# List of Canadian films of 1986

This is a list of Canadian films which were released in 1986:
| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
| The Adventure of Faustus Bidgood | Mike Jones | Robert Joy, Greg Malone, Mary Walsh, Cathy Jones | | Featuring CODCO members |
| Abducted | Boon Collins | Dan Haggerty, Roberta Weiss | Thriller | |
| Anne Trister | Léa Pool | Albane Guilhe, Louise Marleau, Hugues Quester, Lucie Laurier | Drama | Genie Awards – Cinematography, Song; entered into the 36th Berlin International Film Festival |
| Bach and Broccoli (Bach et Bottine) | André Melançon | Mahée Paiement, Raymond Legault | Children's | |
| The Boy in Blue | Charles Jarrott | Nicolas Cage, Christopher Plummer, Cynthia Dale, David Naughton, Sean Sullivan | Drama | |
| Bullies | Paul Lynch | Jonathan Crombie, Janet-Laine Green, Olivia d'Abo | Action drama | |
| Care Bears Movie II: A New Generation | Dale Schott | | Feature animation | |
| City in Panic | Robert Bouvier | David Adamson, Lee Ann Nestegard, Ed Chester, Peter Roberts | Horror | |
| The Climb | Donald Shebib | Bruce Greenwood, Kenneth Welsh, Ken Pogue | Adventure drama | |
| Confidential | Bruce Pittman | Neil Munro, August Schellenberg, Chapelle Jaffe | Crime drama, film noir | |
| Creole Connections | Alain d'Aix | | Documentary | |
| Dancing in the Dark | Leon Marr | Martha Henry, Richard Monette, Rosemary Dunsmore, Neil Munro | Drama | |
| Debonair Dancers | Alison Nigh-Strelich | | Documentary | |
| The Decline of the American Empire (Le Déclin de l'empire américain) | Denys Arcand | Rémy Girard, Dorothée Berryman, Pierre Curzi, Louise Portal, Gabriel Arcand, Dominique Michel | Drama | AV Preservation Trust Masterwork |
| Dream Tracks (Les Traces du rêve) | Jean-Daniel Lafond | Pierre Perrault | Documentary | |
| Equinox (Équinoxe) | Arthur Lamothe | Jacques Godin | Drama | |
| Every Dog's Guide to Complete Home Safety | Les Drew | Paul Brown, Harvey Atkin, Luba Goy, Henry Beckman | Animated short | |
| Evixion | Bashar Shbib | | Docudrama | |
| Exit | Robert Ménard | Louise Marleau, Pierre Curzi, Michel Côté, Louise Portal | Drama | |
| Flying | Paul Lynch | | Drama | |
| The Great Land of Small | Vojtěch Jasný | Karin Elkin, Michael J. Anderson, Ken Roberts | Children's film | From the Tales for All series |
| La Guêpe | Gilles Carle | | Drama | |
| Hyper Sapien: People from Another Star | Peter R. Hunt | | Science fiction | |
| I Need a Man Like You to Make My Dreams Come True | Kalli Paakspuu, Daria Stermac | Sheila Costick, Helen Porter, The Clichettes | Short comedy | |
| In the Shadow of the Wind (Les Fous de Bassan) | Yves Simoneau | Steve Banner, Marie Tifo, Lothaire Bluteau | Drama | Entered into the 37th Berlin International Film Festival |
| In This Corner | Atom Egoyan | Robert Wisden, Patrick Tierney | Drama | |
| Intimate Power (Pouvoir intime) | Yves Simoneau | Marie Tifo, Pierre Curzi, Jacques Godin, Robert Gravel | Crime drama | |
| Iron Eagle | Sidney J. Furie | Louis Gossett Jr., Jason Gedrick, Tim Thomerson, Larry B. Scott, Caroline Lagerfelt | Drama | Canada-Israel co-production made with U.S. financing |
| It's a Party! | Peg Campbell | | Short comedy-drama | |
| John and the Missus | Gordon Pinsent | Gordon Pinsent, Jackie Burroughs, Timothy Webber | Drama | Screenplay by Gordon Pinsent based on his own novel. |
| Lost! | Peter Rowe | Kenneth Welsh, Helen Shaver, Michael Hogan | Drama | |
| Loyalties | Anne Wheeler | Susan Wooldridge, Kenneth Welsh, Tantoo Cardinal, Tom Jackson, Vera Martin | Drama | Anne Wheeler's first feature; Genie Award – Costumes; Canada-U.K. co-production |
| Meatballs III: Summer Job | George Mendeluk | | Comedy | |
| The Morning Man (Un matin, une vie) | Danièle J. Suissa | Bruno Doyon, Kerrie Keane, Marc Strange | Crime drama | |
| Nion in the Kabaret de La Vita | Jeremy Podeswa | Ian "Nion" Wallace | Short drama | |
| ?O, Zoo!: The Making of a Fiction Film | Philip Hoffman | | Documentary | |
| The Park Is Mine | Steven Hilliard Stern | | Drama |
| Richard Cardinal: Cry from a Diary of a Métis Child | Alanis Obomsawin | | Documentary | |
| Separate Vacations | Michael Anderson | David Naughton, Jennifer Dale, Lally Cadeau | Sex comedy | |
| Sitting in Limbo | John N. Smith | Patricia Dillon, Fabian Gibbs | National Film Board drama | |
| Sonia | Paule Baillargeon | Kim Yaroshevskaya, Paule Baillargeon, Lothaire Bluteau, Paul Buissonneau, Marc Messier, Guy Thauvette | Drama | |
| Sword of Gideon | Michael Anderson | | Drama | |
| Tables of Content | Wendy Tilby | | Animated short | |
| To Hurt and to Heal | Laura Sky | | Documentary | |
| Toby McTeague | Jean-Claude Lord | Yannick Bisson, Winston Rekert | Drama | |
| Transit | Richard Roy | Michel Côté, Marie Laberge | Short drama | |
| Transitions | Colin Low, Tony Ianzelo | | Documentary |
| Where's Pete | Jim Purdy | Heath Lamberts, Nancy Beatty, Yannick Bisson | Short drama | |
| Zombie Nightmare | Jack Bravman | | Horror | |