bella passes, the two struggle through an awkward family dynamic, with Ricky eventually deciding to run away, feeling he is not wanted anymore. This leads Hec to track him down through the New Zealand wilderness. Meanwhile, the public believes that the socially awkward bushman has kidnapped the child.

An Awkward Pairing of Personalities

While Taika Waititi would become a big name in Hollywood, working on Thor: Ragnarok and Thor: Love and Thunder , his earlier films ( What We Do In Shadows , Eagle Vs Shark , Boy) oozed indie comedic charm and garnered him a cult following. Hunt for the Wilderpeople is one of the best Taika Waititi films from the director's early filmography. It is wonderfully witty and heartfelt, off the back of a peculiar yet endearing relationship between Sam Neill and Julian Dennison as Ricky Baker.

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1 The Big Sick (2017)

The Big Sick

After meeting Emily at one of his stand-up shows, Kumali falls madly in love with the woman. Eventually, the two begin to build a relationship, but Kumalie hides his family's disapproval, which leads to an argument and separation. Missing Emily, the stand-up decides to challenge his family and win Emily back, but when he finds her again, she is in the hospital and may not survive.

Romance, Drama, Comedy, All Delivered Perfectly

Drawing inspiration from his real-life relationship with his wife Emily V. Gordon (who also co-wrote the film), Kumali Nanjijani was able to tap into some heavy emotional themes to craft a heartfelt and engaging romantic drama. At the same time, The Big Sick remains one of the best movies about stand-up comedy , with Nanijani bringing his signature dry wit and endearing awkwardness.

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'Twisters' reviews are in — critics are calling it a 'must-see summer blockbuster'

"Twisters" has taken most critics by storm

" Twisters " looks set to be another smash in what's looking to be the summer of Glen Powell hits . After impressing in the Netflix movie, "Hit Man" earlier this year, Powell's now part of the ensemble cast for one of the biggest movie events of 2024.

"Twisters" is a standalone, legacy sequel to Jan de Bont's 1996 disaster thriller, "Twister", and brings a new generation of storm chasers up close and personal with one of the most destructive forces of nature around. And judging by early reactions, "Twisters" is the summer blockbuster we all hoped it would be. 

Critics reactions to the movie have landed. A glance at the "Twisters" Rotten Tomatoes page — 75% critics rating, at the time of writing — will tell you that "Twisters" is not universally loved... but few movies are. And after all, those who did enjoy the disaster flick have some very positive things to say about the new movie.

Okay, so what are critics saying about "Twisters"? 

HeyUGuys ' writer Linda Marric gave the movie a perfect, 5-star rating. Marric said "Twisters" was a 'must-see summer blockbuster' and described the movie as a hugely entertaining and engaging white knuckle ride unlike no other' and a 'cinematic experience with a soul, which blends adrenaline-fuelled excitement with classic romcom storytelling". How's that for high praise?

The Daily Telegraph 's Robbie Collin also awarded the movie a 5-star rating, arguing that it was "the most wholehearted, warm-blooded, meticulously crafted good time at the movies since " Top Gun: Maverick ".

4/5 ratings also came from Total Film 's Jamie Graham and Empire 's Beth Webb. Graham claims "Twisters" 'outstrips Jan de Bont's original blustery blockbuster for scale', whilst Webb labeled it 'a gripping old-school movie event'.

Of course, we mentioned that "Twisters" has failed to win universal praise. Writing for The Hollywood Reporter , David Rooney admitted he wasn't fully swept up in the story. 

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Although he was impressed by the visuals — they boast 'more definition and visual sophistication than the sequel's progenitor' — Rooney said the individual characters and performances had 'limited scope' in comparison to the tornadoes themselves.

Likewise, Variety 's Owen Gleiberman said he wished Mark L. Smith's screenplay gave the cast 'more to do', and said "Twisters" was 'not nearly as good' as its predecessor, even though he said parts were fun, and admitted Lee Isaac Chung had done a 'smooth and confident job' of trying to recreate what "Twister" did decades ago.  

Damon Wise offered perhaps one of the most damning takes at Deadline, describing the new movie as "being more of a loose, self-contained cover version" of its predecessor, adding: "It's hard to imagine who "Twisters" is actually for. The dialogue is creaky... and the bad behavior of rapidly spinning air isn't really something to invest in. Which, as the end credits roll, might explain why there was a 28-year gap between this one and the last one…". Ouch.

What is 'Twisters' about?

If those reactions have you intrigued, and you need to know a little bit more about "Twisters", let us help. 

The official movie synopsis reads: "Directed by Lee Isaac Chung, the Oscar-nominated writer-director of " Minari ", "Twisters" stars Golden Globe nominee Daisy Edgar-Jones (" Where the Crawdads Sing ", " Normal People ") and Glen Powell (" Anyone But You ", "Top Gun: Maverick") as opposing forces who come together to try to predict, and possibly tame, the immense power of tornadoes.

"Edgard-Jones stars as Kate Carter, a former storm chaser haunted by a devastating encounter with a tornado during her college years who now studies storm patterns on screens safely in New York City. She is lured back to the open plains by her friend, Javi (Golden Globe nominee Anthony Ramos, " In the Heights ") to test a groundbreaking new tracking system. There, she crosses paths with Tyler Owens (Powell), the charming and reckless social-media superstar who thrives on posting his storm-chasing adventures with his raucous crew, the more dangerous the better.

"As storm season intensifies, terrifying phenomena never seen before are unleashed, and Kate, Tyler, and their competing teams find themselves squarely in the paths of multiple storm systems converging over central Oklahoma in the fight of their lives."

In addition to Edgar-Jones, Powell, and Ramos, the movie also features David Corenswet (AKA the star of James Gunn's upcoming "Superman" movie ), Daryl McCormack, Kiernan Shipkam, Brandon Perea, Maura Tierney and Sasha Lane, among others.

Excited? You can look forward to watching "Twisters" in theaters from Friday, July 19. 

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Only Independence Day took more at the box office than the original Twister in 1996, and yet it’s taken 28 years to work up a second wind. In that time, Mission: Impossible, which came third in ‘96, has sprinted its way to six more instalments, with a seventh on its way. 

But thankfully Twisters was worth the wait, its swirl of large-scale spectacle, likeable characters, and heartfelt sentiment excusing a plot that’s really just a washing line on which to peg set-pieces… if such a metaphor is wise, given that an EF5 tornado would likely take the line, your clothes, the shed, the whole back garden, and your house too.

Twisters opens with a terrific suspense sequence in which a group of Oklahoma storm-chasers led by the intuitive Kate (Daisy Edgar-Jones) lose their tornado in the thick grey skies, swivelling necks like swimmers fearing a shark attack. Catastrophe ensues… Cut to five years later and Kate is now tracking weather patterns from behind a desk in New York. Then Javi (Anthony Ramos), from her old crew, re-enters her life, pleading that she join his new team to face the once-in-a-generation cluster of twisters set to raze Oklahoma.  

More reboot than sequel – the only returning ‘character’ is Dorothy, the scientific device invented to scan a tornado’s interior data – Twisters nonetheless whips up plenty of callbacks as Kate and Javi race other chasers to these funnels of fury. Their chief rival is ‘tornado wrangler’ Tyler Owens (Glen Powell); cocky and charismatic, he rocks a cowboy-hat-and-wet-white-T look for his million subscribers on YouTube .

Director Lee Isaac Chung handles the character beats with grace, retaining some of the heart and detail he brought to indie charmer Minari (2020). Raised on an Arkansas farm, Chung also a keen eye for rural Americana, not just in his country-music choices and a live-wire rodeo scene, but also in his feel for wide-open landscapes, and his care for communities – Twisters is a film that takes time to sift through the devastation wrought, meaning it feels churlish to suggest it might be 20 minutes too long.

But hey, you want to know about the wind, right? Well, like the storm-chasers themselves, Chung has new tech to play with, and Twisters outstrips Jan de Bont’s original blustery blockbuster for scale, while keeping things shudderingly immersive. You’ll emerge bruised and buffeted, and likely hoping it’s not another 28 years until we twist again. 

Twisters is released in UK cinemas on July 17 and in US theaters on July 19. For more, check out our list of  upcoming movies .

Jamie Graham is the Editor-at-Large of Total Film magazine. You'll likely find them around these parts reviewing the biggest films on the planet and speaking to some of the biggest stars in the business – that's just what Jamie does. Jamie has also written for outlets like SFX and the Sunday Times Culture, and appeared on podcasts exploring the wondrous worlds of occult and horror. 

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Mia Goth returns to Ti West’s horrorverse as an actress fleeing a mysterious stalker and a traumatic past.

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A psychosexual thriller imagined in blood red and cocaine white, “MaXXXine,” the third installment in Ti West’s nostalgia-soaked slasher saga, is part grungy homage to 1980s Hollywood and part sleazy feminist manifesto. Darker, moodier and altogether nastier than its predecessors — “X” (2022) and, later that same year, “Pearl” — this hyperconfident feature is also funny, occasionally wistful and deeply empathetic toward its damaged, driven heroine.

That would be Maxine Minx (Mia Goth), the sole survivor of the dirty-movie cast massacred in “X.” Now a successful porn star, Maxine, eager to break into mainstream movies, has relocated to a Hollywood of spectacular seediness. It is 1985 and, as in real life, a killer known as the Night Stalker is terrorizing the city, the so-called Moral Majority is hyperventilating on the sidelines and rock musicians are fighting accusations of satanic intent. In one pungent shot of Maxine’s boot grinding her cigarette stub into the silent film sex symbol Theda Bara’s star on the Walk of Fame, West underscores the transience of the celebrity status that Maxine so desperately seeks.

“I will not accept a life I do not deserve,” she declares, repeating the mantra taught by her father, a preacher seen in speckled, black-and-white flashback. Securing a role on a low-grade horror sequel brings her under the wing of its industry-toughened director (a perfect Elizabeth Debicki). Yet Maxine is constantly distracted: Her friends are dying, and two homicide detectives (Bobby Cannavale and Michelle Monaghan) want to question her; a Louisiana gumshoe (Kevin Bacon, a skeevy vision in crumpled suits and gold-capped incisors) keeps randomly accosting her; and a mysterious, black-gloved stalker haunts the film’s shadows. No wonder Maxine is plagued by panicked recollections of her traumatic past.

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Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes is now in theaters.

Didn’t catch Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes in theaters or want to watch the film again? The fourth installment in the beloved franchise made its digital debut before it arrives on Hulu sometime later this year. Discover how to watch Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes at home below .

Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes is the fourth film in the Planet of the Apes reboot franchise and a sequel to 2017’s War for the Planet of the Apes . Directed by Wes Ball, the movie takes place three centuries after the events of the war and follows a young chimpanzee named Noa, who embarks on a quest with a human woman named Mae to determine the future for apes and humans alike. Owen Teague, Freya Allan, Kevin Durand, Peter Macon, and William H. Macy round out the cast.

“Set several generations in the future following Caesar’s reign, in which apes are the dominant species living harmoniously and humans have been reduced to living in the shadows,” the film’s synopsis reads. “As a new tyrannical ape leader builds his empire, one young ape undertakes a harrowing journey that will cause him to question all that he has known about the past and to make choices that will define a future for apes and humans alike.”

In an interview with IndieWire in May, Ball compared “Kingdom” to the Bronze Age for apes. “I always loved that so much time had passed that erased all evidence of our existence in the ’68 film,” he explained. “And then you uncover all of this haunting past of the world that once was that we got to play with here. They couldn’t do that in the previous three movies. They were about the end of the human world; ours is about the beginning of the ape world.”

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The director added that he envisions the Noa/Mae story as the start of a new trilogy. “There’s so much story to tell,” he continued. “What I like about the franchise is that these movies hold up a mirror to our society, the things we’re going through, and we get to look at ourselves and see humanity through these apes’ eyes.”

Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes debuted strongly at the box office, earning $22.2 million on its first day (including $6.6 million in previews). Overall, the film brought in just under $170 million domestically and $394 million worldwide in theaters, according to Box Office Mojo , and had the second-best launch of the film series.

As for the costs, Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes had a $160 million budget before marketing, coming in at a significantly lower cost than the last two films, both of which boasted $190 million budgets, according to Variety .

The sequel has garnered praise from critics, earning an impressive 80% critics score and a slightly slower 77% audience rating on Rotten Tomatoes . Are you ready to watch the Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes at home? Find out when and where the film will be available for streaming.

How To Watch Kingdom Of The Planet Of The Apes At Home

Starting on July 9, you can stream Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes on video-on-demand sites like Amazon Prime Video , Apple TV , and Fandango At Home . The film is available to purchase for $19.99, but there is currently no option to rent the title.

Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes also be available to watch in 4K Ultra HD, Blu-ray, and DVD beginning on August 27, 2024.

When Is Kingdom Of The Planet Of The Apes Streaming On Hulu?

Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes will also eventually be available to stream Hulu , but the release date has not yet been announced. Because Walt Disney Studios owns 20th Century Studios, the movie will be available on Hulu’s streaming service (and Disney+ if you have the Disney bundle ). You will have to wait a few months before Kingdom Of The Planet Of The Apes arrives on Hulu.

In comparison, The Boogeyman premiered in theaters on June 2, 2023, and didn’t hit Hulu until four months later on October 5, 2023. A Haunting in Venice had a quicker turnaround, dropping on Hulu 45 days after it’s theatrical release. Stay tuned to learn exactly when Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes will be available on Hulu.

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