| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
|---|
| A 20th Century Chocolate Cake | Lois Siegel | Greg Van Riel, Charles Fisch, Stephen Lack | Comedy | |
| All in Good Taste | Anthony Kramreither | Jonathan Welsh, Jim Carrey | Comedy | |
| American Nightmare | Don McBrearty | | Horror | |
| Au clair de la lune | André Forcier | Michel Côté, Pierre Girard | Fantasy drama | |
| The Ballad of Hard Times (La turlute des années dures) | Richard Boutet, Pascal Gélinas | | Documentary | |
| Boys and Girls | Don McBrearty | Megan Follows, David Fox | Short | Oscar winner |
| A Christmas Story | Bob Clark | Melinda Dillon, Darren McGavin, Peter Billingsley, Ian Petrella, Scott Schwartz | Comedy | Based on short stories by Jean Shepherd; Genie Awards – Director, Screenplay; made with U.S. financing |
| Cross Country | Paul Lynch | Richard Beymer, Nina Axelrod, Brent Carver, Michael Ironside | Drama | |
| Curtains | Richard Ciupka | John Vernon, Linda Thorson, Samantha Eggar, Anne Ditchburn, Lynne Griffin, Lesleh Donaldson | Horror | |
| David Roche Talks to You About Love | Jeremy Podeswa | David Roche | Short drama | |
| Dead Wrong | Len Kowalewich | Winston Rekert, Britt Ekland | Crime drama | |
| Deserters | Jack Darcus | Alan Scarfe, Dermot Hennelly, Barbara March | Drama | |
| Flamenco at 5:15 | Cynthia Scott | | National Film Board documentary | Academy Award for Documentary Short Subject |
| Falasha: Exile of the Black Jews | Simcha Jacobovici | | Documentary | |
| For Those I Loved | Robert Enrico | Michael York, Brigitte Fossey, Helen Hughes | Drama | Canada-France co-production |
| The Funny Farm | Ron Clark | Miles Chapin, Peter Aykroyd, Howie Mandel, Tracy Bregman, Jack Blum, Maurice LaMarche | Comedy | |
| Gehri Chot - Urf: Durdesh | Ambrish Sangal | | Drama | India-Canada coproduction |
| Going Berserk | David Steinberg | John Candy, Joe Flaherty, Eugene Levy, Pat Hingle, Alley Mills | Comedy | |
| Hey Babe! | Rafal Zielinski | Buddy Hackett, Yasmine Bleeth | Musical | |
| I Am a Hotel | Allan F. Nichols | | Short drama, musical | |
| I Think of You Often | Scott Barrie | | Short documentary | |
| Just a Game (Rien qu'un jeu) | Brigitte Sauriol | Raymond Cloutier, Marie Tifo | Drama | |
| The Kid Who Couldn't Miss | Paul Cowan | Eric Peterson | National Film Board docudrama | Based partly on John Gray’s irreverent stage play Billy Bishop Goes to War. |
| Losin' It | Curtis Hanson | Tom Cruise, Jackie Earle Haley, John Stockwell, Shelley Long, John Navin | Comedy | Released just prior to Tom Cruise's breakout role in Risky Business and made with U.S. financing. |
| Lucien Brouillard | Bruno Carrière | Pierre Curzi, Marie Tifo | Drama | |
| Maria Chapdelaine | Gilles Carle | Carole Laure, Nick Mancuso | historical drama | Based on the novel by Louis Hémon; Genie Awards – Cinematography, Art Direction, Costumes |
| Narcissus | Norman McLaren | Jean-Louis Morin | | Norman McLaren's final film |
| Of Unknown Origin | George P. Cosmatos | Peter Weller, Jennifer Dale, Kenneth Welsh | Horror | Made with U.S. financing |
| Porky's II: The Next Day | Bob Clark | Don Monahan, Wyatt Knight, Mark Herrier, Roger Wilson, Bill Wiley | Teen comedy | Made with U.S. financing |
| Pourquoi l'étrange Monsieur Zolock s'intéressait-il tant à la bande dessinée? | Yves Simoneau | Jean-Louis Millette, Michel Rivard | Docudrama | |
| The Profession of Arms | Michael Bryans, Tina Viljoen | | Documentary | |
| Rock & Rule | Clive A. Smith | voices: Greg Salata, Susan Roman | Animated musical | |
| The Ruffian | José Giovanni | | Crime drama | |
| Running Brave | Don Shebib | Robby Benson, Pat Hingle, August Schellenberg, Graham Greene | Bio-drama on the life of Billy Mills | |
| Screwballs | Rafal Zielinski | | Sex Comedy | |
| Skullduggery | Ota Richter | David Calderisi, Wendy Crewson | Horror | |
| Siege | Paul Donovan | Doug Lennox, Tom Nardini | Thriller | |
| Snow | Tibor Takács | Douglas Campbell, Torquil Campbell, Cynthia Dale | Short drama | |
| Spasms | William Fruet | Peter Fonda, Oliver Reed, Kerrie Keane, Al Waxman | Horror | |
| Stations | William D. MacGillivray | Mike Jones | Comedy-drama | |
| Strange Brew | Rick Moranis Dave Thomas | Rick Moranis, Dave Thomas, Max von Sydow | Comedy | The adventures of the Bob and Doug McKenzie from SCTV; Golden Reel Award |
| Tell Me That You Love Me | Tzipi Trope | Nick Mancuso, Barbara Williams, Andrée Pelletier, Kenneth Welsh | Drama | Canadian-Israeli coproduction |
| The Terry Fox Story | Ralph L. Thomas | Robert Duvall, Eric Fryer, Chris Makepeace, Rosalind Chao | Bio-drama of amputee Terry Fox's run across Canada | |
| The Tin Flute (Bonheur d'occasion) | Claude Fournier | Mireille Deyglun, Marilyn Lightstone, Michel Forget | | Based on the Gabrielle Roy novel |
| To the Rhythm of My Heart (Au rythme de mon coeur) | Jean Pierre Lefebvre | | Documentary | |
| Ups and Downs | Paul Almond | Colin Skinner, Andrew Sabiston, Leslie Hope | Drama | |
| Utilities | Harvey Hart | Robert Hays, Brooke Adams, John Marley | Drama | |
| Videodrome | David Cronenberg | James Woods, Sonja Smits, Deborah Harry, Peter Dvorsky, Les Carlson | Sci-fi drama | Genie Award - Director |
| The Wars | Robin Phillips | Brent Carver, Martha Henry, William Hutt, Ann-Marie MacDonald, Jackie Burroughs | Family drama | Based on the novel by Timothy Findley; Genie Awards – Actress (Henry), Supporting Actress (Burroughs) |
