# List of Canadian films of 1997

This is a list of Canadian films which were released in 1997:
| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
| L'Absent | Céline Baril | | Experimental feature | |
| Air Bud | Charles Martin Smith | Michael Jeter, Wendy Makkena | Family film | Golden Reel Award; made with U.S. financing |
| The Assignment | Christian Duguay | Aidan Quinn, Donald Sutherland, Ben Kingsley, Claudia Ferri, Céline Bonnier | Thriller | |
| Les Boys | Louis Saia | Marc Messier, Rémy Girard, Patrick Huard, Serge Thériault, Michel Barrette, Paul Houde | Comedy | Golden Reel Award |
| The Boys Club | John Fawcett | Chris Penn, Dominic Zamprogna, Stuart Stone, Devon Sawa | Drama | |
| bp: pushing the boundaries | Brian Nash | bpNichol | Documentary | |
| The Caretaker's Lodge (La Conciergerie) | Michel Poulette | Serge Dupire, Michel Forget, Macha Grenon | Drama | |
| Chile, Obstinate Memory (Chile, la memoria obstinada) | Patricio Guzmán | | Documentary | Chilean, Canadian, Belgian, German and French coproduction |
| Cotton Candy | Roshell Bissett | Yôko Higashi, Mitsuka Ohbuchi, Kazutoyo Yoshimi | Short drama | |
| Cube | Vincenzo Natali | Maurice Dean Wint, Nicky Guadagni, David Hewlett, Julian Richings | Thriller | First in the Cube film series |
| Dead Fire | Robert Lee | Matt Frewer, C. Thomas Howell | TV drama | |
| Drive, She Said | Mina Shum | Moira Kelly, Sebastian Spence | Drama, romance | |
| Drowning in Dreams | Tim Southam | | Documentary | |
| Erotica: A Journey Into Female Sexuality | Maya Gallus | Annie Sprinkle, Candida Royalle, Susie Bright, Catherine Robbe-Grillet, Bettina Rheims, Anne Desclos | Documentary | |
| Four Women of Egypt | Tahani Rached | Safinaz Kazem | National Film Board documentary | |
| The Hanging Garden | Thom Fitzgerald | Chris Leavins, Troy Veinotte, Seana McKenna, Peter MacNeill | Comedy-drama | Toronto International Film Festival – Best Canadian Feature, People's Choice Award; Canada-U.K. co-production |
| Hayseed | Josh Levy, Andrew Hayes | Jamie Shannon, Deborah Theaker, Scott Thompson, Mark McKinney | Comedy | |
| Heads or Tails (J'en suis!) | Claude Fournier | Roy Dupuis, Patrick Huard, Charlotte Laurier | Comedy | |
| How Wings Are Attached to the Backs of Angels | Craig Welsh | voice Louise Leroux | National Film Board animated short | Gold Hugo, Chicago International Film Festival |
| Kitchen Party | Gary Burns | Scott Speedman, Tygh Runyan | Comedy, drama | |
| Love and Death on Long Island | Richard Kwietniowski | John Hurt, Jason Priestley, Fiona Loewi, Maury Chaykin | Drama | Canada-U.K. co-production |
| Men with Guns | Kari Skogland | Donal Logue, Gregory Sporleder, Paul Sorvino, Callum Keith Rennie | Crime drama | |
| Pale Saints | Joel Wyner | Sean Patrick Flanery, Michael Riley, Saul Rubinek, Rachael Crawford | Crime drama | |
| Pippi Longstocking | Clive Smith | voices Melissa Altro, Gordon Pinsent, Catherine O'Hara, Carole Pope, Dave Thomas | Animated feature | Canada-German-Sweden co-production |
| The Planet of Junior Brown | Clément Virgo | Martin Villafana, Lynn Whitfield, Rainbow Francks, Margot Kidder, Sarah Polley | TV drama | Shown at the Toronto International Film Festival |
| The Rage | Sidney J. Furie | Gary Busey, Lorenzo Lamas, Roy Scheider | Action | |
| Red-Blooded American Girl II | David Blyth | Kari Wuhrer, Burt Young, David Keith | Thriller | |
| The Revenge of the Woman in Black (La vengeance de la femme en noir) | Roger Cantin | Germain Houde, Marc Labrèche, Raymond Bouchard, France Castel | Comedy | |
| The Seat of the Soul (Le siège de l'âme) | Olivier Asselin | Emmanuel Bilodeau, Lucille Fluet, Rémy Girard | Drama | |
| Sleeping Dogs | Michael Bafaro | Scott McNeil, C. Thomas Howell | Sci-Fi, Action | Canada-Czech Republic-Germany co-production |
| The Sweet Hereafter | Atom Egoyan | Ian Holm, Sarah Polley, Tom McCamus, Bruce Greenwood, Gabrielle Rose, Alberta Watson, Arsinée Khanjian | Drama based on the novel by Russell Banks; | Atom Egoyan is the first director of a Canadian dramatic feature to be nominated Best Director at the Oscars. |
| Tu as crié: Let me go | Anne Claire Poirier | | National Film Board documentary | Genie Award for Best Documentary |
| Twilight of the Ice Nymphs | Guy Maddin | Pascale Bussières, Shelley Duvall, Frank Gorshin, R. H. Thomson | Fantasy drama | |
| Twists of Terror | Douglas Jackson | Jennifer Rubin, Françoise Robertson, Nick Mancuso, Joseph Ziegler | Horror | |
| Uncut | John Greyson | Matthew Ferguson, Michael Achtman | Drama | |
| Under the Weather (À l'ombre) | Tali Prévost | | Animated short | |
| Unveiled: The Mother/Daughter Relationship | Maureen Judge | | Documentary | |
| Wounded | Richard Martin | Mädchen Amick, Graham Greene | Crime thriller | |
| The Wrong Guy | David Steinberg | Dave Foley, Jennifer Tilly, Enrico Colantoni, Colm Feore | Comedy | Canada-U.K. co-production |
| Zie 37 Stagen | Sylvain Guy | Thierry Frémont, Denis Mercier, Dino Tavarone | Short drama | |