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Best movies on Apple TV+ (Canada) : our Top 20

We’ve put together a concise selection of the best Canadian films currently available on Apple TV+. The list focuses on titles that stand out for their storytelling, direction and cultural relevance, spanning dramas, comedies and documentaries that reflect the diversity of Canadian cinema. On this page you’ll find short descriptions, why each film matters, and direct links to their Apple TV+ pages — availability can vary by region, so we update the list regularly to keep it current.

Updated on 02/06/2026

#01
Joker
Joker

2019 · Todd Phillips

In 1980s Gotham City, a struggling stand-up comedian crushed by rejection and isolation spirals into madness, shedding his former life to become a calculating, unhinged criminal whose theatrical violence and anarchic schemes plunge the city into fear.

With Joaquin Phoenix, Robert De Niro, Zazie Beetz, Frances Conroy, Brett Cullen, Shea Whigham and Bill Camp

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#02
The Thing
The Thing

1982 ·

A remote Antarctic research station becomes a nightmare when its crew realizes an extraterrestrial predator is stalking them—one that perfects the appearance and behavior of those it slays, turning colleagues into indistinguishable threats and plunging the survivors into paranoia as they struggle to survive.

With Kurt Russell, Keith David, Wilford Brimley, T.K. Carter, David Clennon, Richard Dysart and Charles Hallahan

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#03
Room
Room

2015 · Lenny Abrahamson

After seven years confined to a cramped, sealed room, a mother and her young son are finally freed, thrusting the child into the vast, unfamiliar world beyond the walls for the first time.

With Brie Larson, Jacob Tremblay, Joan Allen, William H. Macy, Sean Bridgers, Tom McCamus and Amanda Brugel

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#04
Spotlight
Spotlight

2015 · Tom McCarthy

Based on true events, Boston Globe reporters expose a widespread pattern of child sexual abuse and systematic concealment by leaders of the local Catholic archdiocese, igniting a scandal that reverberates throughout the global Church.

With Mark Ruffalo, Michael Keaton, Rachel McAdams, Liev Schreiber, John Slattery, Stanley Tucci and Brian d'Arcy James

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#05
Brokeback Mountain
Brokeback Mountain

2005 · Ang Lee

Against the wide, conservative plains of 1960s Wyoming, two men forge a deep romantic and physical bond that endures for decades. As each marries and becomes a father, their secret connection tests loyalties, upends expectations, and reshapes the families they try to uphold.

With Heath Ledger, Jake Gyllenhaal, Michelle Williams, Anne Hathaway, Randy Quaid, Linda Cardellini and Anna Faris

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#06
Lucky Number Slevin
Lucky Number Slevin

2006 · Paul McGuigan

Thrown into the crossfire of a bitter rivalry between the city’s most powerful crime lords by a case of mistaken identity, Slevin finds himself constantly monitored and hunted. With a notorious assassin closing in, he must stay one step ahead and devise a daring plan to survive and escape the deadly situation.

With Josh Hartnett, Morgan Freeman, Ben Kingsley, Lucy Liu, Bruce Willis, Stanley Tucci and Mykelti Williamson

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#07
The Butterfly Effect
The Butterfly Effect

2004 · Eric Bress

Haunted by buried memories, a young man uncovers a technique that lets him slip back into his own past and reinhabit his childhood body. At first the chance to correct mistakes and confront old wounds seems like salvation, but each decision he makes sends unexpected ripples through the present—altering relationships, identities and the very life he thought he knew. As consequences accumulate, he must decide whether reshaping history is worth losing the person he has become.

With Ashton Kutcher, Amy Smart, Eric Stoltz, Melora Walters, Ethan Suplee, William Lee Scott and Elden Henson

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#08
American Psycho
American Psycho

2000 · Mary Harron

A successful, well-heeled investment banker in New York projects a flawless public image while secretly harboring a psychopathic alternate personality; as his detached, increasingly irrational impulses grow bolder and more gratuitous, he conceals the mounting danger from colleagues and friends.

With Christian Bale, Willem Dafoe, Jared Leto, Josh Lucas, Samantha Mathis, Matt Ross and Bill Sage

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#09
Star Trek: First Contact
Star Trek: First Contact

2016 · Denis Villeneuve

A relentless cybernetic horde sets its sights on Earth. Ignoring orders to stand down, Captain Jean-Luc Picard and the crew of the newly commissioned USS Enterprise-E pursue the invaders through time, racing to stop them from rewriting Federation history and assimilating the galaxy.

With Amy Adams, Jeremy Renner, Forest Whitaker, Michael Stuhlbarg, Tzi Ma, Mark O'Brien and Julia Scarlett Dan

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#10
The Thin Red Line
The Thin Red Line

1998 · Terrence Malick

A band of soldiers from an Army rifle company known as "C‑for‑Charlie" is tested to its limits on Guadalcanal, undergoing physical and emotional transformations as the campaign grinds on. Their voyage begins with an eerily easy landing, but soon gives way to relentless, brutal engagements that strip away illusions and force each man to confront fear, loss, and what it means to endure. Through confusion, comradeship, and sacrifice, they are remade by war — and the story closes with the quiet, hard-won departure of the handful who survive.

With Sean Penn, Jim Caviezel, Adrien Brody, Ben Chaplin, Elias Koteas, John Cusack and Woody Harrelson

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#11
Tucker and Dale vs. Evil
Tucker and Dale vs. Evil

2010 · Eli Craig

A group of college students on a camping trip near a remote West Virginia cabin become convinced that the two reclusive locals living there are behind a string of killings. As unexplained deaths begin to pile up, suspicion fractures the group and fear gives way to a violent hunger for payback. What started as a weekend escape spirals into a chaotic hunt for revenge, where panic, rumor and bloodshed blur the line between truth and terror.

With Alan Tudyk, Tyler Labine, Katrina Bowden, Philip Granger, Jesse Moss, Bill Baksa and Christie Laing

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#12
Munich
Munich

2005 · Steven Spielberg

During the 1972 Munich Olympics, a Palestinian militant group abducts and murders eleven members of the Israeli delegation; in the aftermath, the Israeli government quietly assembles a covert Mossad team to track down and take out those behind the attack.

With Eric Bana, Daniel Craig, Ciarán Hinds, Mathieu Kassovitz, Hanns Zischler, Mathieu Amalric and Geoffrey Rush

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#13
300
300

2007 · Zack Snyder

Adapted from Frank Miller's graphic novel, 300 delivers a highly stylized, fictionalized account of the 480 BCE stand at Thermopylae, where Sparta’s king leads a small band of warriors against a vast Persian invasion. Their courageous resistance sparks a wider Greek alliance against Persia and helps trigger the political shifts that contribute to the emergence of Athenian democracy.

With Gerard Butler, Lena Headey, Dominic West, Rodrigo Santoro, David Wenham, Andrew Tiernan and Vincent Regan

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#14
The Triplets of Belleville
The Triplets of Belleville

2003 · Sylvain Chomet

After her grandson is snatched during the Tour de France, determined Madame Souza, aided only by her loyal dog Bruno, turns to the Belleville Sisters—a faded trio of song-and-dance veterans from the Fred Astaire era—to help mount a bold rescue.

With Suzy Falk, Lina Boudreau, Betty Bonifassi, Michèle Caucheteux, Jean-Claude Donda, Mari-Lou Gauthier and Charles Linton

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#15
Tarzan
Tarzan

2016 · David Yates

Raised in the jungle by a devoted ape named Kala, Tarzan has always believed the forest and its creatures are his true family. His world is upended when he saves Jane Porter during a scientific expedition and realizes he is one of the humans she belongs to. Torn between the wild life that shaped him and the human society calling to his origins, he must decide where his loyalties and identity truly lie.

With Alexander Skarsgård, Christoph Waltz, Samuel L. Jackson, Margot Robbie, Djimon Hounsou, Jim Broadbent and Casper Crump

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#16
The Day the Earth Stood Still
The Day the Earth Stood Still

2008 · Scott Derrickson

In the aftermath of World War II, an alien and its robotic envoy arrive on Earth to deliver a stark ultimatum: humanity must abandon violence and choose peace, or be destroyed.

With Keanu Reeves, Jennifer Connelly, Jaden Smith, Jon Hamm, Kathy Bates, John Cleese and Kyle Chandler

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#17
The Painted Veil
The Painted Veil

2006 · John Curran

A British physician stationed in a remote Chinese village struggles to contain a cholera epidemic while enduring the isolation of a loveless marriage, his wife's infidelity deepening his sense of helplessness.

With Edward Norton, Naomi Watts, Liev Schreiber, Diana Rigg, Toby Jones, Anthony Wong and Juliet Howland

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#18
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford

2007 · Andrew Dominik

Outlaw Jesse James is renowned as the quickest draw in the West. Young recruit Robert Ford joins his infamous gang but grows increasingly envious of the celebrated robber, and when he and his brother spot an opportunity to kill him, their treacherous act transforms James into an enduring legend.

With Brad Pitt, Casey Affleck, Sam Rockwell, Sam Shepard, Mary-Louise Parker, Paul Schneider and Jeremy Renner

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#19
Raising Arizona
Raising Arizona

2002 · Atom Egoyan

A childless couple—one a recently released convict, the other a former police officer—take in one of a wealthy family's quintuplets and raise the child as their own; what begins as a second chance at family soon becomes far more complicated than they ever expected.

With Simon Abkarian, Charles Aznavour, Christopher Plummer, Arsinée Khanjian, David Alpay, Marie-Josée Croze and Elias Koteas

#20
Enter the Void
Enter the Void

2009 · Gaspar Noé

Oscar et Linda se sont installés récemment à Tokyo. Oscar se débrouille en vendant de la drogue et Linda travaille comme strip-teaseuse. Lors d'une descente de police, Oscar est grièvement blessé par une balle. Malgré son agonie, il s'accroche à la vie pour tenir la promesse qu'il a faite à sa sœur de ne jamais l'abandonner. Son esprit erre dans la ville, ses visions devenant de plus en plus chaotiques et effrayantes. Le passé, le présent et le futur se mêlent alors dans une folie hallucinante.

With Paz de la Huerta, Nathaniel Brown, Cyril Roy, Olly Alexander, Masato Tanno, Ed Spear and Emily Alyn Lind

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