Possible Worlds' top 100 list of Canadian films

Possible Worlds, the Australian Canadian Film Festival, has unveiled their selection of the top 100 Canadian films from the last 30 years.

Their choice for the number one Canadian film was the directorial debut of actress Sarah Polley Away From Her. The film earned Polley an Oscar nomination for Adapted Screenplay and a Best Actress nomination for Julie Christie. It also topped Playback Magazine's 2010 list of top Canadian films of the decade.

The rest of the top ten from the list consisted of The Sweet Hereafter, Last Night, Incendies, Jesus of Montreal, My Winnipeg, The Barbarian Invasions, Videodrome, Exotica and My Life Without Me.

They also polled their audience and produced a public-voted top ten list. The number one film was Jesus of Montreal, followed by Incendies, The Sweet Hereafter, C.R.A.Z.Y, Videodrome, The Barbarian Invasions, Dead Ringers, Eastern Promises, My Winnipeg and Away From Her.

For what it's worth, my own personal top ten list of recent Canadian films would consist of Incendies, The Barbarian Invasions, Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner, The Sweet Hereafter, Last Train Home, Spider, Water, Monsieur Lazhar, Thirty Two Short Films about Glenn Gould and My Winnipeg.


Possible Worlds Canadian Film Festival's Top 100 Canadian Films

#100 - It's All Gone Pete Tong

#99 - Whole New Thing

#98 - The Stone Angel

#97 - Otto; or, Up with Dead People

#96 - Bon Cop Bad Cop

#95 - Young People F*cking

#94 - Tucker & Dale Vs. Evil

#93 - Modra

#92 - Familia

#91 - Hobo with a Shotgun

#90 - Daydream Nation

#89 - Congorama

#88 - Liberia '77

#87 - Cairo Time

#86 - Beauty Day

#85 - The Red Violin

#84 - Barney's Version

#83 - Know Your Mushrooms

#82 - Pump Up The Volume

#81 - One Week

#80 - Rip! A Remix Manifesto

#79 - Amal

#78 - Black Robe

#77 - Project Grizzly

#76 - The Wild Horse Redemption

#75 - Hey, Happy!

#74 - Sabah

#73 - Tideland

#72 - It's Not Me, I Swear!

#71 - The Necessities of Life

#70 - Hard Core Logo

#69 - Goon

#68 - Cube

#67 - You Are Here

#66 - Who Loves the Sun

#65 - I've Heard the Mermaids Singing

#64 - Trains of Winnipeg

#63 - The Salesman (Le Vendeur)

#62 – New Waterford Girl

#61 - Chloe

#60 - Far Side Of The Moon

#59 – Poor Boy’s Game

#58 – Café de Flore

#57 - Anvil: The Story of Anvil

#56 – Felicia’s Journey

#55 - Junior: A Hockey Season Off the Ice

#54 - Maelström

#53 – Cowards Bend the Knee

#52 - eXistenZ

#51 - Small Town Murder Songs

#50 - Only

#49 – Examined Life

#48 – Naked Lunch

#47 – Gambling, Gods and LSD

#46 – Possible Worlds

#45 – Crash

#44 - Fire

#43 – Le Polygraphe

#42 - Spider

#41 – The Five Senses

#40 - Water

#39 - Highrise

#38 - Ararat

#37 - Last Train Home

#36 – Passenger Side

#35 – Dead Ringers

#34 – Dracula: Pages From a Virgin’s Diary

#33 - Thirty Two Short Films about Glenn Gould

#32 – Manufactured Landscapes

#31 - The Hanging Garden

#30 - Trigger

#29 - Brand Upon the Brain!

#28 - The Trotsky

#27 - Pontypool

#26 - The Tracey Fragments

#25 - The Saddest Music in the World

#24 - Everything is Fine

#23 - Les Triplettes de Belleville

#22 - Le Confessionnal

#21 - Monkey Warfare

#20 - Les Amours Imaginaires

#19 - C.R.A.Z.Y.

#18 - Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner

#17 - The Corporation

#16 - The Decline of the American Empire

#15 - Eastern Promises

#14 - Monsieur Lazhar

#13 - Polytechnique

#12 - Take This Waltz

#11 - J'ai Tué Ma Mere (I Killed My Mother)

#10 - My Life Without Me

#9 - Exotica

#8 - Videodrome

#7 - The Barbarian Invasions

#6 - My Winnipeg

#5 - Jesus of Montreal

#4 - Incendies

#3 - Last Night

#2 - The Sweet Hereafter

#1 - Away From Her


Audience Voted Top 10 Canadian Films

#10: Away From Her (2006)
Dir: Sarah Polley. Cast: Julie Christie, Michael Murphy.

#9: My Winnipeg (2007)
Dir: Guy Maddin. Cast: Darcy Fehr, Ann Savage, Louis Negin.

#8: Eastern Promises (2007)
Dir: David Cronenberg. Cast: Naomi Watts, Viggo Mortensen.

#7: Dead Ringers (1988)
Dir: David Cronenberg. Cast: Jeremy Irons, Geneviève Bujold.

#6: The Barbarian Invasions (2003)
Dir: Denys Arcand. Cast: Rémy Girard, Dorothée Berryman.

#5: Videodrome (1983)
Dir: David Cronenberg. Cast: James Woods, Deborah Harry.

#4: C.R.A.Z.Y (2005)
Dir: Jean-Marc Vallée. Cast: Michel Côté, Marc-André Grondin.

#3: The Sweet Hereafter (1997)
Dir: Atom Egoyan. Cast: Ian Holm, Sarah Polley.

#2: Incendies (2010)
Dir: Denis Villeneuve. Cast: Lubna Azabal.

#1: Jesus of Montreal (1989)
Dir: Denys Arcand. Cast: Lothaire Bluteau.