# List of Canadian films of 1998

This is a list of Canadian films which were released in 1998:
| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
| 2 Seconds | Manon Briand | Charlotte Laurier, Dino Tavarone, Suzanne Clément, Louise Forestier, André Brassard | Drama | |
| Air Bud: Golden Receiver | Richard Martin | Kevin Zegers, Cynthia Stevenson | Family film | Made with U.S. financing |
| Airspeed | Robert Tinnell | Elisha Cuthbert, Joe Mantegna | Drama | Made for TV |
| The Assistant | Daniel Petrie | Gil Bellows, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Joan Plowright, Kate Greenhouse, Jaimz Woolvett | Drama | Canada-U.K. co-production |
| August 32nd on Earth (Un 32 août sur terre) | Denis Villeneuve | Pascale Bussières, Alexis Martin, Serge Thériault | Drama | Denis Villeneuve's first feature was screened at the 1998 Cannes Film Festival; Prix Jutra – Actor (Martin) |
| Barney's Great Adventure | Steve Gomer | | Comedy | |
| Boy Meets Girl | Jerry Ciccoritti | Kate Nelligan, Sean Astin, Emily Hampshire, Joe Mantegna | Romantic comedy | Nominated for Writers Guild of Canada Top Ten Award |
| Les Boys II | Louis Saia | Marc Messier, Rémy Girard, Patrick Huard, Serge Thériault, Paul Houde | Comedy | Golden Reel Award |
| Clutch | Chris Grismer | David Hewlett, Tanya Allen, Carlo Rota, Tom Green | Crime comedy | |
| Conquest | Piers Haggarad | Lothaire Bluteau, Tara FitzGerald, Monique Mercure, David Fox, Eugene Lipinski | Drama with a touch of magic realism | Genie Award – Supporting Actress (Mercure); Canada-U.K. co-production |
| The Countess of Baton Rouge (La Comtesse de Bâton Rouge) | André Forcier | Robin Aubert, Geneviève Brouillette, Isabel Richer | Comedy, drama | |
| Dancing on the Moon | Kit Hood | Natalie Vansier, Michael Yarmush, Elisha Cuthbert, Dorothée Berryman | Family film | Canada-Czech co-production |
| Dirty | Bruce Sweeney | Tom Scholte, Babz Chula, Benjamin Ratner, Nancy Sivak, Vincent Gale | Drama | |
| Dog Park | Bruce McCulloch | Luke Wilson, Kathleen Robertson, Natasha Henstridge, Janeane Garofalo, Bruce McCulloch, Mark McKinney | Comedy | Genie Award – Supporting Actor (McKinney) |
| The Eleventh Child (Nguol thùa) | Dai Sijie | | Drama | |
| Elimination Dance | Bruce McDonald, Don McKellar, Michael Ondaatje | Don McKellar, Tracy Wright, Michael Turner | Short drama | |
| The Escape | Stuart Gillard | Patrick Dempsey | Action, drama | Made for TV |
| Extraordinary Visitor | John W. Doyle | Raoul Bhaneja, Mary Walsh, Andy Jones | Comedy | |
| The Falling | Raul Sanchez Inglis | Christopher Shyer, Nicole Oliver, Rob Lee | Drama | |
| The Fishing Trip | Amnon Buchbinder | Jhene Erwin, Melissa Hood, Anna Henry | Drama | |
| Frank the Wrabbit | John Weldon | Paul Hecht | Animated short | |
| The Ghosts of Dickens' Past | Bruce Neibaur | Christopher Heyerdahl, Ralph Allison, Jennifer Bertram | Biography drama | |
| The Grace of God | Gerald L'Ecuyer | Michael Riley, Steve Cumyn, David Cronenberg | Docudrama | |
| The Hairy Bird also known as Strike! | Sarah Kernochan | Kirsten Dunst, Gaby Hoffmann, Lynn Redgrave | Comedy | Canada-Italy co-production |
| Heart of the Sun | Francis Damberger | Christianne Hirt, Shaun Johnston, Michael Riley | Drama | |
| The Herd | Peter Lynch | Colm Feore, James Allodi, Graham Greene, David Hemblen, Doug Lennox, Don McKellar, Mark McKinney | Documentary | |
| Hollywoodism: Jews, Movies and the American Dream | Simcha Jacobovici | Documentary | |
| It's Your Turn, Laura Cadieux (C't'à ton tour, Laura Cadieux) | Denise Filiatrault | Ginette Reno, Pierrette Robitaille | Comedy, drama | Adaptation of the novel by Michel Tremblay |
| Jack and Jill | John Kalangis | John Kalangis, Shauna MacDonald, Kathryn Zenna | Romantic comedy | |
| Jerry and Tom | Saul Rubinek | Joe Mantegna, Sam Rockwell, Maury Chaykin, Ted Danson, Charles Durning | Black comedy | Made with U.S. financing |
| Joe's Wedding | Michael Kennedy | D.W. Moffett, Kate Vernon, Tammy Isbell | Drama | |
| Julie and Me (Revoir Julie) | Jeanne Crépeau | Dominique Leduc, Stephanie Morgenstern | Drama | |
| Kayla | Nicholas Kendall | Tod Fennell, Bronwen Booth, Henry Czerny, Meredith Henderson | Drama | |
| Last Night | Don McKellar | Don McKellar, Sandra Oh, Geneviève Bujold, David Cronenberg, Callum Keith Rennie | Drama | Canada-France co-production |
| Let It Come Down: The Life of Paul Bowles | Jennifer Baichwal | Paul Bowles | Documentary | |
| Loss of Faith | Allan A. Goldstein | John Ritter, Sophie Lorain, Daphne Zuniga | Drama mystery thriller | |
| Ludovic: The Snow Gift | Co Hoedeman | Sonja Ball | Animated short | |
| Magical Words (Les Mots magiques) | Jean-Marc Vallée | Richard Robitaille, Robert Gravel | Short drama | |
| Meanwhile (Pendant ce temps...) | Ghyslaine Côté | Carmen Ferlan, Gérard Poirier, Ghyslaine Côté, Catherine Pépin, Jocelyne Zucco, Ronald Houle [fr], Huguette Oligny, David Boutin, Rachel Fontaine [fr] | Short suspense drama | First Prize, Stony Brook and Cabbagetown; nominated for a Prix Jutra and a Genie Award in the Best Short Film category |
| Moving Day | Chris Deacon | Michael McMurtry, Brigitte Gall | Short comedy | |
| Mr. Aiello (La Déroute) | Paul Tana | Tony Nardi, Barbara-Michèle Pelletier | Drama | |
| My Dog Vincent | Michael McGowan | Chuck Campbell, Zehra Leverman | Coming-of-age drama | |
| Nô | Robert Lepage | Anne-Marie Cadieux, Marie Gignac | Drama | |
| Now or Never (Aujourd'hui ou jamais) | Jean Pierre Lefebvre | Marcel Sabourin, Claude Blanchard, Julie Ménard, Jean-Pierre Ronfard, Micheline Lanctôt | Drama | |
| A Place Called Chiapas | Nettie Wild | | Documentary co-produced with National Film Board | Genie Award - Feature documentary; about the Zapatista Army of National Liberation revolt in southern Mexico |
| The Prince of Egypt | Brenda Chapman, Steve Hickner, Simon Wells | Val Kilmer, Ralph Fiennes, Michelle Pfeiffer, Sandra Bullock, Jeff Goldblum, Danny Glover, Patrick Stewart, Helen Mirren, Steve Martin, Martin Short | Animated musical drama | Canada-U.S. co-production |
| Quest for the Lost Tribes | Simcha Jacobovici | | Documentary | |
| The Real Howard Spitz | Vadim Jean | Kelsey Grammer, Amanda Donohoe, Geneviève Tessier, Patrick McKenna | Comedy | |
| The Red Violin (Le Violon rouge) | François Girard | Samuel L. Jackson, Greta Scacchi, Jason Flemyng, Sylvia Chang, Don McKellar, Carlo Cecchi, Christoph Koncz | Drama | Canada-U.K.-Italy-Austria co-production |
| Rupert's Land | Jonathan Tammuz | Samuel West, Ian Tracey, George Wendt | Comedy | |
| Shadow Maker: Gwendolyn MacEwen, Poet | Brenda Longfellow | Gwendolyn MacEwen (subject), Linda Griffiths (narrator) | Documentary | |
| Streetheart (Le cœur au poing) | Charles Binamé | Pascale Montpetit, Anne-Marie Cadieux, Guy Nadon, Guylaine Tremblay | Drama | Prix Jutra – Actress (Montpetit), Supporting Actress (Cadieux) |
| Such a Long Journey | Sturla Gunnarsson | Roshan Seth, Soni Razdan, Om Puri, Ranjit Chowdhry | Drama based on the novel by Rohinton Mistry | Genie Award – Actor (Seth), Editing, Sound Editing; Canada-U.K. co-production |
| Summer of the Monkeys | Michael Anderson | Michael Ontkean, Leslie Hope, Wilford Brimley, Corey Sevier, Don Francks | Family film made for Disney | Direct to DVD |
| Sunrise over Tiananmen Square | Shui-Bo Wang | | Short co-produced with the National Film Board | Academy Award nominee |
| This Is My Father | Paul Quinn | Aidan Quinn, James Caan, Stephen Rea, John Cusack | Family drama | Canada-Ireland co-production |
| We're Funny That Way! | David Adkin | Scott Capurro, Maggie Cassella, Kate Clinton, Lea DeLaria, Elvira Kurt, Bob Smith | Documentary | Made for TV |
| When I Will Be Gone (L'Âge de braise) | Jacques Leduc | Annie Girardot, Pascale Bussières | Drama | |
| When Ponds Freeze Over | Mary Lewis | Mary Lewis, Andy Jones, James Allodi, Eva Crocker | Mixed animation/live action short | Genie Award – Live-Action Short; TIFF – Best Canadian Short |
| Whoever Dies, Dies in Pain (Quiconque meurt, meurt à douleur) | Robert Morin | | Drama | |
| You Can Thank Me Later | Shimon Dotan | Ellen Burstyn, Amanda Plummer | Comedy drama | |