| Title |
Director |
Cast |
Genre |
Notes |
| Bob's Birthday | Alison Snowden & David Fine | | National Film Board animated short | Academy Award - Animated Short |
| Cap Tourmente | Michel Langlois | Roy Dupuis, Gilbert Sicotte, Élise Guilbault, Andrée Lachapelle | Drama | |
| Deux actrices | Micheline Lanctôt | Pascale Bussières, Pascale Paroissien | Drama | |
| Digger | Rob Turner | Adam Hann-Byrd, Joshua Jackson, Timothy Bottoms | Drama | |
| La Florida | George Mihalka | Rémy Girard, Pauline Lapointe, Michael Sarrazin | Comedy | Golden Reel Award |
| For the Moment | Aaron Kim Johnson | Russell Crowe, Christianne Hirt, Peter Outerbridge | Wartime drama | |
| Frank's Cock | Mike Hoolboom | Callum Keith Rennie | Short | TIFF – Best Canadian Short |
| Harmony Cats | Sandy Wilson | Kim Coates, Jim Byrnes, Lisa Brokop | Comedy, drama | |
| I Love a Man in Uniform | David Wellington | Tom McCamus, Brigitte Bako, Kevin Tighe, David Hemblen | Drama | Genie Award for Best Actor |
| In the Gutter and Other Good Places | Cristine Richey | | Documentary | Genie Award – Feature Documentary |
| Kanehsatake: 270 Years of Resistance | Alanis Obomsawin | | National Film Board documentary | About the 1990 Oka standoff between the Canadian Military and Mohawk warriors; Best Canadian Feature, Festival of Festivals |
| The Lotus Eaters | Paul Shapiro | R. H. Thomson, Sheila McCarthy, Frances Hyland | Drama | Genie Awards – Actor (McCarthy), Screenplay, Sound Editing |
| Love and Human Remains | Denys Arcand | Thomas Gibson, Ruth Marshall, Cameron Bancroft, Mia Kirshner, Matthew Ferguson | | Genie for Best Adapted Screenplay
Based on Brad Fraser's play |
| M. Butterfly | David Cronenberg | Jeremy Irons, John Lone, Barbara Sukowa, Ian Richardson | Melodrama based on the play by Henry David Hwang | |
| Mustard Bath | Darrell Wasyk | Michael Riley, Martha Henry | Drama | Genie Award for Best Supporting Actress, Martha Henry |
| Ordinary Magic | Giles Walker | Glenne Headly, David Fox, Paul Anka | Drama | |
| Paris, France | Jerry Ciccoritti | Leslie Hope, Peter Outerbridge | Sexual drama | |
| Pearl's Diner | Lynn Smith | | National Film Board animated short | Genie Award - Animated Short |
| Les Pots cassés | François Bouvier | Gilbert Sicotte, Marie Tifo, Marc Messier | Drama | Entered into the 18th Moscow International Film Festival |
| The Rise and Fall of English Montreal | William Weintraub | | National Film Board documentary | |
| Save My Lost Nigga' Soul | Clement Virgo | Richard Chevolleau, Dean Marshall, Dayo Ade | Short | TIFF - Best Canadian Short |
| The Sex of the Stars | Paule Baillargeon | Denis Mercier | Drama | |
| Shadow of the Wolf | Jacques Dorfmann | Lou Diamond Phillips, Toshiro Mifune, Jennifer Tilly, Donald Sutherland, Nicholas Campbell | Crime drama set in the Canadian Arctic | Canada-France co-production; Genie Awards – Art Direction, Costumes |
| Thirty Two Short Films About Glenn Gould | François Girard | Colm Feore | | Genie Awards – Picture, Director, Cinematography, Editing |
| La Vie fantôme | Jacques Leduc | Pascale Bussières, Élise Guilbault, Ron Lea | Drama | |
| Zero Patience | John Greyson | John Robinson, Normand Fauteux, Dianne Heatherington | Drama/musical | |
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