# List of Canadian films of 1996

This is a list of Canadian films which were released in 1996:
| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
| The Best Bad Thing | Peter Rowe | | Drama | Canada-Japan co-production made for TV |
| The Boys Club | John Fawcett | Chris Penn, Devon Sawa, Dominic Zamprogna, Stuart Stone, Amy Stewart, Nicholas Campbell | Drama | |
| Bubbles Galore | Cynthia Roberts | Nina Hartley, Daniel MacIvor, Tracy Wright | Sex comedy | |
| The Cockroach that Ate Cincinnati | Michael McNamara | Alan Williams | Comedy | |
| Cosmos | Jennifer Alleyn, Manon Briand, Marie-Julie Dallaire, Arto Paragamian, André Turpin & Denis Villeneuve | | Drama anthology produced by Roger Frappier | |
| Crash | David Cronenberg | James Spader, Elias Koteas, Holly Hunter | Drama based on the novel by J. G. Ballard | Golden Reel Award; Canada-U.K. co-production |
| A Cry in the Night (Le Cri de la nuit) | Jean Beaudry | Pierre Curzi, Félix-Antoine Leroux, Louise Richer | Drama | |
| Dinner for Two | Janet Perlman | | Animated short | |
| The Escort (L'Escorte) | Denis Langlois | Paul-Antoine Taillefer, Éric Cabana, Robin Aubert, Patrice Coquereau | Comedy-drama | |
| Fire | Deepa Mehta | Nandita Das, Shabana Azmi | Drama | Banned in India; first in the Fire, Earth, Water trilogy by director Deepa Mehta; Canada-India co-production |
| Hard Core Logo | Bruce McDonald | Hugh Dillon, Callum Keith Rennie | Mockumentary | Genie Award - Song |
| Hollow Point | Sidney J. Furie | Thomas Ian Griffith, Tia Carrere, John Lithgow | Action | |
| How Wings Are Attached to the Backs of Angels | Craig Welch | | Animated short | |
| The Human Plant (La Plante humaine) | Pierre Hébert | Michael Lonsdale, Domini Blythe, Sotigui Kouyaté | Animation | |
| Hustler White | Bruce LaBruce | Bruce LaBruce, Alex Austin | Gay drama | Canada-German co-production |
| The Ideal Man (L’Homme idéal) | George Mihalka | Marie-Lise Pilote, Roy Dupuis, Macha Grenon, Joe Bocan | Comedy, drama | Genie Award - Song |
| Jim Loves Jack | David Adkin | Jim Egan, Jack Nesbit | Documentary | |
| Joe's So Mean to Josephine | Peter Wellington | Eric Thal, Sarah Polley, Don McKellar | Drama | |
| Karmina | Gabriel Pelletier | Isabelle Cyr, Robert Brouillette, Yves Pelletier, France Castel | Comedy horror | |
| Kids in the Hall: Brain Candy | Kelly Makin | Kevin McDonald, Scott Thompson, Mark McKinney, Bruce McCulloch, Dave Foley | Comedy | Spin-off from the TV show made with U.S. financing |
| Kissed | Lynne Stopkewich | Molly Parker, Peter Outerbridge | Drama | Genie Award - Actress (Parker) |
| Letters from Home | Mike Hoolboom | | Short | Toronto International Film Festival – Best Canadian Short |
| Lilies | John Greyson | Matthew Ferguson, Jason Cadieux, Brent Carver, Marcel Sabourin, Danny Gilmore, Rémy Girard | Drama adapted from the play by Michel-Marc Bouchard | |
| Lodela | Philippe Baylaucq | | Dance, documentary | |
| Long Day's Journey into Night | David Wellington | William Hutt, Martha Henry, Martha Burns, Tom McCamus, Peter Donaldson | Drama based on the Eugene O'Neill play | Best Canadian Feature Film, Toronto International Film Festival |
| Love Me, Love Me Not (J'aime j'aime pas) | Sylvie Groulx | Lucie Laurier, Manon Miclette | Drama | |
| Lulu | Srinivas Krishna | Kim Lieu, Clark Johnson, Saeed Jaffrey | Drama | Screened at the 1996 Cannes Film Festival |
| Matilda | Danny DeVito | Mara Wilson, Danny DeVito, Rhea Perlman, Embeth Davidtz, Pam Ferris | Family | based on Roald Dahl history; U.S.-Canada co-production |
| Mistaken Identity (Erreur sur la personne) | Gilles Noël | Michel Côté, Macha Grenon, Marie-Andrée Corneille | Thriller | |
| Mum's the Word (Maman et Ève) | Paul Carrière | | Documentary | |
| My Life Is a River (Une vie comme rivière) | Alain Chartrand | | Documentary | |
| Never Too Late | Giles Walker | Olympia Dukakis, Cloris Leachman | Comedy, drama | |
| Night of the Flood (La nuit du déluge) | Bernar Hébert | Geneviève Rochette, Julie McClemens, Jacques Godin | Drama | |
| Not Me! (Sous-sol) | Pierre Gang | Richard Moffatt, Louise Portal, Isabelle Pasco | Drama | Canada's submission for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film this year |
| The Old Lady and the Pigeons | Sylvain Chomet | | Animated short co-produced with the National Film Board | Canada-U.K.-France-Belgium co-production |
| Polygraph (Le Polygraphe) | Robert Lepage | Marie Brassard, Patrick Goyette | Drama | |
| Poverty and Other Delights (Joyeux Calvaire) | Denys Arcand | Benoît Brière, Gaston Lepage | Drama | |
| Project Grizzly | Peter Lynch | Troy Hurtubise | Documentary | |
| Poor Man's Pudding (Pudding chômeur) | Gilles Carle | Chloé Sainte-Marie | Drama | |
| Power | Magnus Isacsson | | Documentary | |
| The Road Taken | Selwyn Jacob | | Documentary co-produced with the National Film Board | Canada Award winner |
| Rowing Through | Masato Harada | Colin Ferguson, Helen Shaver, Leslie Hope, Kenneth Welsh, James Hyndman | Drama | |
| La Salla | Richard Condie | Jay Brazeau (voice) | Computer animation from the National Film Board | Academy Award nominee |
| Shoemaker | Colleen Murphy | George Buza, Alberta Watson | Drama | |
| Sin Cycle | Jack Cocker, Ben Famiglietti | | Short comedy | |
| Specimen | John Bradshaw | Mark-Paul Gosselaar | Science fiction thriller | |
| The Suburbanators | Gary Burns | Joel McNichol, Stephen Spender | Drama | |
| Swann | Anna Benson Gyles | Brenda Fricker, Miranda Richardson, Sean McCann | Drama | Adaptation of the novel by Carol Shields |
| Utshimassits: Place of the Boss | John Walker | | Documentary | |