List of Canadian films of 1987

This is a list of Canadian films which were released in 1987:

Title	Director	Cast	Genre	Notes
Artist on Fire	Kay Armatage	Joyce Wieland	Documentary
Blindside	Paul Lynch		Thriller
Blue City Slammers	Peter Shatalow	Tracy Cunningham, Eric Keenleyside, Murray Westgate, Fran Gebhard	Sports/drama
Boy, Girl	Bruce LaBruce		Short drama
Brother André (Le Frère André)	Jean-Claude Labrecque	Marc Legault, Sylvie Ferlatte	Drama
Burglar	Hugh Wilson	Whoopi Goldberg	Comedy
The Canneries	Stephen Insley, Bonni Devlin		Documentary
Captive Hearts	Paul Almond		Drama
The Care Bears Adventure in Wonderland	Raymond Jafelice	voices Tracey Moore, Colin Fox, Bob Dermer, Jim Henshaw	Animation	Last of the Care Bears features
Caribe	Michael Kennedy		Thriller
Concrete Angels	Carlo Liconti	Joseph Di Mambro, Omie Craden, Luke McKeehan, Tony Nardi	Musical drama
Crazy Moon	Allan Eastman	Kiefer Sutherland, Ken Pogue	Drama co-produced by the National Film Board
Dance for Modern Times	Moze Mossanen	Christopher House, David Earle, James Kudelka, Ginette Laurin, Danny Grossman	Documentary
Deaf to the City (Le sourd dans la ville)	Mireille Dansereau		Drama
Determinations	Oliver Hockenhull		Documentary, experimental
Dreams Beyond Memory	Andrzej Markiewicz	George Touliatos, Lisa Schrage, Maruska Stankova	Drama
Family Viewing	Atom Egoyan	David Hemblen, Aidan Tierney, Gabrielle Rose, Arsinée Khanjian	Drama
Fashion 99	Karen Firus	Sharron Kearney	Short drama
Foster Child	Gil Cardinal		National Film Board documentary	Broadcast on CBC-TV
The Gate	Tibor Takács	Stephen Dorff, Louis Tripp, Christa Denton, Kelly Rowan, Jennifer Irwin	Horror	Special effects by Randall William Cook; Golden Reel Award; made with U.S. financing
George and Rosemary	Alison Snowden, David Fine	narrator Cec Linder	National Film Board animated short	Genie Award – Short Film; Academy Award nomination – Animated Short
God Rides a Harley	Stavros C. Stavrides		Documentary
Graveyard Shift	Jerry Ciccoritti		Horror
The Heart Exposed (Le Cœur découvert)	Jean-Yves Laforce	Michel Poirier, Gilles Renaud	Drama
Hello Mary Lou: Prom Night II	Bruce Pittman	Michael Ironside, Lisa Schrage, Wendy Lyon, Richard Monette	Horror
Home Is Where the Hart Is	Rex Bromfield	Leslie Nielsen, Valri Bromfield, Martin Mull	Comedy
I've Heard the Mermaids Singing	Patricia Rozema	Sheila McCarthy, Paule Baillargeon, Ann-Marie MacDonald	Drama	Genie Awards – Actress (McCarthy), Supporting Actress (Baillargeon); Cannes Film Festival – Prix de la Jeunesse
The Last Straw	Giles Walker	Sam Grana, Stefan Wodoslawsky, Christine Pak, Fernanda Tavares	Comedy
Life Classes	William D. MacGillivray	Jacinta Cormier, Leon Dubinsky	Drama	Entered into the 38th Berlin International Film Festival
Lupo the Butcher	Danny Antonucci		Animated
The Man Who Planted Trees	Frédéric Back	Narrator: Philippe Noiret (French) & Christopher Plummer (English)	Animated short	Based on a short story by Jean Giono; Academy Award winner and screened at Cannes
Marie in the City (Marie s'en va-t-en ville)	Marquise Lepage	Frédérique Collin, Geneviève Lenoir	Drama
Night Friend	Peter Gerretsen	Chuck Shamata, Heather Kjollesdal, Daniel MacIvor, Jayne Eastwood	Drama
Night Zoo (Un Zoo la nuit)	Jean-Claude Lauzon	Gilles Maheu, Germain Houde, Roger Lebel, Lynne Adams, Lorne Brass	Crime drama	Record-setting: 13 Genie Awards
Obsessed	Robin Spry	Kerrie Keane, Colleen Dewhurst, Saul Rubinek, Daniel Pilon	Drama	Genie Award – Supporting Actress (Dewhurst)
The Pink Chiquitas	Anthony Currie		Comedy
Primiti Too Taa	Ed Ackerman, Colin Morton		Experimental animation
Rebel High	John Fasano		Horror
Rock 'n' Roll Nightmare	Bruce LaBruce		Short drama
Seductio	Bashar Shbib		Drama
Storm	David Winning	David Palffy, Stan Kane	Drama
Striker's Mountain	Alan Simmonds	Leslie Nielsen, August Schellenberg, Mimi Kuzyk, Bruce Greenwood	Adventure drama
Taking Care	Clarke Mackey	Janet Amos, Kate Lynch, Saul Rubinek	Drama
Tomorrow's a Killer	George Kaczender		Thriller
Too Outrageous!	Richard Benner	Craig Russell, Hollis McLaren, Ron White	Drama
Train of Dreams	John N. Smith	Basil Danchyshyn, Milton Hartman	National Film Board drama	Special Jury Prize, Chicago International Film Festival
The Virgin Queen of St. Francis High	Francesco Lucente		Comedy
A Winter Tan	John Walker, Louise Clark, John Frizzell, Jackie Burroughs, Aerlyn Weissman	Jackie Burroughs, Erando Gonzales	Drama based on the writings of Maryse Holder	Genie Award – Actress (Burroughs)
The Young Magician	Waldemar Dziki	Rusty Jedwab, Daria Trafankowska, Mariusz Benoit	Children's drama	Canadian-Polish coproduction

See also

• 1987 in Canada
• 1987 in Canadian television