| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
|---|
| Artist on Fire | Kay Armatage | Joyce Wieland | Documentary | |
| Blindside | Paul Lynch | | Thriller | |
| Blue City Slammers | Peter Shatalow | Tracy Cunningham, Eric Keenleyside, Murray Westgate, Fran Gebhard | Sports/drama | |
| Blue Monkey | William Fruet | Steve Railsback, Gwynyth Walsh, Don Lake, Sandy Webster, Helen Slayton-Hughes, John Vernon | Horror | |
| Boy, Girl | Bruce LaBruce | | Short drama | |
| The Boys on the Bus | Bob McKeown | Edmonton Oilers | Sports documentary | |
| Brother André (Le Frère André) | Jean-Claude Labrecque | Marc Legault, Sylvie Ferlatte | Drama | |
| Burglar | Hugh Wilson | Whoopi Goldberg | Comedy | |
| The Canneries | Stephen Insley, Bonni Devlin | | Documentary | |
| Captive Hearts | Paul Almond | | Drama | |
| The Care Bears Adventure in Wonderland | Raymond Jafelice | voices Tracey Moore, Colin Fox, Bob Dermer, Jim Henshaw | Animation | Last of the Care Bears features |
| Caribe | Michael Kennedy | | Thriller | |
| Concrete Angels | Carlo Liconti | Joseph Di Mambro, Omie Craden, Luke McKeehan, Tony Nardi | Musical drama | |
| Crazy Moon | Allan Eastman | Kiefer Sutherland, Ken Pogue | Drama co-produced by the National Film Board | |
| Dance for Modern Times | Moze Mossanen | Christopher House, David Earle, James Kudelka, Ginette Laurin, Danny Grossman | Documentary | |
| Deaf to the City (Le sourd dans la ville) | Mireille Dansereau | | Drama | |
| Determinations | Oliver Hockenhull | | Documentary, experimental | |
| Dreams Beyond Memory | Andrzej Markiewicz | George Touliatos, Lisa Schrage, Maruska Stankova | Drama | |
| Family Viewing | Atom Egoyan | David Hemblen, Aidan Tierney, Gabrielle Rose, Arsinée Khanjian | Drama | |
| Fashion 99 | Karen Firus | Sharron Kearney | Short drama | |
| Foster Child | Gil Cardinal | | National Film Board documentary | Broadcast on CBC-TV |
| Future Block | Kevin McCracken | Maury Chaykin, Walter Massey, Kathleen Fee, Wally Martin | Animated short | |
| The Gate | Tibor Takács | Stephen Dorff, Louis Tripp, Christa Denton, Kelly Rowan, Jennifer Irwin | Horror | Special effects by Randall William Cook; Golden Reel Award; made with U.S. financing |
| George and Rosemary | Alison Snowden, David Fine | narrator Cec Linder | National Film Board animated short | Genie Award – Short Film; Academy Award nomination – Animated Short |
| God Rides a Harley | Stavros C. Stavrides | | Documentary | |
| Graveyard Shift | Jerry Ciccoritti | | Horror | |
| The Heart Exposed (Le Cœur découvert) | Jean-Yves Laforce | Michel Poirier, Gilles Renaud | Drama | |
| Hello Mary Lou: Prom Night II | Bruce Pittman | Michael Ironside, Lisa Schrage, Wendy Lyon, Richard Monette | Horror | |
| Home Is Where the Hart Is | Rex Bromfield | Leslie Nielsen, Valri Bromfield, Martin Mull | Comedy | |
| I've Heard the Mermaids Singing | Patricia Rozema | Sheila McCarthy, Paule Baillargeon, Ann-Marie MacDonald | Drama | Genie Awards – Actress (McCarthy), Supporting Actress (Baillargeon); Cannes Film Festival – Prix de la Jeunesse |
| The Last Straw | Giles Walker | Sam Grana, Stefan Wodoslawsky, Christine Pak, Fernanda Tavares | Comedy | |
| Life Classes | William D. MacGillivray | Jacinta Cormier, Leon Dubinsky | Drama | Entered into the 38th Berlin International Film Festival |
| Lupo the Butcher | Danny Antonucci | | Animated | |
| The Man Who Planted Trees | Frédéric Back | Narrator: Philippe Noiret (French) & Christopher Plummer (English) | Animated short | Based on a short story by Jean Giono; Academy Award winner and screened at Cannes |
| Marie in the City (Marie s'en va-t-en ville) | Marquise Lepage | Frédérique Collin, Geneviève Lenoir | Drama | |
| Night Friend | Peter Gerretsen | Chuck Shamata, Heather Kjollesdal, Daniel MacIvor, Jayne Eastwood | Drama | |
| Night Zoo (Un Zoo la nuit) | Jean-Claude Lauzon | Gilles Maheu, Germain Houde, Roger Lebel, Lynne Adams, Lorne Brass | Crime drama | Record-setting: 13 Genie Awards |
| Obsessed | Robin Spry | Kerrie Keane, Colleen Dewhurst, Saul Rubinek, Daniel Pilon | Drama | Genie Award – Supporting Actress (Dewhurst) |
| The Pink Chiquitas | Anthony Currie | | Comedy | |
| Primiti Too Taa | Ed Ackerman, Colin Morton | | Experimental animation | |
| Rebel High | John Fasano | | Horror | |
| Rock 'n' Roll Nightmare | Bruce LaBruce | | Short drama | |
| Seductio | Bashar Shbib | | Drama | |
| Storm | David Winning | David Palffy, Stan Kane | Drama | |
| Striker's Mountain | Alan Simmonds | Leslie Nielsen, August Schellenberg, Mimi Kuzyk, Bruce Greenwood | Adventure drama | |
| Taking Care | Clarke Mackey | Janet Amos, Kate Lynch, Saul Rubinek | Drama | |
| Tomorrow's a Killer | George Kaczender | | Thriller | |
| Too Outrageous! | Richard Benner | Craig Russell, Hollis McLaren, Ron White | Drama | |
| Train of Dreams | John N. Smith | Basil Danchyshyn, Milton Hartman | National Film Board drama | Special Jury Prize, Chicago International Film Festival |
| The Virgin Queen of St. Francis High | Francesco Lucente | | Comedy | |
| A Winter Tan | John Walker, Louise Clark, John Frizzell, Jackie Burroughs, Aerlyn Weissman | Jackie Burroughs, Erando Gonzales | Drama based on the writings of Maryse Holder | Genie Award – Actress (Burroughs) |
| The Young Magician | Waldemar Dziki | Rusty Jedwab, Daria Trafankowska, Mariusz Benoit | Children's drama | Canadian-Polish coproduction |
