The following Canadian films were released in 1974.
Title Director Cast Genre Notes 125 Rooms of Comfort Patrick Loubert Tim Henry, Robert A. Silverman, Jackie Burroughs Drama Alien Thunder Claude Fournier Donald Sutherland, Gordon Tootoosis, Chief Dan George, Kevin McCarthy, Jean Duceppe Drama Along These Lines Peter Pearson Documentary The Apple, the Stem and the Seeds (La pomme, la queue et les pépins) Claude Fournier Donald Lautrec Comedy The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz Ted Kotcheff Richard Dreyfuss, Micheline Lanctôt, Jack Warden, Randy Quaid, Joseph Wiseman, Denholm Elliott, Joe Silver Comedy-drama coming-of-age story based on the novel by Mordecai Richler Academy Award for Writing Adapted Screenplay nominee – (Mordecai Richler & Lionel Chetwynd) Bar Salon André Forcier Guy L'Écuyer, Madeleine Chartrand Drama Bingo Jean-Claude Lord Claude Michaud, Alexandra Stewart, Gilles Pelletier Political drama Black Christmas Bob Clark Olivia Hussey, Keir Dullea, Margot Kidder Horror Butley Harold Pinter Alan Bates, Jessica Tandy, Richard O'Callaghan Drama UK-US-Canada coproduction By the Blood of Others (Par le sang des autres) Marc Simenon Bernard Blier, Denise Filiatrault, Yves Beneyton, Daniel Pilon, Mylène Demongeot Drama Canada-France co-production Canadian Pacific David Rimmer Structural film Child Under a Leaf George Bloomfield Dyan Cannon, Donald Pilon, Joseph Campanella, Al Waxman, Micheline Lanctôt Drama The Corpse Eaters Lawrence Zazelenchuk Michael Hopkins, Ed LeBreton, Terry London Horror Cree Hunters of Mistassini Boyce Richardson, Tony Ianzelo Documentary Deathdream Bob Clark John Marley, Lynn Carlin, Richard Backus Horror Deranged Alan Ormsby, Jeff Gillen Roberts Blossom Horror The Happy Prince Michael Mills Animated short Janis Seaton Findlay & Howard Alk Documentary From producer Budge Crawley, this is most complete film ever made about blues legend Janis Joplin; Canadian Film Award-Theatrical documentary Malachi's Cove Henry Herbert John Barrett, David Bradley, Arthur English Drama UK-Canada coproduction Monkeys in the Attic Morley Markson Jackie Burroughs, Victor Garber, Jess Walton, Louis Del Grande, Jim Henshaw Drama Montreal Main Frank Vitale Frank Vitale, Allan Moyle, Stephen Lack Drama Mousey Daniel Petrie Kirk Douglas, Jean Seberg, John Vernon Thriller Once Upon a Time in the East (Il était une fois dans l'est) André Brassard Denise Filiatrault, Michelle Rossignol, Frédérique Collin Drama Only God Knows Peter Pearson Gordon Pinsent, John Beck, Paul Hecht, Tisa Farrow, Toby Tarnow Drama Orders (Les Ordres) Michel Brault Hélène Loiselle, Jean Lapointe, Guy Provost Docudrama Michel Brault shared a Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Director in 1975. The Owl Who Married a Goose: An Eskimo Legend Caroline Leaf NFB animated short Academy Award nominee; Canadian Film Award – Animated Short, Non-Feature Overall Sound Le Plumard en folie Jacques Lemoine Alice Sapritch, Michel Galabru Sex comedy A Quiet Day in Belfast Milad Bassada Barry Foster, Margot Kidder, Sean McCain Drama Canadian Film Award: Actress (Kidder)Satellites of the Sun Sidney Goldsmith NFB documentary Seizure Oliver Stone Jonathan Frid, Martine Beswick, Hervé Villechaize Drama Oliver Stone’s (Platoon) first feature Sunday in the Country John Trent Ernest Borgnine, Michael J. Pollard, Hollis McLaren, Cec Linder, Al Waxman Drama Sweet Movie Dusan Makavejev Carole Laure, Pierre Clementi, Anna Prucnal Political/Experimental feature France-Canada-West German co-production There's Nothing Wrong with Being Good to Yourself (Y'a pas d'mal à se faire du bien) Claude Mulot Jean Lefebvre, Françoise Lemieux, Michel Galabru, Darry Cowl Comedy Canadian-French coproductionTo Kill the King George McCowan Patrick O'Neal, Susan Tyrrell, Barry Morse, Lance Henriksen, Cec Linder Political thriller Waiting for Fidel Michael Rubbo NFB documentary Its informal, director-as-star style influenced the films of Nick Broomfield and Michael Moore The White Dawn Philip Kaufman Warren Oates, Timothy Bottoms, Louis Gossett Jr. Drama Why Rock the Boat? John Howe Stuart Gillard, Tiiu Leek, Henry Beckman, Patricia Gage Drama Canadian Film Award – Adapted Screenplay, Actor (Gillard), Supporting Actor (Beckman)Wolfpen Principle Jack Darcus Janet Wright Drama
See also 1974 in Canada 1974 in Canadian television
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