This is a list of Canadian films which were released in 2005.
Title Director Cast Genre Notes Ref 3 Needles Thom Fitzgerald Lucy Liu, Olympia Dukakis, Shawn Ashmore, Sandra Oh AIDS Drama 7 Times Lucky Gary Yates Kevin Pollak, Liane Balaban, Jonas Chernick, James Tolkan, Babz Chula Crime drama Genie Award - Song Alone in the Dark Uwe Boll Christian Slater, Tara Reid, Stephen Dorff Sci-fi horror Canada-German co-production made with U.S. financing Courtney Solomon Donald Sutherland, Sissy Spacek, James D'Arcy, Rachel Hurd-Wood Horror Canada-U.K.-Romania co-production made with U.S. financing Amnesia: The James Brighton Enigma Denis Langlois Dusan Dukic, Louise Laprade, Norman Helms Drama American Soldiers Sidney J. Furie Curtis Morgan Action Direct to DVD Audition (L'Audition) Luc Picard Luc Picard, Suzanne Clément, Alexis Martin, Denis Bernard Drama Genie Award – Supporting Actor (Bernard); Prix Jutra – Musical Score Aurora Borealis James C. E. Burke Joshua Jackson, Donald Sutherland, Juliette Lewis, Louise Fletcher Romance Made with U.S. financing Aurore Luc Dionne Marianne Fortier, Serge Postigo, Stéphanie Lapointe, Alice Morel-Michaud Drama Based on true story of Aurore Gagnon; a remake of the 1952 film, La petite Aurore l’enfant martyre. Bailey's Billion$ David Devine Dean Cain, Laurie Holden, Jennifer Tilly, Tim Curry, Sheila McCarthy Family comedy Bangkok Girl Jordan Clark Documentary About sex tourism in Bangkok; made for TV Being Caribou Leanne Allison & Diana Wilson National Film Board documentary Being Human Denys Desjardins Documentary produced with the National Film Board Beowulf & Grendel Sturla Gunnarsson Gerard Butler, Stellan Skarsgård, Sarah Polley, Ingvar Eggert Sigurdsson Epic Action, Adventure, Fantasy Adaptation of the epic poem, Beowulf; filmed in Iceland; Canada-Iceland-Australia co-production The Best of Secter and the Rest of Secter Joel Secter David Secter Documentary Big Girl Renuka Jeyapaian Samantha Weinstein, Kris Holden-Reid Short TIFF – Best Canadian Short Denys Desjardins Robin Williams, Holly Hunter, Giovanni Ribisi, Woody Harrelson, Tim Blake Nelson, W. Earl Brown, Alison Lohman Canada-New Zealand co-production made with U.S. financing Black Widow David Mortin Sarah Slean, Martin Tielli, Mary Margaret O'Hara, Tom McCamus, Julian Richings A "Film Noir Musical" is based on the Evelyn Dick murder case made for TV. Bloodsuckers Matthew Hastings Dominic Zamprogna, A.J. Cook, Natassia Malthe Horror Made for TV Les Boys IV George Mihalka Rémy Girard, Pierre Lebeau, Marc Messier Comedy David DeCoteau Sebastian Gacki, April Telek Horror The Cabin Movie Dylan Akio Smith Arabella Bushnell, Ben Cotton, Brad Dryborough, Ryan Robbins, Justine Warrington, Erin Wells Comedy-drama Cake Nisha Ganatra Heather Graham, David Sutcliffe, Taye Diggs, Sandra Oh, Cheryl Hines, Bruce Gray Romantic comedy Made with U.S. financing Larry Jacobs & Ron Pitts voices Stephanie Beard, Robert Tinkler, Julie Lemieux, Linda Ballantyne, Stephen Ouimette Animated feature Direct to DVD Chairman George Daniel Cross & Mila Aung-Thwin George Sapounidis Documentary Made for TV La Classe de Madame Lise Sylvie Groulx Documentary Kevin Forest, "La Classe de Madame Lise : Sacré Charlemagne". Voir, March 9, 2006. cNote Christopher Hinton Michael Oesterle (music) Visual music; animated short Genie Award for Best Animated Short Continuous Journey Ali Kazimi Documentary In 1914 the Komagata Maru, a vessel with 378 immigrants sailing from Hong Kong, arrived in Vancouver only to become the first ship carrying migrants turned away by Canada. Conventum Gilles Blais Documentary Jean-Marc Vallée Michel Côté, Marc-André Grondin, Danielle Proulx, Pierre-Luc Brillant Family Drama TIFF – Best Canadian Feature Paul Fox Kate Greenhouse, Aidan Devine, Gordon Currie, Dov Tiefenbach Thriller Direct to DVD Dehors novembre Patrick Bouchard Animated short Odile Tremblay, "Entre chats et rats". Le Devoir, November 26, 2015. Deluxe Combo Platter Vic Sarin Maria Sokoloff, Jennifer Tilly, Monika Schnarre, Barry Watson, Dave Thomas Comedy Dodging the Clock (Horloge biologique) Ricardo Trogi Patrice Robitaille Comedy Drifting States (Les États nordiques) Denis Côté Christian LeBlanc Drama Eighteen Richard Bell Brendan Fletcher, Carly Pope, Alan Cumming, Ian McKellen Drama Festival premiere was in tandem with 60th Anniversary of the end of WWII The End of Silence Anita Doron Ekaterina Shchelkanova, John Tokatlidis, Sarah Harmer Drama Nicole Fitzgerald, "Borsos Award contenders announced". Pique Newsmagazine, November 11, 2005. Eve and the Fire Horse Julia Kwan , Hollie Lo, Vivian Wu, Lester Chan Drama Special Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival and the Claude Jutra Award Exiles in Lotusland (Le méchant trip) Ilan Saragosti Mélissa Cossette, Dany Nadeau National Film Board documentary Familia Louise Archambault Sylvie Moreau, Macha Grenon, Juliette Gosselin, Micheline Lanctôt Family drama Claude Jutra Award; TIFF – Best First Feature Fetching Cody David Ray Jay Baruchel, Sarah Lind, Nicole Muñoz, Jim Byrnes, Ken Jones Drama Getting Gilliam Vincenzo Natali Documentary About the making of Terry Gilliam's film Tideland made for TV. Gilles Carle: The Untamable Mind (Gilles Carle ou l'indomptable imaginaire) Charles Binamé Gilles Carle Documentary Manon Dumais, "Gilles Carle ou L’Indomptable Imaginaire : Rêver le réel". Voir, September 28, 2005. Guy X Saul Metzstein Jason Biggs, Natascha McElhone, Jeremy Northam, Michael Ironside Mystery, comedy Canada-U.K.-Iceland co-production Larry Kent Alan Scarfe, Carly Pope, Scott Hylands Family drama Hardwood Hubert Davis Mel Davis (Harlem Globetrotters) Documentary produced with the National Film Board Academy Award for Documentary Short Subject nomination Hogtown: The Politics of Policing Min Sook Lee Documentary Chris Young, "Hogtown puts police board in camera's eye; Filmmaker saw City Hall's rough period But still has faith in Toronto's institutions". Toronto Star, April 23, 2005. Ill-Fated Mark Lewis Paul Campbell, Niki Clyne, John Callander, Peter Outerbridge Drama Kamataki Claude Gagnon Matthew Smiley, Tatsuya Fuji, Kazuko Yoshiyuki Drama Kardia Su Rynard Mimi Kuzyk, Peter Stebbings, Kristin Booth, Ariel Waller Drama Land of the Dead George A. Romero John Leguizamo, Asia Argento, Simon Baker, Dennis Hopper, Robert Joy Horror Canada-France co-production made with U.S. financing Lie with Me Clement Virgo Lauren Lee Smith, Eric Balfour, Polly Shannon, Kate Lynch Romance Michael Mabbott Matt Murphy, Natalie Radford, Kris Kristofferson Mockumentary TIFF - Best Canadian First Feature Life with My Father (La Vie avec mon père) Sébastien Rose Raymond Bouchard, Paul Ahmarani, David La Haye, Hélène Florent Comedy, drama Canada-France co-production Living on the Edge Rodrigue Jean Gérald Leblanc Documentary The Long Weekend Pat Holden Chris Klein, Brendan Fehr Thriller Looking for Angelina Sergio Navarretta Lina Giornofelice, Alvaro D’Antonio, Leslie Carlson Crime drama Love Is Work John Kalangis Drama Lucid Sean Garrity Jonas Chernick, Lindy Booth, Callum Keith Rennie, Michelle Nolden Drama Madagascar Eric Darnell, Tom McGrath Ben Stiller, Chris Rock, David Schwimmer, Jada Pinkett Smith Computer-animated comedy Maman Last Call François Bouvier Sophie Lorain, Patrick Huard, Julie Le Breton Comedy-drama Memory for Max, Claire, Ida and Company Allan King Documentary Metal: A Headbanger's Journey Sam Dunn, Scot McFadyen & Jessica Wise Documentary Midnight Movies: From the Margin to the Mainstream Stuart Samuels Documentary Direct to DVD Mohawk Girls Tracey Deer National Film Board documentary Munich Steven Spielberg Eric Bana, Daniel Craig, Ciarán Hinds, Mathieu Kassovitz, Hanns Zischler, Geoffrey Rush Epic historical drama Murder Unveiled Vic Sarin Anita Majumdar Drama Made for TV; based on the true story of Jaswinder Kaur Sidhu My Ancestors Were Rogues and Murderers Anne Troake Gary Troake Documentary A defense of the Canadian seal hunt Niagara Motel Gary Yates Caroline Dhavernas, Kevin Pollak, Anna Frield, Kris Holden-Reid, Craig Ferguson Comedy-drama Noise Greg Spottiswood Hugh Thompson, Cameron Lewis Short drama The Novena (La Neuvaine) Bernard Émond Élise Guilbault, Patrick Drolet Drama Prix Jutra – Actress (Guilbault) The Outlander (Le Survenant) Érik Canuel Drama Paul Cowan National Film Board documentary Perreault Dancer (Danser Perreault) Tim Southam Documentary Gaetan L. Charlebois, "Tele-Quebec pays tribute to dance-maker Perreault". Montreal Gazette, March 26, 2005. Rahul's Arranged Marriage Anant Mathur Devika Mathur, Anurag Mathur Romance, Drama, Short Red (Le Rouge au sol) Maxime Giroux Martin Dubreuil Short Genie Award – Live-Action Short Nick Willing Edward Burns, Jennifer Ehle, Thomas Gibson, Rachelle Lefevre, Jon Kapelos Crime drama Canada-U.K. co-production The Rocket (Maurice Richard) Charles Binamé Roy Dupuis, Stephen McHattie, Philip Craig, Patrice Robitaille, Rémy Girard, Julie Le Breton Biodrama about Montreal Canadiens star, Maurice Richard Ruzz and Ben (Ruzz et Ben) Philippe Jullien Animated short Canadian-French coproduction Sabah Ruba Nadda Arsinée Khanjian, Shawn Doyle, Jeff Seymour, David Alpay Romance Saint Martyrs of the Damned (Saints-Martyrs-des-Damnés) Robin Aubert Severed: Forest of the Dead Carl Bessai Paul Campbell, Sarah Lind, JR Bourne Horror Sidekick Blake Van de Graaf David Ingram Thriller Sigwan Alanis Obomsawin Short drama "Films and gala herald start of film festival". Whitehorse Star, June 21, 2006. A Simple Curve Aubrey Nealon Kris Lemche, Michael Hogan, Matt Craven Drama Six Figures David Christensen JR Bourne, Caroline Cave Thriller There's a Flower in My Pedal Andrea Dorfman Short These Girls John Hazlett David Boreanaz, Caroline Dhavernas Satire Thieves of Innocence (Les Voleurs d'enfance) Paul Arcand Documentary Thralls Ron Oliver Lorenzo Lamas, Leah Cairns, Crystal Lowe Horror Tideland Terry Gilliam Jodelle Ferland, Jeff Bridges, Brendan Fletcher, Jennifer Tilly Fantasy drama Genie Award - Overall sound; Canada-U.K. co-production Tower Bawher Theodore Ushev Animated short Tuesday Morning...Somewhere (Mardi matin...quelque part) Hélène Bélanger Martin Short drama The United States of Albert (Les États-Unis d'Albert) André Forcier Éric Bruneau, Roy Dupuis, Céline Bonnier Comedy-drama Water Deepa Mehta Seema Biswas, Lisa Ray, John Abraham Romance, Drama Academy Award nominee for Best Foreign-Language film; Canada-India co-production Where the Truth Lies Atom Egoyan Colin Firth, Kevin Bacon, Alison Lohman, Rachel Blanchard Drama based on the novel by Rupert Holmes Genie Award – Adapted Screenplay; Canada-U.K. co-production The White Chapel (Une chapelle blanche) Simon Lavoie Hélène Loiselle Short drama Jutra Award winner for Best Live Action Short Film White Noise Geoffrey Sax Michael Keaton, Chandra West, Deborah Kara Unger, Ian McNeice Supernatural thriller Canada-U.K. co-production Who Shot My Brother? (Qui a tiré sur mon frère?) German Gutierrez, Carmen Garcia Documentary John Griffin, "A sad, sad, story of brotherly love for a conflicted country". Montreal Gazette, December 9, 2005. Whole New Thing Amnon Buchbinder Aaron Webber, Robert Joy, Rebecca Jenkins, Daniel MacIvor Drama Why We Fight Eugene Jarecki Documentary Canada-U.K.-France co-production made with U.S. financing Yule Croak (Petit Pow! Pow! Noël) Robert Morin Robert Morin, André Morin Drama Odile Tremblay, "Mon père, ce Martien". Le Devoir, November 26, 2005. B. P. Paquette Vlasta Vrána, Micheline Lanctôt Drama The Zero Sum Raphael Assaf Drama Zizek! Astra Taylor Slavoj Žižek Documentary Made with U.S. financing
See also 2005 in Canada 2005 in Canadian television
References
External links Feature Films Released In 2005 With Country of Origin Canada at IMDb Canada's Top Ten for 2005 (list of top ten Canadian feature films, selected in a process administered by TIFF) List of 2005 box office number-one films in Canada