This is a list of Canadian films which were released in 1985:
Title Director Cast Genre Notes The Alley Cat (Le Matou) Jean Beaudin Serge Dupire, Monique Spaziani, Jean Carmet, Julien Guiomar Drama Based on the novel by Yves Beauchemin; Genie Award - Musical Score Anne of Green GablesKevin Sullivan Megan Follows, Colleen Dewhurst, Richard Farnsworth, Patricia Hamilton, Schuyler Grant, Jackie Burroughs CBC-TV miniseries Based on the book by Lucy Maud Montgomery. When the two-part miniseries was broadcast in 1985, it attracted the largest single audience for a CBC-TV drama in the history of the network. Artie Shaw: Time Is All You've Got Brigitte Berman Artie Shaw Documentary Academy Award for Feature Documentary Bayo Mort Ransen Ed McNamara, Hugh Webster Drama The Big Snit Richard Condie National Film Board animated short Oscar nominee; Genie Award – Animated Short The Blue Man George Mihalka Horror Breaking All the Rules James Orr Comedy Caffè Italia, Montréal Paul Tana Tony Nardi, Pierre Curzi Docudrama Canada's Sweetheart: The Saga of Hal C. Banks Donald Brittain Maury Chaykin, R.H. Thomson, Gary Reineke, Sean McCann, Colin Fox Docudrama Toronto Festival of Festivals - Best Canadian Feature The Canadian Conspiracy Robert Boyd Mockumentary The Care Bears Movie Arna Selznick voices Mickey Rooney, Jackie Burroughs, Harry Dean Stanton Animation Golden Reel for top box office The Choice of a People (Le Choix d'un peuple) Hugues Mignault Documentary Crime Wave John Paizs John Paizs, Eva Kovacs, Neal Lawrie Crime drama Released on video as The Big Crime Wave The Dame in Colour (La Dame en couleurs) Claude Jutra Guillaume Lemay-Thivierge, Ariane Frédérique Drama Claude Jutra's final film; entered into the 14th Moscow International Film Festival The Dead Father Guy Maddin Short drama Def-Con 4 Paul Donovan Science fiction Eastern Avenue Peter Mettler Final Offer Sturla Gunnarsson, Robert Collison Documentary Get a Job Brad Caslor Animated short Genie Award - Animated Short Heavenly Bodies Lawrence Dane Drama Here Come the Littles Bernard Deyriès Animated International coproduction Hold-Up Alexandre Arcady Jean-Paul Belmondo, Guy Marchand, Jean-Pierre Marielle, Kim Cattrall Canada-France co-production; later remade as Quick Change with Bill Murray and Geena Davis. Honeymoon (Lune de miel) Patrick Jamain Thriller Joshua Then and Now Ted Kotcheff James Woods, Gabrielle Lazure, Michael Sarrazin, Alan Arkin, Linda Sorenson Drama Screenplay by Mordechai Richler based on his own novel The Last Polka John Blanchard John Candy, Eugene Levy Mockumentary Making Overtures: The Story of a Community Orchestra Larry Weinstein Documentary Mortimer Griffin and Shalinsky Mort Ransen Documentary My American Cousin Sandy Wilson Margaret Langrick, John Wildman, Richard Donat, Camille Henderson Coming-of-age drama 90 Days Giles Walker Sam Grana, Stefan Wodoslawsky, Christine Pak, Fernanda Tavares Comedy Night Magic Lewis Furey Nick Mancuso, Carole Laure, Stéphane Audran, Jean Carmet, Frank Augustyn Fantasy musical Music by Lewis Furey and Leonard Cohen; Genie Award - Song No Sad Songs Nik Sheehan Jim Black Documentary World's first feature documentary about HIV/AIDS One Magic Christmas Phillip Borsos Mary Steenburgen, Harry Dean Stanton, Elizabeth Harnois, Gary Basaraba, Arthur Hill, Wayne Robson Holiday drama Genie Awards – Overall Sound, Sound Editing; made with U.S. financing Overnight Jack Darcus Gale Garnett, Alan Scarfe Drama Pale Face (Visage pâle) Claude Gagnon Luc Matte, Allison Odjig, Guy Thauvette, Gilbert Sicotte Drama The Peanut Butter Solution Michael Rubbo Mathew MacKay, Siluck Saysanasy, Alison Podbrey, Michael Hogan Children's film Tales for All series Porky's Revenge! James Komack Dan Monahan, Wyatt Knight, Mark Herrier, Tony Ganios, Kaki Hunter Teen comedy Made with U.S. financing Ranch: The Alan Wood Ranch Project Steven DeNure, Chris Lowry Alan Wood Documentary Samuel Lount Laurence Keane R. H. Thomson, Linda Griffiths, Booth Savage Historical drama Screwballs II Rafal Zielinski Sex comedy Summer Rain (Pluie d'été) François Dauteuil Paul Hébert, Linda Sorgini, Geneviève Rioux, Martin Faucher Short drama Sylvia Michel Murray Animated short Tears Are Not Enough John Zaritsky Northern Lights Documentary Le Temps des bouffons Pierre Falardeau Documentary Terminal Choice Sheldon Larry Joe Spano, Diane Venora, David McCallum, Ellen Barkin Thriller Tony de Peltrie Pierre Lachapelle, Philippe Bergeron, Pierre Robidoux, Daniel Langlois Animated The War Boy Allan Eastman Helen Shaver, Kenneth Welsh, Jason Hopley War drama film Canadian-Yugoslav co-production Working Title Ken Scott, Fred Jones Short comedy, mockumentary
See also 1985 in Canada 1985 in Canadian television