# List of Canadian films of 2000

This is a list of Canadian films which were released in 2000:
| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
| Apartment Hunting | Bill Robertson | Kari Matchett, Rachel Hayward, Arnold Pinnock, Tracy Wright | Romantic comedy | |
| The Art of War | Christian Duguay | Wesley Snipes, Anne Archer, Maury Chaykin, Donald Sutherland, Marie Matiko | Action | Golden Reel Award; made with U.S. financing |
| Between the Moon and Montevideo | Attila Bertalan | Attila Bertalan, Pascale Bussières | Science fiction | |
| Blacktop | T. J. Scott | Meat Loaf, Kristin Davis | Thriller | Made for TV |
| The Bottle (La bouteille) | Alain DesRochers | Réal Bossé, François Papineau, Jean Lapointe | Comedy-drama | |
| Bully Dance | Janet Perlman | | National Film Board animated short | |
| Camera | David Cronenberg | David Cronenberg | Short film | |
| Casper's Haunted Christmas | Owen Hurley | voices Brendan Ryan Barrett, Kathleen Barr, Ian James Corlett | Animated feature | Made for DVD release |
| Cinéma Vérité: Defining the Moment | Peter Wintonick | Narrated by Jacques Godbout | National Film Board documentary | |
| Clean Rite Cowboy | Michael Downing | John Robinson, Christie MacFadyen, Gloria Slade, Tracy Wright | Short drama | |
| Clutch | Chris Grismer | David Hewlett, Tanya Allen, Gordon Michael Woolvett, Peter Spence | Crime comedy, drama | |
| Children of My Heart | Keith Ross Leckie | Geneviève Désilets, Geneviève Bujold, Michael Moriarty | Drama | Adaptation of novel by Gabrielle Roy |
| The Claim | Michael Winterbottom | Peter Mullan, Milla Jovovich, Wes Bentley, Nastassja Kinski, Sarah Polley | Western, Romance | Canada-U.K.-France co-production |
| Cord | Sidney J. Furie | Daryl Hannah, Jennifer Tilly, Bruce Greenwood, Vincent Gallo | Thriller | |
| Crackie | Sherry White | Mary Walsh, Joel Thomas Hynes | Drama | |
| Death, Deceit and Destiny Aboard the Orient Express | Mark Roper | Richard Grieco, Christoph Waltz, Romina Mondello | Thriller | Made for DVD release; Canada-Bulgaria co-production made with U.S. financing |
| Deeply | Sheri Elwood | Julia Brendler, Kirsten Dunst, Lynn Redgrave, Julia Brendler, Trent Ford, Brent Carver | Drama | Canada-German co-production |
| Desire | Colleen Murphy | Katja Riemann, Zachary Bennett, Elizabeth Shepherd, Martin Donovan | Drama | |
| Eisenstein | Renny Bartlett | Simon McBurney, Raymond Coulthard, Jacqueline McKenzie | Biopic of the Russian film director Sergei Eisenstein | Canada-German co-production |
| Ernest | Keith Behrman | David Reale, Frank Moore | Short comedy | |
| The Fairy Faith | John Walker | | Documentary | |
| Family Pack (Que faisaient les femmes pendant que l'homme marchait sur la lune?) | Chris Vander Stappen | Marie Bunel, Hélène Vincent, Mimie Mathy, Tsilla Chelton, Macha Grenon, Christian Crahay, Emmanuel Bilodeau | Drama | Belgian, French, Swiss and Canadian coproduction |
| Foxy Lady, Wild Cherry | Inez Buchli | Natasha Greenblatt, Nina Schock, Todd Duckworth, J. D. Nicholsen | Short drama | |
| Franklin and the Green Knight | John van Bruggen | voices Noah Reid, Elizabeth Brown, Richard Newman | Animated feature | Made for DVD release |
| From the Big Bang to Tuesday Morning (Du big bang à mardi matin) | Claude Cloutier | | National Film Board animated short | |
| Ginger Snaps | John Fawcett | Emily Perkins, Katharine Isabelle, Kris Lemche, Mimi Rogers, Danielle Hampton | Horror | Best Film, International Horror Guild |
| A Girl Is a Girl | Reginald Harkema | Andrew McIntyre, Paige Morrison | Drama | |
| Guantanamera Boxe | Richard Jean-Baptiste, Yann Langevin | | Documentary | |
| The Heart of the World | Guy Maddin | Leslie Bais, Caelum Vatnsdal, Shaun Balbar, Greg Klymkiw | Short | |
| Heaven (Le petit ciel) | Jean-Sébastien Lord | Jocelyn Blanchard, Garance Clavel, Julien Poulin | Comedy-drama | |
| Heavy Metal 2000 | Michel Lemire & Michael Coldewey | voices Michael Ironside, Billy Idol, Julie Strain, Sonja Ball | Animated feature | Canada-Germany co-production; sequel to 1981 film Heavy Metal |
| Here's to Life! | Arne Olsen | Eric McCormack, James Whitmore, Kim Hunter, Ossie Davis | Comedy-drama | |
| Hochelaga | Michel Jetté | Dominic Darceuil, David Boutin, Ronald Houle | Crime drama | Prix Jutra – Supporting Actor (Boutin) |
| The Holier It Gets | Jennifer Baichwal | | Documentary | |
| Inséparables | Normand Bergeron | Stéphane Crête, Évelyne Rompré | Short drama | |
| Johnny Greyeyes | Jorge Manzano | Gail Maurice, Columpa Bobb | Prison drama | |
| The Law of Enclosures | John Greyson | Sarah Polley, Brendan Fletcher, Diane Ladd | Drama based on the novel by Dale Peck | Genie Award – Actor (Fletcher) |
| Left Behind: The Movie | Vic Sarin | Kirk Cameron, Brad Johnson, Gordon Currie, Colin Fox | Religious drama | |
| The Left-Hand Side of the Fridge (La Moitié gauche du frigo) | Philippe Falardeau | Paul Ahmarani, Stéphane Demers | Faux-documentary | Claude Jutra Award; Prix Jutra – Actor (Ahmarani); TIFF – Best Canadian First Feature |
| Life After Love (La Vie après l'amour) | Gabriel Pelletier | Michel Côté, Sylvie Léonard, Patrick Huard | Comedy | |
| Life Under Mike | James Motluk | Jack Layton, John Kenneth Galbraith | Documentary | Media Human Rights Award |
| Love Come Down | Clement Virgo | Larenz Tate, Deborah Cox, Martin Cummins, Rainbow Sun Francks, Sarah Polley, Barbara Williams | Family drama | Genie Awards – Supporting Actor (Cummins), Sound |
| Low Self-Esteem Girl | Blaine Thurier | Corrina Hammond, Rob McBeth, Dan Bejar, Carl Newman | Comedy-drama | |
| Maelström | Denis Villeneuve | Marie-Josee Croze, Stéphanie Morgenstern, voice Pierre Lebeau | Drama | |
| Marine Life | Anne Wheeler | Cybill Shepherd, Peter Outerbridge, Alexandra Purvis, Michael Hogan | Drama | Made with U.S. financing |
| Mr. Rice's Secret | Nicholas Kendall | David Bowie, Bill Switzer, Teryl Rothery, Garwin Sanford | Drama | |
| Murder Seen | Rob W. King | Nicole Eggert | Crime drama | Made for TV |
| My Left Breast | Gerry Rogers | Gerry Rogers, Peg Norman | Documentary | |
| MVP: Most Valuable Primate | Robert Vince | Kevin Zegers, Jamie Renée Smith, Oliver Muirhead, Rick Ducommun | Family film | Made with U.S. financing |
| No More Monkeys Jumpin' on the Bed | Ross Weber | Nancy Sivak, Tom Scholte, Frida Betrani, Babz Chula | Drama | |
| Nuremberg | Yves Simoneau | Alec Baldwin, Brian Cox, Christopher Plummer, Jill Hennessy, Matt Craven, Colm Feore, Christopher Heyerdahl, Michael Ironside, Max von Sydow | TV miniseries, docudrama | About the Nuremberg war-crimes trials following the Second World War. |
| Once Upon a Christmas | Tibor Takács | Kathy Ireland, John Dye | Family film | Made for TV |
| The Orphan Muses (Les Muses orphelines) | Robert Favreau | Marina Orsini, Céline Bonnier, Fanny Mallette. Louise Portal | | Prix Jutra – Musical Score |
| Pandora's Beauty (La Beauté de Pandore) | Charles Binamé | Pascale Bussières | Drama | |
| The Perfect Son | Leonard Farlinger | Colm Feore, David Cubitt, Chandra West | Drama | |
| Possible Worlds | Robert Lepage | Tilda Swinton, Tom McCamus, Sean McCann, Daniel Brooks | Drama based on a play by Robert Lepage | Genie Award – Editing, Art Direction |
| Protection | Bruce Spangler | Jillian Fargey, Nancy Sivak, William MacDonald | Drama | |
| Rats & Rabbits | Lewis Furey | Carole Laure, Nigel Bennett, Andrew Tarbet, Paul Ahmarani, Tom Barnett | Drama | Canada-France co-production |
| Red Deer | Anthony Couture | Awaovieyi Agie, Loreya Montayne, Amber Rothwell, Kurt Max Runte, James Hutson, Joe Procyk | Drama | |
| The Road to El Dorado | Eric "Bibo" Bergeron, Don Paul | Kevin Kline, Kenneth Branagh, Rosie Perez, Armand Assante, Edward James Olmos | Animated adventure comedy | Co-production with the US |
| Rocket Man | Daniel Cockburn | | Short experimental film | |
| Rocks at Whiskey Trench | Alanis Obomsawin | | Documentary | |
| Saint Jude | John L'Ecuyer | Liane Balaban, Nicholas Campbell, Kris Lemche, Victoria Sanchez, Bernie Coulson, Louise Portal | Drama | |
| Searching for Louis Archambault (À la recherche de Louis Archambault) | Werner Volkmer | Louis Archambault | Documentary | |
| Shooter | Mark Morgenstern | Stephanie Morgenstern | Short | |
| Sole Survivor | Mikael Salomon | Billy Zane, Gloria Reuben, Isabella Hofmann, Mitchell Kosterman | TV miniseries | Based on the novel by Dean Koontz |
| The Spreading Ground | Derek Vanlint | Dennis Hopper | Crime drama | Entered into the 22nd Moscow International Film Festival |
| Stardom | Denys Arcand | Jessica Paré, Dan Aykroyd, Robert Lepage, Charles Berling, Frank Langella, Camilla Rutherford | Drama, satire | Genie Award – Costumes; Canada-France co-production |
| Subconscious Cruelty | Karim Hussain | Brea Asher | Horror | Straight to DVD |
| Suspicious River | Lynne Stopkewich | Molly Parker, Callum Keith Rennie | Drama | |
| The Three Madeleines (Les fantômes des trois Madeleines) | Guylaine Dionne | Sylvie Drapeau, France Arbour, Isadora Galwey, Isabelle Blais | Drama | |
| Three Stories from the End of Everything | Semi Chellas | Soo Garay, John Robinson, Lucas Denton, Kristen Ross | Short drama | |
| Too Much Sex | Andrew Ainsworth | Janet Kidder, Diane Flacks | Sex comedy | |
| Traitor or Patriot (Traître ou Patriote) | Jacques Godbout | | National Film Board documentary | Legacy of director's great-uncle, Adélard Godbout |
| Two Thousand and None | Arto Paragamian | John Turturro | Dark comedy | |
| The Uncles | James Allodi | Chris Owens, Kelly Harms, Tara Rosling | Dark comedy | |
| Vinyl | Alan Zweig | Alan Zweig, Harvey Pekar | Documentary | World of record collecting |
| Violet | Rosemary House | Mary Walsh, Andrew Younghusband, Susan Kent, Peter MacNeill | Comedy | |
| waydowntown | Gary Burns | Fab Filippo, Don McKellar | Black comedy | Best Canadian feature at TIFF; TFCA – Best Canadian Film |
| We All Fall Down | Martin Cummins | Helen Shaver, Martin Cummins, Nicholas Campbell, René Auberjonois | Drama | Genie Award – Supporting Actress (Shaver) |
| The Widow of Saint-Pierre | Patrice Leconte | Juliette Binoche, Daniel Auteuil, Emir Kusturica, Michel Duchaussoy | Historical drama, romance | Canada-France co-production |
| XChange | Allan Moyle | Stephen Baldwin, Kim Coates, Kyle MacLachlan, Pascale Bussières, Janet Kidder | Science fiction | Straight to DVD |