List of Canadian films of 1978

This is a list of Canadian films which were released in 1978:

Title Director Cast Genre Notes
AfterlifeIshu PatelNFB animated shortCanadian Film Award – Animated Short; Annecy International Animated Film Festival – Grand Prize
All Nothing (Tout rien)Frédéric BackAnimated short
AngelaBoris SagalSophia Loren, Steve RailsbackDrama
The Backstreet Six (Comme les six doigts de la main)André MelançonComedy
Bears and ManBill SchmalzDocumentary
BlackoutEddy MatalonRay Milland, June Allyson, James Mitchum, Robert CarradineThriller
Blood and GutsPaul LynchWilliam Smith, Henry Beckman, Micheline LanctôtSports drama
Blood RelativesClaude ChabrolDonald Sutherland, Stéphane Audran, Micheline Lanctôt, Donald PleasenceCrime drama based on a story by Ed McBainOne of three Canadian films by French New Wave director, Claude Chabrol
The Bronswik Affair (L'Affaire Bronswik)Robert Awad, André LeducAnimated mockumentary
The Devil and Daniel MouseClive A. SmithAnimated
Drying Up the StreetsRobin SpryDon Francks, Len Cariou, Sarah Torgov, August SchellenbergCrime drama
Fields of Endless DayTerence Macartney-FilgateDocumentary
The Guardian Angel (L'Ange gardien)Jacques FournierMargaret Trudeau, André Falcon, Francis LemaireRomantic comedy
Harness the WindSidney GoldsmithMichael KaneShort documentary
HealingPierre LasryDocumentary
High-Ballin'Peter CarterPeter Fonda, Jerry Reed, Helen ShaverComedy
Home to StayDelbert MannHenry Fonda, Frances HylandDrama
I, MaureenJanine ManatisColleen Collins, Michael IronsideDrama
I Miss You, Hugs and KissesMurray MarkowitzElke Sommer, Donald Pilon, Chuck ShamataMystery
In Praise of Older WomenGeorge KaczenderTom Berenger, Karen Black, Susan StrasbergDrama based on the novel by Stephen Vizinczey
Jacob Two-Two Meets the Hooded FangTheodore J. FlickerChildren's
The Last PogoColin BruntonTeenage Head, The ViletonesDocumentary
The ManitouWilliam GirdlerTony Curtis, Susan StrasbergHorror
Marie-AnneMartin WaltersAndrée Pelletier, John Juliani, Tantoo Cardinal, Gordon TootoosisHistorical drama
One Night StandAllan KingBrent Carver, Chapelle JaffeDrama based on a play by Carol BoltCanadian Film Award – Non-Feature Actor (Craver), Non-Feature Actress (Jaffe), Non-Feature Musical Score
Power PlayMartyn BurkePeter O’Toole, David Hemmings, Donald Pleasence, Barry MorsePolitical dramaCanadian Film Award – Screenplay; Canada-U.K. co-production
Priory: The Only Home I've GotMark DolgoyDocumentaryGenie Award winner for Best Short Documentary
Running TimeMort RansenJackie Burroughs, David Balser, Gerard ParkesDrama
The Silent PartnerDaryl DukeElliott Gould, Christopher Plummer, Susannah YorkCrime, thriller
Song of the PaddleBill MasonNFB shortCanadian Film Award – Non-Feature Direction, Non-Feature Cinematography, Non-Feature Sound
Special DeliveryEunice Macauley, John WeldonNFB animated shortAcademy Award for animated short
The Third WalkerTeri McLuhanColleen Dewhurst, William Shatner, Monique MercureDrama
Three Card MonteLes RoseRichard Gabourie, Chris Langevin, Lynne Cavanagh
Tomorrow Never ComesPeter CollinsonOliver Reed, Susan George, Raymond BurrCrime dramaCanada-U.K. co-production
Two SolitudesLionel ChetwyndJean-Pierre Aumont, Stacy Keach, Gloria Carlin, Chris Wiggins, Claude JutraDrama based on the novel by Hugh MacLennan
TylerRalph L. ThomasR. H. Thomson, Murray WestgateDrama
Violette NozièreClaude ChabrolIsabelle Huppert, Stéphane Audran, Jean CarmetCrime drama based on a true storyCanada-France co-production directed by Claude Chabrol
Why Me?Janet PerlmanAnimated
XenogenesisJames CameronScience fiction