This is a list of Canadian films which were released in 2013:
Title Director Cast Genre Notes Ref 30 Ghosts Sean Cisterna Documentary Etan Vlessing, "Sean Cisterna’s 30 Ghosts doc spawns talks for U.S. reality series". Playback, October 22, 2013. 482-Love Jacob D. Stein Joanna M. Gallagher, Jacob D. Stein, Joelle Kutner, Mani Nasry Romantic comedy 13 Eerie Lowell Dean Katharine Isabelle, Michael Shanks, Brendan Fehr Horror Absences Carole Laganière Nathalie Bergeron, Ines Hajrovic, Deni Ellis Béchard Documentary Cédric Bélanger, "Vivre malgré l’absence". Le Journal de Québec, September 21, 2023. Algonquin Jonathan Hayes Mark Rendall, Nicholas Campbell, Sheila McCarthy Drama All That We Make (Fermières) Annie St-Pierre Documentary "Heirs and conveyors of feminine heritage; Baking, knitting, cooking". Montreal Gazette, April 18, 2014. All the Wrong Reasons Gia Milani Cory Monteith, Karine Vanasse, Kevin Zegers Drama Amsterdam Stefan Miljevic Gabriel Sabourin, Louis Champagne, Robin Aubert, Suzanne Clément Comedy-drama "«Amsterdam» de Stefan Miljevic: trois hommes, un voyage et un mensonge". Canadian Press, October 3, 2013. Anatomy of Assistance Cory Bowles Jared Mobarak, "TIFF Short Cuts Capsules: ‘Firecrackers,’ ‘Lay Over,’ ‘Paradiso,’ ‘Foreclosure’ & More". The Film Stage, September 14, 2013. And Now a Word from Our Sponsor Zack Bernbaum Bruce Greenwood, Parker Posey Comedy-drama "And Now a Word from Our Sponsor: Film Review". The Hollywood Reporter, April 29, 2013. The Animal Project Ingrid Veninger Aaron Poole, Hannah Cheesman, Sarena Parmar Drama Another House (L'autre maison) Mathieu Roy Roy Dupuis, Émile Proulx-Cloutier, Marcel Sabourin, Florence Blain Mbaye Drama Ronnie Scheib, "Film Review: ‘Another House’". Variety, September 29, 2013. The Art of the Steal Jonathan Sobol Kurt Russell, Jay Baruchel Comedy Arwad Dominique Chila, Samer Najari Ramzi Choukair, Fanny Mallette, Julie McClemens, Dalal Ata Drama Charles-Henri Ramond, "Arwad – Film de Samer Najari et Dominique Chila". Films du Québec, January 10, 2014. Asphalt Watches Shayne Ehman & Seth Scriver Animated Bad Coyote Jason Andrew Young Emily Mitchell, Pierre Rompre Documentary Focuses in part on the 2009 death of singer-songwriter Taylor Mitchell in a coyote attack "Local filmmaker has new doc on coyotes". SaltWire Network, October 23, 2013. Beasts in the Real World Sol Friedman Animated Jared Mobarak, "TIFF Short Cuts Capsules: ‘Young Wonder,’ ‘Noah,’ ‘Beasts in the Real World,’ ‘Seasick’ & More". The Film Stage, September 10, 2013. The Beautiful Risk (Le beau risque) Mark Penney Shaun Benson, Eliane Gagnon Drama Blood Pressure Sean Garrity Michelle Giroux Drama Borealis David Frazee Ty Olsson, Michelle Harrison, Patrick Gallagher, Greyston Holt Science fiction Candy Cassandra Cronenberg Jared Mobarak, "TIFF Short Cuts Capsules: ‘We Wanted More,’ ‘In Guns We Trust,’ ‘Candy,’ ‘Jimbo’ & More". The Film Stage, September 11, 2013. Cas & Dylan Jason Priestley Richard Dreyfuss, Tatiana Maslany Comedy The Chaperone 3D Fraser Munden, Neil Rathbone Animated, documentary Jared Mobarak, "TIFF Short Cuts Capsules: ‘An Extraordinary Person,’ ‘Roland,’ ‘The End of Pinky’ & More". The Film Stage, September 13, 2013. Chi Anne Wheeler Babz Chula Documentary Cochemare Chris Lavis and Maciek Szczerbowski Compulsion Egidio Coccimiglio Heather Graham, Carrie-Anne Moss, Kevin Dillon, Joe Mantegna Thriller Cottage Country Peter Wellington Malin Åkerman, Tyler Labine, Lucy Punch Comedy Crazywater Dennis Allen Documentary Stephanie Waddell, "Local filmmaker to show new documentary at film festival". Whitehorse Star, January 31, 2014. CRIME: Joe Loya - The Beirut Bandit Alix Lambert, Sam Chou Daybreak (Éclat du jour) Ian Lagarde Short drama The Defector: Escape from North Korea Ann Shin Documentary Made for TV; premiered at Hot Docs Destroyer Kevan Funk Later expanded into a feature film The Dick Knost Show Bruce Sweeney Tom Scholte Comedy Diego Star Frédérick Pelletier Isaka Sawadogo, Chloé Bourgeois Drama The Dirties Matt Johnson The Dismantling (Le Démantèlement) Sébastien Pilote Gabriel Arcand, Pierre-Luc Brillant, Sophie Desmarais Drama Prix Jutra - Cinematography Down River Benjamin Ratner Helen Shaver, Gabrielle Miller, Jennifer Spence, Colleen Rennison Drama Drop Chris Goldade Empire of Dirt Peter Stebbings Cara Gee, Shay Eyre, Jennifer Podemski, Luke Kirby Drama The End of Pinky Clare Blanchet Heather O'Neill, Marc-André Grondin 3D neo-noir animated short Enemy Denis Villeneuve Jake Gyllenhaal, Mélanie Laurent, Isabella Rossellini, Sarah Gadon Thriller A Canada-Spain co-production; TFCA - Film of the Year Escape from Planet Earth Callan Brunker voices Brendan Fraser, Rob Corddry, Jessica Alba, Sarah Jessica Parker, William Shatner Animated feature Made with U.S. financing Evangeline Karen Lam Richard Harmon, Kat de Lieva, Mayumi Yoshida Horror-Thriller Direct to DVD Everyday Is Like Sunday Pavan Moondi David Dineen-Porter, Coral Osborne, Adam Gurfinkel, Nick Thorburn Comedy-drama An Extraordinary Person (Quelqu'un d'extraordinaire) Monia Chokri Short drama The F Word Michael Dowse Daniel Radcliffe, Zoe Kazan Drama Finissant(e)s Rafaël Ouellet Drama Firecrackers Jasmin Mozaffari Later expanded into a feature film Follow the Fox (Suivre la piste du renard) Simon Laganière Mathieu Gosselin, Francis La Haye Short drama Fondi '91 Dev Khanna Raymond Ablack, Mylène St-Sauveur, Kyle Kirkpatrick Sports drama Foreclosure Wayne Robinson The Four Soldiers (Les 4 soldats) Robert Morin Camille Mongeau, Christian de la Cortina, Antoine Bertrand, Aliocha Schneider, Antoine L'Écuyer Drama Frameworks: Images of a Changing World (Dans un océan d'images) Helen Doyle Documentary André Duchesne, "Helen Doyle, trouver un sens à un océan d'images". La Presse, September 15, 2013. Gabrielle Louise Archambault Gabrielle Marion-Rivard, Robert Charlebois, Mélissa Désormeaux-Poulin, Alexandre Landry Drama Prix Jutra - Director, Screenplay, Editing, Supporting Actress (Désormeaux-Poulin) Gaspé Copper Alexis Fortier Gauthier Laurie Bissonnette, Annick Bourassa, Martin Desgagné, Mathieu Gagné, Dérick Livernoche Short drama Véronique St-Onge, "Le festival Les Percéides mise sur le cinéma gaspésien". Graffici, August 12, 2013. Gerontophilia Bruce LaBruce Walter Borden, Pier-Gabriel Lajoie, Marie-Hélène Thibault, Katie Boland Drama Gloria Victoria Theodore Ushev National Film Board 3D animated short FIPRESCI prize at Annecy A Grand Canal Johnny Ma Short drama The Grand Seduction Don McKellar Taylor Kitsch, Brendan Gleeson, Liane Balaban, Gordon Pinsent Comedy A remake of the 2003 film Seducing Doctor Lewis Hi-Ho Mistahey! Alanis Obomsawin National Film Board Documentary profiles Shannen's Dream Hunting the Northern Godard (La Chasse au Godard d'Abbittibbi) Éric Morin Martin Dubreuil, Sophie Desmarais, Alexandre Castonguay Drama The Husband Bruce McDonald Maxwell McCabe-Lokos, Sarah Allen Comedy Impromptu Bruce Alcock In Guns We Trust Nicolas Lévesque It Was You Charlie Emmanuel Shirinian Michael D. Cohen, Emma Fleury, Aaron Abrams Comedy-drama Une jeune fille Catherine Martin Drama Jimbo Ryan Flowers The Last Pogo Jumps Again Colin Brunton, Kire Paputts Teenage Head, The Viletones Documentary Lawrence & Holloman Matthew Kowalchuk Daniel Arnold, Ben Cotton, Katharine Isabelle, Amy Matysio Comedy Janet Smith, "Lawrence & Holloman serves its comedy nihilistically black". The Georgia Straight, July 16, 2014. Lay Over Jordan Hayes The Legend of Sarila Nancy Florence Savard voices Dustin Milligan, Rachelle Lefevre, Tim Rozon, Christopher Plummer, Geneviève Bujold Animated feature in 3D Life's a Bitch (Toutes des connes) François Jaros Guillaume Lambert Short comedy-drama Louis Cyr Daniel Roby Antoine Bertrand, Guillaume Cyr, Gilbert Sicotte, Gil Bellows, Marilyn Castonguay Biographical drama Prix Jutra - Best Picture, Actor (Bertrand), Supporting Actor (Cyr), Art Direction, Costumes, Makeup, Hair, Sound Maïna Michel Poulette Roseanne Supernault, Graham Greene, Tantoo Cardinal, Eric Schweig, Natar Ungalaaq Historical drama Mama Andres Muschietti Jessica Chastain, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau Horror Canada-Spain co-production Mary & Myself Sam Decoste Animated documentary Meetings with a Young Poet Rudy Barichello Stephen McHattie, Vincent Hoss-Desmarais, Maria de Medeiros Drama The Meteor (Le Météore) François Delisle François Delisle, Noémie Godin-Vigneau Drama Method Gregory Smith A Mile End Tale (Conte du Mile End) Jean-François Lesage Documentary André Duchesne, "Conte du Mile End: propos nocturnes". La Presse, December 3, 2013. Molly Maxwell Sara St. Onge Lola Tash, Charlie Carrick Drama The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones Harald Zwart Lily Collins, Jamie Campbell Bower, Robert Sheehan, Kevin Zegers, Jemima West, Godfrey Gao, Lena Headey, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Aidan Turner, Kevin Durand, Jared Harris Action-adventure science fantasy A Canada-German co-production based on the first book of The Mortal Instruments series by Cassandra Clare; Golden Reel Award; Canadian Screen Awards - Make-Up, Sound, Visual Effects. My Prairie Home Chelsea McMullan Rae Spoon National Film Board Documentary NCR: Not Criminally Responsible John Kastner National Film Board Documentary premiere at Hot Docs Noah Walter Woodman, Patrick Cederberg Sam Kantor, Caitlin McConkey-Pirie Short film Canadian Screen Award winner for Best Live Action Short Drama Numbers & Friends Alexander Carson Oil Sands Karaoke Charles Wilkinson Dan Debrabandere, Chad Ellis, Massey Whiteknife, Brandy Willier Documentary Our Man in Tehran Larry Weinstein & Drew Taylor Kenneth D. Taylor Documentary Canadian Screen Awards - Best Documentary Program Out Jeremy LaLonde David Tompa, David Huband, Rosemary Doyle, Paula Brancati, Tommie-Amber Pirie Short comedy-drama The Oxbow Cure Yonah Lewis, Calvin Thomas Claudia Dey Drama Paradise Falls Fantavious Fritz Alex Crowther, Alistair Ball, Uri Livene-Bar, Daiva Zalnieriunas Short, horror, comedy Jared Mobarak, "TIFF Short Cuts Capsules: ‘Paradise Falls,’ ‘Yellowhead,’ ‘I’m From the Future’ & More". The Film Stage, September 12, 2013. Paradiso Devan Scott Pilgrims Marie Clements Please Kill Mr. Know It All Colin Carter & Sandra Feldman Lara Jean Chorostecki, Jefferson Brown Romantic comedy Portrait as a Random Act of Violence Randall Okita Québékoisie Mélanie Carrier, Olivier Higgins Documentary Relax, I'm from the Future Luke Higginson Zachary Bennett, Rick Roberts Short, comedy Later expanded into a 2022 feature film Remember Me (Mémorable moi) Jean-François Asselin Émile Proulx-Cloutier Short drama Rhymes for Young Ghouls Jeff Barnaby Kawennáhere Devery Jacobs, Glen Gould Drama The Right Kind of Wrong Jeremiah S. Chechik Ryan Kwanten, Will Sasso, Catherine O'Hara Romance Riptide (Ressac) Pascale Ferland Martin Dubreuil, Muriel Dutil Drama The River's Lazy Flow (Le courant faible de la rivière) Joël Vaudreuil Animated short André Duchesne, "Cinéma d'animation: le Québec en force à Annecy". La Presse, March 31, 2013. Roaming Michael Ray Fox Cory Bowles, Rhys Bevan-John, Christina Cuffari Drama "Best Feature" Toronto Independent Film Festival Rock Paper Scissors (Roche papier ciseaux) Yan Lanouette Turgeon Roy Dupuis, Remo Girone Crime drama Prix Jutra - Original Score Roland Trevor Cornish Sam's Formalwear Yael Staav Judah Katz, Kristina Nicoll, Sofie Uretsky Short drama Sarah Prefers to Run (Sarah préfère la course) Chloé Robichaud Hélène Florent, Sophie Desmarais, Micheline Lanctôt Drama Seasick Eva Cvijanovic Animated Señoritas Lina Rodríguez María Serrano, Clara Monroy, Angela Katherine Laverde Drama Colombian-Canadian coproduction Sex After Kids Jeremy Lalonde Zoie Palmer, Paul Amos, Katie Boland, Kristin Booth Comedy Siddharth Richie Mehta Rajesh Tailang Drama Canada-India co-production Singularity Principle David Robert Deranian & Austin Robert Hines William B. Davis science fiction film Canada-Bahamas-Australia co-production made with U.S. financing The Sower (Le se